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You would also need to describe how to build a JavaScript interpreter starting from fundamental physical properties of the hydrogen atom.
by basementcat 2y ago
You would also need to describe how to build a JavaScript interpreter starting from fundamental physical properties of the hydrogen atom.
- tithe 2y agoLeft as an exercise to the reader :)
- kernal 2y agoWhere it’s going they don’t need JavaScript.
- eru 2y agoNah, the aliens likely use JavaScript themselves. It's everywhere.
- hajhatten 2y agoHeard the project has < 100 billion stars on github.galaxy though, basically dead by this point.
- lifthrasiir 2y agoWell, you can use an approach like CosmicOS [1] to bootstrap a functional computer to the alien hardware and then write a JavaScript interpreter and display in that bootstrapped language. In fact autonomous agents might be needed in general due to the long round-trip time of such interstellar messages. [1] https://cosmicos.github.io/ https://cosmicos.github.io/
- basementcat 2y agoHoly Dark Forest Batman!
- gattr 2y agoWait, but in "Independence Day" they uploaded human-made computer virus into alien computer and it just worked™!
- DEADMINCE 2y agoSure, and that makes perfect sense, since earth tech was based on the alien tech they found in the Roswell crash. Shame they deleted the scene explaining all that. It's still easy to find though.
- dadver 2y ago> Shame they deleted the scene explaining all that. It's still easy to find though. Huh! I always thought the logic was that since the aliens used earth satellite systems they had already interfaced with human computer systems and the infection was made via the satellite system, which I believe the main character was knowledgable about.
- spacecadet 2y agoThis. But everyones focused on languages lol. Actually lol, who says the aliens were not running a emulator of our own systems and in their hubris ran it on elevated privs. ok ok, considering the Aliens allowed their own ship, which was visually compromised AND could have been easily scanned for non-alien life(?)... clearly not a culture of security.
- DEADMINCE 2y agoThat doesn't entirely follow, though. Just because you could talk to the alien computers doesn't mean you could execute a program on them. IMO the deleted scene is the only way it can make sense.
- pdpi 2y agoPut differently: you can’t run a windows/linux exploit on a Linux/windows machine just because they can both connect to the Internet.
- major505 2y agoYah, but worked because the aliens used the humans satelite network against them, to comunicate with their fleet. Since they where interfacing with out tech, makes sense to use this against them.
- trenchgun 2y agoJust send Lisp.
- major505 2y agoif we send javascript to a alien species, we will make enemies of another civilization.
- otikik 2y agoAlso how to make an apple pie from scratch.