I can't wait to see the artists' impressions of what life might look like when we 'discover' that it's out there. They're always hilarious and remind me of the paintings made by people in the dark ages of what monsters dwell in far off lands (history always repeats itself, no matter how sophisticated we think we've become).
What would be really interesting though is if we are suddenly able to tune into their TV stations, assuming they haven't encrypted their broadcasts to the point where they're of no use to anyone without their DRM.
Another thing I find amusing is the assumption that aliens will be nice because they will have grown out of their violent ways (assuming that good always wins and that the races we find aren't the ones who managed to slaughter everyone else into obscurity) and evolved into interplanetary tree-hugging botanists.
Black helicopter because...... THEY'RE ALREADY HERE!!!!!!!!!!
Biting the hand that feeds IT
