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ShadeTheif Started conversation Aug 4, 2004
I'm sure this was unintentional but:
The phrase "the chances of discovering smart buggers out there in the great nothing" will set off a red light for anyone who has read the book "Ender's Game" or any other books in the series by Orson Scott Card. In the book, "Buggers" is a nickname for a race of insectiod aliens which is the first extraterrestrial sentient life humans make contact with. The "Buggers" accidently set off an intergalactic war with the humans which almost resulted in the destruction of earth. 
Seeing that phrase on a page trying to encourage people to help search for other sentient life was such a funny coincidence that I couldn't help commenting. 
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