May 26 200913,500 Pages Of Data Etched On A 3" Disk
The Rosetta Disk is a 3" nickel disk that has been etched with over 13,500 pages of information on how to read and understand the world's languages in case aliens get tired of sticking things up our butts and want to get their learn on. It represents over 1,500 languages and requires a 500x microscope to read a single page. You hear that, aliens -- don't forget your microscopes (read: leave the probes at home).
Hit the jump for a close-up that isn't close enough.
Rosetta Project
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What Is This? [gizmodo]
Thanks to Jana, who knows over 40 languages and may or may not be a spy who has slept with James Bond (read: she totally is).
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Reader Comments
1. Hunter - May 26, 2009 11:30 AM
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2. naas - May 26, 2009 11:34 AM
nice!!!!
@1 crazyyyyy you're ghey
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4. STOMPY - May 26, 2009 11:38 AM
They need to do the same thing for all the worlds different sexual positions so those sexy aliens know what we like when they probe our asses...
5. catch22 - May 26, 2009 11:39 AM
neat, but whos to say they wont think its jsut some fancy artwork
i mean who knows maybe the native american beadwork is really cryptic hidden microfilm messages
6. Heather - May 26, 2009 11:43 AM
And every one of those images reads, "If you can read this, you're too close."
7. Heather - May 26, 2009 11:48 AM
Except for the one image that reads "GW is teh hott."
8. Crazywow - May 26, 2009 11:50 AM
I think I'll wait for the movie version.....although they'll probably screw it up like all the other movies adapted from books.
9. proteon - May 26, 2009 11:51 AM
If I was an Alien (spelled Alian) and was handed this I'd wipe out the planet.
10. Greatsayain - May 26, 2009 11:52 AM
And If the aliens are hostile they will be able to understand all our communications. Great, so if the robots we keep making smarter and smarter don't get us we just made it easier for the aliens to get us. Thanks Rosetta Project
11. Brandon Reeves - May 26, 2009 11:55 AM
This is not Goliath's Rosetta disk, it is his drink stirrer.
12. Hunter - May 26, 2009 12:09 PM
@2 - hahahaha I hope you put that because you clicked my link, haha
13. kreebilicus - May 26, 2009 12:10 PM
this is one of those cases of "because we can".
14. Thicka A.K.A. T gizzle - May 26, 2009 12:11 PM
@6 LOL!! Too funny!
15. Kev - May 26, 2009 12:19 PM
Good luck finding this 3 INCH DIAMETER disc with the key to human language ALIENS!!! Waldo is easier to find than this thing.
16. Learn How I Make over $100 Profit with PPC Everyday - May 26, 2009 12:34 PM
why would they think they needed a microscope??? If I saw that the last thing I would think is... hmmm maybe if I pull out a microscope to read it.
17. proteon - May 26, 2009 12:56 PM
So what is the ratio of avertisements/spam to "articles"? Today it looks like 1/1.
18. Darth - May 26, 2009 12:56 PM
This is probably one of the reasons aliens don't manifest themselves.All those pages of data to read! They'd rather have a weekend off!
19. Gando - May 26, 2009 12:58 PM
Any reading glasses available?
20. jacky - May 26, 2009 1:00 PM
seen this somewhere before
B*tch FAIL - funny shirt
http://www.epiclosers.com/load/8-1-0-400
21. Crazywow - May 26, 2009 1:21 PM
This isn't Goliath's Rosetta disk, it is his drink coaster.
22. naas - May 26, 2009 2:22 PM
@12 Hunter - hahaha no actually, no idea what the link is hahaha it's because you're a ghey little firstard hahaha
23. Angel Mass - May 26, 2009 2:25 PM
It reminds me somewhat of Keo.org
24. naas - May 26, 2009 2:30 PM
@23 funny I was thinking the same thing. That, or snarg.net
25. Jaded Icon - May 26, 2009 3:17 PM
@24 funny I was thinking the same thing. That, or geekologie.com
26. rm - May 26, 2009 3:55 PM
How are they supposed to read if they can't even fit inside the
building?
It should be at least... Three times bigger than this!
27. Heather - May 26, 2009 4:00 PM
@26 Of course, that's only if the aliens are really, really, ridiculously good-looking.
28. Mr Gary - May 26, 2009 4:28 PM
Best 'letter in a bottle' ever. We're going to shoot it into space, right?
29. Smee - May 26, 2009 5:18 PM
So, aliens have the technology for long-distance space travel and tractor beams, but they wouldn't be able to open a Word Doc on a floppy disk.... lets be real here.
30. aids - May 26, 2009 5:34 PM
They have that fish thing from hitchhikers guide to the universe what a waste of information.
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31. STOMPY - May 26, 2009 5:40 PM
@25 funny I was thinking the same thing. That, or naked women.
32. STOMPY - May 26, 2009 5:41 PM
@naas
comment 22 should be framed and hung in a museum...
33. Daisy - May 26, 2009 8:47 PM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like that scene in the movie Never Back Down where Max decided he would get Baja back for frequently giving him hallucinogenic drugs for breakfast. He laced her cherry cola with ecstacy and LSD, and as she started to get wasted, he told her there were aliens landing outside. He then acted like an alien, and probed her anus repeatedly. She kinda knew it was him, but didn't mind.
34. Jaded Icon - May 27, 2009 7:06 AM
@ 31 funny I was thinking the same thing. That, or you naked....I mean......conversation over.
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36. Mosrhun - May 27, 2009 7:56 AM
We should totally put these in the nukes we use to take over the universe. That way any mutated survivors and look at it and be even more pissed off.
37. Fish Man - May 27, 2009 4:10 PM
So, how do we get the aliens to learn it? you can hand a child a book and say "learn the language," and expect them to learn it. so you can't hand another race thousands of pages of data and say "start talking."
unless those images show a picture of what the word is associated with, the aliens are just going to think we gave them a pretty plate.
38. mary-ann - June 1, 2009 4:34 AM
esey lo ta hopi master si e ta berda, ami lo kier un. 1487 languages to go for me.
39. 3v1lM1nD - July 15, 2009 8:19 PM
I really hope the aliens know english coz i think those pages are 100% written in english am i right or not ? :)