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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 6113573" data-attributes="member: 177">Difficult, because we use radio communication too much.&nbsp; Controlling transmission is easy enough - local authorities could find and shut down any transmitter powerful enough to be heard on Mars.&nbsp; But, if you or they want to broadcast, the only way to prevent folks here from listening is to take away all the radio receivers on the planet, and all the components one might use to build a receiver - and that there pretty much kills your electronics industry, as the things you need to build a receiver are really basic.&nbsp; So, you can control who talks to the Martians, but not who listens in on the conversation between you.&nbsp; Collusion between human and martian governments could establish encryption protocols, but short of that, pretty much everyone knows who's saying what.Eh.&nbsp; Pure speculation, here.&nbsp; You'd have to start including effects like what knowledge of another intelligent species does to religions around the world (both worlds, really). And that's going into areas that'd be outside the rules of EN World.We are used to conducting trade across a globe that has many languages and nationalities.&nbsp; I don't see that as an issue.&nbsp; No.&nbsp; No no no.&nbsp; The original estimates for a two-year engagement were $100 billion.&nbsp; But, when you start counting up all the costs (like including that it's gone way, way past two years, and adding in veterans benefits and such) the Iraq war has cost more like $100 billion *per year*.&nbsp; Total cost of the actions in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan are estimated to be at least $3 to $4 trillion, maybe as high as $6 trillion.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_cost_of_the_Iraq_War" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_cost_of_the_Iraq_War</a>Whether or not it has bankrupted the US (the concept's a little fuzzy for an entity that can create money, after all), it has had notable negative economic impact.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 6113573, member: 177"] Difficult, because we use radio communication too much. Controlling transmission is easy enough - local authorities could find and shut down any transmitter powerful enough to be heard on Mars. But, if you or they want to broadcast, the only way to prevent folks here from listening is to take away all the radio receivers on the planet, and all the components one might use to build a receiver - and that there pretty much kills your electronics industry, as the things you need to build a receiver are really basic. So, you can control who talks to the Martians, but not who listens in on the conversation between you. Collusion between human and martian governments could establish encryption protocols, but short of that, pretty much everyone knows who's saying what. Eh. Pure speculation, here. You'd have to start including effects like what knowledge of another intelligent species does to religions around the world (both worlds, really). And that's going into areas that'd be outside the rules of EN World. We are used to conducting trade across a globe that has many languages and nationalities. I don't see that as an issue. No. No no no. The original estimates for a two-year engagement were $100 billion. But, when you start counting up all the costs (like including that it's gone way, way past two years, and adding in veterans benefits and such) the Iraq war has cost more like $100 billion *per year*. Total cost of the actions in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan are estimated to be at least $3 to $4 [I][B]trillion[/B][/I], maybe as high as $6 trillion. [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_cost_of_the_Iraq_War[/url] Whether or not it has bankrupted the US (the concept's a little fuzzy for an entity that can create money, after all), it has had notable negative economic impact. [/QUOTE]

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