Comment Re:Neat, but... (Score 1) 380
Yeah, the problem is most people here about these things third hand. And the first few people who relay act like a megaphone with high distortation. NASA's original release just said that this discovery "will impact the search for extraterrestrial life." Which CANNOT be interpreted as 'ZOMG WE FOUND ET!' Yet the second sounds far more awesome, so it gets propagated more and faster then the original message... so you shouldn't be disappointed, NASA was honest about what this would be!
Also... we need to start filtering things, and relaying only backed up, reasonable messages, not just the catchy-ist ones, or we'll just fall into insane blathering about terrorists, communist fascists (ironic, huh?), and aliens who want to eat your babies