i agree that the bulk of our technological advances have come about from war or cold war times. even now the technology we have is from "war" between competing companies. what i am refering to by the dark ages is the fact that during that time most science was looked down upon and religion reigned. science was considered sorcery and black magic and the scentists persecuted and killed. if a society could have avoided that problem then they could be more advanced than us and would still be able to handle interaction with us. of course we have the nasty habit of if i cant have it no one can so perhaps the fact that no one has contacted us is best. then again they may be living with us at this time and we would not necessary know it.
edit: i dont care what IF says it was not a waste of time and space (bidi! bidi!). thanks for the picture.
[ February 27, 2003, 20:06: Message edited by: desdinova ]