[Arkcon]

Atrocities, I gotta side with JuriD here. A handful, in a gigantic universe, equals countless planets with the possibility of life.

That the life forms in question have an intelligence like ours is hard to know for sure. The drake equation is easy to discuss and debate to figure out for number of stars and planets. But to define intelligence and technology, well, that might be difficult.

I'm a firm believer, that the laws of physics prevent these far flung societies from ever coming in contact with each other. If anyone ever discover warp points, jumpgates, I'll be shocked. And, IMHO, hyperspace drives and warp drives are just plain silly.

JuriD, you're back from vacation? Betcha you thought you'd have missed some turns on PBW, huh. Didn't figure you'd have missed nothing, didja. Welcome back.