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As we all turned around and started milling around, I was wondering whether I felt more scared or more curious about the prospect of meeting another type of intelligent life. I had always dreamt about how it would be like with different scenarios of negative and positive outcomes. The monitor turned on, again. The announcer said, "This is a Lunar 5 Station news flash. A morse code is being sent directly to us. We'll require all personel that have language or information systems training to come to the information center. Any of the visitors with this kind of training are strongly urged to offer assistance. Thank you." There goes my vacation, I thought. That was right up my alley, so I thought I should go check in. As, I walked down the main long corridor, employees were grumbling about that it's probably just another Neutron star pulsating, again. The sky did have a red glow to it, but I felt a little more at ease after hearing that. When I got to the desk, a gruff man asked me, what is your name and your information systems background? I said, "My name is Sitya and I have 5 years experience in working with information systems retrieval." The man said, "But that's not exactly what we need right now, but give us your room pager number and we'll keep you posted". So, I wondered back to the cafe/lounge area. Everyone was wondering around and talking, a lot more calmer than when I had left. |