{"id":25892,"date":"2010-07-23T18:10:23","date_gmt":"2010-07-23T18:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/it%e2%80%99s-time-for-another-bonus-riddle\/"},"modified":"2010-07-23T18:10:23","modified_gmt":"2010-07-23T18:10:23","slug":"it%e2%80%99s-time-for-another-bonus-riddle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/astronomy\/it%e2%80%99s-time-for-another-bonus-riddle.php","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Time For Another Bonus Riddle!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Guess what?&nbsp; It&rsquo;s time for another bonus riddle.&nbsp; Get ready, get set&hellip;  Monday, August 9th will be the day.&nbsp; For a prize this time, we&rsquo;re  offering a copy of <span>Confessions of an Alien Hunter<\/span>, by Dr. Seth Shostak, and a mug from the SETI Institute.<\/p><div><a href=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/c6597_confessions-of-an-alien-hunter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6460\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/c6597_confessions-of-an-alien-hunter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"338\" height=\"500\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/a><p>Dr. Shostak's book - a very enjoyable read<\/p><\/div><p>Dr. Shostak is the lead  astronomer for the SETI Institute.&nbsp; He&rsquo;s an author, lecturer, educator,  astronomer, and all-around cool guy.&nbsp; His book, <span>Confessions of an Alien Hunter<\/span> is a look at SETI from the inside.&nbsp; He also talks about the ideology  behind SETI, and with whom (or what) we can anticipate contact&hellip; in the  next twenty years.&nbsp; The book is an enjoyable read on all levels, and a  great addition to your library.<\/p><p>While you&rsquo;re curled up reading, you&rsquo;ll be able to enjoy your  favorite beverage in a SETI mug &mdash; direct to you from the SETI  Institute.&nbsp; You cannot buy this mug in stores.<\/p><div><a href=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/c6597_SETI-mug.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6461  \" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/c6597_SETI-mug.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"346\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/a><p>One side of the SETI mug<\/p><\/div><p>I know you know this, but let&rsquo;s go over the rules again:<\/p><ul><li>Tom and I will post the bonus riddle at noon CDT, August 9th.&nbsp;  That&rsquo;s Monday. You&rsquo;ll  have a few more chances to solve a riddle to become eligible to  participate.<\/li><li>Guesses will be by email to Tom or Marian.<\/li><li>You will have 24 hours to submit your guesses; from noon CDT Monday August 9th, until noon CDT Tuesday August 10th.<\/li><li>You get three guesses.<\/li><li>Comments will be closed on the bonus riddle until after the  submission deadline.<\/li><li>The winner will be the first person to submit the correct answer.&nbsp;  If nobody solves the riddle by noon CDT August 10, it will be opened  for everybody to give it a shot.<\/li><li>Tom will have the final say in any controversy.<\/li><\/ul><p>Remember,  you will not get any feedback from us, except that we received your  guess.&nbsp; We will compare your emailed guesses against previous comments  to make sure we have the right person.&nbsp; Again, it&rsquo;s not that we don&rsquo;t  trust you; we want to be able to prove the prize went to someone to whom  we&rsquo;re not related.&nbsp; Besides &mdash; Tom and I both really, really want that  SETI mug.<\/p><p>The riddle winners so far for this cycle (bonus riddle to bonus  riddle) are:&nbsp; Carl Legge, Rob, George, Sean, Nick, Roger, Steve, Emily,  Kristian, Frank, Jerry, Ubiraci, Dwight, and Amresh.&nbsp; You still have the  riddles July 24th, July 31st, and August 7th to get your name on the  list.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guess what?&nbsp; It&rsquo;s time for another bonus riddle.&nbsp; Get ready, get set&hellip; Monday, August 9th will be the day.&nbsp; For a prize this time, we&rsquo;re offering a copy of Confessions of an Alien Hunter, by Dr. Seth Shostak, and a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/astronomy\/it%e2%80%99s-time-for-another-bonus-riddle.php\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25892"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25892\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}