There is probably a better chance if we can become cyborgs fast enough.
Another possibility is that everyone, or better everything that has ever been, can be ressurected providing Heisenberg was not completely right. It seems reasonable that sometime along our civilization we will find a way to trace back and reconstruct every part of history.
Most importantly, when we do eventually meet an alien, always remember to count in radians.
It is true that investors will find it a tad more difficult to reject a group once they feel like they know you. By sitting down you would appear more human, whereas standing up gives a more commercial look.
From a sales course I recently attended, the lecturer told a sequence from one of her recent trips. They were in a small town in Turkey and she and some friends had just gotten off a bus. A sorry looking man came up to her and asked, "Do you have any medicine for my head?" She was caught off guard and responded, "What?" The man points to his head and says, "My head pains, do you have any medicine?" She then understood that he was talking about painkillers and eventually got some painkillers from one of her friends and handed them to the man. With a big smile on his face, the man says, "You are very kind! Come I show you my shop."
Is facebook really worth 5 billion? If so Mark Zuckerberg should really consider selling more %. The way I see it facebook serves some basic wants but it is far from the ultimate website, which should take over within the next two years when web developers start to fullfill the potential of Internet.
This article is extremely biased but the points made are legit. Facebook needs to develop its 2.0 or start selling while its stocks are high.