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#@£#&**=-. grand scheme of things .-=**£@#
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####&**=-. velocity and the suns moving around the .-=**###
#@£#&**=-. center of the galaxy at velocity and .-=**£@#
#@£#&**=-. the galaxy is moving toward andromeda .-=**£@#
#@£#&**=-. and we're both moving anticlockwise .-=**£@#
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##@£&**=-. at the speed of light (light is our .-=**&£@##
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##@£#&*=-. filtering, despite our very obvious .-=*£@##
#@£#&**=-. beaming of all our secrets in every .-=**£@#
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#@£#&**=-. so why is that? .-=**£@#
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#@£#&**=-. most opponents to intelligent life in .-=**£@#
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#@£#&**=-. a class one-or-the-other star and the .-=**£@#
#@£#&**=-. planet needs to be at a see-and-so .-=**£@#
#@£#&**=-. distance away from the star (like there .-=**£@#
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#@£#&**=-. from the local beer thing .-=**£@#
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