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.......... on earth (the planet where i live) a ..........
.......... lot of us have antennas on our houses ..........
.......... or balconies, we have built large ..........
:......... antennas for larger bandwith, we have .........:
=:........ build specialized antennaes for ........:=
:=:....... specific wavelengths (and sent them .......:=:
†:=:...... into orbit), we've built large as fuck ......:=:†
§†:=:..... antenna arrays .....:=:†§
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†:=:...... grand scheme of things ......:=:†
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=:........ and we're moving around the sun at ........:=
:......... 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 ..........
:......... around the galaxy. and we as a species .........:
=:........ have learned to take all that in account ........:=
:=:....... .......:=:
†:=:...... and despite all this, despite all our ......:=:†
§†:=:..... (cliche) beaming of fucking stellar .....:=:†§
@§†:=:.... radio programmes out in fucking space ....:=:†§@
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@§†:=:.... beaming of all our secrets in every ....:=:†§@
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:=:....... no . one . has . answered .......:=:
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:......... so why is that? .........:
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:=:....... most opponents to intelligent life in .......:=:
†:=:...... the universe say it's because you need ......:=:†
§†:=:..... a class one-or-the-other star and the .....:=:†§
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§†:=:..... i think everyone agrees that we have no .....:=:†§
†:=:...... idea what we're doing (and it probably ......:=:†
:=:....... shows) .......:=:
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.......... ####.== fermi's paradox ==.#### ..........
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:......... i'm gonna go smoke my third cigarette .........:
=:........ this year and try to snatch some beers ........:=
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