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##¤@§/-... 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 ........-/
-......... WE'VE VIRTUALLY BUILT AN ANTENNA WITH A .........-
/-........ DISH AS LARGE AS EARTH. ........-/
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@§/-...... WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT OUR POSITION IN THE ......-/§@
¤@§/-..... SOLAR SYSTEM, OUR SOLAR SYSTEMS .....-/§@¤
#¤@§/-.... PLACEMENT IN THE GALAXY, AND OUR ....-/§@¤#
##¤@§/-... GALAXYS PLACEMENT IN THE LOCAL CLUSTER, ...-/§@¤##
###¤@§/-.. AND -OUR- LOCAL CLUSTERS PLACE IN THE ..-/§@¤###
##¤@§/-... 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 .......-/§
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¤@§/-..... AND DESPITE ALL THIS, DESPITE ALL OUR .....-/§@¤
#¤@§/-.... (CLICHE) BEAMING OF FUCKING STELLAR ....-/§@¤#
##¤@§/-... RADIO PROGRAMMES OUT IN FUCKING SPACE ...-/§@¤##
###¤@§/-.. AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT (LIGHT IS OUR ..-/§@¤###
##¤@§/-... MEDIUM! GOODSPEED YOU, BLACK EMPEROR!), ...-/§@¤##
#¤@§/-.... DESPITE GHOSTS HELPING AND THE ....-/§@¤#
¤@§/-..... COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS LOWPASS .....-/§@¤
@§/-...... FILTERING, DESPITE OUR VERY OBVIOUS ......-/§@
§/-....... BEAMING OF ALL OUR SECRETS IN EVERY .......-/§
/-........ DIRECTION KNOWN TO US, ........-/
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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 ......-/§@
§/-....... PLANET NEEDS TO BE AT A SEE-AND-SO .......-/§
/-........ DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE STAR (LIKE THERE ........-/
-......... HAS TO BE A PLANET!) .........-
/-........ ........-/
§/-....... BUT REALLY ISN'T THAT KEEPING THE .......-/§
@§/-...... DEFINITION OF LIFE REALLY LAX? ......-/§@
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##¤@§/-... IDEA WHAT WE'RE DOING (AND IT PROBABLY ...-/§@¤##
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/-........ I'M GONNA GO SMOKE MY THIRD CIGARETTE ........-/
-......... THIS YEAR AND TRY TO SNATCH SOME BEERS .........-
/-........ FROM THE LOCAL BEER THING ........-/
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