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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 &&¨¨¨¨&¨¨&
&¨&&¨¨&¨&& WE'VE VIRTUALLY BUILT AN ANTENNA WITH A ¨&¨¨¨&&¨&¨
&&¨&¨&&&¨& DISH AS LARGE AS EARTH. &&¨¨&¨&&&&
¨&&&&¨¨&&& ¨&¨&&&¨¨¨¨
&¨¨¨&¨&¨¨¨ 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 &&&¨&¨&¨¨¨
&¨¨¨¨¨&&&& ¨¨&&&&&¨¨¨
&¨¨¨¨&¨¨¨¨ 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, &&¨¨¨&¨¨¨&
¨¨¨&¨&&&¨¨ ¨&¨¨&&¨¨&&
¨¨&&&¨¨&¨¨ NO ¨ ONE ¨ HAS ¨ ANSWERED &&¨&¨&¨&¨&
¨&¨¨&¨&&¨¨ ¨&&&&&&&&&
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&&&&&¨&¨¨¨ &¨¨¨¨¨&¨&&
¨¨¨¨&&&¨¨¨ SO WHY IS THAT? &¨¨¨¨&&&¨¨
¨¨¨&¨¨&¨¨& &¨¨¨&¨¨&¨¨
¨¨&&¨&&¨&¨ 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? &¨¨&¨&&¨&¨
&¨¨&&¨&&&& &¨&&&¨&&&&
&¨&¨&&¨¨¨¨ I THINK EVERYONE AGREES THAT WE HAVE NO &&¨¨&&¨¨¨¨
&&&&¨&¨¨¨¨ IDEA WHAT WE'RE DOING (AND IT PROBABLY ¨&¨&¨&¨¨¨&
¨¨¨&&&¨¨¨& SHOWS) &&&&&&¨¨&¨
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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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