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¨¨§¨¨§¨§¨¨ OR BALCONIES, WE HAVE BUILT LARGE ¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§§
§¨§§¨§§§§¨ ANTENNAS FOR LARGER BANDWITH, WE HAVE ¨§¨§¨¨¨¨§¨
§§§¨§§¨¨¨§ BUILD SPECIALIZED ANTENNAES FOR ¨§§§§¨¨¨§§
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§¨§§¨¨¨§§¨ CENTER OF THE GALAXY AT VELOCITY AND §§§§¨§¨¨¨¨
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§¨¨§¨§§§¨¨ COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS LOWPASS §¨§§§¨¨¨§¨
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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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§¨§§¨§§§¨¨ DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE STAR (LIKE THERE ¨¨§¨¨§¨¨§¨
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¨¨¨§¨§§§§¨ BUT REALLY ISN'T THAT KEEPING THE ¨¨§§§¨§§¨§
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