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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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&¨&&&¨&&&& DISH AS LARGE AS EARTH. ¨¨&&¨&&¨¨&
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¨¨&&&&&&&¨ SOLAR SYSTEM, OUR SOLAR SYSTEMS ¨¨¨¨¨&&¨¨¨
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¨¨&&¨¨¨¨¨& 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 &&&&&&&¨¨¨
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¨¨&&¨&¨¨¨& THE GALAXY IS MOVING TOWARD ANDROMEDA &¨¨¨¨¨¨&&¨
¨¨&¨&&&¨¨& AND WE'RE BOTH MOVING ANTICLOCKWISE &&¨¨¨¨¨&¨&
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¨&&¨¨&¨&&& HAVE LEARNED TO TAKE ALL THAT IN ACCOUNT &&&&¨¨¨&¨¨
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¨¨&¨¨¨&&&¨ 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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¨&&¨&¨¨¨¨& ¨&¨¨¨&&¨&&
&&¨&&&¨¨¨& 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 ¨¨¨&¨¨&&&&
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¨&&&¨¨&&¨¨ 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 &¨¨¨¨¨¨&&&
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