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##¶£%%/~:¨ LOT OF US HAVE ANTENNAS ON OUR HOUSES ¨:~/%%£¶##
#¶£%%/~:¨¨ OR BALCONIES, WE HAVE BUILT LARGE ¨¨:~/%%£¶#
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%%/~:¨¨¨¨¨ SPECIFIC WAVELENGTHS (AND SENT THEM ¨¨¨¨¨:~/%%
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/~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨:~/%%
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%/~:¨¨¨¨¨¨ MEDIUM! GOODSPEED YOU, BLACK EMPEROR!), ¨¨¨¨¨¨:~/%
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~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:
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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!) ¨¨:~/%%£¶#
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%%/~:¨¨¨¨¨ DEFINITION OF LIFE REALLY LAX? ¨¨¨¨¨:~/%%
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~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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