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¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨ 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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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§ 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, ¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨
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§¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨ NO ¨ ONE ¨ HAS ¨ ANSWERED ¨§¨¨¨¨¨§¨§
§§¨¨§¨§§¨¨ ¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§
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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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¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨§ I THINK EVERYONE AGREES THAT WE HAVE NO §§¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨
¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨ 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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