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,,@,@,,@,@ #,,,»»»»»»»»,,,# ,@,@,@,@,@
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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, ,@,@,@,@,@
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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!) ,@,@,@,@,@
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,,@,@,,@,@ 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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