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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. ##§%§;~,¨¨
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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 #§%§;~,¨¨¨
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¨,~;§%§### 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 #§%§;~,¨¨¨
¨¨,~;§%§## FROM THE LOCAL BEER THING ##§%§;~,¨¨
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