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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 &&¨¨¨¨¨¨¨&
¨&&&¨&&¨¨¨ ¨&¨¨¨¨¨¨&&
&¨¨&&¨&¨¨& 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, &&&¨&¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨&&&¨¨&&¨ ¨¨&&&¨¨¨¨¨
¨&¨¨&¨&¨&& NO ¨ ONE ¨ HAS ¨ ANSWERED ¨&¨¨&¨¨¨¨¨
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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!) ¨¨¨&¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨&&¨¨¨¨& ¨¨&&¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨&¨&¨¨¨&& 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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