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@.@.@@...@ ####.== Fermi'S Paradox ==.#### .....@@.@@
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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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@..@@...@@ ####.== Fermi'S Paradox ==.#### ..@@@@.@@.
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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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@.@..@...@ 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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