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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!) ,&,&,&,&,&
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&,&,&,&,,& BUT REALLY ISN'T THAT KEEPING THE ,&,&,&,&,&
&,&,&,&,&& DEFINITION OF LIFE REALLY LAX? &&,&,&,&,,
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&,&,&,&,,& 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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