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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 &.&&.&.&..
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&.&..&.&.& And We'Re Moving Around The Sun At &.&&.&.&..
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&.&..&.&.& 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 &..&.&.&.&
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&.&..&.&.& Radio Programmes Out In Fucking Space &.&&.&.&..
&.&.&&.&.& At The Speed Of Light (Light Is Our &..&.&.&.&
&.&..&.&.& Medium! Goodspeed You, Black Emperor!), &.&&.&.&..
&.&.&&.&.& Despite Ghosts Helping And The &..&.&.&.&
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&.&.&&.&.& Filtering, Despite Our Very Obvious &..&.&.&.&
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&.&..&.&.& 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 &..&.&.&.&
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