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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. ..........
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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 @@@..@@@..
.@@....@.. Shows) @@....@...
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.@@..@@@@@ I'M Gonna Go Smoke My Third Cigarette ....@@@...
......@@@@ This Year And Try To Snatch Some Beers .@@..@..@@
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