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-,,,,,,,,, lot of us have antennas on our houses ,,,,,,,,,-
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=»-,,,,,,, antennas for larger bandwith, we have ,,,,,,,-»=
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£==»-,,,,, specific wavelengths (and sent them ,,,,,-»==£
#£==»-,,,, into orbit), we've built large as fuck ,,,,-»==£#
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#@#£==»-,, we've virtually built an antenna with a ,,-»==£#@#
##@#£==»-, dish as large as earth. ,-»==£#@##
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,,,,,,,,,, and we're moving around the sun at ,,,,,,,,,,
-,,,,,,,,, velocity and the suns moving around the ,,,,,,,,,-
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=»-,,,,,,, the galaxy is moving toward andromeda ,,,,,,,-»=
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£==»-,,,,, 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 ,,,,,,,,-»
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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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-,,,,,,,,, i think everyone agrees that we have no ,,,,,,,,,-
»-,,,,,,,, idea what we're doing (and it probably ,,,,,,,,-»
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#@#£==»-,, this year and try to snatch some beers ,,-»==£#@#
@#£==»-,,, from the local beer thing ,,,-»==£#@
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