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#¤£%~~¨¨¨¨ antennas for larger bandwith, we have ¨¨¨¨~~%£¤#
¤£/~¨¨¨¨¨¨ build specialized antennaes for ¨¨¨¨¨¨~/£¤
##¤¤£%/~:¨ 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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¤%%%%~:¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨~~%£¤
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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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#£££/:¨¨¨¨ definition of life really lax? ¨¨¨¨:/£££#
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#£%/:¨¨¨¨¨ i think everyone agrees that we have no ¨¨¨¨¨:/%£#
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#@#¤£%/~:¨ this year and try to snatch some beers ¨:~/%£¤#@#
#¤%~¨¨¨¨¨¨ from the local beer thing ¨¨¨¨¨¨~%¤#
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