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=.,,,,,,,, build specialized antennaes for ,,,,,,,,.=
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,,,,,,,,,, into orbit), we've built large as fuck ,,,,,,,,,,
.,,,,,,,,, antenna arrays ,,,,,,,,,.
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#@@£*:=.,, galaxys placement in the local cluster, ,,.=:*£@@#
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=.,,,,,,,, and we're both moving anticlockwise ,,,,,,,,.=
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,,,,,,,,,, have learned to take all that in account ,,,,,,,,,,
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*:=.,,,,,, radio programmes out in fucking space ,,,,,,.=:*
£*:=.,,,,, at the speed of light (light is our ,,,,,.=:*£
@£*:=.,,,, medium! goodspeed you, black emperor!), ,,,,.=:*£@
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#@@£*:=.,, collective consciousness lowpass ,,.=:*£@@#
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#@@£*:=.,, beaming of all our secrets in every ,,.=:*£@@#
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*:=.,,,,,, the universe say it's because you need ,,,,,,.=:*
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@£*:=.,,,, planet needs to be at a see-and-so ,,,,.=:*£@
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