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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!) ....¤.....
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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 .¤¤.......
.¤.......¤ SHOWS) .¤¤¤......
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¤.......¤. THIS YEAR AND TRY TO SNATCH SOME BEERS .¤.¤¤..¤.¤
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