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Old 28-03-2012, 01:59 AM
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A real good point on the map of the galaxy. The article author, though, had some confusion over the difference between radius and diameter.

Carl Sagan made a similar point in his story "Contact," where the first televised broadcast from Nazi Germany made its way back from Vega. In that story, some were wondering why intelligent aliens would only respond to Hitler. That's because they hadn't yet received Lucille Ball.
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