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than a few dishes ?

The Square Kilometer Array, now to be based in Australia and Africa.

_http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18194984

Anyone seen 'The Arrival' ?

[video=youtube;4JRwahO8eIc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JRwahO8eIc&feature=related[/video]
 
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I can sell them some of my spare dishes if they need summat to start them off! :D
 
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nanochickin said:
If i had 1.5 million euros, i'd buy Greece :-lmao
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That'd be a good deal, you'd spend €1.5 million, to acquire €240 billion of debt. ;)
 
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nanochickin said:
If i had 1.5 million euros, i'd buy Greece :-lmao
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Seems a bit expensive to me ..
Only paid £8 for a large tub to lubricate my worm drive...
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nanochickin said:
If i had 1.5 million euros, i'd buy Greece :-lmao
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Be careful what you wish for... :rolleyes:
 
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Vipersan said:
Seems a bit expensive to me ..
Only paid £8 for a large tub to lubricate my worm drive...
;)
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Fnar fnar
 
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Channel Hopper said:
Telescopes to reach nine billion light years away - BBC News
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Quote from the BBC video...'They will be sensitive to detect a mobile phone signal on Jupiter'....will that be ET phoning home?
 
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