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An echo.

podrock — 10/6/2020 4:13:05 AM (archived)

I like it.

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Contact: A question of communication (originally from Mysteries of the Multiverse) - Vitruvius - 9/16/2020 2:25:53 AM
- It all depends on the type of signal which was initially received. - ER - 9/16/2020 3:39:58 PM
  - Well since you specified... - Vitruvius - 10/2/2020 11:42:07 PM
    - Answer it immediately. - ER - 10/5/2020 3:34:07 AM
      - I would probably immediately respond with a sequence of prime numbers on repeat... - RL - 10/5/2020 3:51:06 AM
        
        Why prime numbers? Or as some have suggested, the Fibonacci series. - ER - 10/6/2020 12:10:52 AM
        
        No real reason, but it would stand out as clearly artificial - RL - 10/6/2020 3:25:12 AM
        
        An echo. - podrock - 10/6/2020 4:13:05 AM
        
        Whens ships use signal flags... - ER - 10/6/2020 5:02:06 AM
        
        I'm thinking radio. - ER - 10/5/2020 4:39:42 AM

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