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Racer Rodney (talbadarx)
Race Number 161
Date Thu, 11 Oct 2012 19:53:54 +0000
Speed 86 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 90.7%
Rank 2nd place (out of 5)
Opponents d3ly (4th place) mrsmchop (3rd place) tahiriqbal (1st place)

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At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all, they were not absolutely sure it was an extraterrestrial message. A premature or mistaken announcement would be a public relations disaster. But worse than that, it would interfere with the data analysis. If the press descended, the science would surely suffer.
Contact (book) by Carl Sagan (see stats)