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Racer chase (chase268)
Race Number 200
Date Tue, 6 Mar 2012 19:08:30
Speed 57 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 88.7%
Rank 2nd place (out of 4)
Opponents isuckandyouknowit (3rd place) phlid (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.
— (book) by Carl Sagan (see stats)