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Unknown Pleasures Performative event, Chauvet strobe light, DMX-752 strobe converter, pulsar dataset A 750-watt club strobe light is synced with PSR 1919+21 and performs on an empty stage for an empty auditorium, illuminating and burning an after image of the space on the viewers retina. “We did not really believe that we had picked up signals from another civilization, but obviously the idea had crossed our minds and we had no proof that it was an entirely natural radio emission. It is an interesting problem - if one thinks one may have detected life elsewhere in the universe how does one announce the results responsibly? Who does one tell first?” |