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Pit Stop
Racer David (david_yen)
Race Number 488
Date Thu, 17 Nov 2016 17:04:37
Speed 76 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 90.5%
Rank 2nd place (out of 4)
Opponents codeweaver (1st place) sha1sha2 (3rd 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)