Pulsars, Discovery of (Entry 1008.IS4713)
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🗓️ 16 June 2020
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In which the discoverer of neutron stars is largely ignored for her achievement, and John wonders about the precise verbiage to summon "Beetlejuice." Certificate #52246.
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| 0:00.0 | We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick. |
| 0:07.0 | We are receiving this message. |
| 0:11.0 | We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick. We speak to you from our present, which we can only assume is your distant past, the turbulent time that was the early 21st century. |
| 0:21.0 | Fearing the great cataclysm that will surely befall our civilization, we began this monumental |
| 0:26.2 | reference of strange and obscure human knowledge. |
| 0:28.8 | These recordings represent our attempt to compile and preserve wonders and esoterica that would otherwise be lost. |
| 0:35.0 | So whether you're listening from an advanced civilization or have just reinvented the technology to decrypt our transmissions, |
| 0:41.0 | this is our legacy to you. |
| 0:43.4 | This is our time capsule. |
| 0:45.4 | This is the omnibus. Oh, You have accessed entry 1008 dot I S 4713 Certificate number 522 46. |
| 1:26.0 | Pulsars. Discovery of of. This is a new thing we're trying out here on the omnibus. |
| 1:38.0 | These... |
| 1:39.0 | Yeah, I'm comma crazy now. |
| 1:40.0 | These comma... |
| 1:41.0 | I'll put a comma in anything. |
| 1:42.0 | I don't care. I'm going to go put a comma in my email address and my license plate. I don't care if it breaks a database somewhere. |
| 1:48.0 | Omnibus, intransigent host of. |
| 1:53.0 | Omnibus comma, annoyed listeners of. |
| 1:57.0 | On a scale of 1 to 10, John, how worried would you say you are about |
| 2:00.8 | Beetlejuice? I don't want to say it two more times. Are you |
| 2:04.6 | worried about him showing up? Could be? And doing crazy callypso numbers in here in |
| 2:08.8 | the bunker with us? I kind of want it. I kind of don't want that at all. I |
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