You have an interesting idea, but just because a MECA would spit out light also, doesn't mean it would spit it out in all directions. It could focus all the light it produces in a narrow beam, perhaps away from earth.
Think of the dark spots that appear inside a flashlight.
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You have an interesting idea, but just because a MECA would spit out light also, doesn't mean it would spit it out in all directions. It could focus all the light it produces in a narrow beam, perhaps away from earth. Think of the dark spots that appear inside a flashlight.
I for one welcome our new microscopic gremlin overloards.
Yuck, who wants to use kpdf, xpdf or gpdf (or adobe!)
less file.pdf
no cut and paste necessary.
Or even better
less file.pdf > file.txt
You'll probably have to hit Ctrl-C for a second to get less to quit, I couldn't find an option to do this.