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arecibo

Visual representation of the Arecibo Message

Installation

make && sudo make install

Usage

arecibo [options] [<rate>]

Options:
    -c,--color  Show message part colorings
    -h,--help   Print this help message

The rate defaults to 2000 and is the sleep time between each line of the message in microseconds.

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Description

The Arecibo Message was a 1679 bit long radio signal sent to globular star cluster M13 from the Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico on November 16, 1974.

For more information about the message conveyed, read the Wikipedia page here.

Acknowledgements

The coloring of the important parts of the message was shamelessly taken from the Wikipedia page for the Arecibo Message.

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