Phenomenon Page #4

- l don't think they go, George

- Oh, what would you know?

Looks like a swap meet

blew in here.

Talk about needin' a woman's touch.

This is an emergency.

Hey, Nate. l've been workin'

on that solar kit you gave me.

l'm tellin' you, the whole field of

photovoltaics is, is just in babyland.

l mean, you know, th-the idea

that plants have been storing...

and, and using the sun's energy

since the birth of the world.

l mean, photosynthesis is,

is a model for us,

and, and we're just scratching

the surface of what we can do

with these silicon cells.

l'm tellin' ya. What?

What?

You just talk so fast, George,

and, and you know so much stuff.

l'm sorry.

l can't help it, Nate.

lt's okay.

- What is that?

- Oh, it's just computers

talking to computers.

Shh. Leave it,

leave it, leave it.

Ah, come on. The Morse code's

goin' too fast for you to pick that out.

No, no, no, no. lt's-- lt's--

l can hear it.

- Bull.

- No, l'll tell ya what it is.

A repeated pattern.

They're looping a message.

- ''Watering the golds F-Friday.''

- Yeah, yeah.

Now who'd be sending a coded message

like that in simple Morse?

Oh, man, look. l pick up like

two different air force bases.

l think we better

leave this one alone, George.

Mm, no, no. This is

a different one. Listen, listen.

This one's much denser, but it's still

a loop; it still repeats. Listen.

- Seriously, l think we--

- Oh, l gotta record this.

- l think we need to leave this alone.

- Hey, where's your--

- No, no, no, no, no.

- What are you doin'?

Well, l want to take it home

so l can break it down,

and then we can answer it.

- Why?

- Because it gives me

something to do, Nate.

l don't know if it's getting worse

or it's gettin' better, but--

You know, l have 12 hours

in the night to kill, and l--

When l get tired of reading,

l do crossword puzzles,

but they're all too simple.

Too simple?

And then everybody l know is asleep,

and l'm, l'm awake at night.

ls there something, um,

something l could do?

Hey! Why don't we

just go outside and box?

l could split your lip again.

You'll-- Ya-- You'll feel a lot better.

No!

Hey, if you send a message,

would they get it?

Yeah, sure. Um--

Send this. Send them...

''Don't, uh-- Don't overwater

the golds.'' Say that.

- Okay, fine. The golds?

- Marigolds.

- Oh, yeah.

No, no, no. Say:

''Don't overwater the marigolds Friday.''

''Don't overwater...

- the marigolds on Friday.''

- Right.

- ''We'll be watching.''

- Yeah, yeah. We'll be watching.

- How does that sound?

Oh, my God. This is cool.

lt's okay, Attila. lt's nothing.

Static electricity, that's all.

That's all it is.

See, here. Here you go.

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