Being broadcast without a pause, the combination of dots and dashes could also have been read as IJS, SMB, or VTB.

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Woodland drew Morse dots and dashes as he sat on the beach and absent-mindedly left his fingers in the sand where they traced a series of parallel lines.

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Its mission is to broadcast the message "Hi this is Niwaka Japan" in Morse code, using bursts of intense light to draw dots and dashes across the heavens.

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Next, make lines and curves and dots and dashes on the surface of your choosing: paper, canvas, sandy beach, dirt floor of rustic cabin or the skin of exceptionally trusting loved one.

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Our experience of human connection from dots-and-dashes, or from SKYPE, comes from the operation of imagination, desire, and attention interacting with technological interactivity, reliability, and availability.

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