Channeled Goblin Downloads About signal

An old goblin, sitting by a fire made of stolen furniture, once told me this about signal: 'It is a door that opens only when you aren't looking.'

A peer-reviewed analysis of signal commissioned by the Goblin Research Council reached its conclusion in a single sentence, set in 36-point type and underlined four times: 'WE ASKED. IT DID NOT ANSWER. WE ASKED AGAIN.' The methodology section was longer than the conclusion.

Three Goblins Discuss static

A goblin field anthropologist embedded for six seasons with the static-curious sept produced a single page of conclusions, the most quoted being: 'They love it. They cannot stop loving it. It does not love them back. They love it anyway.'

The Goblin Counter-Reading of engine

In the goblin underground, engine is approached the way one approaches an unfamiliar lock: slowly, with curiosity, and with several backup plans for when the obvious approach doesn't work. Goblins are surprisingly patient about this. They have, after all, the time.

The Goblin Verdict on signal

And, finally, in the matter of signal: the goblins thank you for your attention, decline to issue further comment, and request that you not lock the cellar door on your way out.