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bumblebeeboy2
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 01/20/2004 : 04:31:31
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3410631.stm
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I'm flat out, you're so beautiful to look at when you cry. Freeze, don't move, you've been chosen as an extra in the movie adaptation of the sequal to your life. Shady Lane, everybody wants one, Shady Lane, everybody needs one. |
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Dave Noisy
Minister of Chaos
Canada
4496 Posts |
Posted - 01/20/2004 : 11:00:41
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| I think i pulled one of those out of my nose this morning..? |
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
11687 Posts |
Posted - 01/20/2004 : 11:05:19
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That's really awesome, especially that they can compile a 3D interpretation using 3 cameras like that mounted so closely together. Truly impressive.
 "Join the Cult of Frank / And you'll be enlightened" |
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ramona
"FB Quote Mistress"
USA
3988 Posts |
Posted - 01/22/2004 : 11:05:18
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Looks like they possibly lost the rover -
NASA: Spirit Rover Not Sending Data
(AP) - NASA's Spirit rover stopped transmitting data from Mars for more than 24 hours, mission managers said Thursday, calling it an "extremely serious anomaly." NASA last heard from Spirit early Wednesday. Since then, it has returned just random, meaningless radio noise — and only then sporadically, scientists said. Initially, the scientists said they believed weather problems on Earth caused the glitch. They now said they believe the rover was experiencing hardware or software problems.
Whole story - http://news.yahoo.com/fc?tmpl=fc&cid=34&in=science&cat=mars_exploration
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GoddessTheory
= Cult of Ray =
USA
675 Posts |
Posted - 01/22/2004 : 11:08:50
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Maybe they shouldn't have used Windows 98. Even if it was the Special Edition.
OR MAYBE - The last image they saw contained somee sort of being engaged in swallowing the rover whole and so frightened, they said they were experiencing glitches....
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El Barto
= Song DB Master =
USA
4020 Posts |
Posted - 01/22/2004 : 11:11:35
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Maybe the Martians found it.
 "I joined the Cult of Clops / If I were you, I'd sleep with one eye open." |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 01/22/2004 : 11:13:28
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| The British Beagle went for a hop, costing a ton of money...Bush wants us to colonise Mars, so maybe he sabotaged it. Nice pic. |
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GoddessTheory
= Cult of Ray =
USA
675 Posts |
Posted - 01/22/2004 : 11:13:40
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| Maybe the dingoe ate their baby. |
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <
South Sandwich Islands
4204 Posts |
Posted - 01/22/2004 : 11:44:24
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I work at Caltech. It's not good news for us.
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 01/22/2004 : 11:44:52
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| Eventually, images from Mars will be holiday snaps. |
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mcmikey
= Cult of Ray =
799 Posts |
Posted - 01/22/2004 : 12:54:10
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does that picture look like a background from a Star Wars game to anyone else???
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
4800 Posts |
Posted - 01/22/2004 : 14:09:08
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Originally posted by GoddessTheory
Maybe they shouldn't have used Windows 98. Even if it was the Special Edition.
OR MAYBE - The last image they saw contained somee sort of being engaged in swallowing the rover whole and so frightened, they said they were experiencing glitches....
I prefer to believe little Rover just had a brief run-in with the locals.
edit: at first I was under the misguided impression that the Rover's OS was Linux-based. It is using embedded sw from Wind River Technologies, called RTOS (real-time Operating System): http://www.embeddedstar.com/press/content/2004/1/embedded12221.html
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
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mcmikey
= Cult of Ray =
799 Posts |
Posted - 01/22/2004 : 14:53:25
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thats pretty out there stuff, apl
I dreamed I dream |
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
11687 Posts |
Posted - 01/22/2004 : 14:54:16
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Apl, crazy that you posted about them using Windriver's RTOS. I was just on their site today looking at their TCP/IP stack (we actually have used their RTOS for various applications in the past though we've moved to a proprietary one) and noticed that myself.
"Join the Cult of Frank / And you'll be enlightened" |
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Dave Noisy
Minister of Chaos
Canada
4496 Posts |
Posted - 01/22/2004 : 16:50:24
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How can something be gone, if it were never there?
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bumblebeeboy2
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
2638 Posts |
Posted - 01/23/2004 : 04:39:22
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damn that dave bowman! the power has gone to his head! ;)
some more images...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3422841.stm
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I'm flat out, you're so beautiful to look at when you cry. Freeze, don't move, you've been chosen as an extra in the movie adaptation of the sequal to your life. Shady Lane, everybody wants one, Shady Lane, everybody needs one. |
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Adnan_le_Terrible
* Dog in the Sand *
France
1973 Posts |
Posted - 01/23/2004 : 07:11:37
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They discovered WATER on Mars.
If we go there , we can make swimming pools !!!!
He says "c'est la vie" and takes another dive. |
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mcmikey
= Cult of Ray =
799 Posts |
Posted - 01/23/2004 : 07:53:37
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and more importantly: wet spacesuit contests!
I dreamed I dream |
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
9168 Posts |
Posted - 01/23/2004 : 09:28:05
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They discovered WATER on Mars.
Oddly enough, it was all Evian.
-Nathan
And how does lemur's skin reflect the sea?
http://vovat.blogspot.com/ |
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Dave Noisy
Minister of Chaos
Canada
4496 Posts |
Posted - 01/23/2004 : 17:26:02
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| And Mars Mud Pies...fun fun fun fun fun! |
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
9168 Posts |
Posted - 01/23/2004 : 18:15:23
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Moon Pie. What a time to be alive.
-Nathan
And how does lemur's skin reflect the sea?
http://vovat.blogspot.com/ |
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GypsyDeath
Zapped Profile
3575 Posts |
Posted - 01/23/2004 : 18:24:22
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and we can drink! hooray
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SpudBoy
= Cult of Ray =
Equatorial Guinea
649 Posts |
Posted - 01/24/2004 : 11:42:09
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Hell I'm drinking already.
 I looked for a cult to join, then decided to just play "Sink". Hey! I sank WallaWalla Washington! |
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Dave Noisy
Minister of Chaos
Canada
4496 Posts |
Posted - 01/24/2004 : 21:26:26
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It's looking like they've fixed it, tho it'll take a few weeks.
The other unit lands tonite.. |
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