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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 years ago

NASA's 46-year-old Voyager 1 probe is no longer transmitting data

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NASA's 46-year-old Voyager 1 probe is no longer transmitting data

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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 years ago
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NASA's 46-year-old Voyager 1 probe can only transmit binary gobbledygook following a computer glitch that could take weeks to fix.
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    Title is “no longer transmitting data.” If it’s repeating a pattern, then data is no longer being transmitted.

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      Unreadable data is still data.

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        Is mayonnaise data?

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          It is made of lots of little bytes of mayonnaise.

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            Quantum mayonnaise theory.

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              I’m a fan of the many jars interpretation

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          Yes.

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        It’s not unreadable. It’s not data.

        If you want to be pedantic you could say it’s “transmitting symbols”.

        If I only typed out “abaababababbaab” over and over you wouldn’t call it “unreadable words.” You’d say it’s not words.

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          Omg, you can’t just type “abaababababbaab” on the internet you filthy animal!

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