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Voyager 1 loses contact with NASA, turns on retro transmitter not used since 1981 (www.livescience.com)

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[-] uservoid1@lemmy.world 68 points 3 weeks ago

Every few months there is a similar such story about this ancient marvel of technology and the people remotely maintaining it against all odds.

I can imagine a headline 100 years from now:

"Engineers are modifying Voyager 1 decorative panel bolt into a functional interstellar communicator"

[-] Classy@sh.itjust.works 25 points 3 weeks ago

each line of code is transmitted over a bandwidth that only supports 1/2 a bit, and it takes 3.5 years to reach the Voyager

[-] whaleross@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

A hacker has hijacked the communication relay and managed to install Doom on the Voyager. The game runs perfectly but the user interface is reported to be somewhat laggy.

[-] Shmandom@feddit.uk 1 points 3 weeks ago

... He then went on to check if he could run Crysis on it.

[-] Zier@fedia.io 47 points 3 weeks ago

Cell phone broke, now using pay phone.

[-] beefbot 63 points 3 weeks ago

This is a collect call from: MOMCOMEPICKMEUP IMOUTSIDETHEHELIOPAUSE, do you accept the charges?

[-] Zier@fedia.io 11 points 3 weeks ago

We need to start a new prank. People should randomly start phone conversations with, "This is a collect call from Richard, do you accept the charges?"., when you phone a friend. It's funny because no one does collect calls on cell phones. It's ironic & stupid at the same time.

[-] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

Bob Weoddababyeetsaveeger.

[-] Allonzee@lemmy.world 23 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Humans will be extinct, and Voyager will still be carrying our mixtape through eternity.

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 22 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Talk about a slow troubleshooting process. Thats, what, 80,000,000ms latency?

[-] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

And any useful answer thread on stackoverflow is archived.

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Your post "Received error code 0459 from 1981 JPL Transmitter Array" has been marked as a Duplicate.

[-] mausy5043@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago

And still it won't quit.

[-] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

It is quite legit.

[-] Freshfrozenplasma@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 weeks ago

Some would say, too legit, even.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago

I get it. Sometimes my voice gets hoarse too.

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