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 Oct 24 2006, 12:25 PM
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Oct 26 2006, 05:09 AM
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The Onion has long been one of my favorite places to find hilarity on the very cutting edge, and they never cease to amaze me.
QUOTE (Drkskywxlt @ Oct 24 2006, 07:40 PM)  LMAO at "overpriced space-roomba"!!! That was one of my favorite lines in the piece, too. I had to walk across the room to pat my little red roomba on the back to see if it was still Ok. The vacuuming robot is quite a champ in it's own league, though not quite up to competing with the pros. I have my own theory as to which rover dissident from a Western desert state might have contributed to that piece. 
-------------------- ...Tom
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Oct 26 2006, 06:18 AM
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QUOTE (CosmicRocker @ Oct 25 2006, 10:09 PM) I have my own theory as to which rover dissident from a Western desert state might have contributed to that piece. Are you implying that I had something to do with it? -------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
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Oct 26 2006, 04:02 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2228 Joined: 1-December 04 From: Marble Falls, Texas, USA Member No.: 116 |
Oh, no! Absolutely not! Banish the thought from your mind. Where would you ever get such an idea?
-------------------- ...Tom
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Oct 26 2006, 09:13 PM
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QUOTE (Stephen @ Oct 24 2006, 09:20 PM) Obviously this is yet another sign of Spirit's ever advancing sols. It is turning into a dirty old rover. What I find puzzling is how a Mars rover would know enough about a piece of human anatomy it has presumably never seen to be able to draw one.  It kind of makes you wonder what it was doing during those long lonely nights back on Earth before liftoff when its human minders thought it was safely locked away. ====== Stephen This might originate from what programmers refer to as "easter eggs". 
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Oct 26 2006, 11:57 PM
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I knew those rovers were starting to become slackers!
/another classic from the onion
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Oct 27 2006, 01:15 AM
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QUOTE (Jeff7 @ Oct 26 2006, 02:13 PM) This might originate from what programmers refer to as "easter eggs". Slightly OT here, but I once maintained maritime electronic equipment. A certain model of LORAN receiver would display the scrolling message "HELP IM BEING HELD HOSTAGE IN A LORAN FACTORY" if a particular key sequence was entered... Have to wonder what little autographs may lurk deep inside the MER code! -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Oct 27 2006, 02:03 AM
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Hm, Spirit's wheel is stuck. Its tracks should be easier to see from orbit. Hmm, sounds like time for it to get sketching.
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Oct 28 2006, 12:28 PM
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I finally got around to reading this - my work has The Onion blocked for some reason
 It really was a funny and well crafted piece, especially since you can't have a media story about Mars without mentioning:...iron oxide dust that gives the planet its characteristic red color. 
-------------------- --O'Dave
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Oct 29 2006, 01:00 AM
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Brilliant piece of work! My favourite deadpan line: "That arm contains a state-of-the-art spectrometer meant to provide crucial minerology data."
Ah yes, the outrage only a mission scientist can feel. |
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Oct 29 2006, 06:13 AM
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Thanks, I almost missed that. As much as I appreciate the raw humor The Onion provides, I never would have expected such a well-timed piece on this Mars topic from them. It was probably only a coincidence, but it was fun to have a diversion during this blackout period.
I didn't try to measure angles, but it appears that Mars has begun to emerge from behind the sun. I think the last JB interview quoted an angle of 0.4 degrees as critical, rather than the 2.0 degrees mentioned earlier. My gut feeling is that we are somewhat beyond the lower limit. ...keeping fingers crossed... -------------------- ...Tom
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Oct 30 2006, 11:04 AM
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Some work from my favourite cartoonist to help pass through conjunction...
1 2 3 Translation: 1-"MRO probe is getting farer and farer away from Earth" -"It's getting closer and closer to Mars, you mean" -"That can be one way of seing things" -But I don't thing it is the probe's one." 2-"Mars will only be this close to Earth in the year 2018" - "Some peace, finally" 3-"Man, cheer up! There are so many things to make us happy..." -"For example, did you know that there are valleys and craters on Mars with Portuguese names?" -"No mountains?..." -"No...Only valleys and craters" -"I knew it. Depressions only" -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Oct 31 2006, 12:47 AM
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QUOTE (odave @ Oct 28 2006, 07:28 AM) I finally got around to reading this - my work has The Onion blocked for some reason It really was a funny and well crafted piece, especially since you can't have a media story about Mars without mentioning:...iron oxide dust that gives the planet its characteristic red color. Also, at some point it MUST be referred to as "The Red Planet." |
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