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Whisper Heard From Pioneer 10

Posted by Hemos on from the hello-hello-is-there-anybody-out-there dept.

Irishman writes "NASA has heard from the Pioneer 10 spacecraft for the first time since March. Unfortunately, it is too faint to get scientific data from the craft. CNN has the story here. Considering that the craft is twice the distance from the Sun as Pluto is and that it has spent 30 years subjected to space, this is amazing! Now if only computer manufacturers could make equipment even remotely this sturdy."

12 of 569 comments (clear)

  1. Who gives a shit? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In Soviet Russia... whispers are heard from YOU!

  2. Let me guess :) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    1) Make free software.
    2) ?
    3) Get signal from Pioneer 10.
    4) PROFIT!!!!

  3. BotSequitur V1 by BotSequitur · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Non Sequitur \Non seq"ui*tur\ [L., it does not follow]
    n 1: a reply that has no relevance to what preceded it

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  4. Bahh! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Screw you and your moderator points.. Suck THIS.

  5. Whatever it is, it's not friendly by mr_z_beeblebrox · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I am fluent in over six million forms of communication, that's not an American code

  6. IN SOVIET RUSSIA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The whisper hears YOU!

    1. Re:IN SOVIET RUSSIA by AKnightCowboy · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      In Soviet Russia, Fark cliches beat YOU to death! Watch out for Mustard Man and Nutsack Squirrel if you happen into a dark alley in Moscow.

  7. Re:Too bad by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Please. Just because you didn't get the joke, you mod it to offtopic? Get a life.

  8. What it really said: by WIAKywbfatw · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    "ET smells, pass it on."

    Oh, hang on a minute, that's chinese whispers...

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  9. Re:My wife said... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I think that would be -1

  10. Naw... this is what it asked: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Data wasn't wearing a red shirt was he?

  11. +1 funny by NKJensen · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    too bad I used up my mod points...

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