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Glitch Forces Mars Probe Shut-Off

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the your-tax-dollars-at-work dept.

TheEvilOverlord writes to tell us that BBC News is reporting that a 'glitch' has forced the mars probe to switch into a "safe-mode" switching several of its systems off. Perhaps it is just an education tool to show martians the meaning of BSOD.

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  1. GNAA Response to the Flooding of New Orleans. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I am quite disappointed by the complete lack of action of the GNAA with respect to the flooding of New Orleans. Where are they when their homosexual negro bretheren require bumsex and fellatio? Why aren't they providing such anal support to their comrades in need?

  2. Early deployment of Helicopter gunships by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    would have RAISED Bush's numbers.
    Establishing order and all that.
    Everyone hates/fears violent criminal scum....even there poor Black kinfolk!

  3. Exactly. This craft has gone beyond expectations by MondoMor · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    But it's nice the ignorant and uninformed Slashdot "editors" are TOO LAZY TO RTFA THEMSELVES to find this out.

    "Your tax dollars at work", indeed.

    Slashdot's editors need to be ashamed of themselves for pressing the "Accept" button on articles like this.

  4. Obviously... by ChePibe · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    This is Bush's fault. Who else could it be?

    Then again, this means the probe obviously was running on OS X:

    http://www.maczoom.com/showphoto.php?photo=6&cat=2 &page=&sortby=&sorttime=&way=

    So, instead of a BSOD, they just got a sad mac and some sick chime sounds.

  5. windows by agentdunken · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    See what happens when you use winblows...

    --
    Linux, because a PC is a terrible thing to waste.