Glitch Forces Mars Probe Shut-Off

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Glitch Forces Mars Probe Shut-Off

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Sunday September 4, 2005 @04:42AM 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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What glitch!?!? by Ceirren · 2005-09-04 04:46 · Score: 5, Funny

It's not a glitch, silly. Nor is it a "bug"! It's just a new feature.
Not a big deal by jarich · 2005-09-04 04:47 · Score: 4, Funny

It's just applying a Service Pack. It'll be back up in jiff...

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Re:Safe Mode? by Kiffer · 2005-09-04 04:48 · Score: 5, Funny

Yeah, just wait till the screensaver kicks in.

My God! It's full of stars!
BSOD by Luigi30 · 2005-09-04 04:50 · Score: 2, Funny

This probe has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down.

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Well, Duh... by mistermund · 2005-09-04 04:52 · Score: 1, Funny

The spacecraft has switched into a "safe mode", in which the instruments and some other systems are turned off.

Just CTRL-ALT-DEL and this time, don't hit F8. Windows will boot normally. Duh.
Oooh... I've seen this one... by FhnuZoag · 2005-09-04 05:04 · Score: 2, Funny

Is this where we upload the virus onto the alien mothership?
As John Hurt Said In Spaceballs... by __aaclcg7560 · 2005-09-04 05:08 · Score: 3, Funny

Oh, no, not again! :P
ETA to download: 400 days remaining by John+Muir · 2005-09-04 05:09 · Score: 2, Funny

Any guesses what the download bandwidth is via space telescope at Mars? It might have taken this long for it to get SP2.
Sorry Houston by truckaxle · 2005-09-04 05:23 · Score: 1, Funny

Into "safe mode" ya right. What really happened is that in the last communication transaction the probe responded with a previously unknown debugging message "Sorry Houston I can't do that"
Re:"The" Mars Probe? by learn+fast · 2005-09-04 05:23 · Score: 2, Funny

Getting crowded? Mar is the size of a planet!
Re:"The" Mars Probe? by jez9999 · 2005-09-04 05:53 · Score: 2, Funny

I think you mean Mar's.

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Re:"The" Mars Probe? by KFury · 2005-09-04 10:55 · Score: 2, Funny

Or possibly "Man dies in the crash" at which point I'm wondering if it was a stock broker throwing himself out of a window or if there was a catastrophe I was unaware of.

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Re:Relevant glitches. by Ponzicar · 2005-09-04 11:21 · Score: 3, Funny

So it's not exactly safe mode, it's more like "safe mode with networking".