Does this count as finding a walrus at your door?
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Y'all, the world is sleeping on what NASA just pulled off with Voyager 1
The probe has been sending gibberish science data back to Earth, and scientists feared it was just the probe finally dying. You know, after working for 50 GODDAMN YEARS and LEAVING THE GODDAMN SOLAR SYSTEM and STILL CHURNING OUT GODDAMN DATA.
So they analyzed the gibberish and realized that in it was a total readout of EVERYTHING ON THE PROBE. Data, the programming, hardware specs and status, everything. They realized that one of the chips was malfunctioning.
So what do you do when your probe is 22 Billion km away and needs a fix? Why, you just REPROGRAM THAT ENTIRE GODDAMN THING. Told it to avoid the bad chip, store the data elsewhere.
Sent the new code on April 18th. Got a response on April 20th - yeah, it's so far away that it took that long just to transmit.
And the probe is working again.
From a programmer's perspective, that may be the most fucking impressive thing I have ever heard.
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I really appreciate how Farscape managed to oust Captain Crais to up the ante for a bigger and scarier villain at the end of season 1 start of season 2 while still keeping him around. Also the comedy of the bad guys once again chasing John Crichton specifically because of a complete misunderstanding is really good
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Ladies...
Is your ear cartilage symmetrical?
Are your pores drooping?
Do you have thighs?
Something Is Wrong With You.
Buy Product.
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Reblog the writers’ fortune cookie for luck!
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My mom used to tell me, nastily, "I hope one day you have a kid just like you."
Well, Mom, I do. And he's amazing. And his little brother who's nothing like me is also amazing. Being a mom is amazing. So fuck you haha
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It's like bad AI, but infinitely better than AI.
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