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Voyager now thinking: this is a long trip; shoulda brought more than the one record to listen to.
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Still not even out of the Delta quadrant.
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“Vengaboys on repeat was a bad idea”
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Wishing she'd downloaded some podcasts...
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Just so long as it doesn't come back as a giant angry space cloud, it's all good :).
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This kind of stuff is so amazing and wonderful and mind-boggling to me. They fixed a computer 15 billion miles away? Wild.
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Kinda. They found the bad part and routed information around it.
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But it works, right? The fact that they could find the bad part and work around it is still bonkers to me. And that they had to wait 45 hours each time to see if it worked.
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Holy smokes that's a *legendary* remote support call!
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Indeed! NASA pulled off a miracle. 👏
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Hat tip to the folks who fixed a device older than most of them from 24 BILLION km away with a nearly 2 day turnaround time for the instructions. It really is an impressive thing, something we humans can be proud of.
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Came here looking for "I'm doing science and I'm still alive"
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While gently singing "I'm doing science and I'm still alive" to itself
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Is Ow-Energy what toddlers run on?
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The aliens finished tinkering and turned it back on.
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VEGER LIVES!!!! The carbon based units rejoice
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youtu.be/pafY6sZt0FE?...
Grateful Dead - Truckin'youtu.be Grateful Dead - Truckin' Garcia;Lesh;Weir;Hunter Lyrics:Truckin got my chips cashed in. keep truckin, like the do-dah man Together, more or less in line, just keep truckin on. Arrows of neon and flashing marquees out on main street. Chicago, new york, detroit and its all on the same street. Your typical city involved in a typical daydream Hang it up and see what tomorrow brings. Dallas, got a soft machine; houston, too close to new orleans; New yorks got the ways and means; but just wont let you be, oh no. Most of the cast that you meet on the streets speak of true love, Most of the time theyre sittin and cryin at home. One of these days they know they better get goin Out of the door and down on the streets all alone. Truckin, like the do-dah man. once told me youve got to play your hand Sometimes your cards aint worth a dime, if you dont layem down, Sometimes the lights all shinin on me; Other times I can barely see. Lately it occurs to me what a long, strange trip its been. What in the world ever became of sweet jane? She lost her sparkle, you know she isnt the same Livin on reds, vitamin c, and cocaine, All a friend can say is aint it a shame? Truckin, up to buffalo. been thinkin, you got to mellow slow Takes time, you pick a place to go, and just keep truckin on. Sittin and starin out of the hotel window. Got a tip theyre gonna kick the door in again Id like to get some sleep before I travel, But if you got a warrant, I guess youre gonna come in. Busted, down on bourbon street, set up, like a bowlin pin. Knocked down, it gets to wearin thin. they just wont let you be, oh no. Youre sick of hangin around and youd like to travel; Get tired of travelin and you want to settle down. I guess they cant revoke your soul for tryin, Get out of the door and light out and look all around. Sometimes the lights all shinin on me; Other times I can barely see. Lately it occurs to me what a long, strange trip its been. Truckin, Im a goin home. whoa whoa baby, back where I belong, Back home, sit down and patch my bones, and get back truckin on. Hey now get back truckin home.
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What a long strange trip it's been. You ever read this? Had a lovely hardback of it when it came out but long-since fell by the wayside. Top notch 👌 Once asked two blatant Deadheads playing for tips in a Memphis bar to play Box Of Rain. Unbelievably, considering their request book had about 500
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Songs to go at, they didn't know how to do it. But they did a blinding Uncle John's Band instead (just 2 guitars, tight harmony vox) so i put $20 in the hat and bought them a beer and everyone was happy 🙏
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That’s a favourite, Box of Rain. I don’t know the book, I did watch the Long Strange Trip on Netflix during lockdown I think. I had front row balcony tickets at the Rainbow to see them, but they were invited to play at the Pyramids and I was left empty handed. youtu.be/mzvk0fWtCs0?...
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I’ve still got that book (plus a collection of Dick’s Picks assembled over the years) There’s a programme on The Dead in the Music Icon series on Now.
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The book is great - he was their keyboard player in the 80s and the band's archivist too i think. It's an excellent look at the counterculture too - almost a sequel to Desolate Angel, his stonking Kerouac biography.
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“Voyager 1 is over 15 billion miles (24.14 kilometers) from Earth. Its twin Voyager 2 — also in interstellar space — is more than 12 billion miles (19.31 kilometers) miles away.” Well, the AP isn’t wrong…
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That’s REAL programming right there…
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Meanwhile a small circuit board fails in my two year old car and the environmental controls in the back seats stop working and it takes the dealer three weeks to get a replacement part. 🤨
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🎵I’m doing science and I’m still alive🎶
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They turned it off and then turned it on again. No biggie.
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This is so fucking cool. The fact that we can't focus on acheivements like this and have to wallow in so much bullshit daily is unbelievalbly sad.
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Glad those kids were able to patch things up.
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OMG! Built to last has got a whole new meaning.
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