Comment on NASA's 46-year-old Voyager 1 probe is no longer transmitting data
Stupidmanager@lemmy.world 6 months ago
has the definition of “no longer transmitting” changed recently?
When functioning properly, the FDS compiles the spacecraft’s info into a data package, which is then transmitted back to Earth using the TMU. Lately, that data package has been “stuck,” the blog post said, “transmitting a repeating pattern of ones and zeros.” Voyager’s engineering team traced the problem back to the FDS, but it could be weeks before a solution is found.
I mean, i’m not a scientist, is that not transmitting. flipping click bait titles.
atx_aquarian@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Title is “no longer transmitting data.” If it’s repeating a pattern, then data is no longer being transmitted. Dropping an important word is kind of cherry picking.
snooggums@kbin.social 6 months ago
Unreadable data is still data.
Nougat@kbin.social 6 months ago
Is mayonaisse data?
ivanafterall@kbin.social 6 months ago
It is made of lots of little bytes of mayonnaise.
snooggums@kbin.social 6 months ago
Yes.
atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
It’s not unreadable. It’s not data.
If you want to be pedantic you could say it’s “transmitting symbols”.
If I only typed out “abaababababbaab” over and over you wouldn’t call it “unreadable words.” You’d say it’s not words.
snooggums@kbin.social 6 months ago
Omg, you can't just type "abaababababbaab" on the internet you filthy animal!