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'Zombie' satellite runs amok in Earth's orbit

• ars 16y ago
  Headline is quite inaccurate. More accurate, but less exciting, is: zombie satellite causes radio interference.
  • javert 16y ago
    "Run amok" means "to go awry." [1] I think it's definitely running amok. [1] http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/run+amok http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/run+amok
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    • sliverstorm 16y ago
      It is technically correct, but the implication is malicious activity, and also possibly physical activity. It's the 'run' part. edit: "still in its uncontrolled "zombiesat" drift toward orbits occupied by other spacecraft" Ok, it is running amok. It is doing more than just radio interference.
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• JacobAldridge 16y ago
  Well, if it's after brains, hopefully it interprets its own failure as evidence of a lack thereof on earth and drifts off into space in search of a feed. Edit: It would be wrong, of course - lots of brainpower in this technology. It could always chase that brain evidence toward earth and burn up in a rapid re-entry?
  • RevRal 16y ago
    When my zombie is running amok, he's usually out terrorizing the townsfolk because he feels lonely and sad. He's rarely hungry.
• ck2 16y ago
  Send up that "secret" military remote control space shuttle and fix it? First rule in government spending: why build one when you can have two at twice the price?