4 ms·
No, it’s an accurate headline for the general population. It’s sending nothing useful.
by SkyPuncher 3y ago
No, it’s an accurate headline for the general population.
It’s sending nothing useful.
- mholt 3y agoThe headline doesn't say useful though. Just that it stopped communicating, which is false.
- h2odragon 3y ago"im still here" is useful. if it had hit the wall and gone totally silent, that would be a different thing entire.
- disconcision 3y agobad news everybody, grandmas dead where by dead we mean that the entropy of her current utterances is failing to move extant priors
- lukeschlather 3y agoIt's the most distant transmitter we're receiving anything from. Just the signal itself is useful and communicates that the probe is still powered.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> the signal itself is useful and communicates that the probe is still powered It also tells us that ca. 1970s kit can survive past the termination shock, i.e. in interstellar space.
- dylan604 3y agoum, it's the most distant man made transmitter we're receiving anything from. there's lots of things much further away broadcasting information to us. just go outside at night and look up. you'll see a bunch of 'em