Pictures from the Mars Opportunity Rover
What a night and what a picture. Above Image from NASA JPL Website All of the new images are now available here.
From the archive
January 2004
119 posts
Opportunity Pictures are out of this world!
The pics that came in from Opportunity are amazing even viewed thru my streaming video of NASA TV. Nothing on the NASA website yet but hopefully we will have some pics to link to here in a few minutes.
Opportunity is sending Data Via Relay
Appears the Rover Opportunity is passing 22 megs of data via Relay and we are awaiting pictures. [marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov] All of this data is being derived from Nasa TV Superior play by play information at Adot's Notblog*
Opportunity is on the ground
Opportunity is on the ground and everything is looking very good awaiting updates. UPDATE: The lander is alive and on the ground with good reception signal strength no comes a several hour wait until we have some good juicy info.
Live Opportunity Landing Coverage in Process
Those of us here at Geek News Central are monitoring live NASA coverage of the Rover Opportunities Landing on Mars. Thus far all systems are go and we are 1 hour out from touchdown. We will be keeping an eye on things if you want to tune into live coverage tune in here. [Live Coverage NASA TV]
Free After Rebate
How many of you drive to stores just to score some Free after Rebate Items, if your one of those people there is a dedicated site just for you. (Added to my Daily Bookmark) [www.freeafterrebate.info]
Bill Gates needs to call Hector Santos
Seems Bill Gates has been investigating ways to kill Spam. Well my good friend Hector Santos has figured out a way to kill spam and if Bill wants a solution that works he should give him a call and throw a million or two his way. If I had the money I sure as hell would. I have been happily
Spirit has called home!
We are a long way from being out of the woods as the rover called home when it was supposed to be asleep and sent 73 megs of data including engineering data. Hopefully the team at JPL will be able to get a handle on what the hell is wrong with that thing. [NASA]
Minnesota Judge keeps Voip Unregulated
This decision for the people of Minnesota is an important one. Companies will be able to offer Voip service without being sucked into state regulatory commissions oversight allowing prices to remain lower than traditional dial-up and allow them to be competitive. [Cnet]
Identity Theft on the Rise
Complaints are up 45% from the previous year to the FTC over Identity Theft. The problem continues to grow with very little legislative action. All it will take is for some Senator to have his life stolen from him with someone opening up credit accounts and buying Adult materials under the assumed name. If you don't currently use a service
Broadband Tiers and Caps in the News Again
Seems a European study shows that most broadband users would not get very upset if broadband companies set tiers on speeds and total monthly traffic. I personally would be pissed if someone tried to impose a tiered service on me. We will see what happens. [Techdirt]
One companies response to a SCO extortion letter!
It is important to stand shoulder to shoulder and let SCO know that they cannot play the heavy handed extortion techniques that the RIAA uses on individuals with companies. At least big companies have good legal advise and can respond to such tactics. Great letter to SCO from the CIO of Just Sports USA.
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