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Title: Curiosity Rover Lands Safely On Mars Post by: LightRider on August 06, 2012, 07:51:55 AM Congratulations to NASA and the human species.
Just a matter of time until a bitcoin miner is also up there, I'm sure. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZlo0wHx9bk http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/?cid=mslsplashpage Title: Re: Curiosity Rover Lands Safely On Mars Post by: subject on August 06, 2012, 08:47:03 AM I would overclock the hell out of my rig at −50 °C on Mars
Title: Re: Curiosity Rover Lands Safely On Mars Post by: myrkul on August 06, 2012, 08:49:02 AM Congratulations to NASA and the human species. Just a matter of time until a bitcoin miner is also up there, I'm sure. A few years, max. Great job, NASA, I'm really proud, seriously, but that's enough robots on mars, let's get some people up there. Title: Re: Curiosity Rover Lands Safely On Mars Post by: beekeeper on August 06, 2012, 09:04:37 AM Congratulations to NASA and the human species. I second this! :) Title: Re: Curiosity Rover Lands Safely On Mars Post by: RoloTonyBrownTown on August 06, 2012, 09:54:22 AM Watched it live at work, very exciting stuff. I would have given anything to be in that room today :)
Title: Re: Curiosity Rover Lands Safely On Mars Post by: FreeMoney on August 06, 2012, 10:12:49 AM Congratulations to NASA and the human species. Just a matter of time until a bitcoin miner is also up there, I'm sure. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZlo0wHx9bk http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/?cid=mslsplashpage Heh, maybe a node, but not likely a miner with current bitcoin protocol and our understanding of physics. That rover landed 14 minutes before we got word because of that whole speed of light issue. Title: Re: Curiosity Rover Lands Safely On Mars Post by: myrkul on August 06, 2012, 06:05:11 PM Heh, maybe a node, but not likely a miner with current bitcoin protocol and our understanding of physics. That rover landed 14 minutes before we got word because of that whole speed of light issue. Which does raise an interesting question: How will the network handle 10+minute lightspeed delays? Will someone on Mars just have to wait a little longer for confirmation? Title: Re: Curiosity Rover Lands Safely On Mars Post by: dree12 on August 06, 2012, 06:06:19 PM Heh, maybe a node, but not likely a miner with current bitcoin protocol and our understanding of physics. That rover landed 14 minutes before we got word because of that whole speed of light issue. Which does raise an interesting question: How will the network handle 10+minute lightspeed delays? Will someone on Mars just have to wait a little longer for confirmation? Title: Re: Curiosity Rover Lands Safely On Mars Post by: FreeMoney on August 06, 2012, 06:17:26 PM Heh, maybe a node, but not likely a miner with current bitcoin protocol and our understanding of physics. That rover landed 14 minutes before we got word because of that whole speed of light issue. Which does raise an interesting question: How will the network handle 10+minute lightspeed delays? Will someone on Mars just have to wait a little longer for confirmation? Yeah, it's fine to just wait if you aren't mining. If you mine then nearly every time you find a block people back on Earth will be building on a different block already, often already on to the next one after that. Title: Re: Curiosity Rover Lands Safely On Mars Post by: FreeMoney on August 06, 2012, 06:20:03 PM Heh, maybe a node, but not likely a miner with current bitcoin protocol and our understanding of physics. That rover landed 14 minutes before we got word because of that whole speed of light issue. Which does raise an interesting question: How will the network handle 10+minute lightspeed delays? Will someone on Mars just have to wait a little longer for confirmation? Ha, yeah. Curiosity and Odyssey can trade with each other. i think Curiosity will need to buy bandwidth. Oh a two player bitcoin system is pointless though. One will have more hashing power than the other so they ought just keep a regular ledger since they must be trusted. Title: Re: Curiosity Rover Lands Safely On Mars Post by: tgmarks on August 06, 2012, 06:58:48 PM This is awesome. Surprised there is no fund yet to send the first bitcoiner to mars.
Title: Re: Curiosity Rover Lands Safely On Mars Post by: FirstAscent on August 06, 2012, 07:54:26 PM Awesome news, especially considering the complexity of the landing.
However, I'd really like to see us send a probe to Europa or Enceladus. That's where the most interesting stuff is happening: large liquid water oceans and verified organic compounds. http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/jul/29/alien-life-enceladus-saturn-moon http://www.centauri-dreams.org/?p=23978 Title: Re: Curiosity Rover Lands Safely On Mars Post by: myrkul on August 06, 2012, 08:07:26 PM Title: Re: Curiosity Rover Lands Safely On Mars Post by: check_status on August 06, 2012, 08:10:45 PM Will they trek to the trees on the polar region or to the various pyramids?
Title: Re: Curiosity Rover Lands Safely On Mars Post by: FirstAscent on August 06, 2012, 08:58:38 PM A much better film than the one above is the one below. The intro gives me goosebumps every time. Turn the volume up! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-QFj59PON4 Title: Re: Curiosity Rover Lands Safely On Mars Post by: LightRider on August 06, 2012, 11:15:23 PM Heh, maybe a node, but not likely a miner with current bitcoin protocol and our understanding of physics. That rover landed 14 minutes before we got word because of that whole speed of light issue. Which does raise an interesting question: How will the network handle 10+minute lightspeed delays? Will someone on Mars just have to wait a little longer for confirmation? Only a concern until instantaneous communication is made possible via quantum entanglement. Title: Re: Curiosity Rover Lands Safely On Mars Post by: myrkul on August 06, 2012, 11:26:17 PM Heh, maybe a node, but not likely a miner with current bitcoin protocol and our understanding of physics. That rover landed 14 minutes before we got word because of that whole speed of light issue. Which does raise an interesting question: How will the network handle 10+minute lightspeed delays? Will someone on Mars just have to wait a little longer for confirmation? Only a concern until instantaneous communication is made possible via quantum entanglement. OK, and matter replicators will end world hunger. Let's stick to current physics, 'k? |
