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[–] PhAzE@lemmy.ca 37 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Literally a bad memory chip, something completely normal with PCs on earth too. Spooky.

[–] menemen@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago (3 children)

It lasted almost 50 years and you say "something completely normal"?

[–] PhAzE@lemmy.ca 19 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yes, ram has little tiny switches that flip horizontal or vertical, to reflect a 1 or 0, and those can wear down over time. Crappy ram dies in a few years or less, some last for decades.

[–] SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Nah dude, the void stared back, the void stared back. The probe got probed man. That Nichey guy prophesied all this.

[–] PhAzE@lemmy.ca 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

See, the truth is, Voyager doesn't exist anymore, it hit the edge of our universe and it's the aliens responding, trying to learn our programming language. That's why it's garbled right now.

[–] pancakes@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 months ago

That's false. Voyager ceased to exist the moment it was launched off god's beautiful green flat earth.

[–] AMDIsOurLord@lemmy.ml 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

There are 50+ year old computers running on earth too

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Some of them in systems that may just shock and irradiate you.

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Unprecedented yet normal 🤷🏻‍♀️

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Space horror enthusiasts offer an alternate theory...

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

It saw the Squamous Sun.