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[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 2 points 53 minutes ago

A kilobyte must have sounded like so much memory back then.

A byte is 8 bits. Even if we want to call bits quarters ($0.25) and bytes dollars, 69KB would be $69,000! That's a lot of dollars.

(And it's actually 1,024 or something instead of 1,000, which just increases it that much more).

It's crazy how KBs used to be incredibly meaningful, and now we're buying multi-TB drives like they're nothing!

[–] Tywele@piefed.social 6 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 4 hours ago (2 children)
[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 1 points 30 minutes ago

Working again

[–] aviationeast@lemmy.world 13 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Its hard to maintain a link with a craft outside or solar system. There's a very tight orientation requirement and you have to set a very large delay for the expected response.

[–] Haquer@lemmy.today 3 points 2 hours ago

Come on now, it's not that bad.

Voyager 1 is just 23h 32m 9.981s light seconds away.

One way.

[–] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

But 403 is "Forbidden".
So...

[–] HuudaHarkiten@piefed.social 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Leslie Nielsen?! Who does he play? The robot or the woman in the robots hands?

[–] Jambone@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

He plays "Commander Adams". It's been a while since I've seen it, but as I recall it's a pretty decent sci-fi movie. And it's the only serious role that I think I've ever seen him in.

[–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 36 minutes ago

Surely you can’t be serious.