The Mars Rover

They say it was a hardware issue...or possibly some shoddy equipment...they aren't really sure...the minds at NASA are at a loss over the mishap.

Here's one theory:

excellent Doc.....w00t! they must need parts for cable piracy!!!

Doc B... :dodgy:

n1

Think I saw the same joke back on Fark a few weeks ago :wink:

tis only my opinion but i think it......

Mmmm tasty! :razz:

bah! arkansas cockroaches are pussies! ill put a south O' mexican fed c**ka roacha up against them any time... :razz:

Doc B.... :dodgy:

No roaches in Ireland, what about england? We have no harmful bugs at all really. :smile:

We have moths...dangerous for furniture. I don't think there are any poisonous insects in the UK, but is the Black Widow native?

DOS attack?

Dunno who had the signature with "Blame it on Microsoft, God does.", but we could use this here.

And yay said NASA as thine rover road across the baren red land. Duth to thine's OS God said "NAY" and smited the mechanical beast.

NASA cried "Why oh mighty lord has though forsaken us?"

God replied "Because I felt like it you pissant."

NASA: "Oh, you prick!"

God:"Oh yeah?"

Insert comment about Jerry Fowell.

NASA's computers re-booted thine rovers flash memory, by-passing the electronic locus sent by thy lord . . .

God:"Be forwarned, the heating ducks of thine rover will fail, don't come bitching to me when it happens. . ."

The End . . . ?

[/End pointless story of no relevence or truth]

Sim said:
We have moths...dangerous for furniture. I don't think there are any poisonous insects in the UK, but is the Black Widow native?

it's not an insect, and i dont know it's 'real' name, but the jenny-long-legs (as i know it) is poisonous. not to be confused with the crane fly(the flying long legs) it's the spider that looks like a ball of fluff with over-sized legs.

i remember watching one of those atenborough type programs that claimed the jenny-long-legs had venom 10x stronger than the black widow, but its teeth were so tiny that the are no danger to anything other than small insects. but it still made me think twice about pulling off any more legs.

"Jenny long legs"? we call them "daddy long legs" here.

Theyre usually the least of your problems in Aus, you dont often see bugs that can kill you in the cities, but they are really all over the place. I once saw a funnel-web spider, I think theyre the most poisonous spider in the world, or something like that.

Usually, though, the critters only kill tourists, who go out into the bush. Or, those who go to the beach, with all those stingy octopus, sharks etc.

Bah, octopi aren't dangerous. Neither are most sharks for that matter.

Bugs that kill? I've seen Poisonous beetles, Small roach-sized scorpions, leeches in the watery areas, Venomous centipedes, Some flying bugs that give you a sting enough to have you hospitalized... heck, I've even seen a Monitor Lizard up close (Komodo Dragon, to some). Snakes are not uncommon at all, though the poisonous varieties stay away generally.

Welcome to my world :biggrin:

fraggard said:
Bugs that kill? I've seen Poisonous beetles, Small roach-sized scorpions, leeches in the watery areas, Venomous centipedes, Some flying bugs that give you a sting enough to have you hospitalized... heck, I've even seen a Monitor Lizard up close (Komodo Dragon, to some). Snakes are not uncommon at all, though the poisonous varieties stay away generally.

Welcome to my world :biggrin:

with all that, and your country still prospers, nice job fragman.

wil5on said:
"Jenny long legs"? we call them "daddy long legs" here.

Yeah, thats what we call them in England. They're sort of big spider like thing with long legs. KILL THEM ALL!!! yeah.

Orpheus said:
with all that, and your country still prospers, nice job fragman.

Probably because they're not all over the country Orph... I just happen to live in a densely wooded area. Lots of greenery and the like around :smile:

fraggard said:

Orpheus said:
with all that, and your country still prospers, nice job fragman.

Probably because they're not all over the country Orph... I just happen to live in a densely wooded area. Lots of greenery and the like around :smile:

all that and trees too :eek:

i was being funny there fragman.. i do watch PBS once in a while, i imagine the wilds of india are on par with the US.

Oh... switches on Humour chip You can go right ahead now. I might even get the jokes the first time around

Er, monitor lizards and komodo dragons aren't exactly the same thing :razz: I've seen a monitor in the wild, but never a komodo dragon.

Komodo dragons are the largest of the family of monitor lizards.

fraggard said:
Oh... switches on Humour chip You can go right ahead now. I might even get the jokes the first time around

say it, "Orph your jokes still suck", but i said i was being funny (humorous) not telling a joke.. :wink:

Gollum said:
Er, monitor lizards and komodo dragons aren't exactly the same thing :razz: I've seen a monitor in the wild, but never a komodo dragon.

Komodo dragons are the largest of the family of monitor lizards.

we have a variety of tortoise here in the US, but nothing compared to the big ones on the Galapagos islands ( i think thats where they reside) and to say i saw one because i saw one of ours is stretching it a bit, but if i understand correctly, you both are right... who knows, maybe in India, komodo's are "IT" in lizardish

Komodos are "IT" in lizardish worldwide - the largest lizard in the world. And the bacteria in their mouths kills any prey that they injure, which is a neat trick

Gollum said:
Bah, octopi aren't dangerous. Neither are most sharks for that matter.

Blue ringed octopus are very dangerous deadly infact

/me looks up on the internet

....Yikes. Thar be monstars in the deep!

adds blue-ringed octopus to long list of things that can kill me when I go diving

I have such cheerful hobbies :biggrin:

Gollum said:
when I go diving*

i don't dive, can't take the pressure, but snorkeling is fantastic, if one can find a clear cove, nothing is more entertaining for water recreation.

there is alot to see, and the most amazing colors.

tis one of the very few things i miss about Florida, in general, the whole state sucks, but the water is nice.

Do you have ear/sinus problems then?

In many sites, the best stuff is near the surface anyway. It stands to reason - high-energy surface sites will support more life. Also, when you go deeper you need to carry your own light sources to see the "true" colours.

Gollum said:
Do you have ear/sinus problems then?

dunno,

1) cannot hold breath long enuff to compensate.

2) pressure at about 15 feet hurts.

3) at about 20-25 it becomes unbearable.

i usually stayed at about 10 feet, rocky jetties and sandbars are mucho cool at that depth anyways.

Ah right. That suggests that you are "free-diving" - i.e. diving off a snorkel, rather than with an independent air supply.

Scuba diving is actually much easier than snorkelling. It's quite difficult to equalise pressure when you snorkel, because you have too many things to concentrate on - i.e. you have to worry about holding your breath etc. Also when you snorkel, you will remain positively buoyant because your overall density stays the same (your lungs are compressed as you go down). With scuba, you breathe air at ambient pressure so that your density increases as you go deeper (your lungs stay the same volume). This means that once you start going down, it's easy to stay down.

Also the first 6 metres or so (18 feet) are the hardest to equalise pressure, because the proportional pressure difference is greatest when nearest the surface. Once you get below about 6 metres, ear-clearing becomes much easier.

You probably do not have any ear or sinus problems. I experienced much the same thing when I used to free-dive (I even have to clear my ears in a swimming pool).

...and did you know that the Daddy Long Leg spider is actually the world's most deadly spider?

It's bite can kill instantly...

Most deadly to other spiders...thank God it's mouth is too small to bite humans..

and did you know these 2 other interesting facts:

1. You are never more than 8 feet away from a spider.

2. In your lifetime, you eat 6 spiders during your sleep.

:eek:

DocRock said:
...and did you know that the Daddy Long Leg spider is actually the world's most deadly spider?

It's bite can kill instantly...

Most deadly to other spiders...thank God it's mouth is too small to bite humans..

and did you know these 2 other interesting facts:

1. You are never more than 8 feet away from a spider.

2. In your lifetime, you eat 6 spiders during your sleep.

:eek:

taste just like chicken too :biggrin:

i could tell you a little tarantula story, if'n yer moxy stands for it....

Doc B.... :dodgy:

anything with blue rings is dangerous under water. i saw a octopus while diving!! not very smart. moved from one side of a rock to the other till i was out of view, when i moved, he went back to the other spot.
in a way this worked, i just left.

Gollum said:
Bah, octopi aren't dangerous. Neither are most sharks for that matter.

Little do you know about Australia's blue ringed octopus, deadly little things... very deadly.

Edit: Damn! Didn't see that this was already posted. Well anyway, you people in the U.K and America get it easy when it comes to dangerous animals/insects :razz:

It's not our fault our Oceans aren't really warm. . .

Gollum said:
Bah, octopi aren't dangerous. Neither are most sharks for that matter.

cough ... its octopodes, not octopi. the origination of octopus is octo (meaning eight, of course) and pus (meaning feet in Greek, not Latin).

well, octopi have been to known to accidentally attach to unsuspecting swimmers in rocky areas. when this happens, the swimmer panics.. and can sometimes drown as a result. same goes for sharks, but im sure you all know that already... more people die from a shark PANICS than shark ATTACKS. though.. golly has a point.. there are more dangerous marine animals you gotta worry about! like jellyfish or peanutbutterbirds

2dmin said:

Gollum said:
Bah, octopi aren't dangerous. Neither are most sharks for that matter.

cough ... its octopodes, not octopi. the origination of octopus is octo (meaning eight, of course) and pus (meaning feet in Greek, not Latin).

Erm, no it's not. Stop shooting your mouth off if you don't know what you're talking about :razz:

Octopi or octopuses - plural of octopus......and no Latin etymology is going to change that.

I've never evan seen one octopuss, so I won't be needing to know the plural any time soon.

You know, I bet baby octopuses are the cutest things ever :biggrin:

Adam Hawkins said:
You know, I bet baby octopuses are the cutest things ever :biggrin:

...

...and did you know that the Daddy Long Leg spider is actually the world's most deadly spider?

It's bite can kill instantly...

This is what we call a Daddy Longlegs in Wisconsin:

To my knowledge, it lacks venom completely.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daddy_longlegs

What the hell are people continually resurrecting dead threads for?! Argggggh!

And with a huge closeup of a Daddy Longlegs to boot.

/me shudders

Biological Component said:

...and did you know that the Daddy Long Leg spider is actually the world's most deadly spider?

It's bite can kill instantly...

This is what we call a Daddy Longlegs in Wisconsin:

To my knowledge, it lacks venom completely.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daddy_longlegs

I've heard this before, but also that they are simply incapable of penetrating a human's skin. Its the most useless fact on the planet.

and yes, dead threds should alowed to rest in peace!

Stop pulling those old threads !

I thought Doc Brasso was back when I saw his avatar ... dissapointment.

Now this is sad.

From what I read , this is what actually happened :biggrin:

omg! We're DOOMed!