Re: 11 most influential microprocessors of all time

[Steven Hirsch <snhirsch@gmail.com>]

MdntTrain wrote:
> On Sep 2, 11:48 pm, winstonsmith <winston19842...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > "Voyager 1, which carries three 1802 processors, is currently 10.2
> > billion miles from Earth, making it the most distant man-made object.
> > It left our solar system long ago and is hurtling toward interstellar
> > space, where it may someday catch the eye of an extraterrestrial
> > civilization."
> >
> > I thought this designation of "most distant man-made object" would
> > apply to Pioneer 10, launched in 1972?
>
> OT: Does anyone here besides me think it was really stupid, or at
> least insanely risky, of Earth to put directions to our planet on
> these spacecraft?

Greg Bear's SciFi novel, Anvil of Stars, postulates that civilizations who 
advertise themselves in the galaxy invite extinction.  Stealth was considered 
to be a sign of an advanced society.

It remains to be seen whether "Yo, here we are! Over here around this star!" 
is a good plan.