Re: 11 most influential microprocessors of all time

["John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid>]

In article <C6C5DCF3.F64B%bjjlyates@NOSPAMbellsouth.net>,
 winston19842005 <bjjlyates@NOSPAMbellsouth.net> wrote:

> On 9/3/09 8:43 PM, in article nospam-4DA078.20431103092009@news.aioe.org,
> "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> 
> > In article <WJCdncDbQ_AMxz3XnZ2dnUVZ_rGdnZ2d@giganews.com>,
> >  Steven Hirsch <snhirsch@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> 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.
> > 
> > Admiral Ackbar explained, "If they're smart, they'll know it's a trap."
> 
> Our moon DOES look like a Death Star!

Yes! There's also the AT&T logo and Saturn's seventh moon, Mimas:

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimas_(moon)>

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