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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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NASA remotely reprogramming Voyager 1 also means that aliens can reprogram all of our satellites. (lemm.ee)

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NASA remotely reprogramming Voyager 1 also means that aliens can reprogram all of our satellites.

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 6 months ago (5 children)

By extension that means we can also reprogram alien satellites and probes. So why aren't we??

[–] [email protected] 47 points 6 months ago (5 children)

Jeff Goldblum can upload a virus to take out an entire alien spacecraft. Probes are a piece of cake.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 6 months ago (2 children)

This is assuming that they would know and understand the code. Also, that nothing is encrypted but I guess encryption can be broken.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago (13 children)

I would doubt they would have encrypted anything on the probe back in 1977 when it launched.

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