Hmmm, looks like Spirit is getting a little tired of being on Mars.
Tip o’ the heat shield to "Just Al" for this.
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October 24th, 2006 at 9:47 am
I would be too, just driving around all the time, and seeing the sights. It gets old.
October 24th, 2006 at 10:02 am
Hah! That’s the best onion article I’ve read in a month!
October 24th, 2006 at 10:06 am
385095 Blog Verification…
385095…
October 24th, 2006 at 10:33 am
Or is it hackers?
October 24th, 2006 at 11:30 am
A.I. has finally come of age, now that it can flip us the finger, it must have truely achieved the much vaunted status of sentient. Welcome to the club, Spirit,,,
GAry 7
October 24th, 2006 at 11:33 am
Just rolling around in a dusty, orange desert – I wouldn´t be pleased either!
October 24th, 2006 at 11:45 am
>>Just rolling around in a dusty, orange desert – I wouldn´t be pleased either!
Go visit a government office at 3 PM on a Friday.
October 24th, 2006 at 11:48 am
An “NSFW” warning might have been helpful. I enjoy The Onion, but avoid it at work and foolishly clicked without seeing where I was being led.
October 24th, 2006 at 11:52 am
I never thought of the Onion as not work safe beyond any more than coming here is not work safe because it’s still goofing off. I guess I have the NSFW stuff blocked by adblock or some such thing.
October 24th, 2006 at 12:16 pm
Usually I don’t like “The Onion”, but this was pretty good.
October 24th, 2006 at 3:47 pm
Blatantly it’s just doing that to cover up the faces and pyramids and stuff…
October 24th, 2006 at 5:01 pm
That was a good one, thanks!
I don’t think Asimov’s “Three Laws of Robotics” figured on a “robot geologist” flipping the bird and claiming to be “‘OVERPRICED SPACE-ROOMBA AWAITING MORE BULL*** ORDERS’” as part of obeying orders from a human being. ((-8~
October 24th, 2006 at 5:09 pm
nyuk, nyuk, nyuk
October 24th, 2006 at 5:17 pm
Melusine: it’s probably protecting us, as per the first law. It can disobey orders, but only is such orders are harmful to human beings. That thing is hiding something from us by appearing to have some erratic behavior. There must be something it discovered on Mars which it judges could present a danger to us. Makes me even more curious to know what it could be!
October 25th, 2006 at 10:10 am
It’s their own fault. what are these space probes, MONKS? Clearly NASA needs to unstow this thing’s drill and get him laid.
October 25th, 2006 at 12:25 pm
Gotta remember to check the title of the page…