Talk:2433: Mars Rovers - Revision history

172.70.90.55 at 00:45, 23 March 2023

2023-03-23T00:45:03Z

172.71.16.134 at 17:33, 22 March 2023

2023-03-22T17:33:52Z

172.70.175.29: fix another improperly formatted comment that I didn't notice last time

2023-03-16T22:43:40Z

fix another improperly formatted comment that I didn't notice last time

172.70.175.30: fix improperly formatted comment

2023-03-16T22:42:58Z

fix improperly formatted comment

Szeth Pancakes at 15:31, 12 March 2022

2022-03-12T15:31:52Z

Quillathe Siannodel: /* Does anyone know why this is incomplete? */

2021-04-16T15:08:18Z

‎Does anyone know why this is incomplete?

162.158.62.29: /* Does anyone know why this is incomplete? */

2021-03-31T15:52:34Z

‎Does anyone know why this is incomplete?

172.68.174.27: What, nobody else remembers that Sojouner carried a Alpha particle X-ray spectrometer

2021-03-30T22:10:15Z

What, nobody else remembers that Sojouner carried a Alpha particle X-ray spectrometer

Quillathe Siannodel at 14:50, 25 March 2021

2021-03-25T14:50:59Z

162.158.159.128 at 14:06, 9 March 2021

2021-03-09T14:06:48Z

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	So is Zhurong not in the chart because it hadn't yet landed at the time the comic was published, or is it just too far to the right of the chart? [[Special:Contributions/172.71.16.134\|172.71.16.134]] 17:33, 22 March 2023 (UTC)		So is Zhurong not in the chart because it hadn't yet landed at the time the comic was published, or is it just too far to the right of the chart? [[Special:Contributions/172.71.16.134\|172.71.16.134]] 17:33, 22 March 2023 (UTC)
		+	:Well, indeed it landed (first its lander landed, then it was deployed, as well as a separate detachable but not self-mobile camera) a couple of months after this comic was published. I think it might have been added in a later-published version, but wouldn't guarantee whereabouts. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.90.55\|172.70.90.55]] 00:45, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

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	Somebody has to have made a roomba sojourner mod by now. That has to be a thing. If xkcd says anything, that thing must be done. I googled it, but all I found was a Reddit robotics page (on which someone had posted the comic and another person had replied “gfhggfh”) and this page. If someone else is willing to do more research than just looking at the top two Google results, I’m curious… :P[[User:Szeth Pancakes\|Szeth Pancakes]] ([[User talk:Szeth Pancakes\|talk]]) 15:31, 12 March 2022 (UTC)		Somebody has to have made a roomba sojourner mod by now. That has to be a thing. If xkcd says anything, that thing must be done. I googled it, but all I found was a Reddit robotics page (on which someone had posted the comic and another person had replied “gfhggfh”) and this page. If someone else is willing to do more research than just looking at the top two Google results, I’m curious… :P[[User:Szeth Pancakes\|Szeth Pancakes]] ([[User talk:Szeth Pancakes\|talk]]) 15:31, 12 March 2022 (UTC)
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		+	So is Zhurong not in the chart because it hadn't yet landed at the time the comic was published, or is it just too far to the right of the chart? [[Special:Contributions/172.71.16.134\|172.71.16.134]] 17:33, 22 March 2023 (UTC)

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 I just realised something: We should totally establish the terms "Mars rover" and "Mars hover" to distinguish these two categories of "stuff we put on Mars". [[User:Fabian42|Fabian42]] ([[User talk:Fabian42|talk]]) 10:58, 6 March 2021 (UTC)
 :But to rove is to wander/roam (aimlessly, or at least without much advanced certainty), and doesn't require wheeled movement - or even legged, which the existing rovers strictly aren't unless the wheels ''totally'' jam. To hove is to linger/wait and generally intend to stay put or halt ("Hove to, ye landlubbers! Arrrr!" - a 'suggestion' that might be made by a piratical "Sea Rover")... I think I'd rather Ingy be classed as a Rover than merely a Hover. :-p [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.60|141.101.98.60]] 15:06, 6 March 2021 (UTC)
 On first reading, I thought maybe Randall figured that mentioning "roomba sojourner mod" in title text would make it so that the *next* time he searches for that phrase, he will no longer be sorely disappointed. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.60|108.162.216.60]] 17:44, 6 March 2021 (UTC)

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 EDIT: Comment was deleted due to spamming-ish-ness.
+:I feel like this is complete, except that we could maybe link to (in the explanation or in trivia) other xkcds about rovers? Especially ones personifying the rovers (similar to how this one gives them 'cuteness scores'), such as https://xkcd.com/695/  ~ A person
 Somebody has to have made a roomba sojourner mod by now. That has to be a thing. If xkcd says anything, that thing must be done. I googled it, but all I found was a Reddit robotics page (on which someone had posted the comic and another person had replied “gfhggfh”) and this page. If someone else is willing to do more research than just looking at the top two Google results, I’m curious… :P[[User:Szeth Pancakes|Szeth Pancakes]] ([[User talk:Szeth Pancakes|talk]]) 15:31, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

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	I feel like this is complete, except that we could maybe link to (in the explanation or in trivia) other xkcds about rovers? Especially ones personifying the rovers (similar to how this one gives them		I feel like this is complete, except that we could maybe link to (in the explanation or in trivia) other xkcds about rovers? Especially ones personifying the rovers (similar to how this one gives them
	'cuteness scores'), such as https://xkcd.com/695/ ~ A person		'cuteness scores'), such as https://xkcd.com/695/ ~ A person
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		+	Somebody has to have made a roomba sojourner mod by now. That has to be a thing. If xkcd says anything, that thing must be done. I googled it, but all I found was a Reddit robotics page (on which someone had posted the comic and another person had replied “gfhggfh”) and this page. If someone else is willing to do more research than just looking at the top two Google results, I’m curious… :P[[User:Szeth Pancakes\|Szeth Pancakes]] ([[User talk:Szeth Pancakes\|talk]]) 15:31, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

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 sojourner is not very capable its just a solar powered camera of wheels but it is very small and cute.--[[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.152|108.162.219.152]] 20:08, 8 March 2021 (UTC)
 I'm disappointed there's no mention of Beagle 2. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.75.90|162.158.75.90]] 23:58, 8 March 2021 (UTC)
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 Without information, nobody knows which part needs fixing. If anyone knows why this is incomplete, please post the reason here. If nobody can provide a satisfactory answer, maybe we should consider removing the incomplete tag. '''Note that I am posting this exact same text on other comics of questionable incompleteness. It's not spamming, it's a conscious attempt to clean this category up.'''--[[User:Quillathe Siannodel|Quillathe Siannodel]] ([[User talk:Quillathe Siannodel|talk]]) 14:50, 25 March 2021 (UTC)

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	I'm disappointed there's no mention of Beagle 2. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.75.90\|162.158.75.90]] 23:58, 8 March 2021 (UTC)		I'm disappointed there's no mention of Beagle 2. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.75.90\|162.158.75.90]] 23:58, 8 March 2021 (UTC)
	:"Rover by name", you mean? (Unfortunately not rover by nature even if it hadn't failed on the final unfurling, apparently having successfully done all the hard parts to the journey. Maybe the first person to drop by could prise it open and help get it charged up as a consolation prize?) [[Special:Contributions/162.158.159.128\|162.158.159.128]] 14:06, 9 March 2021 (UTC)		:"Rover by name", you mean? (Unfortunately not rover by nature even if it hadn't failed on the final unfurling, apparently having successfully done all the hard parts to the journey. Maybe the first person to drop by could prise it open and help get it charged up as a consolation prize?) [[Special:Contributions/162.158.159.128\|162.158.159.128]] 14:06, 9 March 2021 (UTC)
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		+	== Does anyone know why this is incomplete? ==
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		+	Without information, nobody knows which part needs fixing. If anyone knows why this is incomplete, please post the reason here. If nobody can provide a satisfactory answer, maybe we should consider removing the incomplete tag. '''Note that I am posting this exact same text on other comics of questionable incompleteness. It's not spamming, it's a conscious attempt to clean this category up.'''--[[User:Quillathe Siannodel\|Quillathe Siannodel]] ([[User talk:Quillathe Siannodel\|talk]]) 14:50, 25 March 2021 (UTC)

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	I'm disappointed there's no mention of Beagle 2. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.75.90\|162.158.75.90]] 23:58, 8 March 2021 (UTC)		I'm disappointed there's no mention of Beagle 2. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.75.90\|162.158.75.90]] 23:58, 8 March 2021 (UTC)
		+	:"Rover by name", you mean? (Unfortunately not rover by nature even if it hadn't failed on the final unfurling, apparently having successfully done all the hard parts to the journey. Maybe the first person to drop by could prise it open and help get it charged up as a consolation prize?) [[Special:Contributions/162.158.159.128\|162.158.159.128]] 14:06, 9 March 2021 (UTC)