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NASA boffins are planning to pulverise a dried-up deposit from the surface of Mars and then snort up and "ingest" the resulting crystalline dust before performing a major software update, they have announced. The crystal snorting will of course be done by robotic means, through the agency of the nuclear powered, raygun-armed, …

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  1. chivo243 Silver badge
    Joke

    First smoking bacon, now snorting crystal stuff.... What has happened at El Reg?

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    1. stucs201
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      What happened? Nothing. Sounds like business as usual.

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  2. IglooDude

    And for goodness' sake, make sure the patch/upgrade doesn't gack the SSH service on the box.

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    1. DropBear
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      Joke

      Actually, that sounds like an excellent excuse to finally go to Mars!

      "- Boss, we borked SSH on 123.123.123.123... we need physical access to reboot it!

      - So what are you waiting for?!?

      - Well, we kinda need a ride first..."

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  3. Mark 85

    I would hope they do the sniffing and reporting first... just in case.

    I think we've all been around too many failed upgrades not be thinking that.

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  4. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    I fucking love science me

    That is all

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    1. Anonymous Coward
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      Anonymous Coward

      Re: I fucking love science me

      When you're not reading Viz

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  5. BernardL
    Pirate

    Ummm, the original Reg description of "Laser-armed Nuclear Tank" sounded better. Please revert.

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