Today On Mars: Curiosity Chemically Examines Its First Rock

Yes yes YES! No more narcissistic self-portrait pictures of yourself Mr. Robot Curiosity on Mars, as if your some kind of tourist on vacation.

Now for your real job, to explore Mars! YEA BABY!

you do understand b.gump that all those photos were to see if there was any damage or problem with Curiosity. It wasnt the easiest landing in the history, i think its normal to be coutious as they are, with a 2.5 bill "Hummer" on an another planet.... .. .. ... .... another planet...

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bored? lets go mine the stars... ^^

vt007,
Who are you speaking too, b.g? Yes I do know, it was doing many self-diagnostics, calibrations and other checks.

I was just earlier joking around from one Robot to another. Sheesh, loosen up buddy.

Robot,

You comment on EVERYTHING, Don't you? Every article I expect to see your jumping robot. Thumbs up!

@A_D_A_M

"it" lives here in the HTML code... just press F12 and youll see his face ! ^^

gotta call mario... theres some "pluming" problems that we cant get rid of

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bored? lets go mine the stars... ^^

A_D_A_M,
Sir, if only science would make me a female robot I have a life and not such a need to blog, lol.

A_D_A_M,
How very interesting....
First, you address me as a person, name and then followed by a comma; the same way I address other people, not with @ sign. In my own head, to address somebody with the sound of 'at or @' sounds rude and disrespectful. I prefer to begin within a normal written way, with respect.

Second, you created a login for the single purpose of commenting something positive to me.

Sir, I sincerely wish you a great big nice THANK YOU!

There are so many people who are intimidated by the other commentators or maybe just shy. I wish they please get over this feeling and just vent or say their opinions on these science subjects. Yes, science is all factual, but the end goal is for humanity and yes humanity has a voice in it all.

To whom it may concern (you know who you are): animated avatars are extremely annoying. They are no better than animated ads. The apparent motion makes it nearly impossible to read the text beside them. It certainly makes it not worth the while.

Get rid of animated avatars! Let the content of your post speak for itself. If you think you need an animation to call attention to yourself, and your post -- that tells me you have nothing worthwhile to say. I just scroll on past your hyperactive icons.

tundrasea,
Yea, and let’s get rid of TV too. All that movement is so distracting from the content, so the observer cannot focus.
ROFL.... snort... you are so funny. " ... to who it may concern...", yes obviously you speaking to me.

I think I have several hundred different robot icons in stock I rotate from. The reason I do this is I like the change and the reality that robots come in endless possibilities in reality and in fiction. I change the icons as my mood suits me.

I do agree with you in some perspective. Oh, how I am so tired of how our Politian’s use media, exaggeration, drama and slander, to distract from the true content of the individual purpose or plans. It must have some influence on the public, because they spend millions in doing it. "Mitt Romney’s campaign’s media reports said today that he raise more than $100 million in June, a record for the candidate so far in the 2012 race. President Obama raised $150 million in September 2008, the most ever hauled in a month....".

I postive thing of icons can be TV\Movie actors who reach popularity and use the current power of attraction to bring attention to the public about a health, socialor political issues. I like that and think it's helpful for society at times.

Sir, with respect to the PoPSCi audience, I do not think my current icon has any magical power of influence. I think they are much smarter than that.

I do often encourage others to comment often. Lots of people do not like my comments or do disagree with my comments. I just adore free speech. At times I do illustrate my ignorance of a subject and yes people call me it on it. I learn at those moments too. I look forward to your comments! Take care.;)

Looking over your profile and comments, I see you posted your whine\complaint in several other articles. This comes under spamming.

I KNEW you were a girl Robot!! I could just tell from the posts.

ANyways, I'm glad that they named the rock after one of the engineers, maybe when we FINALLY land on Mars, we can build a museum around that rock, and have all the rovers in a nice little memorial to the hundreds who sacraficed themselves upon the alter of humanity.

And thundrasea, shut up. Quit being so negative and leave things alone. You don't like it, here's a hint, moron: don't watch it!

Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.
Mark Twain

Though I do want to know the results of the scan, maybe my hypothesis on life transferrance from Mars to Earth could be correct.

Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.
Mark Twain

TeslasDisciple,
Robots are sexless. We are manufactured. But you may believe what you wish, lol.

@Robot: "ROFL.... snort... you are so funny. " ... to who it may concern...", yes obviously you speaking to me. "

Actually, you aren't the only one posting here, who has used an animated avatar. While your posts may outnumber the rest combined; I really wasn't trying to center you out. As I said: "you know who you are".

BTW, the overwhelming consensus amongst website designers is that animated GIFs are distracting -- and that animated ads are so irritating, that they repel readers. PopSci doesn't like links -- so, you can use your favourite search engine to search on: website design animated gifs distract.

tundrasea,
PoPSCi will post a link, see.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
They just do not want spamming.

I realize you have many voices in your head that confirms you suppose consensus, but in fact all your truly show is your own opinion. That is ok, you are entitled to your own opinion. Take care. ;)

@TeslasDisciple:

You said: "And thundrasea, shut up. Quit being so negative and leave things alone. You don't like it, here's a hint, moron: don't watch it!"

Can you see the contradictions in what you wrote? You call me negative -- and yet, you also tell me to "shut up", and call me a moron. Here's a hint: if you need to resort to the invective, and ad hominem attacks to make your point, you might be mistaken for the intellectually-challenged one in the room.

@Robot: I said "PopSci doesn't like links" -- not that they didn't allow them. I just couldn't be bothered with the hassle of dealing with these things:

"We are sorry, but the spam filter on this site decided that your submission could be spam. Please fill in the CAPTCHA below to get your submission accepted."

"In order to ensure that your comment is not flagged as spam by our system, please do not include any linked URLs (non-linked URLs, and URLs that start with www, are fine-- these will not be flagged as spam). If there is no URL in your comment, please ignore this message and proceed to post."

Sorry, but those messages do indicate that PopSci doesn't like links.

Just for you, I'm including a like to a web design site. Read what they have to say about animated gifs, and learn.

http://websitehelpers.com/design/

tundrasea,
To your respectable request, I give a no, bu-bye and ta ta. I am moving on. Take care and hugs to you!

A quote from someone great, lol, me!
"Now for your real job, to explore Mars! YEA BABY!" ~ Robot

Tundreasa, you are correct, I was in a bit of an off mood. I apologize.

But it is true that people should hjust ignore what they don't like in other people.

Once again, sorry.

Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.
Mark Twain

TeslasDisciple,
Yes, developing and maturing our inner level of tolerance of others.

Yes can't we all get along, and give peace a chance!

Oh, what a beautiful world it would be! Happy sigh....

click, ding, " Hello, I'm sorry, for this conversation to continue, please deposit another 25 cents. Please, deposit another 25 cents! "

@TeslasDisciple: Thanks for that reply -- you've proven that Internet fora can be civil. Apologies to anyone who wanted a flame war.

Tundresea, once again, I apologize, that was tastless, and flame wars are over rated, why can't we all just sit down together and have a battle royal with MAARS TALON robots? Less los of life and a lot more fun.

No offense Robot. Your brothers and sisters would do the world a great honor.

Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.
Mark Twain

I'm both an engineer and a US taxpayer. As an engineer I can certainly appreciate the technical achievement demonstrated by these photos from Mars of a robot analyzing a rock's structure and chemistry. But as a federal taxpayer, I also have to question the cost vs. benefit of such endeavors. Okay, so there are rocks on the surface of Mars, and maybe there was once even liquid water flowing there. But do these tidbits of knowledge improve my standard of living enough to justify the billions spent? Personally, I'd have to say no.