Chapter 109 Weather Recorder
Banxia was sitting on the steps at the entrance of the apartment building, holding a thin, yellow bamboo pole, one end in her hand and the other end at her feet. She was humming a song leisurely and squinting one eye to see if the pole was straight enough.
Next, she tied a one-meter-long white plastic ribbon to the end of the bamboo pole. While busy with the work in her hands, she looked up at the thin bamboo pole inserted in the lawn opposite. A breeze blew, and the ribbons tied to the bamboo pole fluttered in the wind. The girl stared at it for a while, then buried her head and went back to her work.
After tying the straps, she carried the pole upstairs, climbed to the attic and set it upright.
She has erected five or six such poles. She carries a small notebook and pencil in her hand, checks them four times a day, and then writes down in the notebook:
"December 10th.
8:32 am, southeast wind, level 2.
12:02 noon, northeast wind, level 3.
4:33 pm, northerly wind, level 3.
At 10:01 p.m., west wind, level 3 wind. ”
Check once in the morning, noon, afternoon and evening, four times a day. This is Banxia's new job. In the intervals of debugging the PSK data transmission link, she does this like a meteorological investigator.
Wind force is difficult to measure and can only be estimated. BG4MXH said there is a formula for estimating wind force, like a jingle: level zero means smoke columns going straight up into the sky, level one means green smoke drifting with the wind, level two means a fresh breeze blowing on your face, level three means leaves moving and red flags unfurling, level four means branches carrying pieces of paper flying - you grab a handful of paper and throw them into the sky like Oppenheimer did. If they are blown up by the wind, that is the equivalent of 500,000 tons... bah, level four wind is for sure!
"BG, what is the purpose of this statistic?"
"I don't know either, but it's their request anyway." Bai Yang replied, "Uncle Zhao and his men have been acting mysterious these past few days, maybe they have some big plan? Miss, has your camera returned to normal? OVER."
"The new one can't be focused, so I changed it for another one."
Yesterday, Banxia accidentally broke the camera while fiddling with it, so she had to replace it with a new one.
"Is there any problem with the program running? OVER."
"There are still some bugs, but I finally managed to install everything." The girl let out a long sigh, "It was so difficult. Why is it so difficult to meet you?"
She had witnessed the difficulty of debugging PSK, which was much more difficult than AFSK. The most difficult time for Banxia was when she was stuck in a mountain of endless code and was at a loss. She didn't know who she was, where she was, or what she was going to do. At that time, she just wanted to smash the motherboard and monitor, and then burn everything with fire.
But when she calmed down, she could only face these confusing codes. With the help of the experts on the other side, she had to check the bugs bit by bit from the beginning. Each time it was a long and exhausting journey.
As the most skilled programmer in the world, she spends 99% of her time troubleshooting bugs.
"Technical problems are the most difficult to solve. It's like a math test. If you don't know how to solve it, you just can't solve it. No matter how hard you rack your brains, you still can't solve it. If someone gave me a math test paper for the college entrance examination and told me that the world would be saved if I scored full marks, I would just stare blankly." Bai Yang also sighed, "Things that can be done with a little effort are not difficult things. The truly difficult things are impossible to even start. OVER."
"BG, when does that rocket launch?"
"It should be on the 18th of this month, at the French Guiana Space Center, OVER."
"Where is that?"
"In South America, miss, do you know where South America is?" Bai Yang said, "On the other side of the earth, the satellite is being assembled and flown to the Guiana Space Center for final assembly. OVER."
The girl was silent in the darkness for a while, probably trying to understand how far away the other side of the earth was.
She shook her head, unable to think of anything. She could only imagine a world as big as Nanjing City. Anything bigger would be beyond her understanding.
"What kind of satellite is it?"
"It's a super camera. It will fly over your head and take pictures. It will find the location of the big eye and transmit it to us. We will then formulate a response strategy." Bai Yang replied, "It's a scout. All military operations need to send out scouts to investigate the enemy before they are launched. OVER."
"Really?" The girl was surprised, then a little excited, "Can it take a picture of me?"
Bai Yang choked.
"This... probably can't be done, because you are too small, it can't see you, OVER."
Even if the synthetic aperture radar imaging resolution carried by the satellite can achieve an accuracy of less than one meter, it is still too difficult to capture a human girl at a vertical angle. Moreover, its mission is not to take pictures of Pinellia ternata. With big eyes and long legs that are seven or eight meters in size, it has nowhere to hide in the field of view of the synthetic aperture radar.
"Oh." Banxia was a little disappointed.
"The image quality of that thing is very poor, and it's black and white." Bai Yang comforted her, "You don't want to use that thing to take a picture of you, Miss. It's not as good as the camera in your hand. OVER."
"So when will it come?"
"Based on my time frame, it will return to Earth's orbit in twenty years. Based on your time frame, it will return to Earth's orbit in eight days." Bai Yang replied, "If nothing goes wrong along the way, OVER."
Today, the command has almost formed a path dependence, and everything is sent into the sky. In the view of Zhao Bowen and others, sending things into space is the best way to slow down time. Far away from the earth, in the vast space, there is no interference, and there are only a few minor disadvantages - for example, the preparation period is too long, the transportation cost is too high, there is a possibility of failure during launch, there is a possibility of failure during recovery, and there is a possibility of damage after staying in space for twenty years - well... from this point of view, sending things into space is not a good idea.
But it's cool!
Is there any more important reason than being cool?
"So in my time coordinate system, it is already in space, right?" Banxia raised her head and looked at the dark ceiling.
It’s really amazing to think about it. Time is such a wonderful thing. That satellite that has not yet been launched seems to have been traveling in space for twenty years.
"Not necessarily. It's possible that there will be nothing, Miss." Bai Yang said, "Perhaps the launch will fail in eight days, then you won't receive anything in eight days. Do you remember the first law of time transmission? You can only receive facts that have been confirmed on our side. If it has not yet become a fact on our side, it will not become a fact on your side. OVER."
"What if we insist on making it a reality?" Banxia asked, "For example, you set the return time of the satellite to tomorrow, and I receive the satellite signal tomorrow and transmit it to you, but you haven't launched the satellite yet..."
"Based on my personal experience of sending time capsules, the final result is failure. This fact cannot be formed. The universe does not allow it to form. You will not receive the signal from the satellite at all." Bai Yang pondered for a moment, "Then we learned that the satellite failed to return, so we temporarily canceled the launch plan and re-launched it when the opportunity arose. As a result, you will not receive the signal from the satellite tomorrow. OVER."
"Then is there anything I need to do?" Banxia asked.
"Yes." Bai Yang said, "The satellite cannot directly connect to the radio station. You need assistance in receiving the satellite signal. OVER."
"How can I help?"
"Hit it!" Bai Yang said, "Hit the satellite!"
(End of this chapter)
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