Microsoft Launches WorldWide Telescope 167
esocid writes "WorldWide Telescope, developed by Microsoft's research arm, knits together images from the Hubble Space Telescope, the Chandra X-Ray Observatory Center, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, and others. Windows users (only) can browse through the galaxy on their own or take guided tours of different outer-space destinations developed by astronomers and academics. The application allows viewing from different wavelengths such as X-ray, visible light, and hydrogen-alpha radiation. Business Week has a review and some background on the project, which has been in development for years. Google Sky beat them to the punch but Business Week opines that WWT's interface is superior."
but (Score:5, Funny)
Re:but (Score:3, Funny)
Not on Linux.
DT
Re:but (Score:4, Funny)
Thing they found out.... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Thing they found out.... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:"Better" (Score:3, Funny)
Re:harrumph (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I just played with both right now JUST what we (Score:2, Funny)
Blue Sky Error (Score:1, Funny)
Your universe has stopped working and now must shut down. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Re:Web 2.0? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Good to see (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Web 2.0? (Score:4, Funny)
Fixed that for you. OP's mistake was assuming that "Web 2.0" had any meaning at all.
Re:Web 2.0? (Score:1, Funny)
That is, of course, excepting when you run Windows on your MAC, in which case the 15% premium you paid for your PC simply amounts to Steve Jobs' "You're Stupid" tax...
-AC
Re:Not nearly that good... (Score:3, Funny)
Microsoft's evangelism team has been advising employees and partners to participate more in tech discussion sites. They're particularly encouraged to post positive comments about MS products. That's why you see a million "[MS product] works fine for me" posts whenever Microsoft breaks something.
Well, Windows 3.11 worked fine for my dad until last year. (He'd argue that it would still work fine if we let him plug the box back in ^.^)
Does this mean Microsoft will write him a check? And do I get a cut for astroturfing here?