Here, let me make you all happy by complaining about the FSS.
The "radar ping" effect, where the "blue blobs" show up when scanned and then fade away, is based on antiquated 1940s radar. This original "effect" was due to an analog radar system drawing on a slow-phosphor cathode ray tube, thus the "fading away". Modern digital radar stores contacts in a buffer, so you don't get this "fading" effect, haven't for many years in fact.
It's annoying from a gameplay perspective because it's easy to miss a planet when the "blue blob" is faded and we're scrolling fast.
Funny how much of ED seems to be based on 1940s technology...
/rant
Can I haz ur stuff?