Elite / Frontier WorldWide Telescope

[Steve]

This is good for whiling away a few minutes/hours/days, if you have an interest in astronomy...

WorldWide Telescope

... and it's from Microsoft, so it must be good

 

[Sir.Tj]

... and it's from Microsoft, so it must be good /quote]

Sorry couldn't resist

It looks good at first glance.

 

[Steve O B Have]

Haha - Site has crashed - thanks Microsoft - you win again.

EDIT: I stand corrected - I was trying to open it in Firefox - that's just petty that it doesn't. Oh an it runs on a Mac too.... but only if you have Bootcamp and XP or Vista installed.

 

[Sir.Tj]

Haha - Site has crashed - thanks Microsoft - you win again..

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It must be running on Vista

EDIT: I stand corrected - I was trying to open it in Firefox - that's just petty that it doesn't.

*Microsoft picks up ball and goes home"

 

[Steve O B Have]

.*Microsoft picks up ball and goes home"

...and then drops it... picks it up... drops it and then looses it down the storm drain never to be seen again.

To be fair it's a nice idea and I'm sure it'll get better with numerous patches and service packs.

 

[Sir.Tj]

Its Bills ball and he can do what he likes with it!

Numerous patches and service packs???????

I didn't think that was a usual code of practice for them!