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The Most Detailed View of the Dark Side of the Moon
“This is the hidden face of the moon like you’ve never seen if before, as captured by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter’s LOLA instruments.
The rainbow colors correspond to the elevation of the terrain, going from 20,000 feet (red) to -20,000 feet (blue). The beautiful coloring, combined with the unique sharp view of the craters—the largest in the solar system—makes me want the whole Moon to be exactly like that all year around.
The image is part of an article on ten cool things discovered in the first year of the LRO, which includes the Moon landing sites but not this amazing close up of its surface. [NASA]”](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4jg4iLUZG1qzcy30o1_500.jpg)
glxp:
The Most Detailed View of the Dark Side of the Moon
“This is the hidden face of the moon like you’ve never seen if before, as captured by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter’s LOLA instruments.
The rainbow colors correspond to the elevation of the terrain, going from 20,000 feet (red) to -20,000 feet (blue). The beautiful coloring, combined with the unique sharp view of the craters—the largest in the solar system—makes me want the whole Moon to be exactly like that all year around.
The image is part of an article on ten cool things discovered in the first year of the LRO, which includes the Moon landing sites but not this amazing close up of its surface. [NASA]”
In addition to providing great images for science purposes, the Cassini spacecraft also produces some amazing photography, as we see here in this image of Dione, one of the 62+ moons of Saturn. Dione is one of the mid-sized Saturnine moons, but even so is the 15th biggest moon in the Solar System. This image shows the cratered surface, thought to be mainly composed of water ice.
Image credit: Cassini/NASA
Look, FIFA:
You want us to like this whole soccer thing?
This is a low-scoring, often boring game of waiting for an offensive attack to break out. Americans are used to fast-paced, exciting, high scoring games. We’re trying - we’ve got a team that’s decent and has a chance to proceed out group play. We’re all watching. Learning the rules in some cases, but more people are watching the World Cup here than the last time around, at least in my group of friends and acquaintances.
But you just enraged and frustrated us. A crappy call by a crappy ref lost us a game. That might cost us the chance to advance out of group play. So we’re supposed to like a game that along with being frustrating slow to develop allows referees to not explain their calls publicly? And there’s no way that call can be overturned.
You just lost the chance to capture fans of the World Cup, and yes, your “futbol” sport in the United States. You stopped the momentum that was building for the sport here in the US. Hope you’re happy with that outcome.
Good job. Congratulations. FIFA’s “fair play” policy strikes. And in fair reaction, you just lost the chance to win more fans across the United States.
We’d rather watch baseball.
Apple, we need to talk.
You’re supposed to change the world. You’re supposed to wow us.
Instead, you released what people have already seen. And all you threw on top of that was video chat… over WiFi?? THAT’S your “and one more thing…”?
Here’s what would have impressed me:
Yes, iPhone 4 looks nice. Nice screen, dual cameras, HD video, I get it. But glass on the back? What’s that about? A screen that is 78% of the pixels on my brand new $750 iPad?! What the hell, Apple?! Roll that out on the brand spanking new iPad, not an iPhone upgrade. And you didn’t even throw us the bone of getting rid of AT&T or upgrading to LTE.
And it’s not like there are better options. Sure, I could go with the EVO 4G. Then I’d have fast connectivity, right?! Right! Unless you’re in a building! I mean, seriously, go look at the Clear reviews and see how sporadic it is and how much it sucks. Oh, but it’s an open platform? Not really. I mean, I’d have to crack it to put the brand spanking new Froyo distribution on it. What!? How open is that? I want something I can easily upgrade, damnit! (My friend Tim Dorr says that it’s actually easy to upgrade if you wait for the official release. I’ll take his word for it.)
So here’s the recap. There’s a huge market for a phone that does all that, is on a platform that’ll upgrade easily and have a seamless UI and uses a real network like Verizon.
In other words, Apple will sell tons of VeriPhones when they man up and leave AT&T. Speaking of leaving AT&T, it’s coming in the next year. That’s why AT&T is offering a free upgrade to the new iPhone if you sign a new contract (they’ll let you keep the grandfathered in unlimited data plan).
Step up the game, Apple. We expect more of you. Oh, and in other news, step up the new product security. These leaks will not abide.
THIS IS INCREDIBLE!
Google Chrome is Faster Than Projectile Potatoes
This might be the coolest ad I’ve seen in years. Ad agency BBH, NY and Google’s Creative Lab put together this piece to show how fast their new Chrome browser is. Capturing the three scenes at 2,700 fps they setup three races Chrome vs. Potato Gun, Soundwaves, and Lightning.
It convinced me to download the new version of Chrome and give it a try.
Mercury-Redstone 3 launch
dvdp:
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“In fact, if you want to break down someone’s door, why don’t you start with AT&T? They make your amazing phone unusable… AS A PHONE!”
