Comments on: The World Wide Telescope http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/29/the-world-wide-telescope/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:25:47 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: gman http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/29/the-world-wide-telescope/comment-page-1/#comment-204679 gman Sat, 08 Aug 2009 01:59:14 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/29/the-world-wide-telescope/#comment-204679 ms dos was not and i repeat was not stable they added a can of raid with it for the bugs. go back and look at the ver. numbers. 3.0 3.1 3.2 ect... 4.0 4.1 4.2 ect... . we hadd lots of bugs back then. by the way a bug is just a undocumented feature. ms dos was not and i repeat was not stable they added a can of raid with it for the bugs. go back and look at the ver. numbers. 3.0 3.1 3.2 ect… 4.0 4.1 4.2 ect… . we hadd lots of bugs back then. by the way a bug is just a undocumented feature.

]]> By: Jason http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/29/the-world-wide-telescope/comment-page-1/#comment-73625 Jason Thu, 15 May 2008 08:48:50 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/29/the-world-wide-telescope/#comment-73625 I've just completed the installation of World Wide Telescope and rebooted ready to try it - it CRASHED straight away - exactly as you would expect from any Microsoft product. I think MS DOS was the only stable program they made..! Well, when it's finally got working, perhaps it can be modified so we can fly spacecraft around this new virtual world with an assortment of laser weaponary, shields, ECM, missiles, hyperdrive, etc. just like the original computer game "Elite" for the Acorn BBC Micro. Those were the days. But can we have a minigun fitted this time please?! I’ve just completed the installation of World Wide Telescope and rebooted ready to try it – it CRASHED straight away – exactly as you would expect from any Microsoft product. I think MS DOS was the only stable program they made..!

Well, when it’s finally got working, perhaps it can be modified so we can fly spacecraft around this new virtual world with an assortment of laser weaponary, shields, ECM, missiles, hyperdrive, etc. just like the original computer game “Elite” for the Acorn BBC Micro. Those were the days. But can we have a minigun fitted this time please?!

]]> By: john http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/29/the-world-wide-telescope/comment-page-1/#comment-73624 john Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:32:08 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/29/the-world-wide-telescope/#comment-73624 First was wikisky, then googlesky, now ms-sky. What's the rush out there? New race to space? First was wikisky, then googlesky, now ms-sky. What’s the rush out there? New race to space?

]]> By: silver http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/29/the-world-wide-telescope/comment-page-1/#comment-73623 silver Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:29:47 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/29/the-world-wide-telescope/#comment-73623 How is this different from Celestia some of you ask? Well, watch the damn video then and you will know. Plus all this MS bashing is damn annoying you narrow minded people. How about this, think of this product as some new product from a company you don't know. It will make you happier and more open minded. How is this different from Celestia some of you ask? Well, watch the damn video then and you will know. Plus all this MS bashing is damn annoying you narrow minded people. How about this, think of this product as some new product from a company you don’t know. It will make you happier and more open minded.

]]> By: James http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/29/the-world-wide-telescope/comment-page-1/#comment-73622 James Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:23:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/29/the-world-wide-telescope/#comment-73622 Hey guys, the topic of this entry isn't "Microsoft Windows, discuss." Hey guys, the topic of this entry isn’t “Microsoft Windows, discuss.”

]]> By: ClanRewired http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/29/the-world-wide-telescope/comment-page-1/#comment-73621 ClanRewired Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:51:23 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/29/the-world-wide-telescope/#comment-73621 Sounds like some Frippertronics playing in the background, maybe some reusage of the sounds Fripp created for Microsoft's Vista? Sounds like some Frippertronics playing in the background, maybe some reusage of the sounds Fripp created for Microsoft’s Vista?

]]> By: TheBlackCat http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/29/the-world-wide-telescope/comment-page-1/#comment-73620 TheBlackCat Sun, 02 Mar 2008 17:08:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/29/the-world-wide-telescope/#comment-73620 <blockquote>Re: “Microsoft builds good operating systems”; Something that takes five minutes to boot (only three months after a fresh install) is not a good operating system.</blockquote> How did you manage that? No matter how screwed up I got windows it never got took more than 2 or 3 minutes to boot, and that was usually cut down to 30 seconds to a minute by shutting down unnecessary auto-start software..

Re: “Microsoft builds good operating systems”; Something that takes five minutes to boot (only three months after a fresh install) is not a good operating system.

How did you manage that? No matter how screwed up I got windows it never got took more than 2 or 3 minutes to boot, and that was usually cut down to 30 seconds to a minute by shutting down unnecessary auto-start software..

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