Comments on: Astronomy videos now on YouTube! http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/20/astronomy-videos-now-on-youtube/ 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 12:14:14 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: marko http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/20/astronomy-videos-now-on-youtube/comment-page-1/#comment-90553 marko Thu, 22 May 2008 11:13:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/20/astronomy-videos-now-on-youtube/#comment-90553 As much as I dig these amazing videos, I'm befuddled than no-one seems to notice the aspect-ratio error. Mars is really quite round, and I'm sure Phil is not *that* much of an egg-head. (-: The problem of 4:3 vs 16:9 aspect ratio has been getting on my nerves for years. Just yesterday I saw a bunch of toddlers watching a public screening of a Smurfs comic show squeezed from 4:3 to 16:9 on a flat-panel tv in a mall. If anyone has a solution (besides warping windows with Compiz/Beryl -- I'm not quite there yet), please let us know! Thanks. As much as I dig these amazing videos, I’m befuddled than no-one seems to notice the aspect-ratio error. Mars is really quite round, and I’m sure Phil is not *that* much of an egg-head. (-:

The problem of 4:3 vs 16:9 aspect ratio has been getting on my nerves for years. Just yesterday I saw a bunch of toddlers watching a public screening of a Smurfs comic show squeezed from 4:3 to 16:9 on a flat-panel tv in a mall.

If anyone has a solution (besides warping windows with Compiz/Beryl — I’m not quite there yet), please let us know! Thanks.

]]> By: Carnival of Space #55 « Catholic Sensibility http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/20/astronomy-videos-now-on-youtube/comment-page-1/#comment-90552 Carnival of Space #55 « Catholic Sensibility Thu, 22 May 2008 06:26:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/20/astronomy-videos-now-on-youtube/#comment-90552 [...] The modern realtor relies on the most up-to-date technology. Check out the World Wide Telescope. Bruce swears by it: “rich” and “clean,” plus some “guided tours.” Who wouldn’t check out no-bid software like this? Today’s market not only provides online slide shows for viewing, but the most intrepid, like Philip, delve into the realm of video to provide showings when we’re just unable to make that trek to visit in person. [...] [...] The modern realtor relies on the most up-to-date technology. Check out the World Wide Telescope. Bruce swears by it: “rich” and “clean,” plus some “guided tours.” Who wouldn’t check out no-bid software like this? Today’s market not only provides online slide shows for viewing, but the most intrepid, like Philip, delve into the realm of video to provide showings when we’re just unable to make that trek to visit in person. [...]

]]> By: GregV http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/20/astronomy-videos-now-on-youtube/comment-page-1/#comment-90551 GregV Wed, 21 May 2008 18:06:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/20/astronomy-videos-now-on-youtube/#comment-90551 Wow, these are great. I am sending them to my friends for more ravenous consumption. You may want to think about slightly de-essing your voice track. You are quite sibilant! Wow, these are great. I am sending them to my friends for more ravenous consumption. You may want to think about slightly de-essing your voice track. You are quite sibilant!

]]> By: Mod http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/20/astronomy-videos-now-on-youtube/comment-page-1/#comment-90550 Mod Wed, 21 May 2008 12:05:06 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/20/astronomy-videos-now-on-youtube/#comment-90550 Heh - nice touch with the mesa on the 'Changing FACE of Mars' video. Heh – nice touch with the mesa on the ‘Changing FACE of Mars’ video.

]]> By: jokergirl http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/20/astronomy-videos-now-on-youtube/comment-page-1/#comment-90549 jokergirl Wed, 21 May 2008 10:04:16 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/20/astronomy-videos-now-on-youtube/#comment-90549 The videos seem to have been taken down - or is that my firewall? The videos seem to have been taken down – or is that my firewall?

]]> By: kuratkull http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/20/astronomy-videos-now-on-youtube/comment-page-1/#comment-90548 kuratkull Wed, 21 May 2008 09:20:09 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/20/astronomy-videos-now-on-youtube/#comment-90548 Very nice videos. I have always wondered why black holes spit out these rays of matter - your short, but informative, video answered it :) Waiting for more. -kuratkull Very nice videos. I have always wondered why black holes spit out these rays of matter – your short, but informative, video answered it :)

Waiting for more.

-kuratkull

]]> By: Andre in SA http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/20/astronomy-videos-now-on-youtube/comment-page-1/#comment-90547 Andre in SA Wed, 21 May 2008 09:16:30 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/20/astronomy-videos-now-on-youtube/#comment-90547 I did not realise you believed that the face on Mars was the real deal! Very cunning of you to slip a reference to it in the title and show it in your closing credits shot ;-P I did not realise you believed that the face on Mars was the real deal! Very cunning of you to slip a reference to it in the title and show it in your closing credits shot ;-P

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