Comments on: Worlds’ most distant webcam goes live

By: president

president — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 05:06:20 +0000

The signal does NOT take over 1 minute to get back from mars, They should update it atleast daily.

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The Origins Of Life « Child Of The Stars — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:36:44 +0000

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Weekly Weird News — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:41:19 +0000

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By: Nunuv.Yerbizness

Nunuv.Yerbizness — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:45:10 +0000

That’s “Bedevere”, not “Bedemir”!

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Webcam from Mars : Computer Roadmap — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:32:56 +0000

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By: Qossay

Qossay — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 21:48:57 +0000

Amazing !!!!

By: Brickedin21

Brickedin21 — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:12:23 +0000

first of all, Sir Eccles, “the face on mars” was nothing but a crap camera that made it happen to look like a face. new images of the “face” reveals that is actually nothing. just a regular mountain range. also, Rob, you need to get a life, holy hell. third. cool, about time.

By: Alfonso Maruccia

Alfonso Maruccia — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 08:38:56 +0000

Pretty awesome stuff, indeed, but the cam isn’t live

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Chat Marchet News Digest » Worlds’ most distant webcam goes live — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 02:06:09 +0000

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By: mandydax

mandydax — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:15:43 +0000

I can't wait until 2620. Fry: Hey, as long as you don't make me smell Uranus. (laughs) Leela: I don't get it. Farnsworth: I'm sorry, Fry, but astronomers renamed Uranus in 2620 to end that stupid joke once and for all. Fry: Oh. What's it called now? Farnsworth: Urectum. Here, let me locate it for you. Fry: Hehe, no, no, I think I'll just smell around a bit over here.

By: fatherdaddy

fatherdaddy — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:06:35 +0000

While you’re at the site, don’t forget to download the Celestia program and take a tour of the galaxy. It has a bunch objects from our system and the stars beyond. I demand that you all check it out.

By: Tim Bailey

Tim Bailey — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:52:08 +0000

That’s awesome. Seriously, though: what’s the refresh-rate? How often should we check the page for a new image? I can’t find that info on the ESA site itself.

By: CanadianLeigh

CanadianLeigh — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:52:43 +0000

Evergreen shipping lines has a ship named “EverUranus”. I got a phone call from one of our techies that was working on board at Deltaport. He told me he was working deep in the bowels of Uranus.
When I arrived at the ship I had to ask permission of the watch officer to enter Uranus.
It just never ends.

By: Michael L

Michael L — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:45:37 +0000

@Canadian Leigh,

Not to mention when they colonize Uranus…

OK, no more jokes about Uranus… I’m sure it’s very nice…

Seriously, why is it that a Uranus joke makes anything sound funny?

By: CanadianLeigh

CanadianLeigh — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:05:03 +0000

Someone is going to have a heck of a yard sale when we finally colonize Mars.

By: Martian

Martian — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:22:03 +0000

I see dead people……

By: Salvius

Salvius — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:08:43 +0000

What’s the latency on that connection? Is there an IP address we can ping?

I’m sometimes disappointed that I presumably won’t live long enough to find out whether the existing internet protocols are robust enough to handle interstellar networks. What will happen when someone needs to access a web site stored on a server at Epsilon Eridani? Will you have to leave a browser window open for 20 years while it loads?

By: madge

madge — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:42:27 +0000

REALLY cool! Thanks for this Phil. Added it to my favourites so I can keep a daily check on that sucker. Thanks largly to you my favourites list now has folders within folders within foders and is really really LONG! And I love it that way!

By: Evolving Squid

Evolving Squid — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:13:39 +0000

Now that there’s a webcam on Mars, how long will it be before we start seeing banners and pop-ups for “Martian Co-eds Live XXX Cam action!!!!!!”

By: PG

PG — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:44:07 +0000

@Will.M: check out Google Mars for a tutorial on Martian topography! (mars.google.com)

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Mars Webcam - Bad Astronomy and Universe Today Forum — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:18:38 +0000

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By: Michael L

Michael L — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:09:18 +0000

I’m waiting for the webcam trained on Uranus…

Seriously, this is cool!

By: Angel

Angel — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:01:32 +0000

“And for those of you picky readers who want to complain about this post’s title: note the position of the apostrophe.”

You are good, hehe

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:45:38 +0000

That is pretty cool! That’s very nice and very clever of them!!!

An AWESOME idea to use otherwise useless instruments.

By: Will. M

Will. M — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:44:36 +0000

I doubt I could be of help; I have difficulty orienting myself using GoogleEarth. That won’t stop me from checking out the images, though. However, I certainly hope the images will be of better quality than the above. I have the impression that a person would have to be well-versed on the topography of the bright side of this world in order to identify places upon it. As for the other side, perhaps one would have to be a UFO pilot.