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post #1 of 14
8/23/07 at 9:55am
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Yes. Instead of just Earth you can now view the sky too. This is ridiculously cool.
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post #2 of 14
8/23/07 at 11:03am
Can't you just look out a window for that? Or go outside?
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post #3 of 14
8/23/07 at 11:04am
Is it blue?
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post #4 of 14
8/23/07 at 11:13am
Will it give me google skin cancer?
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post #5 of 14
8/23/07 at 11:16am
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Considering it's the night sky, with stars, planets and galaxies and shit, I'm guessing no.
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post #6 of 14
8/23/07 at 11:35am
That's cool, I've always wanted to know which is the best route from Earth to Uranus.
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post #7 of 14
8/23/07 at 11:59am
I read about this yesterday and meant to download it when I got home, but I probably started drinking and forgot. It sounded seriously cool. How does it work? Can you view the night sky from any point on the earth? I mean, I'd love to get a better idea of what's what when I look up at night--though since I live in the city if it isn't Venus, Jupiter, or Sirius I don't have a very good chance of seeing it.
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post #8 of 14
8/23/07 at 12:28pm
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It starts with the sky over your location but you can see any part of it you like. It controls exactly like Google Earth. The only bad thing is that it doesn't have maps of the planets, or I haven't found them yet and that it crashes more often than previous versions.
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post #9 of 14
8/23/07 at 4:59pm
I think that Google Earth tends to use up more and more CPU power and/or RAM after each new version. I used to be able to run the thing just fine when it first came out, but now it sucks up all my processing power. I'm starting to look at it like an Adobe product nowadays.
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post #10 of 14
8/23/07 at 5:45pm
Psh. Wake me when I can download Google Entire Universe.
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post #11 of 14
8/23/07 at 5:50pm
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Originally Posted by Nexus
That's cool, I've always wanted to know which is the best route from Earth to Uranus.
You just need a referral to your in-network proctologist for that.
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post #12 of 14
8/23/07 at 5:52pm
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Originally Posted by horrid
Will it give me google skin cancer?
Not if you use one of those anti-glare screen on your monitor.
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post #13 of 14
8/23/07 at 6:06pm
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Originally Posted by gravedigger
Not if you use one of those anti-glare screen on your monitor.
(*Rimshot!*)

He's here all week, folks! Don't forget to tip your waiter!
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post #14 of 14
8/24/07 at 9:39pm
How does this compare to the more serious versions of Starry Night?
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