"Pole Position is a racing video game released in 1982 by Namco. It was published by Namco in Japan and by Atari, Inc. in the United States. The game popularized the use of sprite-based, pseudo-3D graphics with its "rear-view racer format"—where the player’s view is behind and above the vehicle, looking forward along the road with the horizon in sight—which would remain in use even after true 3D computer graphics became standard for racing games."
- Eric @ CS Techcast
from Bookmarklet
In order: Calisto, Europa, Jupiter, Io, Ganymede and to the southeast IOT Cap - HIP105515. This is a composite of two pictures taken one after another at 560mm and at two different exposures placed on a black background and cropped. Some resolutions may see this edit. No other post processing was done to any of these incredible celestial bodies. Pictures taken 10/25/09 @ 7:54pmEST
- Carlos Ayala
Very nice. I've been trying to just get Jupiter and the moon these past few weeks.
- Anika
Sweet! It looks really clear. What did you set the white balance at? I know this is converted black and white and all, just wondering what kind of color info the lens/sensor were able to register for Jupiter.
- Adrian
@Anika they should be in your southern sky for most of your night and a wide angle will get them both together in the frame. the only problem is capturing any detail in both at the same time is virtually impossible.
- Carlos Ayala
If I didn't live on the other side of the continent (and had half the money) I'd go in halves on a GEM. Keeping the camera on Jupiter at that kind of magnification with a crappy tripod is a bear.
- Adrian
Oh, I can see them randomly. That's not the problem. It's actually shooting them where they're not blogs of white. I was going to do what you did and stitch together two photos, but the moon pics I've taken have been unusuable.
- Anika
@Adrian WB is almost always on Auto for these shots. If i am doing long exposures of starscapes in polluted skies i may do Tungsten. and I never convert to B&W. The shot of Jupiter is straight on shot @ 0.8 Seconds F8.0 ISO 1600. The Moon was shot @ 1/30 ISO 100. Both @ 560mm on a tripod.
- Carlos Ayala
@Anika you have to keep in mind that what you see of the Moon is sunlight. Always shoot it at ISO100, as though you were shooting in daylight. The actual speed will vary between 1/30 - 1/200, as an example. The shutter speed is dependent on position in the sky and type of moon, for the most part.
- Carlos Ayala
@Anika to stitch them, all i did was open both of them in photoshop and place them side by side in a new file. Since i wanted an accurate representation of position in the sky i moved the Moon to where it is in relation to Jupiter. This created a gap. The gap was easily fixed by making the background black. So, 3 layers: black background, the Moon and Jupiter and its neighbors.
- Carlos Ayala
So I shouldn't be getting color data on Jupiter at this magnification? I'm probably seeing chromatic aberration from the lens. You saw my photos... the colors on Jupiter and it's glow would switch up depending on how I had the white balance set. Strange, I guess I should look this up.
- Adrian
the only way to get any color data at this this magnification is if you track it using a GEM while taking many many many exposures at different lengths and later stacking the frames. If i had to guess, what you (and I) are picking up is actually reflected sunlight.
- Carlos Ayala
Crazy! The rovers on Mars shoot like that too. They have filters for the various color wavelengths and they piece the color photos together from these. I want a mount... and filters. :D
- Adrian
Oh it's not just color wavelengths they go for it's chemical wavelengths. They can identify chemistry on visible objects with the technique.
- Adrian
as for the canon's you can either purchase a modified camera for astrophotography, have your current canon permanently modified, add a filter above the sensor yourself or just wing it like i do. these filters cut out the wavelengths that produce the chromatic aberrations you mentioned and high pressure sodium and mercury light pollution. a GEM and a 800mm telescope with t-adapter is on my Christmas list for sure.
- Carlos Ayala
Dude, I have an Oly OM-1MD! In the 70's it was *the* astro-photography camera. ;) It was one of the main reasons I got it. It has mirror lock-up for vibration-free images. Since I don't have a long lens for it, I'm thinking I should just get a telescope with a mount, and an adapter for the camera. But for now it's just a dream.
- Adrian
haha yeah man i know the camera, i forgot you had that beast. awesome. unfortunately we are really limited as to what we can realistically photograph without a GEM. we are basically limited to the Moon. all deep sky objects require a GEM at the very least and a decent (fast) lens or telescope. look at this way my 560mm shot is effectively 896mm on my crop (if i have the math right) and thats the best i can do with what i have.
- Carlos Ayala
Yeah. LOL. I just made it official, like in the Thriller video...except that I didn't turn into a werewolf and chase her through the woods....
- Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF
Not fair that the lady gets to wear a fancy ring before we even do the church thing. What's the point of being engaged if you can't flaunt it? LOL. Thanks everyone :)
- Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF
Congratulations, Rahsheen! I had a similar thought for Harold when he gave me my ring: "Gee, kind of unfair the guy doesn't get to wear something too until the wedding."
- Kamilah Gill
Now, I'm going to have to clear some room on the Xbox. I think I saw a TMNT demo for the old game a couple of weeks ago.
- Anika
You can get the full game on XBox live, it is still teh awesome! ...Now if only they would get the X-men and Simpsons 4-player arcade games on there.
- Joe Pierce
Is it free? I only have like 160 credits. :( I want to see N.A.R.C. and 1942. I loved playing those games too.
- Anika
I can't remember how much it was, I made my friend buy it so I could save my precious, precious, credits for something else. 1942 and N.A.R.C. would rock too. Contra is still pretty sweet too.
- Joe Pierce
I think can play this on my dreamcast - I've got an NES emulator for it and have all the games.
- Nathalie, Dreamer of FF
This is the arcade one, I hated the original NES game, that swimming level was poo.
- Joe Pierce
I think I found it in my MAME collection from way back - just have to see if the ROM is still good with the latest MAME. Amazing that a game like that could fit under 2MB.
- Matt Mastracci
TMNT 4 for SNES is a good emulator ROM target if you want the TMNT arcade experience right away on the computer.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
that vase on the table behind Donatello looks kind of bong-like
- Joe Pierce
+1 Nathalie. Not only is there an NES emulator for the Dreamcast (a few, actually), there are emulators for the TMNT arcade ROM, the Simpsons arcade, Xmen and a few others. Dreamcast is better than teh Xbox. :)
- Curtiss Grymala
Meanwhile, Yahoo is providing free Wi-Fi for an entire year in Times Square, and Microsoft and JiWire will give free Wi-Fi at airports and hotels if you make one search on Bing. I like free stuff! [Google] Airports for Google-Sponsored Free Wi-Fi: • Austin (AUS) • Baltimore (BWI) • Billings (B ... - http://vida.posterous.com/google-...
- Shevonne
from Posterous
hahaha...I'm all about the dj and the dance floor--it's the only reason I love going to weddings. I have ZERO desire to ever have a wedding.
- Anna Haro
There's been times in my life where I just put this song on for 2 hours straight. Luckily none of those times have been recent.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
But no one makes love like Neil Patrick Harris is dancing? FAIL!
- Zulema ◕ ◡ ◕
My brother in law in the Philippines can't be dissuaded from naming his son Elmo. I hope that unborn boy is ready to be tormented for the rest of his life. Why do parents do that to their kids?
- Bradley Farless
You know, in my heart I hope that people like NPH who seem just so damn awesome on the screen are just as cool in real life. Anyone met the fellow in person?
- Adam Lasnik
I'm sure he's a decent guy. Never met him, though.
- Josh Haley
But he sure can dance, just look at him go!
- Zulema ◕ ◡ ◕
Love him when he's unicorn watching.
- Gabrielle V
Okay, I swear I am not just pimpin' good swing music, but I was looking at this GIF and listening to this song - http://lala.com/zPe9 ("Billie's Bounce" performed live by Buddy Rich) - and it matches! :o
- Adam Lasnik
Gross. I just unliked to be contrary. Yet another reason why I pulled back from FriendFeed. And why getting swallowed up by Facebook, the great leveler, couldn't make more sense.
- Rick Powell
That's right, all you horrible time-wasters you! Get back to talking about kernels and APIs! Have you no Protestant work-ethic? /sarcasm
- Neal Jansons
It's funny, I joined friendfeed just to connect further with my brother...I got that for a time, but in a larger sense I connected with a community and discovered so many interesting people and so many noteworthy stories. Despite what I've written before, to Paul Bucheit and the rest of the friendfeed team, I will forever be grateful for the...
Amen, Alex. I have come to know more people through FF than I ever could have imagined. It may not be as geeky as it was when I first joined, but the community has grown & improved. Kudos to all of you (devs & users) for giving me that. :)
- JA Castillo
You are my favorite Scoble by far! (Sorry, Robert) ;)
- Jorge Escobar
Hmmm.. sounds like the speech that is said before the music is queued up and the lovely ladies come from stage right to escort you off. But Then again.. thanks are not said enough in life so say it often. ;)
- CW™
You should reply and say, "Man if only you'd called me a couple of days ago I would have been able to do something with you. Now? Well, sorry, you just missed your chance."
- Kenton
ha ha.. are they looking to give you a job or get you to hire them on behalf of FF.
- Bindu Reddy
Presumably they are offering their services to recruit staff for friendfeed. You're just an entry in a mail merge database, as far as they're concerned.
- DGentry
HAHAHAH That is epic!! tooooo funny :D
- Susan Beebe
"So, the day before I left this time around, I made these cinnamon rolls. I made a double batch - which came out to 29 rolls - because these little girls can gobble up these suckers so quickly. In fact, they can go eat 5 or 6 of them in just one day! Even though they ask for the same thing all the time, I enjoy making these for them. It truly is an enjoyable and relaxing labor of love."
- Derrick
from Bookmarklet
I should be signing off right now and getting ready to board my plane, but I have to share something. Some of you know my wife lost her job a few weeks ago. She has another job in her company, but she's still looking for something in her field. We have a cruise planned for January, and we were about halfway through playing for it.
I figured there was no way I'd be able to afford the rest of it, and we'd have to eat the deposit we'd already paid. I just got an email stating that our friends we're traveling with have paid for the rest of our trip. I think I'm about to lose it.
- Ha3rvey (not Akiva)
So who picks up the tip at the end of the cruise? Might want to save some dollars to cover that, just because....And high fives to the silent couple. They freaking rock the...well, the boat....in a good way...ok, i'll shut up now....
- Morgan Haley
Awwwww... That's awesome, and exceptionally kind and generous of your friends!
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
'....in good times and bad times..I'll be on your side for ever more.'..... I hope you all have a blast
- suzanne
from iPhone
I am so happy for you and your wife, I know you two will have a great time!!!
- YoYo_P
Yay!!!! I love friends like that! What wonderful news. :)
- Laura B.
That is top notch, Harvey. You have awesome friends.
- Alex Scoble
Wonderful friends, great news! I lost $3K on a vacation this past summer, two of the six in our party were in the same situation as you. Happy for you!
- jcunwired
You've got great friends Harvey. They show up when you need them the most
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
from iPhone
That is total awesomesauce. *warm fuzzies*
- Yolanda
that's so lovely! Thanks for sharing!
- Jim Hearts FF
Wow that's awesome! Where are you guys cruising?
- Andrizzle Gizzle
You have good friends, and more importantly, you must be good friends for people to think of you two so highly. Have a great trip.
- cecily
from iPhone
Bahamas and I forgot where else. I was seriously getting ready to write it off.
- Ha3rvey (not Akiva)
Oh nice! The Bahamas has the most beautiful water I've ever seen. Gorgeous, relaxing... love it down there.
- Carmen
OMG, that gave me chills. I'm so happy for you, Ha3rvey, that you have such sweet friends. Have a wonderful trip.
- Ayşe E.
Yay, we're going! I can stop hoin'?! Sweet!! We are gonna have so much fun, wooo weee! Oh. Wait....
- nakachi
Nice speed Kevin! More than an OC-3 at Facebook. Wouldn't you like an OC-768? "OC-768 is a network line with transmission speeds of up to 39,813.12 Mbit/s (payload: 38,486.016 Mbit/s; overhead: 1,327.104 Mbit/s). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... Infinera made a field trial demonstration data transmission on a live production network involving the service transmission of a 40...
more...
- Mitchell Tsai
T-x details http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... DS1 tech details http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... T1/DS1 is used for 24 phone lines (DS0). But the math on the bigger lines is weird. 28 DS1s = 1 DS3 (Go figure on why it's 28?) at 45 Mbit/s. "DS3 signals are rare except within buildings, because a T3 circuit can only go about 600 feet (180m) between repeaters." So above...
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- Mitchell Tsai
If you move the decimal point two places to the left, you'll have my speed:(
- Michael Fidler
"People scared of flying can now press a button on their iPhone to help them deal with their panic. Long-haul airline Virgin Atlantic Airways has launched an application, or app, for its Flying Without Fear course which boasts a success rate of over 98 percent. Apps are a source of information, games and other novelty ideas for users of Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch devices."
- Johnny Worthington
from Bookmarklet
This is the bottom crust in the recipe for the creamy raspberry bars with a middle layer of sliced granny smith apples (seasoned with brown/white sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg) and topped with a crumb crust. Evil.Freaking.GENIUS!
I've eaten a third of it already and it's only 8p. If I brew some coffee to go with it, I can make it all disappear before Dave gets home from pool.... *tempted*
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
It's National Sandwich Day! So designated because November 3 marks the birthday of John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich, who popularized everyone's favorite lunch so long ago. Looking to celebrate? We've rounded up the Best of Serious Eats Sandwich Coverage in honor of the occasion. And if you need a primer, start with Ed's 22 Sandwiches That Will Change Your Life.
- Derrick
"Chilaquiles are a traditional Mexican dish often served as breakfast, it is a basic one pan scramble of corn tortillas, salsa, eggs and cheese. other ingredients can be added such as beans or chicken. I like it spicy with a lot of hot sauce, avocado and chopped cilantro."
- Anika
from Bookmarklet
Yesterday I was craving breakfast tacos but never made it happen. You've suddenly given me a new drool target.
- mike fabio
There's a place down the street from me that makes this awesomely. They even have roasted peppers and nopales. But they are soooo expensive. I have everything but the chicken. Depressing.
- Anika
*booty bump* I just remembered I have a roasted chicken in the fridge. IT'S ON!
- Anika
So for those who know, what is the difference between chilaquiles and 'migas?
- Spidra Webster
I will never, ever be able to pronounce that word properly.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Akiva, I've been saying chee-la-key-less. Nobody's corrected me, so I'm running with it.
- Ha3rvey (not Akiva)
from fftogo
ha3rvey, that looks about right to me. chee-la-key-les
- Kamilah Gill
ha3rvey, you haven't been the first to tell me how it's pronounced yet I forget it by the time I see the word again. It just won't stick.
- Akiva Moskovitz
The chilaquiles I've always had have been tortilla chips, ranchero sauce and cheese. Maybe some diced onion, but that's it. The migas I've had, have been strips of corn tortillas (not chips) and the same ingredients with the addition of eggs, and beans or meat. *shrug* It's ALL good.
- Derrick
The definition of chilaquiles above had eggs in it so it made it hard for me to see what the difference would be.
- Spidra Webster
I've never had it with eggs in it (had them on the side), but yeah, if eggs are in the mix, I don't see what the big difference is.
- Derrick
I've never had them with eggs, either. hmmmmmmmm
- Katy S
I've only had chilaquiles with eggs. I usually have to for it to be scrambled or else they'd just plop an over-easy on top. Migas (to me) are sandwiches.
- Anika
that looks reeeeeeeeaaaaalllllly goooooooooooood
- Susan Beebe
Great. Now I want some. Any my favorite restaurant that makes them is 800 miles to the northwest. :(
- Steven Perez
Steven - how do like to have them prepared? With egg, without egg, with the chicken, with something else?
- Katy S
Here's something odd: Adrian has ordered this the same places I have, but he doesn''t remember egg. He usually gets he over-easy egg with it.
- Anika
Katy: with egg, over medium. No chicken.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Interesting. Neither of the two places that serve it here serve it with egg. One has a chicken option. Of course, now I'm craving it.
- Katy S
Chicken, chorizo or beans are always an option around here.
- Anika
We don't have as many options, but then this isn't exactly a major metropolitan area. I can get my hands on pies, strudels, and other goodies from Amish bakeries, though.
- Katy S
I know, I was joking. In earnest, I think the computer's actually helped me meet new people. It sure did help me meet the aforementioned boyfriend.
- Giulia B.