Microsoft Worldwide Telescope

Johnnytoxic · 13 May 2008 at 17:50

Just playing about with this. Cheaper than buying a telescope

I think you can hook one up to it too.

You would think Microsoft would use Silverlight ( Flash alternative ) for their site but they are using Flash

http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/f/8/1f8763d3-f677-4b35-a0f8-451e6d7eaa8c/setupwwt.exe

http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/

OzyOly · 13 May 2008 at 17:52

Damnit, you can only access it on windows and not linux. :rolleyes:

Johnnytoxic · 13 May 2008 at 17:57

OzyOly said:
Damnit, you can only access it on windows and not linux.

Why do people like linux again. Oh I think you can use it on Mac too

Energize · 13 May 2008 at 19:27

Johnnytoxic said:
Why do people like linux again.

It's free and there's no draconian activation.

MagicBoy · 13 May 2008 at 19:30

Nice to see it's Mac compatible (Requires XP and BootCamp apparently!).

Might have a word with Trading Standards over that...

Dark_Angel · 13 May 2008 at 19:31

Energize said:
It's free and there's no draconian activation.

Draconian ? I would hardly call windows activation a major chore :confused:

Still, I am sure you are too busy playing games on linux to notice

Cew27 · 13 May 2008 at 19:33

linux is free, looks sexy and there are no restrictions
windows is 60 pound +, restrictive and not to mention vunerable to viruses

Caged · 13 May 2008 at 19:37

MagicBoy said:
Nice to see it's Mac compatible (Requires XP and BootCamp apparently!).

Might have a word with Trading Standards over that...

Oh you poor hard done by Mac user. What's it got to do with trading standards?

SourChipmunk · 13 May 2008 at 19:39

Typical MS product. Doesn't even integrate with IE to detect proxy settings and therefore cannot self-connect to the internet. Even Google Earth does that seemlessly.

Edit: I can't find an option in the application to put proxy information in, either.

Dark_Angel · 13 May 2008 at 19:41

Cew27 said:
linux is free, looks sexy and there are no restrictions
windows is 60 pound +, restrictive and not to mention vunerable to viruses

Well this probably belongs better in the OS section, but this debate has been done to death.

There is actually a comparison chart on vulnerabilities between Vista and various Linux build, in the first year of life Vista not only had less security risks, but the ones it did have more of them were patched (percent wise) than Linux.

Not saying Linux is bad - I always think open source stuff is good. But this whole "windows isn't secure" thing is becoming less and less true. And 60 for an OS that will last you for years, (if you purchased XP when it was released it is still perfectly able to be run now - years after its first release).

More people target windows, but with the reworked network stack, new levels of security in Vista and the UAC it is becoming less of a problem - still more work to do though for them - but then no company can ever say there isn't room for improvment.

LInux is nice, but for most users it isn't practical, games do not work, support is limited if you do graphic work for example (which I do).

Either way, we are nudging the thread off topic.

Energize · 13 May 2008 at 20:07

Dark_Angel said:
Draconian ? I would hardly call windows activation a major chore

What do you call having to phone up a company everytime you reformat or upgrade the pc then?

Still, I am sure you are too busy playing games on linux to notice

I don't use linux.

MarcLister · 13 May 2008 at 20:08

Looks cool. So is this like the astronomy programs you can get but just online?

Tefal · 13 May 2008 at 20:11

Energize said:
It's free and there's no draconian activation.

Same could be said about my vista

And don;t you have to pay for certain Linux builds?

MagicBoy said:
Nice to see it's Mac compatible (Requires XP and BootCamp apparently!).

Might have a word with Trading Standards over that...

Can you run mac os on a pc?

Kol · 13 May 2008 at 20:14

Similar to stellarium according to the BBC. Going to give it a whirl now.

Energize · 13 May 2008 at 20:24

Tefal said:
Same could be said about my vista

Can you run mac os on a pc?

Yes.

Dark_Angel · 13 May 2008 at 20:27

Energize said:
What do you call having to phone up a company everytime you reformat or upgrade the pc then?

I don't use linux.

I would call it a way to help prevent piracy.

Is it a pain in the butt ? yes, but the phone call is free and only takes a few moments.

meghatronic · 13 May 2008 at 20:35

Energize said:
Yes.

Not legally.

Energize · 13 May 2008 at 20:39

Dark_Angel said:
Is it a pain in the butt ? yes, but the phone call is free and only takes a few moments.

Which is exactly why some people like linux like I said. No hassle with that activation crap.

jdickerson said:
Not legally.

Depends how old you are and whether eulas can be classed as legally binding. But that wasn't the question he asked.

MarcLister · 13 May 2008 at 20:40

Shall we not discuss this in this thread gents? Its for the Microsoft Worldwide Telescope and not a discussion of the legalities of installing Mac OS on a PC.

Fothsn · 13 May 2008 at 20:40

Ha typical derailment of OS bashing same old story then, have used it a few times but the images seem very out of focus, nice app