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Amateurs Beat Space Agencies To Titan Pictures
loconet writes "Nature.com is reporting that a group of enthusiastic amateurs managed to process raw images of Titan from the Huygens probe faster that any of the giant space agencies in charge of the mission. Terragen, a freeware program that converts the basic brightness data in aerial pictures into a topographical map, to generate the ground-level vista was used."
When the amateurs can build a spaceship that can fly to Saturn!
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Thats exactly why EA is able to pump out 17 Sims expansions a year...
Without quality control it's usually possible to beat a company, or organization to the punch.
Which is part of the reason that the first couple of runs turned out looking a lot more like the goatse guy than like Titan. . .
A key paragraph. Does fater always means better?
According to your typo, no.
"Well, we could have beaten them, except for that darn 15 day delay due to concerns over the FCC.
"I mean, what if those images captured life on Titan, and they were right in the middle of a 'wardrobe malfunction' or something?
"I guess maybe in some ways we are still proud to be your father's space agency."
Terragen, a freeware program that converts the basic brightness data in aerial pictures into a topographical map, to generate the ground-level vista was used.
Yoda pleased to hear this will be.
...In this upcoming Mastercard commercial:
Coffee table book on Nasa. . . . . . . . . . . $19.99
Open source images from Titan . . . . . . . . Free w/ Terragen
Beating Nasa to Mars with a manned mission . . Priceless
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> Thats exactly why EA is able to pump out 17 Sims expansions a year...
You mean 18. While posting that, you just missed "The Sims: Living with a new style of Brown Hair". Excuse me while I find my credit card and order it now feverishly. For the girlie, you know. Not as if I like micromanaging their bathroom habits. Not at all.
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On hearing, pleased will Yoda be.
It's a small world and it smells funny; I'd buy another if it wasn't for the money; Take back what I paid (SoM)
Excuse me while I go back to my momma's basement and my cheetohs and mountain dew.
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Terragen is awesome software, and amazingly the developers have kept the cost reasonable
What ?!?!? C-c-c-c-cost ?!?!? You mean these evil greedy soul-sucking bastards actually charge money for using their program ? Shame on them ! Do they not know that the Prophets have said : "Thou shalt not write or use proprietary software, for it is unclean unto you" ? The wrath of the almighty Root be upon them ! They shall be cursed with all their descendents to the seventh generation !
And you, despicable sinner, who praised these sons of Satan, we thereby excommunicate you from the fellowship of our Holy Church. Don't bother coming again. You'll be shot on sight.
(Now let us sing the praise of the Holy Penguin: "Penguinus Deiiii, qui tollit errata codiiii...")