It's an ad. Nothing wrong with an ad for money, it's why many commercial web sites exist. Why not being honest about it though, instead of going off on how much you love it and can't be without it. It's so freaking obvious like on Speed Channel (who are the product placement kings, nobody can measure up to their level of hype). If they're a sponsor just tag it as such, we'll understand. They sent you cans of juice to say good things about them, but don't lie or you lose readership. We are people you know, and know when we're being lied to.
So Zune comes out with a new hardware product and the subsequent posts just push the article further and further down the page, but if Apple we're to so much as sigh, then the article for it would remain glued as the first article on Giz for days to come. Man I don't get you guys.
@geiko: Wait, wait. Did Apple sigh? I missed it. Is there a story here somewhere about it? Could someone please direct me, I can't find the story about Apple sighing.
@bilups: Actually, the sun is VERY loud, which is why the Corona is as hot as the core, but the area in between is not. At least according to the show on the Sun I was watching last night said. I just love hearing the words "Coronal Mass Ejection".
@Woooot!-Offing_GitEmSteveDave: I seriously doubt the shuttle can cast a shadow on the ground while it's in orbit. It's WAY too far up there and refraction in the atmosphere would disperse the light and wipe out the shadow.
@hhkim515: Well, the shuttle and Hubble aren't that small. I don't expect SpaceBat's shadow to reach that far, but the Shuttle is big, unlike SpaceBat, who is only larger than the Shuttle in courage!
@PanhandleJoe: I actually know how to use one. My mom had one when I was a kid and I thought it was like the coolest thing EVER, especially since I was not allowed to touch it. Since Forbidden Fruit tastes the sweetest (and since I know how to use one) you can see that I did what I was not supposed to, the price of which was getting more than my share of spankings, which then lead to the development of stealth technology which I still use today. (I no longer get caught.)
@Curves: Actually, according to his website, his life dream is to be a Rockette, and dance in the fabled Radio City Music Hall's Christmas Show. However, next to that, his passion is astronomical photography, and he's certainly accomplished what he set out to do on that front!
@DistortedViewListener_GitEmSte...: Thats why I don't split my prayers between the Sun and Joe Pesci. I just send all my prayers to Joe, because there is no such thing as a reliably faked Joe Pesci.
@HaleGoddard: Well, if we use a cryptic cypher, and possibly a PS3 set to break codes, and run the title of the post, "Amateur Astronomer Captures Stunning Image of Atlantis, Hubble in the Face of the Sun", through it, I bet we could figure it out. Just give me a minute to crank up the old CodeBreakinWindTalker_GitEmSte...-otron 3000, and I'll see what it spits out.
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Stunning Image of Atlantis & Hubble in the Face of the Sun Purple Monkey Dishwasher Robert Langdon
Ok, so it's either the Hubble, a Purple Monkey with a brush, or a fictional book character.
@Adam Broun: You might want to tell Canon that then, b/c they say it's range is 100-6400. I'm guessing the 50 might be in-camera processing thing, which is how you can go as high as 25600, and not actually what it "CAN" do w/o this extra help..
I just KNEW the Mark II had to have been used to shoot Obama! I mean, when and if *I* get to shoot the President, that's the daddy-o I'm using. I'd DIE for the chance to get to shoot the President!!! Who wouldn't?! I don't want to sound all "stalky" but if I were living in D.C., I'm so excited about this new President I'd probably sneak and camp out all over the capitol just waiting for that "perfect unimpeded shot" which I'd give my left arm to be able to take.*
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Whatever happened to the official PAINTINGS of the President? Did that method go the way of the dodo? I know this method is cheaper, but it just doesn't have the same historical feel as a painting...
@Cup of Pork Noodles? Give Me Shrimp!: Agreed, a digital photo can't stand up to the classically painted portrait. Each and every other President had the painted portrait taken; it gives a sense of collectivism with every other President and the office.
Also, a painter can take out any individual flaws with the person they're painting. Obama's messy hair wouldn't be noticed (and judged 100 years down the line), and the background would look perfectly clear.
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I just wanna learn how to use my old Brownie camera.
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Breaking news, the Sun is actually a yellow Nerf ball.
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Stunning Image of Atlantis & Hubble in the Face of the Sun Purple Monkey Dishwasher Robert Langdon
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Also, a painter can take out any individual flaws with the person they're painting. Obama's messy hair wouldn't be noticed (and judged 100 years down the line), and the background would look perfectly clear.
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