On 11/14/2012 11:02 PM, Joe Gibbs wrote:
> How about this for a OT  topic
>
> Everyone should go take a look at this and play around with it. 45 
> years ago I wanted to build something like this using small lights and 
> lots of wire. Being able to see it on my 23" computer screen via the 
> laptop is amazing and blows my mind.
>
>
>     New Chrome experiment maps 100,000 stars in
>     interactive visualization
>     <http://9to5google.com/2012/11/14/new-chrome-experiment-maps-100000-stars-in-interactive-visualization/>
>
>
> *100,000 Stars* is an interactive visualization of the stellar 
> neighborhood created for theGoogle Chrome 
> <http://www.google.com/chrome> web browser. It shows the real location 
> of over 100,000 nearby stars. Zooming in reveals 87 individually 
> identified stars and our solar system. The galaxy view is an artist's 
> rendition.
>
> http://9to5google.com/2012/11/14/new-chrome-experiment-maps-100000-stars-in-interactive-visualization/
>
>
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Nice segue!  ;-)