ENESS Humble Telescope brings space to you, your ego down a notch
By Darren Murph 
posted Mar 31st 2009 7:32AM
posted Mar 31st 2009 7:32AM
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Who else was waiting for that chick's skirt to blow up? Come on, let's see a show of hands.
*raises hand*
Um, I think Cargojack is right. She looks like she may be like 11 or 12, y'all. Not good.
Come on now Patrick. That's not nice.
How would you like it if it was you using the telescope and she was looking at Uranus?
Who wishes Patrick well on his journey through pubescence?
Show of hands?
@strider_mt2k
You hit the nail on the head, my friend!
@Patrick
Time to grow up, Patrick. Otherwise, find another site where you can chum around with the other 14-yr-olds.
And 30-year-olds. Maybe there's some weird period in the life of a guy, say 22-28, when they think it's so very cool not to enjoy women :D
11 or 12 with such boobs? I think not.
Actually I was thinking - OH MY GOD, THAT WOMAN AND GIANT ROBOTIC SPACE INSECT ARE ABOUT TO KISS
Don't judge inter-species love
I can't believe you have an arrow pointing to what you write as you avatar.
it's like caps lock for cool people
or really annoying people take your pick
Set up a mildly powerful telescope and check out Jupiter and/or Saturn.
That ALONE did it for me.
-far below...on the planet's face
some insects...called the human race
Lost in time, and lost in space
-and meaning.
Take a cheap pair of binoculars and look at Orion's belt. You can see Orion's Nebular even in a light poluted town...that did it for me.
Read (read, not watch) 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Last time I tried to check out Orion's Nebular with a pair of binoculars, he slapped me with a restraining order. Ba dum, psh!
honestly... I didn't understand how this thing works.. Does it works?
Well their demonstrator in the video clearly doesn't work as when she spun it around so it was in line with the camera, you could see the sky straight through (which explains why she was able to move the large hood with such ease... as it there was nothing inside!).
Should be relatively easy to do, lots of planetarium-type programs exist, stick on some sensors to determine the viewing window's direction that it is pointing and along with the location of the installation+time of day, you can give the view as if there was no atmosphere and no sun.
Think of it like a VR headset but wired into a Google-"night sky" engine.
I noticed the clear view of sky too! And the whole thing seemed very wobbly...almost like it was made out of cardboard. Is this just a concept mock-up?
@Patrick, that is a 12 year old peering through the telescope.
*lowers hand*
Am I the only who thought "Total Perspective Vortex" when reading this?
Actually, the first thing I thought of was "The Bucket of Truth" from an episode of Upright Citizens Brigade.
That was my first thought too! Watch out for Frogstar Fighters!
I'll take one Total Perspective Vortex and one Hot Chicks Room, please.
Amen LovePanda!!!! I could see where she might be the center of someone's universe :)
Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters all round, Zaphod Beeblebrox and the 'Total Perspective Vortex' was my first thought.
But... if its like the Total Perspective Vortex.. where's the disembodied mind and the fairy cake?
Total Perspective Vortex...
Don't talk to me about Total Perspective Vortex...
Brain the size of a planet and... mumble....
Actually, it reminded me a bit of the Untempered Schism.
It looks like a futuristic cannon that's about to blow her head off.
Only Zaphod Beeblebrox could survive it. That girl in the video is in grave danger.
Lauren is that you...?
Nah, she's not pretending to go into an Apple Store ... sorry, "acting" going into a Apple Store.
"Humble Telescope" aka "Works-in-those-95%-of-urbanized-areas- -where-light-pollution-makes-it-difficult-to-see-the-polar-star-with-a-10"-refractor"-telescope."
And thus, man saw the sky again!
Will it also drive your to the brink of MADNESS?
Whoops. Drive "you." Spell check won't catch that one.
Grab a tissue?
It can't be *that* exciting, can it?
Nah, she's not pretending to go into an Apple Store ... sorry, "acting" going into a Apple Store.
Didn't they discover that our galaxy is about twice as massive as previously thought, making it about the same size as the Andromeda galaxy? Meaning the information in the 'telescope' is wrong. I wonder if it can update as more information is added?
On extreme zoom you can see the back of your head.
Wait, it's not even really a telescope? It's a simulation? I'm sorry, but the only thing about this that would make me feel humble is if I was actually duped into buying one.
The size of that thing. Very humble indeed...
Instead of just babbling, go check out their website. They have creative stuff going on(unlike here).
Perhaps an iphone app that shows google maps of what's on the other side of the planetsurface as you point it down might be an answer to this.
I wonder if that can be done using the triangulation and the acceleration sensors combined with google's stuff.
Uh, go get a real telescope if you want to see anything. There is NO substitution from the real thing versus a simulation. This is like rubbing one out versus actually having sex with someone.
Google Earth is "ok" at best for look at the stars. Go get a free copy of stellarium at stellarium.org instead. 10x easier to use and if you actually want to look for things in the sky, easy to get a real time view.
Also, you can but a decent telescope with a computer drive GoTo mount that will swing the scope around to find stuff in the sky. I would imagine that this Humble thingy is more expensive, although it might be neat for about 5 minutes inside during a party.
IN SOVIET RUSSIA SPACE COME TO YOU!!
reminds me of the Total Perspective Vortex from the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy
No shit. I was expecting Zaphod to jump out from of screen.
Clearly the only reason her head didn't implode from the sheer insignificance of her own being when looking in the telescope is due to her being in a separate reality created solely for her.
What that girl really needs to be looking into is her fashion sense.
The song is "From Stardust To Sentience" by High Places, if anyone is wondering.