Comments on: Clearing the Browser Tabs – Super Monday Edition

By: Jimmie

Jimmie — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 03:48:54 +0000

I knew I’d hear from you over how I phrased that. I couldn’t think of a more concise way to say what you said, though. FYI, you’ve achieved a level of fame among some of my readers for your science know-how. Take a bow, man.

By: Mr. Science Guy

Mr. Science Guy — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 18:59:37 +0000

Technically, we've always been able to see the whole surface of the Sun, just not all at the same time. The tradeoff in the current STEREO satellite placement is that we can no longer get 3D images of the near side. But that's how the mission was planned.

By: EricH

EricH — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 16:55:58 +0000

Oh, that halftime show was supposed to be some kind of homage to Tron? I guess that explains the bizarre costumes, and the glowing body suits on the thousand backup dancers. I still don't get the boxes on their heads. But I don't blame the Black-Eyed Peas–they performed with just as much talent as anyone would expect. Not their fault that the sound man chose to randomly bring up one singer at at time and fade everything else. (Except halfway through Slash's guitar solo, when he stopped muting the guitar.)
And when they lit up the stage to spell LOI E…. Today on Wikipedia I found that Loie Fuller was a pioneer of modern dance and theatrical lighting techniques; so maybe she was an inspiration at some point in the creative process. I find that thought more palatable than the idea that with a Superbowl Halftime budget, they couldn't build a V that would light up on both sides.