I really have a terrible time sometimes trying to think up a title for a post. For this one I eventually grabbed my nearest dictionary and swore to use the first word I saw. Epicycle.
The definition is from geometry: Small circle rolling on circumference of a greater. [C.O.D., 1964] Which is a perfect introduction.
Google has renamed their previously subscription-only "Keyhole" service "Google Earth" and made the basic version free. Not to be confused with Google Maps, this enables you to tilt and rotate the camera, giving a much improved 3-D view. Or you can enter an address and pretend you're a missile zooming in on a target. (Unfortunately, no missile sound effects are provided -- I find a reserved, genteel ssssss SSSSSSS ZZZZ zzzz ... KABLAMMO!!! works well.)
More information here, or you can throw caution to the wind and download it (10MB file) here.
Minimum specs (Mac isn't supported as yet):
Operating system: Windows 2000, Windows XP CPU speed: Intel� Pentium� PIII 500 MHz System memory (RAM): 128MB 200MB hard-disk space 3D graphics card: 3D-capable video card with 16MB VRAM 1024x768, 32-bit true color screen Network speed: 128 kbps ("Broadband/Cable Internet")
Comments (1)
bonne idée....i should try using the dictionary too.
Posted by Sembler Fatigué | July 4, 2005 10:12 PM
Posted on July 4, 2005 22:12