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Oct 4 2007, 01:33 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 100 Joined: 11-October 04 From: Oxford, UK (Glasgow by birth) Member No.: 101 |
WOW!! Nice one Doug............... , nearly fell off my chair when I logged on....
Brian -------------------- "There are 10 types of people in the world - those who understand binary code, and those who don't."
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Oct 4 2007, 01:34 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
It all began 50 years ago today. We couldn't let that milestone go un-marked, and hence until Jan 4th ( the 50th anniv of Sputnik 1's re-entry) we will be wearing a celebratory logo.
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Oct 4 2007, 02:01 PM
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Rover Driver Group: Members Posts: 1015 Joined: 4-March 04 Member No.: 47 |
very nice! though from the colour scheme it looks like we're mourning
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Oct 4 2007, 02:01 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 808 Joined: 10-October 06 From: Maynard Mass USA Member No.: 1241 |
Unexpected and beautiful!
I spoke with my father last night (he is 91) and we both recalled going out for several weeks and trying to see sputnik during those chilly fall nights 50 years ago! I don't recall ever seeing anything (I guess only the booster was visible since sputnik was only a foot or two across), but I do remember one night when he took me outside and we both saw Echo (200 foot mylar like beach ball) fly over the house just when the paper said it would ! thanks Doug -------------------- CLA CLL
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Oct 4 2007, 02:07 PM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
Nice work Doug, looks distinct.
Happy Aniversary Travelling Companion! And thank you, both, Sputnik and Ellison, for gathering us all! -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Oct 4 2007, 02:49 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 83 Joined: 19-April 05 Member No.: 251 |
Nice, but it took me a while to find it. It only appears on the "Pro" skin, and I am set to use the default.
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Oct 4 2007, 03:01 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 100 Joined: 11-October 04 From: Oxford, UK (Glasgow by birth) Member No.: 101 |
Doug,
I was wondering if you are going to do some commemorative merchandise for the shop based on the new ( if transient) logo? Cheers Brian -------------------- "There are 10 types of people in the world - those who understand binary code, and those who don't."
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Oct 4 2007, 03:50 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 624 Joined: 10-August 05 Member No.: 460 |
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Oct 4 2007, 03:56 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
It only appears on the "Pro" skin, and I am set to use the default. Yup - that was the plan all along. The pro-skin is now the forum default - and the older skin remains as a legacy for people who don't like the font of the new skin. What I hope to do is generate a second version of the Pro skin with the font of the old skin, so the option actually just becomes between two fonts. I don't intend to sell anything with the logo on -it's just a temporary marker and the hassle involved in getting new CafePress stuff sorted far exceeds any returns from sales. Doug |
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Oct 4 2007, 04:09 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1281 Joined: 18-December 04 From: San Diego, CA Member No.: 124 |
Very clean and classy look, Doug! The new color scheme seems easier to read and navigate. It also feels rather more upscale, and I think I will have to behave myself when I am in here.
-------------------- Lyford Rome
"Zis is not nuts, zis is super-nuts!" Mathematician Richard Courant on viewing an Orion test |
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Oct 4 2007, 04:31 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1276 Joined: 25-November 04 Member No.: 114 |
It's about time for a fresh look.
Looks great. |
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Oct 4 2007, 04:45 PM
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Dublin Correspondent Group: Admin Posts: 1799 Joined: 28-March 05 From: Celbridge, Ireland Member No.: 220 |
Wow - very nice. I second Brian's suggestion - some merchandise would be good, I need a couple of new T-Shirts .
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Oct 4 2007, 05:06 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
until Jan 4th ( the 50th anniv of Sputnik 1's re-entry) we will be wearing a celebratory logo. After that you can rotate it 90 degrees to represent the UMSF balloon. -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Oct 4 2007, 05:19 PM
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Waaw, I was amazed when I first saw the webpage... Great initiative!
Happy Birthday Sputnik! |
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Oct 4 2007, 05:21 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 540 Joined: 25-October 05 From: California Member No.: 535 |
Nice forum logo. And Happy Birthday to Sputnik (and me)!
-------------------- 2011 JPL Tweetup photos: http://www.rich-parno.com/aa_jpltweetup.html
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Oct 4 2007, 08:50 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 221 Joined: 25-March 05 Member No.: 217 |
Very nice especially the top banner.
A happy sputniki birthday to all. Roy |
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Oct 5 2007, 12:09 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
What a nice surprise, and a perfectly fitting tribute...very well done, Doug!
PB: Way to choose a birthday, you sly dog! Hope we're on Mars when you hit the big five-oh... -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Oct 5 2007, 01:43 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 307 Joined: 16-March 05 Member No.: 198 |
OK, I guess it's up to me to play dissenter then.
While I like the new logo--and a well done is definitely in order there--I much prefer the previous colour scheme. It was much easier on the eye and (just MHO) distinctive. Also as someone else pointed it looks like the forum is in mourning. Space may well be black (although the forum's new colour scheme looks more a kind of greenish-black than the jet black variety; but maybe that's just my own eyes), but I'm not sure that black is an appropriate colour for a forum with a subjet-matter like this one when the era we live in is one where money for unmanned spaceflight is so hard to come by and missions are either suffering cutbacks (eg MSL) or are not happening at all (eg the NASA's promised follow-up missions to next year's lunar orbiter, not to mention the perennial bridesmaid which keeps being left behind at the altar: the Europan orbiter). And all the more so if you tie that colour to Sputnik. It could be construed to imply that the Sputnik era was the dead pinnacle of unmanned space exploration we're all in mourning for rather than just the beginning of a bright new era in human accomplishment. That is, as if we're looking back toward a dead utopia rather than looking forward (and with hope) towards the future. Just my two cents. ===== Stephen |
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Oct 5 2007, 05:35 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2228 Joined: 1-December 04 From: Marble Falls, Texas, USA Member No.: 116 |
Ok, here is my space age rant, FWIW. This is without a doubt one of the most important space anniversaries we have had to celebrate in recent times. It truly is worthy of reflection now that it is 50 years later. As a civilisation, we probably could have advanced further into space exploration and space mobility than we have over the past half century, but the Sputnik program was beyond any doubt, the beginning marker of the space age and the subsequent space race. It essentially sparked the creation of NASA, and ultimately all the other national space agencies. It is a bit early to comment on the private space enterprises, but we've certainly come quite a long way since the early days.
One can argue that we should be further along with the agenda by now, but as we look at the great variety of exploratory missions that our species has recently launched, and are currently controlling, I look back at the collective enterprise as quite an outstanding accomplishment for our planet's diverse nations. I think we can all feel proud, and thank the Sputnik creators for kick-starting the whole thing. As I think back on my personal experiences from 50 years ago, they very much parallel those described by PDP8E. I was 7 years old that day, and I remember my Dad taking me outside at night to see if we might see the satellite pass overhead. We didn't see it, but we did watch the evening or nighttime news, where we heard television broadcasts of the audible signal from the satellite. It was a special day for me, and one that turned me into a space exploration enthusiast 50 years ago. On a later date, we did go out to see the Echo satellite pass overhead, which also turned me into a satellite hunter. My dad gave me a 1x1 inch sample of the metallicized Mylar material used in the "beach ball" before we went out and saw that artificial satellite pass overhead. That pretty much cemented my interest in space. As an international community, we all need to find ways to instill the wonders of space into the minds of our children. -------------------- ...Tom
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Oct 5 2007, 08:19 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Just my two cents. My 2 pence in reply - you're SERIOUSLY over analyising it by about 20 orders of magnitude. The criteria are quite simple. 1) Is derived from the default 2) Doesn't look like complete crap. (A bit like crap is fine) Here is the exact thought process that went on to come to the new logo
'hmm - a red led on it - suggestive of 'stop' and 'evil' - infering the suggestion that using too much electricity is a bad thing that contributes detrimentally to the state of our climate and counters my responsibility as a member of the global commuinty to be as low impact as I can and furthermore, by buying the cheapest extension lead I could find, I am funding the evil capitalist exploitation of low wage far eastern factory workers that once more, is damning of my efforts to be a globally social and environmentally responsible human...' ...no - it's just an LED - like that's just a logo, made in the laziest way possible. The basic premise of always having the default skin with a tweaked banner is that as I'm not a code monkey ( as I've said about 1.6x10^58 times before) - I do know how to add skins to the forum, but I occasionally need the Invision tech support guys help . So I want to keep the forum as 'default' as possible to make the ammount of effort involved in maintaining it as minimal as possible. If someone asked me what I thought the logo looked like I'd go 'Quite nice, simple, clean, a bit corporate perhaps, but nothing wrong with a bit of professionalism' The theme's staying. If you want to use the old one - the option is there at the bottom left of every single page for you to select which one you want to use - but the old theme is designed around Invision 2.1 - and we're on Invision 2.3 - so compatability issues may exist. If someone want's to make an Invision 2.3 theme all of their own - I'll happily install it - but the default theme will always be the default as installed with Invision...simply because, as a great guy once said - better is the enemy of good enough. Doug |
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Oct 5 2007, 09:50 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 599 Joined: 26-August 05 Member No.: 476 |
I like it. It's minimalist, but I like minimalist in this case.
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Oct 5 2007, 11:37 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 307 Joined: 16-March 05 Member No.: 198 |
For those who feel inclined it is possible to compare the new look with the old look using Google's cached pages.
For example, here's the front page in the old look.. A few notes: 1) The lineup of the planets in the new logo is rather harder to make out than in the old one. To make the lineup standout better I would suggest either lightening the shade of black used in it or brightening the outlines of the planets. Or if the lineup no longer matters any more (and maybe it doesn't; Sputnik did, of course, only go round and round, as opposed to go outward bound) then alternately drop the lineup altogether. 2) I notice there are still nine planets in the logo's lineup. Was that a subtle message of defiance to the IAU? Or merely an artifact of the speed with which the new llogo was designed? :-( 3) The icons marking the subforums look slightly larger than the old ones, but I presume that is just an optical illusion. 4) Quotation mark icons have replaced the "IPB" icons. I take it this to be just a feature of the new Invision version. That said, if you look closely at the old version the non-IPB icons (those with backward "L"--or whatever that corner icon thingie is) in fact have an "IPB" inside of them. The new ones have a slightly larger backward "L" but no "IPB" or quote mark. 5) Looks like the text font used has been altered also. If you compare "Front Page Stories" in the two versions, for example, you will notice that the letters are slightly more widely spaced in the old version than in the new, which have a slightly more "squashed" look, which is more obviously a variable size font than the old one. If the font used for the message text has also changed then that potentially can play havoc with certain things like user sigs. (Like, well, um, mine for example.) 6) The "5" in the logo looks noticably larger than the (filled in) "O". But I presume this is just an optical illusion too. But of course I guess I'm just "over analyzing" again. Best of luck with the new schema. ===== Stephen |
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Oct 5 2007, 11:53 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 213 Joined: 21-January 07 From: Wigan, England Member No.: 1638 |
For those who feel inclined it is possible to compare the new look with the old look using Google's cached pages. For example, here's the front page in the old look.. Both versions look identical to me -- it is best to grab screenshots for comparative studies. If you don't like the color scheme, just override it within your browser. Here is how I see the forum: In fact, that's the way I've always viewed the forum (and every other website, for that matter). I personally could not give a rat's about the way websites look; I'm only interested in the content. -------------------- "I got a call from NASA Headquarters wanting a color picture of Venus. I said, “What color would you like it?” - Laurance R. Doyle, former JPL image processing guy
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Oct 5 2007, 11:58 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
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Oct 5 2007, 12:02 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 213 Joined: 21-January 07 From: Wigan, England Member No.: 1638 |
One can argue that we should be further along with the agenda by now, but as we look at the great variety of exploratory missions that our species has recently launched, and are currently controlling, I look back at the collective enterprise as quite an outstanding accomplishment for our planet's diverse nations. I think we can all feel proud, and thank the Sputnik creators for kick-starting the whole thing. Amen to that! QUOTE As I think back on my personal experiences from 50 years ago, they very much parallel those described by PDP8E. I was 7 years old that day, and I remember my Dad taking me outside at night to see if we might see the satellite pass overhead. In celebration, I watched the movie October Sky last night, one of my all-time favorites -- very evocative. As you were there, would you say it captured the feelings of the era accurately? QUOTE As an international community, we all need to find ways to instill the wonders of space into the minds of our children. Indeed we do! Being envious about their future is silly and unproductive. -------------------- "I got a call from NASA Headquarters wanting a color picture of Venus. I said, “What color would you like it?” - Laurance R. Doyle, former JPL image processing guy
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Oct 5 2007, 12:20 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 444 Joined: 1-July 05 From: New York City Member No.: 424 |
1) The lineup of the planets in the new logo is rather harder to make out than in the old one. To make the lineup standout better I would suggest either lightening the shade of black used in it or brightening the outlines of the planets. I second the request for increasing the contrast between the outlines of the planets and the background. In fact I was about to post a reply saying that I don't see any planets at all, but by carefully adjusting the angle of the screen and twisting my head back and forth, I can just barely tell that they're there. The planets still don't register unless I consciously look for them. The 50/sputnik logo is wonderful; good work. TTT |
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Oct 5 2007, 03:17 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2173 Joined: 28-December 04 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 132 |
I am amazed by this whole discussion. I come to this site for the CONTENT not the garnish.
I don't know what skin I was using before -- for me the main change has been from a light blue scheme to a gray. I find both simple, pleasant, and NON-DISTRACTING from the content. |
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Oct 5 2007, 03:21 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2173 Joined: 28-December 04 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 132 |
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Oct 5 2007, 03:42 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 213 Joined: 21-January 07 From: Wigan, England Member No.: 1638 |
In fact I was about to post a reply saying that I don't see any planets at all, but by carefully adjusting the angle of the screen and twisting my head back and forth, I can just barely tell that they're there. The planets still don't register unless I consciously look for them. I think you guys either need to calibrate your displays (LCD?) or buy better ones. I'm using a low-end shadow-mask CRT that cost all of £20 new, yet the planet outlines are very obvious. Very nice job on the logo. |
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Oct 5 2007, 03:47 PM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
I am amazed by this whole discussion. My thought too...although I would like to see fresh flowers everyday on the top right corner... -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Oct 5 2007, 04:40 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Previously someone asked about the numbers of planets in the line up. Until someone recalls the two Pioneer spacecraft and etches out Pluto on their plaques (for that is where they, and the normal logo come from) then it will remain as it is
Dou |
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Oct 6 2007, 09:35 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Being envious about their future is silly and unproductive. I find it very productive actually, and I suspect others here do too. Being envious of what the youngsters of today will see and do in their future is the main driving force behind all the Outreach work I do in schools, and also behind writing the children's space books I've written: I want to make sure they appreciate the opportunities they'll have and the wonders they'll see, and don't just lose themselves in an apathetic world of iPods, gangsta-rap and celebrity worship. I can't tell them what it WAS like to fly into space because I haven't done it myself, but I can tell them what events will happen, eventually, in their future, and encourage them to be a part of that future, an active part and not just an armchair observer. When I stand in front of a classroom packed with over 100 7 and 8 year olds, and take them on my "Tour of the Solar System", and show them how when they grow up people will be walking on the Moon again, and walking on Mars for the first time, am I thinking "Won't that be great?" You bet. Am I also scanning the faces of the kids around me and wondering "Will it be YOU doing that for real one day?" Absolutely. Am I growling inside, thinking "You lucky, lucky *****s, you'll get to see things I have dreamed about for years"? Damn right. But it's that jealousy and enthusiasm that I hope - and I'm told - helps make my talks in schools so useful, because the message is a positive one. A jealous one, yes, guilty as charged, but in that I think I'm no different to many people here, or to people in previous ages who've wished they could see the next generation of racing cars, or fighter aircraft, or musicians or sportsmen or etc etc... Somewhere, right now, there's a kid who'll grow up to become the first person to stand on the edge of Valles Marineris and peer down at its floor. I hate him or her and am jealous of them for that, sure, but not in a vindictive way. Envious? Fair enough. Silly? Don't think so. -------------------- |
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Oct 6 2007, 11:14 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 213 Joined: 21-January 07 From: Wigan, England Member No.: 1638 |
That's interesting, Stu. I've also given talks at local schools (spurred on by encouragement via e-mail from David Levy) but I only ever talk about the past and present. My talks are driven by the excitement of what we've learned and our current exploits. The future is not something I ever think about. As a consequence, I'm not envious at all. Not sure why I am "future-blind"; is it a blessing or a curse?
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Oct 6 2007, 12:05 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Good to hear of someone else doing schools Outreach Del! Personally, I can't imagine going into a school and giving a talk without mentioning what those kids could do in the future. I like to leave a school thinking that I've maybe helped inspire just a couple of the
Different when I talk to a U3A or WIDENING HORIZONS group - all retired people - because chances are rather slim that they'll ever "grow up" to walk on the Moon but with a school class or a church hall full of Brownies or Scouts or whatever I feel a kind of obligation to try and get them excited about the possibilities in their future, and maybe help give them something else to think about instead of hanging around street corners listening to 50 Cent on their mobile phones and secretly swigging cider out of Coke cans... -------------------- |
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Oct 9 2007, 06:50 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 550 Joined: 1-May 06 From: Scotland (Ecosse, Escocia) Member No.: 759 |
I like the new design, it IS a significant anniversary worth marking, and I was pleased to see some recollections from the few of us old enough to actually recall the event.
Here, for anyone interested, is my take on Sputnik and the first 50 years of the space age, as it appeared in The Herald newspaper, Glasgow, last week. To test the observant and the knowledgeable, there is a small error re Laika. The Herald on Sputnik at 50 |
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Jan 8 2008, 07:12 PM
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Great to see the Sputnik logo is still 'alive & kicking'
What will be the next Unmanned spacecraft in the logo ( Echo 1 ) ??? |
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Jan 8 2008, 07:24 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
There are plans.
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Jan 19 2008, 07:42 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Ha! 100,000 posts, I take it? Congratulations, Doug!
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Nov 30 2008, 02:31 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Kudos to Astro0 who has been my banner-logo guru for a long time - we've got a conjunction special for the next couple of weeks
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Nov 30 2008, 02:40 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 276 Joined: 11-December 07 From: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Member No.: 3978 |
How fitting, good call Doug, I was wondering when you were going to change the logo;-)
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Nov 30 2008, 03:10 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
It's all Astro0's doing - suddenly my inbox will have a pertinent, stylish logo in it :0
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Nov 30 2008, 07:49 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
No offense to Astro0, but when it first popped up I tried to brush whatever it was off my monitor.
-------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Dec 1 2008, 12:03 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1431 Joined: 26-July 08 Member No.: 4270 |
Is everyone ready for a completely ignorant question? ^_^
... what exactly is it? -------------------- -- Hungry4info (Sirius_Alpha)
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Dec 1 2008, 01:00 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
The Sun between Mars & Earth.
I like it! Thanks, Astro0 & Doug. -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Dec 1 2008, 02:52 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1431 Joined: 26-July 08 Member No.: 4270 |
The Sun between Mars & Earth. Ohh... will it be changed after conjunction is over? -------------------- -- Hungry4info (Sirius_Alpha)
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Dec 1 2008, 02:55 AM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 3108 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615 |
Shortly after conjunction we will be in the lead up to the 5th anniversary for the twin Rovers.
Keep an eye out for a new addition the banner. Not long after that, UMSF reaches 5 years!!! Astro0 |
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Dec 1 2008, 07:42 AM
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Another great logo and we're already looking forward to the next and to an amazing 5th anniversary !!!!!
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Dec 1 2008, 03:00 PM
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Take a look at the logos of the planets on the cover of this 1983 NASA-JPL publication:
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Dec 1 2008, 06:37 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2920 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
Doug, you may be want to change the forum's name to UnMARSned Spaceflight
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Dec 2 2008, 02:27 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
What the hell is that little symbol out from Pluto? Eris?
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Dec 2 2008, 03:22 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 43 Joined: 31-May 05 From: Bloomington, Minnesota Member No.: 397 |
Looks like after Pluto they have a comet symbol.
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Dec 2 2008, 04:12 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3419 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Minneapolis, MN, USA Member No.: 15 |
All I can say is that I'm glad when someone notes here when the logo is changed on the IP.Board Pro skin, since I find that skin rather ugly and never use it, and would never see the new logos unless someone pointed them out (at which time I switch skins for a minute to see them).
The logo on the IPB 2.2.0 Default skin that I vastly prefer still reads "1500 Sols," and while I know I'm likely the only guy who prefers this skin and am not asking for that logo to be updated on this skin when it's changed on the Pro skin, it's nice that I can get some notice when the main skin is updated so I can at least switch over and take a look, before going back to my preferred skin. -the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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Dec 2 2008, 04:18 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
With the upgrade to Invision 3, you will have to say good bye to the legacy skin I'm afraid - it just makes no sense to spend the time to make it work.
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Dec 2 2008, 04:31 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3419 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Minneapolis, MN, USA Member No.: 15 |
Oh, I understand. I'm thankful that I've been able to use this skin as long as I have (Verdana being my font of choice for more than 10 years, now, far predating this forum).
But, and I think I speak for most everyone here, in the final analysis, it's not the font and colors that keep me coming back to UMSF. It's the content, and that content is, pardon the expression, color-blind... -the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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Dec 2 2008, 05:54 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1583 Joined: 14-October 05 From: Vermont Member No.: 530 |
I thought I'd stick with Verdana as well, but I moved to the newer skin sometime in the past and have forgotten how it was easier to read words like nihilism and philistine.
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Dec 2 2008, 06:11 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 213 Joined: 21-January 07 From: Wigan, England Member No.: 1638 |
Oh, I understand. I'm thankful that I've been able to use this skin as long as I have (Verdana being my font of choice for more than 10 years, now, far predating this forum). Have you considered using the font override function in your browser? I also have overrides set for colors etc. and see no difference between the skins, apart from the logo... |
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Aug 18 2009, 09:40 AM
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A superb MER Sol 2000 logo ...
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Aug 18 2009, 03:17 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Most cool indeed!!!! Is this another Astro0 original?
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Aug 18 2009, 05:23 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
As ever
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Aug 18 2009, 09:41 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1619 Joined: 12-February 06 From: Bergerac - FR Member No.: 678 |
Yes! A very cool surprise just after woke up and clicking on the forum title to refresh it .
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Nov 29 2009, 09:42 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1887 Joined: 20-November 04 From: Iowa Member No.: 110 |
Love the new logo.
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Nov 29 2009, 09:44 PM
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It's excellent as usual. Go Spirit!
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Nov 29 2009, 10:03 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Right on!!!:)) Nice work, Astro0 & Doug.
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Nov 29 2009, 10:26 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
All Astro0's work - I just pin them up
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Jan 3 2010, 11:53 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Banner's lookin' sweet, Astro0!
EDIT: Fun idea- any chance of posting a gallery of past UMSF banners for nostalgic purposes? -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Jan 4 2010, 10:46 AM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 3108 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615 |
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Jan 4 2010, 04:28 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 903 Joined: 30-January 05 Member No.: 162 |
Hey thanks for that blast from the past !!
Did not recall them changing so often. Funny how they are all more excellent than the rest . . . . . . . |
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Mar 13 2010, 09:03 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Astro0 strikes again!!! A great-looking & fitting tribute to one hell of a milestone by the toughest little rover to ever chew up regolith.
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Mar 13 2010, 09:28 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2086 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
The site is on archive.org too, if anyone wants to see them for themselves, going back almost all the way to the start of the domain.
By the way, what's with http://mer.rlproject.com/ ? It seems to have been taken over... |
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Mar 13 2010, 09:42 AM
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I let the rlproject.com domain go - no point spending £/year maintaining it when I didn't use it any more.
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Mar 13 2010, 03:54 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
Domain squatters.
EDIT: actually that appears to be a domain error message in Japanese, so that must be where Doug's discount hosting company was located. -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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May 17 2010, 05:35 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
This new banner looks really nice, Astro0; GO HAYABUSA!!!
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May 18 2010, 02:29 AM
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Seconded!
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May 18 2010, 05:46 AM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 3108 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615 |
Remember that you can always buy the t-shirt
http://www.cafepress.com.au/planetaryshop.441600448 It helps the outreach work of The Planetary Society. |
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Sep 9 2010, 09:22 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2920 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
Astro0 hit again...
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Sep 9 2010, 11:08 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 562 Joined: 29-March 05 Member No.: 221 |
Any chance that when you click on the logo in the banner it can link to the prime thread about the subject of the banner?
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Sep 10 2010, 12:22 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Nope. It's coded into invision as a link to the 'home' url of the forum.
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Sep 10 2010, 04:49 AM
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Yeah! Some proper EPOXI limelight! (Good luck team)
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Sep 16 2010, 01:56 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Better late then never, I guess...sweet logo, Astro0!
BTW, UMSF travel advisory: There are many parts of Okinawa that utterly lack Internet connectivity, specifically my in-laws' house & surrounding environs. I'll be back to my frequent inane postings from Los Angeles next week... -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Sep 16 2010, 02:29 PM
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I thought things had been refreshingly quiet around here!
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke Maps for download (free PD: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...Cartography.pdf NOTE: everything created by me which I post on UMSF is considered to be in the public domain (NOT CC, public domain) |
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Sep 16 2010, 02:53 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Watch it, Map Boy!
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Sep 16 2010, 06:53 PM
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Sorry Sir.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke Maps for download (free PD: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...Cartography.pdf NOTE: everything created by me which I post on UMSF is considered to be in the public domain (NOT CC, public domain) |
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Nov 25 2010, 05:02 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Astro0--sweet!!!
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Nov 29 2010, 05:13 PM
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Man, you guys sure spoil us!
-------------------- Space Enthusiast Richard Hendricks
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Dec 13 2010, 05:07 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1074 Joined: 21-September 07 From: Québec, Canada Member No.: 3908 |
Anybody notice the new forum logo?
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Dec 13 2010, 10:24 PM
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Yep -- Looks nice, too
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Dec 14 2010, 04:29 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Yeah, this one is really nice...killer work, Astro0!
Just out of curiosity, what are you using to make these banners? My last experience with this kind of stuff (years ago) involved Macromedia Fireworks. -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Dec 14 2010, 12:39 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 3108 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615 |
It's just Photoshop
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Jan 3 2011, 04:48 AM
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Very nice, on the 7 yr logo.
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Jan 3 2011, 04:51 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
A beauty to be sure!
Seven years...man...tempis fugit. -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Feb 9 2011, 04:16 AM
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How long has the forum logo been 3D?
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Feb 9 2011, 04:35 AM
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-------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Feb 9 2011, 04:54 AM
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The 3D UMSF@7 banner will only be up for a few days as there is another big event happening NExT week
TIP: Wearing your 3D glasses also take a look at the banner from the far left or right (ie: the screen angled away from you) |
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Feb 9 2011, 05:37 AM
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OMG It's like you're ACTUALLY THERE.
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Feb 9 2011, 05:37 AM
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A trip indeed; thanks, Astro0!
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Feb 9 2011, 05:43 AM
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Feb 9 2011, 08:02 AM
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Haha, nice one! Just don't look at it too long without glasses. Feeling dizzy now
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Feb 9 2011, 09:35 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 259 Joined: 23-January 05 From: Seattle, WA Member No.: 156 |
Doug, you just freakin' made my freakin' day. Really. Thank you.
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Feb 10 2011, 12:47 AM
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Feb 11 2011, 06:19 AM
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Doug, you just freakin' made my freakin' day. Really. Thank you. Astro0 deserves most of the kudos for this. -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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