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New image from LROC satellite shows Apollo 16 landing site.

http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/news/index.php?/archives/190-Apollo-16,-Footsteps-Under-High-Sun.html

But, obviously, this must be faked 'cos NASA didn't REALLY land on the moon

Been playing this game again. Still very good for a 2005 game. It is still used as a system benchmark. Medium use of processor and heavy use of graphics card.

My old machine struggled with this game. Low frame rate even on medium to low settings. I now have everything on high and it looks very good.
I am now further than I have ever got with the game and only a few frustration points. I wont list 'em here in case they're spoilers.

Nearing the end. If only I could find a way off of this aircraft carrier...

The Perseid meteor shower with be on the 12-13th August this year.

Estimates are about 60 per hour.

Get to the darkest skies you can and for best viewing I recommend a sun lounger, a pillow and a towel (the dew can be a problem).

Happy sky watching...

I've been playing Fallout 3 on and off for about a year now, I think, If you like RPG games its got to be one of the best to date, at least in the top 5 IMHO.

One of the reasons I like it so much is that it's a game that can be modded or added to relatively easily and there are literally hundreds of free add-ons to keep you going.

So ive made this topic to list some sites that have goodies and info about the game and check out the videos I found on YouTube too, if you only see one of them make it the last one.


A good place to start is www.tweakguides.com for info on the game and optimisation tweaks.

HD Tweak
There is an HD graphics up-date that takes the environment quality up and also improves other graphics in the game; if you have a 1 GIG graphics card and a fast PC it might be worth a try.

Download the HD pack here:
http://www.gamershell.com/download_36866.shtml


Here is a site I found that has hundreds of free Fallout 3 add-ons:
http://planetfallout.gamespy.com/mods/list/created/desc/


And another:
http://www.fallout3nexus.com/



And here is the essential Fallout 3 Wiki:
http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Fallout_3

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QuoteA striking image showing the ghost of the Big Bang has been captured by a new space telescope.

The Planck satellite was launched by the European Space Agency in May 2009 to study the early universe.

It is designed to scan the sky with instruments sensitive to nine different bands of normally invisible microwave light.

Link : http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20100705/tsc-image-of-big-bang-ghost-captured-4b158bc.html

Cool stuff

Yes that's right there is a free 3D game that can be downloaded from the BBC website (UK only I think) its called "Doctor Who The Adventure Game" so far there are two adventures to play, I've done both of them, the game is a little childish but its Doctor Who so to be expected, anyway it might be worth a go, it was ok and a little challenging with more adventures to come later.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/theadventuregames