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Thursday, December 05, 2002 |
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News: A guy at astronomy club brought his new 18-inch Obsession telescope to our meeting last night. It was really a nice instrument with a huge mirror. By comparison, my ETX is only a five-inch and the Dawdy scope is an eight-inch. Of course, an Obsession does not come with computerized GOTO capability -- but you can add it for only $2,500! Comment: Obsession is a line of very large Dobsonian telescopes that are designed to be easily disassembled and transported to observing sites. Check out this crazy picture of a guy who attached a 15-inch Obsession finder scope to the side of his 36-inch Obsession: http://www.globaldialog.com/~obsessiontscp/15inchfinderbig.jpg News: Read "A Merry Chocolate Christmas": http://makeashorterlink.com/?A37612CA2 Comment: Here's a sample - "Twas the night before Christmas and all round my hips, Were Fannie May candies that sneaked past my lips. Fudge brownies were stored in the freezer with care, In hopes that my thighs would forget they were there." News - Sick of Windows ME (eh, Jane?) or just tired of sending money to Bill Gates? Get over to WalMart and try a "Lindows"-based computer: http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20021127S0017/1 Comment - The article linked above explains what Lindows is and how it is different from Windows. The author says Lindows seemed to work pretty well for him. But it seems to me that Lindows still is oriented to computer-tinkerers rather than the general public. Click here to see current comments and add your own. 2:01:32 PM 
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