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Posts Made By: jess tauber

May 14, 2008 08:10 PM Forum: Religion

If you thought THAT was hilarious.....

Posted By jess tauber
See http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080514/ap_on_fe_st/odd_britain_vader_raider

Please note the last line- more than 300,000 people in 2001 listed their religion as 'Jedi'.

As for Darth- to quote the last line of his late lamented wife 'I know he has good in him- still'.

Which is more than I can say for her acting...any of that wine left?

Jess Tauber

May 17, 2008 12:04 PM Forum: Politics

And Called It Macaroni

Posted By jess tauber
See:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20080416/NATION/132876017/1002/NATION

and:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPcap/2000-02/19/067r-021900-idx.html

I was thinking of posting this earlier, but I had to go moisturize my ball of lucky ear wax.

Maybe you guys should think of voting Democratic this year..... :S

Jess Tauber

May 19, 2008 02:33 AM Forum: Politics

And we stood there taking pictures??!!??

Posted By jess tauber
HEY NEOCONS- lets see you talk your way round this sort of thing.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080519/ap_on_re_as/korea_mass_executions

Jess Tauber

May 24, 2008 09:06 PM Forum: Astro Binoculars

Older 70's/80's/90's vs. recent model 80mm's?

Posted By jess tauber
I now have two older model 20x80 binos- one is a Celestron, the other a University Optics Comet King (which I've posted about before).

I know people have said that their coatings were a bit more primitive than more recent offerings, but what about overall optical quality and user satisfaction? Say, compared to Oberwerk and similar quality models.

Having never used one of the latter I have no basis for comparison. My Comet King is from the 80's, while I believe the Celestron is from the early to mid90's.

Jess Tauber

May 25, 2008 06:56 PM Forum: Global Warming - REAL or NOT

Winds of Change

Posted By jess tauber
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080525/ts_afp/scienceclimatewarmingtroposphere_080525173740

Another anti-arg bites the dust.

Jess Tauber

May 28, 2008 01:19 AM Forum: Telescope Making

in-focuser correctors and binocular mirror questio

Posted By jess tauber
Hi. Two quick questions.

First, can those flat mirrors used mounted for ease of binocular viewing be made, still cheaply, to support magnifications between 20-100x?

Second- about in-focuser correctors used for short scopes- how well do these work for a) wide-field views and b) as above mags between 20-100x?

Thanks.
Jess Tauber

May 31, 2008 10:41 PM Forum: Telescope Making

Mating diagonals

Posted By jess tauber
Has anyone had experience cutting down and mating together (by whatever means) two diagonals so that they can still be rotated or fixed, but with minimal distance between units- something that won't let them fall apart even when rotating? Thanks.

Jess Tauber

June 19, 2008 09:06 PM Forum: Religion

The La-test on Plate Test

Posted By jess tauber
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080619/ap_on_re_us/religious_license_plate

So if I pay up front, I can have Darwin's pic plus 'Evolve' on the plate in NC?

Jess Tauber

June 20, 2008 07:04 PM Forum: Religion

Just your kinda guy....

Posted By jess tauber
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080620/ap_on_re_us/teacher_bible

Hey Doug! Yeah, gays teaching kids will destroy the fabric of society- but at least they won't have to worry about getting the burn marks out of students' arms...

Who says Neanderthals are extinct?

Jess Tauber

June 23, 2008 07:04 AM Forum: Telescope Making

Diverting attention

Posted By jess tauber
Anyone here know what the best way to divert a small proportion of light from an adaptive primary would be? Beam splitter, unsilvered mirror, other? What do the professionals use? If beam splitter, what is the weakest the split-off beam be made? Thanks.

Jess Tauber

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