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May 14, 2005 03:46 PM Forum: Religion

A different quote of the day

religion without science is blind.

And bye God we're going to keep it that way too!

May 20, 2005 11:04 PM Forum: Politics

My daughter is 52 so for me it isn't a question at all, BUT if my children were 18-25 I'd be doing everything I could to keep them out of this nonsense war. I wonder how many $100,000+ a year households have their kids in Iraq?

It is categorically stupid, lie driven and a total waste of both human and economic resources.

We and our children will be paying for this pre-planned invasion for some time. I never thought I would see the day when the US would start another war for little or no reason. [SIZE="Large"]OIL?[/SIZE]

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May 21, 2005 02:41 AM Forum: Politics

Re: How to buy a blue state red

Posted By Darrell Fichtl

Andrew:

Unfortunate, but all true.

As soon as there is a government freebie the poachers will line up in droves to cash in.

I know that PK thinks I'm a liberal, but as you can see, that's far from the truth. I just don't like hsuB.

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May 23, 2005 04:22 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Laser collimator - safe for eyes?

Posted By Darrell Fichtl

I work with lasers all the time at VERITAS at Mt. Hopkins and just went through a laser safety course a Arizona University.

I think the lasers that you are working with are 2 or 3A. You have to start being concerned when you get to 3B or 4. 3b & 4 can damage the eye before the blink response can activate.

Keep in mind that no laser is good for the eye. If you look at the stats on eye injuries from lasers, you'll find that the majority of injuries occur when aligning the laser.

Lastly, be careful where you point it a night. You can get in one hell of a lot of trouble if you happen to point it accidently at a plane in the air or a cop on the ground!

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May 27, 2005 10:21 PM Forum: Astro Binoculars

Stars are not points...

Posted By Darrell Fichtl

They never will. Even the 6.5 meter at Mt.Hopkins will not resolve stars to "points of light" There was a piece in the Q&A section of S&T or Discover magazine just recently on that subject.

To resolve a star as a point it would have to be HUGE.

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May 28, 2005 03:20 AM Forum: Religion

Is Religion Instinctual?

Posted By Darrell Fichtl

There's also the second possibility maybe God meant me to be an atheist

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June 1, 2005 03:26 AM Forum: Home Observatories

Concrete vs Steel "I" Beams

Posted By Darrell Fichtl

I still favor the KISS attitude.

Steel goes "Ping"
Concrete goes well ah, "Thud"

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June 1, 2005 06:02 PM Forum: Beginning Astronomy?

Evolution of the astronomer

Posted By Darrell Fichtl

1. I don't like freezing my rear end off
2. My eyes don'y work so well anymore through the eyepiece
3. It's much easier to sit down in my computer room in an easy chair.

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June 6, 2005 11:12 PM Forum: Religion

Seen on a billboard....

Posted By Darrell Fichtl

Well let's see. As of 4:10 PM MST the US population was 296,299,796. To that add 80 million.

Did anyone ever see Soylent Green?

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June 8, 2005 11:20 PM Forum: Politics

...And Then I'll Shut Up

Posted By Darrell Fichtl

You really like throwing an incendiary bomb into a tank of gasoline don't you?

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Laser collimator - safe for eyes?

Stars are not points...

Is Religion Instinctual?

Concrete vs Steel "I" Beams

Evolution of the astronomer

Seen on a billboard....

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