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Old March 25th 18, 11:04 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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Check-out the detector device. Looks like a Samyang manual focus lens attached to a CCD camera of some kind.

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-track-...ion-falls.html

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Old March 26th 18, 07:45 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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On Sunday, 25 March 2018 12:04:04 UTC+2, RichA wrote:
Check-out the detector device. Looks like a Samyang manual focus lens attached to a CCD camera of some kind.

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-track-...ion-falls.html


You can't have it both ways, sunshine. They built their sensor themselves for relative peanuts around standard components. Instead of throwing sacks of money at their commercial vendor friends. With open ended development contracts. Like N$S$, or The Pentagoon$ would have done.
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Old March 29th 18, 10:46 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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On Monday, 26 March 2018 02:45:40 UTC-4, Chris.B wrote:
On Sunday, 25 March 2018 12:04:04 UTC+2, RichA wrote:
Check-out the detector device. Looks like a Samyang manual focus lens attached to a CCD camera of some kind.

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-track-...ion-falls.html


You can't have it both ways, sunshine. They built their sensor themselves for relative peanuts around standard components. Instead of throwing sacks of money at their commercial vendor friends. With open ended development contracts. Like N$S$, or The Pentagoon$ would have done.


I have no problem with what those people did, none at all. Using inexpensive components is a good idea. It proves you don't need to mint gold in order to do some science.
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Old March 31st 18, 07:31 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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On Thursday, 29 March 2018 23:46:15 UTC+2, RichA wrote:
On Monday, 26 March 2018 02:45:40 UTC-4, Chris.B wrote:
On Sunday, 25 March 2018 12:04:04 UTC+2, RichA wrote:
Check-out the detector device. Looks like a Samyang manual focus lens attached to a CCD camera of some kind.

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-track-...ion-falls.html


You can't have it both ways, sunshine. They built their sensor themselves for relative peanuts around standard components. Instead of throwing sacks of money at their commercial vendor friends. With open ended development contracts. Like N$S$, or The Pentagoon$ would have done.


I have no problem with what those people did, none at all. Using inexpensive components is a good idea. It proves you don't need to mint gold in order to do some science.


What if I told you that unlimited quantities of gold can be produced out of thin air?

Gold can be beaten so thin it becomes transparent. It's only real flaw to those who have lots of it. It just slips right through their fingers.

This common, natural resource is now considered so absolutely worthless that it is abused without end.

The means of production are no secret: It employs The Reverse Robin Hood Effect.

More commonly known as "taxation."


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Old April 1st 18, 05:15 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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On Saturday, 31 March 2018 02:31:30 UTC-4, Chris.B wrote:
On Thursday, 29 March 2018 23:46:15 UTC+2, RichA wrote:
On Monday, 26 March 2018 02:45:40 UTC-4, Chris.B wrote:
On Sunday, 25 March 2018 12:04:04 UTC+2, RichA wrote:
Check-out the detector device. Looks like a Samyang manual focus lens attached to a CCD camera of some kind.

https://phys.org/news/2018-03-track-...ion-falls.html

You can't have it both ways, sunshine. They built their sensor themselves for relative peanuts around standard components. Instead of throwing sacks of money at their commercial vendor friends. With open ended development contracts. Like N$S$, or The Pentagoon$ would have done.


I have no problem with what those people did, none at all. Using inexpensive components is a good idea. It proves you don't need to mint gold in order to do some science.


What if I told you that unlimited quantities of gold can be produced out of thin air?

Gold can be beaten so thin it becomes transparent. It's only real flaw to those who have lots of it. It just slips right through their fingers.

This common, natural resource is now considered so absolutely worthless that it is abused without end.

The means of production are no secret: It employs The Reverse Robin Hood Effect.

More commonly known as "taxation."


I'm familiar. Canadians are now paying the equivalent of $3.86 per U.S. gallon (per U.S. dollar) for gasoline, the same as they paid when oil was $100/bbl. Only oil is 40% cheaper today than 2008. THAT is an example of out-of-control taxation since most of that horrific increase is due to increased taxes.
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Old April 1st 18, 06:10 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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On Sun, 1 Apr 2018 09:15:01 -0700 (PDT), RichA
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I'm familiar. Canadians are now paying the equivalent of $3.86 per U.S. gallon (per U.S. dollar) for gasoline, the same as they paid when oil was $100/bbl. Only oil is 40% cheaper today than 2008. THAT is an example of out-of-control taxation since most of that horrific increase is due to increased taxes.


The taxes should be much higher, to reflect the actual cost to
society. Perhaps around $10 per gallon.
 




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