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"Dennis Woos" wrote in message ... "Sy Bourg" wrote in message news:GGzrh.162888$hn.72993@edtnps82... Heads up Sitav, Sam likes cruisin for kids in here. This post is totally unacceptable, and I hope that someday the poster will wise up to the point of being ashamed of it. Dennis you guys are perverted. |
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"Chris L Peterson" wrote
If you want this group to be about observing, start some posts about observing! Don't blame everyone else. This group will be what its members make it. Yes, it truly is as simple as that -- seriously! -- Bill Celestial Journeys http://cejour.blogspot.com |
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As you firmly believe that the Earth's motions can be justified by
using the return of a star to a location in 23 hours 56 minutes 04 seconds you are entitled to keep the sci.astro(logical).amateur charter. Btw ,the system works only if you add an extra day on every 4th year,not a very good way to treat the Earth's axial and orbital motions. It must be a shock to know that you are far closer to Min's astrology than with astronomy but I think even that guy does not have the same problems with the 24 hour day and the correlation between clocks and axial rotation.Here you go Chris,I hope you can stomach your constellational geometry and the concepts springing from it - http://www.opencourse.info/astronomy...phere_anim.gif Maybe you can form a charter with the creationists who also have problems with the 24 hour day and natural phenomena but whatever you do,you and your colleagues here are a long way from being astronomers.The title is far too precious to be flouted as an exercise in magnification. Chris L Peterson wrote: On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 09:46:04 -0700, "Howard Lester" wrote: Maybe the newsgroup title should be changed to something like "sci.astro.amateur.observing" or something to that effect. Maybe it could be broken down into various sub-groups such as "equipment." Amateur astronomy DOES take in many topics, including some that are theoretical. I'm with you: the theoretical topics are not in the charter and so don't belong. I remember in 1998 how much fun it was to watch the Leonids and then immediately post to s.a.a. about what *I* saw, and compare to what others had seen elsewhere. That's much more what s.a.a. was about, and I miss that, as well as many of the people who've since left because of what's happened. I know this has all been hashed out before.... The point is, this is a community of amateur astronomers. Interests change with time, and this is reflected in the range of topics (which is nothing so crazy as sci.astro). Realistically, a newsgroup charter reflects the interests and desires of the founders, at the time of founding. As time passes, it is natural that the flavor of the group will be dictated by the will of the community, and the nature of the actual posts. I'm looking back at your own posts over the last few years. Most seem to stray significantly from the guidelines of the charter (not a criticism, just an observation). When was the last time you watched a meteor shower and then made an immediate post to SAA about it? Posts about observations still generate interesting discussions, it's just that such posts represent a smaller percentage of the total than they once did. If you want this group to be about observing, start some posts about observing! Don't blame everyone else. This group will be what its members make it. _________________________________________________ Chris L Peterson Cloudbait Observatory http://www.cloudbait.com |
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