new toy on web [OT unless you're into orbital calculationstu ff] [CLEAN STAMP]

4 posts ยท Mar 27 2000 to Mar 28 2000

From: Indy Kochte <kochte@s...>

Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 11:33:25 -0500

Subject: Re: new toy on web [OT unless you're into orbital calculationstu ff] [CLEAN STAMP]

> Rick Rutherford wrote:

It's albedo (surface brightness reflectivity) is extremely low, so it'll
prolly depend on the size of your telescope.  ;-)

(and no, HST will NOT be looking at it during closest approach - the
tracking mechanism on the 'scope is far too fragile and slow to keep up with a
moving target of that speed that close; long before or long after the closest
approach is a different matter altogether, but will depend on other factors)

Mk

From: Adrian Johnson <ajohnson@i...>

Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 01:46:43 -0500

Subject: Re: new toy on web [OT unless you're into orbital calculationstu ff] [CLEAN STAMP]

> (and no, HST will NOT be looking at it during closest approach - the

This is a complete fabrication. Patently untrue.

I just saw "Enemy of the State" for the first time, and I *KNOW* that the
Hubble is actually pointing right down here.... All that fancy imagery was
mocked up on a hollywood sound stage, and...

oh, never mind.

From: Brian Bilderback <bbilderback@h...>

Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 23:00:25 PST

Subject: Re: new toy on web [OT unless you're into orbital calculationstu ff] [CLEAN STAMP]

SSSSHHHH!!!!! We warned you about such talk inm the Acronym thread! Do you
want the NSA sending the MIB around to cover up this SNAFU? (Oh, God, it's a
DISEASE!!!!!)

----Original Message Follows----
From: adrian.johnson@sympatico.ca
Reply-To: gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
To: gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
Subject: Re: new toy on web [OT unless you're into orbital
calculationstu ff] [CLEAN STAMP]
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 01:46:43 -0500

This is a complete fabrication. Patently untrue.

I just saw "Enemy of the State" for the first time, and I *KNOW* that the
Hubble is actually pointing right down here.... All that fancy imagery was
mocked up on a hollywood sound stage, and...

oh, never mind.

From: Aaron Teske <ateske@H...>

Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 07:38:57 -0500

Subject: Re: new toy on web [OT unless you're into orbital calculationstu ff] [CLEAN STAMP]

> At 11:00 PM 3/27/00 PST, BB wrote:

For some fun with acronyms, try:
http://www.brunching.com/toys/toy-acronymer.html
or
http://www.brunching.com/toys/toy-cyborger.html

Unfortunately, neither (well, maybe the latter) really generates acronyms
suitable for the list, but I'm sure someone could come up with something if
they so desired. ^_-  (Of course, it's either that or paint, and we all
know how much painting we still have to do....)