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Major Meteor Shower Next Weekend

Posted by timothy on from the stock-the-bomb-shelter dept.

IronClad writes: "By some reports, the annual Leonid meteor shower should be the best show in decades, and possibly until 2099. With meteors peaking November 17-18, and particularly over the Pacific, now is the time to check the predicted local meteor flux and buy chips for those star parties. Anyone adding a wireless hub and laptops for a star+lan party?"

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  1. Reminds me of this "classic" prose... by ekrout · · Score: 1, Redundant

    This year is supposed to be special, with astronomers predicting anywhere from 800 (North America) - 8,000 (Australia) meteors visible per hour...

    Oh, so in other words, the conversion rate between American and metric is 10 metric units for each American unit. ;-)

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  2. Posted just days ago!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Leonid Meteor Shower

  3. Imagine! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    A beowulf cluster of these promoted by RIAA...held during a Linux conference, and hosted by Cowgirl Bob...all the anime and robots anyone with a homemade wireless network could ever want! Now if we could get the CIA's servers /.'d, and take time out from standing in line for Monster's Inc. and ET2, we could find time to trash Bill Gates and take another survey on the best way to DIY CPU chillers! I love meteor showers, even when they don't happen! Nerds unite! The time has come!

  4. Best show in decades? by Wonko42 · · Score: 1, Redundant
    By some reports, the annual Leonid meteor shower should be the best show in decades, and possibly until 2099.

    Why is it that every time there's a major meteor shower, people say it's going to be the best show for the next hundred years? I've heard this said at least once a year since about 1994 or so.