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Posted by michael on from the my-what-a-big-baseline-you-have dept.

prostoalex writes "Scientists at Gemini Observatory are using Internet2 to link telescopes worldwide and receive images that they say are sharper than those coming from Hubble."

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  1. Using .NET?!?! by baldass_newbie · · Score: 0, Troll

    In April, researchers at Johns Hopkins University announced they had designed a virtual observatory that joined three different astronomy databases using the Internet and Microsoft's .NET Web-services platform.

    Wow, a pro-Microsoft sentence in a Slashdot article.
    Wonder what the temperatures are like down in hell...

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    1. Re:Using .NET?!?! by ceejayoz · · Score: 1, Troll

      Not only that, but a pro-Microsoft sentence WITHOUT a snide anti-MS note by an editor.

      As for the temperature... the flying pigs complaining that it's rather chilly.