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Ultimate Webcam: Rent Time On A CCD Telescope

Posted by timothy on from the work-for-hire dept.

leighklotz writes "I saw an ad for this in Science News and visited the site: http://www.arnierosner.com offers CCD-based telescopes that you control, from his mountaintop in Arizona. $50 for an hour's tiem gets you started. Too bad I hadn't read this last week when Saturn's rings were at their peak." I bet this gives some entrepreneurial ideas ...

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  1. This will revolutionize... by bahwi · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wow! This will revolutionize the desktop background industry! Talk about Innovative!

  2. Lenoid shower? by InterruptDescriptorT · · Score: 5, Funny

    Forget that! Does something like that have the resolution to peer into my hot neighbour's shower? :-)

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  3. hmm by Slashdotess · · Score: 3, Funny

    based on this picture i sure hope he's not getting any rain out there!

  4. It will eventually stop working... by sxpert · · Score: 1, Funny

    when rain falls on the computers, that are outside...
    check the photo here

  5. in related news... by deft · · Score: 3, Funny

    the earth aimed telescopic camera pointed at my neighbors window is still for rent at a much cheaper $29.95 an hour.

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  6. I wasted 50 bucks!!! by dagg · · Score: 1, Funny
    Ok. I sent the guy 50 bucks, he sent me the URL and then I go to the web site and wait for "my turn". I hit reload every once and a while and it still tells me it's not my turn. After about 15 hours, the computer beeps at me and says: "She's all yers buddy, you get the controls for 60 minutes. Starting NOW"! But by then it was 3 o'clock in the afternoon!

    just kidding

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  7. Re:What is "tiem?" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    TIEM = Total Information Exchange Mechanism

    Basically, "an hour's TIEM" means that the FBI will turn off their surveillance of you for one hour.

    This is a great way for the government to make a little extra money, and for us to maintain a little privacy in the post-9/11 world. There's "time" and then there's "TIEM" (cute little marketing gimmick there).

    For instance, for only $150, I've got a 3-hour block of TIEM set up later tonight for when my girlfriend's over. I really don't want the spooks peeking in when we're hitting it freaky-style, you know what I mean?

  8. What if it's Slashdotted? by stevejsmith · · Score: 4, Funny

    Haha, I feel so sorry for the sucker who rented the time slot while this article is on Slashdot's front page. Do you get a refund if the site gets Slashdotted while it's your turn?