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Ultimate Webcam: Rent Time On A CCD Telescope
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 ...
Wow! This will revolutionize the desktop background industry! Talk about Innovative!
Forget that! Does something like that have the resolution to peer into my hot neighbour's shower? :-)
Karma: Excellent Birds (mostly as a result of listening to Laurie Anderson)
based on this picture i sure hope he's not getting any rain out there!
the earth aimed telescopic camera pointed at my neighbors window is still for rent at a much cheaper $29.95 an hour.
There's nothing Intelligent about Intelligent Design.
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?
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?