Of course you should always buy as much aperture as you can afford, but your aperture budget shouldn't cut into your accessories budget. What I was really saying was: if you are torn between two scopes of the same aperture, buy the cheaper one (i.e. buy a Dobsonian over a Mak)
However, if you look at planets or the moon, a small aperture high focal length scope is better than the opposite. I moved to urban sprawl, so I can't view deep sky stuff. My 8" Newt is mostly useless. If I could, I'd trade it in for a good 4" high focal length refractor.
My opinion: Keep the cheaper telescope and have more money to spend on accessories such as
Zero power viewfinder, since the Meade 6x30 is worthless. I use a Telerad. They are great and cheap.
A good 8x50 viewfinder. I use an Antares 8X50 Right Angle Erect Image finder.
A good set of quality eyepieces (you can never have enough)
Some filters (light polution, moon, solar, planetary)
decent, but not expensive, pair of field binoculars
etc. I could go on for ever...
You might be disappointed if you wait a year, buy the more expensive telescope and have no money left over to buy upgrades.
Some other points:
The best telescope you can buy is the one that you will actually use. My first telescope was an 8" equatorially mounted newtonian. I regret buying such a big and bulky scope. It was so akward to actually get to a field. A pair of tripod mount binoculars might have been better for me as a beginner.
I suggest not getting all the fancy computer driven stuff. A good star chart and viewfinder can be much more satisfying. If I can convince you of that then you could get more aperture for the same price with a Dobsonian style telescope.
Don't fixate on magnifying power. More important is optical clarity and aperture. If you really want magnifying power, you will need more aperture since they are linearly related (google Dawes Limit). Remember this rule of thumb: 50x per inch of aperture.
Plan your star gazing nights. Have a list of objectives for each night you go out. Know what's in the sky that night and what you want to look at. Don't simply set up the scope and "surf the sky".
Log your observations in a notebook. This will help you become a better observer.
I think the point she was trying to make was that there are more possible interconnections between brains cells in the brain than atoms in the universe, which is still wrong. Was she trying make a point about factorials? The number of interconnections would be the factorial of the number of cells, and 100 billion factorial would be an extremely large number -- a (fuckofa) lot larger than 10^80 which is the approximate number of atoms in the observable universe.
10^80 is approximately 60 factorial.
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To a physicist, an X-ray is any photon emitted from an energetic electron. X-rays span a large range of wavelengths that many might call millimeter (infrared/microwave), centimeter (microwave). To a physicist, X-ray does not imply ionizing.
Backscatter X-ray frequently uses terahertz frequency (~10 millimeter wavelength) which is infrared. It doesn't penetrate water (read: skin).
Wouldn't putting a moonbase so close to the Moon's limb will cause line of sight communication problems during parts of the month due to lunar libration?
Possible solutions:
1) very tall antenna
2) relay satellite
1. Request a signature. Ask the cardholder to sign the card and provide current government identification, such as a driver's license or passport (if local law permits). 2. Check the signature. Be sure that the signature on the card matches the one on the transaction receipt and the additional identification.
If the signatures appear reasonably the same and the authorization request is approved, go ahead and complete the transaction.
Step one is to ensure that the CARD MUST BE SIGNED in order to ensure that the cardholder has agreed to VISA's policies. So again, what was I wrong about?
The signature on the back of your credit card is NOT for the cashier to compare signatures. It is there as your formal acceptance of your credit card companies policies.
According to the merchant's agreement with the credit card company, cashiers are NOT supposed to accept cards that have not been signed. If they do, the merchant, and not the credit company, is responsible for any fraud.
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"Cotte surmises that the painted figure's eyebrows and eyelashes probably disappeared due to poor cleaning..."
I found it amusing that the ad I got while reading the article was for Botox...
Holy crap! You haven't been around very many middle management types with their crackberries, have you?
Obligatory link to Cliff Stoll's Klein Bottle site: http://www.kleinbottle.com/
Of course you should always buy as much aperture as you can afford, but your aperture budget shouldn't cut into your accessories budget. What I was really saying was: if you are torn between two scopes of the same aperture, buy the cheaper one (i.e. buy a Dobsonian over a Mak)
However, if you look at planets or the moon, a small aperture high focal length scope is better than the opposite. I moved to urban sprawl, so I can't view deep sky stuff. My 8" Newt is mostly useless. If I could, I'd trade it in for a good 4" high focal length refractor.
You might be disappointed if you wait a year, buy the more expensive telescope and have no money left over to buy upgrades.
Some other points:
Because these laws define the moral behaviour of the robots, not their human owners.
Article 35. Citizens of the People's Republic of China enjoy freedom of speech, of the press, of assembly, of association, of procession and of demonstration.
Article 37. The freedom of person of citizens of the People's Republic of China is inviolable. No citizen may be arrested except with the approval or by decision of a people's procuratorate or by decision of a people's court, and arrests must be made by a public security organ. Unlawful deprivation or restriction of citizens' freedom of person by detention or other means is prohibited; and unlawful search of the person of citizens is prohibited.
Article 39. The home of citizens of the People's Republic of China is inviolable. Unlawful search of, or intrusion into, a citizen's home is prohibited.
Article 40. The freedom and privacy of correspondence of citizens of the People's Republic of China are protected by law. No organization or individual may, on any ground, infringe upon the freedom and privacy of citizens' correspondence except in cases where, to meet the needs of state security or of investigation into criminal offences, public security or procuratorial organs are permitted to censor correspondence in accordance with procedures prescribed by law.
Article 41. Citizens of the People's Republic of China have the right to criticize and make suggestions to any state organ or functionary. Citizens have the right to make to relevant state organs complaints and charges against, or exposures of, violation of the law or dereliction of duty by any state organ or functionary; but fabrication or distortion of facts with the intention of libel or frame-up is prohibited. In case of complaints, charges or exposures made by citizens, the state organ concerned must deal with them in a responsible manner after ascertaining the facts. No one may suppress such complaints, charges and exposures, or retaliate against the citizens making them. Citizens who have suffered losses through infringement of their civil rights by any state organ or functionary have the right to compensation in accordance with the law.
To a physicist, an X-ray is any photon emitted from an energetic electron. X-rays span a large range of wavelengths that many might call millimeter (infrared/microwave), centimeter (microwave). To a physicist, X-ray does not imply ionizing.
Backscatter X-ray frequently uses terahertz frequency (~10 millimeter wavelength) which is infrared. It doesn't penetrate water (read: skin).
... won't somebody think of the children!
And this one: You Know It To Be True
Evolution is not directional, so the ocean cannot de-evolve.
Attempts to contact Verizon to verify claims have been met with resistance.
I mean, what will happen when the implant is turned on and the neuroscientist becomes self-aware?
Let's hope the meat isn't sentient meat
Some people are idiots. Other people are not.
Phobos' orbit is decaying and will likely crash into Mars or split into a ring within 50 million years
I just trademarked the word "trademark". HA! Now are you going to do?
...why is this news on Tuesday?
Has it already wired itself to imagine a Beowulf cluster of itself?
Wouldn't putting a moonbase so close to the Moon's limb will cause line of sight communication problems during parts of the month due to lunar libration?
Possible solutions:
1) very tall antenna
2) relay satellite
...Survival. So that humans can continue to make stupid, trivial, self-justifying, meaningless lists like this one.
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Step one is to ensure that the CARD MUST BE SIGNED in order to ensure that the cardholder has agreed to VISA's policies. So again, what was I wrong about?
The signature on the back of your credit card is NOT for the cashier to compare signatures. It is there as your formal acceptance of your credit card companies policies.
According to the merchant's agreement with the credit card company, cashiers are NOT supposed to accept cards that have not been signed. If they do, the merchant, and not the credit company, is responsible for any fraud.