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Old 05-May-2008, 05:18 PM
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My names, Richard.


Hi Richard. Nice user name.

Nick

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Old 05-May-2008, 05:19 PM
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My names, Richard.
So is mine!

Oh, are you being serious I am.
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Old 05-May-2008, 05:22 PM
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Aaaah!!! who are you talking to?
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Old 05-May-2008, 05:27 PM
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Oh you meant the other Richard...rite?
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Old 05-May-2008, 05:29 PM
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Oh you meant the other Richard...rite?
I edited. Is that better?

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Old 05-May-2008, 05:30 PM
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Old 07-May-2008, 07:56 AM
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Hello, all.

Came here after reading the Bad Astronomer's blog recently - glad I found this site, as there appears to be a lot of good info and resources here.

A bit about myself -

I've been very into astronomy for years now. My Father, a retired university professor, showed me a lot when I was a kid (including one magic evening when we viewed all 8 (then) planets in one night using a Celestron 8" set up in the back yard of our home in Westchester County, NY.

When I went to college I took Astronomy Lab from him, then assisted him a couple times as a lab assistant. I was very fortunate that he was teaching at Alfred University then - the Observatory there has 5 major telescopes available for students, ranging from a 9" refractor to a 32" reflector. All but the biggest are used by Astro Lab students - somewhat rare in astronomy instruction today.

I haven't used a telescope in a while, though, as I'm a career Soldier. I've served just under 17 years Active Duty so far. I've been a few cool places and seen a few cool things; currently I'm deployed to Iraq.

I'm online using the same (user)name on a couple military-related forums, a couple science/evolution related forums, and generally around and about.

Anyhow, that's me in a very small nutshell - feel free to ask if you would like to know more.
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Welcome to BAUT, Weaver!

Keep safe! We don't need to 'drum' that in you and your colleagues........

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Old 07-May-2008, 10:00 AM
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Keep safe! We don't need to 'drum' that in you and your colleagues........

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You tell lame puns to an armed man?

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Now I KNOW I'm going to like this place!
Oh it gets punnier and we are fearless.

You better kick it from single fire to three round burst.
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Old 07-May-2008, 10:15 AM
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.....and we like you already Weaver! Attaboy!
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I'm not sure that I'm writing this in the right place.

I'm Australian, born in the late 1920's, have a rather limited formal education but have maintained a lifelong interest in physics. I've developed a theory about electromagnetic radiation and relativistic gravitation which could do away with dark matter, the Big Bang and the expanding universe. Hasn't everyone?

In the real world I had the unbelievable good fortune to witness (from a commercial aircraft) the re-entry of Apollo 13 into the Earths atmosphere. Any disbelievers in the moon landings should talk to me.

I guess this is more than enough for an introduction. What I've seen in BAUT so far is extremely interesting and much of it in line with my ideas.
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Old 11-May-2008, 11:26 AM
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I'm not sure that I'm writing this in the right place.

I'm Australian, born in the late 1920's, have a rather limited formal education but have maintained a lifelong interest in physics........
I guess this is more than enough for an introduction. What I've seen in BAUT so far is extremely interesting and much of it in line with my ideas.
Thanks, Peter
Yes. A really warm welcome to you Sir, from us BAUT!

You ARE in the right place. BAUT is a great community. Welcome!
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'Ello! I'm Elles.

I run the blog Splendid Elles. Yes, I was on the blog a few days back... I've been silently lurking on Phil's blog for a while before that and finally decided to join the forums.

'Ello!
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'Ello Elles. Welcome to BAUT.
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Old 22-May-2008, 03:26 AM
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Welcome to BAUT.

Bad Astronomy is one of the two websites attached to this board. It is called that because it is Dr. Phil Plait's never ending fight against all the myriad ways that people get astronomy wrong!
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Can anyone tell me what Bad Astronomy is?
If you'll click on the "Bad Astronomy" text on the left of the banner image of the lunar astronaut, you can have the Bad Astronomy web site explain to you what the Bad Astronomy marketing concept is.

Or, for the impatient, go here: Bad Astronomy introduction.

It's a book. It's a website. It's a career path.
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Old 22-May-2008, 06:38 PM
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"It is called that because it is Dr. Phil Plait's never ending fight against all the myriad ways that people get astronomy wrong!"

Never ending sounds apt. You will be banging your head against that wall until the universe collapses.
It keeps him off of welfare!
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"It is called that because it is Dr. Phil Plait's never ending fight against all the myriad ways that people get astronomy wrong!"

Never ending sounds apt. You will be banging your head against that wall until the universe collapses.
Hey, progress is slow but it does happen. Back in the '30s, Flash Gordon's spaceship flew around from planet to planet without ever leaving the atmosphere, and with sparklers smoking away to suggest some sort of rocket engine.

Apparently the public accepted that back then, just as TV audiences in the '60s accepted whooshing starships.
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Old 24-May-2008, 04:38 AM