Post #265,487
8/20/06 9:46:36 PM
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Photos from the Mt. Wilson observatory
[link|http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums?a=tpc&f=34709834&m=253005360831&r=367009360831#367009360831|http://episteme.arst...0831#367009360831]
Beautiful inside shots of a rather old observatory.
Hurt me if you must, but let the duckie go!
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Post #265,491
8/20/06 10:01:29 PM
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Yeah, I used to hang around up there . . .
Pretty cool old stuff - and yes, it was already old in the '60s. Lots of hollow echoey clanking, groaning and banging all night up there.
[link|http://www.aaxnet.com|AAx]
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Post #265,502
8/20/06 11:35:42 PM
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Re: Yeah, I used to hang around up there . . .
In '50s, via my first freedom-wheels: a Whizzer motor bike (bicycle + motor) I wanted to ride from Pacific Beach to There. My mater saith No!
(Maybe wisely.. but it wasn't That big a deal; it was reliable - I was too, sorta.. 'Course it would have helped if I'd had a license.)
Oh well. Lucky you.
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Post #265,503
8/20/06 11:52:11 PM
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The most amazing thing though was not the telescopes . . .
. . but finding a place where I could look down and see over 1000 square miles of city lights seemingly right at my feet.
[link|http://www.aaxnet.com|AAx]
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Post #265,525
8/21/06 12:00:23 PM
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Rebel Without a Cause.
[link|http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048545/|The movie] had some scenes up there.
Alex
When fascism comes to America, it'll be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross. -- Sinclair Lewis
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Post #265,527
8/21/06 12:09:03 PM
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No - that was the Griffith Observatory.
From Mount Wilson the whole of Griffith Park (4,210 acres) is just a black lump in the sea of lights.
[link|http://www.aaxnet.com|AAx]
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Post #265,537
8/21/06 1:36:32 PM
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Ah, OK!
I haven't been to either one.
Alex
When fascism comes to America, it'll be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross. -- Sinclair Lewis
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Post #265,533
8/21/06 1:12:57 PM
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Photos are blocked from here: nudity
Chyeah, right. And I didn't know why they were getting blocked until I copied the location of one of them and tried to view just the photo instead of the page.
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Post #265,536
8/21/06 1:32:04 PM
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Got an alternative location for you
[link|http://www.gregfolkert.net/pics/other/Mt_Wilson/|Here]
Let me know if they are blocked there as well.
-- [link|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net|greg], [link|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ iwetheyFreedom is not FREE. Yeah, but 10s of Trillions of US Dollars? SELECT * FROM scog WHERE ethics > 0;
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Post #265,550
8/21/06 2:44:56 PM
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DNS problem ... still can't see that box from here :-(
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Post #265,552
8/21/06 3:26:44 PM
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What are your
CURRENTLY referenced Nameservers?
I am talking about the ones your WINDOWS MACHINE at work is using to do DNS lookup?
They are seriously Fscked.
-- [link|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net|greg], [link|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ iwetheyFreedom is not FREE. Yeah, but 10s of Trillions of US Dollars? SELECT * FROM scog WHERE ethics > 0;
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Post #265,553
8/21/06 4:03:58 PM
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Can't see it, admin restrictions
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