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I agree. It really has to be seen on the big screen, it won't translate to the tv screen well. I give it *** out of four. Secret Signature of the Day==v If nobody knows what you're doing, nobody knows what you're doing wrong.

Cool. 4.5" is fine for a starter scope! The number 1 thing you have to do is align the finderscope correctly. If it's off, you won't find anything. You may as well throw that 675x eyepiece away. You'll be using your lowest power eyepiece for 90% of your observing. Remember that higher power = dimmer image. You might want to go on Amazon and order a copy of "Turn Left At Orion" by Consolmagno and Davis. It's a great book of small-scope targets and how to find them. You're going to flip when you find Saturn for the first time. And watching Jupiter's moons do their dance around the planet from night to night... Have fun! Clear skies! Zix Secret Signature of the Day==v If nobody knows what you're doing, nobody knows what you're doing wrong.

Ooh, telescope! Didn't you know that as soon as you buy a telescope it's guaranteed to be overcast? The bigger the aperture, the worse the clouds! :D--> Right after sunset you should be able to see Mars easily. Jupiter and Saturn don't get to a clear spot till after midnight. But once they're up, you should also take a look at M42, the Great Orion Nebula and M45, the Pleaides in Taurus. What kind of scope did you get? Clear skies! (eventually) Astro-Zix The Zixar Observatory contains: Meade 90mm ETX-90EC Meade 10" LX200GPS-UHTC Secret Signature of the Day==v If nobody knows what you're doing, nobody knows what you're doing wrong.

Rick: Thanks, I appreciate the offer! I have much, much more experience with IIS on WindowsNT, but with the old clunker machine I had, running NT4 would have been more trouble than it was worth. Apache is quite low-maintenance (more like no-maintenance) for what I use it for, although I may just install Tomcat and play around with some Java Server Pages for it... :D--> I don't use the X desktop--too slow on that box. The command line interface is usually good enough for anything I have to do, and I can ssh into Webmin for most stuff. I do hate the vi editor though...the cutting edge of 1975 technology. --> Secret Signature of the Day==v If nobody knows what you're doing, nobody knows what you're doing wrong.

Rick: Yeah, I know. ;)--> I've also switched it to SecureHttp access as well to cut down on traffic sniffers. I'm no Linux expert, but I do cover my backside on things like remote administration! :D--> Thanks, Zix Secret Signature of the Day==v If nobody knows what you're doing, nobody knows what you're doing wrong.

Raf: Why would it be costly? As long as your traffic is light, and if it doesn't violate your service agreement, no one cares what you do with your connection.What you would do is get another computer that you leave on all the time and set that up as a web server. It doesn't have to be a new one--my web server is running on an old 133-MHz Pentium-1 box with 80MB of RAM and an 8GB Hard drive. A $39 KVM switch means I don't even have to have a separate monitor, keyboard, or mouse for it. I bought one of those "Teach Yourself Red Hat Linux in 24 Hours" books, which came with Linux on CD. I had the Apache webserver up and running in under an hour, and it only goes down when I turn the box off to mess with it. My domain is free because I use a basic dynamic-hosting client, and I don't have to have a static IP address because the host automatically keeps its routing tables updated to point to my server as the dynamic IP changes. It sits behind the firewall on my router and only allows traffic on the HTTP port 80. Monthly cost additional to my cable modem bill: zero. Domain setup fee: zero. The computer was an old one I had lying around. My wireless router already had the firewall built in. Linux is free. Apache web server software is free. Webmin remote Linux administration suite -- free. Total cost: One $39 KVM switch, one $29 Linux book. Neither of those were 100% necessary, anyway. Now Paw might have a little difficulty with his ISP doing that, since this site bangs out a good amount of traffic, but it's nothing even a three-year-old computer couldn't handle, given the proper bandwidth. Your site won't have near the traffic GSC does, Raf, so it's something to think about. Secret Signature of the Day==v If nobody knows what you're doing, nobody knows what you're doing wrong.

Rascal/WordWolf: You two might enjoy David Feintuch's "Seafort Saga" then. It has a good Heinleinesque feel to it. Currently at seven books, all available in paperback, the series consists of: Midshipman's Hope Challenger's Hope Prisoner's Hope Fisherman's Hope Voices of Hope (ick. This one's hopeless...) Patriarch's Hope Children of Hope Books 1-4 and 6-7 are real page-turners. Feintuch tried an experiment with Voices of Hope and the result was a confused mess. Secret Signature of the Day==v Banjo players may have other nasty habits, too...

Rascal: The Science Fiction Book Club recently released The Complete Skylark containing all those Doc Smith novels... :D--> Secret Signature of the Day==v This message consists of 100% recycled electrons.

WordWolf: We are *so* on the same page, pun intended! Yes, Bob Asprin's Myth Adventures and Phule's Company series are both fantastic, (Bob's a really nice guy in person, too) and Harry Harrison's Stainless Steel Rat books are on my desert island list. And since we're blurring over into sci-fi, I have to put in a plug for E.E. "Doc" Smith's quintessential space opera, the Lensman series. Makes Star Wars look like Solaris... ;)--> Secret Signature of the Day==v This message consists of 100% recycled electrons.

Then there's always 5x Harry Potter...there's a reason she's sold a zillion books... Secret Signature of the Day==v This message consists of 100% recycled electrons.

I'll echo that about Watership Down. It sounds ridiculous at first, an adventure story about RABBITS, but it's far more adult of a book than you'd think on first glance. Extremely entertaining reading. Secret Signature of the Day==v This message consists of 100% recycled electrons.

Cue the fireworks and grease the Cake-A-Pult™! HAPPY BIRTHDAY CINDY! Secret Signature of the Day==v This message consists of 100% recycled electrons.

Rottie: Chick flick? Well, it does have True Love™ in it, of course, but it's actually one of the best comedies to come out of the 80s. It's almost as quotable as Monty Python & The Holy Grail! (PLEASE tell me you've seen THAT, at least!) "He didn't fall? Inconceivable!" "You keep using that word. I do not thin' it means what you thin' it means..." "I would go up to the six-fingered man and say to him, 'Allo. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die!'" "Those, Princess, are the Shrieking Eels!" "Truly, yours is a dizzying intellect." "Wait till I get going!" "Finish him off, YOUR way!" "What's my way again?" "When his head comes around the corner, HIT IT WITH A ROCK!" "My way isn't very sporting..." "Have fun storming the castle!" "Then there's the R.O.U.S.es..." "Rodents Of Unusual Size?" "I give you my word as a Spaniard." "No good. I've known too many Spaniards..." Secret Signature of the Day==v This message consists of 100% recycled electrons.

Now, if only we could get y and THE together... We could call them "THEy"! :D--> Secret Signature of the Day==v This message consists of 100% recycled electrons.

Never seen Princess Bride?!?!?! Go out and rent it tonight, you silly, silly, girl...it's a CLASSIC! :D--> Secret Signature of the Day==v This message consists of 100% recycled electrons.

You might want to read "The Hobbit" though. It's kind of Tolkien-Lite (which isn't saying much... ;)--> ) How about William Goldman's "The Princess Bride"? Terry Pratchett's "Discworld" books? (they satirize the whole genre) Secret Signature of the Day==v This message consists of 100% recycled electrons.

Howzabout a whole SITE that loves her? :)--> Happy Birthday Chinny!!! There actually is a signature in here ==v The Land of the Free, BECAUSE of the Brave. Thank you, all American Veterans!

Geez, get a cable modem and run your own web server... ;)--> There actually is a signature in here ==v The Land of the Free, BECAUSE of the Brave. Thank you, all American Veterans!

Thank God for the valiant men and women of our armed forces. One day isn't enough. There actually is a signature in here ==v The Land of the Free, BECAUSE of the Brave. Thank you, all American Veterans!

Oh, I'm okay, I suppose, Steve. Thanks for asking. Birthdays just tend to lose a bit of the fun once you've had thirty or so. There might just be a signature in here ==v Happy Frickin' Birthday to me...

When you have two real women telling you to your face that Wierwille sexually assaulted them, independently of each other and without the other's knowledge, and with ZERO evidence that they are anything less than truthful, one would have to be an utter fool not to listen carefully to what they had to say. They did not "ask for it." They did not "secretly want it." (Rumor has it that VPW was hung like a hamster anyway...) Wierwille was not "just being a man." Any man who forces or coerces a woman into having sex when she is not a 100% willing participant is not a man, he is a goddamned rapist. Period. Regardless of how VPW might have packaged and merchandised it, the only book of any lasting relevance to the topic is usually bound in black leather, not in orange vinyl. VPW does not get a pass because he may have led some people to God. It isn't some anonymous letter to a hatchet site. This man hurt three of your sisters in Christ, Dot, Excathedra, and his own wife. That is fact, and it is not in dispute. If some preacher expected your daughter to "service" him, I'd wager it would take three men to pull you off of the bastard. Who deserves the real praise for your new birth? Almighty God? Or a despicable sexual criminal? There might just be a signature in here ==v Happy Frickin' Birthday to me...

True, but not all computers are USB 2.0 compatible. Actually, though, none of the stuff he talked about needs anything more than USB 1.1 speed. Adding USB 2.0 to a computer that doesn't have it requires installing a card in the computer. There might just be a signature in here ==v Happy Frickin' Birthday to me...

Steve: For goodness' sake, go watch the first one! There might just be a signature in here ==v Happy Frickin' Birthday to me...

Mike: You don't even have to crack the case open. Simply go to your local tech store or WalMart and get a 4-port USB hub (about 20-30 bucks) Plug it into any of the ports that still works, and voila! Four new USB sockets! It's a no-brainer. There might just be a signature in here ==v The winning Lotto numbers for the next drawing are: 17, @#%$^#^ NO CARRIER

I guess that would make Morpheus the Moses character then... There might just be a signature in here ==v The winning Lotto numbers for the next drawing are: 17, @#%$^#^ NO CARRIER