From: Gord Tulloch 
To: atm{at}shore.net
Reply-To: Gord Tulloch 


We Canadians will once again be pleased to host America's disenfranchaised,
particularly if they come arrive equipped with large aperture scopes :)

Ross Sackett wrote:
> --- Richard Schwartz  wrote:
>
>>As
>>telescope makers, it is only a
>>matter of time until the government comes down on us
>>as they have recently
>>done to the amateur rocket people.
>
>
> Richard:
>
> Yeah, well the government and pull my 18" mirror from
> my night-chilled, somewhat chapped hands.
>
> Actually, this ought to be a serious concern.  Some
> members of the fraternity are getting pretty skilled
> at imaging orbiting targets.  I wouldn't doubt that
> the NSA is getting antsy with us peeking up their
> skirts.  Where's it all likely to begin?  My guess is
> that it will start with a clampdown on adaptive optics
> and darwinian image processing algorithms.

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"If you were plowing a field, which would you rather use?
  Two strong oxen or 1024 chickens?"
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Gord Tulloch, RASC Winnipeg http://members.shaw.ca/gtulloch
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