Forum: The Information Desk and Suggestion Box
Mar 23 2016, 02:09 PM
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Re: Inactive Members - FYI
I'd better post something here before my account disappears.
You're not going to here are more from Zorro, however, as he's no longer with us. :(
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Forum: Café Archives
Apr 24 2015, 05:06 PM
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Replies: 13
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Re: Vote for Anne!
I guess Pern isn't in the vote because they are saving that name for when the GAIA spacecraft discovers a planet orbiting around Rukbat...
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Forum: Café Archives
Apr 24 2015, 04:58 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,667
Re: Vote for Anne!
There are four different votes: Fictional explorers and travellers, Fictional origins and destinations (why no Pern?!), Fictional vessels and then (finally) Fictional writers. Anne is in the last...
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Forum: Café Archives
Apr 23 2015, 03:23 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,667
Vote for Anne!
NASA are looking for names with which to name places on the worlds that will be mapped by the New Horizons spacecraft. One of the names on that list is Anne McCaffrey!! I just voted. The vote closes...
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Forum: Photography ConCrit
Aug 17 2013, 12:14 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 7,249
Re: Kibby's pictures
I like #1 as well. I like the way the eyes are in focus and the grass in front is blurred. A lot of cameras would have been fooled by the grass and got the focus wrong.
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Forum: Events Board
Aug 17 2013, 12:08 PM
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Replies: 78
Views: 41,582
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Forum: Café Archives
Aug 17 2013, 12:00 PM
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Replies: 49
Views: 14,350
Re: Anne McCaffrey's House Up for Sale 2/14/2013
We have a special memory of taking Anne out to dinner. We were given firm instructions not to let Anne have any alcohol. The first thing Anne did at the restaurant was order a gin and tonic and...
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Forum: Café Archives
Mar 21 2013, 09:07 AM
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Replies: 37
Views: 8,228
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Forum: Games and Miscellany
Mar 1 2013, 04:44 PM
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Replies: 15,468
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Forum: Games and Miscellany
Mar 1 2013, 04:43 PM
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Replies: 9,897
Views: 898,669
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Forum: Events Board
Mar 1 2013, 04:41 PM
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Replies: 78
Views: 41,582
Re: Worldcon 2014 in London: Loncon3
It would be great to meet up with everyone again. I still remember the great time we all had at the EuroCON in 2007. My last WorldCON was in 2005, but there was only me, Lanen and KC from MoM...
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Forum: Café Archives
Mar 1 2013, 04:25 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 8,228
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Forum: Exhibit Hall
Feb 3 2013, 12:33 PM
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Replies: 3
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Forum: Astronomy
Jun 23 2012, 11:53 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 8,279
Re: Venus
That was a transit of Mercury (1953 or 1957). The transits of Venus happen very infrequently. See the NASA Planetary Transits Page (http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/transit/transit.html).
For those of...
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Forum: Astronomy
Jun 8 2012, 07:51 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 8,279
Re: Venus
I got up at 3:30am and drove to a local vantage point with a view of the NE horizon, then waited for the sun to rise at 4:30am. The sun rose but I didn't see anything because we had our worst weather...
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Forum: Games and Miscellany
May 20 2012, 04:35 AM
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Replies: 15,468
Views: 1,415,298
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Forum: Café Archives
May 20 2012, 04:34 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 3,429
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Forum: Café Archives
May 20 2012, 04:31 AM
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Replies: 163
Views: 60,678
Re: Good Bye, Anne
Correction: Mike and Tania have a UK tour this September. I think it's only Tania who's going back to the USA in June.
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Forum: Astronomy
May 13 2012, 06:15 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 6,387
Annular Solar Eclipse in the USA
One week to go (for people lucky enough to be living in China, Japan and the western USA:
http://eclipse-maps.com/Eclipse-Maps/Gallery/Pages/Annular_solar_eclipse_of_2012_May_20.html
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Forum: Beyond Anne McCaffrey
Apr 22 2012, 04:07 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 4,496
Re: So... my Dad wrote a book
Thanks for posting this, Kath. My brother would definitely be interested in this book.
Does your father get as much in royalties from a signed copy? I'm happy to buy a copy in a way that maximises...
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Forum: Café Archives
Apr 21 2012, 06:46 PM
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Replies: 163
Views: 60,678
Re: Good Bye, Anne
We've heard nothing too. I was half expecting something to happen while Mike and Tania were on this side of the atlantic, and (according to their concert calendar) they are in Ireland until mid June....
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Forum: Thematic Photography
Apr 21 2012, 06:37 PM
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Replies: 386
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Re: Cheryl's 365 Project
What a brilliant collection! I've obviously been missing out catching only the odd one on your facebook page. Does nobody here have any ideas what the grill picture on day 90 is?
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Forum: Exhibit Hall
Apr 21 2012, 06:32 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 4,470
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Forum: Astronomy
Mar 29 2012, 08:06 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 8,271
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Forum: Games and Miscellany
Mar 8 2012, 10:33 AM
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Replies: 15,468
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Forum: Café Archives
Feb 26 2012, 01:07 PM
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Replies: 3
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Re: Does anyone else have problems with Flikr?
Ah, it seems there is a major problem with the Flikr service at the moment. Staff have been working on it for several days without a solution yet. If you are one of the unlucky people affected here...
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Forum: Café Archives
Feb 26 2012, 11:57 AM
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Replies: 3
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Does anyone else have problems with Flikr?
I recently switched from using photobucket to Flikr, as I much prefer the way Flikr manages your photographs. However, after a few weeks of setting up my account and downloading photographs I am now...
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Forum: Games and Miscellany
Feb 14 2012, 03:57 PM
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Replies: 15,468
Views: 1,415,298
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Forum: Café Archives
Feb 14 2012, 03:51 PM
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Replies: 2
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Re: Happy Birthday Arizona
Happy Birthday Arizona! Arizona Highways magazine found someone who's 100 years old and has lived every year of Arizona's statehood.
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Forum: Thematic Photography
Jan 1 2012, 11:42 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 10,082
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Forum: Café Archives
Jan 1 2012, 11:30 AM
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Replies: 18
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Forum: Games and Miscellany
Dec 16 2011, 05:50 PM
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Replies: 15,468
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Re: Word Association
An army of a million ants.
(at least that's my experience of feeding humming birds when I tried it in Arizona 15 years ago ;) ).
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Forum: Café Archives
Dec 16 2011, 05:44 PM
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Replies: 163
Views: 60,678
Re: Good Bye, Anne
I wanted to tell Anne about that planet in the habitable zone discovered by the Kepler observatory (see this link if you're interested)...
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Forum: Games and Miscellany
Dec 16 2011, 05:27 PM
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Replies: 15,468
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Forum: Café Archives
Nov 23 2011, 01:35 PM
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Replies: 163
Views: 60,678
Re: Good Bye, Anne
Goodbye Anne. May you rest in peace and fly with dragons. Now a star amongst the stars.
:( :( :(
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Forum: Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
Aug 17 2011, 08:12 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 16,424
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Forum: Café Archives
Aug 17 2011, 08:08 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 5,254
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Forum: Events Board
Aug 17 2011, 08:03 AM
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Replies: 68
Views: 20,213
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Forum: Thematic Photography
Aug 4 2011, 09:26 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 14,022
Re: #69 - 30 June 2011 - river or seascape
Thanks Hans. This was a single RAW image but I didn't process it as an HDR. The original shot was 1 stop underexposed to stop the sky being blown out, and in Photoshop I applied top to bottom and...
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Forum: Astronomy
Aug 3 2011, 07:02 PM
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Replies: 7
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Re: And Master Starsmith Beard helped with that!
Thanks Hans :D. It's great to see the VISTA telescope being used to do such great astronomy. :good: The telescope has seen many things now, but we all know the very first object it looked at was...
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Forum: Thematic Photography
Aug 3 2011, 06:43 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 14,022
Re: #69 - 30 June 2011 - river or seascape
I have some catching up to do. Pam, as usual you have found some stunning scenery. Dragon Fan, yours is amazing too, and I love Blondmom's little red bear. :)
This is Longniddry beach, near...
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Forum: Events Board
Aug 2 2011, 08:33 AM
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Replies: 68
Views: 20,213
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Forum: Café Archives
Jul 30 2011, 05:45 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 10,588
Re: Kibby's cat Two
Sorry about the loss of your dear cat, Two. I remember that picture in "40 Years of Pern". :(
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Forum: Café Archives
Jul 30 2011, 05:39 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 4,353
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Forum: Games and Miscellany
Jul 16 2011, 05:54 PM
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Replies: 15,468
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Forum: Events Board
Jun 18 2011, 05:15 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 6,014
Re: Mike and Tania's UK tour 2011
Well, you're not doing anything with your feet yet, so perhaps next year a pedal-operated percussion instrument as well...? :) :redfruit:
But we had a great time at your concert. I hope the venues...
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Forum: Exhibit Hall
Jun 5 2011, 01:11 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 6,251
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Forum: Café Archives
Jun 5 2011, 05:39 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 8,009
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Forum: Exhibit Hall
Jun 5 2011, 05:31 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 6,251
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Forum: Exhibit Hall
Jun 5 2011, 05:28 AM
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Replies: 9
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