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Obviously, some people love to see their words in print, even though the
content is minimal.
Reminds me of professors who love to hear themselves talk. Listening to or
reading their materials is a waste of time. It induces great difficulty in
staying awake.
"oriel36" <geraldkelleher@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> The astrophotographers are a harmless bunch in themselves and in what
> they do,something akin to birdwatching.
>
> Unfortunately their views of the Earth's axial and orbital motions
> reflect what they know of astronomy as Copernicus and Kepler knew the
> discipline and it is neither intelligent or productive.
>
> Now you just wander off into oblivion after complaining about Sam.Sam
> acts as a kind of empirical propagandist who assures the
> astrophotographers that theorists have cosmological structure and
> motion covered and that as long as they pay homage to Newton and Albert
> every so often they can continue with their celestial peep show and
> justify their rank as astronomers even though it does not amount to
> much more than eyepieces,cloud cover and things like that.
>
> If their were not astrophotographers they would be sharing images of
> something else such as birds or things that you can go to jail for but
> they most certainly are not astronomers,amateur,observational or
> otherwise.
>
"oriel36" <geraldkelleher@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1144341273.082421.180610@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> The astrophotographers are a harmless bunch in themselves and in what
> they do,something akin to birdwatching.
>
> Unfortunately their views of the Earth's axial and orbital motions
> reflect what they know of astronomy as Copernicus and Kepler knew the
> discipline and it is neither intelligent or productive.
>
> Now you just wander off into oblivion after complaining about Sam.Sam
> acts as a kind of empirical propagandist who assures the
> astrophotographers that theorists have cosmological structure and
> motion covered and that as long as they pay homage to Newton and Albert
> every so often they can continue with their celestial peep show and
> justify their rank as astronomers even though it does not amount to
> much more than eyepieces,cloud cover and things like that.
>
> If their were not astrophotographers they would be sharing images of
> something else such as birds or things that you can go to jail for but
> they most certainly are not astronomers,amateur,observational or
> otherwise.
>
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