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Re: [Poll] Computing favorities

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  Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-11 13:48 +0000
    Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-10-11 14:45 +0000
    Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-10-11 10:52 -0400
      Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-10-11 22:18 +0000
        Re: [Poll] Computing favorities JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2015-10-11 20:05 -0500
        Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-10-12 05:26 +0000
          Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-10-12 15:59 -0500
          Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2015-10-13 01:19 -0300
            Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Greymaus <mausg@mail.com> - 2015-10-13 12:27 +0000
              Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2015-10-13 13:40 -0300
            Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-13 12:34 +0000
            Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2015-10-13 23:17 -0500
              Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-10-14 10:02 -0400
          Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-10-13 12:16 -0400
            Re: [Poll] Computing favorities David Hume <David.Hume@example.com> - 2015-10-13 17:39 +0100
              Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2015-10-13 12:51 -0500
            Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-10-13 18:23 +0000
              Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-10-13 14:41 -0400
                Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-10-13 17:35 -0500
                  Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-10-13 22:24 -0400
                    Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-10-14 05:39 +0000
                      Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-10-16 14:32 -0500
                    Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2015-10-15 16:25 -0700
                      Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-10-15 20:07 -0400
                        Re: [Poll] Computing favorities David Hume <David.Hume@example.com> - 2015-10-16 10:46 +0100
                          Re: [Poll] Computing favorities JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2015-10-16 08:58 -0500
                            Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-10-16 13:52 -0400
        Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-12 13:09 +0000
          Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2015-10-12 08:49 -0500
            Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-10-12 16:41 +0000
              Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-13 12:34 +0000
                Re: [Poll] Computing favorities JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2015-10-13 10:39 -0500
                Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-10-13 18:23 +0000
                  Re: [Poll] Computing favorities scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2015-10-13 19:03 +0000
                  Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-14 14:02 +0000
                Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2015-10-13 20:44 +0200
                  Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2015-10-13 20:24 -0700
                  Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-10-14 05:39 +0000
                  Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-14 14:02 +0000
                Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-14 12:51 +1100
            Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2015-10-12 20:34 +0100
              Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Stan Barr <plan.b@bluesomatic.org> - 2015-10-13 07:02 +0000
                Re: [Poll] Computing favorities David Hume <David.Hume@example.com> - 2015-10-13 09:01 +0100
                  Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-10-13 09:43 -0400
                    Re: [Poll] Computing favorities David Hume <David.Hume@example.com> - 2015-10-13 15:19 +0100
                      Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-10-13 10:21 -0400
            Re: [Poll] Computing favorities rpw3@rpw3.org (Rob Warnock) - 2015-10-13 13:12 +0000
          Re: [Poll] Computing favorities scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2015-10-12 15:14 +0000
            Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-13 12:38 +0000
              Re: [Poll] Computing favorities scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2015-10-13 13:17 +0000
                Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-10-13 12:03 -0400
                  Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2015-10-13 20:26 -0700
                    Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-10-14 05:47 +0000
                      Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2015-10-15 16:27 -0700
                        Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Stan Barr <plan.b@bluesomatic.org> - 2015-10-16 07:48 +0000
                          Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-10-16 13:55 -0400
                            Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-10-16 18:14 +0000
                              Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-10-16 14:35 -0500
                            Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Stan Barr <plan.b@bluesomatic.org> - 2015-10-17 07:02 +0000
                              Re: [Poll] Computing favorities scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2015-10-19 13:09 +0000
                              Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-10-19 15:14 -0500
                                Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Stan Barr <plan.b@bluesomatic.org> - 2015-10-20 07:02 +0000
                        Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-10-16 16:47 +0000
                    Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2015-10-16 14:26 +0100
                  Re: [Poll] Computing favorities simon@twoplaces.co.uk (Simon Turner) - 2015-10-14 13:00 +0100
                    Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-10-14 10:00 -0400
                Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-14 14:02 +0000
                  Re: [Poll] Computing favorities scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2015-10-14 14:20 +0000
                    Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-15 12:54 +0000
                      Re: [Poll] Computing favorities scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2015-10-15 16:44 +0000
                        Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-16 13:04 +0000
                          Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Greymaus <mausg@mail.com> - 2015-10-16 18:48 +0000
                            Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "78lp" <78lp@nospam.com> - 2015-10-17 15:58 +1100
                              Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "78lp" <78lp@nospam.com> - 2015-10-18 17:37 +1100
                                Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Greymaus <mausg@mail.com> - 2015-10-18 11:12 +0000
                                  Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-10-18 13:24 -0400
                                    Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Greymaus <mausg@mail.com> - 2015-10-18 19:21 +0000
                                  Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "78lp" <78lp@nospam.com> - 2015-10-19 15:28 +1100
                          Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-17 15:30 +1100
                      Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-16 06:31 +1100
                  Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-15 09:04 +1100
              Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-14 12:54 +1100
                Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-14 12:59 +1100
          Re: [Poll] Computing favorities JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2015-10-12 10:22 -0500
            Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-10-12 20:42 +0000
              Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-10-12 21:40 +0000
                Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-10-12 22:39 +0000
                Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2015-10-12 18:08 -0500
                  Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-13 12:34 +0000
                  Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-10-13 17:15 -0500
                Re: [Poll] Computing favorities JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2015-10-12 20:17 -0500
                Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-10-13 12:12 -0400
                  Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-10-13 17:22 -0500
              Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-13 12:34 +0000
                Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-10-13 20:06 +0000
                  Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2015-10-13 20:38 -0700
                  Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-14 14:02 +0000
                Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> - 2015-10-16 22:33 -0300
            Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-13 12:34 +0000
              Re: [Poll] Computing favorities JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2015-10-13 10:38 -0500
              Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2015-10-13 20:40 -0700
                Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-14 14:02 +0000
          Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-10-12 13:48 -0400
            Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-10-12 16:04 -0500
              Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Greymaus <mausg@mail.com> - 2015-10-13 12:25 +0000
                Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-14 14:02 +0000
                  Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-10-14 15:49 +0000
                    Re: [Poll] Computing favorities JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2015-10-14 11:30 -0500
                    Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-15 12:54 +0000
                    Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-10-16 14:38 -0500
                  Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-15 08:51 +1100
                  Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2015-10-14 21:16 -0500
              Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-10-13 12:14 -0400
            Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2015-10-12 16:19 -0700
              Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-10-13 00:17 +0000
            Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2015-10-13 01:33 -0300
          Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-10-12 16:00 -0500
            Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2015-10-13 07:46 +0100
              Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-10-13 11:42 +0000
            Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-13 12:34 +0000
              Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-14 12:53 +1100
          Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-13 20:08 +1100
          Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> - 2015-10-14 12:17 -0300
            Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-10-14 18:21 +0000
              Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-10-16 14:44 -0500
                Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-10-16 21:09 +0000
                  Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-10-19 15:19 -0500
                    Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-10-19 20:45 +0000
        Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-10-12 15:57 -0500
          Re: [Poll] Computing favorities JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2015-10-12 20:16 -0500
            Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-13 12:34 +0000
              Re: [Poll] Computing favorities scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2015-10-13 13:12 +0000
                Re: [Poll] Computing favorities rpw3@rpw3.org (Rob Warnock) - 2015-10-13 14:02 +0000
                  Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-14 14:02 +0000
                    Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2015-10-14 16:20 +0200
                      Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-15 12:54 +0000
                        Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-10-15 17:51 +0000
                          Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-16 13:09 +0000
                            Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2015-10-16 21:33 +0200
                        Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-16 07:03 +1100
                        Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2015-10-15 23:04 +0200
                          Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-16 13:04 +0000
                            Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2015-10-16 20:24 +0200
                              Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Greymaus <mausg@mail.com> - 2015-10-17 11:18 +0000
                                Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2015-10-17 19:06 +0200
                                  Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Greymaus <mausg@mail.com> - 2015-10-17 18:34 +0000
                                    Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2015-10-17 21:31 +0200
                              Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-17 13:22 +0000
                            Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-17 15:45 +1100
                              Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2015-10-17 06:47 -0500
                                Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-18 05:00 +1100
                                  Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2015-10-24 15:23 -0400
                    Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-15 08:49 +1100
                Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2015-10-13 20:47 +0200
                Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-14 14:02 +0000
                  Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-15 08:54 +1100
                    Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-15 12:54 +0000
                      Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-16 06:29 +1100
                        Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2015-10-15 14:42 -0500
                          Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-16 11:21 +1100
                          Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-16 13:04 +0000
                            Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-17 15:32 +1100
              Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com> - 2015-10-13 10:00 -0400
                Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-14 14:02 +0000
                  Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-10-14 15:49 +0000
                    Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com> - 2015-10-14 13:24 -0400
                  Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-10-14 17:35 +0000
                    Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-10-14 18:21 +0000
                      Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-10-14 18:48 +0000
                      Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-10-16 14:42 -0500
                    Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2015-10-14 21:20 -0500
                      Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-10-15 06:49 +0000
                      Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-10-15 17:51 +0000
                    Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-10-16 14:40 -0500
                      Re: [Poll] Computing favorities jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-17 13:22 +0000
              Re: [Poll] Computing favorities "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-14 12:47 +1100
    Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-10-11 15:11 +0000
    Re: [Poll] Computing favorities Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2015-10-11 15:01 -0400
    Re: [Poll] Computing favorities pechter@S20.pechter.dyndns.org (William Pechter) - 2015-10-12 19:56 +0000

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#152993

From	jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com>
Date	2015-10-16 13:04 +0000
Message-ID	<PM00052238B6B8953E@aca46c82.ipt.aol.com>
In reply to	#152981

Osmium wrote:
> "Rod Speed" wrote:
>
>> "jmfbahciv" wrote:
>
>>> To detect a star's light requires a lot of time with no jiggling.
>>
>> Not with the best of the cameras which have optical image stabilisation.
>
> This is like work with two shifts.  Barb works the night shift and leaves a
> message in the morning as to what she discovered in her shift.  Rod comes in
> about 2:00 PM the next day and says she was all wrong.
>
> Rinse, reapply and repeat.
>
He has to counter everything I write.  I think each of us works the morning
shift ;-)

/BAH

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#153020

From	"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
Date	2015-10-17 15:32 +1100
Message-ID	<d8e1bgF34r0U1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to	#152993


"jmfbahciv" <See.above@aol.com> wrote in message 
news:PM00052238B6B8953E@aca46c82.ipt.aol.com...
> Osmium wrote:
>> "Rod Speed" wrote:
>>
>>> "jmfbahciv" wrote:
>>
>>>> To detect a star's light requires a lot of time with no jiggling.
>>>
>>> Not with the best of the cameras which have optical image stabilisation.
>>
>> This is like work with two shifts.  Barb works the night shift and leaves 
>> a
>> message in the morning as to what she discovered in her shift.  Rod comes 
>> in
>> about 2:00 PM the next day and says she was all wrong.
>>
>> Rinse, reapply and repeat.
>>
> He has to counter everything I write.

Nope, I just don’t bother with Me Toos when I agree with stuff anyone 
writes.

> I think each of us works the morning shift ;-)

I certainly post  most of what I post very early, long before
you are even up local time wise. But don’t just post then.

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#152795

From	Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com>
Date	2015-10-13 10:00 -0400
Message-ID	<mvj2q7$qba$1@speranza.aioe.org>
In reply to	#152783

On 13/10/2015 8:34 AM, jmfbahciv wrote:
> JimP wrote:
>> On Mon, 12 Oct 2015 15:57:51 -0500, "Charles Richmond"
>> <numerist@aquaporin4.com> wrote:
>>

>>> Anyway, I'm sure that the smart phones have an app for the phases of the
>>> moon.  ;-)
>>
>> There is an app that you point your cell phone at the night sky, and
>> the app tells you the names of the constellations and some of the
>> stars.
>
> How does it do that?  GPS gives a location but not a direction...right?

Most phones and tablets with gps have magnetic sensing in three 
dimensions as well.

w..

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#152893

From	jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com>
Date	2015-10-14 14:02 +0000
Message-ID	<PM00052210F87538C8@aca479f3.ipt.aol.com>
In reply to	#152795

Walter Banks wrote:
> On 13/10/2015 8:34 AM, jmfbahciv wrote:
>> JimP wrote:
>>> On Mon, 12 Oct 2015 15:57:51 -0500, "Charles Richmond"
>>> <numerist@aquaporin4.com> wrote:
>>>
>
>>>> Anyway, I'm sure that the smart phones have an app for the phases of the
>>>> moon.  ;-)
>>>
>>> There is an app that you point your cell phone at the night sky, and
>>> the app tells you the names of the constellations and some of the
>>> stars.
>>
>> How does it do that?  GPS gives a location but not a direction...right?
>
> Most phones and tablets with gps have magnetic sensing in three
> dimensions as well.

I didn't know that.  Next thing they'll do is include a kitchen
sink with a clock.

/BAH

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#152902

From	Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>
Date	2015-10-14 15:49 +0000
Message-ID	<mvlthe028pk@news3.newsguy.com>
In reply to	#152893

On 2015-10-14, jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> wrote:

> Walter Banks wrote:
>
>> On 13/10/2015 8:34 AM, jmfbahciv wrote:
>>
>>> JimP wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, 12 Oct 2015 15:57:51 -0500, "Charles Richmond"
>>>> <numerist@aquaporin4.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Anyway, I'm sure that the smart phones have an app for the
>>>>> phases of the moon.  ;-)
>>>>
>>>> There is an app that you point your cell phone at the night sky, and
>>>> the app tells you the names of the constellations and some of the
>>>> stars.
>>>
>>> How does it do that?  GPS gives a location but not a direction...right?
>>
>> Most phones and tablets with gps have magnetic sensing in three
>> dimensions as well.
>
> I didn't know that.  Next thing they'll do is include a kitchen
> sink with a clock.

The clock is already there.  Watch for the iSink app, coming this
Christmas.

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#152916

From	Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com>
Date	2015-10-14 13:24 -0400
Message-ID	<mvm34b$hc3$1@speranza.aioe.org>
In reply to	#152902

On 14/10/2015 11:49 AM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
> On 2015-10-14, jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> wrote:
>
>> Walter Banks wrote:
>>
>>> On 13/10/2015 8:34 AM, jmfbahciv wrote:
>>>
>>>> JimP wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, 12 Oct 2015 15:57:51 -0500, "Charles Richmond"
>>>>> <numerist@aquaporin4.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Anyway, I'm sure that the smart phones have an app for the
>>>>>> phases of the moon.  ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>> There is an app that you point your cell phone at the night
>>>>> sky, and the app tells you the names of the constellations
>>>>> and some of the stars.
>>>>
>>>> How does it do that?  GPS gives a location but not a
>>>> direction...right?
>>>
>>> Most phones and tablets with gps have magnetic sensing in three
>>> dimensions as well.
>>
>> I didn't know that.  Next thing they'll do is include a kitchen
>> sink with a clock.
>
> The clock is already there.  Watch for the iSink app, coming this
> Christmas.
>
Now that the kitchen sink is scheduled what's next. (wash and repeat
feature list)

w..

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#152917

From	Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx>
Date	2015-10-14 17:35 +0000
Message-ID	<d87i38Fq7fmU5@mid.individual.net>
In reply to	#152893

On Wed, 14 Oct 2015 14:02:37 +0000, jmfbahciv wrote:

> Walter Banks wrote:
>> On 13/10/2015 8:34 AM, jmfbahciv wrote:
>>> JimP wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 12 Oct 2015 15:57:51 -0500, "Charles Richmond"
>>>> <numerist@aquaporin4.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Anyway, I'm sure that the smart phones have an app for the phases of
>>>>> the moon.  ;-)
>>>>
>>>> There is an app that you point your cell phone at the night sky, and
>>>> the app tells you the names of the constellations and some of the
>>>> stars.
>>>
>>> How does it do that?  GPS gives a location but not a
>>> direction...right?
>>
>> Most phones and tablets with gps have magnetic sensing in three
>> dimensions as well.
> 
> I didn't know that.  Next thing they'll do is include a kitchen sink
> with a clock.
> 
> /BAH

We once had an electric cooker with a built in transistor radio.



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#152922

From	Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>
Date	2015-10-14 18:21 +0000
Message-ID	<mvm6g031lbh@news4.newsguy.com>
In reply to	#152917

On 2015-10-14, Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> wrote:

> On Wed, 14 Oct 2015 14:02:37 +0000, jmfbahciv wrote:
>
>> Walter Banks wrote:
>>
>>> On 13/10/2015 8:34 AM, jmfbahciv wrote:
>>>
>>>> JimP wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, 12 Oct 2015 15:57:51 -0500, "Charles Richmond"
>>>>> <numerist@aquaporin4.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Anyway, I'm sure that the smart phones have an app for the phases of
>>>>>> the moon.  ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>> There is an app that you point your cell phone at the night sky, and
>>>>> the app tells you the names of the constellations and some of the
>>>>> stars.
>>>>
>>>> How does it do that?  GPS gives a location but not a
>>>> direction...right?
>>>
>>> Most phones and tablets with gps have magnetic sensing in three
>>> dimensions as well.
>> 
>> I didn't know that.  Next thing they'll do is include a kitchen sink
>> with a clock.
>
> We once had an electric cooker with a built in transistor radio.

I remember when clock circuitry first became small and cheap enough
to pop up everywhere, there were ballpoint pens with a clock in them.
That's when I realized it was getting silly.

I'm starting to think about that Bob Newhart routine about
the Mrs. Grace L. Ferguson Airline and Storm Door Company...

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#152924

From	Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx>
Date	2015-10-14 18:48 +0000
Message-ID	<d87mc1Fq7fmU6@mid.individual.net>
In reply to	#152922

On Wed, 14 Oct 2015 18:21:52 +0000, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

> On 2015-10-14, Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, 14 Oct 2015 14:02:37 +0000, jmfbahciv wrote:
>>
>>> Walter Banks wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 13/10/2015 8:34 AM, jmfbahciv wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> JimP wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, 12 Oct 2015 15:57:51 -0500, "Charles Richmond"
>>>>>> <numerist@aquaporin4.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Anyway, I'm sure that the smart phones have an app for the phases
>>>>>>> of the moon.  ;-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There is an app that you point your cell phone at the night sky,
>>>>>> and the app tells you the names of the constellations and some of
>>>>>> the stars.
>>>>>
>>>>> How does it do that?  GPS gives a location but not a
>>>>> direction...right?
>>>>
>>>> Most phones and tablets with gps have magnetic sensing in three
>>>> dimensions as well.
>>> 
>>> I didn't know that.  Next thing they'll do is include a kitchen sink
>>> with a clock.
>>
>> We once had an electric cooker with a built in transistor radio.
> 
> I remember when clock circuitry first became small and cheap enough to
> pop up everywhere, there were ballpoint pens with a clock in them.
> That's when I realized it was getting silly.
> 
> I'm starting to think about that Bob Newhart routine about the Mrs.
> Grace L. Ferguson Airline and Storm Door Company...

Yes! Although that electric cooker was mid 1960s...



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#153008

From	"Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com>
Date	2015-10-16 14:42 -0500
Message-ID	<mvrjqq$4ic$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to	#152922

"Charlie Gibbs" <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote in message 
news:mvm6g031lbh@news4.newsguy.com...
> On 2015-10-14, Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 14 Oct 2015 14:02:37 +0000, jmfbahciv wrote:
>>
>>> Walter Banks wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 13/10/2015 8:34 AM, jmfbahciv wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> JimP wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, 12 Oct 2015 15:57:51 -0500, "Charles Richmond"
>>>>>> <numerist@aquaporin4.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Anyway, I'm sure that the smart phones have an app for the phases of
>>>>>>> the moon.  ;-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There is an app that you point your cell phone at the night sky, and
>>>>>> the app tells you the names of the constellations and some of the
>>>>>> stars.
>>>>>
>>>>> How does it do that?  GPS gives a location but not a
>>>>> direction...right?
>>>>
>>>> Most phones and tablets with gps have magnetic sensing in three
>>>> dimensions as well.
>>>
>>> I didn't know that.  Next thing they'll do is include a kitchen sink
>>> with a clock.
>>
>> We once had an electric cooker with a built in transistor radio.
>
> I remember when clock circuitry first became small and cheap enough
> to pop up everywhere, there were ballpoint pens with a clock in them.
> That's when I realized it was getting silly.
>
> I'm starting to think about that Bob Newhart routine about
> the Mrs. Grace L. Ferguson Airline and Storm Door Company...
>

Is that related to the Charles Rivers Data Systems and Aluminum Screen Door 
Company???

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#152946

From	Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com>
Date	2015-10-14 21:20 -0500
Message-ID	<mvn2er$ma8$2@dont-email.me>
In reply to	#152917

On 10/14/2015 12:35 PM, Bob Eager wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Oct 2015 14:02:37 +0000, jmfbahciv wrote:
> 
>> Walter Banks wrote:
>>> On 13/10/2015 8:34 AM, jmfbahciv wrote:
>>>> JimP wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, 12 Oct 2015 15:57:51 -0500, "Charles Richmond"
>>>>> <numerist@aquaporin4.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Anyway, I'm sure that the smart phones have an app for the phases of
>>>>>> the moon.  ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>> There is an app that you point your cell phone at the night sky, and
>>>>> the app tells you the names of the constellations and some of the
>>>>> stars.
>>>>
>>>> How does it do that?  GPS gives a location but not a
>>>> direction...right?
>>>
>>> Most phones and tablets with gps have magnetic sensing in three
>>> dimensions as well.
>>
>> I didn't know that.  Next thing they'll do is include a kitchen sink
>> with a clock.
>>
>> /BAH
> 
> We once had an electric cooker with a built in transistor radio.

Damn, that trumps the thrift-store item that I always regretted
passing by, a combination electric can opener and clock (in salmon and
blue, like a Nash Metropolitan, and probably from the same era).

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#152949

From	Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx>
Date	2015-10-15 06:49 +0000
Message-ID	<d890jjFq7fmU8@mid.individual.net>
In reply to	#152946

On Wed, 14 Oct 2015 21:20:45 -0500, Dave Garland wrote:

> On 10/14/2015 12:35 PM, Bob Eager wrote:
>> On Wed, 14 Oct 2015 14:02:37 +0000, jmfbahciv wrote:
>> 
>>> Walter Banks wrote:
>>>> On 13/10/2015 8:34 AM, jmfbahciv wrote:
>>>>> JimP wrote:
>>>>>> On Mon, 12 Oct 2015 15:57:51 -0500, "Charles Richmond"
>>>>>> <numerist@aquaporin4.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Anyway, I'm sure that the smart phones have an app for the phases
>>>>>>> of the moon.  ;-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There is an app that you point your cell phone at the night sky,
>>>>>> and the app tells you the names of the constellations and some of
>>>>>> the stars.
>>>>>
>>>>> How does it do that?  GPS gives a location but not a
>>>>> direction...right?
>>>>
>>>> Most phones and tablets with gps have magnetic sensing in three
>>>> dimensions as well.
>>>
>>> I didn't know that.  Next thing they'll do is include a kitchen sink
>>> with a clock.
>>>
>>> /BAH
>> 
>> We once had an electric cooker with a built in transistor radio.
> 
> Damn, that trumps the thrift-store item that I always regretted passing
> by, a combination electric can opener and clock (in salmon and blue,
> like a Nash Metropolitan, and probably from the same era).

Here we are:

  http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/tricity_melodie.html

(and I have a soft spot for the Nash; ugky as hell!)



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#152970

From	Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>
Date	2015-10-15 17:51 +0000
Message-ID	<mvop2q11sm8@news6.newsguy.com>
In reply to	#152946

On 2015-10-15, Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> wrote:

> On 10/14/2015 12:35 PM, Bob Eager wrote:
>
>> We once had an electric cooker with a built in transistor radio.
>
> Damn, that trumps the thrift-store item that I always regretted
> passing by, a combination electric can opener and clock (in salmon
> and blue, like a Nash Metropolitan, and probably from the same era).

"A chromium combination manicure scissors and cigarette lighter..."
  -- Alan Sherman: The Twelve Days of Christmas

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#153007

From	"Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com>
Date	2015-10-16 14:40 -0500
Message-ID	<mvrjoe$48v$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to	#152917

"Bob Eager" <news0005@eager.cx> wrote in message 
news:d87i38Fq7fmU5@mid.individual.net...
> On Wed, 14 Oct 2015 14:02:37 +0000, jmfbahciv wrote:
>
>> Walter Banks wrote:
>>> On 13/10/2015 8:34 AM, jmfbahciv wrote:
>>>> JimP wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, 12 Oct 2015 15:57:51 -0500, "Charles Richmond"
>>>>> <numerist@aquaporin4.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Anyway, I'm sure that the smart phones have an app for the phases of
>>>>>> the moon.  ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>> There is an app that you point your cell phone at the night sky, and
>>>>> the app tells you the names of the constellations and some of the
>>>>> stars.
>>>>
>>>> How does it do that?  GPS gives a location but not a
>>>> direction...right?
>>>
>>> Most phones and tablets with gps have magnetic sensing in three
>>> dimensions as well.
>>
>> I didn't know that.  Next thing they'll do is include a kitchen sink
>> with a clock.
>>
>> /BAH
>
> We once had an electric cooker with a built in transistor radio.
>

Heh... that's nothing!   BAH can get the AM radio using only her stove!!!

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>
>
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#153029

From	jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com>
Date	2015-10-17 13:22 +0000
Message-ID	<PM0005224CFD81A179@aca41e6f.ipt.aol.com>
In reply to	#153007

Charles Richmond wrote:
> "Bob Eager" <news0005@eager.cx> wrote in message
> news:d87i38Fq7fmU5@mid.individual.net...
>> On Wed, 14 Oct 2015 14:02:37 +0000, jmfbahciv wrote:
>>
>>> Walter Banks wrote:
>>>> On 13/10/2015 8:34 AM, jmfbahciv wrote:
>>>>> JimP wrote:
>>>>>> On Mon, 12 Oct 2015 15:57:51 -0500, "Charles Richmond"
>>>>>> <numerist@aquaporin4.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Anyway, I'm sure that the smart phones have an app for the phases of
>>>>>>> the moon.  ;-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There is an app that you point your cell phone at the night sky, and
>>>>>> the app tells you the names of the constellations and some of the
>>>>>> stars.
>>>>>
>>>>> How does it do that?  GPS gives a location but not a
>>>>> direction...right?
>>>>
>>>> Most phones and tablets with gps have magnetic sensing in three
>>>> dimensions as well.
>>>
>>> I didn't know that.  Next thing they'll do is include a kitchen sink
>>> with a clock.
>>>
>>> /BAH
>>
>> We once had an electric cooker with a built in transistor radio.
>>
>
> Heh... that's nothing!   BAH can get the AM radio using only her stove!!!

If my stove had a radio installed, I would have been able to tune to AM
and the snarky tech who took my complaint call couldn't say that nobody
listens to AM anymore.


/BAH

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#152853

From	"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
Date	2015-10-14 12:47 +1100
Message-ID	<d85qhsFb81U1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to	#152783


"jmfbahciv" <See.above@aol.com> wrote in message 
news:PM000521FBADABBF0D@aca20236.ipt.aol.com...
> JimP wrote:
>> On Mon, 12 Oct 2015 15:57:51 -0500, "Charles Richmond"
>> <numerist@aquaporin4.com> wrote:
>>
>>>"Charlie Gibbs" <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote in message
>>>news:mven85023m7@news7.newsguy.com...
>>>> On 2015-10-11, Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, 11 Oct 2015, jmfbahciv wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Did it include the phases of the moon?  I could not find a 2015 
>>>>>> calendar
>>>>>> which had them; I wasn't going to spend $8 on one just to see those
>>>>>> expensive calendars were real calendars.
>>>>>>
>>>>> I hadnt' thought about that.  But it wasn't uncommon years back to 
>>>>> have
>>>>> the phase of the moon on a calendar, but I havent' noticed it in some
>>>>> years.
>>>>
>>>> I suspect that most people no longer care about celestial phenomena 
>>>> (aside
>>>> from the Kardashians).  They're too busy staring at their smartphones 
>>>> to
>>>> look at the sky anyway.
>>>>
>>>
>>>Anyway, I'm sure that the smart phones have an app for the phases of the
>>>moon.  ;-)
>>
>> There is an app that you point your cell phone at the night sky, and
>> the app tells you the names of the constellations and some of the
>> stars.
>
> How does it do that?  GPS gives a location but not a direction...right?

There is a compass too.

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#152684

From	Rich <rich@example.invalid>
Date	2015-10-11 15:11 +0000
Message-ID	<mvdu6f$lr7$2@dont-email.me>
In reply to	#152679

In comp.misc jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> wrote:
> Peter Flass wrote:
> > Bill Evans <wje@acm.org> wrote:
> >> Stan Barr <plan.b@bluesomatic.org> wrote:
> >>> On 9 Oct 2015 22:51:56 GMT, Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> wrote:
> >>>> On Fri, 09 Oct 2015 17:51:17 -0400, Roberto Waltman wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Greymaus  wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> AFAIremember, forth used RPN
> >>>>
> >>>> A Forth program runs every time I boot this machine...
> >>>
> >>> As does my Sun - Open Boot...
> >>>
> >>> Forth is still around, just got a new ANSI Standard.
> >>
> >> Another very common RPN language is PostScript.  PostScript
> >> code is most often generated by other programs, but it's fun
> >> (and, in my case, productive) to construct PostScript
> >> programs by hand and send them directly to the printer.
> >>
> >
> > FSVO.  I played around with PostScript just once - I had (have) a calendar
> > program that I hacked up.  When IBM stopped distributing its nice calendars
> > to customers I modified the program to produce a nearly exact facsimile.
> > For several years I printed annual copies for everyone in the IT
> > department.
> >
> Did it include the phases of the moon?  I could not find a 2015 calendar
> which had them; I wasn't going to spend $8 on one just to see those
> expensive calendars were real calendars.

http://freecode.com/projects/pscal

   pscal is a simple shell script that creates PostScript calendars.
   It's not the most advanced calendar creator available, but for
   quick, nice looking calendars, it's very handy to have sitting in
   your bin directory. Features include: font selection, user-defined
   holidays, *phase of moon*, and days past/remaining in the year.

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#152702

From	Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com>
Date	2015-10-11 15:01 -0400
Message-ID	<390318642.466282580.975850.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org>
In reply to	#152679

jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> wrote:
> Peter Flass wrote:
>> Bill Evans <wje@acm.org> wrote:
>>> Stan Barr <plan.b@bluesomatic.org> wrote:
>>>> On 9 Oct 2015 22:51:56 GMT, Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, 09 Oct 2015 17:51:17 -0400, Roberto Waltman wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Greymaus  wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> AFAIremember, forth used RPN
>>>>> 
>>>>> A Forth program runs every time I boot this machine...
>>>> 
>>>> As does my Sun - Open Boot...
>>>> 
>>>> Forth is still around, just got a new ANSI Standard.
>>> 
>>> Another very common RPN language is PostScript.  PostScript
>>> code is most often generated by other programs, but it's fun
>>> (and, in my case, productive) to construct PostScript
>>> programs by hand and send them directly to the printer.
>>> 
>> 
>> FSVO.  I played around with PostScript just once - I had (have) a calendar
>> program that I hacked up.  When IBM stopped distributing its nice calendars
>> to customers I modified the program to produce a nearly exact facsimile.
>> For several years I printed annual copies for everyone in the IT
>> department.
>> 
> Did it include the phases of the moon?  I could not find a 2015 calendar
> which had them; I wasn't going to spend $8 on one just to see those
> expensive calendars were real calendars.
> 

I think that was an option in the code I got, but I didn't use it.  I
mostly made some simple changes to the formatting.

-- 
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#152745

From	pechter@S20.pechter.dyndns.org (William Pechter)
Date	2015-10-12 19:56 +0000
Message-ID	<mvh39t$dug$1@pechter.eternal-september.org>
In reply to	#152679

In article <PM000521D48A4CF95E@aca416eb.ipt.aol.com>,
jmfbahciv  <See.above@aol.com> wrote:
>Peter Flass wrote:
>> Bill Evans <wje@acm.org> wrote:
>>> Stan Barr <plan.b@bluesomatic.org> wrote:
>>>> On 9 Oct 2015 22:51:56 GMT, Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, 09 Oct 2015 17:51:17 -0400, Roberto Waltman wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Greymaus  wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> AFAIremember, forth used RPN
>>>>>
>>>>> A Forth program runs every time I boot this machine...
>>>>
>>>> As does my Sun - Open Boot...
>>>>
>>>> Forth is still around, just got a new ANSI Standard.
>>>
>>> Another very common RPN language is PostScript.  PostScript
>>> code is most often generated by other programs, but it's fun
>>> (and, in my case, productive) to construct PostScript
>>> programs by hand and send them directly to the printer.
>>>
>>
>> FSVO.  I played around with PostScript just once - I had (have) a calendar
>> program that I hacked up.  When IBM stopped distributing its nice calendars
>> to customers I modified the program to produce a nearly exact facsimile.
>> For several years I printed annual copies for everyone in the IT
>> department.
>>
>Did it include the phases of the moon?  I could not find a 2015 calendar
>which had them; I wasn't going to spend $8 on one just to see those
>expensive calendars were real calendars.
>
>/BAH


One of my coworkers at Pyramid showed me pcal back in the 1992 or so timeframe.
Been using it ever since.
Moon phases are supported still... looks like it's available for OS/x as well
as in source for Unix-like systems and there's DOS/Windows executables
for download.

Pcal output pushed through ghostscript will get it to non-postscript printers.
Did it for years on my PCL printers.
http://pcal.sourceforge.net/

There's even phases-of-the-moon only calendars on the site for download...


Bill
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