Re: [APML] A sad Time best picture

["mstecker" <mstecker@dslextreme.com>]

Chris:

There are many people who are ignorant about our hobby.  On a lighter side,
I once brought in a photo of NGC 4565 and showed it to some of the people at
work.  I said that I saw a flying saucer (UFO) and photographed it with my
telescope.  They all believed me and said to send it in to a national
magazine.  I briefly considered the National Enquirer, but maybe I should
have sent it to TIME.


Michael Stecker
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris & Jennifer Cook" <ccjd@ix.netcom.com>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2003 5:16 PM
Subject: Re: [APML] A sad Time best picture


> You got that right.  Most people are totally ignorant on a lot of
subjects,
> science included.
> People don't even know who George Washington or Abraham Lincoln were or
what
> happened in 1776, let alone a galaxy or plate tectonics.  Don't you just
> love our educational system in this country.... not!!!
>
> Chris
>
>
> ==================
> Chris Cook
> Astronomical Photography
> www.abmedia.com/astro
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt BenDaniel <matt@starmatt.com>
> To: astro-photo@seds.org <astro-photo@seds.org>
> Date: Saturday, January 04, 2003 6:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [APML] A sad Time best picture
>
>
> >At 15:11 04-01-03 -0500, Jerry Lodriguss wrote:
> >>Hi Mike,
> >>
> >>I heard about this.
> >>
> >>It's just more proof of the decline and fall of western civilization as
> precipitated by the unbridled greed of the corporations who in their
> commitment solely to the bottom line hire inexperienced and uneducated
> editors because they can pay them bottom dollar.
> >>
> >>Jerry
> >
> >I agree completely. A surprising number of "educated people" don't
> understand that the Earth rotates, or why seasons occur, or even what a
> galaxy is in the most basic sense. Most people also don't known that the
> continents move slowly, or what viruses are, or what PH is, or how an
> aerofoil works, or what's the difference between DC and AC current, or
what
> a watt is...
> >--
> >Matt BenDaniel
> >matt@starmatt.com
> >http://starmatt.com
> >
> >
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