The Sunset on Mars picture is stunning. Thanks for the link. Also it is quite a feat of engineering I think too. For them to last this long on another world is amazing.

Oh hell I don't understand why we even have home-ec anyways. When I took it back in 7th and 8th grade I knew everything anyways. My parents taught me to sew and cook and clean for myself. The stupid robo-baby was a completely ignorant idea because it did not act like a real baby, having been around my cousins when they were born, I think 4 of the 8. The robo-babies act nothing like real ones and provided. The sad thing is I lived in the dorms my first year of college and there were people who did not know how to wash their own laundry or cook scrambled eggs at our omelet bar we had so the whole idea of it is wasted and unnecessary. I'd love to see the person that says "Oh thank god for home-ec other wise I'd never have known what a baby would have been like." End rant...

See I look at it like this. I can watch on hulu after some time currently. Fox series are like 8 days after the air date, ABC, NBC, and SYFY are like the next day. If they are willing to cut the commercials down by half 4 total commercials becomes 2 total over a 42 minute episode. At the current lengths they have, 30 second ads stay as 30 second ads, 15s stay as 15s, ect. Also have the episodes up within an hour or two the air date on TV then I'd be willing to pay like 5-10/month. But I doubt that will happen so I'm just going to have to torrent them I guess.

Astronomy Picture of the Day has a copy of it on their website too. http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090926.html

Wait a second... Where are you getting a 20x and 30x eyepiece from? It has the parts to make a 20mm eyepiece that gives you 25x with the focal length (500mm) and a 2x baralow which makes the eyepiece function as if it was 10mm or you had a 1000mm focal length telescope depending on how you see it. Then the 18x correct view eyepiece is another configuration.

I just got mine last weekend and they are very cool little telescopes. Although the day after I got it we have had clouds almost all night every night, so no star gazing for me...

making money from the book store like that is always a treat. I've done that once with a book and got back $10 more than I paid for it. Although I still paid something like 70 buck for the book so I was still pissed that it cost me that much.

Ya 10 years ago is pretty dated for college courses now. My local community college charges 131/credit hour. 3 hour course costs you 393 plus your books and any fees you might have to pay. And well books are a entirely different monster to deal with. My world religions class I'm taking has two books, one for 98 and the other was 70 and I could not find them online used.

I actually had a class that dealt with workplace harassment and discrimination, and sexual orientation is not protected under any of the laws. Although it should be but it is a common mistake many people think.

At which time you get a BSOD your car crashes into a building and your computer explodes killing you and everyone in a 10 block radius...

Ooops I meant Star Ocean 2: The Second Story. Thanks for the catch.