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Posts Made By: James McSheehy

April 4, 2009 02:31 PM Forum: Equipment Talk

Insuring Equipment

Posted By James McSheehy
Many companies will insure specialized equipment under a rider to the homeowner's policy and this is usually the least expensive option. For replaceable optics just tell them it is photographic equipment as most agents have no clue when it comes to telescopes or astronomy. Rare and one of a kind gear has to be described exactly, and you may have trouble getting coverage unless it is secured and protected.

April 7, 2009 12:39 PM Forum: Telescope Making

Calipers & Micrometers

Posted By James McSheehy
If you want to measure a part to three decimal places of accuracy, then you need a caliper or micrometer that reads at least four decimal places. Good, fast, cheap, pick any two.

April 10, 2009 07:36 PM Forum: Politics

This is shocking...

Posted By James McSheehy
Our problem in the United States is an increasingly ignorant electorate, and creeping democracy, which is seen as good, positive, and above all "fair".

"A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government.

A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always vote for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship"
-- Alexander Tyler, 1787

The first part sounds eerily familiar, doesn't it?

April 19, 2009 04:09 PM Forum: Politics

What was gained?

Posted By James McSheehy
Believe it or not, the far left holds more anger now than before the election. They saw Obama as someone who would advance their agenda without question, and his actions like expanding the war and dealing with the banks are seen as a slap in the face, a betrayal of their support. Release of these interrogation memos and media are a bone tossed to the howling dog, lest it try to bite some other part of Obama's anatomy.

May 16, 2009 04:37 PM Forum: Politics

What are my options ?

Posted By James McSheehy
Short of first degree murder captured on video, U.S. Senators are immune from prosecution by the federal government. Persecution is another story... smile

May 21, 2009 01:11 PM Forum: Astro-Physics

305F3.8 Honders first image

Posted By James McSheehy
Beautiful image, and IC 1296 is sitting there plain as day. Does anyone make a large CCD with pixels small enough to take advantage of the wide field capabilities of this scope?

June 3, 2009 02:58 PM Forum: Meade

hall effect transistor LX200

Posted By James McSheehy
The bracket was probably made by Meade and then the sensor was attached to it. If you can separate it and get the part number of the attached Hall sensor, there are many sources for those (Digi-Key, Mouser Electronics, Newark Electronics, etc.). Another possibility is to see if Meade tech support will divulge the actual part number. If it's an obsolete part and they have no spares to sell, they might do that for you.

June 18, 2009 09:36 PM Forum: Politics

Food for thought...

Posted By James McSheehy
Every resource has a finite supply, and every need (aka demand) has some cost associated with it. The best, most efficient way we know to match supply and demand is through the actions of a free marketplace where buyers and sellers interact to set a price and conduct business.

Socialism usually sets aside the market and attempts to replace it with bureaucratic edict. History teaches that the socialist method does not work efficiently, and it stops working completely when the bureaucrats run out of money - typically money they have taken from others.

June 20, 2009 05:48 PM Forum: Astro-Physics

Globular cluster PAL 11 in Aql

Posted By James McSheehy
A beautiful image, but what caused the diffraction spikes?

July 19, 2009 11:16 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Solar System

Black impact mark on Jupiter

Posted By James McSheehy
Outstanding work Anthony! It will be interesting to see how this story unfolds.

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