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Posts Made By: Rex Cox

August 28, 2007 07:34 PM Forum: Sports

Joey Harrington might work out...

Posted By Rex Cox
Lee Spain said:

Joey Harrington looked pretty good in the preseason game against the Bengals last night. He might work out o.k. for the Falcons. 8)

But, I must say the whole Monday Night Football / Lunar Eclipse conjunction was brutal. wink

He did look pretty sharp. As much as the guys in the booth were talking about Vick, you almost wouldn't know there was a game going on.

September 2, 2007 08:35 PM Forum: Sports

Appalachian State beats Michigan!

Posted By Rex Cox
Lee Spain said:

For the first time ever, a I-AA team has beaten a ranked BCS candidate I-A sports program. I've always wondered if a small school could knock off a big school in a "tune up" game. What a nightmare for Michigan fans and an amazing feat for a small sports program!

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/si_blogs/football/ncaa/2007/09/mother-of-all-upsets.html

Michigan's special teams really let them down. Appalachia State showed up to play, and Michigan didn't, thinking it was going to be a typical first-game-of-the-season warm-up game blow out. I think Oklahoma had the same mindset going into the OU-Boise State game during the past bowl season.

No matter how well Michigan does the rest of the year, their season will be defined by that first game.

September 7, 2007 10:27 AM Forum: Star Parties

Okie-Tex - not too early to start talking about it

Posted By Rex Cox
I'm in. I went for the first time last year and had a blast. Made the hike to Black Mesa, and it liked to have killed me. I plan on making it an annual event.

September 10, 2007 02:47 AM Forum: Sports

Michigan and Notre Dame

Posted By Rex Cox
Ed Meissler said:

Michigan and Notre Dame both 0-2 -- What's up here? Looks like they didn't want to win!!!!

Last week, I thought the loss to Appalachian State had to be a fluke. Not now.

September 12, 2007 09:27 PM Forum: CCD Imaging and Processing/Deep Sky

*** M33 - The Pinwheel Galaxy - from Utah ***

Posted By Rex Cox


What ain't to like? Gorgeous shot, Tyler! Nice work.

September 17, 2007 03:18 AM Forum: AstroMart FAQ

How do I 'shrink' pictures to upload

Posted By Rex Cox
Dan McConaughy said:

I get an error message telling me my picture is too large. Someone told me to email the pictures to myself and that would shrink them, but it didn't work.

I take pics with a digital camera and they are jpg files.

Please help.

Thanks,

Dan McConaughy

Dan,

Microsoft has a utility on their Powertoy site called image resizer that will let you resize your pictures for emailing and uploading. After it is installed, all you have to do is right click on your image and select the resize option. It's a small file to download, so it won't take long. Here is the link.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

Rex

September 20, 2007 01:05 PM Forum: Eyepieces

Orion Dumping the 2" Optiluxe's for $89 + sh as of

Posted By Rex Cox
randy cordell said:

If you didn't know, some of you might like to....I used a 40mm briefly in my 10" f4.7 newt and it was amazing.... These were $149.00 + SH

Randy,

Was it pretty well corrected for coma? Might be good to get to use as star party eyepieces.

Rex

October 3, 2007 12:58 PM Forum: Ask rating questions here

ratings

Posted By Rex Cox
On the left side of the screen under 'my account', click on 'account menu'. Then, scroll down to 'ratings' and click on 'unused ratings'. There will be a listing of all the people you are authorized to rate.

October 25, 2007 04:25 PM Forum: Beginning Astronomy?

6" OR 8"?

Posted By Rex Cox
Here's my two-cents worth.

I'm with those who say go with the 8" if you can handle it fairly easily. Personally, I feel that there is a quite a noticable difference in the views between the 6 and the 8, and it's a little more comfortable to use. Plus, the 8 will let you use 2" eyepieces. The Orion 6" only accepts 1.25" eyepieces.

November 27, 2007 05:36 PM Forum: Sports

And the NCAA Football National Champion will be?

Posted By Rex Cox
Oklahoma will beat Missouri this weekend, Ohio State will move into the #2 spot, then win the national championship.

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