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Old 21-11-2011, 08:07 PM
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xkcd - better late than never!

From Friday:

http://xkcd.com/979/

I propose, for the sake of new backyard astronomers the world over, that we start utilising the suggested globally-editable sticky on all long help threads: "DEAR PEOPLE FROM THE FUTURE: Here's what we've figured out so far..."

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Old 21-11-2011, 08:57 PM
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I run into this often at work!

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Old 21-11-2011, 09:06 PM
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At least it isnt a problem we have here at IIS. If you dont get an answer, you will at least get a funny comment.
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Old 21-11-2011, 09:09 PM
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I thought there was a sweet symmetry - while we're collecting photons from the past, we can leave messages for the future. Tricky!
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