*** IceInSpace 1st Birthday Competition! ** Answers Released **

iceman (Mike) · #1 01-09-2005, 06:11 AM

On the 9th of September 2005, IceInSpace will be 1 year old! To celebrate this special occassion we will be having a competition open to IceInSpace members. The competition is kindly supported by Bintel, Eddie Trimarchi and Australian Sky & Telescope.

There are over $500 worth of prizes on offer and to enter, all you have to do is be an IceInSpace Forum member (register here) and answer 30 quiz style questions before 5pm the 23rd September 2005 AEST.

The competition will be officially launched on IceInSpace's 1st birthday which will be at 9am on the 9th of September 2005 AEST, at which time the questions will be posted and you can start researching!

For more information, including details of the prizes on offer and the important competition rules, can be found here on the Competition Page. Please be sure to read the rules carefully to ensure your entry is valid and eligible to win the great prizes!

Thankyou to our supporters, and we welcome all new members to be part of our 1st birthday celebrations!

Discussions about the competition, questions etc, please keep to this thread.

davidpretorius · #2 01-09-2005, 06:39 AM

happy birthday for the upcoming and a great idea!

8 sleeps to go!!!

just like xmas!

9am launch, it is unfair, who looks at this website whilst at work????

not me...., well sometimes...., well alot!!!

it is not my fault that i have set the system to send me instant email when a thread is added to. it is not my fault that i immediately drop everything and read the thread........it is simply not my fault that i am addicted......!!!

ps:

just had a funny image of mike at 9:01am trying to keep ahead of the 200 private message limit as we start flooding his private mail inbox.

h0ughy (David) · #3 01-09-2005, 07:35 AM

Congratulations Mike et al. what a way to celebrate a milestone!!

questions sample:

1. How many administrators does it take to change a light globe?

2. Name the founding member of Ice in Space?

3. From question 2, what is his favourite hobbie?

4. What time of day is it called when the sun sets?

5. Spell Nagler!

6. What is the name of the telescope that Mike uses?

7. If an astronomer had a 12"Dob, 16"SCT, 20"RC, 10"SN, ED110, and a CaK90, how many telescopes does he actually own?

8. From question 7, how many extra friends would he have?

9. Name one annoying source of water?

10. how many questions have you answered correctly?

Starkler (Geoff) · #4 01-09-2005, 07:51 AM

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Originally Posted by h0ughy

Congratulations Mike et al. what a way to celebrate a milestone!!

Indeed Houghy

I especially like this bit

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The competition is open to all IceInSpace Forum registered members, including the moderators. The moderators are volunteers and have had no involvement in organising this competition, so they are eligible to enter.

[1ponders] (Paul) · #5 01-09-2005, 08:59 AM

Me too Geoff

Robby · #6 01-09-2005, 09:09 AM

Nice initiative Mike. Congats on the tremendous growth of this site. It's a credit you you & your teams efforts!
Still the best astro forum on the planet.

Robby · #7 01-09-2005, 09:10 AM

Although I assume Kiwi's are eligible to enter? Even if we beat you in Rugby this weekend?

ving (David) · #8 01-09-2005, 09:25 AM

so many people upso early!!!

congrats mike. gee it doesnt seem like a year, feel like this place has been going for a few years.

kiwis' should be allowed, they're choice mate, fully sick!

Thiink · #9 01-09-2005, 10:18 AM

Wow, what a way to celebrate a birthday! I have to ask, though, don't you normally celebrate a birthday by getting people to give you gifts? :p

The site has grown a lot in one year, you must be proud Mike!

chunkylad (David) · #10 01-09-2005, 11:11 AM

Congrats Mike

Great site mate. I suppose there haven't been too many websites that I simply 'must' vist first, last and during each day, so I guess I have to admit I'm an addict too..........

Good onya Mike. Keep it up. One of THE best home-grown Aussie resources ever. Oh, and thanx for organising a competition for US to win!!!!

Cheers

Dave W

seeker372011 (Narayan) · #11 01-09-2005, 11:31 AM

I think Houghy should be allowed to make up the questions, I'd have a chance of winning then

wow has it really been only 12 new moons?

slice of heaven · #12 01-09-2005, 11:36 AM

Shouldn't that be 13 new moons seeker?

Striker (Tony) · #13 01-09-2005, 11:40 AM

Way to go Mike.....I bet this has out weighed your Forum expectations from a year ago.

If a Moderators wins....I'm claiming rigged.....If I win I'm also claiming rigged....lol

Good luck to all.

P.S Mike I like red cars and it must have tint.

mojo (Terry) · #14 01-09-2005, 11:55 AM

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just had a funny image of mike at 9:01am trying to keep ahead of the 200 private message limit as we start flooding his private mail inbox.

hehe. I would have paid to see that! It's ok, there are limits and then there are limits

Anyway, you should realise by now that it would take more than a flood to stop Mike talking

Good luck to everyone! They should be eeeeasy questions for such a knowledgable group of astronomers

[1ponders] (Paul) · #15 01-09-2005, 12:09 PM

C'mon Tony. Put your 20Da up for 4th prize

Starkler (Geoff) · #16 01-09-2005, 04:02 PM

Have you factored in postage costs if someone who can see polaris wins?

Rodstar (Rod) · #17 01-09-2005, 09:21 PM

Anniversaries provide a good time to reflect on the past and plan the future (my wife and I recently went to Tassie to celebrate our 12th anniversary!)

Regarding the past, I'm so fortunate to have stumbled across this site in January 2005. Had I not, then I would:

1. Be struggling with a C11-SGT rather than my almost dummy-proof LX200
2. Have no idea how to use a microfocuser
3. Have no clue about collimation
4. Consider astronomy a lonely sport
5. Have never have been to a star party
6. Know several less Kiwis (Hi Robby!)
7. Have an extra 30 minutes every second day
8. Never have met the "Kulnura Gang", some of whom I am proud to call "friends"

Regarding the future, I am very intrigued to wonder:

1. How many IIS members there will be in another year?
2. When the IIS Political Party will be founded, and what the hell its policies would be, other than strict light pollution regulations enforced under martial law
3. When all astronomical societies in Australia and New Zealand will fold in favour of all amateur astronomers joining IIS
4. When Mike's wife is going to put her foot and down, and tell Mike, "This has all gotten too far out of hand!"?

I for one will be raising a glass (or beer bottle) on Saturday night to honour this fantastic site, and all who contribute to make it what it is.

atalas · #18 01-09-2005, 09:38 PM

Boy I just don't know what to say really ,but a big congrats to the founding member and his helpers and all the IceInSpace members who make this site what It is !
I'm looking forward to celebrating IIS birthday on Saturday night with a great bunch of people who get out to Kulnura . To tell you the truth I feel like I celebrate the existence of this site every meet.
Good luck in the competition averyone !

Louie

gaa_ian (Ian) · #19 01-09-2005, 09:47 PM

To Celebrate the upcoming birthday I will make this my 500th post ...

Iceinspace rules ....

davidpretorius · #20 01-09-2005, 10:26 PM

here here Rod, nicely said!!

Hey everyone, lets tell asimov that asimovtares needs splitting again and andromeda and saturn need close scrutiny, so that asimovs usual sleep time of 5 am to 8:30 am might get extended to say 9:15!

he is so gonna whip my butt with the answers off the top of his head along with a few others. I will need til the end of sept i reckon