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Old 20-02-2009, 12:05 PM
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Big Scope sculpture
Anyone know the background to this?
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Old 20-02-2009, 12:13 PM
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Interesting image Terry,

Only thing I can come up with is that it could be the guide scope for Houghy's new rig.

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Old 20-02-2009, 02:16 PM
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Wow, that's a great looking sculpture.
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Old 20-02-2009, 02:21 PM
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Wow imaging having a scope of that size, very nice piece of work.

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Old 20-02-2009, 02:53 PM
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here is some info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telectroscope




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Old 21-02-2009, 07:42 AM
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A very interesting writeup. Thanks for the link DJDD.

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Old 21-02-2009, 01:28 PM
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yep thats big alright
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Old 21-02-2009, 04:13 PM
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good write up on the future of internet in the 1800s....cheers Kev.
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