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How a telescope forum feud ended with prison time
The Verge ^ | Dec 10, 2018, 9:56am EST | By Adi Robertson

Posted on 04/23/2019 4:47:28 AM PDT by vannrox

Edited on 04/23/2019 8:30:59 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

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To: Wuli

Those that prey on the vulnerable are about as low as they get.


41 posted on 04/23/2019 6:55:45 AM PDT by wally_bert (Disc jockeys are as interchangeable as spark plugs.)
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To: vannrox

Later


42 posted on 04/23/2019 7:06:08 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
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To: vannrox
I was just pissed,” he told his visitors — one from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and another from the Los Angeles Police Department. “I just went up in, just the heat of the moment.”

No matter how friendly they seem, no matter what subject they might want to chat about, NEVER talk to FBI or police. Most ESPECIALLY, never hand them a confession.

Youtube: A law professor explains why you should never talk to police

43 posted on 04/23/2019 7:12:07 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 ("Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." -- Voltaire)
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To: BraveMan

GOOD GOD IN HEAVEN!!!!!!!!!

How can one get uglier?!!?


44 posted on 04/23/2019 7:13:20 AM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR)
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To: Larry Lucido

“I bought her a harp for Christmas”

“She asked me what it was...”

what a GREAT movie.

no, the worst lol!!


45 posted on 04/23/2019 7:14:46 AM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR)
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To: vannrox

Reflector v. Refractor. It can get heated.


46 posted on 04/23/2019 7:23:01 AM PDT by Vinnie
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To: vannrox

too much time spent looking at uranus!


47 posted on 04/23/2019 7:31:19 AM PDT by 2nd Amendment
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To: vannrox

Would not surprise me to find out that past DOS attacks on FR were instigated by a Zotee.


48 posted on 04/23/2019 7:31:31 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: dp0622
I could NEVER imagine being angry enough on any website to attack it with porn or anything else.

Used to happen right here at FR back in the early-mid 2000s

49 posted on 04/23/2019 7:32:54 AM PDT by Roccus (When you talk to a politician...ANY politician...always say, "Remember Ceausescu")
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To: vannrox; Admin Moderator

““Mods and admins can’t stop me!””

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Oh! How many times have I said that! (Only to get stopped by a Time Out).


50 posted on 04/23/2019 7:48:55 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd ( Import the third world and you'll become the third world.)
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To: vannrox

“Look, losing money sucks. Having my business down for a few weeks sucks. Not knowing what’s going to happen because you have no income coming in to pay people’s salaries sucks,” says Bieler. “Losing two years of your life because you did something dumb sucks worse.”

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Yeah? I don’t think so. You screw me over and cost me and others our income - I hope you go to jail.


51 posted on 04/23/2019 7:53:05 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd ( Import the third world and you'll become the third world.)
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To: ratzoe

I have never been on any site that was infested by so many pompous, condescending jerks.

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Welcome to Free Republic jerkwad.

(just kidding!)


52 posted on 04/23/2019 7:55:03 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd ( Import the third world and you'll become the third world.)
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To: vannrox

“I made zero income. It was almost nonexistent.”


Yeah, zero is like that. LOL


53 posted on 04/23/2019 7:56:42 AM PDT by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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To: ratzoe

Typical internet forum. Jerks in all of them, yes even FR.


54 posted on 04/23/2019 7:56:56 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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To: Responsibility2nd
Welcome to Free Republic jerkwad.

Best laugh I've had today...lol
55 posted on 04/23/2019 8:04:03 AM PDT by ratzoe
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To: dp0622
"If I ever get mad enough on FR, I MIGHT post a picture of me in a speedo. :)"

If you can't do the time, don't do the crime.


56 posted on 04/23/2019 8:15:52 AM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
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To: Conan the Librarian

I use binoculars for quick viewing.

One thing I need to get is a camera for my celestron scope.


57 posted on 04/23/2019 9:10:22 AM PDT by wally_bert (Disc jockeys are as interchangeable as spark plugs.)
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To: Conan the Librarian

What would the top telescope be in a 100K collection?


58 posted on 04/23/2019 9:15:12 AM PDT by ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton (Go Egypt on 0bama)
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To: ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton

For easy transport a 25inch Obsession Dob. You can get bigger, but, you’d need to mount it on a trailer. I know of a guy who has a 36inch and have heard of a guy with a 75inch. Both need big flatbeds to transport.

I’ve a buddy with a 22inch Obsession. He has a small trailer he carries it in. Takes him about 1/2 hour to assemble it, and, he’s been doing it for years. It takes me about 10 minutes to assemble my 12.5, and, I could carry it in my Vue.

If he had a few refractors it might push the price up. Refractors are expensive for the aperture. I’ve a 5inch that cost the same as 10-12 inch scopes are going now.

Another thing could be solar scopes. They are VERY expensive for the aperture. And CCD cameras, processors and the like. You can spend a LOT of money on telescope equipment.

Personally, I go used, but, the 5inch I bought new because my wife insisted I get one that I can transport on the boat. I hope to get to use it when out on an island somewhere.


59 posted on 04/23/2019 10:40:55 AM PDT by Conan the Librarian (The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
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To: wally_bert

Have you looked at “Backyard Astronomy” on the Facebook? There are a LOT of amateur astronomy photographers that hang out there. May be able to help you with a set up.

I don’t do astro photography myself.


60 posted on 04/23/2019 10:44:28 AM PDT by Conan the Librarian (The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
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