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Postby EricTheFred » Thu Apr 17, 2008 9:49 am

But Mom! It's not a geek toy! It's eductional!!

http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/956a/

Okay, if you're not an astronomy geek like me, it might not be quite as fascinating to you, but for me, this is so cool, I may have to get one, too. The wife will be greatly displeased, though, unless I can get her to believe it's for our kids...
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Postby Doubleshadow » Thu Apr 17, 2008 10:02 am

That is all kinds of awesome! Super expensive, but all kinds of awesome!
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Postby minakichan » Thu Apr 17, 2008 1:06 pm

I was just wondering why they don't have this already.
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Postby Technomancer » Thu Apr 17, 2008 1:21 pm

EricTheFred (post: 1218060) wrote:But Mom! It's not a geek toy! It's eductional!!

http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/956a/

Okay, if you're not an astronomy geek like me, it might not be quite as fascinating to you, but for me, this is so cool, I may have to get one, too. The wife will be greatly displeased, though, unless I can get her to believe it's for our kids...


It's neat, but it's more educational to properly figure out the position from the right ascension and declination yourself.
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Postby EricTheFred » Thu Apr 17, 2008 2:53 pm

Technomancer (post: 1218124) wrote:It's neat, but it's more educational to properly figure out the position from the right ascension and declination yourself.


Shhh, not so loud!... the wife might hear you!
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Postby Sohma » Thu Apr 17, 2008 2:58 pm

I think I want one. Not because of it's finely programmed smarts or fancy sci-fi movies appearence. No. I want one because the discription was greatly ammusing.
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Postby Tsukuyomi » Thu Apr 17, 2008 3:16 pm

It helps me see stars (not in that sense of the phrase). Therefore, I want one \o.o/

That's not likely to happen, but. .who knows ^_^
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Postby Warrior4Christ » Thu Apr 17, 2008 3:27 pm

That's not a Global Positioning System.. it's a Universal Positioning System!
Everywhere like such as, and MOES.

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Postby Tsukuyomi » Thu Apr 17, 2008 4:21 pm

Tis of the next level ^__^
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