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To: Joana Tides who wrote (6598)	12/20/1999 9:21:00 AM
From: Blue Snowshoe	Respond to of 7442

Grub 6600, be back later. 909S2ALL, BLUE

To: Joana Tides who wrote (6598)	12/20/1999 10:22:00 AM
From: Blue Snowshoe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7442

Joan other Techriders, you are missing some real fun. It seems when trying to figure out if I beat Harmon for the year (yes I did) I found out things didn't add up on his score card. Techriders go back and look at WHAT Steve Harmon picked and WHEN and you will see what I did. I'm shocked. Even more shocked that SI seems to be a part of it (eg SI did the editing, SI promotes Steve and thus itself, so does CNBC). This is a good "Whodoneit". Take a look at the pick Ten on this list and you make the call. BTW,Steve used Clinton language and did answer the questions so I made the issues a little clearer to him Message 12336224 909S2ALL, BLUE Ex.A : Subject 25566

To: Joana Tides who wrote (6598)	12/22/1999 5:19:00 PM
From: Hansi	Respond to of 7442

Techriders, For those of you in southern Texas during next week...(this may apply to only those in Houston, Austin...) impress the in-laws on Christmas Eve by pointing out Santa and his reindeer as they trek across the evening sky (mated Discover/Hubble sightings). Pick a day, follow the instructions, hope for good weather, and get your eyes adjusted to the dark. Once you spot it coming at you at close to 5 miles per second, make sure all the easy-to-impress friends/relatives are standing around, then point up while yawning, and casually exclaim either (a) "there goes Santa!!!" (if the bystanders are really young), or (b) "there goes that Shuttle with that telescope thingamajingy again, just like clockwork - what was that, the tenth time tonight?". There may be an on-line source to find viewing data from any point in the U.S. - I'll look for that. ----------------------------- Here is how you read the numbers below (let's use Dec 22 as an example): STEP 1: 19:38 (261) tells you when and where to start looking about 5-7 minutes BEFORE the best time. The 19:38 is EST, and 261 is the number of degrees from North - since all "start looking" headings are about 270 degrees for all days, that means START looking WEST for any day this week. STEP 2: The second set of 3 numbers tell you when, in what direction, and how high up to look at the BEST time to see (note that the BEST time is about 7 or so minutes after the START time, so be patient): 19:45 (174, 73) means start looking at 19:45 EST to 174 degrees (almost due South), and look up about 73 degrees above the horizon (about 73 of 90, i.e. 3/4 up). Note that all BEST headings are around 180 degrees, so at the BEST time, turn to look south and up for all days next week. DRIVE-THROUGH INSTRUCTIONS: Pick a day IF you are in the South Texas area (this may work for Austin as well, just look a little lower in the sky), pick the FIRST time (EST), look WEST near the horizon. Gradually start turning to the South and start looking half-way up, ESPECIALLY at the SECOND time (EST). ----------------------------- Dec 22: 19:38 (261) >>> 19:45 (174, ^73) Dec 23: 19:48 (267) >>> 19:55 (179, ^77) Dec 24: 19:58 (271) >>> 20:05 (185, ^73) Dec 25: 20:09 (273) >>> 20:16 (191, ^62) Dec 26: 18:36 (268) >>> 18:43 (183, ^76) Dec 27: 18:47 (272) >>> 18:53 (188, ^69)