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by Starlake
Mon Nov 06, 2006 6:11 am
Forum: Stardust@home Community
Topic: Where are the signed up members from?
Replies: 286
Views: 585751

I'm from the Netherlands.
by Starlake
Fri Oct 06, 2006 5:24 am
Forum: Stardust@home Community
Topic: How many Mensans around here?
Replies: 16
Views: 29134

I've checked some internet sources (I can't remember were I had read about those female assistants for the first time, but it must have been some 20 years ago), and the aforementioned astronomer might have been Edward C. Pickering, director of the Harvard College Observatory from 1876 to 1919. He hi...
by Starlake
Sun Oct 01, 2006 9:28 am
Forum: Stardust@home Community
Topic: How many Mensans around here?
Replies: 16
Views: 29134

Manson, Mensans — now that's a great joke. - But, speaking of generalizations: I've heard that one famous astronomer — whose name I've forgotten, of course — preferred working with women assistants, because they were more accurate when it came to sorting out stars or galaxies or whatever. Maybe beca...
by Starlake
Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:14 pm
Forum: Stardust@home Community
Topic: StarDust World Map
Replies: 20
Views: 34361

Nice idea. Didn't know this existed.
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I'd rather that they named an entire galaxy after me, but a dustparticle is a start... :wink: