> From: starbug_56
> When I saw the posting about the alleged renaming of the
> BRRR, I assumed it was just a smarmy joke. You know, like
> April Fool but in July.
That's what I thought. Everybody was up in arms about it, then I posted
"hey, guys, this doesn't sound too legit", and the thread died almost as
if I had invoked Mr. Godwin.
> Or, if it *is* true, what is this Stupid Harebrained Idiotic
> Technique supposed to prove?
A guy I know submitted an abstract to an American Astronomical Society
meeting ... they have more than enough room for all posters that people
want to present, so nothing submitted by a member is rejected. It was
for the 'new technology telescopes' session, and he talked about the
Super Huge Interferometric Telescope. Buy 100,000 Edmund Astroscans
(small, inexpensive 4" -- but decent -- telescope that a lot of rank
beginning amateurs have) and combine them into an array. You have more
collecting area than a lot of Kecks!
Doug, who's waiting for radio astronomers to build the RBFA, the
Really Big F***in' Array.