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(meteorobs) Lew's Levy and high priced editorials
At 12:00 PM 2/14/98 -0500, you wrote:
>This is in direct contradiction to those high-sounding editorials by David
>Levy and the editors in the latest Sky & Telescope! These were to the
>effect that we poor, childish amateurs must restrain ourselves from
>communicating late breaking observations via email, until our betters, the
>professional community (and presumably the print media like S&T) were able
>to officially bless them!
>
>Well, so much for "golden fingers"... ;> Comments on that topic are
>certainly welcome! I was so incensed by Mr. Levy's attitude - at one point
>comparing supernova and comet hunting to some kind of amateur sporting
>event - that I've had a mind to draft a reply ever since. Any ammunition
>(or reality checks!) relating to this topic would therefore be mighty
>helpful... :)
Howdy Lew,
Those "high-sounding" S & T editorials fit perfectly with their
newly-increased, "high-sounding" subscription prices!!
-Mark
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