SingAstro

Gary, I warned you about the first row part :P Yea, the side seats are very inconducive for viewing. The 3d effect will look slightly distorted because 3d glasses assume some viewing angle in order to make it work. It'll be bearable for short (~1hr) movies, but after that it starts to get you and yo...

Lunar eclipse is not like solar eclipse, it is naturally long over a few hours from first to last contact.. No point bothering about the length of totality. In fact, a longer totality means you're gonna sit around waiting longer to see the next contact. I was at SSC yesternight. Rain came at 3+, hal...

XP Mode is just an emulator of Windows XP itself. Most likely there won't be problems, but no guarantees.

Singapore is extremely meritocratic. Formal channels are definitely the best ways to go, so if you're referring to private schools that offer IB/etc, I'm not sure if NUS will accept them. But NUS High School is also an accepted formal channel to bring your kid into NUS, so theoretically neither JC r...

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After conversion (even with the low USD now), you'll still not get a better rate than buying in Singapore, because what you're buying is so small that the shipping cost will dominate. Also, you can't verify the quality of the stuff before it is back in Singapore, and your friend may not know how to ...

The list shows a mak127 and an etx105. how can your scope get laughed at? Bring la..

Remus, Nusas will be at ECP C4/D1 this friday for overnight too! I'll be there with them.

Seems like we're kinda fixed on just the stargazing component. Any exhibition/other stuff like A2008 or SingastroFest2004? Coinciding with an astro event is good, but probably not required. I have a fun (and crazy) idea - we can do a day's worth of solar ob flash-mob style. If we've got enough volun...

Chris: Please give me the access to the backend. You can pm or email it to me, at evozong [at] gmail. I can do the installation. I won't touch the current root directories, I'll just create a clone in a subdirectory and work from there so this forum can continue. When I'm done, I will then move us a...