The dream was really about the Evil Empire. Not about astro.
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Phil Chambers [ptchamb@No-Spam] (S.F. Bay Area - Calif. USA)
On Mon, 14 Apr 2003, Richard Ozer wrote:
> This is somewhat off-topic; but it was observing related.
>
> Last night I dreamt that I was variable star observing with my 10" dob and was suddenly unable to see any 7th magnitude stars. I
> could see 4th, 5th and 6th magnitude just fine; and I had no trouble seeing 8th and 9th magnitude. But, all the 7th magnitude stars
> were GONE!
>
> I was really freaking out in my dream and I methodically came to the conclusion that it had something to do with the Windows XP
> laptop I was using as digital setting circles. In the dream, I called my brother (who works for Microsoft) and he immediatly told
> me that it was a known bug and that I needed to edit the registry to bring back the 7th magnitude stars!
>
> I think I'm working too hard.....
>
> RO
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