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Re: KLIC: <telescope>wIj chu'
- From: Qov <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: KLIC: <telescope>wIj chu'
- Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 14:50:26 -0800
lab tuv'el
> KLIC: <telescope>wIj chu'
>
><telescope> chu' vIghaj.
>tagha' vIghajmo' jISey.
Doj. Daqmey'e' not Suchpu'bogh Humanpu' DaleghlaH.
[Impressive. You can see places that humans have never visited.]
>wej vI' cha' vagh 'uj jan 'oH 'ej cha'maH jav 'uj 'aD.
<telescope>vaD juvmeH mI'mey vISovbe', 'ach mI'mey ghoHmeH neH jangmo'
latlhpu' Do'Ha'.
[I don't know the numbers for measuring telescopes, but it's unfortunate
that others responded only to dispute numbers.]
pov QInlIj 'ej Daj.
[Your message is excellent and interesting.]
>chaq loQ mach, 'ach machqu'be.
chorgh ben Hov bejmeH yaHDaq jIvum.
[Eight years ago I worked at a star watching duty station (an observatory).]
pa' cha' <telescope> tIn tu'lu'.
[There were two large telescopes there.]
not yon QulwI'.
[Researchers are never satified.]
not tlhoy tIn <telescope>.
[A telescope is never too big.]
not tlhoy Hurgh ram.
[The sky is never too dark.]
not tlhoy HoSghaj De'wI'.
[The computers are never too powerful.]
not Hovmey 'Iq leghlaH.
[They can never see too many stars.]
>ram Hoch, Daqmey tamchuqtaHvIS <Jupiter> maSmey, vIbejtaH.
qaStaHvIS yInwIj, wa' maS neH vIleghpu'.
[In my life, I have only seen one moon.]
><Saturn> bavbogh DI gho vIleghta'.
DI ghomey DatoghlaH'a'?
[Can you count the rings?]
luchevlu', qar'a'?
[They are separated, right?]
><Venus> muD 'engmey vIleghta'.
tIDel. chIS'a'? ghor luHuvHa'chu''a'? vIH'a'?
[Describe them. Are they white? Do they completely obscure the planetary
surface? Do they move?]
>yuQ'a' <Uranus> vInejlI'.
DaqDaj Delbogh De' Daghaj'a'? DaqDaj DaSIm'a'? chay' nejmeH Daq DawIv?
[Do you have data that describes its location? Do you calculate its
location? How do you select a place to look?]
>tugh ghopDap vItu' 'e' vInID.
chu'wI' DaSamchugh DaponglaH, qar'a'?
[If you finda new one you can name it, right?]
>ghaytan jIQap.
DoS yIQIp.
[uhh ... how to translate half of an aphorism? Maybe I'll cite Yoda. "Do
or do not."]
Qov