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Theophilous Thunderwulf says: What have you done to fuck with people? Was it a long, carefully planned piece of psychological warfare, or do you favour quick, off-the-cuff comments that confuse the terminally gullible? Have you been dicked with, and only realised many years later? Are you being dicked right now? Tell us everything.

(, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 11:25)
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Am I right in thinking that astronomical telescopes aren't much use for spying?
Cos they turn the images upside down?

Or was someone messing with my head?
(, Fri 13 Jan 2012, 10:56, 2 replies)

No, you're correct.

Terrestrial telescopes, on the other hand, reverse the image left-to-right, so that what you see in the telescope is the mirror image of what you're looking at.
(, Fri 13 Jan 2012, 14:06, closed)
Harsh
Very very harsh.

But still funny.
(, Fri 13 Jan 2012, 16:23, closed)
It's true
Putting the image right way up needs an extra lens or an extra mirror, and in astronomical telescopes you don't want to waste even a tiny bit of light with unnecessary refraction or reflection.
(, Sat 14 Jan 2012, 21:15, closed)

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