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Michael A. Stecker
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Today I work on Oracle Database 10g but in the past my specialty was designing and tuning the Oracle Rdb database. As a consultant within the development team, I was fortunate to have worked on many systems that you probably use daily and take for granted. It can be very interesting seeing what goes on behind the scenes. My Ph.D. was awarded by Southampton University in the UK for research into a software tool which automated the process of creating a CODASYL database from the conceptual stage through to physical design. Just remember that whenever somebody tells you the computer did it, it only does what a human told it to do!
************************************** The Meade ETX/EC-90 , is
ideal for travelling and I have taken mine on several business trips which
enabled me to see the transit of Mercury. Under clear skies, the views in
the ETX are great and I highly recommend it. My other telescopes include a
TMB 7"
on a
Paramount ME mount which is housed in a dome and
is being used to observe deep-sky objects. An Astro-Physics 4.75"
refractor which is also housed in a smaller 7' dome mount on an
AP1200.
For wide-field imaging I use a Takahashi FS60, a 70mm Borg and a 6"
Takahashi Astrograph. Finally I have a
Coronado
Nearstar and a Solarmax 90 filter to observe solar prominences. |
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