A Brief Pause From The Ordinary..., Demographics time--please just humor me |
A Brief Pause From The Ordinary..., Demographics time--please just humor me |
Apr 18 2005, 01:52 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 24 Joined: 17-April 05 Member No.: 236 |
I just joined this community last night, and I'm just curious about some of the people here. I'm only 19 years old, but I'm more interested in all things space than anyone I've ever met. Just out of curiosity, what are people's ages in this forum?
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Aug 27 2005, 05:20 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 509 Joined: 2-July 05 From: Calgary, Alberta Member No.: 426 |
When I was about four years old, I read the "How and Why Wonder Book" of astronomy, and decided that studying the planets was the life for me. So, to make a long story short, I ended up doing a bachelor's in astronomy and eventually a doctorate in geophysics. Most of my research has been in signal and image processing. I'm 35 now. Currently, like so many of the people on these boards, I'm working for a software development company -- but as a researcher, not a programmer, which keeps things interesting.
The closest I've managed to get to planetary research was about two and a half years ago, when I was still at U of Western Ontario, and almost ended up doing some work with Phil Stooke. Funding considerations got in the way as they always seem to, which was, in technical terms, a damned shame. I'm not done trying yet though -- 'one of these days. (Anyone got any Cassini images they want deconvolved cheap? For an extra ten bucks I'll do a no-frills wavelet analysis.) In the meantime, I'm enjoying my current job, which has the plus of allowing me to sneak in the odd publication from time to time. So it's OK, really. |
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