Special Seasonal Dates

2010-12-19 Thread Kevin Karney
Dear Colleagues In the depths of a freezing Northern winter, there's time to think about days of special interest. There are six significant solar dates around this time of the year. Three are special and probably known to all... 21st December - half an hour before midnight - the Winte

Re: Special Seasonal Dates

2010-12-19 Thread john shepherd
Kevin, I'm assuming you are not in North America as another important happening is that there is a Total Lunar Eclipse on this Winter Solstice. The last time this happened was 1638. More detail can be found at http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/17dec_solsticeeclipse/

Dialist's Companion

2010-12-19 Thread Tracy
Hello Everyone I got a new computer and it has Windows 7 on it. I tried to use the "Dialist's Companion" program with it, and it won't work. The error message that comes up when I try to run the program states that the program is not compatible with my version of Windows, and that I should che

Fwd: Dialist's Companion

2010-12-19 Thread Tom Egan
I have the same problem.  I have a 64-bit version of Win 7. Original Message Subject: Dialist's Companion Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 17:14:06 -0800 From:

RE: Dialist's Companion

2010-12-19 Thread Roger W. Sinnott
Tracy, I am facing similar problems. Two weeks ago I got a new desktop computer with Windows 7 Home Premium on it. I quickly discovered that when I try to run any of the old DOS programs I get the same error message you are reporting. I tried opening a command-line window, which works, but w

Lunacy?

2010-12-19 Thread Sol Invictus
This year's solstice is a great opportunity for the return of the unconquered sun, Sol Invictus. It has been a while since I posted a note. Lunatics! They thought they could show of the power of the full moon ascendant. Refected glory, Mag -27, piff. On the solstice, the special day for the uncon