From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:45:43 +0000 From: Glenn Becker To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Subject: Re: [9fans] scat, ngc2000 and other matters Topicbox-Message-UUID: 9aaf50b6-ead3-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 >> The Digitized Sky Survey, 102 CD-ROMs, is not distributed with the >> system. >> >> I had always assumed that was the reason. A 103-CD Plan 9 distro >> is not something I would enjoy. > > well, ngc2000 != DSS, at least as far as I know. in re the DSS, would it be possible to have the program query http://archive.stsci.edu/cgi-bin/dss_form or http://archive.eso.org/dss/dss rather than assume the presence of a 102 CD set somewhere? ... the coding is currently beyond me (most things are, but that's an excuse and maybe ... it could be a project) so it is essentially a hypothetical question. G +-----------------------------------------------------+ Glenn Becker - burningc@sdf.lonestar.org SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org +-----------------------------------------------------+