On Thu, 12 May 2005, John Rowland wrote:

"Tom Anderson" wrote in message
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On Thu, 12 May 2005, John Rowland wrote:

"Stuart" wrote in message
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I suspect it's the same system with 'satellite' being used as a
bit of hyperbole

Parabole, surely.

Parabolic orbits are open (ie end up shooting off into deep space),
and so not much use for satellites. Personally, i'd never let such a
technically inaccurate pun pass my ellipse.

Satellite *dishes* are parabolic.

Doh! Of course. I wonder why i immediately started thinking about orbital
mechanics? Too much Star Trek as a kid, probably.

tom

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