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I think you'd find it hard to find a Windows computer there (X and Tk are usually what's used).
by aragilar 3y ago
I think you'd find it hard to find a Windows computer there (X and Tk are usually what's used).
- whimsicalism 3y agoI have definitely used telescopes that were running on Windows but yeah I doubt it for something like Cerro Tololo which I assume is the impacted chilean telescope
- aragilar 3y agoMe too, but they were much closer to the hobby side than the research side (it's really weird how distinct culturally the hobby and research sites of astronomy are). Cerro Tololo isn't a single telescope, it's a site with multiple ones (nearly every observatory is now), and it sounds like Gemini North (in Hawaii) was the actual one affected, but that they've basically disconnected all the different sites from each to avoid possible infection.
- whimsicalism 3y agoagreed re: hobby & research, and i was aware that cerro tololo is a timeshare of multiple telescopes (was speaking colloquially). looks like gemini south in chile was also impacted
- aragilar 3y agoHopefully this is just them being paranoid and checking and verifying everything, and not something more serious...