Professionals built the Titanic, amateurs the ark

If anyone ever tells you that your work is unprofessional, remember: amateurs built the Ark and professionals built the Titanic.

Even with all our modern telescopes, the professionals can't look at the whole sky at once. But the amateurs are everywhere. With relatively small telescopes, they can see these nearby supernovae, which are very bright - often brighter than their host galaxies.

There's really no distinction between amateurs and professionals. But I don't think we'll see yardage finders at the higher levels of the game. They all have caddies anyway.

Raiders of the Lost Ark

When we started this, we were true amateurs.