Jasper
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| posted on 18/5/10 at 03:10 PM |
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Downloadable High-res Hubble images
Here are the top 100 NASA Hubble images, all on super high-res Tiff images, available for download:
http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/archive/top100/
Link on the left.
Or if you'd rather Bit Torrent:
http://mintorrent.se/tWpFpT/top100original.torrent
Gonna have them on my Plasma on a slide show 
If you're not living life on the edge you're taking up too much room.
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jossey
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| posted on 18/5/10 at 03:15 PM |
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cooooooooooool
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Mix
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| posted on 18/5/10 at 04:59 PM |
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Hi
Stunning!!
For a technophobe, how do I get those images as a slide show on my desktop?
Regards Mick
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MakeEverything
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| posted on 18/5/10 at 05:20 PM |
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... As Salron looks lover us!!! (the lord of the rings fans will get that!!)
Kindest Regards,
Richard.
...You can make it foolProof, but youll never make it Idiot Proof!...
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Confused but excited.
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| posted on 18/5/10 at 07:52 PM |
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You couldn't even begin to image stuff that awesome. 
Tell them about the bent treacle edges!
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scootz
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| posted on 18/5/10 at 08:25 PM |
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Amazing Amazing Amazing!
I wish I could comprehend what goes on up there, but whenever I start to think about infinity I just end up with a headache after a few minutes and
have to give up!
It's Evolution Baby!
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iank
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| posted on 18/5/10 at 08:27 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MakeEverything
... As Salron looks lover us!!! (the lord of the rings fans will get that!!)
Sauron?
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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scootz
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| posted on 18/5/10 at 08:38 PM |
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See... this is what happens!
Just been whizzing through Wiki trying to better understand The Universe, but now my head is spinning!
Tried reading about Supermassive Black Holes... none the wiser - could anyone explain in (the most basic of) lay-mans terms!?
It's Evolution Baby!
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scudderfish
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| posted on 18/5/10 at 09:03 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by scootz
Tried reading about Supermassive Black Holes... none the wiser - could anyone explain in (the most basic of) lay-mans terms!?
They suck.
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Liam
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| posted on 18/5/10 at 09:08 PM |
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Well, just a really big black hole pretty much. Probably the result of lots of normal black holes (collapsed individual stars) merging over the
course of time. You wouldn't want to get too close to one.
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scootz
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| posted on 18/5/10 at 09:08 PM |
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Thanks... why?
It's Evolution Baby!
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scootz
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| posted on 18/5/10 at 09:16 PM |
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This explains it... kind of!
New Scientist Linky
It's Evolution Baby!
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JoelP
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| posted on 18/5/10 at 09:25 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by scootz
This explains it... kind of!
New Scientist Linky
simples!
Beware! Bourettes is binfectious.
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 18/5/10 at 09:29 PM |
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So come on guys, there's something out there, there's got to be, yes ?
posted by a believer.
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scootz
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| posted on 18/5/10 at 09:36 PM |
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There does appear to be quite a lot of things out there... planets, stars, galaxies, black-holes, etc!
It's Evolution Baby!
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iank
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| posted on 18/5/10 at 09:37 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by scootz
Thanks... why?
Spaghettification - really!!!
- basically the gravitational force on your feet will be larger than your head (assuming you're pointing at it feet first) so you stretch a
little increasing the effect and stretch a bit more, pretty soon you're pulled into a very long thin dead thing.
[Edited on 18/5/10 by iank]
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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scootz
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| posted on 18/5/10 at 09:39 PM |
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Cool!
It's Evolution Baby!
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Liam
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| posted on 18/5/10 at 09:41 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by iank
...pretty soon you're pulled into a very long thin dead thing.
Speak for yourself. I could take it. And swim out afterwards.
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scootz
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| posted on 18/5/10 at 09:47 PM |
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Can you make sure you have a camcorder with you when you do it!
It's Evolution Baby!
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Cheffy
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| posted on 18/5/10 at 09:57 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by scootz
Amazing Amazing Amazing!
I wish I could comprehend what goes on up there, but whenever I start to think about infinity I just end up with a headache after a few minutes and
have to give up!
Wot he said!
Mart.
Farts are like Rock'n'Roll. You love your own but you hate everybody else's. Lemmy, Motorhead.
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gingerprince
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| posted on 18/5/10 at 10:06 PM |
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<holly>
Well, the thing about a black hole - its main distinguishing feature - is it's black. And the thing about space, the colour of space, your basic
space colour, is black. So how are you supposed to see them?
</holly>
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Jasper
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| posted on 19/5/10 at 09:41 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mix
Hi
Stunning!!
For a technophobe, how do I get those images as a slide show on my desktop?
Regards Mick
Download the zip file on the link on the left, either highres of low res, depending on your connection speed.
They will end up on your PC in one folder. Move that folder to your 'My Pictures' folder. Open up the folder, then click on the button at
the top of the screen which will say 'Slide Show' and off you go. Or open up one image in Windows picture viewer, then click on the icon
under the picture that looks like a projection screen.
BTW - for added effect play some nice spacey music in the background when watching.
I sat having my breakfast this morning watching them as a slide show on my 42" plasma - stunning ....
If you're not living life on the edge you're taking up too much room.
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 19/5/10 at 11:29 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by gingerprince
<holly>
Well, the thing about a black hole - its main distinguishing feature - is it's black. And the thing about space, the colour of space, your basic
space colour, is black. So how are you supposed to see them?
</holly>
I liked Holly... best bit of Red Dwarf.
But... because anything that gets too close gets torn apart, chucking out all sorts of radiation (light, x-rays, etc) in the process. So you
can't see the black hole, but you can tell where it is (assuming that there is stuff around it, and it's not just drifting around in empty
space).
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scootz
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| posted on 19/5/10 at 11:46 AM |
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But what's inside it... and where does it lead to?
<confusedsmiley>
It's Evolution Baby!
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Irony
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| posted on 19/5/10 at 12:10 PM |
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I am not sure that 'Black Hole' is a very good name for them. Surely 'hole' implies you can go through into another area or
location.
I think that 'Black really really massive thing with so much gravity that you can get sucked in and stand a good chance of being turned into a
Italian snack' is a much snappier title.
I remember my science teacher telling me that the stuff that makes up a white dwarf star is sooo massive that a single teaspoon full can weigh a
millions tonnes. I then went home and told my Dad this. He said 'listen son, I'm and engineer and that's just not possible'.
No wonder his firm went bust.
[Edited on 19/5/10 by Irony]
[Edited on 19/5/10 by Irony]
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