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by mjimih
Mon Sep 30, 2013 3:05 am
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Wallpaper
Replies: 5
Views: 119247

Re: Wallpaper

How can I install the background program thing - the one that automatically downloads the astronomy picture of the day every day on the computer's background? https://sites.google.com/site/apodwallpaper/ The APOD Wallpaper software automatically updates your Windows desktop wallpaper from the Astro...
by mjimih
Mon Sep 30, 2013 1:20 am
Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
Topic: Poetry - please?
Replies: 110
Views: 158336

Re: Poetry - please?

i wouldn't click on that link above, it may lead to more horrendous non-poems.. imo.

Roses are red
Violets are blue
My car doesn't work right
So now I'm going to cut it in two
by mjimih
Wed Sep 11, 2013 10:13 pm
Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
Topic: Intriguing science findings - not spacey
Replies: 171
Views: 33549

Re: Intriguing science findings - not spacey

Aquifers Discovered in Drought-Ridden Kenya http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/12/world/africa/aquifers-discovered-in-drought-ridden-kenya.html?_r=0 Radar Technologies International, the natural resources exploration firm that discovered the aquifers, said that they contained “a minimum reserve of 250 b...
by mjimih
Tue Sep 10, 2013 1:11 am
Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
Topic: Weather!
Replies: 2869
Views: 1133514

Re: Weather!

Shiver me timbers! A welcome rapid cool down for MN. http://www.startribune.com/weather/blogs/Paul_Douglas_on_Weather.html http://apps.startribune.com/blogs/user_images/spark_20.jpg 97f Mon ---> 47f Fri morning -- a 50f degree difference brrrrr No more of this http://apps.startribune.com/blogs/user_...
by mjimih
Sun Sep 08, 2013 4:43 pm
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Radiation & Habitable-zone Planets
Replies: 37
Views: 3454

Re: Radiation & Habitable-zone Planets

I'm trying to get at the survivability rate of HZ planets' atmospheres? What types of destructive forces on a viable atmosphere, would there be, say, on Earth-candidates nearer the inner edge of a habitable zone? Does size matter? Are super Earths more likely to have safe surfaces for life bc of str...
by mjimih
Sat Sep 07, 2013 1:15 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: The Quiet Sagittarius A (2013 Sep 06)
Replies: 38
Views: 36692

Re: APOD: The Quiet Sagittarius A (2013 Sep 06)

The reason I'm flabbergasted is bc my whole life I was worried about them, they're being mean with insatiable appetites and far flung influence. Now it sounds like they're not nearly as scary as I thought. dang movies :| this object is the opposite of quiet tho' watch 3c321 shoot an irradiated parti...
by mjimih
Sat Sep 07, 2013 1:40 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: The Quiet Sagittarius A (2013 Sep 06)
Replies: 38
Views: 36692

Re: APOD: The Quiet Sagittarius A (2013 Sep 06)

Thanks. that whole answer blew my mind. And created an accretion disk around my head!
by mjimih
Fri Sep 06, 2013 9:24 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: The Quiet Sagittarius A (2013 Sep 06)
Replies: 38
Views: 36692

Re: APOD: The Quiet Sagittarius A (2013 Sep 06)

bellicosity wrote: so, if it's such a picky eater, how'd it get so large to begin with???

Did our black hole grow early on with a higher ratio of/more heavier material around? And now in a more mature galaxy, it consumes more light objects?
by mjimih
Mon Sep 02, 2013 2:29 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Fire on Earth (2013 Sep 01)
Replies: 43
Views: 6517

Re: APOD: Fire on Earth (2013 Sep 01)

" I have considered removing it due to photos being posted that have nothing to do with astronomy." Pictures like this are up for A Day, then you get another free one 24 hours later. We are beginning to embark on a new journey where we realize our planet and everything we or nature does to...
by mjimih
Sun Sep 01, 2013 7:19 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Fire on Earth (2013 Sep 01)
Replies: 43
Views: 6517

Re: APOD: Fire on Earth (2013 Sep 01)

Can any chemists here envision a differently composed clear atmosphere that has something akin to our colored flames in it? aka Other types of fire like ours out there? Or are Oxygen "fire"s the only type there is sort of that could happen on the surface of a Earth-like planet? If we had a...
by mjimih
Sun Sep 01, 2013 4:05 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Fire on Earth (2013 Sep 01)
Replies: 43
Views: 6517

Re: APOD: Fire on Earth (2013 Sep 01)

I agree with Owlice wholeheartedly. The first Earthlike planet we really get to examine, should have plenty of Oxygen on it (to be Earth-like). So it shall have fire on it too perhaps? Also if we are to watch AGW closely for our children's sake, we had better understand and monitor the way wildfires...
by mjimih
Fri Aug 30, 2013 3:38 am
Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
Topic: Intriguing science findings - not spacey
Replies: 171
Views: 33549

Re: Intriguing science findings - not spacey

We probably needed A LOT OF HELP along the way too. I just happen to come across this related article tonight. tried to speed read it, it's very interesting. http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2013/08/symmetry_in_the_universe_physics_says_you_shouldn_t_exist.html Four Reasons Y...
by mjimih
Fri Aug 30, 2013 2:12 am
Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
Topic: Intriguing science findings - not spacey
Replies: 171
Views: 33549

Re: Intriguing science findings - not spacey

funny, I admit I only read the NASA link above a little bit actually. I noticed NASA is still looking and hasn't made a any big leap of faith yet. That should mean something. When NASA jumps, then we yell Hooray!
by mjimih
Thu Aug 29, 2013 9:56 pm
Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
Topic: Intriguing science findings - not spacey
Replies: 171
Views: 33549

Re: Intriguing science findings - not spacey

Ann wrote:The few golden age sci-fi books about trips to Mars and Venus that I read all promised me that Mars and Venus were going to be full of life, just like the Earth. Why aren't they? Are they te ones that are strange, or is it the Earth that is exceptional? I have come to believe quite strong...
by mjimih
Thu Aug 29, 2013 2:14 am
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Radiation & Habitable-zone Planets
Replies: 37
Views: 3454

Re: Radiation & Habitable-zone Planets

If science is leaning towards life on Earth being seeded by comets and the like... Science is leaning pretty hard against that view. Rather, these kinds of bodies are seen as possibly providing some of the organic ingredients that were incorporated by the first life. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/scien...
by mjimih
Wed Aug 28, 2013 12:06 am
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Voyager I and II
Replies: 214
Views: 573841

Re: Voyager I and II

could there be a type of mirage effect going on? ripples, waves etc that could confuse or muddle our interpretation of the meager data coming in from Voyager?
Image
by mjimih
Tue Aug 27, 2013 1:56 pm
Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
Topic: Weather!
Replies: 2869
Views: 1133514

Re: Weather!

Ugh oven heat (with high tropical humidity) for 6 days straight :no: http://apps.startribune.com/blogs/user_images/hot10dogice.jpg ... It was 15F degrees cooler in the deserts of southern California than it was in Minnesota yesterday. http://www.startribune.com/weather/blogs/Paul_Douglas_on_Weather....
by mjimih
Thu Aug 22, 2013 11:20 am
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Kepler
Replies: 265
Views: 325443

Re: Kepler

<<Possible future uses [for Kepler] ...Another proposal is to modify the software on Kepler to compensate. Instead of the stars being fixed and stable in Kepler's field of view, they will drift. However, software could track this drift and more or less completely recover the mission goals despite b...
by mjimih
Thu Aug 22, 2013 11:10 am
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Voyager I and II
Replies: 214
Views: 573841

Re: Voyager I and II

What? And miss an opportunity to see
The Great Gazoo!
Image
by mjimih
Wed Aug 21, 2013 2:21 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Hints of Higgs from the Large Hadron... (2011 Dec 18)
Replies: 78
Views: 11405

Re: APOD: Hints of Higgs from the Large Hadron... (2011 Dec

http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/ What Now For The Higgs Boson? Published on Oct 17, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=649iUqrOKuE I visited the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland to find out what is being done now that the Higgs Boson has been discovered. Although its mass has been measured aroun...
by mjimih
Tue Aug 20, 2013 12:19 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Noctilucent Clouds and Aurora Over... (2013 Aug 19)
Replies: 33
Views: 6914

Re: APOD: Noctilucent Clouds and Aurora Over... (2013 Aug 19

The Other Milky Way...
her frustration appears astronomical
I can't resist, it's for his own good...
Click to play embedded YouTube video.
by mjimih
Tue Aug 20, 2013 3:15 am
Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
Topic: Weather!
Replies: 2869
Views: 1133514

Re: Weather!

http://www.startribune.com/weather/blogs/Paul_Douglas_on_Weather.html http://apps.startribune.com/blogs/user_images/pauldouglas_1376859063_Heat-Expands-East-2_1.gif Shift In The Pattern. The (amazingly) persistent kink in the jet stream that has funneled a parade of Canadian cool fronts south of the...
by mjimih
Mon Aug 19, 2013 8:42 pm
Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
Topic: How would the night sky look from within the Lagoon Nebula?
Replies: 34
Views: 2834

Re: How would the night sky look from within the Lagoon Nebu

William Shakespeare stands in front of his own mirror and says; "To thy own self be true."

words to live by
by mjimih
Mon Aug 19, 2013 3:36 pm
Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
Topic: How would the night sky look from within the Lagoon Nebula?
Replies: 34
Views: 2834

Re: How would the night sky look from within the Lagoon Nebu

It's fairly well established that if you smile on purpose when your unhappy, you will affect your mood and become less unhappy. If you stand in front of a mirror all grumpy and you smile at yourself and tell yourself good things like "I'm actually good looking and smart, I don't care what other...
by mjimih
Mon Aug 19, 2013 11:19 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Noctilucent Clouds and Aurora Over... (2013 Aug 19)
Replies: 33
Views: 6914

Re: APOD: Noctilucent Clouds and Aurora Over... (2013 Aug 19

The Earth never ceases to amaze me. No matter where or when we look, it's beautiful.