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Title: One for uncle
Post by: Nick on February 17, 2009, 06:59:11 PM
https://www.galaxyzoo.org/ (https://www.galaxyzoo.org/)
Title: Re: One for uncle
Post by: Uncle Mort on February 18, 2009, 09:56:06 AM
Thanks Nick.

I've been following it for some time although I haven't signed up. One odd thing thrown up is this:

Amateur stargazers map a 'lopsided' universe (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/science/sciencenews/3310541/Amateur-stargazers-map-a-%27lopsided%27-universe.html)
Title: Re: One for uncle
Post by: GROWLER on February 18, 2009, 10:14:49 AM
Thanks Nick.

I've been following it for some time although I haven't signed up. One odd thing thrown up is this:

Amateur stargazers map a 'lopsided' universe (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/science/sciencenews/3310541/Amateur-stargazers-map-a-%27lopsided%27-universe.html)

GULP! Just clicked on that link, and the dreaded 'blue page of death' quickly followed telling me that the memory had been dumped.  scared2:

WTF was THAT all about then, and why have I been able to get back in?
Title: Re: One for uncle
Post by: Uncle Mort on February 18, 2009, 10:28:02 AM
It's a link to The Telegraph online. It shouldn't be a problem although I have noticed that the Telgraph's website always takes a while to load.
Title: Re: One for uncle
Post by: GROWLER on February 18, 2009, 10:34:30 AM
It's a link to The Telegraph online. It shouldn't be a problem although I have noticed that the Telgraph's website always takes a while to load.

Shame. I'd like to have seen that, but I'm NOT clicking on it again cus you might not see me again. sad32:

Mmmmm. rubschin:
Title: Re: One for uncle
Post by: Uncle Mort on February 18, 2009, 10:53:07 AM
Try here instead then Growler:

Bad Astronomy (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/10/aas-14-galaxy-zoo-finds-people-are-screwed-up-not-the-universe/)

One of my favourite sites.
Title: Re: One for uncle
Post by: GROWLER on February 18, 2009, 10:59:42 AM
Try here instead then Growler:

Bad Astronomy (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/10/aas-14-galaxy-zoo-finds-people-are-screwed-up-not-the-universe/)

One of my favourite sites.

Dare I ? scared2:
Title: Re: One for uncle
Post by: Uncle Mort on February 18, 2009, 11:13:36 AM
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Professional astronomers had asked the public for assistance in mapping the night sky, and were stunned when they received millions of hits on their website within a few days, enabling them to classify galaxies in the universe at rocket speed.

The response has been so great that within a couple of months the Galaxy Zoo project has completed a preliminary analysis of the heavens which would normally take years.

The survey has revealed that the collections of millions of stars, dust, gas and planets in galaxies prefer to rotate anticlockwise from the viewpoint of an observer on Earth.

Traditionally astronomers have believed that galaxies would spin either clockwise or anti-clockwise in equal proportion. But these observations would seem to suggest that either a mysterious force is acting on them or that the universe is in some way lopsided.

Title: Re: One for uncle
Post by: Darwins Selection on February 18, 2009, 11:25:06 AM
I'm NOT clicking on it again cus you might not see me again.

Go on. You know you want to. . .
Title: Re: One for uncle
Post by: Barman on February 18, 2009, 04:13:02 PM
Try here instead then Growler:

Bad Astronomy (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/10/aas-14-galaxy-zoo-finds-people-are-screwed-up-not-the-universe/)

One of my favourite sites.

Dare I ? scared2:
Just get a new PC and t'interweb provider you tight git!  noooo:
Title: Re: One for uncle
Post by: Nick on February 18, 2009, 04:16:49 PM
He will do that with his earnings from the calendar.

You are paying us for this, aren't you?
Title: Re: One for uncle
Post by: Barman on February 18, 2009, 04:20:40 PM
He will do that with his earnings from the calendar.

You are paying us for this, aren't you?
Oh yes...  happy088













 noooo:
Title: Re: One for uncle
Post by: Nick on February 18, 2009, 04:22:26 PM
My photo session with him may last for an hour or so. I charge by the hour or part thereof  eveilgrin:
Title: Re: One for uncle
Post by: Barman on February 18, 2009, 04:25:40 PM
My photo session with him may last for an hour or so. I charge by the hour or part thereof  eveilgrin:
Just send the bill... that'll be fine....  whistle:
Title: Re: One for uncle
Post by: GROWLER on February 18, 2009, 09:26:58 PM
Try here instead then Growler:

Bad Astronomy (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/10/aas-14-galaxy-zoo-finds-people-are-screwed-up-not-the-universe/)

One of my favourite sites.

Dare I ? scared2:
Just get a new PC and t'interweb provider you tight git!  noooo:

Nowt to do with 'tight' as you so eloquently put it, I just don't like the prospect of changing everything and getting stuck in cyber space, that's all, you baldy lumpy headed shin smashed old paint pod knob. ::)
Title: Re: One for uncle
Post by: Snoopy on February 19, 2009, 11:05:29 AM
Try here instead then Growler:

Bad Astronomy (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/10/aas-14-galaxy-zoo-finds-people-are-screwed-up-not-the-universe/)

One of my favourite sites.

Dare I ? scared2:
Just get a new PC and t'interweb provider you tight git!  noooo:

Nowt to do with 'tight' as you so eloquently put it, I just don't like the prospect of changing everything and getting stuck in cyber space, that's all, you baldy lumpy headed shin smashed old paint pod knob. ::)


Ever careful in his choice of werds ~ so as not to offend anyone like  lol:
Title: Re: One for uncle
Post by: Nick on February 19, 2009, 11:08:35 AM
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A new refreshingingly tolerant Growler.






























 happy001 happy001 happy001 happy001 happy001
Title: Re: One for uncle
Post by: Barman on February 20, 2009, 08:18:21 AM
Try here instead then Growler:

Bad Astronomy (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/10/aas-14-galaxy-zoo-finds-people-are-screwed-up-not-the-universe/)

One of my favourite sites.

Dare I ? scared2:
Just get a new PC and t'interweb provider you tight git!  noooo:

Nowt to do with 'tight' as you so eloquently put it, I just don't like the prospect of changing everything and getting stuck in cyber space, that's all, you baldy lumpy headed shin smashed old paint pod knob. ::)
Of course... I stand corrected....












He is tight...  whistle:
Title: Re: One for uncle
Post by: Nick on February 20, 2009, 09:21:45 AM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1150846/Could-Google-Ocean-image-lost-city-Atlantis.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1150846/Could-Google-Ocean-image-lost-city-Atlantis.html)