Amazing Nasa picture

[Computer Hope Admin]

Amazing image taken by NASA of space. Be warned VERY big image probably not for those without broadband.

Additional details about the image as well as a small preview image can be found here.

[Zylstra]

(Running Fiber)

THAT would be neat for a background (though, it would probably crash)

What is that of, exactly?

[Dilbert]

Hello, new desktop.

[Computer Hope Admin]

What is that of, exactly?

What did the first quasars look like? The nearest quasars are now known to be supermassive black holes in the centers of galaxies. Gas and dust that falls toward a quasar glows brightly, sometimes outglowing the entire home galaxy. The quasars that formed in the first billion years of the universe are more mysterious, though, with even the nature of the surrounding gas still unknown.

The image is an artist's impression shows a primordial quasar as it might have been, surrounded by sheets of gas, dust, stars and early star clusters. Exacting observations of three distant quasars now indicate emission of very specific colors of the element iron. These Hubble Space Telescope observations, which bolster recent results from the WMAP mission, indicate that a whole complete cycle of stars was born, created this iron, and died within the first few hundred million years of the universe.

I'll update the first post with the original page link.

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Somebody's got a new desktop wallpaper........This guy 

The background i currently have is attatched to this post if anyone wants to look at it.
(been scaled down)

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[Calum]

Very nice, but takes a long time to load.
I hate this slow internet, but it's all relative I guess, a few years ago 56k was regarded as turbo charged.

[Raptor]

That's an artist impression, not a real picture.. ?

By the way, the image loaded well under a second here. (I'm special, so special..) 

[Dilbert]

A post by 2k_dummy was reported... what was it?

[Computer Hope Admin]

A post by 2k_dummy was reported... what was it?

Yes. He removed it.

[Raptor]

That makes it all the more interesting! What was it?

[Computer Hope Admin]

That makes it all the more interesting! What was it?

An inappropriate post.

[Raptor]

What made it inappropriate?

[Computer Hope Admin]

What made it inappropriate?

It was offensive by members, lets just leave it at that.

[honvetops]

What made it inappropriate?

It was offensive by members, lets just leave it at that.

was it like  PC  inappropriate ? What % of members found it offensive and how many thought it was kinda funny?   

[unlovedwarrior]

ummm

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

What made it inappropriate?

It was offensive by members, lets just leave it at that.

was it like  PC  inappropriate ? What % of members found it offensive and how many thought it was kinda funny?   

Seriously that curious............

[Computer Hope Admin]

Would be impossible for me to say what % of members found it funny/offensive. It was reported, I deemed that it was a legit complaint and modified the post and removed the comment, which was later removed by the poster.

[2k_dummy]

It did show how immature and overly sensitive some people are.

[Computer Hope Admin]

It did show how immature and overly sensitive some people are.

I'm just trying to keep the peace and make it a forum all users can use.

[Raptor]

I sometimes feel offended by spelling errors. Can I report these?

[Computer Hope Admin]

I sometimes feel offended by spelling errors. Can I report these?

I don't recall seeing spelling / grammar being part of the forum rules. 

You agree, through your use of this forum, that you will not post any material which is false, defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, adult material, or otherwise in violation of any International or United States Federal law. You also agree not to post any copyrighted material unless you own the copyright or you have written consent from the owner of the copyrighted material. Spam, flooding, advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, and solicitations are also forbidden on this forum.

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[honvetops]

I sometimes feel offended by spelling errors. Can I report these?

I don't recall seeing spelling / grammar being part of the forum rules. 

You agree, through your use of this forum, that you will not post any material which is false, defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, adult material, or otherwise in violation of any International or United States Federal law. You also agree not to post any copyrighted material unless you own the copyright or you have written consent from the owner of the copyrighted material. Spam, flooding, advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, and solicitations are also forbidden on this forum.

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Nathan, do I have time to clean out my desk ?   

[Computer Hope Admin]

Heh Honvetops. There are plenty of members that disobey many of these rules. I honestly find most of the stuff funny myself, but when reported I need to follow the rules to keep the peace among all the users and make the forums as safe as possible for home, work, and school viewing.

[Saviour]

I'm going to step up to the plate, now, Nathan...

I'm the one who reported the post.

While some of the posts here are funny, I don't see the need to make *censored* or derogatory comments...to veterans or new users of the forum.

This is a free computer help forum...not a free-for-all forum.  The forum rules are clear and concise and 2k_dummy stepped out of bounds.

I also read posts where others trash other users for their inability to spell, or their lack of computer knowledge...all of which is totally unnecessary.

It may have been funny, but inappropriate.

I'm hoping the post wasn't edited because it offended me...it should have been edited because it was the right thing to do.

[Zylstra]

Saviour, there is no problem in reporting a post.

If the moderators could come back to the kitchen, I think it might be a good idea to quickly put together a post about when and when not to report posts.

[2k_dummy]

This is a free computer help forum...not a free-for-all forum.  The forum rules are clear and concise and 2k_dummy stepped out of bounds.

The comment could have been taken more than one way. The Off Topic forum is just that, Off Topic. It has nothing to do with helping anyone. Which rule would my comment fit precisely? None! It is all in the mind of the reader. You chose to pass judgement based on what was in your own mind. A little reminder:

Judge not, that ye be not judged, for ye know not when the Son of man cometh.

[honvetops]

Heh Honvetops. There are plenty of members that disobey many of these rules. I honestly find most of the stuff funny myself, but when reported I need to follow the rules to keep the peace among all the users and make the forums as safe as possible for home, work, and school viewing.

I'm just busting your chops~  I couldn't tell you how many times I have to go back & modify my screwed up answers!!!    As far as the rude/ other stuff,  I am trying to be polite,  but Raptor always instigates me to be  bad!! It's all his fault  (jk)   

[Raptor]

I also read posts where others trash other users for their inability to spell, or their lack of computer knowledge...all of which is totally unnecessary.

So far the only trashing that gets done doesn't apply to the above people, but to a subgroup of those;

1. People who can spell, but are too lazy to or do not have an attention span big enough that allows them to create coherent sentences.
2. Lack of computer knowledge? More like their lack of 'seeing the big picture' and omitting data that takes forever to get. Or writing it all in caps-lock. Not all users get the same treatment, some are genuinely incapable of knowing what they're doing and others are making it hard for everyone by not paying attention. 

We can't be saints all the time, but people sure can help us to remain patient by being coherent and paying attention!

As far as reporting things go; you do realize that everyone else would get burned for linking to and recruiting for a profit-organization such as yours, Saviour?