It is indeed the Andromeda, I'm not used to seeing it tilted to the right like that and in blue shift. My apologies.
Do you find you get bullied by higher ranked players on the chess board?
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Dark_N_Stormy_Knight wrote:
Right, definitely not the beautiful Sombrero galaxy. Just so you know, there are no pictures of the Milky Way...yet. It isn't M31 (andromeda) cause I know all the important ones by sight. I was just curious.
may not be the sombrero but definitely seems like one of the better galaxies.
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pdve wrote:
Dark_N_Stormy_Knight wrote:
Right, definitely not the beautiful Sombrero galaxy. Just so you know, there are no pictures of the Milky Way...yet. It isn't M31 (andromeda) cause I know all the important ones by sight. I was just curious.
may not be the sombrero but definitely seems like one of the better galaxies.
It's tough to beat the Sombrero though.
Really, though, nebulae are the coolest looking objects in the known universe. Especially the Horse Head, Hourglass, Carina and Eagle (in particular, the pillars of creation in the Eagle).
reflectivist wrote:
How do you feel about having your butt kicked regularly by stronger chess players?
I don't care who I play I dish it out hard like Jack Dempsey and Marshall I bring the punishment to them I don't play to lose.
If my opponent wins its a lesson for the future and next time no excuses.
tlumsden in post 2 gives a right answer : you can choose the range of ratings of your opponent.
So minus 100 and plus 200 might be a good beginning to play better...
TheGrobe wrote:
ilikeflags wrote:
thegrobe bullies me
Shut up, you.
L O L ! !
And then some.
That is true FirebrandX. But I'm not sure I believe it so I'll wait and see.
the Sombrero is my favorite too.
Dark_N_Stormy_Knight wrote:
I agree to the principle. I think at a certain spread of points you are getting blindsided more than a real give and take. My guess is over 200 points and you haven't got a clue what is really happening.
really, it depends on the individual. From my personal experience, I learn the most from diving head long into the hardest, most challenging experience possible, doing so again and again until I learn XD. I may not learn as fast, but what I do learn in the end is often times more refined, more ingrained, and better, it makes it's way into my subconcious, allowing me to improve at a deeper level.
For Example, over the past year, I found my end game is horrible, largely in part because I really need to learn how to properly use rooks. There is a couple other reasons, but that's the biggest one.
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reflectivist wrote:
How do you feel about having your butt kicked regularly by stronger chess players? Have you considered letting your parents, the principal or authorities know about it so they might intervene before the problem gets out of control?
The world is a circle. I hate getting beat up by stronger players! I've sent off for the Charles Atlas program and it helped, but there are always people bigger and stronger that take my chessic lunch money and kick sand in my face.
My only recourse is to turn around and kick sand in the face of those who are weaker than I am.
And yes, I remember these ads in the old Sears catalogs that we used to get around Christmas time!
Jun 15, 2013
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TheGrobe wrote:
Really, though, nebulae are the coolest looking objects in the known universe. Especially the Horse Head, Hourglass, Carina and Eagle (in particular, the pillars of creation in the Eagle).
No doubt.
http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/images/hs-2013-12-a-print.jpg
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/image/astro/hst_pillars_m16.jpg
I like the Orion Nebula the best. I don't know what about it is so entrancing.
Jun 15, 2013
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Conquistador wrote:
I like the Orion Nebula the best. I don't know what about it is so entrancing.
Another gorgeous one. I really should get a telescope.
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_693.html
There is a astronomy club on my campus that held open house days for viewing of different objects. They never allowed us to go into our large telescope unfortunately, but I was allowed to look through some of the smaller ones. It was pretty cool to see the different things, but they were limited in their power.
One of the telescopes I was looking at had to be recalibrated once a minute to adjust for the movement of Jupiter due to the spin of the Earth. You could even see the moons around it as well.
The problem with telescopes (albeit a small problem) is the magnification is not that great with anything I can afford, the images are only in color if you are exposing with a camera, and I could never teach myself to be a night owl.
Jun 16, 2013
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Conquistador wrote:
There is a astronomy club on my campus that held open house days for viewing of different objects. They never allowed us to go into our large telescope unfortunately, but I was allowed to look through some of the smaller ones. It was pretty cool to see the different things, but they were limited in their power.
One of the telescopes I was looking at had to be recalibrated once a minute to adjust for the movement of Jupiter due to the spin of the Earth. You could even see the moons around it as well.
What a great opportunity, even if you didn't get to use large one.
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Dark_N_Stormy_Knight wrote:
The problem with telescopes (albeit a small problem) is the magnification is not that great with anything I can afford, the images are only in color if you are exposing with a camera, and I could never teach myself to be a night owl.
I always thought light pollution would be one of the biggest problems.
I love bullying people on the chessboard.It gives me immense pleasure!