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Failed @ APOD

Post by Moonlady » Mon Jul 30, 2012 11:29 am

I am sure you got a moment too, when you realized that you failed in APOD?

I am confessing mine so I sleep better :lol2:

About a year ago, I saw a star cluster APOD and I was all astonished about the countless stars.
Then, I scrolled down and I realized with shock that the stars were partly dust particles on my screen :oops: :facepalm:

Since then, I have a very very clean screen :!:

Tell your APOD-fail, get it out of your chest and sleep better too :yes:
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Re: Failed @ APOD

Post by Chris Peterson » Mon Jul 30, 2012 2:26 pm

Moonlady wrote:Tell your APOD-fail, get it out of your chest and sleep better too :yes:
You mean like the great solar flare image that turned out to just be my monitor on fire?
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Re: Failed @ APOD

Post by Indigo_Sunrise » Mon Jul 30, 2012 3:34 pm

Chris Peterson wrote:You mean like the great solar flare image that turned out to just be my monitor on fire?

:shock:
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Re: Failed @ APOD

Post by Moonlady » Mon Jul 30, 2012 9:51 pm

Chris Peterson wrote:
Moonlady wrote:Tell your APOD-fail, get it out of your chest and sleep better too :yes:
You mean like the great solar flare image that turned out to just be my monitor on fire?
Literally? Your monitor exploded? Do you have foes in APOD? :shock: Did you get hurt? :?

Hmmm I thought these old Brown's CRT TVs could not only implode but also explode,
can Flat Plasma and LCD monitors explode?
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Re: Failed @ APOD

Post by Chris Peterson » Mon Jul 30, 2012 10:31 pm

Moonlady wrote:Literally? Your monitor exploded?
Yes... I let things get out of control. First I thought it was an aurora APOD, then decided it was a solar flare. By the time I figured out it wasn't a supernova APOD, it was too late.
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Re: Failed @ APOD

Post by geckzilla » Mon Jul 30, 2012 11:26 pm

Well, there was that time I mixed up charge bleeds and diffraction spikes... :|
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Re: Failed @ APOD

Post by Ann » Tue Jul 31, 2012 7:55 am

Chris Peterson wrote:
Moonlady wrote:Literally? Your monitor exploded?
Yes... I let things get out of control. First I thought it was an aurora APOD, then decided it was a solar flare. By the time I figured out it wasn't a supernova APOD, it was too late.
You let things get out of control? :shock:

How do I know that I'm not letting things get out of control with my monitor? :shock:

In other words, how and why did it happen, Chris?

(By the way, I sure hope you managed to put out that fire quickly, with minimal damage to other items of your property and to yourself!)ImageImageImage

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