Just in case anyone is interested. http://www.galaxyzoo.org is a site that is letting internet users organize pictures of galaxies. Its pretty cool with some awesome pictures. I've been spending a few hours on it. Great for when your bored.
From their site:
" Welcome to GalaxyZoo , the project which harnesses the power of the internet - and your brain - to classify a million galaxies. By taking part, you'll not only be contributing to scientific research, but you'll view parts of the Universe that literally no-one has ever seen before and get a sense of the glorious diversity of galaxies that pepper the sky.
Why do we need you?
The simple answer is that the human brain is much better at recognising patterns than a computer can ever be. Any computer program we write to sort our galaxies into categories would do a reasonable job, but it would also inevitably throw out the unusual, the weird and the wonderful. To rescue these interesting systems which have a story to tell, we need you. "
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Galaxy Zoo
Started By Cheesehead3557, Jul 13 2007 04:18
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Posted 13 July 2007 - 04:18
"Who is the bigger fool? The fool or the fool who follows him?"
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Posted 13 July 2007 - 18:50
Cool, but I must say it might get a little dull after doing it for a while. Also, what exactly do they want the galaxies classified for; it seems simple enough for whoever took the picture to just classify then.
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