What does your username mean?

[Muhammed]

Frigid weirdos tend to be bad dates. However, not all bad dates are frigid weirdos.

Does correlation = causation.

Hmmmm...

 

[Man of Ethics]

Mine is a pirate name that I put into a pirate name generator when I answered the questions…

I am mad

They called me Jack

and I have a short fuse that ignites quickly…

WOW

Most pirates also had their own set of ethical rules proving relativity of Ethics.

 

[Quasar44]

toobfreak
You don’t know anything about astronomy

 

[toobfreak]

toobfreak
You don’t know anything about astronomy

I'm a fucking astronomer, moron. I've taught it. I still teach it.

No matter. I was going to tell you anyway. A Quasar is a misnomer from the days they thought these were real objects. Turns out that a "quasar" is just a name for a unique class of object and situation where an AGN galaxy (a galaxy with an active galactic nucleus) is just by happenstance pointing the right way.

You see, all stable, organized galaxies have black holes in their center, and occasionally, in-falling matter gets gobbled up by them. Some of that matter gets ejected at relativistic speeds in opposite directions thrown away by strong polar magnetic fields, and if by coincidence, one of those polar jets happens to be aimed right at the Earth, we see it as very "bright."

Originally, astronomers assumed these were superluminous objects spewing light that bright in all directions, which was a physics law violation. We now understand they only appear bright along the two discreet axes of the two polar jets.

And that is what a quasar really is.

Obumma.

 

[Quasar44]

toobfreak
These are only found in early galaxy formations

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

No, you didn't.

He definitely didn't but he tried lol. Curiosity and wild guesses are better than nothing.

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

I'm a fucking astronomer, moron. I've taught it. I still teach it.

No matter. I was going to tell you anyway. A Quasar is a misnomer from the days they thought these were real objects. Turns out that a "quasar" is just a name for a unique class of object and situation where an AGN galaxy (a galaxy with an active galactic nucleus) is just by happenstance pointing the right way.

You see, all stable, organized galaxies have black holes in their center, and occasionally, in-falling matter gets gobbled up by them. Some of that matter gets ejected at relativistic speeds in opposite directions thrown away by strong polar magnetic fields, and if by coincidence, one of those polar jets happens to be aimed right at the Earth, we see it as very "bright."

Originally, astronomers assumed these were superluminous objects spewing light that bright in all directions, which was a physics law violation. We now understand they only appear bright along the two discreet axes of the two polar jets.

And that is what a quasar really is.

Obumma.

I know just enough to make wild assumptions and let the child in me run rampant

 

[toobfreak]

toobfreak
These are only found in early galaxy formations

Mostly because it was only in the early universe that galaxies were condensed enough with sufficient central matter to sustain these jets over a long enough period of time to be observed by us but there are still tons of AGN galaxies out there and tons of active quasars in the sky.

List of quasars - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The other reason is because if quasars were close to us (not at the rim of the early universe) we wouldn't be here to see them.

Active galactic nucleus - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Quasar44]

toobfreak
I can’t read that much information as I have dementia but good stuff

 

[Quasar44]

Wow you really know your stuff in astronomy
You have a degree in it ??

 

[Bob Blaylock]

What does your username mean?

My parents named me Robert. “Bob”, of course, is a very common short nickname for Robert, and that is what I go by.

According to the Wikipedia…

The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþi- "fame" and *berhta- "bright" (Hrōþiberhtaz).[1] Compare Old Dutch Robrecht and Old High German Hrodebert (a compound of Hruod (Old Norse: Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and berht "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert.​

I've seen a few different claims as to the origin and meaning of my last name, Blaylock. It is apparently of either English or Scottish origin, referring either to a lake, or to hair, being of the the color blue or black.

 

[norwegen]

My heritage is largely Norwegian and the first three letters of my last name are gen.

 

[Coyote]

Coyote…because….well….Coyote

….reminds me to lighten up

 

[Man of Ethics]

Coyote…because….well….Coyote

….reminds me to lighten up

On two Russian language forums I am Wolf.

 

[Crepitus]

Different Cultures and Subcultures have different standards of Ethics. I am unethical by some standards and very ethical by others.

Crepitus has two meaning. One is the sound/feeling of a bad joint, that grating vibration you feel in a bad knee or hip. I suffer from quite a bit of joint damage from living an active life, so I hear/feel this often.

Second is funny and highly appropriate for a political forum. Crepitus is the Roman god of flatulence.

 

[Crepitus]

Quasars are thousands of times more bight than all the stars in the galaxy
They’re the massive energy spills coming out of the oldest and biggest black holes 🕳 in the early universe

I hope I got it right

So... You were going for irony?

 

[Anomalism]

Interesting.

What evidence convinced you that your ancestors participated in the Crusades?

Are you also an Injun like Elizabeth Warren?

I've got 20 bucks on God told him.

 

[Crepitus]

Coyote…because….well….Coyote

….reminds me to lighten up

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Coyote is a native American god. A trickster, equivalent to Loki.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

University of Florida Taser incident - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Bob Blaylock]

Coyote is a native American god. A trickster, equivalent to Loki.

A criminal who engages in human trafficking.

Also, a buffoonish cartoon character, desperate to catch a road runner, whose elaborate efforts to do so always backfire.