I was trying to download a 16000x16000 .tiff image file of the Helix Nebula and it messed up my computer. This is what happened:
Me (5:08:36 PM): i am about to download the largest pic on the internet i can find
Other Guy (5:08:41 PM): lol
Me (5:08:51 PM): 16000x16000
Me (5:09:04 PM): 286 mb .tiff file
Me (5:09:13 PM): lol
Me (5:09:15 PM): look
Me (5:09:16 PM):
hubblesite.org...
Me (5:09:34 PM): woah
Me (5:09:49 PM): my dl speed was 2 mbps
Me (5:09:54 PM): for a while
Other Guy (5:10:08 PM): lol
Me (5:11:21 PM): look at hte warning on the link
Other Guy (5:11:27 PM): i saw it
Other Guy (5:11:29 PM): lol
Me (5:11:35 PM): 750 mb of ram
Me (5:11:38 PM): lol
Me (5:15:06 PM): 55% done with my pic
Me (5:15:09 PM): lol
Other Guy (5:15:12 PM): oll
Me (5:15:15 PM): 58
Me (5:15:18 PM): 59
Me (5:15:23 PM): 60
Me (5:18:43 PM): 92%
Me (5:19:06 PM): my comps gonna blow up when i look at it
Other Guy (5:19:11 PM): olol
Me (5:19:30 PM): yay its done
Me (5:21:39 PM): it wont open its too big lol
Other Guy (5:21:47 PM): lol
Me (5:21:54 PM): yay it opened
Me (5:22:26 PM): i can zoom like 2435236456355645% because its so big
Me (5:23:21 PM): full cpu and ram usage
Me (5:24:15 PM): im using 996 mb of ram on a 768 mb comp
Me (5:24:17 PM): LOL
Other Guy (5:24:20 PM): lol
Me (5:25:11 PM): i closed it i think my cpu just melted
Other Guy (5:27:23 PM): lol
Me (5:28:11 PM): yay my taskbar finally came back
Me (5:33:13 PM): im gonna air out my cpu tower
Other Guy (5:33:18 PM): lol