Comments on: Bid early, bid often! http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/19/bid-early-bid-often/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:14:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Troy http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/19/bid-early-bid-often/comment-page-1/#comment-14264 Troy Thu, 20 Apr 2006 22:23:03 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/19/bid-early-bid-often/#comment-14264 The one true cross...I'd settle for one of Carl Sagan's teeth. The one true cross…I’d settle for one of Carl Sagan’s teeth.

]]> By: Crazy Bob-Astronomy To Go http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/19/bid-early-bid-often/comment-page-1/#comment-14265 Crazy Bob-Astronomy To Go Thu, 20 Apr 2006 18:00:14 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/19/bid-early-bid-often/#comment-14265 Phil, I'm glad to see that this even looks somewhat legit. I enlarged the poster on Ebay and matched your signature on it to a stack of "Bad Astronomy" books I still have. Close, very close! Bob Phil,

I’m glad to see that this even looks somewhat legit. I enlarged the poster on Ebay and matched your signature on it to a stack of “Bad Astronomy” books I still have. Close, very close!

Bob

]]> By: Gary Ansorge http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/19/bid-early-bid-often/comment-page-1/#comment-14252 Gary Ansorge Thu, 20 Apr 2006 14:52:57 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/19/bid-early-bid-often/#comment-14252 Darn, the "One True Cross"? By my count, to have sold sooo many pieces over the last 2000 yrs., it must have had a mass of about 100,000,000 tons(metric). No wonder Christianity had such an impact. Just imagine the sound, when it was brought down to retrieve the Mans bod,,, Gary 7 Darn, the “One True Cross”? By my count, to have sold sooo many pieces over the last 2000 yrs., it must have had a mass of about 100,000,000 tons(metric).

No wonder Christianity had such an impact. Just imagine the sound, when it was brought down to retrieve the Mans bod,,,

Gary 7

]]> By: icemith http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/19/bid-early-bid-often/comment-page-1/#comment-14253 icemith Thu, 20 Apr 2006 12:55:09 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/19/bid-early-bid-often/#comment-14253 Hey Nige, You not only 'sign up', but you have to sign down, sign right and left then sign center...... but I'm not Catholic, so I may have that in the wrong order. Could also be accused of Religious Intolerance. Ivan Hey Nige, You not only ‘sign up’, but you have to sign down, sign right and left then sign center…… but I’m not Catholic, so I may have that in the wrong order. Could also be accused of Religious Intolerance.

Ivan

]]> By: Rumour Mongerer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/19/bid-early-bid-often/comment-page-1/#comment-14254 Rumour Mongerer Thu, 20 Apr 2006 03:15:35 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/19/bid-early-bid-often/#comment-14254 So you took a perfectly good poster and defaced it? How rude! :) So you took a perfectly good poster and defaced it? How rude! :)

]]> By: din http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/19/bid-early-bid-often/comment-page-1/#comment-14256 din Wed, 19 Apr 2006 22:55:40 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/19/bid-early-bid-often/#comment-14256 Can we use the signitures to forge cheques ? I'll like to see the reaction if "Phil" donated $100 to the ID movement :) Can we use the signitures to forge cheques ?

I’ll like to see the reaction if “Phil” donated $100 to the ID movement :)

]]> By: The Bad Astronomer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/19/bid-early-bid-often/comment-page-1/#comment-14255 The Bad Astronomer Wed, 19 Apr 2006 22:41:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/19/bid-early-bid-often/#comment-14255 Don't let Hal fool you, BABloggers. He signed with a sloppy X. Don’t let Hal fool you, BABloggers. He signed with a sloppy X.

]]> By: Hal Bidlack http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/19/bid-early-bid-often/comment-page-1/#comment-14260 Hal Bidlack Wed, 19 Apr 2006 21:25:47 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/19/bid-early-bid-often/#comment-14260 Hey, as a fellow "and more" person on the poster, I can support the kindly Dr. Plait's claim to have signed the posters. We both did. Unfortunately, Phil kept signing as "MeeMee the WonderChimp." I signed as "phil plait," so it all balances out Hey, as a fellow “and more” person on the poster, I can support the kindly Dr. Plait’s claim to have signed the posters. We both did. Unfortunately, Phil kept signing as “MeeMee the WonderChimp.” I signed as “phil plait,” so it all balances out

]]> By: Blake Stacey http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/19/bid-early-bid-often/comment-page-1/#comment-14259 Blake Stacey Wed, 19 Apr 2006 21:09:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/19/bid-early-bid-often/#comment-14259 Kim: I refer you to Carl Sagan's comments in <i>The Demon-Haunted World</i> about the "marriage of skepticism and wonder". As for myself, I have a copy of Vladimir Nabokov's <i>Invitation to a Beheading</i> in which I collected all the autographs I could during college. <a href="http://www.neilgaiman.com" rel="nofollow">Neil Gaiman,</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeman_Dyson" rel="nofollow">Freeman Dyson,</a> <a href="http://nobelprize.org/chemistry/laureates/1995/molina-autobio.html" rel="nofollow">Mario Molina</a> and a half-dozen others. The one I really regret not getting is <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0366866/" rel="nofollow">Mariette Hartley,</a> who taught Spock to eat meat in the penultimate episode of the original <i>Star Trek.</i> At the end of June I'm going to a conference in Boston, where the speaker schedule promises us James Gleick, David Brin, Ken Wilson, Ed Fredkin (who did all the work that Stephen Wolfram takes credit for, so I hear), and John Nash. My brain is already starting to bubble out my ears. =) Kim:

I refer you to Carl Sagan’s comments in The Demon-Haunted World about the “marriage of skepticism and wonder”.

As for myself, I have a copy of Vladimir Nabokov’s Invitation to a Beheading in which I collected all the autographs I could during college. Neil Gaiman, Freeman Dyson, Mario Molina and a half-dozen others. The one I really regret not getting is Mariette Hartley, who taught Spock to eat meat in the penultimate episode of the original Star Trek.

At the end of June I’m going to a conference in Boston, where the speaker schedule promises us James Gleick, David Brin, Ken Wilson, Ed Fredkin (who did all the work that Stephen Wolfram takes credit for, so I hear), and John Nash. My brain is already starting to bubble out my ears. =)

]]> By: Nigel Depledge http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/19/bid-early-bid-often/comment-page-1/#comment-14258 Nigel Depledge Wed, 19 Apr 2006 20:56:29 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/19/bid-early-bid-often/#comment-14258 Hey, you mean there's pieces of the One True Cross for sale on eBay? Where do I sign up? :) Hey, you mean there’s pieces of the One True Cross for sale on eBay? Where do I sign up?
:)

]]> By: Kim http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/19/bid-early-bid-often/comment-page-1/#comment-14257 Kim Wed, 19 Apr 2006 20:48:14 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/19/bid-early-bid-often/#comment-14257 That's thoroughly weird. Aren't we skeptics supposed to be too jaded to muster up any enthusiasm for people's autographs? That’s thoroughly weird.

Aren’t we skeptics supposed to be too jaded to muster up any enthusiasm for people’s autographs?

]]> By: southtj http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/19/bid-early-bid-often/comment-page-1/#comment-14261 southtj Wed, 19 Apr 2006 19:16:58 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/19/bid-early-bid-often/#comment-14261 Wow, they even mention you on the eBay site. "and more" Impressive! Wow, they even mention you on the eBay site. “and more” Impressive!

]]> By: The Bad Astronomer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/19/bid-early-bid-often/comment-page-1/#comment-14262 The Bad Astronomer Wed, 19 Apr 2006 17:46:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/19/bid-early-bid-often/#comment-14262 Well, I got my own flyer for the meeting autographed by many of the guests (of all the stupid things, I sat next to Shermer for half the conference and totally forgot to get his!) and the sigs on my mine appear to match those in the image on Ebay. So I'll vouch for Randi. This time. Well, I got my own flyer for the meeting autographed by many of the guests (of all the stupid things, I sat next to Shermer for half the conference and totally forgot to get his!) and the sigs on my mine appear to match those in the image on Ebay. So I’ll vouch for Randi. This time.

]]> By: Blake Stacey http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/19/bid-early-bid-often/comment-page-1/#comment-14263 Blake Stacey Wed, 19 Apr 2006 17:14:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/19/bid-early-bid-often/#comment-14263 How do I know it's genuine? I can't just take signatures like those on faith! (-: How do I know it’s genuine? I can’t just take signatures like those on faith!

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