Comments on: Skepticality interview http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/08/30/skepticality-interview/ 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 16:11:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: jbz http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/08/30/skepticality-interview/comment-page-1/#comment-20058 jbz Thu, 31 Aug 2006 09:33:19 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/08/30/skepticality-interview/#comment-20058 Damn it, Phil. You've got to get people (like skepticality) to stop calling you the Bad Astronomer. You're not a bad astronomer (I hope), you discuss bad astronomy. Of course, Derek and Swoopy are just repeating the common usage. You need to nip this in the bud. -jbz Damn it, Phil. You’ve got to get people (like skepticality) to stop calling you the Bad Astronomer. You’re not a bad astronomer (I hope), you discuss bad astronomy. Of course, Derek and Swoopy are just repeating the common usage. You need to nip this in the bud.

-jbz

]]> By: Tim G http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/08/30/skepticality-interview/comment-page-1/#comment-20060 Tim G Wed, 30 Aug 2006 22:10:54 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/08/30/skepticality-interview/#comment-20060 One comment on the moon’s recession: The moon’s orbit is slightly eccentric (i.e. its distance from us varies during an orbit). In the distant future, the moon’s apogee (maximum distance from Earth) will result in a barycenter above Earth’s surface while its perigee will result in a barycenter below Earth’s surface. I suppose that Luna would alternate between being a moon and planet before settling on being a planet. One comment on the moon’s recession: The moon’s orbit is slightly eccentric (i.e. its distance from us varies during an orbit). In the distant future, the moon’s apogee (maximum distance from Earth) will result in a barycenter above Earth’s surface while its perigee will result in a barycenter below Earth’s surface. I suppose that Luna would alternate between being a moon and planet before settling on being a planet.

]]> By: Tim G http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/08/30/skepticality-interview/comment-page-1/#comment-20059 Tim G Wed, 30 Aug 2006 21:03:46 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/08/30/skepticality-interview/#comment-20059 As far as commentary on the perpetual motion machine, I defer to <a href="http://www.csit.fsu.edu/~burkardt/data/wav/thermo.wav" rel="nofollow">Homer Simpson</a>. As far as commentary on the perpetual motion machine, I defer to Homer Simpson.

]]> By: Aerik http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/08/30/skepticality-interview/comment-page-1/#comment-20062 Aerik Wed, 30 Aug 2006 20:17:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/08/30/skepticality-interview/#comment-20062 Damnit to hell, why is it every other post I want to comment on, when I click on the permalink to make a comment, I start typing only to find the page needs to refresh for some javascript to reload - at least 3 more times!? Anyhow, I remember in one of their early episodes (sort of), I had just joined their forums and created a poll asking forum members which had a better radio voice. I didn't know (I guess I missed it) that 90% of their listeners (forum members notwithstanding) are men and of course chose Swoopy. I wonder if Swoopy thinks "mmmm, Swoopy" is creepy to hear, especially coming from <strong>married</strong> bloggers. Damnit to hell, why is it every other post I want to comment on, when I click on the permalink to make a comment, I start typing only to find the page needs to refresh for some javascript to reload – at least 3 more times!?

Anyhow, I remember in one of their early episodes (sort of), I had just joined their forums and created a poll asking forum members which had a better radio voice. I didn’t know (I guess I missed it) that 90% of their listeners (forum members notwithstanding) are men and of course chose Swoopy.

I wonder if Swoopy thinks “mmmm, Swoopy” is creepy to hear, especially coming from married bloggers.

]]> By: Blake Stacey http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/08/30/skepticality-interview/comment-page-1/#comment-20061 Blake Stacey Wed, 30 Aug 2006 20:00:04 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/08/30/skepticality-interview/#comment-20061 Listening now. . . gotta love the opening music stings. Listening now. . . gotta love the opening music stings.

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