Comments on: AA, BA, …?

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 08:01:12 +0000

Aerik posted. “Are you high or something, Dave? We all thought the ad was funny!! Nobody is actually complaining about the ads! Think before you click â€œsubmit,â€ man.”

Linking to the adblocker was sort of tongue-in-cheek, I don’t know where you get the impression I thought people were complaining, I didn’t. Personally I find ads annoying and thought this was a particularly good addon to have on your browser. I was trying to be helpful, if people want see it as spam, good for them, you can live with adds!

By: Joshua

Joshua — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 21:10:15 +0000

Oh. I guess it’s because I was filling in the website field. Good to know! (Especially since host of that site replaced the blog with an NSFW image while nobody was looking. =X)

By: Joshua

Joshua — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 20:59:40 +0000

Why is it Dave gets to post his message but I get blocked for spam? =/

By: Aerik

Aerik — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 19:09:41 +0000

Are you high or something, Dave? We all thought the ad was funny!! Nobody is actually complaining about the ads! Think before you click "submit," man.

By: J Pola

J Pola — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 18:13:41 +0000

BA?
You mean Bigelow Aerospace?
Big deal they struck last week with Lockheed…

By: SgtBill

SgtBill — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 16:35:19 +0000

AA = Associate of Arts (two year degree)….
AA could also =

A**Hole Astronomer – my first Astronomy professor at a Jr. College had one of these…

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 08:31:33 +0000

Phil, may I recomend this adblocker: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1865/

It should make your surfing experience much more enjoyable.

By: Aerik

Aerik — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 04:20:15 +0000

You think that's something? Check out this link from your last article. Backyard Astronomy Backyard Astronomy = BA, too! Tee hee.

By: bassmanpete

bassmanpete — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 03:41:08 +0000

You’d be safer claiming to have a BSc, it makes it much less open to misinterpretation

By: Trebuchet

Trebuchet — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 02:53:34 +0000

I’d have to disagree with Evolving Squid. I’ve never met an MBA with any marketable skills but since their companies are all run by other MBA’s, they get the big bucks anyhow. I’m an engineer, in case you hadn’t guessed.

BS = (see Penn & Teller)
MS = More of the Same
PhD = Piled higher and Deeper

By: John B. Sandlin

John B. Sandlin — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 02:10:57 +0000

MBA = Mondo Bad Astronomer?

jbs

By: Troy

Troy — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 02:09:31 +0000

The degree system at the UniversitÃ¤t Hamburg?

By: Evolving Squid

Evolving Squid — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 00:01:45 +0000

I think they mean that if you have an MBA, but no marketable skills, you can reasonably be expecting to serve burgers.