Comments on: That’s my boy! http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/12/thats-my-boy/ 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. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:42:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: milf lesbian mom japanese http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/12/thats-my-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-97627 milf lesbian mom japanese Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:08:57 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/12/thats-my-boy/#comment-97627 lesbians mom milf lesbian <a href= http://cavacibe.cn/lesbian-milf-mom.html rel="nofollow">japanese lesbian milf mom</a> lesbians mom milf lesbian http://cavacibe.cn/lesbian-milf-mom.html rel=”nofollow”>japanese lesbian milf mom

]]> By: Jupiter Red Spot Jr Reddish and Reddish at Astronomy Notes http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/12/thats-my-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-22061 Jupiter Red Spot Jr Reddish and Reddish at Astronomy Notes Wed, 18 Oct 2006 18:31:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/12/thats-my-boy/#comment-22061 [...] The Jupiter Red Spot Junior is officially named Oval BA (Bad Astronomy?). It is getting reddish as its elder brother, the Great Red Spot. The wind is currently boasting at 640km/h. It just takes 1.5625 seconds to travel from the southest of Malaysia (Johor Bahru) to the northest (Perlis), roughly 1000km, imagine! [...] [...] The Jupiter Red Spot Junior is officially named Oval BA (Bad Astronomy?). It is getting reddish as its elder brother, the Great Red Spot. The wind is currently boasting at 640km/h. It just takes 1.5625 seconds to travel from the southest of Malaysia (Johor Bahru) to the northest (Perlis), roughly 1000km, imagine! [...]

]]> By: Ed Minchau http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/12/thats-my-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-22078 Ed Minchau Tue, 17 Oct 2006 23:52:57 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/12/thats-my-boy/#comment-22078 Idlemind, has Jupiter's rotation suddenly changed? If not, then an increase in solar insolation is definitely not "silly on the face". Idlemind, has Jupiter’s rotation suddenly changed? If not, then an increase in solar insolation is definitely not “silly on the face”.

]]> By: idlemind http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/12/thats-my-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-22079 idlemind Sun, 15 Oct 2006 17:21:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/12/thats-my-boy/#comment-22079 You know, Ed, Jupiter's storms aren't powered by solar heating, but rather by its high speed of rotation. For instance, the rotation of Jupiter's polar atmosphere is about 5 minutes longer than that at Jupiter's equator -- that's an <i>enormous</i> amount of atmospheric energy right there! Given that solar radiation is less than 4% as strong per unit area as on Earth, your suggestion is silly on the surface of it. You know, Ed, Jupiter’s storms aren’t powered by solar heating, but rather by its high speed of rotation. For instance, the rotation of Jupiter’s polar atmosphere is about 5 minutes longer than that at Jupiter’s equator — that’s an enormous amount of atmospheric energy right there! Given that solar radiation is less than 4% as strong per unit area as on Earth, your suggestion is silly on the surface of it.

]]> By: Bootlady Teri http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/12/thats-my-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-22080 Bootlady Teri Sun, 15 Oct 2006 10:05:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/12/thats-my-boy/#comment-22080 Well it IS a tempermental 'little' thing...obviously off it's Ritalin. It appears as if baby BA is about to throw a temper tantrum and get all red and mysterious on everyone. What's a baby storm to do but watch all of you human folk go kind of silly...even though it will outlive you entire lot - and revel in trying to copy it's Big Brother. It always sucks being the younger sibling. Well it IS a tempermental ‘little’ thing…obviously off it’s Ritalin. It appears as if baby BA is about to throw a temper tantrum and get all red and mysterious on everyone. What’s a baby storm to do but watch all of you human folk go kind of silly…even though it will outlive you entire lot – and revel in trying to copy it’s Big Brother.

It always sucks being the younger sibling.

]]> By: yagimandoogie http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/12/thats-my-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-22062 yagimandoogie Sat, 14 Oct 2006 17:59:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/12/thats-my-boy/#comment-22062 Sorry to bust your bubble BA. BUT Oval BA stands for Oval Bomb Asteroids . Our super secret shadow government which is lead by Elvis Presley ( the first hydrogue to infiltrate planet earth ), came up with this name because the storm is gearing up to launch Frozen sulfuric acid asteroids at earth , that "they" ( the hydrogues) mined from Europa. This will happen on 2012 if we ( humans ) don't give the hydrogues what they demand ( Philly Steak & Cheese Hot Pockets ) . Sorry I couldn't let your misinformation office put its normal " SPIN " on this subject . Sorry to bust your bubble BA.

BUT Oval BA stands for Oval Bomb Asteroids . Our super secret shadow government which is lead by Elvis Presley ( the first hydrogue to infiltrate planet earth ), came up with this name because the storm is gearing up to launch Frozen sulfuric acid asteroids at earth , that “they” ( the hydrogues) mined from Europa. This will happen on 2012 if we ( humans ) don’t give the hydrogues what they demand ( Philly Steak & Cheese Hot Pockets ) .

Sorry I couldn’t let your misinformation office put its normal ” SPIN ” on this subject .

]]> By: Inoculated Mind http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/12/thats-my-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-22063 Inoculated Mind Sat, 14 Oct 2006 03:57:04 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/12/thats-my-boy/#comment-22063 Oval BA, sone of Dome BA. :) No really, its a solar panel for a skepticism machine. And my male-pattern baldness is just about to manifest too. Oval BA, sone of Dome BA. :)

No really, its a solar panel for a skepticism machine.

And my male-pattern baldness is just about to manifest too.

]]> By: Ed Minchau http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/12/thats-my-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-22065 Ed Minchau Fri, 13 Oct 2006 18:45:10 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/12/thats-my-boy/#comment-22065 Irishman, exactly. Thanks for clearing that up. Irishman, exactly. Thanks for clearing that up.

]]> By: Lorne Ipsum http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/12/thats-my-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-22066 Lorne Ipsum Fri, 13 Oct 2006 16:14:39 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/12/thats-my-boy/#comment-22066 According to Google, it's a reference to a set of science fiction novels by Kevin J. Anderson. The Wikipedia entry says hydrogues are "powerful aliens that live within gas-giant planets." See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saga_of_Seven_Suns Handy thing, the internet... Lorne According to Google, it’s a reference to a set of science fiction novels by Kevin J. Anderson. The Wikipedia entry says hydrogues are “powerful aliens that live within gas-giant planets.” See here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saga_of_Seven_Suns

Handy thing, the internet…

Lorne

]]> By: Grand Lunar http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/12/thats-my-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-22064 Grand Lunar Fri, 13 Oct 2006 14:57:39 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/12/thats-my-boy/#comment-22064 "You realize this is all jusr a precursor to a hydrogue attack, right?" What's a 'hydrogue attack'? “You realize this is all jusr a precursor to a hydrogue attack, right?”

What’s a ‘hydrogue attack’?

]]> By: Irishman http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/12/thats-my-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-22067 Irishman Fri, 13 Oct 2006 14:57:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/12/thats-my-boy/#comment-22067 DennyMo, I suspect Ed's point was that if Global Warming is solar system wide, it can hardly be anthropic. Ergo, the AGW proponents would have the BA as a target. DennyMo, I suspect Ed’s point was that if Global Warming is solar system wide, it can hardly be anthropic. Ergo, the AGW proponents would have the BA as a target.

]]> By: DennyMo http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/12/thats-my-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-22068 DennyMo Fri, 13 Oct 2006 14:26:43 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/12/thats-my-boy/#comment-22068 Ed Minchau, you do realize that those "Nurmburg-style" trials were recommended by a global warming fanboy to be used against global warming skeptics, and not the other way around... I was just explaining the GRS to my 4 year old. Given his limited grasp of what "a really long time" is, I told him that the GRS was a thunderstorm that had been going non-stop since before his granddad was born. He was impressed. 8-O Ed Minchau, you do realize that those “Nurmburg-style” trials were recommended by a global warming fanboy to be used against global warming skeptics, and not the other way around…

I was just explaining the GRS to my 4 year old. Given his limited grasp of what “a really long time” is, I told him that the GRS was a thunderstorm that had been going non-stop since before his granddad was born. He was impressed. 8-O

]]> By: Quiet_Desperation http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/12/thats-my-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-22069 Quiet_Desperation Fri, 13 Oct 2006 14:11:18 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/12/thats-my-boy/#comment-22069 You realize this is all jusr a precursor to a hydrogue attack, right? The red coloration is a signal, I tells you! You realize this is all jusr a precursor to a hydrogue attack, right?

The red coloration is a signal, I tells you!

]]> By: Ed Minchau http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/12/thats-my-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-22070 Ed Minchau Fri, 13 Oct 2006 13:56:19 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/12/thats-my-boy/#comment-22070 Shhhh! Phil, don't go mentioning that Oval BA is gaining strength! The birth and subsequent growth of an earth-sized storm on Jupiter implies an increase in energy received by Jupiter, and thus that global warming is in fact a solar-system-wide phenomenon. You might find yourself subjected to a Nuremburg-style trial: http://epw.senate.gov/fact.cfm?party=rep&id=264568 Shhhh! Phil, don’t go mentioning that Oval BA is gaining strength! The birth and subsequent growth of an earth-sized storm on Jupiter implies an increase in energy received by Jupiter, and thus that global warming is in fact a solar-system-wide phenomenon. You might find yourself subjected to a Nuremburg-style trial:
http://epw.senate.gov/fact.cfm?party=rep&id=264568

]]> By: Gary Ansorge http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/12/thats-my-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-22072 Gary Ansorge Fri, 13 Oct 2006 13:38:47 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/12/thats-my-boy/#comment-22072 Maybe the BA and the GRS will get together and reproduce.Then there wil be lots of little BAs. Darn, doesn't it always happen just before the prom? Just when someone starts taking our picture,,, GAry 7 Maybe the BA and the GRS will get together and reproduce.Then there wil be lots of little BAs. Darn, doesn’t it always happen just before the prom? Just when someone starts taking our picture,,,

GAry 7

]]> By: wolfe http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/12/thats-my-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-22071 wolfe Fri, 13 Oct 2006 13:26:12 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/12/thats-my-boy/#comment-22071 Truthiness indeed. Thanks for your coverage, which I've cheerfully quoted. Great site, and storm on. -wolfe Truthiness indeed. Thanks for your coverage, which I’ve cheerfully quoted. Great site, and storm on.
-wolfe

]]> By: Michelle Rochon http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/12/thats-my-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-22073 Michelle Rochon Fri, 13 Oct 2006 13:09:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/12/thats-my-boy/#comment-22073 Or who knows! The BA might gooble the GRS!! Like in the cartoons where the small thing eats the huge thing! ...Hehehe. Or who knows! The BA might gooble the GRS!! Like in the cartoons where the small thing eats the huge thing!

…Hehehe.

]]> By: Derek Colanduno http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/12/thats-my-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-22075 Derek Colanduno Fri, 13 Oct 2006 12:04:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/12/thats-my-boy/#comment-22075 Dude! Since you have that funky ju-ju going on, and you had a minor hand in nameing a couple astroids after myself and Swoopy... does that mean we might all be in danger!? :) Dude!

Since you have that funky ju-ju going on, and you had a minor hand in nameing a couple astroids after myself and Swoopy… does that mean we might all be in danger!? :)

]]> By: Grand Lunar http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/12/thats-my-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-22074 Grand Lunar Fri, 13 Oct 2006 11:27:33 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/12/thats-my-boy/#comment-22074 I wondered what became of your storm, Phil. Truth be told, I'm not optimistic about it's longevity. Sooner or later, the GRS might gooble it up. Still, doesn't hurt to dream. I wondered what became of your storm, Phil.

Truth be told, I’m not optimistic about it’s longevity. Sooner or later, the GRS might gooble it up.
Still, doesn’t hurt to dream.

]]> By: Ken http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/12/thats-my-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-22076 Ken Fri, 13 Oct 2006 08:27:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/12/thats-my-boy/#comment-22076 I just Googled "BA" and got 314,000,000 hits. Your blog site was number 52 on their list. Gee, you really are popular. Steven Colbert only had 413,000. Way to go. And that's Googleness!! I just Googled “BA” and got 314,000,000 hits. Your blog site was number 52 on their list. Gee, you really are popular. Steven Colbert only had 413,000. Way to go. And that’s Googleness!!

]]> By: Lorne Ipsum http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/12/thats-my-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-22077 Lorne Ipsum Fri, 13 Oct 2006 04:47:50 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/12/thats-my-boy/#comment-22077 BA, I don't know how to say this, but I've been talking with the guys about the spot. I mean, I hate to be the one to break the news -- but just between you and me, Oval doesn't look a THING like you. But don't worry, I won't tell a SOUL... BA,

I don’t know how to say this, but I’ve been talking with the guys about the spot. I mean, I hate to be the one to break the news — but just between you and me, Oval doesn’t look a THING like you.

But don’t worry, I won’t tell a SOUL…

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