Comments on: Is PZ sending his squiddy horde to invade my territory? http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/05/is-pz-sending-his-squiddy-horde-to-invade-my-territory/ 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. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:40:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Troy http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/05/is-pz-sending-his-squiddy-horde-to-invade-my-territory/#comment-34103 Troy Fri, 06 Apr 2007 22:45:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/05/is-pz-sending-his-squiddy-horde-to-invade-my-territory/#comment-34103 I like my calamari just like Bart Simpson does, with extra tentacles! I like my calamari just like Bart Simpson does, with extra tentacles!

]]> By: Josie http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/05/is-pz-sending-his-squiddy-horde-to-invade-my-territory/#comment-34102 Josie Fri, 06 Apr 2007 18:38:31 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/05/is-pz-sending-his-squiddy-horde-to-invade-my-territory/#comment-34102 Squid have ears? Squid have ears?

]]> By: PZ Myers http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/05/is-pz-sending-his-squiddy-horde-to-invade-my-territory/#comment-34101 PZ Myers Fri, 06 Apr 2007 16:48:45 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/05/is-pz-sending-his-squiddy-horde-to-invade-my-territory/#comment-34101 Errm, could you be a bit more specific about your address? My squid are floundering about in the bay, and having trouble locating your house. Better yet, could you go down by the shore, maybe dabble your toes in the water, and shout out "HI THERE! MY NAME IS PHIL!" Thanks, they'll appreciate it. Errm, could you be a bit more specific about your address? My squid are floundering about in the bay, and having trouble locating your house.

Better yet, could you go down by the shore, maybe dabble your toes in the water, and shout out “HI THERE! MY NAME IS PHIL!”

Thanks, they’ll appreciate it.

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]]> By: Josie http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/05/is-pz-sending-his-squiddy-horde-to-invade-my-territory/#comment-34099 Josie Fri, 06 Apr 2007 15:11:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/05/is-pz-sending-his-squiddy-horde-to-invade-my-territory/#comment-34099 If it is Cthulhu, then we are properly screwed. If it is Cthulhu, then we are properly screwed.

]]> By: Lurchgs http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/05/is-pz-sending-his-squiddy-horde-to-invade-my-territory/#comment-34098 Lurchgs Fri, 06 Apr 2007 15:02:17 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/05/is-pz-sending-his-squiddy-horde-to-invade-my-territory/#comment-34098 You all have *everything* wrong! It's not PZ, it's not Nemo (fish or human)... this is the advance wave of the hordes of Cthulhu! H.P.L. **tried** to warn you! E You all have *everything* wrong! It’s not PZ, it’s not Nemo (fish or human)… this is the advance wave of the hordes of Cthulhu!

H.P.L. **tried** to warn you!

E

]]> By: John Kemeny http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/05/is-pz-sending-his-squiddy-horde-to-invade-my-territory/#comment-34097 John Kemeny Fri, 06 Apr 2007 14:00:14 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/05/is-pz-sending-his-squiddy-horde-to-invade-my-territory/#comment-34097 DenverAstro, A "league" is about "the distance a man can walk in 1 hour," say 3 miles. Nemo never traveled more than 5-6 miles deep (http://verne.thefreelibrary.com/20000-Leagues-Under-The-Sea/1-12) Chapter XII-Some Figures. He went 20,000 leagues under the sea, but mostly laterally. The Earth's equatorial diameter is only 2,642 leagues. This means if you spent 8 hours a day walking to the center of the earth, you'd get there within 6 months :-) DenverAstro,
A “league” is about “the distance a man can walk in 1 hour,” say 3 miles. Nemo never traveled more than 5-6 miles deep (http://verne.thefreelibrary.com/20000-Leagues-Under-The-Sea/1-12) Chapter XII-Some Figures. He went 20,000 leagues under the sea, but mostly laterally. The Earth’s equatorial diameter is only 2,642 leagues.

This means if you spent 8 hours a day walking to the center of the earth, you’d get there within 6 months :-)

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