Comments on: I’m all over the map! http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/16/im-all-over-the-map/ 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: mschoppe http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/16/im-all-over-the-map/comment-page-1/#comment-42244 mschoppe Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:42:14 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/16/im-all-over-the-map/#comment-42244 Paul Marsden wrote: > I’m in Canada, somewhere between Saskatoon and Edmonton. I've driven from Edmonton to Saskatoon, and I can definatively state that there is nobody between Saskatoon and Edmonton! Paul Marsden wrote:
> I’m in Canada, somewhere between Saskatoon and Edmonton.

I’ve driven from Edmonton to Saskatoon, and I can definatively state that there is nobody between Saskatoon and Edmonton!

]]> By: Paul Kuliniewicz http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/16/im-all-over-the-map/comment-page-1/#comment-42243 Paul Kuliniewicz Wed, 18 Jul 2007 04:05:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/16/im-all-over-the-map/#comment-42243 My name turns up exactly one response: Kent Hovind's address. WTF? (OK, OK, Kent Hovind's old, not-in-federal-prison address. But still, WTF?) My name turns up exactly one response: Kent Hovind’s address. WTF?

(OK, OK, Kent Hovind’s old, not-in-federal-prison address. But still, WTF?)

]]> By: Davidlpf http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/16/im-all-over-the-map/comment-page-1/#comment-42242 Davidlpf Wed, 18 Jul 2007 01:40:30 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/16/im-all-over-the-map/#comment-42242 My name turns out a lot of results when I google it because my first name is very common in the family, there a two others with my first and last name in my hometown alone. Also my last name is name of clothing store. My name turns out a lot of results when I google it because my first name is very common in the family, there a two others with my first and last name in my hometown alone. Also my last name is name of clothing store.

]]> By: The Bad Astronomer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/16/im-all-over-the-map/comment-page-1/#comment-42241 The Bad Astronomer Tue, 17 Jul 2007 23:21:50 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/16/im-all-over-the-map/#comment-42241 Is there any way to get it to display <b>all</b> the results instead of just 10 at a time? Is there any way to get it to display all the results instead of just 10 at a time?

]]> By: Lurchgs http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/16/im-all-over-the-map/comment-page-1/#comment-42240 Lurchgs Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:51:45 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/16/im-all-over-the-map/#comment-42240 that is rather curious... Mine coughs up links to the City of Portsmouth VA city council, some tourist farm in Pennsylvania, and a half dozen other things. The closest relationship to myself is a link to University of Chicago - where my *father* got his PhD. I never attended. Oh, wait... there's a pointer to me hiding in BA's back yard.. gotta do something about that... that is rather curious… Mine coughs up links to the City of Portsmouth VA city council, some tourist farm in Pennsylvania, and a half dozen other things. The closest relationship to myself is a link to University of Chicago – where my *father* got his PhD. I never attended.

Oh, wait… there’s a pointer to me hiding in BA’s back yard.. gotta do something about that…

]]> By: CurtisP http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/16/im-all-over-the-map/comment-page-1/#comment-42239 CurtisP Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:04:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/16/im-all-over-the-map/#comment-42239 I'm not on the map anywere, but apparently a lot of my relatives are. I’m not on the map anywere, but apparently a lot of my relatives are.

]]> By: Miranda http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/16/im-all-over-the-map/comment-page-1/#comment-42238 Miranda Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:16:38 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/16/im-all-over-the-map/#comment-42238 Hmm. In quotes, one hit in Vancouver (really me, but still one more hit than I was expecting). Not in quotes I turn up in Aspen. Apparently there's a ski run named the Gran Risa? Well, at least I'm close by, BA, maybe we can meet up for coffee? :) Hmm. In quotes, one hit in Vancouver (really me, but still one more hit than I was expecting).

Not in quotes I turn up in Aspen. Apparently there’s a ski run named the Gran Risa? Well, at least I’m close by, BA, maybe we can meet up for coffee? :)

]]> By: Jennifer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/16/im-all-over-the-map/comment-page-1/#comment-42237 Jennifer Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:11:08 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/16/im-all-over-the-map/#comment-42237 I'm nowhere. At least not with my real name - but thanks to Jedediah Strong Smith I sort of have my very own state park with gorgeous redwood trees (and ewoks...well, at times) I’m nowhere. At least not with my real name – but thanks to Jedediah Strong Smith I sort of have my very own state park with gorgeous redwood trees (and ewoks…well, at times)

]]> By: Laurie D. T. Mann http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/16/im-all-over-the-map/comment-page-1/#comment-42236 Laurie D. T. Mann Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:51:39 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/16/im-all-over-the-map/#comment-42236 It's very odd. When I search on a Western Pennsylvania map, I get lots of hits because I put a regional restaurant guide that I wrote online. So every restaurant that Google has a record of is connected to every restaurant I'd included in the guide. But some of the "hits" are completely illogical. For reasons known only to Google, the fact that I met a man in Michigan is linked to an Episcopal Church in Milton, MA! And, no, the church was not named for either of us. It’s very odd.

When I search on a Western Pennsylvania map, I get lots of hits because I put a regional restaurant guide that I wrote online. So every restaurant that Google has a record of is connected to every restaurant I’d included in the guide.

But some of the “hits” are completely illogical.

For reasons known only to Google, the fact that I met a man in Michigan is linked to an Episcopal Church in Milton, MA! And, no, the church was not named for either of us.

]]> By: Dinzer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/16/im-all-over-the-map/comment-page-1/#comment-42235 Dinzer Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:49:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/16/im-all-over-the-map/#comment-42235 Phil, shouldn't you be working on a book instead of playing with Google Maps? Get back to work! :-) Phil, shouldn’t you be working on a book instead of playing with Google Maps? Get back to work! :-)

]]> By: Rob http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/16/im-all-over-the-map/comment-page-1/#comment-42234 Rob Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:22:54 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/16/im-all-over-the-map/#comment-42234 I get about 5 hits from double quotes, 4 of them the 'real me' - 2 press releases mentioned on web pages and two acknowledgments from papers. Strangely enough being in the author list isn't picked up, but being in the acknowledgments is. Even stranger, if I zoom all the way out, I only get 3 hits. I get about 5 hits from double quotes, 4 of them the ‘real me’ – 2 press releases mentioned on web pages and two acknowledgments from papers. Strangely enough being in the author list isn’t picked up, but being in the acknowledgments is. Even stranger, if I zoom all the way out, I only get 3 hits.

]]> By: Berlzebub http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/16/im-all-over-the-map/comment-page-1/#comment-42233 Berlzebub Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:07:10 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/16/im-all-over-the-map/#comment-42233 Okay, just for fun I tried Berlzebub, and got no hits, again. However, I tried Beelzebub and got <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=beelzebub" rel="nofollow">this</a>. I wonder who gets sent to that group home? Okay, just for fun I tried Berlzebub, and got no hits, again. However, I tried Beelzebub and got this.

I wonder who gets sent to that group home?

]]> By: Berlzebub http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/16/im-all-over-the-map/comment-page-1/#comment-42232 Berlzebub Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:04:26 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/16/im-all-over-the-map/#comment-42232 Without double quotation marks, I got about 30 to 40 hits, that don't even come close to where I am. Putting my name in double quotes gave me no hits. I'm safe. :D Without double quotation marks, I got about 30 to 40 hits, that don’t even come close to where I am. Putting my name in double quotes gave me no hits. I’m safe. :D

]]> By: Louis http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/16/im-all-over-the-map/comment-page-1/#comment-42231 Louis Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:39:40 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/16/im-all-over-the-map/#comment-42231 2807 results! 2807 results!

]]> By: Gary Ansorge http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/16/im-all-over-the-map/comment-page-1/#comment-42230 Gary Ansorge Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:27:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/16/im-all-over-the-map/#comment-42230 Hey Phil, aren't you supposed to be working on writing a book??? Get busy!!! Reason needs you. GAry 7 Hey Phil, aren’t you supposed to be working on writing a book???

Get busy!!!

Reason needs you.

GAry 7

]]> By: Blake Stacey http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/16/im-all-over-the-map/comment-page-1/#comment-42229 Blake Stacey Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:12:38 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/16/im-all-over-the-map/#comment-42229 Well, I'm all over the place, but the sixth result actually puts me in the right spot (Cambridge, Massachusetts). Pretty cool! OK, so if the BA is a NASA astronaut, he <i>definitely</i> gets a role in <i><a href="http://www.sunclipse.org/?p=195" rel="nofollow">ScienceBlogs: The Movie</a>,</i> even if he's not part of the Seed hive-mind. (-: Well, I’m all over the place, but the sixth result actually puts me in the right spot (Cambridge, Massachusetts). Pretty cool!

OK, so if the BA is a NASA astronaut, he definitely gets a role in ScienceBlogs: The Movie, even if he’s not part of the Seed hive-mind. (-:

]]> By: Rui Borges http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/16/im-all-over-the-map/comment-page-1/#comment-42228 Rui Borges Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:43:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/16/im-all-over-the-map/#comment-42228 Hard to say where you are when you're at, at least, 611 different locations... But I'm really in Sintra, Portugal. Hard to say where you are when you’re at, at least, 611 different locations…
But I’m really in Sintra, Portugal.

]]> By: diederick http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/16/im-all-over-the-map/comment-page-1/#comment-42227 diederick Tue, 17 Jul 2007 08:08:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/16/im-all-over-the-map/#comment-42227 You're in down town Amsterdam as well. Have fun! You’re in down town Amsterdam as well. Have fun!

]]> By: Laguna2 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/16/im-all-over-the-map/comment-page-1/#comment-42226 Laguna2 Tue, 17 Jul 2007 07:57:24 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/16/im-all-over-the-map/#comment-42226 Oh, I even found you in Europe, and learned something new about you: "Phil Plait, Astronaut bei der NASA und Betreiber der Internetseite "Bad Astronomy"," translated: Phil Plait, astronaut at NASA [...] :-) Oh, I even found you in Europe, and learned something new about you:
“Phil Plait, Astronaut bei der NASA und Betreiber der Internetseite “Bad Astronomy”,”
translated: Phil Plait, astronaut at NASA [...]
:-)

]]> By: Nils http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/16/im-all-over-the-map/comment-page-1/#comment-42225 Nils Tue, 17 Jul 2007 05:22:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/16/im-all-over-the-map/#comment-42225 I'm somewhere called Brgr? That's not right. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=nils+geylen I’m somewhere called Brgr? That’s not right.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=nils+geylen

]]> By: Jack Norton http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/16/im-all-over-the-map/comment-page-1/#comment-42224 Jack Norton Tue, 17 Jul 2007 04:55:53 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/16/im-all-over-the-map/#comment-42224 Since you're asking "where are you".... Capitol Hill, Washington, DC; where there are shiny things everywhere (oooof!), except in the sky, where the city lights blot out all but Venus, Jupiter, Spica, Betelgeuse... Feh! But I still love this town! Greetings Phil! from Marine Barracks Washington 700 8th St. SE, zip 20003! Since you’re asking “where are you”…. Capitol Hill, Washington, DC; where there are shiny things everywhere (oooof!), except in the sky, where the city lights blot out all but Venus, Jupiter, Spica, Betelgeuse… Feh! But I still love this town! Greetings Phil! from Marine Barracks Washington 700 8th St. SE, zip 20003!

]]> By: Oran_Taran http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/16/im-all-over-the-map/comment-page-1/#comment-42223 Oran_Taran Tue, 17 Jul 2007 04:36:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/16/im-all-over-the-map/#comment-42223 There's no Oran Taran, but there's an Oran in MO and two Tarans. One in Kazakhstan (wherever that is!) and one in Iran. (that's not my real name btw :P) There’s no Oran Taran, but there’s an Oran in MO and two Tarans. One in Kazakhstan (wherever that is!) and one in Iran.

(that’s not my real name btw :P )

]]> By: suso http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/16/im-all-over-the-map/comment-page-1/#comment-42222 suso Tue, 17 Jul 2007 04:30:18 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/16/im-all-over-the-map/#comment-42222 If you double quote your name (as in "phil plait"), the results will make a lot more sense. If you double quote your name (as in “phil plait”), the results will make a lot more sense.

]]> By: Christopher Sisk http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/16/im-all-over-the-map/comment-page-1/#comment-42221 Christopher Sisk Tue, 17 Jul 2007 04:18:06 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/16/im-all-over-the-map/#comment-42221 Small town - http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=k&z=11&om=1 Sounds like we need a Bad Astronomy Frappr map. Small town – http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=k&z=11&om=1

Sounds like we need a Bad Astronomy Frappr map.

]]> By: PsyberDave http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/16/im-all-over-the-map/comment-page-1/#comment-42214 PsyberDave Tue, 17 Jul 2007 04:11:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/16/im-all-over-the-map/#comment-42214 There's a state park with my name on it: http://davidkessler.blogspot.com/2006/09/david-kessler-state-park.html There’s a state park with my name on it:

http://davidkessler.blogspot.com/2006/09/david-kessler-state-park.html

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