Comments on: Penn Says http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/13/penn-says/ 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, 09 Nov 2009 10:57:22 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: penn says http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/13/penn-says/comment-page-1/#comment-63292 penn says Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:32:06 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/13/penn-says/#comment-63292 [...] Penn Says [...] [...] Penn Says [...]

]]> By: Steve Sutton http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/13/penn-says/comment-page-1/#comment-63291 Steve Sutton Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:57:39 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/13/penn-says/#comment-63291 It's a shame the video auto-loads, without an option to stop it. It makes the page load really slowly, so I won't be bookmarking his page there. I prefer simple links to videos, not embedded videos that start downloading immediately when you visit the page, whether you want them to or not. I'm sure he's got some good content, though. It’s a shame the video auto-loads, without an option to stop it. It makes the page load really slowly, so I won’t be bookmarking his page there. I prefer simple links to videos, not embedded videos that start downloading immediately when you visit the page, whether you want them to or not. I’m sure he’s got some good content, though.

]]> By: Dennis http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/13/penn-says/comment-page-1/#comment-63290 Dennis Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:12:57 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/13/penn-says/#comment-63290 Hmm... I didn't have any problem embedding the video at <a href="http://dust-in-a-sunbeam.blogspot.com/2008/01/penn-says.html" rel="nofollow">my blog</a>. I just hit the little + at the top right corner of the video and copied the embed code. Hmm… I didn’t have any problem embedding the video at my
blog. I just hit the little + at the top right corner of the video and copied the embed code.

]]> By: StevoR http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/13/penn-says/comment-page-1/#comment-63289 StevoR Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:25:14 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/13/penn-says/#comment-63289 I recall seeing Penn & Teller getting stuck into the Dalai Lama & Mother Teresa on TV recently here in Oz. Cojones they do NOT lack. Good manners and respect for other peoples opinions on the other hand ... I don't know. Sometimes I find them very funny if I'm in the right (cynical, cheesed-off, angry) mood. Other times they make me cringe ... :-( & All the time they come across as very full of themselves .. and very mean and contemptous of what other folks think. I recall seeing Penn & Teller getting stuck into the Dalai Lama & Mother Teresa on TV recently here in Oz.

Cojones they do NOT lack.

Good manners and respect for other peoples opinions on the other hand …

I don’t know. Sometimes I find them very funny if I’m in the right (cynical, cheesed-off, angry) mood.

Other times they make me cringe … :-(

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All the time they come across as very full of themselves .. and very mean and contemptous of what other folks think.

]]> By: davidlpf http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/13/penn-says/comment-page-1/#comment-63288 davidlpf Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:12:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/13/penn-says/#comment-63288 The only problem I had was the Dr. Phil and Britney Spears was a little misleading. The only problem I had was the Dr. Phil and Britney Spears was a little misleading.

]]> By: Nigel Depledge http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/13/penn-says/comment-page-1/#comment-63287 Nigel Depledge Mon, 14 Jan 2008 12:29:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/13/penn-says/#comment-63287 The BA said: "Not only is he married, he has two kids (Moxie and Zoltan)." Wow. It takes some cojones to name one of your kids "Zoltan"! Is he ever gonna suffer whenever there's a superhero or superspy in town! The BA said:
“Not only is he married, he has two kids (Moxie and Zoltan).”

Wow. It takes some cojones to name one of your kids “Zoltan”! Is he ever gonna suffer whenever there’s a superhero or superspy in town!

]]> By: Nigel Depledge http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/13/penn-says/comment-page-1/#comment-63286 Nigel Depledge Mon, 14 Jan 2008 12:26:44 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/13/penn-says/#comment-63286 Tod said: "Just out of curiosity, why is the word “the” misspelled twice in your post above?" It's something to do with the people who populate the intenet, Tod. They have abused the humble definite article for so long that it has mutated... Tod said:
“Just out of curiosity, why is the word “the” misspelled twice in your post above?”

It’s something to do with the people who populate the intenet, Tod. They have abused the humble definite article for so long that it has mutated…

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