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	<title>Comments on: Interstellar con job</title>
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	<description>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.</description>
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		<title>By: Linkage</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/14/interstellar-con-job/comment-page-1/#comment-63542</link>
		<dc:creator>Linkage</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:07:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Of course the alien&#039;s name starts with an &#039;X&#039;. Then again, it might be like Scandinavians and their love for 12 consonants in a row...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Of course the alien&#8217;s name starts with an &#8216;X&#8217;. Then again, it might be like Scandinavians and their love for 12 consonants in a row&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Mark H</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/14/interstellar-con-job/comment-page-1/#comment-63541</link>
		<dc:creator>Mark H</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:04:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>They may have wiped your memory, but it wouldn&#039;t be fair to keep the check from you.  Have you checked your bank balance?  Maybe you deposited it before the memory wipe.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>They may have wiped your memory, but it wouldn&#8217;t be fair to keep the check from you.  Have you checked your bank balance?  Maybe you deposited it before the memory wipe.</p>
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		<title>By: Ginger Yellow</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/14/interstellar-con-job/comment-page-1/#comment-63540</link>
		<dc:creator>Ginger Yellow</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:12:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You took a cheque from the Alliance? What will Mal say?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You took a cheque from the Alliance? What will Mal say?</p>
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		<title>By: Xklock</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/14/interstellar-con-job/comment-page-1/#comment-63539</link>
		<dc:creator>Xklock</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:49:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The memory wipe was easy.  The skill comes in having just enough shielding through the Van Allen Belt to not kill the subject, while not too much as to have their memory remain intact.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The memory wipe was easy.  The skill comes in having just enough shielding through the Van Allen Belt to not kill the subject, while not too much as to have their memory remain intact.</p>
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		<title>By: Sunshine Lemme</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/14/interstellar-con-job/comment-page-1/#comment-63538</link>
		<dc:creator>Sunshine Lemme</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:42:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wow, they even had the fake moon landing set!  What a convention!

To bad about the memory wipe, you must have had fun.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow, they even had the fake moon landing set!  What a convention!</p>
<p>To bad about the memory wipe, you must have had fun.</p>
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		<title>By: DGKnipfer</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/14/interstellar-con-job/comment-page-1/#comment-63537</link>
		<dc:creator>DGKnipfer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>That&#039;s it.  I&#039;ve had it up to here with you people.  Fox News is not Crap!  Crap can be used as fertilizer!  Can you do that with Fox News!?!?!?  Stop insulting Crap that way!


Nice pic Phil.  Does it jog any memories or was it a complete brain wipe?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That&#8217;s it.  I&#8217;ve had it up to here with you people.  Fox News is not Crap!  Crap can be used as fertilizer!  Can you do that with Fox News!?!?!?  Stop insulting Crap that way!</p>
<p>Nice pic Phil.  Does it jog any memories or was it a complete brain wipe?</p>
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		<title>By: Michelle</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/14/interstellar-con-job/comment-page-1/#comment-63536</link>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So... if that story is fictional... That&#039;s a BA fanfic, right?

Wow! You&#039;re famous for real now :P</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So&#8230; if that story is fictional&#8230; That&#8217;s a BA fanfic, right?</p>
<p>Wow! You&#8217;re famous for real now <img src='http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Chaaya</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/14/interstellar-con-job/comment-page-1/#comment-63535</link>
		<dc:creator>Chaaya</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:54:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>How much was the check? Oh memory wiped...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How much was the check? Oh memory wiped&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: JanieBelle</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/14/interstellar-con-job/comment-page-1/#comment-63534</link>
		<dc:creator>JanieBelle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:27:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Me too, Nigel.

Plus my butt is suddenly kinda sore...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Me too, Nigel.</p>
<p>Plus my butt is suddenly kinda sore&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Nigel Depledge</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/14/interstellar-con-job/comment-page-1/#comment-63533</link>
		<dc:creator>Nigel Depledge</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:17:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have this weird feeling that I followed the link, but can&#039;t remember what was there...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have this weird feeling that I followed the link, but can&#8217;t remember what was there&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Al</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/14/interstellar-con-job/comment-page-1/#comment-63532</link>
		<dc:creator>Al</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hope they didn&#039;t wipe your memory about the large cheque, Phil ;-)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hope they didn&#8217;t wipe your memory about the large cheque, Phil <img src='http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Lugosi</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/14/interstellar-con-job/comment-page-1/#comment-63531</link>
		<dc:creator>Lugosi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:27:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yeah, I got the page unavailable message as well. Obviously it&#039;s either a hoax or a conspiracy. Possibly even a conspirational hoax.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah, I got the page unavailable message as well. Obviously it&#8217;s either a hoax or a conspiracy. Possibly even a conspirational hoax.</p>
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		<title>By: Michael Lonergan</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/14/interstellar-con-job/comment-page-1/#comment-63530</link>
		<dc:creator>Michael Lonergan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 07:21:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What&#039;s so funny?  Guys?  Really... what&#039;s so funny?  (Couldn&#039;t get in either, they&#039;re doing maintenance..... so they say..... seems suspicious to me, what with the talk af aliens and stuff.  maybe they&#039;re on to you?)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What&#8217;s so funny?  Guys?  Really&#8230; what&#8217;s so funny?  (Couldn&#8217;t get in either, they&#8217;re doing maintenance&#8230;.. so they say&#8230;.. seems suspicious to me, what with the talk af aliens and stuff.  maybe they&#8217;re on to you?)</p>
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		<title>By: John Paradox</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/14/interstellar-con-job/comment-page-1/#comment-63529</link>
		<dc:creator>John Paradox</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 05:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;Anyone else getting page unavailable?&lt;/i&gt;

Yeah, apparently they&#039;re doing &#039;maintenance&#039;.

J/P=?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Anyone else getting page unavailable?</i></p>
<p>Yeah, apparently they&#8217;re doing &#8216;maintenance&#8217;.</p>
<p>J/P=?</p>
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		<title>By: sean</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/14/interstellar-con-job/comment-page-1/#comment-63528</link>
		<dc:creator>sean</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 05:34:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Anyone else getting page unavailable?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Anyone else getting page unavailable?</p>
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		<title>By: Jim Beaver</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/14/interstellar-con-job/comment-page-1/#comment-63527</link>
		<dc:creator>Jim Beaver</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 04:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wow! I hope you were wearing your anti-abduction dog tag.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow! I hope you were wearing your anti-abduction dog tag.</p>
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		<title>By: William Brinkman</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/14/interstellar-con-job/comment-page-1/#comment-63526</link>
		<dc:creator>William Brinkman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 04:35:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Glad you liked the story guys.  I try to put up new stories every Sunday.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Glad you liked the story guys.  I try to put up new stories every Sunday.</p>
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		<title>By: Phil Z</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/14/interstellar-con-job/comment-page-1/#comment-63525</link>
		<dc:creator>Phil Z</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 04:32:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nice that even the aliens fear the spread of Scientology.  And they concur that Fox is crap.   May they soon bless us with their presence and wisdom.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nice that even the aliens fear the spread of Scientology.  And they concur that Fox is crap.   May they soon bless us with their presence and wisdom.</p>
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		<title>By: Curtis P</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/14/interstellar-con-job/comment-page-1/#comment-63524</link>
		<dc:creator>Curtis P</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 03:47:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Since the aliens are obviously a higher intelligence, it only stands to reason that they read you blog.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Since the aliens are obviously a higher intelligence, it only stands to reason that they read you blog.</p>
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		<title>By: Yoeman</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/14/interstellar-con-job/comment-page-1/#comment-63523</link>
		<dc:creator>Yoeman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 03:23:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>LOL! That&#039;s funny stuff! What kind of Force Field were you using up there, was it fueled by Dark Matter?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LOL! That&#8217;s funny stuff! What kind of Force Field were you using up there, was it fueled by Dark Matter?</p>
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		<title>By: Rowsdower</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/14/interstellar-con-job/comment-page-1/#comment-63522</link>
		<dc:creator>Rowsdower</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 02:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You&#039;ve been holding out on us, Phil!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You&#8217;ve been holding out on us, Phil!</p>
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		<title>By: John</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/14/interstellar-con-job/comment-page-1/#comment-63521</link>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 02:43:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hahaha, brilliant.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hahaha, brilliant.</p>
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		<title>By: John B. Sandlin</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/14/interstellar-con-job/comment-page-1/#comment-63520</link>
		<dc:creator>John B. Sandlin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 02:41:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, Phil, if you scroll down the page you find a note at the bottom:

&quot;Please note: All stories and characters on this web site are works of fiction.&quot;

So - it actually turns out you are a fictional character!

jbs ;-)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, Phil, if you scroll down the page you find a note at the bottom:</p>
<p>&#8220;Please note: All stories and characters on this web site are works of fiction.&#8221;</p>
<p>So &#8211; it actually turns out you are a fictional character!</p>
<p>jbs <img src='http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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