Comments on: Interstellar con job http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/14/interstellar-con-job/ 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. Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:24:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Linkage http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/14/interstellar-con-job/#comment-63542 Linkage Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:07:01 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/14/interstellar-con-job/#comment-63542 Of course the alien's name starts with an 'X'. Then again, it might be like Scandinavians and their love for 12 consonants in a row... Of course the alien’s name starts with an ‘X’. Then again, it might be like Scandinavians and their love for 12 consonants in a row…

]]> By: Mark H http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/14/interstellar-con-job/#comment-63541 Mark H Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:04:23 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/14/interstellar-con-job/#comment-63541 They may have wiped your memory, but it wouldn't be fair to keep the check from you. Have you checked your bank balance? Maybe you deposited it before the memory wipe. They may have wiped your memory, but it wouldn’t be fair to keep the check from you. Have you checked your bank balance? Maybe you deposited it before the memory wipe.

]]> By: Ginger Yellow http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/14/interstellar-con-job/#comment-63540 Ginger Yellow Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:12:54 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/14/interstellar-con-job/#comment-63540 You took a cheque from the Alliance? What will Mal say? You took a cheque from the Alliance? What will Mal say?

]]> By: Xklock http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/14/interstellar-con-job/#comment-63539 Xklock Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:49:54 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/14/interstellar-con-job/#comment-63539 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. 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.

]]> By: Sunshine Lemme http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/14/interstellar-con-job/#comment-63538 Sunshine Lemme Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:42:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/14/interstellar-con-job/#comment-63538 Wow, they even had the fake moon landing set! What a convention! To bad about the memory wipe, you must have had fun. Wow, they even had the fake moon landing set! What a convention!

To bad about the memory wipe, you must have had fun.

]]> By: DGKnipfer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/14/interstellar-con-job/#comment-63537 DGKnipfer Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:58:09 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/14/interstellar-con-job/#comment-63537 That's it. I'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? That’s it. I’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?

]]> By: Michelle http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/14/interstellar-con-job/#comment-63536 Michelle Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:24:58 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/14/interstellar-con-job/#comment-63536 So... if that story is fictional... That's a BA fanfic, right? Wow! You're famous for real now :P So… if that story is fictional… That’s a BA fanfic, right?

Wow! You’re famous for real now :P

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