Comments on: Catchup http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/28/catchup/ 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 04:11:56 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: themadlolscientist http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/28/catchup/comment-page-1/#comment-66544 themadlolscientist Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:40:26 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/28/catchup/#comment-66544 <blockquote>the closest thing any of us will get to a light saber</blockquote> ROFLing my asteroid off! BTW, anyone out there know a good rock-and-gravel hauler? I've got this 10,000-pound smoking hot rock in my parking lot. Funny, it wsn't there yesterday evening. I can't wait to see how much TNT it will take to blow it up so they can haul the pieces away............ ;-)

the closest thing any of us will get to a light saber

ROFLing my asteroid off!

BTW, anyone out there know a good rock-and-gravel hauler? I’ve got this 10,000-pound smoking hot rock in my parking lot. Funny, it wsn’t there yesterday evening. I can’t wait to see how much TNT it will take to blow it up so they can haul the pieces away………… ;-)

]]> By: Nigel Depledge http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/28/catchup/comment-page-1/#comment-66543 Nigel Depledge Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:18:03 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/28/catchup/#comment-66543 Hannu Siivonen said: "Why are so many boneheads antiscientists?" That's a really good question. I might even go so far as to say there's a research project there for an anthropology or sociology PhD. :-) Hannu Siivonen said:
“Why are so many boneheads antiscientists?”

That’s a really good question. I might even go so far as to say there’s a research project there for an anthropology or sociology PhD. :-)

]]> By: Hannu Siivonen http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/28/catchup/comment-page-1/#comment-66542 Hannu Siivonen Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:33:33 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/28/catchup/#comment-66542 "Why are so many antiscientists such boneheads?" You're asking wrong question here. It should be reversed. Why are so many boneheads antiscientists? “Why are so many antiscientists such boneheads?”

You’re asking wrong question here. It should be reversed.

Why are so many boneheads antiscientists?

]]> By: Elizabeth http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/28/catchup/comment-page-1/#comment-66541 Elizabeth Tue, 29 Jan 2008 07:09:55 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/28/catchup/#comment-66541 Michael Lonergan, Yeah, I understand people being rude in the comments. It's hard to find any site that allows comments where people don't find *something* to bicker about, so I just overlook it. I remember someone mentioning that the blog was rude, and for me it translated to "what Phil wrote was rude." That's where my confusion came in. Don't mind me, I'm new and I have my airhead moments. =) Michael Lonergan,

Yeah, I understand people being rude in the comments. It’s hard to find any site that allows comments where people don’t find *something* to bicker about, so I just overlook it. I remember someone mentioning that the blog was rude, and for me it translated to “what Phil wrote was rude.” That’s where my confusion came in. Don’t mind me, I’m new and I have my airhead moments. =)

]]> By: Michael Lonergan http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/28/catchup/comment-page-1/#comment-66540 Michael Lonergan Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:31:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/28/catchup/#comment-66540 Evolving, maybe you could use it on the errant spy satellite. Evolving, maybe you could use it on the errant spy satellite.

]]> By: Evolving Squid http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/28/catchup/comment-page-1/#comment-66539 Evolving Squid Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:47:35 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/28/catchup/#comment-66539 I have a 105 mW green laser from Wicked Laser. Lots of fun, but not for use without safety goggles. I have a 105 mW green laser from Wicked Laser. Lots of fun, but not for use without safety goggles.

]]> By: Quiet_Desperation http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/28/catchup/comment-page-1/#comment-66538 Quiet_Desperation Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:26:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/28/catchup/#comment-66538 Phil, I have a possible entry for your "WANT!" category. http://www.i4u.com/article14324.html It's a flashlight. It can set paper on fire and melt plastic. It can fry an egg! 4100 lumens. Sucks the batteries dry in 15 minutes. A measly $300 for the closest thing any of us will get to a light saber. Phil, I have a possible entry for your “WANT!” category.

http://www.i4u.com/article14324.html

It’s a flashlight.

It can set paper on fire and melt plastic. It can fry an egg!

4100 lumens. Sucks the batteries dry in 15 minutes.

A measly $300 for the closest thing any of us will get to a light saber.

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