Comments on: I am put in my place on YouTube http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/28/i-am-put-in-my-place-on-youtube/ 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, 24 Nov 2009 13:56:46 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ironclaw http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/28/i-am-put-in-my-place-on-youtube/comment-page-3/#comment-66748 Ironclaw Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:49:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/28/i-am-put-in-my-place-on-youtube/#comment-66748 The video's been removed from YouTube 'due to terms of use violation.' Can anyone upload it somewhere? The video’s been removed from YouTube ‘due to terms of use violation.’ Can anyone upload it somewhere?

]]> By: brian http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/28/i-am-put-in-my-place-on-youtube/comment-page-3/#comment-66747 brian Fri, 01 Feb 2008 23:27:56 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/28/i-am-put-in-my-place-on-youtube/#comment-66747 Why does it say that the video has been removed due to terms of use violation?! Why does it say that the video has been removed due to terms of use violation?!

]]> By: IRONMANAustralia http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/28/i-am-put-in-my-place-on-youtube/comment-page-3/#comment-66746 IRONMANAustralia Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:36:34 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/28/i-am-put-in-my-place-on-youtube/#comment-66746 Well, I can't take all the credit. Phil's enthusiastic and animated manner of speaking are what really makes it funny, so I was laughing just as much when I was making it. Some of the best parts were just the serendipitous result of removing unwanted sections of the original video, and hooking the two ends together to make a sentence, like, "40 times the diameter of the Earth", so the comedy pretty much writes itself. Personally, my favourite part was the "lowest form of life" cut, so I got a real laugh out of Fraser Cain's reaction. And I'm glad these guys have such a forgiving sense of humour. Well, I can’t take all the credit. Phil’s enthusiastic and animated manner of speaking are what really makes it funny, so I was laughing just as much when I was making it.

Some of the best parts were just the serendipitous result of removing unwanted sections of the original video, and hooking the two ends together to make a sentence, like, “40 times the diameter of the Earth”, so the comedy pretty much writes itself.

Personally, my favourite part was the “lowest form of life” cut, so I got a real laugh out of Fraser Cain’s reaction. And I’m glad these guys have such a forgiving sense of humour.

]]> By: John Phillips, FCD http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/28/i-am-put-in-my-place-on-youtube/comment-page-3/#comment-66745 John Phillips, FCD Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:05:23 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/28/i-am-put-in-my-place-on-youtube/#comment-66745 IronmanAustralia: Pure comedy gold, I still can't stop laughing every time I think of it. It is the funniest thing I have seen in a very long time and I had to watch it multiple times because I kept missing bits through laughing so much. IronmanAustralia: Pure comedy gold, I still can’t stop laughing every time I think of it. It is the funniest thing I have seen in a very long time and I had to watch it multiple times because I kept missing bits through laughing so much.

]]> By: Pat http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/28/i-am-put-in-my-place-on-youtube/comment-page-3/#comment-66744 Pat Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:27:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/28/i-am-put-in-my-place-on-youtube/#comment-66744 TU24 is coming for your / Sweet Can / Phil Plait also wants your / Sweet Can / TU24 is coming for your / Sweet Can / Phil Plait also wants your / Sweet Can /

]]> By: Michael Lonergan http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/28/i-am-put-in-my-place-on-youtube/comment-page-3/#comment-66743 Michael Lonergan Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:25:54 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/28/i-am-put-in-my-place-on-youtube/#comment-66743 IRONMAN, when I was a Christian, I used to use the same excuse, except it wasn't a comet I was waiting for, it was the rapture. "I don't need to study for that test. Jesus will come before I write it!" IRONMAN, when I was a Christian, I used to use the same excuse, except it wasn’t a comet I was waiting for, it was the rapture. “I don’t need to study for that test. Jesus will come before I write it!”

]]> By: IRONMANAustralia http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/28/i-am-put-in-my-place-on-youtube/comment-page-3/#comment-66742 IRONMANAustralia Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:20:08 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/01/28/i-am-put-in-my-place-on-youtube/#comment-66742 Ha. That reminds me of the TISM song, "Greg! The Stop Sign": "Some time in the next ten thousand years A comet's gonna wipe out all trace of Man - I'm banking on it coming before My end of year exam" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TISM Ha. That reminds me of the TISM song, “Greg! The Stop Sign”:

“Some time in the next ten thousand years
A comet’s gonna wipe out all trace of Man -
I’m banking on it coming before
My end of year exam”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TISM

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