Comments on: Blink! http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/01/blink/ 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 04:54:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Tako Nigiri http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/01/blink/#comment-73783 Tako Nigiri Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:44:56 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/01/blink/#comment-73783 I loved this episode. I saw it twice as well. Sally Sparrow would be an awesome companion for the Doctor. Smart, interesting, and attractive. I do have one thing to ask but it's not about "Blink", though. Why do the Dalek have to go around announcing what they are doing all the time. I love the show but come on. That make the dalek a little annoying to listen to. "Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate!" I loved this episode. I saw it twice as well. Sally Sparrow would be an awesome companion for the Doctor. Smart, interesting, and attractive.

I do have one thing to ask but it’s not about “Blink”, though. Why do the Dalek have to go around announcing what they are doing all the time. I love the show but come on. That make the dalek a little annoying to listen to.
“Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate!”

]]> By: Nigel Depledge http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/01/blink/#comment-73782 Nigel Depledge Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:31:08 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/01/blink/#comment-73782 Blizno said: "What is “IIRC”? " If I Recall Correctly. However, if you wish to get picky about internet idiom, then maybe you should capitalize your commenting name, hmm? It is, after all, a proper noun. People in glass houses and all that... Blizno said:

“What is “IIRC”? ”

If I Recall Correctly.

However, if you wish to get picky about internet idiom, then maybe you should capitalize your commenting name, hmm? It is, after all, a proper noun.

People in glass houses and all that…

]]> By: Aerimus http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/01/blink/#comment-73781 Aerimus Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:56:03 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/01/blink/#comment-73781 @Todd "Germinate!" Almost as good as "I shoot evil in the face!". @Todd

“Germinate!”

Almost as good as “I shoot evil in the face!”.

]]> By: Ginger Yellow http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/01/blink/#comment-73780 Ginger Yellow Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:53:22 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/01/blink/#comment-73780 Normally I'd be outraged at the suggestion that any episode could be as good as "Out of Gas", apart from "Buffy: The Musical". But in this case, I'll let it slide. "Blink" is outstanding television. Normally I’d be outraged at the suggestion that any episode could be as good as “Out of Gas”, apart from “Buffy: The Musical”. But in this case, I’ll let it slide. “Blink” is outstanding television.

]]> By: Todd http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/01/blink/#comment-73779 Todd Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:29:03 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/01/blink/#comment-73779 Phil, thought you and your readers would be interested in this... A web comic I read, Sluggy Freelance, has a little something breaking from the norm for today, March 3, 2008. It is Who related. Go to www.sluggy.com to see. Todd Phil,

thought you and your readers would be interested in this… A web comic I read, Sluggy Freelance, has a little something breaking from the norm for today, March 3, 2008. It is Who related. Go to www.sluggy.com to see.

Todd

]]> By: The Bad Astronomer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/01/blink/#comment-73778 The Bad Astronomer Mon, 03 Mar 2008 05:32:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/01/blink/#comment-73778 blizno, there is no call for coming on someone that harshly for using an abbreviation. It's an accepted norm of internet lingo anyway, and I use it myself. You are welcome to leave your opinions here, but as I have noted in the past, <a href="http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2007/10/03/comments-policy/" rel="nofollow">the commenting rules here are very simple</a>. blizno, there is no call for coming on someone that harshly for using an abbreviation. It’s an accepted norm of internet lingo anyway, and I use it myself.

You are welcome to leave your opinions here, but as I have noted in the past, the commenting rules here are very simple.

]]> By: blizno http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/01/blink/#comment-73777 blizno Mon, 03 Mar 2008 05:18:12 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/03/01/blink/#comment-73777 Sargas: "...IIRC,..." What is "IIRC"? Is this thumb-typing code from cell phone users who aren't willing to spend one second to type out whole words on their computer keyboards? You typed lots of whole words in your message. Why couldn't you bring yourself to type out whatever "IIRC" is supposed to mean? Please. We communicate with language. Grunting and slamming rocks together is not the same thing as typing words. Sargas:
“…IIRC,…”

What is “IIRC”? Is this thumb-typing code from cell phone users who aren’t willing to spend one second to type out whole words on their computer keyboards? You typed lots of whole words in your message. Why couldn’t you bring yourself to type out whatever “IIRC” is supposed to mean?

Please. We communicate with language. Grunting and slamming rocks together is not the same thing as typing words.

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