Comments on: Europe: Days 4 and 5, and going home http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/04/23/europe-days-4-and-5-and-going-home/ 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 07:05:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Oz Engineer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/04/23/europe-days-4-and-5-and-going-home/#comment-83969 Oz Engineer Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:50:38 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/04/23/europe-days-4-and-5-and-going-home/#comment-83969 Another nit picker... Your reference to "a literal quantum leap in learning and understanding" is not correct on two levels. Firstly, a quantum leap is the smallest possible action, not something large, as presumably you mean to infer. Secondly, a leap, whether quantum-sized or otherwise, may be a concept and hence virtual, but cannot be literal. Keepup the good work, but please be aware of unscientific cliches. Another nit picker… Your reference to “a literal quantum leap in learning and understanding” is not correct on two levels. Firstly, a quantum leap is the smallest possible action, not something large, as presumably you mean to infer. Secondly, a leap, whether quantum-sized or otherwise, may be a concept and hence virtual, but cannot be literal.

Keepup the good work, but please be aware of unscientific cliches.

]]> By: Acleron http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/04/23/europe-days-4-and-5-and-going-home/#comment-83968 Acleron Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:01:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/04/23/europe-days-4-and-5-and-going-home/#comment-83968 Thank you for your Moon Hoax presentation in the London Pub. Science, humour and I thought stamina, considering how much you did in a few days. A great evening. Thank you for your Moon Hoax presentation in the London Pub. Science, humour and I thought stamina, considering how much you did in a few days. A great evening.

]]> By: Maurizio Morabito http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/04/23/europe-days-4-and-5-and-going-home/#comment-83967 Maurizio Morabito Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:32:24 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/04/23/europe-days-4-and-5-and-going-home/#comment-83967 The BA is that rare person, that in person looks exactly what you'd expect from his blog and website. It's always nice to find out there is still somebody out there that is "the real deal" The BA is that rare person, that in person looks exactly what you’d expect from his blog and website.

It’s always nice to find out there is still somebody out there that is “the real deal”

]]> By: Marcello http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/04/23/europe-days-4-and-5-and-going-home/#comment-83966 Marcello Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:43:38 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/04/23/europe-days-4-and-5-and-going-home/#comment-83966 capaccino? cappuccino! ;) oh, btw, you're my new most envied man on earth after visiting CERN! (sooner or later i'll be able to figure out how to take a tour of the gran sasso laboratory here in italy) Marcello capaccino?
cappuccino! ;)
oh, btw, you’re my new most envied man on earth after visiting CERN!
(sooner or later i’ll be able to figure out how to take a tour of the gran sasso laboratory here in italy)

Marcello

]]> By: barber_of_civility http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/04/23/europe-days-4-and-5-and-going-home/#comment-83965 barber_of_civility Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:31:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/04/23/europe-days-4-and-5-and-going-home/#comment-83965 Phil - I'm glad you had such a great time on the other side of the pond. Thanks for sharing it with us! Phil -
I’m glad you had such a great time on the other side of the pond.

Thanks for sharing it with us!

]]> By: Sue Mitchell http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/04/23/europe-days-4-and-5-and-going-home/#comment-83964 Sue Mitchell Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:32:04 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/04/23/europe-days-4-and-5-and-going-home/#comment-83964 I remember the original Forbidden Planet, in Denmark Street I believe it was. It was amazing, and it's no exaggeration to say that you had to wait for someone to leave before you could go in, because it was totally packed out. They also had the first AD&D Players Guides and DM Guides in the country, and husband happened to be in London on both days that they arrived. :-D -- I remember the original Forbidden Planet, in Denmark Street I believe it was. It was amazing, and it’s no exaggeration to say that you had to wait for someone to leave before you could go in, because it was totally packed out.

They also had the first AD&D Players Guides and DM Guides in the country, and husband happened to be in London on both days that they arrived. :-D –

]]> By: csrster http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/04/23/europe-days-4-and-5-and-going-home/#comment-83963 csrster Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:01:23 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/04/23/europe-days-4-and-5-and-going-home/#comment-83963 That's the thing about the interweb. You may be a very minor celebrity, but you're a _global_ minor celebrity. Come to Denmark next time. That’s the thing about the interweb. You may be a very minor celebrity, but you’re a _global_ minor celebrity. Come to Denmark next time.

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