Comments on: Too bad it wasn’t MAPle syrup http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/04/30/too-bad-it-wasnt-maple-syrup/ 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 05:41:47 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: jess tauber http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/04/30/too-bad-it-wasnt-maple-syrup/comment-page-1/#comment-85500 jess tauber Thu, 01 May 2008 21:54:47 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/04/30/too-bad-it-wasnt-maple-syrup/#comment-85500 Heck, the old WMAP has the whole world laid out- look for yourself if you don't believe it (you may have to strain your eyes a little). I speculate that everyone will see his/her own world laid out in their own versions, though the layout may not be temporally synchronous (plus or minus a few dozen million years off perhaps?). I also speculate that the more finely detailed these maps become the more they will converge on the face of....Ben Stein! Jess Tauber Heck, the old WMAP has the whole world laid out- look for yourself if you don’t believe it (you may have to strain your eyes a little). I speculate that everyone will see his/her own world laid out in their own versions, though the layout may not be temporally synchronous (plus or minus a few dozen million years off perhaps?).

I also speculate that the more finely detailed these maps become the more they will converge on the face of….Ben Stein!

Jess Tauber

]]> By: Jeffersonian http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/04/30/too-bad-it-wasnt-maple-syrup/comment-page-1/#comment-85499 Jeffersonian Thu, 01 May 2008 00:09:18 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/04/30/too-bad-it-wasnt-maple-syrup/#comment-85499 @Blu-ray The Antilles! Resembles antique maps such as: http://www.rediscovermachupicchu.com/img-new-world-map.gif @BA, Always like to see the doiling lenin post. It's the reason I started shopping here and the post I force others to grok. @Blu-ray
The Antilles!

Resembles antique maps such as:
http://www.rediscovermachupicchu.com/img-new-world-map.gif

@BA,
Always like to see the doiling lenin post. It’s the reason I started shopping here and the post I force others to grok.

]]> By: BaldApe http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/04/30/too-bad-it-wasnt-maple-syrup/comment-page-1/#comment-85498 BaldApe Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:52:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/04/30/too-bad-it-wasnt-maple-syrup/#comment-85498 It's clearly the FSM. It’s clearly the FSM.

]]> By: dtsh http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/04/30/too-bad-it-wasnt-maple-syrup/comment-page-1/#comment-85497 dtsh Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:58:28 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/04/30/too-bad-it-wasnt-maple-syrup/#comment-85497 Clearly the extra bits around the caribbean represent pirates. A message from our noodly master, RAmen! Clearly the extra bits around the caribbean represent pirates.
A message from our noodly master, RAmen!

]]> By: Blu-Ray-Ven http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/04/30/too-bad-it-wasnt-maple-syrup/comment-page-1/#comment-85496 Blu-Ray-Ven Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:14:09 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/04/30/too-bad-it-wasnt-maple-syrup/#comment-85496 odd that florida sticks out straigh east and is twice as long as i remember it to be. mabey cuba drifted north on its plate and fused with florida odd that florida sticks out straigh east and is twice as long as i remember it to be. mabey cuba drifted north on its plate and fused with florida

]]> By: Gnat http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/04/30/too-bad-it-wasnt-maple-syrup/comment-page-1/#comment-85495 Gnat Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:27:50 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/04/30/too-bad-it-wasnt-maple-syrup/#comment-85495 I didn't know there were mountains in the Mid West! I didn’t know there were mountains in the Mid West!

]]> By: Celtic_Evolution http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/04/30/too-bad-it-wasnt-maple-syrup/comment-page-1/#comment-85494 Celtic_Evolution Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:57:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/04/30/too-bad-it-wasnt-maple-syrup/#comment-85494 That explains the jam I got stuck in getting to work this morning. ;) That explains the jam I got stuck in getting to work this morning. ;)

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