Comments on: Comic Con Day 2 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/25/comic-con-day-2/ 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 05:51:56 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: A Big Bangin’ panel at Comic Con | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/25/comic-con-day-2/comment-page-1/#comment-139439 A Big Bangin’ panel at Comic Con | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:00:46 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/25/comic-con-day-2/#comment-139439 [...] my close personal friend Adam Savage™, and featured both executive producers Chuck Lorre and (sometime BABloggee) Bill Prady, and the entire [...] [...] my close personal friend Adam Savage™, and featured both executive producers Chuck Lorre and (sometime BABloggee) Bill Prady, and the entire [...]

]]> By: The Big Bang Theory, back on the air | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/25/comic-con-day-2/comment-page-1/#comment-134902 The Big Bang Theory, back on the air | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:57:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/25/comic-con-day-2/#comment-134902 [...] at Comic Con, I found out Bill Prady, one of the writers of the show (and official BABloggee), is One Of Us. His geek cred is [...] [...] at Comic Con, I found out Bill Prady, one of the writers of the show (and official BABloggee), is One Of Us. His geek cred is [...]

]]> By: Brian Gefrich http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/25/comic-con-day-2/comment-page-1/#comment-106918 Brian Gefrich Wed, 30 Jul 2008 04:37:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/25/comic-con-day-2/#comment-106918 Well, I am in geek heaven. Well, I am in geek heaven.

]]> By: Phil Plait http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/25/comic-con-day-2/comment-page-1/#comment-106859 Phil Plait Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:58:29 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/25/comic-con-day-2/#comment-106859 Holy. Frak. Bill, thanks! It was great to meet you too, if only briefly. The panel did indeed rock, as did the Mythbusters panel. I love TBBT, and I'm really looking forward to the next season. I was explaining the "spherical cow" joke to the Mythbusters crew, and got a lot of blank stares, but by putting that joke in the episode (where Leonard opens his talk with a joke) you became a hero to thousands of nerd scientists like me. You, sir, rock. Holy.

Frak.

Bill, thanks! It was great to meet you too, if only briefly. The panel did indeed rock, as did the Mythbusters panel. I love TBBT, and I’m really looking forward to the next season. I was explaining the “spherical cow” joke to the Mythbusters crew, and got a lot of blank stares, but by putting that joke in the episode (where Leonard opens his talk with a joke) you became a hero to thousands of nerd scientists like me.

You, sir, rock.

]]> By: Bill Prady http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/25/comic-con-day-2/comment-page-1/#comment-106531 Bill Prady Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:53:56 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/25/comic-con-day-2/#comment-106531 I can officially confirm that I did indeed work with Ken B. Phil -- great to meet you at Comicon. I look forward to taking a look at your book. I can officially confirm that I did indeed work with Ken B.

Phil — great to meet you at Comicon. I look forward to taking a look at your book.

]]> By: kroosing 2 '42' via '37' http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/25/comic-con-day-2/comment-page-1/#comment-105695 kroosing 2 '42' via '37' Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:51:08 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/25/comic-con-day-2/#comment-105695 BA: <Or whatever word you use for geek cool.> Ken B: <<“Shiny” isn’t really the equivalent of “cool”, and certainly not in the way BA uses it here. Now, perhaps they used some really shiny computers to run the show, but I wouldn’t call a panel discussion “shiny”.>> SHINY was my first idea too, but Svip beat me to it. Ken B. -whatever status you have (respect, man, respect)- computers were "shiny" in the semantics of the days before they even existed. Svip and me -and BA I'm sure- and the whole Firefly crew use *shiny* in 21st century lingo. That's when everything changes. And you got to be ready! BA:

Ken B: < <“Shiny” isn’t really the equivalent of “cool”, and certainly not in the way BA uses it here. Now, perhaps they used some really shiny computers to run the show, but I wouldn’t call a panel discussion “shiny”.>>

SHINY was my first idea too, but Svip beat me to it. Ken B. -whatever status you have (respect, man, respect)- computers were “shiny” in the semantics of the days before they even existed. Svip and me -and BA I’m sure- and the whole Firefly crew use *shiny* in 21st century lingo. That’s when everything changes. And you got to be ready!

]]> By: Ken B. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/25/comic-con-day-2/comment-page-1/#comment-105561 Ken B. Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:03:17 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/25/comic-con-day-2/#comment-105561 That should, of course, read "work _with_ Bill". Oh well. That should, of course, read “work _with_ Bill”. Oh well.

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