Comments on: Hive Overmind… of DEATH!

By: Interview with the Bad Astronomer, Phil Plait, about Death from the Skies | Mike Brotherton: SF Writer

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:45 +0000

[...] within a factor of ten or so (a table of the risks was published online by Discover Magazine here: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/28/hive-overmind-of-death/). Good enough for [...]

By: Mad Hussein LOLscientist, FCD

Mad Hussein LOLscientist, FCD — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:20:02 +0000

@ tobiasthecommie: Someone sold you some bad dope there. You should get your money back.

By: Paul A.

Paul A. — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:56:33 +0000

Does the book explain how you calculated these odds. I understand intuitively that some of these events are less likely than others, I just wonder where the numbers come from.

By: shane

shane — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:37:04 +0000

There are indeed pictures. Not a pop-out book though unfortunately.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:31:44 +0000

Hey there!!
I haven’t seen the book yet but, I intend to buy it. So far, I’ve only seen the cover of the book. I was wondering if there was lots of pictures in it (I love pictures). I’d like to see pictures of a big comet coming toward the Earth or maybe, evil aliens attacking us.

By: Nathan Goldbaum

Nathan Goldbaum — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:39:45 +0000

Hey, Phil-

As a fellow Boulderite, I thought you might like to know that I saw a fireball tonight from the Pearl Street Mall facing west in front of Old Chicago’s. The fireball appeared near Altair and headed west at an incredibly fast pace, visibly broke apart, and faded away after arcing out a trail that must have been at least 10 or 20 degrees long. Do you know anywhere I could find more information on this event – I assume others or cameras pointed at the mountains across the state should have seen it.

By: «bønez_brigade»

«bønez_brigade» — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:23:48 +0000

It’s “bwahahahahaa!”, Phil, “bwahahahahaa!”.

DftS is next in the queue (after ‘Ancestor’s Tale’, though, sorry)…