Comments on: Two updates http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/12/06/two-updates/ 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. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:57:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jeeves http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/12/06/two-updates/comment-page-1/#comment-139427 Jeeves Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:27:54 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/12/06/two-updates/#comment-139427 Shouldn't that be Merkins? Or maybe that's just how W says it, not sure about the Colorado pronunciation. Shouldn’t that be Merkins? Or maybe that’s just how W says it, not sure about the Colorado pronunciation.

]]> By: MichaelK http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/12/06/two-updates/comment-page-1/#comment-139425 MichaelK Mon, 08 Dec 2008 11:59:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/12/06/two-updates/#comment-139425 http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=1046071 Drop in meningitis after vaccine applied. Hey Phil, here's a today news story in the Toronto Star which helps validate vaccines. Michael http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=1046071

Drop in meningitis after vaccine applied.

Hey Phil, here’s a today news story in the Toronto Star which helps validate vaccines.

Michael

]]> By: Jen325 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/12/06/two-updates/comment-page-1/#comment-139352 Jen325 Sun, 07 Dec 2008 17:33:17 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/12/06/two-updates/#comment-139352 Gopher65, if it's any consolation, it's much higher-quality than most of what you see on YouTube. It's definitely worth a watch. Gopher65, if it’s any consolation, it’s much higher-quality than most of what you see on YouTube. It’s definitely worth a watch.

]]> By: ProofByInduction http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/12/06/two-updates/comment-page-1/#comment-139345 ProofByInduction Sun, 07 Dec 2008 17:08:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/12/06/two-updates/#comment-139345 You're too young to remember Lyndon Johnson starting an address "Mah Fellow Amurricans..." You’re too young to remember Lyndon Johnson starting an address “Mah Fellow Amurricans…”

]]> By: Cabman http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/12/06/two-updates/comment-page-1/#comment-139338 Cabman Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:03:33 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/12/06/two-updates/#comment-139338 Us 'ferrners' can watch it on Hulu by using Hotspot Shield " http://www.hotspotshield.com/ Us ‘ferrners’ can watch it on Hulu by using Hotspot Shield ” http://www.hotspotshield.com/

]]> By: gopher65 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/12/06/two-updates/comment-page-1/#comment-139329 gopher65 Sun, 07 Dec 2008 13:40:04 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/12/06/two-updates/#comment-139329 meh. Until you upload it to a *real* video sharing site, not low-quality youtube, or the American pandering hulu, I won't be watching it. Way to screw over all non-Americans. meh. Until you upload it to a *real* video sharing site, not low-quality youtube, or the American pandering hulu, I won’t be watching it. Way to screw over all non-Americans.

]]> By: undercover http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/12/06/two-updates/comment-page-1/#comment-139308 undercover Sun, 07 Dec 2008 09:34:39 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/12/06/two-updates/#comment-139308 "ferrners" LOL I think you mean foreigners! “ferrners” LOL I think you mean foreigners!

]]> By: Ryan http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/12/06/two-updates/comment-page-1/#comment-139298 Ryan Sun, 07 Dec 2008 06:50:08 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/12/06/two-updates/#comment-139298 Hey Phil, www.spaceweather.com is reporting that a superbolide exploded over colorado last night. Video: http://www.cloudbait.com/meteor/showvid.php?f=20081206_010628_001 Hey Phil, http://www.spaceweather.com is reporting that a superbolide exploded over colorado last night.
Video: http://www.cloudbait.com/meteor/showvid.php?f=20081206_010628_001

]]> By: IVAN3MAN http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/12/06/two-updates/comment-page-1/#comment-139292 IVAN3MAN Sun, 07 Dec 2008 05:14:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/12/06/two-updates/#comment-139292 @ Cat's Staff, I wish YouTube would delete <b>all</b> submitted videos that don't meet a minimum standard in video/sound quality, and that the videos are reasonably enjoyable to the viewer and <b>not</b> just for those who made the bloody video -- whose sole reason for uploading the video is 'I have a camera and I'm pissed out of my mind'! @ Cat’s Staff,

I wish YouTube would delete all submitted videos that don’t meet a minimum standard in video/sound quality, and that the videos are reasonably enjoyable to the viewer and not just for those who made the bloody video — whose sole reason for uploading the video is ‘I have a camera and I’m pissed out of my mind’!

]]> By: Cat's Staff http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/12/06/two-updates/comment-page-1/#comment-139267 Cat's Staff Sat, 06 Dec 2008 23:53:55 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/12/06/two-updates/#comment-139267 I don't know what kind of file you uploaded to YouTube, but it will now accept <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngWtusnU8fI&fmt=22" rel="nofollow">720p versions of videos</a>... just add &fmt=22 after (&fmt=18 for slightly lower quality). It also results in better sound. I don’t know what kind of file you uploaded to YouTube, but it will now accept 720p versions of videos… just add &fmt=22 after (&fmt=18 for slightly lower quality). It also results in better sound.

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