Comments on: Science can be funny http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/02/06/science-can-be-funny/ 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, 24 Nov 2009 08:22:56 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: You might be a nerd » Doctor Recommended http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/02/06/science-can-be-funny/comment-page-2/#comment-155965 You might be a nerd » Doctor Recommended Sat, 14 Feb 2009 09:46:26 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/02/06/science-can-be-funny/#comment-155965 [...] Bad Astronomy « Not so bueno stats [...] [...] Bad Astronomy « Not so bueno stats [...]

]]> By: Joker http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/02/06/science-can-be-funny/comment-page-2/#comment-154586 Joker Sun, 08 Feb 2009 12:05:08 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/02/06/science-can-be-funny/#comment-154586 Hmm .. Even the Bad Astronomer himself likes the odd fart joke I noticed ... ;-) <i> As galaxies pass through it, the pressure from this gas pushes on the gas inside the galaxy, sweeping it out (like driving with your windows open removes bad odors lingering in your car, possibly also due to gas). </i> From the "Face of Beauty" (spiral galaxy image) thread. So I'm NOT the only one whose sense of humour tends toward the toilet variety here ... ;-) Hmm .. Even the Bad Astronomer himself likes the odd fart joke I noticed … ;-)

As galaxies pass through it, the pressure from this gas pushes on the gas inside the galaxy, sweeping it out (like driving with your windows open removes bad odors lingering in your car, possibly also due to gas).

From the “Face of Beauty” (spiral galaxy image) thread.

So I’m NOT the only one whose sense of humour tends toward the toilet variety here … ;-)

]]> By: Joker http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/02/06/science-can-be-funny/comment-page-2/#comment-154582 Joker Sun, 08 Feb 2009 11:39:19 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/02/06/science-can-be-funny/#comment-154582 I'm trying to think of something that's clean & safe to post here ... * * * * * * Nup, sorry, its all dirty and unfit to post I'm afraid! ;-) :-( I’m trying to think of something that’s clean & safe to post here …

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Nup, sorry, its all dirty and unfit to post I’m afraid! ;-) :-(

]]> By: Jack Mitcham http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/02/06/science-can-be-funny/comment-page-2/#comment-154516 Jack Mitcham Sun, 08 Feb 2009 03:20:53 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/02/06/science-can-be-funny/#comment-154516 My physics professor was making the point that axis labels are totally arbitrary, and they don't need to be positive x to the right, et cetera. He said "you can call this the positive Bill direction, and this the..." then he draws two concentric circles. "I don't even know what this is." He puts dots in it. "Here, you can call this the sprinkled donut direction. So, we developed the unit vector "Sprinkled donut hat" that day. Good times. My physics professor was making the point that axis labels are totally arbitrary, and they don’t need to be positive x to the right, et cetera.

He said “you can call this the positive Bill direction, and this the…” then he draws two concentric circles. “I don’t even know what this is.” He puts dots in it. “Here, you can call this the sprinkled donut direction. So, we developed the unit vector “Sprinkled donut hat” that day.

Good times.

]]> By: Michael L http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/02/06/science-can-be-funny/comment-page-2/#comment-154495 Michael L Sun, 08 Feb 2009 01:30:31 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/02/06/science-can-be-funny/#comment-154495 Why did the alien cross the galaxy? * * * * * * * * * * * So he could probe Uranus! Why did the alien cross the galaxy?
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So he could probe Uranus!

]]> By: Torbjörn Larsson, OM http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/02/06/science-can-be-funny/comment-page-2/#comment-154441 Torbjörn Larsson, OM Sat, 07 Feb 2009 18:49:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/02/06/science-can-be-funny/#comment-154441 <blockquote> Why did the GRB cross the Universe? </blockquote> But you can't cross the Universe with GRB - the former is a volume, not a vector. ;-)

Why did the GRB cross the Universe?

But you can’t cross the Universe with GRB – the former is a volume, not a vector. ;-)

]]> By: earthandbeyond http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/02/06/science-can-be-funny/comment-page-2/#comment-154404 earthandbeyond Sat, 07 Feb 2009 15:45:22 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/02/06/science-can-be-funny/#comment-154404 And of course, by BA, it's not Bad Astronomy, but Bachelor of Arts :) And of course, by BA, it’s not Bad Astronomy, but Bachelor of Arts :)

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