It’s time for a new BA Giveaway! And this time we have a twofer.
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| Alien not included. |
Seth Shostak is an astronomer who hunts for aliens… with SETI. He just wrote a book called Confessions of an Alien Hunter, and it’s wonderful. It’s a fun discussion of looking for other civilizations among the stars and Seth’s involvement with SETI. In my opinion this is his best book yet, and that’s saying something.
I also have a two-CD set of Seth’s podcast/radio show "Are We Alone". It has recordings of several episodes, including one with moi — I do a Skeptical Sunday bit with Seth called "Brains on Vacation".
Both the book and the CD are signed by Seth his own self, and I put my signature on the CD too (the book actually has an official "Are We Alone" sticker that Seth signed for me because I stupidly forgot to get him to sign the book directly when he was here in Boulder last month). These items will be given away separately. I may throw in extra junk I have lying around my office too.
So how do you win these fabulous things? Easy.
All you have to do is leave a comment on this post. Just post something in the comments below, like "Phil rulez and Seth droolz" or something equally elegant. It doesn’t matter what you post as long as you post something. On Friday, May 8 at noon Mountain time (UTC – 6), I will generate a random number, and the person who leaves that number comment wins the book. I’ll then pick a second number, and that person wins the CD set. I’ll send the winners emails notifying them, and they’ll have until Monday May 11th at noon MT to get back to me. I’ll pick another commenter if I don’t hear back by then. That person will have until noon the next day to get back to me, and so one, until winners are chosen.
Here are some rules for you. READ THESE. Violate them and I’ll send your email address and IP to the ShamWOW guy.
1) Leave a comment ONLY ONCE. I trust you folks, but I feel I must make this warning: No matter how tempting it is to followup on someone else’s comment, don’t do it. Anyone caught doing that (or cheating in any way) not only won’t win the book, but your comment will simply be deleted. Be ye fairly warned, says I.
2) Make sure that you enter a valid email address in the form when you leave your comment. If you don’t, you won’t win, since email is how I will contact the winner. Since I’m busy and bore easily I won’t try to figure out your address; if there’s no valid email, I’ll simply pick another winner.
3) To be fair, if you’re an actual friend of mine IRL then please don’t apply. I’ll leave it up to your own judgment if you fall in that category or not.
4) Anyone else is eligible, including all you foreigner types.
Remember, you have until noon Friday! So comment away!
May 4th, 2009 at 7:04 am
Will this book provide advice on how to convince your friends that Venus is a UFO?
May 4th, 2009 at 7:06 am
Free stuff? Gimme!
May 4th, 2009 at 7:06 am
Mola. Yo quiero uno.
May 4th, 2009 at 7:07 am
You rock BA!
May 4th, 2009 at 7:09 am
Hurrah for Bad Astronomy giveaways!
May 4th, 2009 at 7:11 am
It seems that I should post later, because such a low number should be unlikely to randomly appear. However, that’s a stupid statement, because all posts are equally likely to be selected. Just a fun little look into my psyche.
Oh, and gimme gimme gimme.
May 4th, 2009 at 7:11 am
Gratis ting er vejen frem
May 4th, 2009 at 7:12 am
I’m having a baby sometime in the next month. I think I need something good to listen to during labor.
May 4th, 2009 at 7:15 am
Yeah baby! Astronomy is sexy!!
May 4th, 2009 at 7:16 am
I’m all up in your blog, leaving a comment for your contest.
May 4th, 2009 at 7:18 am
I know a different “B. A.” who’s cuter, but she doesn’t have her own website. I figure you’re both equally awesome!
May 4th, 2009 at 7:20 am
/*insert witty comment here*/
May 4th, 2009 at 7:21 am
Phil Plait is the greatest astronomer since Galileo.
May 4th, 2009 at 7:22 am
I’m studying for the Florida Bar Exam. I’d like a distraction please!
May 4th, 2009 at 7:22 am
That’s pretty cool. For some reason, alien hunting brings to mind some guy stalking through an alien planet with some fancy, futuristic blaster. Curse my over-active imagination!
May 4th, 2009 at 7:22 am
Sweet. However, instead of whatever number comment this one is, I’d prefer my number in the drawing to be: Math.rand()*(sizeof 20090504_comments)
May 4th, 2009 at 7:23 am
I’m hoping you do a post on the upcoming Wallops Island launch. Also hoping I wn.
May 4th, 2009 at 7:23 am
S.end E.lizabeth T.oys I.mmediately (?)
May 4th, 2009 at 7:24 am
I, like Cameron feel that a low number is never randomly generated, but I feel I am DESTINED to win this time.!!!
May 4th, 2009 at 7:25 am
B.A. ruleZ!
May 4th, 2009 at 7:26 am
Might a well give it a go
/roll
May 4th, 2009 at 7:27 am
I would love to win the book!
May 4th, 2009 at 7:31 am
Daily BA Blog reader. Would like to be considered for the prize book.
Love your Blog and Book.
May 4th, 2009 at 7:32 am
I am an alien searching for intelligent life on Earth so I am getting a kick out of all these posts.
May 4th, 2009 at 7:32 am
Good old Collingwood for ever!
May 4th, 2009 at 7:33 am
Now to figure out how to impress a random number generator…
May 4th, 2009 at 7:35 am
This book on aliens will abduct my free time.
May 4th, 2009 at 7:35 am
Very interesting stuff!!!
May 4th, 2009 at 7:35 am
Phil rulez and Seth droolz and Carrey’z a fool
May 4th, 2009 at 7:36 am
I’m a foreigner…and I would love the book, too!!!
And 15 is my lucky number!
May 4th, 2009 at 7:36 am
I’m throwing my hat into the mixer
May 4th, 2009 at 7:37 am
I listen to “Are We Alone” as a podcast, and would love to win either of the prizes! Also, the BA rocks.
May 4th, 2009 at 7:37 am
Wonderfully insightful post ( fawning enough?
Thank you for the chance to win.
May 4th, 2009 at 7:37 am
Astronomers (and alien overlords) are welcome at my house any time.
Breakfast provided with advanced warning.
May 4th, 2009 at 7:39 am
If you don’t give me the book or CD, the aliens will be very disappointed with you.
May 4th, 2009 at 7:41 am
Long, long ago I played a game called “Alien Hunter” on my Amiga.
May 4th, 2009 at 7:41 am
This will hopefully tell me how to keep the aliens from harvesting my seeds. They make it really hard to grow my pumpkins when all my seeds get taken.
May 4th, 2009 at 7:41 am
I can has kewl prizes?
May 4th, 2009 at 7:42 am
I would totally love some of this cool swag!
May 4th, 2009 at 7:44 am
Please make sure to send me the fabulous prizes to me post haste, since it is obvious that I shall win this contest…
Well a guy can dream anyway right. 
May 4th, 2009 at 7:45 am
Seth rulez!!! Are we alone is a great show. Everyone should check it out. Oh and as an aside, Phil’s OK too
May 4th, 2009 at 7:46 am
I would very much like a book and/or CD, please
May 4th, 2009 at 7:47 am
Most excellent dudemeister. Gimmie some baby
May 4th, 2009 at 7:47 am
Free Stuff. YAY!
May 4th, 2009 at 7:49 am
I want BOTH items!
May 4th, 2009 at 7:49 am
Very cool idea! Thanks in advance for the free book.
May 4th, 2009 at 7:50 am
Target the high metallicity systems, FTW!
May 4th, 2009 at 7:51 am
I’ll never win anyway, RNG:s hate me…but that doesn’t stop me from trying…
May 4th, 2009 at 7:51 am
Last time, I tried to reverse engineer the pseudo-random number generator on your computer and it didn’t work out so well.
This time, I contacted my buddy Xzch{click}rsbllt{click} (he’s from Zchblt 4, and they don’t have vowels there) to abduct the prize from your place. Shklyy said shklyy (they don’t have genders either) would try to get there, but had to make a crop circle outside a crazy person’s house first.
May 4th, 2009 at 7:52 am
Please be the random number!
May 4th, 2009 at 7:52 am
Those would be nice to own for sure. However, even if I fail to win, I will still make my multiple daily visits to your fine web log.
May 4th, 2009 at 7:53 am
Who needs this stuff? I have an alien in trapped in my pantry.
May 4th, 2009 at 7:53 am
Again, Central Control really wants these things off the market, so you should just send one (or another, or BOTH!) to me.
ribbet
May 4th, 2009 at 7:53 am
I run Seti@home, so I would love to win this…
May 4th, 2009 at 7:53 am
Great contest! and thank you for allowing this for foreign fans
May 4th, 2009 at 7:54 am
Ooh Ooh Pick ME! Pick ME! and as an added suck up THANK YOU for the email Phil
May 4th, 2009 at 7:55 am
Phil droolz and Seth rulez! Wait, did I get that right?
May 4th, 2009 at 7:55 am
Hope this is better than Death from the Skies……I kid, I kid….
May 4th, 2009 at 7:56 am
I would prefer free BEER, but still:
Einem geschenkten Gaul schaut man nicht ins Maul… (as ze Germans say)
May 4th, 2009 at 7:56 am
I first discovered the world of BA through listening to Are We Alone and for that I am very grateful.
Cheers!
May 4th, 2009 at 7:56 am
Seems like a very interesting book. Let’s try lady luck.
May 4th, 2009 at 7:57 am
I have now posted something…anything.
May 4th, 2009 at 7:57 am
The chances of me winning this are the same as contacting the Vulcans.
May 4th, 2009 at 7:58 am
Fnord.
May 4th, 2009 at 7:59 am
How is babby formed?
May 4th, 2009 at 7:59 am
I was listening to Seth plugging his book on his podcast the other day so would love to get it.
May 4th, 2009 at 7:59 am
I want to win a booook
May 4th, 2009 at 8:01 am
Me want win book. Me want win CD. Win good, lose bad.
May 4th, 2009 at 8:02 am
Woo Hoo!
May 4th, 2009 at 8:02 am
me please!
May 4th, 2009 at 8:03 am
Please send me this information. My intergalactic friends will get a kick out of reading this.
May 4th, 2009 at 8:03 am
If chess is just a game, then music is just noise.
May 4th, 2009 at 8:03 am
Hey, Phil, here my confession:
I’d love to win this helluva great giveaway!
May 4th, 2009 at 8:04 am
Phil rulez and Seth droolz.
Did I get that right?
May 4th, 2009 at 8:04 am
Phil droolz and Seth rulez.
Did I get that right?
May 4th, 2009 at 8:05 am
Bring on the goodies!
May 4th, 2009 at 8:05 am
ooo ooo! Pick me! PICK ME!!! The odds look decent if you cut off all the applicants after me…
May 4th, 2009 at 8:06 am
I want to believe.
That I can win a prize.
May 4th, 2009 at 8:06 am
mmmmm aliens.
May 4th, 2009 at 8:07 am
hmm …. Free book or CD, I’m in! (I are Canadian foreigner to)
May 4th, 2009 at 8:07 am
I’m a foreigner type so I’m included.
May 4th, 2009 at 8:07 am
Yes please! [something more witty here]
May 4th, 2009 at 8:07 am
Thanks for the contest and the kick-ass website… I’ve been reading off and on since finding the site to use in response to that idiotic FOX TV Moon Hoax show. I haven’t bothered to comment until bribed, though…
May 4th, 2009 at 8:08 am
Do pick me, kind sir.
May 4th, 2009 at 8:08 am
A competition – how exciting! Apologies to everyone else for reducing their odds
May 4th, 2009 at 8:08 am
I can’t think of anything funny to post, so I’m not gonna enter.
May 4th, 2009 at 8:09 am
Phil rulez and Seth droolz
May 4th, 2009 at 8:09 am
She got the keys to my Ferrari, because aliens ate my Buick (ref. T. Dolby)
May 4th, 2009 at 8:10 am
I would love to read his book. If I don’t win, I talk our local library into purchasing it. Just like I did your book so I could check it out. LOL.
Sheryl
May 4th, 2009 at 8:10 am
I would have entered, but I didn’t know what to post…
Oh.
Cool!
May 4th, 2009 at 8:11 am
Its full of stars!
May 4th, 2009 at 8:11 am
Book gimmie to to me
Me book read good!
Pete
May 4th, 2009 at 8:13 am
I ran SETI@Home for years. Burned up a couple of computers doing it, too. Oh, the failure of overclocking just to post higher numbers….
May 4th, 2009 at 8:13 am
Oh! Oh! Pick me! Pick me!
May 4th, 2009 at 8:14 am
I suck at witty comments, I’ll just leave it at that
May 4th, 2009 at 8:16 am
i love aliens.
May 4th, 2009 at 8:17 am
Would you ship to me over in Iraq, were I to win one?
May 4th, 2009 at 8:17 am
generic comment
May 4th, 2009 at 8:18 am
May 4th, 2009 at 8:19 am
Post
May 4th, 2009 at 8:19 am
GIVE ME FREE STUFF.
May 4th, 2009 at 8:19 am
Phil rulez, Seth droolz.
Except I’m wondering now if Phil is actually a “Grody Jody,” instead.
May 4th, 2009 at 8:21 am
Post
May 4th, 2009 at 8:21 am
All glory to the hypno toad.
May 4th, 2009 at 8:22 am
Is it geeky of me to have named my WoW hunter pet Shostak?
May 4th, 2009 at 8:23 am
Free stuff. Yes please!
May 4th, 2009 at 8:24 am
I *really* want to hear a pun-off between Phil and Seth. Molly has been catching up lately, too.
Dennis
May 4th, 2009 at 8:24 am
you should give stuff away more often
May 4th, 2009 at 8:24 am
Please pick me!!
May 4th, 2009 at 8:25 am
How was your mom’s birthday?
May 4th, 2009 at 8:25 am
You are both interesting guys. Thanks.
May 4th, 2009 at 8:26 am
I hear books are like portable text files with a built-in gui!
May 4th, 2009 at 8:27 am
This is the random number you’re looking for.
*sweeping hand gesture*
May 4th, 2009 at 8:27 am
Huge fan of ‘Are We Alone’. That is a geat podcast.
May 4th, 2009 at 8:27 am
Aiight. I’m game.
May 4th, 2009 at 8:27 am
I will read to my kids at night.
May 4th, 2009 at 8:27 am
Phil, I’m not your friend (at least not in real life) so that makes be eligible.
May 4th, 2009 at 8:28 am
Highly amusing, Captain.
May 4th, 2009 at 8:28 am
Well let’s pack up the kids
and take a break, get away
leave the hustle and bustle
of living from day to day
and I know that the crime
in the city is getting worse
So I’m going on down to
the gun sale at the church
May 4th, 2009 at 8:28 am
MEAT
May 4th, 2009 at 8:29 am
There is no spoon.
May 4th, 2009 at 8:30 am
I’m a foreigner type!
May 4th, 2009 at 8:30 am
Count me on it!!!
May 4th, 2009 at 8:30 am
!!!
May 4th, 2009 at 8:30 am
Come on free stuff don’t fail me now
May 4th, 2009 at 8:31 am
i have never been happier to not be your friend Phil!
hmm…friends or books, friends or books?
May 4th, 2009 at 8:32 am
I really should be studying right now.
May 4th, 2009 at 8:32 am
I wants ta winz!
May 4th, 2009 at 8:32 am
sounds wonderful thanks for the giveaway
May 4th, 2009 at 8:32 am
doin’ my bit to reduce everyone’s chance of winning. you’re welcome.
May 4th, 2009 at 8:32 am
Please send me this stuff! I want to know where I can find LGM!!
May 4th, 2009 at 8:33 am
what they said.
May 4th, 2009 at 8:34 am
Please BA, pick me!
Pretty please with Eta Carinae going supernova on top!
May 4th, 2009 at 8:34 am
very cool.
May 4th, 2009 at 8:35 am
As an amateur skeptic and complete Book Nutter, I would love to add this to my collection!
May 4th, 2009 at 8:35 am
hey down here set you random generator to 135.
May 4th, 2009 at 8:36 am
Calling occupants, of extraordinary interstellar craft.
May 4th, 2009 at 8:37 am
BAz da best!
May 4th, 2009 at 8:37 am
Love the title; it’s almost as good as “Death from the Skies!”
Seriously, these books will attract readers who would never glance at a “serious” science book. How devious of Phil and Seth. Way to go!
May 4th, 2009 at 8:37 am
Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?
May 4th, 2009 at 8:38 am
Looks cool. Doubt I’ll win though. Here is to making sure noone else has a good chance of winning:P
May 4th, 2009 at 8:38 am
please delete my above comment i was typing something else and posted in the wrong page.
May 4th, 2009 at 8:38 am
Sounds like some awesome stuff!
May 4th, 2009 at 8:38 am
Fingers crossed… for a WEEK…
May 4th, 2009 at 8:39 am
You can’t trust the random number generators, so just send it all to me.
May 4th, 2009 at 8:39 am
I never win anything. But, hey, it might happen
Love the blog 
May 4th, 2009 at 8:40 am
I was unaware BA ever did giveaways. I should pay attention, eh?
May 4th, 2009 at 8:41 am
Coconuts migrate by attaching themselves to the hands of wandering kuh-niggits and are not carried by swallows, as is commonly thought.
May 4th, 2009 at 8:41 am
Very interesting stuff. Been lurking for a long time on BA, but this finally brought me out of the woodwork
May 4th, 2009 at 8:42 am
How nice, a contest eligible from Germany. I’m in!
May 4th, 2009 at 8:42 am
Throwing my hat in the ring
May 4th, 2009 at 8:43 am
Shipping would be cheap, Phil. I live in Longmont!
May 4th, 2009 at 8:45 am
Can you ship to Canada eh??
May 4th, 2009 at 8:45 am
love the Blog. free stuff…even better! Thanks BA.
May 4th, 2009 at 8:46 am
this is a comment.
May 4th, 2009 at 8:46 am
I’m an alien, and I’d like to use these items as examples to my people of your species’ ingenuity.
May 4th, 2009 at 8:47 am
Seth, Phil, and Michio all rule the night – coast to coast!
May 4th, 2009 at 8:47 am
Books! It’s been almost a week since my last Amazon shipment…gimme, gimme more!!!
May 4th, 2009 at 8:48 am
What people will do for free stuff..
May 4th, 2009 at 8:48 am
Ooh, excitement plus! Seth was on the SGU a couple of weeks ago talking about his book. I was going to buy it. I still will if I don’t win it. Thanks Phil.
May 4th, 2009 at 8:49 am
I have a 50/50 chance of winning!!!! it will either happen, or not. WOOHOOO!!!!
May 4th, 2009 at 8:49 am
I’d probably end up buying it for someone (or me) anyway!
May 4th, 2009 at 8:49 am
Kiitos, Phil!
May 4th, 2009 at 8:51 am
Contest? Post? Really?
CJSF
May 4th, 2009 at 8:52 am
I like winning things.
May 4th, 2009 at 8:53 am
I sooo need something new to read!
May 4th, 2009 at 8:54 am
There are two things I cannot get by without in the mornings, #1 My Bad Astronomer -Phil, which I look at “RELIGIOUSLY” every morning while I’m waiting for #2 My coffee to brew.
Luv ya baby!
p.s. I think my husband is getting jealous that I spend more time with Phil in the morning than him.
Phoenix
May 4th, 2009 at 8:54 am
Great blog! After i heard Seth on The Sceptics Guide to the Universe i have to read his stuff!
May 4th, 2009 at 8:54 am
I’d love to win this book. BTW, I really enjoyed “Death From The Skies”!
May 4th, 2009 at 8:55 am
Oooooh, love the book cover design!
May 4th, 2009 at 8:55 am
BA ftw
Looking forward to TAM London!
May 4th, 2009 at 8:56 am
I’m in.
May 4th, 2009 at 8:56 am
My 10 year old wishes that all humanity would get along-according to him, this is important -because than we can get together and battle all of the aliens…
May 4th, 2009 at 8:57 am
How come Seth looks like Dawkins? Is there a pattern there?
May 4th, 2009 at 8:57 am
Thanks
May 4th, 2009 at 8:58 am
Woo! This may be the first time I win a prize on teh interwebz!
May 4th, 2009 at 8:59 am
neato
May 4th, 2009 at 9:00 am
Thanks for being the voice of sanity!
May 4th, 2009 at 9:00 am
So you’re saying that people who are friends of yours have no chance of winning free stuff?
Knowing that, I’ll never speak to you if ever we meet, just for fear of disqualifying myself.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:01 am
I’ll just leave here the last verses of Katsumi’s “Chance Encouter” poem:
I know that my true friend will appear after my death
And my sweetheart died before I was born.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:01 am
My horoscope says I have a good chance of winning!
May 4th, 2009 at 9:01 am
I have a fairly long commute each day, something like this would be perfect for the train.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:02 am
Woo-hoo!
May 4th, 2009 at 9:03 am
Me me me i want them there goodies!!
May 4th, 2009 at 9:03 am
This would be useful in my school library. Of course, since I have a total budget of roughly $2000 a year, anything would be useful in my school library.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:03 am
Random generator pick me!!
May 4th, 2009 at 9:03 am
no whammy no whammy no whammy STOP!!!
May 4th, 2009 at 9:04 am
I love you, man!
May 4th, 2009 at 9:05 am
commenting for a chance to win? I’m in.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:06 am
Come onnnnn… random number!
May 4th, 2009 at 9:06 am
here’s to another attempt at winning a nifty book
May 4th, 2009 at 9:07 am
Humanity must harness the power of magnetars!
May 4th, 2009 at 9:07 am
C’mon….c’mon…
May 4th, 2009 at 9:08 am
Need Alien hunter book (or alien oriented CD)
Must fight aliens at work…..
Or I could wake up and get on with my day.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:08 am
Never turn down free stuff!
May 4th, 2009 at 9:09 am
I never win anything. Once I got a letter telling me I won a car but they sent me a green pebble instead and said sorry about the car.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:09 am
Me! Me! Me!
May 4th, 2009 at 9:11 am
*crosses fingers*
May 4th, 2009 at 9:11 am
On back order at amazon here, would love a copy.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:12 am
“Are we alone?” I almost kinda hope so. Humanity’s goofy enough to look at from the human perspective. I’d hate to think what we look like to a real outsider.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:12 am
Phil, you are a star and you rock….never heard of Seth, so I’ll look into that.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:13 am
I feel lucky
May 4th, 2009 at 9:13 am
I always support free stuff.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:14 am
This is my first comment on your wonderful blog. I hope it’s a lucky one!
May 4th, 2009 at 9:14 am
Sign me up…
May 4th, 2009 at 9:14 am
I like free!
May 4th, 2009 at 9:14 am
Oh, absolutely
May 4th, 2009 at 9:15 am
Sounds like a fun read!
May 4th, 2009 at 9:16 am
˙ɹǝpɐǝl ɹıǝɥʇ sı ʇıɐld lıɥd puɐ ‘ǝɔɐds ɹǝʇno ɯoɹɟ suǝılɐ ǝɹɐ s,oɟn ‘ʎɹoǝɥʇ ɐ ʇsnɾ sʇı ’sǝloɥ ɟo llnɟ sı uoıʇnloʌǝ ˙ʇuǝɔɹǝd ʎʇɟıɟ ǝq ʇsnɯ ƃuıuuıʍ ǝɯ ɟo ʎʇılıqɐqoɹd ǝɥʇ os ‘ʇ,uoʍ ı ɹo ‘uıʍ llıʍ ı ɹǝɥʇıǝ ˙ɹǝuuɐɯ lɐnsnun uɐ uı ʇı ʎɐs oʇ ǝsooɥɔ ı ‘ǝɹoɟǝɹǝɥʇ ˙ʇı ʎɐs ı ʍoɥ ɹǝʇʇɐɯ ʇou ʇsnɯ ʇı ‘ʎɐs ı ʇɐɥʍ ɹǝʇʇɐɯ ʇou sǝop ʇı ǝɔuıs
May 4th, 2009 at 9:16 am
I am a foreigner.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:17 am
If you feel like sending a package to South Africa, let your randomiser choose me!
May 4th, 2009 at 9:17 am
I love these contests =)
May 4th, 2009 at 9:18 am
I heard Seth on the SGU and Skepticality podcasts and his book sounds like it’s worth entering a contest for
May 4th, 2009 at 9:19 am
Does an alien cookbook come with it?
May 4th, 2009 at 9:19 am
This is my entry. There are many like it, but this one is mine.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:19 am
wouldn’t mind winning.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:20 am
Nincs rajtam nadrag.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:20 am
I won a dishwasher once but this would be way cooler!!!
May 4th, 2009 at 9:20 am
If you put a good word in to that random number generator for me, I could make it worth your while. *nods towards Jewel Staite who is totally for reals standing right next to me*
*wink*
May 4th, 2009 at 9:20 am
Poor students need free stuff!
May 4th, 2009 at 9:20 am
N = N* fp ne fl fi fc fL
May 4th, 2009 at 9:20 am
SCIENCE
May 4th, 2009 at 9:21 am
ASCII 6
May 4th, 2009 at 9:21 am
Excellent Blog and Website. I find your nits on movies / TV shows Hilarious, you need to do more of these.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:21 am
Phil Plait, I think that you ought to have a “spot-the-grammatical-error” competition…
May 4th, 2009 at 9:21 am
Take me Phil! I’m the only one who truly understands you.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:22 am
this is so cool- thanks
May 4th, 2009 at 9:23 am
As long as Blorg, the bounty hunter doesn’t find me.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:25 am
If you don’t allow people to win two things, please disregard this comment. I REALLY want that galileoscope you are going to give away
If you do allow people to win two things, I’m in!
May 4th, 2009 at 9:25 am
I for one welcome our new alien overlords.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:26 am
Cool stuff.
Want.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:27 am
Gee, hope I win…
May 4th, 2009 at 9:27 am
I’m in for a win!
May 4th, 2009 at 9:28 am
Phill is a pill, but Seth is the betht.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:28 am
⁴ τ ω
May 4th, 2009 at 9:29 am
Please sir may I have some free stuff, Phil rulez, even if he lives in the Republic of Boulder.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:30 am
Here’s hoping Seth one day discovers Xenu.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:30 am
I love free stuff! Pick me please.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:31 am
I love this. Aliens are normally conspiracy theorists wet dreams, but you aren’t going that route, but the science route. Yes, you CAN dream of things and try to find the truth in these things… but its best to go the science route and get solid evidence!
May 4th, 2009 at 9:31 am
I’m skeptical Phil is actually giving this stuff away, but what the hell, I’m in.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:31 am
I like books.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:32 am
What the deuce?
May 4th, 2009 at 9:32 am
…how about that Fermi paradox?
May 4th, 2009 at 9:32 am
What if you’re an American servicemember serving overseas? Can you still win? It’s bad enough trying to order techno-devices from Amazon. I really need to replace my sweaty Zune armband, but I can’t because “that item is ineligible to ship overseas.” Bah!
May 4th, 2009 at 9:33 am
Count me in. I have 2 of Phil’s books, both signed. I would be great to have one from Seth. I listen to his podcast all the time.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:34 am
Where does he get those wonderful things?
May 4th, 2009 at 9:34 am
This is a comment.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:34 am
Hurray free stuff!
May 4th, 2009 at 9:35 am
Go Seth. Go!
May 4th, 2009 at 9:36 am
NOOO! NOT THE SHAMWOW GUY!
Please, I’ll be good, Mr. BA guy dude!
May 4th, 2009 at 9:37 am
yay for SETI!!
May 4th, 2009 at 9:37 am
I like free things. MMmmmm free.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:37 am
I was almost abducted by aliens once, but thank god I had my alien thought screen helmet from http://www.stopabductions.com/ (tinfoil hats are what the aliens try to make you wear so that they can still affect you without you knowing…)
So this book would really help. Jigoo!
May 4th, 2009 at 9:40 am
do want!
May 4th, 2009 at 9:40 am
Yay, please let me win!
May 4th, 2009 at 9:41 am
Hooray for free stuff!
May 4th, 2009 at 9:41 am
Gimme gimme gimme
May 4th, 2009 at 9:42 am
STOP GIVING MY BOOKS AWAY TO OTHER PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!
May 4th, 2009 at 9:42 am
Phil is my new FSM
May 4th, 2009 at 9:43 am
It would be interesting to get a look at SETI from the inside of the program.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:44 am
A little bit offtopic: a funny discussion of geocentrism at DailyKos: http://www.dailykos.com/comments/2009/5/4/64150/07194/55#c55
May 4th, 2009 at 9:45 am
Woo!
May 4th, 2009 at 9:46 am
Please FSM, help me win this one!
May 4th, 2009 at 9:46 am
I’m at home with a cold. Clearly, I deserve free stuff.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:46 am
Sylvia Browne told me I was destined to win! I can’t lose, unless she’s a total fraud — which is highly unlikely!
… Right?
May 4th, 2009 at 9:47 am
I don’t want any of that crap. NOT!
May 4th, 2009 at 9:47 am
I have all your books, but my girlfriend makes me keep them in the study because she doesn’t like mixing fiction and non fiction. I’ll convince her Seth’s book is about actual aliens, and see if it makes it into the “fiction” section.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:48 am
You folks are toast. My astrologer predicted this and he instructed me to leave a comment exactly after the preceeding one. I get the book. Thanks Phil.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:48 am
Phil rulez and Seth droolz
May 4th, 2009 at 9:48 am
book book book earthbook
May 4th, 2009 at 9:48 am
I hope I win! I listen to the SETI podcast AND the SGU every week! See, I’m a deserving fan!
May 4th, 2009 at 9:48 am
Must celestial Plait select sum?
(Yes, it’s a palindrome.)
May 4th, 2009 at 9:48 am
It would be nice…
May 4th, 2009 at 9:49 am
Here’s my post.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:50 am
That is some very fine layout on the cover of that book. Elegant in the extreme.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:50 am
I’d be more concerned about those that follow him.
Like Camera Guy…. *Shudders*
May 4th, 2009 at 9:50 am
May 4th, 2009 at 9:50 am
Oh, this sounds like fun! Here’s hoping! *crosses fingers before realizing that good skeptics don’t cross their fingers*
May 4th, 2009 at 9:52 am
Free Stuff..NOM NOM NOM…
May 4th, 2009 at 9:52 am
I want the winning number!
And the stuff would be nice too…
May 4th, 2009 at 9:55 am
Pick me, I’m a foreign type!
May 4th, 2009 at 9:55 am
OK, this ought to be fairly well down the list so that the supposedly random number generator (it’s got secret Gaussian tendencies, I tell ya) will have a better chance of picking this entry.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:55 am
Ohh free swag. Can’t resist free alien goodness.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:56 am
We are not alone, Aliens watch us!
May 4th, 2009 at 9:56 am
According to Walter Wagner I have a 50 percent chance of winning this thing, so why not give it a try
.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:59 am
Oprah is giving Jenny McCarthy her own talkshow! You should be her first guest!
May 4th, 2009 at 9:59 am
Better the ShamWOW guy than Billy Mays. At least I’ll love his nuts.
May 4th, 2009 at 10:00 am
I would love to get this!
May 4th, 2009 at 10:01 am
No Death From The Skies! win for me, so I actually had to buy it…. Maybe luckier this time
May 4th, 2009 at 10:01 am
Sign me up. My friend gave me a tour of The OSU’s Big Ear IMO it was a good design; its’s two horns were connected differentially, and they could move along a track if it found an interesting signal. Each Siderial day he had to change the reflector by 0.5 Deg, but that goes with the territory of being an astronomer.
May 4th, 2009 at 10:02 am
This is a comment.
May 4th, 2009 at 10:02 am
Gimmie my stuff! (pretty please)
May 4th, 2009 at 10:02 am
Crap! I’m comment 213. There goes my chances…
May 4th, 2009 at 10:03 am
So, yeah, I’m posting comments here only on giveaways…
May 4th, 2009 at 10:03 am
Heh, everyone loves lotteries that have free tickets.
May 4th, 2009 at 10:05 am
If Seth Shostak is an alien hunter, does that make him a Predator?
May 4th, 2009 at 10:06 am
The Annunakis are relatives of Anakin Skywalker! And those guys places the Moon around the Earth!
Oh! And they said that the Moon is 9 billion years old!
Ok… I hope that post about aliens would do!
*summoning the ethereal power of the Annunakis*
May 4th, 2009 at 10:08 am
I am skeptical about the existence of James Randi.
May 4th, 2009 at 10:08 am
Pick me!…Oh, pick me!
May 4th, 2009 at 10:09 am
You are the only blog I read, BA rocks!
May 4th, 2009 at 10:09 am
Yay, free stuff!
May 4th, 2009 at 10:10 am
Yet another awesome distraction from study
May 4th, 2009 at 10:10 am
I love books! Free books are even better.
May 4th, 2009 at 10:11 am
Me! Me! Oooh, pick me! It sounds like a cool book…
May 4th, 2009 at 10:11 am
Sounds like an excellent book! Count me in!
May 4th, 2009 at 10:11 am
I want it, please give it me.
May 4th, 2009 at 10:13 am
I want to win because I just finished DftS and need something else to read to increase my science girl credibility. And maybe if I share it with my brother he will give me back my copy of DftS.
May 4th, 2009 at 10:14 am
I toss my hat into the ring.
May 4th, 2009 at 10:14 am
If it’s free it’s for me.
May 4th, 2009 at 10:14 am
Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn! I hope I have a chance
May 4th, 2009 at 10:16 am
free books are the best ones to review.
May 4th, 2009 at 10:16 am
I just read the rules. There sure are a lot of people who are not friends of Phil. Maybe we should start a club or something…
May 4th, 2009 at 10:17 am
Here am I, from Italy!
May 4th, 2009 at 10:17 am
I already won “The Saucer Fleet” a few weeks ago right here on BA, but I’ll try again! I’m sure that if I win, people will call it a conspiracy. It’s not. Just luck.
OT: Antivaxxers are stupid.
May 4th, 2009 at 10:17 am
Long-time listener, first-time caller.
May 4th, 2009 at 10:18 am
Oh, glorious random number generator, please pick me!
May 4th, 2009 at 10:18 am
Jarvis Cocker?
May 4th, 2009 at 10:20 am
I like cheese.
May 4th, 2009 at 10:20 am
Hope I win!
May 4th, 2009 at 10:21 am
Pow!
May 4th, 2009 at 10:22 am
Sweet, something to read to the kids at bedtime. JB
May 4th, 2009 at 10:22 am
I’ve been meaning to get a new book to read. Contest GO!
May 4th, 2009 at 10:24 am
Phil-
See you in Kazoo on May 30!
May 4th, 2009 at 10:24 am
I’m in.
May 4th, 2009 at 10:24 am
Yay! Me! Prizes! Pick me!, pick me!…. at random
May 4th, 2009 at 10:25 am
Would love either – wish I had something pithy to say…
May 4th, 2009 at 10:25 am
I’m in!
May 4th, 2009 at 10:25 am
I love Death From The Skies!
May 4th, 2009 at 10:26 am
Yay, geek lottery!
May 4th, 2009 at 10:26 am
Kilroy Was Here.
May 4th, 2009 at 10:26 am
If I believed in “lucky numbers” I’d swear this post was it!
May 4th, 2009 at 10:28 am
Hi Phil,
LTRFTP here. Thanks for a little bit of sanity in an insane world
May 4th, 2009 at 10:29 am
Yay free stuff! Love the blog!
May 4th, 2009 at 10:30 am
Oook. I’ll bite, count me in!
May 4th, 2009 at 10:30 am
Squee!
May 4th, 2009 at 10:31 am
I love the Shamwow guy.
I hope I win!
May 4th, 2009 at 10:34 am
ooh, me!
I <3 Science.
May 4th, 2009 at 10:35 am
Me want book….
May 4th, 2009 at 10:36 am
Phil, your marketing genius is astounding! A brilliant way to promote interaction and the SETI program. My hat is off to you, sir.
PS–I do hope you’ll come out to ISDC 2009 in Orlando!
May 4th, 2009 at 10:36 am
I’ll either win or I won’t, so I’ve got a 50/50 chance! Woo hoo!
May 4th, 2009 at 10:37 am
I love Bad Astronomy!
May 4th, 2009 at 10:38 am
So I says to the guy I’m dancing with, “What the hell kind of party is this, anyway?”
May 4th, 2009 at 10:38 am
Count me in!
May 4th, 2009 at 10:39 am
Put me down for the book please.
May 4th, 2009 at 10:41 am
While I read every post, even the crazy sciencey stuff that’s over my head (ha!) I almost never comment. But I’ve hear some interviews with Seth and that would be some sweet swag to score! Come on, random number generator! Hook me up!
May 4th, 2009 at 10:41 am
Phil Plait is the King of the Universe!
May 4th, 2009 at 10:41 am
Don’t drop acid! Take it pass/fail!
May 4th, 2009 at 10:44 am
This time, by harnessing Tesla’s integral counter-magnetized reverse-polarized crustal scattered currents, I shall win at least one of these give-away items. Alright, in all seriousness, I really don’t mind contributing to BA’s peaking web traffic for whatever nefarious reasons that are behind these giveaways. I find that in this instance, the outcome justifies the means to obtain it.
May 4th, 2009 at 10:44 am
I’d love to read this book.
May 4th, 2009 at 10:47 am
I like aliens lawlzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
May 4th, 2009 at 10:47 am
Pick me, pick me, pick me!
May 4th, 2009 at 10:49 am
gimme gimme gimme gimme!
May 4th, 2009 at 10:51 am
I’m an aspiring astrophysicist and NEED a good book on aliens!!! Go random number 252!!!
May 4th, 2009 at 10:53 am
Phil, my name is Seth… join me, and together we will rule the galaxy!!!
-Conversation overheard from Arecibo Radio Telescope
May 4th, 2009 at 10:53 am
Hey, Phil, Thanks for all you do for science, astronomy, and babies/children (re: vaccines). (P.S. I hope I win.)
May 4th, 2009 at 10:54 am
As a friend of mine used to say: Your random is always better than my random. Let’s hope he’s right this time!
May 4th, 2009 at 10:54 am
Something equally elegant.
May 4th, 2009 at 10:54 am
Pick me and I can pick it up in person at TAM! (saves you postage! woo-hoo)
May 4th, 2009 at 10:55 am
I would totally like to win. And I DO totally like to win!
May 4th, 2009 at 10:56 am
/roll
Good luck to me!
May 4th, 2009 at 10:57 am
This is not a comment.
May 4th, 2009 at 10:59 am
Thank you.
May 4th, 2009 at 10:59 am
I’m really ’sirius’! (quote: you)
May 4th, 2009 at 11:00 am
Here’s hoping for one more random event in my life!
May 4th, 2009 at 11:01 am
Are you ’sirius’? Loved your book!
May 4th, 2009 at 11:03 am
Yes, of course I’d like some free stuff! Plus this blog rocks!
May 4th, 2009 at 11:05 am
Woohoo! I want to win! Choose meeee!
May 4th, 2009 at 11:05 am
Bad Astronomy rocks!
May 4th, 2009 at 11:06 am
Well, I didn’t win the $200M lottery this week.
May 4th, 2009 at 11:08 am
I like me some freebies! Especially books! Pick me, pick me, random number generator, please pick me!
May 4th, 2009 at 11:10 am
Me, please?
May 4th, 2009 at 11:13 am
Maybe I’ll get lucky for once.
May 4th, 2009 at 11:16 am
Gimme, gimme, gimme!
May 4th, 2009 at 11:17 am
I want the stuff! AND, since no one can rebut me: The world is 6000 years old! The Virgin and Jesus regularly appear in food stuffs, clouds and oil stains! Evil-oution is “just” a theory! PZ Meyers has a cooler website! Heh heh heh!
May 4th, 2009 at 11:19 am
Take me to your freebie.
May 4th, 2009 at 11:20 am
Pick me… or else I’ll release Jenny McCarthy from her cage
May 4th, 2009 at 11:22 am
Yeah! I want some cheesy-poofs.
May 4th, 2009 at 11:24 am
I want it!
May 4th, 2009 at 11:25 am
I love free stuff!
May 4th, 2009 at 11:27 am
Free stuff is cool, but I’m not sure I want any alien honey.
May 4th, 2009 at 11:27 am
I’d love either of the freebies. Best of luck in getting the Skeptologists on the air!
May 4th, 2009 at 11:28 am
Does anybody know if SETI is involved in the search for Dyson Spheres ? I have heard that they are not involved in exobiology (same guys and gals who study extremophiles, I think). Based on my understanding of the science, this is the most likely way of detecting another civilisation that may or may not be trying to live quietly.
May 4th, 2009 at 11:28 am
lucky number 267 : )
May 4th, 2009 at 11:30 am
268 is my lucky number!
May 4th, 2009 at 11:31 am
Random clever quote:
Abel’s Law:
Seek those that seek the truth. Run from those that have found it.
May 4th, 2009 at 11:31 am
That is (again!) not the face I’d put on the voice. To be fair, I keep being surprised by how much he’s done – for how long – considering he sounds younger than Molly.
But that picture? He looks like the doppelgänger of a young Richard Dawkins.
May 4th, 2009 at 11:31 am
free stuffs, do want.
gratuitous inclusion of Fibonacci sequence:
0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233 …
May 4th, 2009 at 11:32 am
Sounds awesome.
May 4th, 2009 at 11:33 am
Mary’s Pizza rocks! Pure respect….
May 4th, 2009 at 11:33 am
I can haz aliunz!1one
May 4th, 2009 at 11:34 am
Nice job on the anti-vaccination smack downs
May 4th, 2009 at 11:36 am
I’m not your IRL friend yet, but I’d like to meet you next time you’re in Seattle!
May 4th, 2009 at 11:37 am
Oh, HECK yeah, I’m in!
May 4th, 2009 at 11:37 am
Might as well throw my helmet into the truncated tetrahedron.
May 4th, 2009 at 11:41 am
Eh, why the heck not?
May 4th, 2009 at 11:42 am
Anecdotal evidence is the best form of evidence!
May 4th, 2009 at 11:42 am
I leave my chances to randomness.
May 4th, 2009 at 11:43 am
I look forward to winning and reading this book.
May 4th, 2009 at 11:45 am
I like free….oh yeah, I like stuff too.
May 4th, 2009 at 11:47 am
You’re doing us extraterrestrial human anthropologists a great disservice by exposing us like this, Phil. Thanks for nothing.
May 4th, 2009 at 11:47 am
My random number is better than yours.
May 4th, 2009 at 11:49 am
It’s mine!
May 4th, 2009 at 11:49 am
As you’ve foolishly forgotten to wear your tin hat, I’m beaming the order GIVE THIS GUY THE PRIZE at you.
Rather surprising from someone who has so many interesting ideas on how to destroy the Earth.
May 4th, 2009 at 11:51 am
Pretty please!!!
May 4th, 2009 at 11:52 am
I’ll make this one easy for you. Just pick me. Problem solved.
May 4th, 2009 at 11:52 am
I like free stuff about SETi, can I play too?
May 4th, 2009 at 11:53 am
The good Doctor demands a prize!!!
May 4th, 2009 at 11:54 am
Love the BA blog.
May 4th, 2009 at 11:57 am
Wacka-wacka.
May 4th, 2009 at 11:57 am
Pi to Square-root-of-negative-one: Get Real
Square-root-of-negative-one to Pi: Be Rational
May 4th, 2009 at 11:57 am
My crystal ball says it’s my turn…
May 4th, 2009 at 11:59 am
Postin’
May 4th, 2009 at 11:59 am
I don’t think the aliens have visited us, but I refuse to believe we’re alone in the universe!
May 4th, 2009 at 11:59 am
What’s not to like about this? I love me some hard SciFi, and the stuff it’s based on is even better!
Sometimes I wonder if I went into the wrong field…
May 4th, 2009 at 11:59 am
Can I have your snazzy Discover umbrella instead?
May 4th, 2009 at 12:05 pm
bibble bobble boop says the alien up the apple tree…
May 4th, 2009 at 12:05 pm
oh what the heck. here’s my hat, there’s the ring. Here’s me throwing.
May 4th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
You know that you’ve always been my favorite blogging astronomer…
May 4th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
Here’s to see if i strike gold…
May 4th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
I’m guessing that having a mancrush on you does not violate rule #3?
May 4th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
I’m in ur universe, exposin’ ur pseudostuffs!
May 4th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
Sweeeeeet!
May 4th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
Something
May 4th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
Phil rocks and/or rolls!!!
May 4th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
Oh looks cool. *jumps in*
May 4th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
Oooh…!
May 4th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
Hello!
May 4th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
I want it! I want it! I want it!
May 4th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
Please.
May 4th, 2009 at 12:16 pm
Oooh, neat. Also, random: Seth rulez and Seth droolz
May 4th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
Yay a big ol give away… i’ll either win or i wont win… ergo it’s a 50/50 chance!!! ha ha!!
Cheers Phil love ya blog man!
May 4th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
I like cheese!
May 4th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
WEEEE! I’m totally not gonna win this! Figured I’d post anyway though.
May 4th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
+1
May 4th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
shamWOW!
May 4th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
For hundreds of years, man believed the Moon was made of cheese. In 1969, man traveled to the Moon and learned it was made of rock. Man has not been back since. Behold the power of cheese.
May 4th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
I want to believe….that I’ll win!
May 4th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
I might be an alien.
May 4th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
A book from somebody hunting for alien intelligences. Yee-hah! I hope they find some soon, with all these anti-vaxxers and creationists and other anti-rationalists, I’m severely convinced that CM Kornbluth was right in The Marching Morons, and we’re in need of a king-sized intelligence transplant if we intend to remain a viable species.
May 4th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
Round and round and round she goes..will I win? No-body knows..!!
May 4th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
Oh hi, Mr Phil.
May 4th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
Great blog! Hoping for the best.
May 4th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
If you’re name is Phil Plait and you are reading this message, I must have won…
!
WOOT
May 4th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
I LOVE ALIENS!!!
May 4th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
Phil rulez and Seth droolz
May 4th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
I want to win.
May 4th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
…but i’ll accept free books.
May 4th, 2009 at 12:49 pm
Hi Phil. See you at the Amaz!ng Meeting 7.
May 4th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
Aliens? What aliens. You guys are the aliens. We’ve seen your TV and heard your radio. We have no desire to contact you. You’re idiots! SETI rules!
May 4th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
I’ll bite. Do I also get the alien condiment bottle?
May 4th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
Oooh! Oooohhh!!!! I love free stuff! Pick me! PICK ME!!!!!!
May 4th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
ooooh father’s day pressie for my hubby if I wind sthing!
May 4th, 2009 at 1:00 pm
Free stuff is awesome and so is BA.
May 4th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
Not as cool as free Dr. Who stuff, but still worth it.
May 4th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
me
May 4th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
Been a lurker for awhile. Love the site!
May 4th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
I’m so far down the list!
May 4th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
Awesome, I loves me some SETI!
May 4th, 2009 at 1:06 pm
oooo hope i win, even if i dont this is one more book i will add to me to read list
May 4th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
we are totally alone.
May 4th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
Been reading you for years. I’ll take an alien baby bottle and the rest of the stuff.
May 4th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
Astronomy is even cooler than pizza!!!
May 4th, 2009 at 1:10 pm
Posting to enter. Thanks!
May 4th, 2009 at 1:12 pm
I’m a one of them foreigner types, so I’m eligible!! Hurray!
May 4th, 2009 at 1:12 pm
Do want. Yay yay.
May 4th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
Me super win now please.
May 4th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
I am a big fan. Keep up the good work.
May 4th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
I wish I was as cool as Phil! Now gimme the book!!!
May 4th, 2009 at 1:23 pm
Victory is mine!!!! (hopefully)
May 4th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
OK, just once!
May 4th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
I refuse to leave a comment just to win a book.
May 4th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
I want it! I want it! Especially the book.
May 4th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
word on up.
May 4th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
I hope I’m not discriminated against because I’m Canadian…
May 4th, 2009 at 1:27 pm
Wow. Is this the thread with the most comments ever?
May 4th, 2009 at 1:29 pm
OK… just giving a try posting here… Although, I am skeptical about E.T. theories, I do not have anything against SETI. After all, if we were really the only ones(and given the size of Universe – we may never know,), we would be dealing with an astronomical waste of space.
Nevertheless, I enjoy the site, keep up the good work!
May 4th, 2009 at 1:30 pm
Gimmie the gold, I want the gold!
May 4th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
I win! I win! Whopee! I love BA!
(just in case)
May 4th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
I want to believe!
May 4th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
Seeing how I can’t just hop across the pond for the talk in Denver I thought I would try this one out… With my luck I will be chosen but offline for the weekend
May 4th, 2009 at 1:36 pm
Ce n’est pas un commentaire
May 4th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
I wants me some SETI schwag.
May 4th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
My son would love that alien bottle. And I would love the rest.
May 4th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
Wow, those sound brilliant. I’d love to have either.
May 4th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
Beep.
May 4th, 2009 at 1:46 pm
Feeling lucky…come on, random number generator! Generate me a winnah!
May 4th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
“The Brightest Stars Look At Me With Your Eyes”
May 4th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
BACON!!
Oh wait… wrong thread. Nevermind.
JC
May 4th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
(Ears perk up) Joanne lifts head from final exam she is creating….”Science book? did someone say science book?”
May 4th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
I just read Death From the Skies! I loved it. Want more space books…
May 4th, 2009 at 1:56 pm
If I win the book I promise to add it to the library collection…
…personal library….
May 4th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
This site rocks!
May 4th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
waffles lots of waffles
I would love to have this…
pick me!
May 4th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
Hunting aliens? I am there!
May 4th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
I hope I win!
May 4th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
wooo, been a fan of the idea of aliens for ages. Good old Carl Sagan’s explanation of the Drake equation in Cosmos was rather inspiring, though I felt quite a bit of “what? Why did you pick that number? Seems rather arbitrary!”
Look forward to reading the book/listening to the CD! (If I win
)
May 4th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
Free swag? And better yet, free science-y swag! Sign me up!
May 4th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
This seems like an excellent point to briefly pop my head above the surface… Free books always appreciated!
May 4th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
Interesting. I wouldn’t mind reading this book.
May 4th, 2009 at 2:17 pm
<3 BA <3
and p.s. thx for coming to CT!
May 4th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
What’s so improbable about tossing a coin? Random sampling to reflect the broad flow of the material universe. Astral Jung…
May 4th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
The book sounds interesting.
May 4th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
Pick me pseudo-random number
May 4th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
Phil Plait and Seth Shostak are my two favorite astronomers.
May 4th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
This would make a fine day-late birthday present for me.
And yeah, he sure does look like Richard Dawkins in that picture. And a bit like an alien himself.
May 4th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
touchdown Clemson!
May 4th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
gimme
May 4th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
Posting something. I suppose, since it’s random-ish, I don’t need to post anything else.
May 4th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
I thank you in advance for my prize.
May 4th, 2009 at 2:39 pm
Yay. Free stuff
May 4th, 2009 at 2:44 pm
As a foreigner from a country that’s as good as bankrupt after the economy crisis, I’d love the book, or the CD or whatever.
May 4th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
Ah, and what a joy t’would be to win!
Even though my chances may be slim,
I’ll post this anyways on a whim.
Thanks Phil, you’re a real gentleman.
May 4th, 2009 at 2:51 pm
That alien water bottle would make a good tattoo, wouldn’t it?
May 4th, 2009 at 2:51 pm
Dear lord there are alot of comments here already!
May 4th, 2009 at 2:52 pm
oooo, i can learn me some science!
May 4th, 2009 at 2:53 pm
Sign me up for the free stuff!
May 4th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
Harrrrrrdy har har! Here is my post!
ps I love my new iMac
May 4th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
All your prize are belong to me.
May 4th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
I like books! And CDs! And astronomy and science! And various other things too!
May 4th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
Mine.
May 4th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
rubber bands?
May 4th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
If I don’t win, I’m okay with that… but, If Oprah wins… if Oprah wins… if Opra… oooooh! I will NOT be very happy. Not very happy, at all.
May 4th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
Slap chop > shamwow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWRyj5cHIQA
May 4th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
Hunting aliens is fun!
May 4th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
Oooh! Me me me me! I want it!
May 4th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
Pick me! Pick meeee!
May 4th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
Phil schoolz
May 4th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
howdy!
May 4th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
Thanks for the great blog and throwing some swag our way.
May 4th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
“Phil rulez and Seth droolz”
May 4th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
I wanna win! I wanna win!
May 4th, 2009 at 3:29 pm
How much energy in a Kelvin? It’s 50/50.
May 4th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
Good gods that’s a lot of posts. I’m going to have to hurt the people who taught me probabilities when I was a child.
May 4th, 2009 at 3:42 pm
I’m a Grey (Marfanoid).
May 4th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
Just finished ‘Phase Space’ by Stephen Baxter – don’t remember hearing about the Fermi paradox before. Obviously I don’t know enough about SETI.
May 4th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
my uncanny power to predict the future tells me I’m going to win this prize.
May 4th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
i just got a celestron first scope, 3″ dobsonian, 2 eye pieces, under $50 i can’t wait to see what i can see…
May 4th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
comment
May 4th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
Keep Up The Good Work Phil !
May 4th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
When I grow up I want to be an alien astronaut!
May 4th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
Awesome. As always the Bad Astronomer is just too good (and right, and skeptical, and Randi-like) to ignore!
(Too much?
)
May 4th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
Free Stuff!! Woo-hoo!
May 4th, 2009 at 3:55 pm
It’s been a long time since the aliens have talked to me. Hopefully this book will include the right contact details.
May 4th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
Looks interesting
May 4th, 2009 at 4:12 pm
I can has free stuff plz?
May 4th, 2009 at 4:14 pm
That book sounds intresting. Hope i win.
May 4th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
Seth shostak!!
Phil Plait!!!
Arrrrrrrrrrg!!!!!!
May 4th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
stellar
May 4th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
ME WANTZ TEH WIN!!!
May 4th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
Heard an interview with him recently, sounds like a good book!
May 4th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
Dont want the cd, but am very interested in the book.
May 4th, 2009 at 4:28 pm
“Of similar elegance” indeed…
…PHIL ROOLZ, ANTIVAXXERS DROOL!
May 4th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
Hey, neato. I like winning stuff. Bring it on!
May 4th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
Oooh, I am captivated by the shinyness of the CDs. (Starts imploring the Random Number Gods)
May 4th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
I’m deaf and illerate, and would like both book and CD.
May 4th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
These are not the aliens you are looking for…
You will aware free stuff to me…
May the fourth be with you.
May 4th, 2009 at 4:41 pm
The truth is out there.
May 4th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
“a comment”
May 4th, 2009 at 4:45 pm
Bom chikka wow wow!
May 4th, 2009 at 4:48 pm
Beam me down a prize!
May 4th, 2009 at 4:52 pm
I’m in
May 4th, 2009 at 4:53 pm
Hmmmm….. so it just needs a comment, any comment, and your number could come up? Well, here’s my comment. I’ve been a Bad Astronomy reader since before Bad Astronomy came to Discover Magazine, but this is the first time I’ve commented. What does that say about me? Maybe just that I’d rather listen than offer my own uninformed opinion!
May 4th, 2009 at 4:57 pm
Nice. Should I win, I’ll enjoy the item(s) and then pass them on to our local library.
May 4th, 2009 at 4:59 pm
Awright!Free Stuff!
May 4th, 2009 at 5:00 pm
Bwa ha ha ha! Victory is mine! I know this because I have lost many, many, many similar contests, so the law of averages demands that I win this one! Behold the power of advanced mathematics!
May 4th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
It ain’t cheap but love is free.
May 4th, 2009 at 5:02 pm
Papa needs a new pair of shoes…
May 4th, 2009 at 5:12 pm
What better place for Jenny Mccarthy Body Count
I want to start seeing that link come up first on google searches for Jenny + Mccarthy. Right know it’s number one for Jenny + Mccarthy + Death
May 4th, 2009 at 5:15 pm
42
May 4th, 2009 at 5:17 pm
Maná maná
Do doo do do do!
May 4th, 2009 at 5:17 pm
Mwahahahaha!
May 4th, 2009 at 5:18 pm
I’d like to read about my friends.
May 4th, 2009 at 5:21 pm
É nóis na fita mano!
May 4th, 2009 at 5:21 pm
Woozle wuzzle!
May 4th, 2009 at 5:29 pm
So you’re saying there’s a chance…
May 4th, 2009 at 5:32 pm
Sup, y’all.
May 4th, 2009 at 5:32 pm
More stuff!
May 4th, 2009 at 5:34 pm
Gotta’ love the free stuff.
Oh, yeah, and that other stuff about Phil drooling on Seth’s rulers…
May 4th, 2009 at 5:37 pm
Ooooh contest! goody goody!
May 4th, 2009 at 5:42 pm
what a great idea…I loves contests!!
May 4th, 2009 at 5:55 pm
May the 4th be with you!
(OK, I’m making this comment on May 5th, but who could resist an opportunity to slip in a Star Wars reference?)
May 4th, 2009 at 5:56 pm
ARE WE ALONE!!??!??
May 4th, 2009 at 5:56 pm
I can’t think of anything witty to post, so this will have to do
May 4th, 2009 at 6:03 pm
A winner is me.
May 4th, 2009 at 6:04 pm
the divergence of the magnetic field doesn’t equal zero.
May 4th, 2009 at 6:05 pm
I don´t know what to post!
May 4th, 2009 at 6:09 pm
I like free things
May 4th, 2009 at 6:14 pm
Go # 548!!
May 4th, 2009 at 6:15 pm
I like stuff… and also things.
May 4th, 2009 at 6:20 pm
If I am lucky enough to win some cool stuff, then I am also lucky enough to give to it to my grandsons who will then be lucky enough to get some cool stuff and learn some cool stuff.
*izzat cool or what?*
May 4th, 2009 at 6:22 pm
Please send me free stuff Phil, the postage to Australia isn’t too expensive.
May 4th, 2009 at 6:23 pm
Listen to me very carefully, I’ll say zis only vunce.
May 4th, 2009 at 6:28 pm
WOW signal….. really!!
May 4th, 2009 at 6:30 pm
Any truth in the rumor that Seth is an alien living amongst us? Does he have green blood?
May 4th, 2009 at 6:40 pm
Here I am! Did I win?
May 4th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
You say you’ll generate a random number but what guarantee do we have that the number will be in > 0 and <= number of comments? Of all the random numbers out there only an infinitesimally tiny fraction meet that criteria.
May 4th, 2009 at 6:45 pm
sounds cool
May 4th, 2009 at 6:46 pm
Woo, books!
May 4th, 2009 at 6:48 pm
Wow, 555 comments! At least you’ll get an idea of how many lurkers you have.
May 4th, 2009 at 6:50 pm
I’m due. lol
May 4th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
Phil’s presence on this planet is evidence that we are not alone!
Now I won’t win, will I…?
May 4th, 2009 at 6:54 pm
Gimme gimme gimme! Please.
May 4th, 2009 at 6:55 pm
Here’s hoping I win!
May 4th, 2009 at 6:57 pm
I love the blog and Seth’s show! As an English teacher, I also appreciate the great puns (if a great pun is possible) both Phil and Seth come up with!
May 4th, 2009 at 6:59 pm
It all started with a Big Bang !!
May 4th, 2009 at 6:59 pm
First time leaving comment on this blog! I doubt I’ll be the Chosen One, since I am one out of about 600 at the time I am typing this.
May 4th, 2009 at 7:04 pm
i will win
May 4th, 2009 at 7:06 pm
Great Podcast great Blog, from the coolest Astronomers. Science would be poorer without them.
May 4th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
Really? Free?
May 4th, 2009 at 7:09 pm
Stop the antivaxxers
May 4th, 2009 at 7:11 pm
Free stuff? Sign me up!
Keep up all the great posts, Phil!
May 4th, 2009 at 7:17 pm
I’ve heard Seth speak on a few podcasts, and I’d enjoy reading his book. If I don’t win it, I’ll probably buy it — right after I buy Death From the Skies.
May 4th, 2009 at 7:26 pm
I am proud to say that I am not your friend IRL!
May 4th, 2009 at 7:29 pm
Greetings from Australia! (From the better half – the west)
May 4th, 2009 at 7:33 pm
Woo hoo, sign me up…
Astronomy rules, but being a skeptic wins!
cheers,
Robert
May 4th, 2009 at 7:34 pm
I usually have something clever to say but I can’t be clever on command.
May 4th, 2009 at 7:38 pm
I am Spartacus
May 4th, 2009 at 7:40 pm
Alien hunter made me think of “The Doctor Trap” but that’s probably because I just finished reading it. Also, free stuff!
May 4th, 2009 at 7:41 pm
[/lurk]
Seth rulez!
…but Phil rulez more! Rule on, Phil.
[lurk]
May 4th, 2009 at 7:46 pm
I was kidnapped by aliens the other day. “Give us stuff or else ” was there message. You better send me stuff to give them “or else”.
May 4th, 2009 at 7:58 pm
BTW, how’s the search for terrestrial intelligence going?
May 4th, 2009 at 8:00 pm
the Drake Equation
Solve for N
N=R * fp * ne * fl * fi * fc * fL
Does N= 1.25?
or 6.25? or .0125? Or something else?
What do you think?
May 4th, 2009 at 8:10 pm
I just like winning cool stuff.
May 4th, 2009 at 8:23 pm
Mmmm, drool. =]
May 4th, 2009 at 8:28 pm
Just watched a DVD on SETI last week. The book would be good.
May 4th, 2009 at 8:37 pm
Fee-uhl roo-ells!
May 4th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
_
May 4th, 2009 at 8:42 pm
Great way to get people to comment! Well..here goes..
Purple monkey dishwasher!
May 4th, 2009 at 8:43 pm
If I win, I’m not going to wash my hands for a year, hooray!
May 4th, 2009 at 8:47 pm
Im in your contest, winning your swag!
May 4th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
There once was a fencer from Fisk
Whose thrust was exceedingly brisk;
So fast was his action
The Lorentz Contraction
Turned his rapier into a disk!
May 4th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
SETI might be our best chance ever to find proof of extraterrestrial civilisations. Can you imagine how cool that would be? Astronomy rocks!
May 4th, 2009 at 8:58 pm
Tasty, tasty aliens.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:05 pm
I can haz prizes?
May 4th, 2009 at 9:13 pm
Well, since us foreigners can apply as well… here I am!
May 4th, 2009 at 9:14 pm
Gimme gimme gimme!
May 4th, 2009 at 9:31 pm
Across the gulf of space, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic regarded our planet with envious eyes and slowly, and surely, drew their plans against us.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:33 pm
hurrays for give-aways!
May 4th, 2009 at 9:39 pm
So I’ll have a 1 in 500 chance instead of a 1 in 1000?
Sounds good to me, I guess.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:41 pm
I’d make something impressive but apparently content does not affect the result.
I’m an AWA listener though
May 4th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
Keep up the good work BA!
May 4th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
My hat’s in the ring.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
Figured I’d give it a shot. I have a small shot.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:53 pm
I’m pretty random, so you don’t have to bother with a random number generator, just pick me
SETI is very cool and I’m very interested to see this book, I might have to go buy it even if I don’t win it. Many people don’t think of it as serious science and lump it in the same field as UFO hunting and pyschic phenomena, but I know differently. There’s a real chance to see something strange and wonderful here without chasing after swamp gas…
I’ve always wanted to travel among the stars… well, that may not be possible but getting a message from the stars would be the next best thing. I hope L is a very large number so I can see a message from an extraterrestrial civilization in MY lifetime!
May 4th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
Moo cows go moo.
*goes back to hating on anti-vaxxers*
As you can see, they’re slowly but surely destroying my mind.
May 4th, 2009 at 10:01 pm
Look at me, Im commenting!! Woot!
May 4th, 2009 at 10:03 pm
I need something to read after I finish DftS!
May 4th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
Nerd-boy likes his booky-wooks! Gimme
May 4th, 2009 at 10:24 pm
Five-hundred and eighty-seventh!
May 4th, 2009 at 10:25 pm
Pick me! I’m a foreigner!
May 4th, 2009 at 10:26 pm
Free stuff? Sign me up. I do not have swine flu, and I ensure that all my kids are fully vaccinated.
May 4th, 2009 at 10:30 pm
I can’t believe you’re stooping to this kind of cheap bribery, Phil.
I had thought better of you.
May 4th, 2009 at 10:36 pm
vi rules emacs drools!
May 4th, 2009 at 10:46 pm
If I win, donate the book to the TAM7 auction.
May 4th, 2009 at 10:59 pm
will you be traveling to Australia to give out the prize
It is about time you Visit the Land down under
(that is if you have not already)
May 4th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
MINE!
May 4th, 2009 at 11:17 pm
Give me the prize and I’ll convince my alien friends not to pull the plug on our computer simulated existence.
May 4th, 2009 at 11:27 pm
Phil, I will see you at TamLondon.
May 4th, 2009 at 11:29 pm
hi
i kind of wish you’d write more about space and less about vaccinations. only cause this is an astronomy blog
May 4th, 2009 at 11:39 pm
I am always down for some free stuff.
May 4th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
It’s life Jim, but not as we know it
May 4th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
No autographs from Molly Bentley??? WTH?
May 4th, 2009 at 11:51 pm
This is my post. There are many like it but this one is mine. My post is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. Without me, my post is useless. Without my post I am…uh, you get the idea.
May 4th, 2009 at 11:51 pm
This comment intentionally left almost blank
May 4th, 2009 at 11:55 pm
Hey, mom, there’s something in the backroom. I hope it’s not the creature from above.
May 5th, 2009 at 12:11 am
“They’re not trespassing, they were invited!”
May 5th, 2009 at 12:18 am
Pick me . . . I’m an Alien!
May 5th, 2009 at 12:20 am
gimme free stuff!
May 5th, 2009 at 12:29 am
Time to add another book to my Phil Plait worship shrine…
May 5th, 2009 at 12:43 am
Yay! I get to enter this one!
- Jack
May 5th, 2009 at 12:52 am
Free book by Shostak? Sounds great.
May 5th, 2009 at 12:52 am
Phil rulez and Seth droolz
May 5th, 2009 at 1:33 am
I want to participate as well.
Cheers!
May 5th, 2009 at 1:45 am
I’ll collect the prizes at TAM London
May 5th, 2009 at 1:47 am
Please, Pretty Please, I really desire this.
May 5th, 2009 at 1:47 am
Dwight: “I heard beer makes you stupid.”
Fry: “No I’m… doesn’t.”
May 5th, 2009 at 1:52 am
You going to ship to South Africa? Nice… Oh and goats make good cheese.
May 5th, 2009 at 1:55 am
It’s an interesting way to get an estimate of how many regular readers you have. I feel like I should at least make a token effort. After all, free stuff is free, no matter the odds, and I am a student, so I can’t pass it up and still feel good about myself.
May 5th, 2009 at 2:13 am
im a “foreigner type” but i can still enter ooohhh joy thanks
May 5th, 2009 at 2:25 am
I come to comment and (hopefully) win a prize
May 5th, 2009 at 2:39 am
Gimme the prize!
May 5th, 2009 at 2:59 am
got to be in it!
May 5th, 2009 at 3:21 am
I would be interested to read why you puny humans have failed to hear my many attempts to communicate with you…
May 5th, 2009 at 3:22 am
Foreigner types rule the comment thread at this hour.
May 5th, 2009 at 3:37 am
I’m feeling lucky
May 5th, 2009 at 4:05 am
I like Buses
May 5th, 2009 at 4:11 am
According to my astrology advisor I have a sure chance to win if I post JUST NOW!
May 5th, 2009 at 4:14 am
I am Zim!
Also, I am terribly afraid of extraterrestrials. I blame my father
.
May 5th, 2009 at 4:20 am
672 comments already! You greedy, greedy people.
++
May 5th, 2009 at 4:24 am
Greetings, exalted one.
May 5th, 2009 at 4:25 am
You should offer a couple of ShamWOW’s just for playing.
May 5th, 2009 at 4:30 am
Count me in… 673
May 5th, 2009 at 4:31 am
Chance would be a fine thing. Love reading the BA blog
May 5th, 2009 at 4:44 am
Mad love for Bad astronomy and there amazing give aways!
May 5th, 2009 at 4:56 am
To be honest, what I’d like to get is a copy of “Death from the skies” – signed by the author, of course
May 5th, 2009 at 4:57 am
I’m willing to hit Jenny McCarthy with a bus.
May 5th, 2009 at 4:59 am
I want that ;D
May 5th, 2009 at 5:05 am
I L-O-V-E Phil’s books! Does anyone have any reading recommendations that would complement his work?
May 5th, 2009 at 5:09 am
To put it like the Pointer Sisters did — “I’m so excited, and I just can’t hide it, i’m about to loose control and I think I like it.” Thank you for another great give-away.
May 5th, 2009 at 5:20 am
Want. (Eloquently.)
May 5th, 2009 at 5:21 am
Maybe I get lucky this time. If I do, I hope the book is as good as DFTS!
May 5th, 2009 at 5:26 am
Yay! I usually don’t win, but if I do it’s usually a book ^^
May 5th, 2009 at 5:40 am
Yes please, Dr BA.
May 5th, 2009 at 5:46 am
Hey, it’s me…
May 5th, 2009 at 5:47 am
OOOOO! OOOOOOOO! Pickmepickmepickme!
May 5th, 2009 at 6:19 am
Vibraphone!! Oh, wait! That’s for the OTHER bald guy!! ;-D
May 5th, 2009 at 6:20 am
Using my powers of divination I have travelled forward in time and seen that this comment will possess the winning number.
(Accuracy rate of 0.023%)
May 5th, 2009 at 6:20 am
pick me! pick me!
May 5th, 2009 at 6:21 am
You gotta love free and valuable stuff. George Carlin said we can’t have enough stuff and I agree. Love B.A.!
May 5th, 2009 at 6:25 am
Dear Random Number Generator,
I know we’ve had our differences in the past and that it has been some months since we last spoke, ever since that incident when you went with 4 while I wanted to go with 7. I realise now that you were right and that I was wrong. 4 was the only valid choice. What was I thinking? I like to think that I am a wiser, more open person these days, can’t we let bygones be bygones? Will you help an old friend?
Sion
May 5th, 2009 at 6:38 am
A post for a giveaway, chosen by a random number generator. Shouldn’t that really be a pseudo-random number generator?
May 5th, 2009 at 6:41 am
Looks like a really interesting book.
May 5th, 2009 at 6:51 am
Bad As! Tronomy!
May 5th, 2009 at 6:57 am
Trying to get free stuff when I should be working…
May 5th, 2009 at 7:00 am
Into the drawing we go!
May 5th, 2009 at 7:15 am
I purchased your last book – and I would be very happy to get these things for free… LOL. I’m just an average, middle-aged woman and I adore your blog! I have always been fascinated with astronomy and you have taught me more than I thought I would ever know. TY from the bottom of my rather large and encompassing heart. Oh – and you ROCK!
May 5th, 2009 at 7:21 am
Big fan of both BA and AWA podcast. WANT. FREE. STUFF!
May 5th, 2009 at 7:23 am
If i do not win this book, i will more than likely purchase it now thanks to this post.
May 5th, 2009 at 7:25 am
Alpha beta gamma delta. Worth a shot.
May 5th, 2009 at 7:26 am
Here’s my entry…
May 5th, 2009 at 7:28 am
Always love a chance for free stuffs.
May 5th, 2009 at 7:35 am
Awesome column always, and we get Are We Alone on the local NPR station — also awesome. Keep up the good work!
May 5th, 2009 at 7:39 am
sounds like an interesting read
May 5th, 2009 at 7:48 am
What’s up Phil?! Love your stuff!
May 5th, 2009 at 8:08 am
Looks like a great book. I’m always looking for new astronomy books to feed my brain.
May 5th, 2009 at 8:10 am
I am here for my swag.
May 5th, 2009 at 8:19 am
Give me the prize please.
May 5th, 2009 at 8:20 am
Greetings from Croatia! Now give it to me
May 5th, 2009 at 8:34 am
Thanks, Phil. Count me in.
May 5th, 2009 at 8:42 am
show me the MON-EYYYYYYYYYYYYY(well book but you knew what i meant).
May 5th, 2009 at 8:42 am
How come you don’t have an official rank, like Colonel Awesome for instane?
May 5th, 2009 at 8:46 am
So this post leaves me wondering what your opinions are on the existence of extraterrestrial life, and if they could ever make contact with our civilization.
May 5th, 2009 at 8:47 am
What a fine random number generator, I’m sure it is the best random number generator ever made. I would even say that the random number generator used for this contest is the sexiest random number generator in the history of random number generators.
May 5th, 2009 at 9:10 am
MeMeMeMeMeMeMe! Give the prizes to me!
May 5th, 2009 at 9:34 am
Arrgh!
Me likes me some loot!
=D
May 5th, 2009 at 9:36 am
Phil Rulez, thanks for the chance
May 5th, 2009 at 9:37 am
Please, no Sham-Wow guy!
May 5th, 2009 at 9:37 am
Have you ever had that boyish compellation to be the first on Mars, even if it meant you wouldn’t ever come back? There in that less than elusive bit of lobe that conveys your ceaseless wonder at the mechanisms that make reality possible. That bit of lobe that thinks; If you did meet some form of life, would it be as xenophobic as we are…would it bequeath some status quo…would it listen to every whim and folly of its peers…or perhaps, perhaps, in some singular moment it might be as you: One of the few of its race that actually cared and thought and pursued the realm of science…and for that very instant in both of you- the universe would come together with meaning…and all your questions would go unanswered without native tongue. Then, you come back to the start and wonder to yourself; Is being unable to ask the questions that plague you a fate worse than death.
May 5th, 2009 at 9:39 am
I can’t think of anything clever. Just gimme the free stuff.
May 5th, 2009 at 9:43 am
Yo.
May 5th, 2009 at 9:47 am
Phil:
Can I still enter if I’m an extraterrestrial alien? Will you ship off planet?
And how do I win that little statue of myself?
Thanks loads!!!
Bonk
May 5th, 2009 at 9:52 am
I hope I win the book.
May 5th, 2009 at 9:54 am
I am an alien!
May 5th, 2009 at 9:57 am
-”Workers of the earth! I bring… good tidings of peanuts! And beer!”
May 5th, 2009 at 10:02 am
I never win anything.
May 5th, 2009 at 10:03 am
So, will you reveal what random number generator you use?
Scrutiny and all, y’know…
May 5th, 2009 at 10:09 am
I always wonder why we sign up to get free stuff, even if we don’t really need it…
May 5th, 2009 at 10:13 am
You know the extraterrestrials are probably laughing at us.
May 5th, 2009 at 10:29 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKTSaezB4p8
May 5th, 2009 at 10:35 am
Did I win yet?
May 5th, 2009 at 10:53 am
Live long and probe wisely.
May 5th, 2009 at 11:02 am
I would love to read that book, I have always found him very interesting and engaging…
May 5th, 2009 at 11:15 am
Does the office junk come signed?
May 5th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Cant be a winner if you dont play, so how about a chance at a cool book or CD?
May 5th, 2009 at 11:40 am
Sounds like an interestng book.
May 5th, 2009 at 11:40 am
eligible foreigner type
May 5th, 2009 at 11:49 am
This is why we can’t find the aliens. Stupid inch to centimeter conversion errors. http://haikucomics.com/2009/03/30/blown-up
May 5th, 2009 at 12:16 pm
Ooh, I need some reading material for the summer. I feel the need to stuff my brain with non-law information before starting law school in the fall…
May 5th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
I have been reading this blog for a while and have enjoyed every minute. Thanks.
May 5th, 2009 at 12:28 pm
Since yesterday was my birthday, I am applying for the job of ownership of book, CD and/or alien squeezebottle today, because I never win anything on my birthday. Only aliens do.
May 5th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
Looks like a good book.
May 5th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
WilW follows more people on Twitter than you. You’ll catch up someday.
May 5th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
I find these cheap attempts at comment-herding to be vapid and diminishing. As are the people who are only commenting to get the prize. Like me.
May 5th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
Do I get my Skeptic pass revoked if I admit I have a soft spot for Stanton Friedman?
May 5th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
Thanks for thinking of your readers, Phil. BA is the only blog I read on a regular basis, and there’s a reason for that.
May 5th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
Prizes
May 5th, 2009 at 2:10 pm
Love ya, Phil! (Love Seth, too!)
May 5th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
Alien Hunters?
I thought Jenny McCarthy WAS a alien!!
May 5th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
The BA blog rocks.
May 5th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
Better late than never I suppose.
Isn’t it amazing that you seem to get the greatest number of responses when you give away free stuff. Who says you can’t buy friends?
May 5th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
I’m in!
May 5th, 2009 at 3:05 pm
Me! (raises hand)
May 5th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
What a great way to count readers!
May 5th, 2009 at 3:11 pm
Me Please!
May 5th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
Thanks BA! I’m pretty sure you were my intro to skepticism.
(My birthday’s in a week – this would make a nice gift!)
May 5th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
Cool giveaway Phil, cheers from Canada
May 5th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
Going to see Trek’ on Saturday. Live long and prosper!
May 5th, 2009 at 3:41 pm
Count me in please.
May 5th, 2009 at 3:44 pm
Heard Seth Shostak a couple of times and he’s a good speaker. Also have his previous book and I wouldn’t mind getting his newest one; thanks!
May 5th, 2009 at 4:59 pm
Seth rocks
May 5th, 2009 at 5:19 pm
I want a punching Phil puppet. He’s the best!
May 5th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
Why don’t people like Seth ever show up on ridiculous shows like UFO Hunter; provide a little much-needed sanity to them?
May 5th, 2009 at 6:19 pm
Water.
May 5th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
My Sister-in-law is giving my brother-in-law a surprise 50th birthday party. They never do anything conventional so the theme of the party? Aliens! I would love to win this for them.
May 5th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
Thanks for the giveaway!
Kimspam66(at)yahoo(dot)com
May 5th, 2009 at 8:11 pm
Longtime fan, Phil. Keep up the good work. And get yourself on Oprah
May 5th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
;IDL is teh uber!
May 5th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
Brilliant idea Phil! Now… i will telepathically communicate with you…
You…
will…
pick…
me…
Is it working?
May 5th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
New Zealand. Ewe should come, Phil.
May 5th, 2009 at 9:47 pm
Wow! thanks for this great opportunity .. I hope to have a chance to be a winner … I´m crossing my fingers already
May 5th, 2009 at 10:05 pm
Awesome, I hope I win.
May 5th, 2009 at 10:16 pm
First!
May 5th, 2009 at 10:50 pm
I stopped running SETI@Home on my computer years ago. Sometimes, I still feel guilty that I’m not still doing it.
May 5th, 2009 at 11:03 pm
This is shiny!
May 5th, 2009 at 11:08 pm
Like Shrodinger’s cat I won’t know that I did or did not win until I see the name of the winner posted.
May 6th, 2009 at 12:05 am
we used to run seti in our house years ago.
my older brother had it running constantly. i was young and used to worry that by him having this on his computer, aliens would come to our house and abduct us. the idea of looking for intelligent life and possibly finding something made me less scared and i used to watch it for hours waiting for something.
BA = love!
May 6th, 2009 at 12:05 am
Phil and the Bad astronomer.How do you two ever get along?? Ok, now i want the book to be sent over to India, i already have all AWA podcast on cds.
May 6th, 2009 at 1:13 am
Aliens contacted me. Choose me and I’ll tell you what they said!
May 6th, 2009 at 1:48 am
Me please. Better odds that the lotto at least!
May 6th, 2009 at 2:21 am
This sounds interesting. Thanks for the chance to win.
May 6th, 2009 at 3:04 am
Hi there
Nearly 800 comments… wow
Still much better than the odds of winning in the lotto… or death by asteroid impact
May 6th, 2009 at 4:52 am
Phil rulez and Seth droolz
May 6th, 2009 at 9:14 am
Me win? Me? Please? Thanks Phil.
Jeff
May 6th, 2009 at 10:35 am
I can haz astro book?
May 6th, 2009 at 11:18 am
I love Bad Astronomy giveaways!
May 6th, 2009 at 1:46 pm
I hear aliens don’t believe in vaccines!
May 6th, 2009 at 2:03 pm
G’day Phil. Got the book (Amazon is my friend). Loved it – especially the last chapter.
Peter B, are you sure you’re not Eddie M using a false name??
May 6th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
If I don’t win, I will immediately question your random number generator.
May 6th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
The Truth Is Out There.
May 6th, 2009 at 5:25 pm
I want free stuff! I vaccinate children for a living!
May 6th, 2009 at 5:37 pm
Oh man, free alien stuff. Want!
May 6th, 2009 at 7:07 pm
Auuugh! Must… have…. alien…. baby….. BOTTLE!!!
May 6th, 2009 at 7:50 pm
As always, Phil, you are the awesomest!
May 6th, 2009 at 7:51 pm
Awesomeness
May 6th, 2009 at 8:02 pm
I have my tinfoil hat ready for the invasion.
May 6th, 2009 at 8:42 pm
Comment
May 6th, 2009 at 10:06 pm
OMG, 816 responses already!
May 7th, 2009 at 3:09 am
817th Reply.. Bad astronomy rocks..
Thanks Phil
May 7th, 2009 at 4:17 am
I love a gamble Mr BA!
*goes “all-in”*
May 7th, 2009 at 6:09 am
I just want that water bottle for my night table. That way I can freak out every time I wake up in the middle of the night: “Baby! Baby! Wake up! We’re being visited by a tiny alien!”
May 7th, 2009 at 7:55 am
Giveaway? Where?
May 7th, 2009 at 9:27 am
Roll those dice! Daddy wants a new pair of shoes!
May 7th, 2009 at 10:06 am
I love Bad Astronomy.
May 7th, 2009 at 11:04 am
loves it!
May 7th, 2009 at 11:07 am
I love how the first time I comment one of your blogs, it’s only because there’s a prize being offered. But to be honest, it’s because I’m intimidated by the intelligence of you and the others that comment. Anyway~ You’re pretty awesome.
May 7th, 2009 at 11:20 am
I like aliens.
May 7th, 2009 at 11:47 am
I wish I was able to see more of Seth Shostak when he was Science Guest of Honor at Minicon last month.
May 7th, 2009 at 11:58 am
I love the AWA radio show. It’s made of awesome.
May 7th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
I’m in!
May 7th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
Did I mention that I love DftS? Of course, I know this won’t prejudice you in any way…
May 7th, 2009 at 10:31 pm
I will do science to it.
May 7th, 2009 at 11:51 pm
I can’t think of anything interesting to write.
May 8th, 2009 at 4:46 am
Wow!! What a great giveaway from a great website… Cheers Phil!!
May 8th, 2009 at 8:21 am
Aspies rule.
Vaccines are cool.
May 8th, 2009 at 11:55 am
I actually had my eye on that plastic alien, but I guess either of the other two giveaways is ok too!
May 11th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
835 responses… and I just got email that *I* won the book.
So… (i) YAY! and (ii) not looking good for my karma balance on that grant application, huh?
May 14th, 2009 at 5:00 pm
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May 21st, 2009 at 12:38 pm
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May 22nd, 2009 at 10:20 am
never won anything……