Comments on: Amaz!ng Adventure 5 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/10/20/amazng-adventure-5/ 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 15:46:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Diego http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/10/20/amazng-adventure-5/comment-page-1/#comment-221555 Diego Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:15:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=6362#comment-221555 From my experiences I have found that there seems to be a high level of woo endemic to the islands so that should make for some interesting interactions with skeptics. From my experiences I have found that there seems to be a high level of woo endemic to the islands so that should make for some interesting interactions with skeptics.

]]> By: CR http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/10/20/amazng-adventure-5/comment-page-1/#comment-221521 CR Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:40:14 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=6362#comment-221521 Zucchi beat me to it; most ships nowadays are big hotels that happen to float, and ugly to boot. They look top-heavy, too, though I know that they aren't. Still, yikes! BUT as James Randi points out, you wouldn't really notice once your aboard. (Reminds me of an anecdote I read about a young passenger aboard the Normandie, the famous Atlantic liner from the 1930's... it was so much like being inside a posh hotel, that the young lad commented something to the effect of "yes, it's nice, but where's the ship?") Zucchi beat me to it; most ships nowadays are big hotels that happen to float, and ugly to boot. They look top-heavy, too, though I know that they aren’t. Still, yikes!
BUT as James Randi points out, you wouldn’t really notice once your aboard. (Reminds me of an anecdote I read about a young passenger aboard the Normandie, the famous Atlantic liner from the 1930′s… it was so much like being inside a posh hotel, that the young lad commented something to the effect of “yes, it’s nice, but where’s the ship?”)

]]> By: James Randi http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/10/20/amazng-adventure-5/comment-page-1/#comment-221516 James Randi Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:08:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=6362#comment-221516 Holy cow! Word police! (Do I lose points for "Holy cow"?) As for the cruise ship, once you're at sea, you don't have to look at the profile... Randi! Holy cow! Word police! (Do I lose points for “Holy cow”?)

As for the cruise ship, once you’re at sea, you don’t have to look at the profile…

Randi!

]]> By: Tom http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/10/20/amazng-adventure-5/comment-page-1/#comment-221370 Tom Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:24:14 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=6362#comment-221370 I'm disappointed that you are giving tacit support to the cruise ship industry. :( I’m disappointed that you are giving tacit support to the cruise ship industry. :(

]]> By: Christian Treczoks http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/10/20/amazng-adventure-5/comment-page-1/#comment-221363 Christian Treczoks Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:40:53 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=6362#comment-221363 In the carribean? Be careful! Aliens are regularly abducting people in the bermuda triangle! SCNR... In the carribean? Be careful! Aliens are regularly abducting people in the bermuda triangle!

SCNR…

]]> By: Michael http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/10/20/amazng-adventure-5/comment-page-1/#comment-221359 Michael Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:21:57 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=6362#comment-221359 I suggest that the word police show a badge before attempting to issue a corrective citation... I'm dead-set against mangled communications, but geez...an attack on an exclamation mark used as a sort of logo? I suggest that the word police show a badge before attempting to issue a corrective citation…

I’m dead-set against mangled communications, but geez…an attack on an exclamation mark used as a sort of logo?

]]> By: Jim http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/10/20/amazng-adventure-5/comment-page-1/#comment-221358 Jim Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:20:30 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=6362#comment-221358 Gosh, Phil, I sure hope the ship stays out of the Bermuda Triangle. I hear spooky things can happen there! ;) Gosh, Phil, I sure hope the ship stays out of the Bermuda Triangle. I hear spooky things can happen there!
;)

]]> By: mikekoz68 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/10/20/amazng-adventure-5/comment-page-1/#comment-221331 mikekoz68 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:11:28 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=6362#comment-221331 While the letters S,h,a,r,k,w,e,e,k when put together looks like a word, it's not a real name and should not be used as such. While the letters S,h,a,r,k,w,e,e,k when put together looks like a word, it’s not a real name and should not be used as such.

]]> By: Sharkweek http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/10/20/amazng-adventure-5/comment-page-1/#comment-221320 Sharkweek Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:26:29 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=6362#comment-221320 While the exclamation mark looks like an upside-down "i," it is not a letter and should not be used as such. While the exclamation mark looks like an upside-down “i,” it is not a letter and should not be used as such.

]]> By: Zucchi http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/10/20/amazng-adventure-5/comment-page-1/#comment-221306 Zucchi Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:17:53 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=6362#comment-221306 My God, that's an ugly ship. An oblong hotel that happens to float; guess we won't see elegant ocean liners again. My God, that’s an ugly ship. An oblong hotel that happens to float; guess we won’t see elegant ocean liners again.

]]> By: RichV http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/10/20/amazng-adventure-5/comment-page-1/#comment-221304 RichV Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:04:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=6362#comment-221304 So Phil. Are you going on the trip? So Phil. Are you going on the trip?

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