Comments on: Comic BANG! http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/04/19/comic-bang/ Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:12:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: A children’s book about cosmogenesis? Oh yeah! | A Division by Zer0 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/04/19/comic-bang/#comment-230740 A children’s book about cosmogenesis? Oh yeah! | A Division by Zer0 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:12:08 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=14303#comment-230740 [...] Comic BANG! (blogs.discovermagazine.com) [...] [...] Comic BANG! (blogs.discovermagazine.com) [...]

]]> By: Old Rockin' Dave http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/04/19/comic-bang/#comment-230739 Old Rockin' Dave Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:38:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=14303#comment-230739 I couldn't help noticing that even thought the male half of the duo was intended to look like Albert Einstein, he bore more than a passing resemblance to Fat Freddy, of the old Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers comics. I couldn’t help noticing that even thought the male half of the duo was intended to look like Albert Einstein, he bore more than a passing resemblance to Fat Freddy, of the old Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers comics.

]]> By: Gamercow http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/04/19/comic-bang/#comment-230738 Gamercow Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:23:08 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=14303#comment-230738 I'm getting this for my nephew, I've been trying to boost his science curiosity for most of his life. I’m getting this for my nephew, I’ve been trying to boost his science curiosity for most of his life.

]]> By: DennyMo http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/04/19/comic-bang/#comment-230737 DennyMo Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:37:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=14303#comment-230737 Andrew #10, It's entirely possible that BA's use of the word "ping" is a sonar-based metaphor, not an IP-based one. I know that's how I usually use it... Andrew #10,

It’s entirely possible that BA’s use of the word “ping” is a sonar-based metaphor, not an IP-based one. I know that’s how I usually use it…

]]> By: Geoff http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/04/19/comic-bang/#comment-230736 Geoff Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:16:54 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=14303#comment-230736 "You can ping him??? please. Can you do a DNS lookup of him?" Yes: running ping on jldunbar.com|4|1 PING www.l.google.com (72.14.204.99): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 72.14.xxx.xx: icmp_seq=0 ttl=54 time=4.868 ms 64 bytes from 72.14.xxx.xx: icmp_seq=1 ttl=54 time=5.252 ms 64 bytes from 72.14.xxx.xx: icmp_seq=2 ttl=54 time=4.988 ms 64 bytes from 72.14.xxx.xx: icmp_seq=3 ttl=54 time=5.836 ms --- www.l.google.com ping statistics --- 4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 4.868/5.236/5.836/0.373 ms “You can ping him??? please. Can you do a DNS lookup of him?”

Yes:

running ping on jldunbar.com|4|1

PING http://www.l.google.com (72.14.204.99): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 72.14.xxx.xx: icmp_seq=0 ttl=54 time=4.868 ms
64 bytes from 72.14.xxx.xx: icmp_seq=1 ttl=54 time=5.252 ms
64 bytes from 72.14.xxx.xx: icmp_seq=2 ttl=54 time=4.988 ms
64 bytes from 72.14.xxx.xx: icmp_seq=3 ttl=54 time=5.836 ms

— http://www.l.google.com ping statistics —
4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 4.868/5.236/5.836/0.373 ms

]]> By: Andrew Bolton http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/04/19/comic-bang/#comment-230735 Andrew Bolton Tue, 20 Apr 2010 08:27:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=14303#comment-230735 You can ping him??? please. Can you do a DNS lookup of him? Idiots in suits say things like "ping me!" meaning email thinking it makes them look technically literate and it just makes me want to slap them. Please have some standards!!!!! (You can stagecoach me a reply sometime...) You can ping him??? please. Can you do a DNS lookup of him? Idiots in suits say things like “ping me!” meaning email thinking it makes them look technically literate and it just makes me want to slap them. Please have some standards!!!!! (You can stagecoach me a reply sometime…)

]]> By: Plutonium being from Pluto http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/04/19/comic-bang/#comment-230734 Plutonium being from Pluto Tue, 20 Apr 2010 07:47:46 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=14303#comment-230734 Great idea - I love it & hope to do something similar myself one day. :-) Great idea – I love it & hope to do something similar myself one day. :-)

]]> By: jcm http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/04/19/comic-bang/#comment-230733 jcm Tue, 20 Apr 2010 07:34:06 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=14303#comment-230733 Nice. Nice.

]]> By: Ganzy http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/04/19/comic-bang/#comment-230732 Ganzy Tue, 20 Apr 2010 03:51:24 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=14303#comment-230732 A man that can stitchup both science and art! Snows dream of a world that should not be apart. A world full of Fact. A world full of Art Dr Seuss is Dr who's brother, Raarrrrrr! xD A man that can stitchup both science and art!
Snows dream of a world that should not be apart.
A world full of Fact.
A world full of Art

Dr Seuss is Dr who’s brother, Raarrrrrr! xD

]]> By: Astrofiend http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/04/19/comic-bang/#comment-230731 Astrofiend Tue, 20 Apr 2010 01:03:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=14303#comment-230731 Wow. That was great - I think I'll have to buy myself a copy of that. Wow. That was great – I think I’ll have to buy myself a copy of that.

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