Comments on: Open Lab 2010 now for sale http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/04/11/open-lab-2010-now-for-sale/ 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. Fri, 25 May 2012 03:07:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: kevbo http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/04/11/open-lab-2010-now-for-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-375842 kevbo Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:02:19 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=30151#comment-375842 And if you DO compile these posts into a book, you must call it "You Wrote a Blog?" And if you DO compile these posts into a book, you must call it “You Wrote a Blog?”

]]> By: John McBryde http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/04/11/open-lab-2010-now-for-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-375795 John McBryde Tue, 12 Apr 2011 07:10:16 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=30151#comment-375795 Bill, I don't think that joke will ever outstay it's welcome. It's one of the few constants in the universe I have come to rely on Bill, I don’t think that joke will ever outstay it’s welcome.

It’s one of the few constants in the universe I have come to rely on

]]> By: Whomever1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/04/11/open-lab-2010-now-for-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-375767 Whomever1 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 03:37:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=30151#comment-375767 Speaking of stuff to read, NASA is offering some e-books for download. They mostly sound pretty dry and technical, but I'd be willing to try one if someone said it had some interesting bits in it. http://www.nasa.gov/connect/ebooks/ Speaking of stuff to read, NASA is offering some e-books for download. They mostly sound pretty dry and technical, but I’d be willing to try one if someone said it had some interesting bits in it. http://www.nasa.gov/connect/ebooks/

]]> By: Messier Tidy Upper http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/04/11/open-lab-2010-now-for-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-375743 Messier Tidy Upper Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:55:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=30151#comment-375743 @ ^ Monkey : <blockquote><i>Funny how the best of the web gets blasted right back into paper – people (yes, me too) still like to hold a chunk of processed tree in their mitts when reading. </i></blockquote> Seconded by me. I'm one of those people too. :-) Bad Astronomer, <i>(or do you prefer we call you Phil?)</i> I really wish you'd turn some - actually make that <b>*many*</b> - of your best posts here into <b>permanent print book form.</b> Please, could you do this - I'd be delighted to suggest some of my favourites among the thousands of articles you've posted here which I reckon are deserving of printed published bookish immortality & I bet many others would as well! ;-) The web is kinda transient and, sadly, some superluminous and well-written, fascinating stuff just gets buried and forgotten all too quickly - a <i>Best of the Bad Astronomy Blog</i> book (or three!) is something I'd certainly get and love to see on the shelves. Please? Pretty please with a barred spiral galaxy on top? :-) BTW. are you writing anything presently? @ ^ Monkey :

Funny how the best of the web gets blasted right back into paper – people (yes, me too) still like to hold a chunk of processed tree in their mitts when reading.

Seconded by me. I’m one of those people too. :-)

Bad Astronomer, (or do you prefer we call you Phil?) I really wish you’d turn some – actually make that *many* – of your best posts here into permanent print book form. Please, could you do this – I’d be delighted to suggest some of my favourites among the thousands of articles you’ve posted here which I reckon are deserving of printed published bookish immortality & I bet many others would as well! ;-)

The web is kinda transient and, sadly, some superluminous and well-written, fascinating stuff just gets buried and forgotten all too quickly – a Best of the Bad Astronomy Blog book (or three!) is something I’d certainly get and love to see on the shelves.

Please? Pretty please with a barred spiral galaxy on top? :-)

BTW. are you writing anything presently?

]]> By: Monkey http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/04/11/open-lab-2010-now-for-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-375742 Monkey Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:55:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=30151#comment-375742 Funny how the best of the web gets blasted right back into paper - people (yes, me too) still like to hold a chunk of processed tree in their mitts when reading. Or, maybe people are opting for the pdf version. Either way, its a nice way to get a one-stop place for top-notch writing. Im looking forward to reading these - and in regards to the "cant we just find it on the web for free", I am assuming these are fine tuned versions of their original, perhaps with more details and pictures, etc? Like Phil mentioned about his being touched up, I am sure that the others are "better" versions of their original? Am I right? Funny how the best of the web gets blasted right back into paper – people (yes, me too) still like to hold a chunk of processed tree in their mitts when reading. Or, maybe people are opting for the pdf version. Either way, its a nice way to get a one-stop place for top-notch writing.

Im looking forward to reading these – and in regards to the “cant we just find it on the web for free”, I am assuming these are fine tuned versions of their original, perhaps with more details and pictures, etc? Like Phil mentioned about his being touched up, I am sure that the others are “better” versions of their original? Am I right?

]]> By: Dave http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/04/11/open-lab-2010-now-for-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-375706 Dave Mon, 11 Apr 2011 22:15:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=30151#comment-375706 I'm assuming all the bloggers get royalties, right? I’m assuming all the bloggers get royalties, right?

]]> By: Bill http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/04/11/open-lab-2010-now-for-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-375674 Bill Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:19:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=30151#comment-375674 You wrote an artic...uh...never mind. I'm starting to think that joke's outstayed its welcome. :) You wrote an artic…uh…never mind. I’m starting to think that joke’s outstayed its welcome.

:)

]]> By: Endyo http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/04/11/open-lab-2010-now-for-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-375673 Endyo Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:19:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=30151#comment-375673 So wait... these are 50 articles that are from blogs that are on the internet and free to access? Couldn't you just... look around the internet and read them all? So wait… these are 50 articles that are from blogs that are on the internet and free to access? Couldn’t you just… look around the internet and read them all?

]]> By: Larian LeQuella http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/04/11/open-lab-2010-now-for-sale/comment-page-1/#comment-375665 Larian LeQuella Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:49:35 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=30151#comment-375665 What happend in 2009? Were you slacking? ;) What happend in 2009? Were you slacking? ;)

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