Comments on: Just cos http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/10/29/just-cos/ 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 04:54:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Nigel Depledge http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/10/29/just-cos/comment-page-1/#comment-438222 Nigel Depledge Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:14:06 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=39930#comment-438222 @ Helen (29) - How so? @ Helen (29) -

How so?

]]> By: Helen http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/10/29/just-cos/comment-page-1/#comment-436430 Helen Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:12:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=39930#comment-436430 Another example of men in the skeptical community objectifying women. Another example of men in the skeptical community objectifying women.

]]> By: Harold Geller http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/10/29/just-cos/comment-page-1/#comment-434634 Harold Geller Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:07:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=39930#comment-434634 Was "angle" another purposeful pun or did you mean "angel". Actually, any tanning (no pun intended) should be discouraged. My brother is battling metastasized malignant melanoma. Was “angle” another purposeful pun or did you mean “angel”. Actually, any tanning (no pun intended) should be discouraged. My brother is battling metastasized malignant melanoma.

]]> By: Beau http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/10/29/just-cos/comment-page-1/#comment-434633 Beau Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:05:17 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=39930#comment-434633 Bad. Pun. Overload! Bad. Pun. Overload!

]]> By: Ken B http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/10/29/just-cos/comment-page-1/#comment-434628 Ken B Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:40:39 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=39930#comment-434628 Sine, cosine! Cosine, sine! 3.14159 Sine, cosine! Cosine, sine!
3.14159

]]> By: Katherine Lorraine, Chaton de la Mort http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/10/29/just-cos/comment-page-1/#comment-434595 Katherine Lorraine, Chaton de la Mort Mon, 31 Oct 2011 11:22:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=39930#comment-434595 Augh... puns... Augh… puns…

]]> By: Nigel Depledge http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/10/29/just-cos/comment-page-1/#comment-434579 Nigel Depledge Mon, 31 Oct 2011 10:31:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=39930#comment-434579 Brilliant! @ Bobathon (8) - LOL!! Brilliant!

@ Bobathon (8) -
LOL!!

]]> By: Bob Hankinson http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/10/29/just-cos/comment-page-1/#comment-434456 Bob Hankinson Sun, 30 Oct 2011 22:45:24 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=39930#comment-434456 Thanks, Phil! I teach High School math, and this is SO going on a powerpoint! Thanks, Phil! I teach High School math, and this is SO going on a powerpoint!

]]> By: Jess Tauber http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/10/29/just-cos/comment-page-1/#comment-434405 Jess Tauber Sun, 30 Oct 2011 18:23:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=39930#comment-434405 Its a sine of a hyperbolical mind, is what it is. By the way, various +/- sines or cosines x2 of certain angles give 1/2 sqrt5+/-1, the values of the Golden Ratio. Others give bupkus. So much for ID. Its a sine of a hyperbolical mind, is what it is.

By the way, various +/- sines or cosines x2 of certain angles give 1/2 sqrt5+/-1, the values of the Golden Ratio. Others give bupkus. So much for ID.

]]> By: Steve Metzler http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/10/29/just-cos/comment-page-1/#comment-434298 Steve Metzler Sun, 30 Oct 2011 08:50:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=39930#comment-434298 There are some good ones up there on Luke's site. My fav: Personal Assistant: "..so out of the 10^31 sentients in the omniverse, only <b>one</b> still believes in <b>homeopathy</b>.." B. Goldacre, Pan-Galactic Overlord: "Yet somehow this frustrates me even more" There are some good ones up there on Luke’s site. My fav:

Personal Assistant: “..so out of the 10^31 sentients in the omniverse, only one still believes in homeopathy..”

B. Goldacre, Pan-Galactic Overlord: “Yet somehow this frustrates me even more”

]]> By: DLC http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/10/29/just-cos/comment-page-1/#comment-434290 DLC Sun, 30 Oct 2011 08:28:24 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=39930#comment-434290 Nothing like a nice slice of Pi. Nothing like a nice slice of Pi.

]]> By: Infinite123Lifer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/10/29/just-cos/comment-page-1/#comment-434269 Infinite123Lifer Sun, 30 Oct 2011 07:08:37 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=39930#comment-434269 For Wzrd1: Arr Arr Arr Arr Arr... :) r we missing an r? or am I missing it entirely? 2pir^2? 2pi^2 is just a number. But 2pi^2 is a piece of pi more appropriately. If I am right its the first time all day. If I am wrong than nothing has changed, I still look like and act like a rookie. I should stay out of the funny math jokes. . .I don't want to strike the wrong chord, if u an it circle the wagons I am toast. However, regarding situations in general. . . to the best of my ability I prefer to rise over run ;) For Wzrd1:

Arr Arr Arr Arr Arr… :)

r we missing an r? or am I missing it entirely?

2pir^2?

2pi^2 is just a number. But 2pi^2 is a piece of pi more appropriately.
If I am right its the first time all day. If I am wrong than nothing has changed, I still look like and act like a rookie.

I should stay out of the funny math jokes. . .I don’t want to strike the wrong chord, if u an it circle the wagons I am toast.

However, regarding situations in general. . . to the best of my ability I prefer to rise over run ;)

]]> By: Minos http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/10/29/just-cos/comment-page-1/#comment-434259 Minos Sun, 30 Oct 2011 06:05:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=39930#comment-434259 I guess I'm slow, the title threw me off. I thought, "That doesn't look anything like a cosine graph!" I guess I’m slow, the title threw me off. I thought, “That doesn’t look anything like a cosine graph!”

]]> By: Anonymous Coward http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/10/29/just-cos/comment-page-1/#comment-434240 Anonymous Coward Sun, 30 Oct 2011 04:39:47 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=39930#comment-434240 Beware, Phil! The feminists are onto you! Beware, Phil! The feminists are onto you!

]]> By: Gavin Flower http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/10/29/just-cos/comment-page-1/#comment-434235 Gavin Flower Sun, 30 Oct 2011 04:23:06 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=39930#comment-434235 Personally I think it is all over hyped..., possibly because I'm taking the external angle on this rather than the complimentary one, or am I just being too radical? Personally I think it is all over hyped…, possibly because I’m taking the external angle on this rather than the complimentary one, or am I just being too radical?

]]> By: Wzrd1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/10/29/just-cos/comment-page-1/#comment-434234 Wzrd1 Sun, 30 Oct 2011 04:18:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=39930#comment-434234 @PayasYouStargaze, #11. Know the feeling all too well. But, I rather suspect my wife would object to said girlfriend. And math, she's dyslexic... Infinite123Lifer, I was thinking more along the lines of 2pi^2, but THAT is a different equation... ;) @PayasYouStargaze, #11. Know the feeling all too well. But, I rather suspect my wife would object to said girlfriend. And math, she’s dyslexic…

Infinite123Lifer, I was thinking more along the lines of 2pi^2, but THAT is a different equation… ;)

]]> By: Charlie in Dayton http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/10/29/just-cos/comment-page-1/#comment-434201 Charlie in Dayton Sun, 30 Oct 2011 02:27:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=39930#comment-434201 "...Just cos...Some people might consider this a sin, but hey: I’m no angle...secant you shall find..." Don't sell the bike shop yet, Wilbur... “…Just cos…Some people might consider this a sin, but hey: I’m no angle…secant you shall find…”

Don’t sell the bike shop yet, Wilbur…

]]> By: Infinite123Lifer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/10/29/just-cos/comment-page-1/#comment-434188 Infinite123Lifer Sun, 30 Oct 2011 01:00:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=39930#comment-434188 This joke wasn't exactly a piece of cake to get. . . it was a piece of pi This joke wasn’t exactly a piece of cake to get. . . it was a piece of pi

]]> By: anatman http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/10/29/just-cos/comment-page-1/#comment-434165 anatman Sat, 29 Oct 2011 22:22:36 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=39930#comment-434165 did you haversine a release before you used her picture? did you haversine a release before you used her picture?

]]> By: PayasYouStargaze http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/10/29/just-cos/comment-page-1/#comment-434154 PayasYouStargaze Sat, 29 Oct 2011 21:07:38 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=39930#comment-434154 That's the best thing I've ever seen! I'd do that to my girlfriend... if I had one. That’s the best thing I’ve ever seen! I’d do that to my girlfriend… if I had one.

]]> By: Anon http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/10/29/just-cos/comment-page-1/#comment-434132 Anon Sat, 29 Oct 2011 19:47:14 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=39930#comment-434132 Dat ass...ymptote Dat ass…ymptote

]]> By: Tim G http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/10/29/just-cos/comment-page-1/#comment-434130 Tim G Sat, 29 Oct 2011 19:33:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=39930#comment-434130 There should be limits. There should be limits.

]]> By: Bobathon http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/10/29/just-cos/comment-page-1/#comment-434129 Bobathon Sat, 29 Oct 2011 19:29:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=39930#comment-434129 Nice asymptote Nice asymptote

]]> By: tacitus http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/10/29/just-cos/comment-page-1/#comment-434127 tacitus Sat, 29 Oct 2011 19:18:01 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=39930#comment-434127 No need to go off on a tangent... No need to go off on a tangent…

]]> By: Tim G http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/10/29/just-cos/comment-page-1/#comment-434126 Tim G Sat, 29 Oct 2011 19:14:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=39930#comment-434126 <del>Looking at tan lines is no sin.</del> I just realized you already used my pun >_< Anyway, does having a period attract sharks? Looking at tan lines is no sin.

I just realized you already used my pun >_<

Anyway, does having a period attract sharks?

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