Comments on: Don’t Mess With Max http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/10/10/dont-mess-with-max/ Random samplings from a universe of ideas. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:45:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: H of L http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/10/10/dont-mess-with-max/comment-page-1/#comment-32579 H of L Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:56:57 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/10/10/dont-mess-with-max/#comment-32579 Big shoutout to the G, with the h. Big shoutout to the G, with the h.

]]> By: Chanda http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/10/10/dont-mess-with-max/comment-page-1/#comment-32578 Chanda Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:09:22 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/10/10/dont-mess-with-max/#comment-32578 Hilarious! Thanks for the early-morning laugh :) Hilarious! Thanks for the early-morning laugh :)

]]> By: brad http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/10/10/dont-mess-with-max/comment-page-1/#comment-32574 brad Fri, 12 Oct 2007 21:43:29 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/10/10/dont-mess-with-max/#comment-32574 How did they miss NFL fullback Mack Strong? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mack_Strong How did they miss NFL fullback Mack Strong?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mack_Strong

]]> By: spyder http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/10/10/dont-mess-with-max/comment-page-1/#comment-32577 spyder Fri, 12 Oct 2007 19:13:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/10/10/dont-mess-with-max/#comment-32577 Then again, tenure at <a href="http://www.cafepress.com/objectivemin/568773" rel="nofollow">Fellowship University should be a requirement</a> for all of the "atheist" science professors out there. Then again, tenure at Fellowship University should be a requirement for all of the “atheist” science professors out there.

]]> By: Max Power http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/10/10/dont-mess-with-max/comment-page-1/#comment-32575 Max Power Fri, 12 Oct 2007 06:02:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/10/10/dont-mess-with-max/#comment-32575 #6 is right, but I'm pretty sure the desk wasn't censored, unless my memory is failing. #6 is right, but I’m pretty sure the desk wasn’t censored, unless my memory is failing.

]]> By: Lee Lemon http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/10/10/dont-mess-with-max/comment-page-1/#comment-32576 Lee Lemon Fri, 12 Oct 2007 05:02:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/10/10/dont-mess-with-max/#comment-32576 True story: There used to be a desk in the main physics/astro lecture hall at Wisconsin on which was inscribed the following bit of pure poetry: "Blair Randy Macho Man Motherf***ing Savage" It still makes me crack up. True story: There used to be a desk in the main physics/astro lecture hall at Wisconsin on which was inscribed the following bit of pure poetry:

“Blair Randy Macho Man Motherf***ing Savage”

It still makes me crack up.

]]> By: Julianne http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/10/10/dont-mess-with-max/comment-page-1/#comment-32573 Julianne Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:25:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/10/10/dont-mess-with-max/#comment-32573 Don't diss Blair Savage! I think the combination is rockin'. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Don’t diss Blair Savage! I think the combination is rockin’. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

]]> By: Matt http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/10/10/dont-mess-with-max/comment-page-1/#comment-32572 Matt Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:22:29 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/10/10/dont-mess-with-max/#comment-32572 Blair? Manly? It's about as masculine as Janet. Although I'm sure it takes a hefty pair for a guy to pull it off. Blair? Manly? It’s about as masculine as Janet.

Although I’m sure it takes a hefty pair for a guy to pull it off.

]]> By: spyder http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/10/10/dont-mess-with-max/comment-page-1/#comment-32571 spyder Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:37:57 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/10/10/dont-mess-with-max/#comment-32571 No, Blair Savage is not the manly name, but given his Ph.D., he can be legitimately called Doc Savage. Now that is manly, whether you refer to the character in the original graphic pulp magazines or Phillip Jose Farmer's more infamous adult novels. btw: Max Planck would have made a great pirate. No, Blair Savage is not the manly name, but given his Ph.D., he can be legitimately called Doc Savage. Now that is manly, whether you refer to the character in the original graphic pulp magazines or Phillip Jose Farmer’s more infamous adult novels.

btw: Max Planck would have made a great pirate.

]]> By: Mike http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/10/10/dont-mess-with-max/comment-page-1/#comment-32581 Mike Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:11:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/10/10/dont-mess-with-max/#comment-32581 I like this quote better: "In science, getting something named after you is like getting the winning touchdown at the Super Bowl." That makes what we do sound so manly, doesn't it? I like this quote better:

“In science, getting something named after you is like getting the winning touchdown at the Super Bowl.”

That makes what we do sound so manly, doesn’t it?

]]> By: Eugene http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/10/10/dont-mess-with-max/comment-page-1/#comment-32580 Eugene Thu, 11 Oct 2007 06:11:22 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/10/10/dont-mess-with-max/#comment-32580 I would personally rather be the personal gigolo to Scarlett Johansson than win the Nobel. I would personally rather be the personal gigolo to Scarlett Johansson than win the Nobel.

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