Comments on: NASA to conspiracy theory: Drop Dead http://boingboing.net/2011/08/19/nasa-to-conspiracy-theory-drop-dead.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 06:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Keith Tyler http://boingboing.net/2011/08/19/nasa-to-conspiracy-theory-drop-dead.html#comment-1194518 Keith Tyler Sun, 21 Aug 2011 08:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114438#comment-1194518 NASA can't take us to the moon anymore, but they can argue on the internet. Good times! NASA can’t take us to the moon anymore, but they can argue on the internet. Good times!

]]> By: majutsushi http://boingboing.net/2011/08/19/nasa-to-conspiracy-theory-drop-dead.html#comment-1193979 majutsushi Sat, 20 Aug 2011 14:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114438#comment-1193979 As long as they don't change the name to 'Melancholia' ... As long as they don’t change the name to ‘Melancholia’ …

]]> By: elix http://boingboing.net/2011/08/19/nasa-to-conspiracy-theory-drop-dead.html#comment-1193853 elix Sat, 20 Aug 2011 09:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114438#comment-1193853 Everyone knows it's the space capsule for Disco Robot Jesus. The rapture and all, hel-LO. Everyone knows it’s the space capsule for Disco Robot Jesus. The rapture and all, hel-LO.

]]> By: flosofl http://boingboing.net/2011/08/19/nasa-to-conspiracy-theory-drop-dead.html#comment-1193731 flosofl Sat, 20 Aug 2011 03:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114438#comment-1193731 Or the whole "It's really a spaceship for three space vampires." Or the whole “It’s really a spaceship for three space vampires.”

]]> By: John Ohno http://boingboing.net/2011/08/19/nasa-to-conspiracy-theory-drop-dead.html#comment-1193662 John Ohno Sat, 20 Aug 2011 01:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114438#comment-1193662 The great thing about apocalypses is that when they work right nobody is around to complain about them. It's only when they malfunction (and we get a plucky bunch of survivors who just happened to be in a cave deep under the antarctic polar ice cap when the bomb went off) that the apocalypse is something to have worried about (retroactively). The great thing about apocalypses is that when they work right nobody is around to complain about them. It’s only when they malfunction (and we get a plucky bunch of survivors who just happened to be in a cave deep under the antarctic polar ice cap when the bomb went off) that the apocalypse is something to have worried about (retroactively).

]]> By: John Ohno http://boingboing.net/2011/08/19/nasa-to-conspiracy-theory-drop-dead.html#comment-1193659 John Ohno Sat, 20 Aug 2011 01:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114438#comment-1193659 There's an application for linux called podget that's supposed to do this, but if it's being broadcast over a shoutcast server or something that won't work. You'd probably have to schedule a player to run and dump the audio (using cron and mplayer will do this easily for periodically repeating schedules, for values of 'easily' that include reading the mplayer and cron manpages and finding the right options). There’s an application for linux called podget that’s supposed to do this, but if it’s being broadcast over a shoutcast server or something that won’t work. You’d probably have to schedule a player to run and dump the audio (using cron and mplayer will do this easily for periodically repeating schedules, for values of ‘easily’ that include reading the mplayer and cron manpages and finding the right options).

]]> By: boo http://boingboing.net/2011/08/19/nasa-to-conspiracy-theory-drop-dead.html#comment-1193601 boo Fri, 19 Aug 2011 23:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114438#comment-1193601 But they were so bored already... But they were so bored already…

]]> By: fnc http://boingboing.net/2011/08/19/nasa-to-conspiracy-theory-drop-dead.html#comment-1193593 fnc Fri, 19 Aug 2011 23:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114438#comment-1193593 Thundarr the Barbarian was NOT a documentary. Thundarr the Barbarian was NOT a documentary.

]]> By: Bucket http://boingboing.net/2011/08/19/nasa-to-conspiracy-theory-drop-dead.html#comment-1193591 Bucket Fri, 19 Aug 2011 23:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114438#comment-1193591 Meh. Not worried about it. Any time there's a comet about to wipe out all life a plucky group of adventurers always seems to save the day. Just so long as there Chocobos to ride into battle the earth will be safe.... oh, crap. Meh. Not worried about it. Any time there’s a comet about to wipe out all life a plucky group of adventurers always seems to save the day.

Just so long as there Chocobos to ride into battle the earth will be safe…. oh, crap.

]]> By: Boomer http://boingboing.net/2011/08/19/nasa-to-conspiracy-theory-drop-dead.html#comment-1193588 Boomer Fri, 19 Aug 2011 23:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114438#comment-1193588 Deadly miasma: when the cedars bloom in Texas. Deadly miasma: when the cedars bloom in Texas.

]]> By: elix http://boingboing.net/2011/08/19/nasa-to-conspiracy-theory-drop-dead.html#comment-1193586 elix Fri, 19 Aug 2011 23:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114438#comment-1193586 I would link you to NASA's press release about comet-based miasma (namely, disproving the Pern String theory), but I'm afraid I can't see much behind all this orange paint. ;) I would link you to NASA’s press release about comet-based miasma (namely, disproving the Pern String theory), but I’m afraid I can’t see much behind all this orange paint. ;)

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/08/19/nasa-to-conspiracy-theory-drop-dead.html#comment-1193574 Antinous / Moderator Fri, 19 Aug 2011 23:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114438#comment-1193574 NASA has entirely failed to address the issue of the comet generating a deadly miasma. NASA has entirely failed to address the issue of the comet generating a deadly miasma.

]]> By: Douglas Rushkoff http://boingboing.net/2011/08/19/nasa-to-conspiracy-theory-drop-dead.html#comment-1193572 Douglas Rushkoff Fri, 19 Aug 2011 23:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114438#comment-1193572 I think of him whenever one of these stories comes around. He was the best. He and Gene Shepard shaped so many of our minds.  He still does the occasional broadcast but I never manage to catch it. Is there a "clock radio" recording application out there? Like TiVo for radio? Something that would, say, open up itunes or a browser and record a web broadcast at a certain time?  I think of him whenever one of these stories comes around. He was the best. He and Gene Shepard shaped so many of our minds. 

He still does the occasional broadcast but I never manage to catch it. Is there a “clock radio” recording application out there? Like TiVo for radio? Something that would, say, open up itunes or a browser and record a web broadcast at a certain time? 

]]> By: Fionnbharr http://boingboing.net/2011/08/19/nasa-to-conspiracy-theory-drop-dead.html#comment-1193531 Fionnbharr Fri, 19 Aug 2011 22:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114438#comment-1193531 I miss Art Bell. I miss Art Bell.

]]> By: Chuck http://boingboing.net/2011/08/19/nasa-to-conspiracy-theory-drop-dead.html#comment-1193524 Chuck Fri, 19 Aug 2011 22:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114438#comment-1193524 So how is it that the conspiracy theorists know about my comet attractor ray, but NASA doesn't? So how is it that the conspiracy theorists know about my comet attractor ray, but NASA doesn’t?

]]> By: elix http://boingboing.net/2011/08/19/nasa-to-conspiracy-theory-drop-dead.html#comment-1193522 elix Fri, 19 Aug 2011 22:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114438#comment-1193522 *spraypaints "DUH" across his monitor in huge orange letters* *spraypaints “DUH” across his monitor in huge orange letters*

]]> By: Blaze Curry http://boingboing.net/2011/08/19/nasa-to-conspiracy-theory-drop-dead.html#comment-1193513 Blaze Curry Fri, 19 Aug 2011 22:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114438#comment-1193513 Well...if its a comet, then it probably won't kill us all. After all, its a big ball of ice and loose rocks, right? more than likely without a direct hit it would break up in the upper atmo and turn into a great cloud, blocking sunlight for decades... Or just vaporize. Well…if its a comet, then it probably won’t kill us all. After all, its a big ball of ice and loose rocks, right? more than likely without a direct hit it would break up in the upper atmo and turn into a great cloud, blocking sunlight for decades…

Or just vaporize.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2011/08/19/nasa-to-conspiracy-theory-drop-dead.html#comment-1193497 Brainspore Fri, 19 Aug 2011 21:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114438#comment-1193497 Oh, for heaven's gate. Oh, for heaven’s gate.

]]> By: Amy M. Cossano http://boingboing.net/2011/08/19/nasa-to-conspiracy-theory-drop-dead.html#comment-1193495 Amy M. Cossano Fri, 19 Aug 2011 21:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114438#comment-1193495 zOMG! We all gunna DIE!!1 *kills self* Which is what you should do if you buy into that bs. zOMG! We all gunna DIE!!1 *kills self*

Which is what you should do if you buy into that bs.

]]> By: Mister44 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/19/nasa-to-conspiracy-theory-drop-dead.html#comment-1193485 Mister44 Fri, 19 Aug 2011 21:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114438#comment-1193485 So... so I should stop my murderous rampage of revenge? So… so I should stop my murderous rampage of revenge?

]]> By: angusm http://boingboing.net/2011/08/19/nasa-to-conspiracy-theory-drop-dead.html#comment-1193465 angusm Fri, 19 Aug 2011 21:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114438#comment-1193465 They _would_ say that, wouldn't they? I don't believe anything until I hear the government deny it. They _would_ say that, wouldn’t they?

I don’t believe anything until I hear the government deny it.

]]> By: PhosPhorious http://boingboing.net/2011/08/19/nasa-to-conspiracy-theory-drop-dead.html#comment-1193444 PhosPhorious Fri, 19 Aug 2011 20:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=114438#comment-1193444 Just those of us found unworthy. Just those of us found unworthy.

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