Comments on: On the auction block: "arguably the most aesthetic iron meteorite known to exist" http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/on-the-auction-block-argua.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 08:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: peregrinus http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/on-the-auction-block-argua.html#comment-1553835 peregrinus Thu, 11 Oct 2012 08:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186433#comment-1553835 They're here.  No more questions. Or Felix Baumgartner's suit team have some answering to do. They’re here.  No more questions.

Or Felix Baumgartner’s suit team have some answering to do.

]]> By: pjcamp http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/on-the-auction-block-argua.html#comment-1553740 pjcamp Thu, 11 Oct 2012 03:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186433#comment-1553740 Mask? My first thought was pelvis. Mask? My first thought was pelvis.

]]> By: ocker3 http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/on-the-auction-block-argua.html#comment-1553547 ocker3 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 23:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186433#comment-1553547  Yes, but all fancy like. I actually found the description quite artistic in itself  Yes, but all fancy like.

I actually found the description quite artistic in itself

]]> By: Singe http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/on-the-auction-block-argua.html#comment-1553508 Singe Wed, 10 Oct 2012 23:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186433#comment-1553508 Meh. I'd prefer plenty perfectly prettier pallasites. Meh. I’d prefer plenty perfectly prettier pallasites.

]]> By: gumbowing http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/on-the-auction-block-argua.html#comment-1553491 gumbowing Wed, 10 Oct 2012 22:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186433#comment-1553491 The hyperbole used to describe this chunk of iron is incomparably sumptuous and matchless in magnificence! Not to mention crumulent and feculent. The hyperbole used to describe this chunk of iron is incomparably sumptuous and matchless in magnificence! Not to mention crumulent and feculent.

]]> By: Judonerd http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/on-the-auction-block-argua.html#comment-1553443 Judonerd Wed, 10 Oct 2012 22:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186433#comment-1553443 So what they are saying, is... "It looks like a face. What are the odds?!" So what they are saying, is… “It looks like a face. What are the odds?!”

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/on-the-auction-block-argua.html#comment-1553435 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 10 Oct 2012 22:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186433#comment-1553435 Actually, it's more like saying "visible" when you mean "red". Actually, it’s more like saying “visible” when you mean “red”.

]]> By: El Verde http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/on-the-auction-block-argua.html#comment-1553353 El Verde Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186433#comment-1553353 Slightly off-topic: does it bother anyone else when people say “aesthetic” when they mean “pretty”? Drives me up a wall. Like saying “utilize” when you mean “use”—technically correct, but trying too hard to sound smart. Slightly off-topic: does it bother anyone else when people say “aesthetic” when they mean “pretty”? Drives me up a wall. Like saying “utilize” when you mean “use”—technically correct, but trying too hard to sound smart.

]]> By: andyw87 http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/on-the-auction-block-argua.html#comment-1553336 andyw87 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186433#comment-1553336  And here comes the relevant XKCD post. http://xkcd.com/1114/  And here comes the relevant XKCD post.
http://xkcd.com/1114/

]]> By: timquinn http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/on-the-auction-block-argua.html#comment-1553295 timquinn Wed, 10 Oct 2012 19:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186433#comment-1553295 An artisanal photographer is required to capture that level of aestheticism. In a lesser craftsman's hands it would be merely beautiful. An artisanal photographer is required to capture that level of aestheticism. In a lesser craftsman’s hands it would be merely beautiful.

]]> By: David Witt http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/on-the-auction-block-argua.html#comment-1553246 David Witt Wed, 10 Oct 2012 19:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186433#comment-1553246 He traded it for a bottle of Coca Cola. He traded it for a bottle of Coca Cola.

]]> By: Bob Fuller http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/on-the-auction-block-argua.html#comment-1553236 Bob Fuller Wed, 10 Oct 2012 19:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186433#comment-1553236 How much did the indigenous tribesmen earn? How much did the indigenous tribesmen earn?

]]> By: Trefunk http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/on-the-auction-block-argua.html#comment-1553231 Trefunk Wed, 10 Oct 2012 19:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186433#comment-1553231 "Indigenous tribesmen with metal detectors" sound vaguely awesome. And metal. “Indigenous tribesmen with metal detectors” sound vaguely awesome. And metal.

]]> By: Lobster http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/on-the-auction-block-argua.html#comment-1553220 Lobster Wed, 10 Oct 2012 18:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186433#comment-1553220 It's Jesus!  See, look at the holes, they're just like a pair of eyes!  Just like Jesus had! It’s Jesus!  See, look at the holes, they’re just like a pair of eyes!  Just like Jesus had!

]]> By: Walker Shurlds http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/on-the-auction-block-argua.html#comment-1553209 Walker Shurlds Wed, 10 Oct 2012 18:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186433#comment-1553209 I like it. It kind of makes me think of an Ecce Mono version of Majora's Mask. I like it. It kind of makes me think of an Ecce Mono version of Majora’s Mask.

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/on-the-auction-block-argua.html#comment-1553207 Stefan Jones Wed, 10 Oct 2012 18:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186433#comment-1553207  The economy turned around for the wealthy years ago. * * * That's a bargain. You could forge two +2 Vorpal Moonswords out of that chunk.  The economy turned around for the wealthy years ago.
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That’s a bargain. You could forge two +2 Vorpal Moonswords out of that chunk.

]]> By: Aloisius http://boingboing.net/2012/10/10/on-the-auction-block-argua.html#comment-1553201 Aloisius Wed, 10 Oct 2012 18:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=186433#comment-1553201 Who says the economy hasn't turned around? $140,000-$160,000 for a piece of iron. Yikes. Who says the economy hasn’t turned around?

$140,000-$160,000 for a piece of iron. Yikes.

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