tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38085367.post3127042037575837877..comments2024-03-19T09:06:21.507-04:00Comments on Irtiqa: Oh boy - he knows how to make us realize our smallness...Salman Hameedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04327330113822656571noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38085367.post-39380051706898757162010-07-29T07:59:31.349-04:002010-07-29T07:59:31.349-04:00Thanks once again for posting Carl Sagan's gre...Thanks once again for posting Carl Sagan's great stuff. You seem to be a bigger Sagan fan than me :).Atif Khanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07137026009148344854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38085367.post-31733230411604004902010-07-28T02:24:01.094-04:002010-07-28T02:24:01.094-04:00I hope you have a great flight and a wonderful tim...I hope you have a great flight and a wonderful time in Malaysia. *grin*<br /><br />It's semi-rainy season at the moment, so it can get pretty wet here. Public transport is kinda spotty, but navigable. Drivers on the roads are a little insane; but jaywalking is expected.<br /><br />However, we are a friendly and warm bunch. If you are staying until Ramadhan, you will get to enjoy the crazy variety we have to offer for iftar.<br /><br />Anywhich, I hope you have a good time!Snuzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09712374144317934980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38085367.post-69138188581580702732010-07-27T15:40:51.342-04:002010-07-27T15:40:51.342-04:00One might very well ask...how come the Universe an...One might very well ask...how come the Universe and life got created then, if it wasn't by itself? God? Proof?. I would simply say...well I don't know. And being an amateur astronomers and a (proto)scientist, I wouldn't start commenting on things and making judgements and drawing conclusions about things I have little knowledge of...neither ridicule any. I am not one from Sagan's troupe.Akbarhttp://astronomer.zoomshare.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38085367.post-64954274839791654652010-07-27T15:23:50.830-04:002010-07-27T15:23:50.830-04:00The odds of creation of an environment suitable fo...The odds of creation of an environment suitable for life, sustained long enough for the life to create itself, then propagate to form intelligent form to observe the Universe, (as if the Universe wanted itself to be witnessed and observed one day)...anyone who knows simple physics and chemistry would argue that these odds are so meagre that the number of chances needed for it to happen by itself, even only once, are perhaps millions of times more than the number of subatomic particles in the Universe and number of femto-seconds passed since the Big Bang.<br />I really need to screw up the last bit of any talent left in my skull to join this Pale Blue Dot Cult.Akbarhttp://astronomer.zoomshare.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38085367.post-80987804927374774862010-07-27T14:41:41.121-04:002010-07-27T14:41:41.121-04:00You know, they do still sell tape decks. You need ...You know, they do still sell tape decks. You need not be deprived of your entire Sagan collection.<br /><br />Tangentially related, I help run a big science fiction convention in July in MN. There are always a lot of great costumes, but my favorite from this year was a guy wearing a maroon turtleneck and tan corduroy blazer. He'd written out billions and billions on ticker tape and was wearing it draped around his shoulders. Brilliant!hedgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07002804980576789573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38085367.post-84136802363863587332010-07-27T10:55:43.248-04:002010-07-27T10:55:43.248-04:00Thanks, watching that just made my morning. I und...Thanks, watching that just made my morning. I understand your fascination with Sagan. Really wonderful stuff.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01968887834295143047noreply@blogger.com