Starship Asterisk*

by the way... Actually, as I count it, 15 posts liked the fact that it was posted on APOD (many about the video and not its appropriateness on APOD), 24 did not like it posted on APOD (nearly all focused on the appropriateness of the video to APOD)and 27 were neutral, humorous or otherwise didn't gi...

bystander wrote:I'm sure RJN posted the video so that Rocket Scientists, such as yourself, would join this board and enlighten us with their negativism (a trait of catatonic stupor).

Oh, wait! I forgot the sarcasm tags!

I think that qualifies as an ad hominem attack.

bystader - Thank you so much for the ad hominem remarks. Attacking me personally really does so much to advance the discussion. Negativism? Does that mean a comment from someone who disagrees? I don't think so. But feel free. Since so many people seem to think their opinion of the video is somehow a...

Non-sense. You can examine the meaning of each word all you want. The meaning is created when you take all the words together. Maybe you never noticed that the site is called "Astronomy" picture of the day. "Discover the cosmos" is a tag line UNDER the title and therefore within ...

Some APOD viewers have a non-nonsensical understanding of what NASA, APOD and what is meant by "the universe" on the APOD website. I'll be sending in a picture of my dog for tomorrows' posting, he's part of the universe too. Then on Tues., we can post a picture of Lindsey Lohan in prison, ...

The following heading is at the top of every APOD, Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. This video does not fit that description in any ...