Totally not adressing the topic, but the Q&BA topic itself is locked, and its mentioned triggered a memory, and it's probably not worthy of its own topic: The BA said on his Sunday video chat that the Q&BA feature is pretty much dead. I thus expect that topic to soon become unsticky'd and allowed to fade away.

(I'm sure he could, and will, explain it better, but I believe I heard BA say in chat that it took a lot of effort to do an episode, and he's finding the more informal video chat much more effective at adressing questions from the curious. On occasion, during his video chat, he will do an impromptu version for the recorded archives, without the laborious planning, for answers that are archive-worthy. And, besides, he's also doing well-produced (by not-him) videos for Hulu.com (Bad Astronomy premiers on Hulu!) and other sources, so it's a little like the Q&BA feature but perhaps without the same investment of effort.)

Thanks. We now return you to your regular topic of a new, improved sticky for Q&A.

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