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Old 01-March-2005, 05:05 PM
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Originally Posted by ToSeek
Bamf is (or was - his responsibilities may have changed by now) the software manager at Arizona State for the THEMIS instrument on Mars Odyssey.
I believe "Thorn In Hoagland's Side" is part of his job description as well.

He also has the distinct honor (in the august company of our own ToSeek) of having a screen name that can be used as a verb:
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It is Laney and Hoagland's assertion that ASU's Gorelick "bamf'ed" or redirected Laney to the "real" Cydonia image in order to send up a red flag that THEMIS' information was being purposefully flawed.
Ironic J'accuse Dept.:(from the linked article)
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"Science, if you do it right, does not lie," says Hoagland.
edited for clarity and to add quote
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