On 21 Sept, on page 2 of the Guardian newspaper there were some quotes in 'Today on the Web' about NASA going back to the moon: Page 2 of digital Guardian (click on bottom right article with photo of rocket)

including this one:
(Taken from: Faked Moon Landings)

Pack of irate astrophysicists?!?

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The funniest thing about that is m13_higgs is a teenage girl... ok maybe not as much to you all but I happen to know her in the real world and am very amused of thinking her retiring and smacking her chops!

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Wow! This forum has been around only a couple of weeks and we're already being quoted in the papers! That's very cool. Thanks for posting this! And congrats to m13-higgs!

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Yeah - I read the Guardian online every day and hadn't spotted this, nice exposure but forum may fill up with beardy, bleeding-heart liberals.
You tell 'em m13-higgs. (sorry don't know how to 'bold' your name)

I wanted to post this:

Put around m13-higgs, and you end with m13-higgs.

but it turns out that the "code" function isn't working properly. What you need is "[", a "b", and "]" (to start bold), and "[/", a "b", and "]" to end bold.

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Nothing worse than a herd of rampaging astrophysicists!

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comedy mixed with science. I love it

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Shouldn't that be a "galaxy" of astrophysicists?

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[size=2]Hi Fram,

The "code" tag means something different in VBull-ese: it just prints the text in a fixed font.

The equivalent is [noparse], but it is not yet implemented.

It was asked for [url=http://www.bautforum.com/showpost.php?p=561528&postcount=3]here.[/url]

Edit: A workaround is the "php" tag:
[php][b]foo[/b][/php]

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I'm happy to accept the label of "irate astrophysicist"! Ok, I generally don't get involved in the "intellectual mauling," but I'm a proud member of the pack!

We're already here. Bw-ha-ha-ha!
(Actually, that's not very in character is it. How about - Bw-ha-ha-ha if that's OK with the rest of you.)

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I too am honored to be described as an irate astrophysicist by the Guardian. I'll have to see if I can put this on my resume.

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Certainly congratulations to m13-Higgs for her media mention, and I also wouldn't mind being an irate astrophysicist (but I would have to be an astophysicist first). But my experience has been that conspiracy theorists and their ilk are completely unaffected by rational argument.

Uggh

It has Sudoku on it as well. Pure, unadulterated evil....

I'm horrible at those things (well, the tough ones anyways)

Pete

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There's so much I don't know about astrophysics. I wish I had read that book by that wheelchair guy.

allow me to second the "I'd love to be an irate astrophysicist, were I only an astrophysicist," thing. I'm merely an acolyte of Mr. Logic, and he accepts people from all disciplines. (they don't always accept him, though, more's the pity.)

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"You can't erase icing."

"I can't believe it doesn't work! I found it on the internet, man!"

Ooh! I actually tried one for the first time today. Great fun!

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I was thinking the same thing! Next time I have to fill out a survey that asks for occupation, I'll write "Irate Astrophysicist." (What, you don't get paid to post here?)

Shush! Just don't tell anyone that you aren't, let 'em think what they want!

Seriously, I'll add my congrats to m13-Higgs.

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Someone thought I was an astrophysicist? COOL! And I really was irate at the time. I just heard about this article from Andromeda321, and I can't believe I said something quote-worthy.

Good publicity for the forum, though!

for someone that has only been around about 3 weeks, you sure have made an impression

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Those that lack education have a hard time understanding its value. - Cross

So it seems. Just wait until I tell my English teacher I've been quoted in The Guardian!

This is so cool!!!