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Category: Cephalopods • Weirdness
Posted on: March 8, 2007 9:48 AM, by PZ Myers
Fark is having an octopus photoshop contest — most of the entries make me go "eh", but there are a few nice ones.
Phil Plait thinks this could be a symbol of rapprochement between the brilliant analysts of the natural world at Pharyngula and those slack-jawed people who stare dully at the sky at Bad Astronomy. (I kid, astronomers probably think a little bit now and then, too.)
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Have you ever seen this one? Its one of my favs and makes me giggle... http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/
Posted by: Megan S | March 8, 2007 10:25 AM
Slackjawed? At least we have bones in our heads.
Posted by: Phil Plait | March 8, 2007 12:15 PM
Now now, PZ, I thought that after the grinding attrition of the "Best Science Blog" contest, that the Pharynguloids and BadAstronomers had reached a rapprochement...
Posted by: Rheinhard | March 8, 2007 12:31 PM
I realize that photoshopping has become an all-purpose word for digital image manipulation, but as a loyal GIMP user, I must register my complaint. (unless you don't like open source software?)
Posted by: The Science Pundit | March 8, 2007 1:32 PM
We learned that a PZ/Phil battle is good for traffic, you know.
Posted by: PZ Myers | March 8, 2007 1:55 PM
Sciencepundit, just relax and rejoice in our war on trademarks. Viva la (useless) copyright warfare! Aspirin, xerox, kleenex, bandaids, photoshop, there are many already free, and many battles still left to fight.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_generic_and_genericized_trademarks
Posted by: stogoe | March 8, 2007 2:20 PM
most of the entries make me go "eh"
So most of the entries make you pretend you're Canadian? I thought only international travel and the occasional comment from politicians made you Yankees do that...
Posted by: sinned34 | March 8, 2007 3:05 PM
Hey, now! Those of us who choose to look up don't think any the less of those who prefer to stare into the deeps. Play nice!
Posted by: Bryn | March 8, 2007 11:03 PM
Finally, photographic evidence of the blind idiot god Azathoth, who bubbles and blasphemes at the centre of the universe forever...either that or somebody snapped me unwrapping birthday presents at midnight. One or the other.
Posted by: raincoaster | March 9, 2007 12:06 AM
...so where does this put astrobiologists?...
Posted by: Jorg | March 11, 2007 2:28 AM