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I'd just comment like nuts if I were eligible for the 500,000th comment contest.

Call this an open thread. Go nuts! I'm too busy writing to blog anyway.

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Does the number of comments you make actually increase your chances of winning?

Should see the silliness that is going on at PZ's blog. It really is sad and funny. And yes, I have added to it.

Cambridge sounds great to visit.

Which is a real sad thought seeing that I grew up near there, and just never went.

By Evinfuilt (not verified) on 01 Oct 2007 #permalink

comment.

By writerofag (not verified) on 01 Oct 2007 #permalink

Yay for comments :P

another comment

Matt asked what I have been wondering. What happens if one of your regular trolls wins?

I wanna win!

By Theodore Price (not verified) on 01 Oct 2007 #permalink

Hmm... I had forgotten about it.

Yeah, but the meta-challenge is to make each comment useful, relevant, meaningful, and not waste people's time with blather.

Oops.

By Hank Roberts (not verified) on 01 Oct 2007 #permalink

40 comments to go!

Read Books by Dawkins, Harris, and Hitchens. It will make you a better person.

Because it'd be a shame if the actual 500kth comment turned out not to be worth quoting.

By Hank Roberts (not verified) on 01 Oct 2007 #permalink

One entry per e-mail, or entry per comment? Good question.

Posted by: Jake

I had thought it was one entry per email, but Mark's comment made it sound like one entry per post. :-/

You may also want to read a lot of Science Blogs. Reality based existence is so much more fulfilling.

oh, what the hell. Might as well give it a go.

Yea, its one entry per email: The contest will conclude when we reach the 500,000th comment. When will that be? Keep an eye on our Network Statistics to find out. (Limit one entry per email address.)

By Anonymous (not verified) on 01 Oct 2007 #permalink

985 :D

By student_b (not verified) on 01 Oct 2007 #permalink

what

By minimalist (not verified) on 01 Oct 2007 #permalink

Do I win :-)

Thus endeth our lesson.

By Evinfuilt (not verified) on 01 Oct 2007 #permalink

As I recall, it's one entry per e-mail (person), so the number of comments a person makes does not matter.

I'm kindof hoping "Neal" of PZ fame is the winner. ;-)

Worth a punt...

Yea, its one entry per email: The contest will conclude when we reach the 500,000th comment. When will that be? Keep an eye on our Network Statistics to find out. (Limit one entry per email address.)

Ahh, I see. So what Mark meant was people who want to win should be furiously posting so as to reduce the chances of new people entering the contest. Now it makes sense.

Come on 500,000!

It's over, good luck guys!

From what I understand it will take a day or two to figure out who the winners are. If you don't hear from us, it's not you.

My pathetic attempt at free stuff.

By Miguelito (not verified) on 01 Oct 2007 #permalink

I hope that a disemvoweled comment wins. I'd like to see if the sciencebloggers would give the prize to a troll or someone they strongly disagree with.

Intellectual integrity and all.

I expect that the selection committee would want to protect the sci-bloggers from the ethical hazards. Or not. How's it work in the back channels?