Happy Birthday, Randi!

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   Zeno

   7 August 2011 at 9:22 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   I don’t believe in many things, but I believe in Randi. Have an amazing birthday, James!

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   'Tis Himself, OM

   7 August 2011 at 9:30 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Happy natal day to you!
   Happy natal day to you!
   Happy day of birth, dear James Randi!
   Happy natal day to you!

   <Um, the third line doesn’t scan as well as it might.>

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   Caine, Fleur du Mal

   7 August 2011 at 9:37 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Happiest of birthdays, Randi! The world is a better place with you on it.

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   Sili

   7 August 2011 at 9:40 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Why is there still beard on your chin?

   Mary looks great, by the way.

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   Nerd of Redhead

   7 August 2011 at 9:55 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Happy anniversary of your birth Mr. Randi. Keep on amazing us.

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   Glen Davidson

   7 August 2011 at 9:55 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Have an amusing, con-busting birthday, Randi.

   Glen Davidson

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   MadScientist

   7 August 2011 at 10:19 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Dang, comments are closed on the JREF website. Oh well, if the Amazing one reads Pharyngula: Happy Birthday Randi!

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   protopod

   7 August 2011 at 10:32 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Randy and Darwin do kind of look like each other. It’s probably just the beards.

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   nemo the derv

   7 August 2011 at 10:36 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Your T-shirt looks like Darwin to me.
   C’mon, Randi’s not that old(is he?).

   Happy 2,619,280,800th second Randi

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    Rick

    7 August 2011 at 10:46 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Yo P.Zed… I think you mean an “integer number” rather than “integral number”.

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    Jim Norman

    7 August 2011 at 11:16 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Rick,

    Since we’re being gloriously pedantic, over the long haul we measure trips through the four seasons, not solar orbits.

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    procrastinator will get an avatar real soon now

    7 August 2011 at 11:43 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Happy Birthday o Amazing one. Thanks for all you do.

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    Caine, Fleur du Mal

    7 August 2011 at 11:47 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    I have to do this…

    procrastinator will get an avatar real soon now

    :snortle:

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    Brett

    7 August 2011 at 12:07 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    It’s very cool that Randi is still going strong at age 83.

    I want to look like Charles Darwin when I’m at that age, too.

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    myeck waters

    7 August 2011 at 12:17 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Hell, looking like Darwin (or Randi for that matter) would be a major improvement for me now, and I’m almost 30 years younger than Randi-san.

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    rad_pumpkin

    7 August 2011 at 1:10 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Oi! That’s “integer” number, PZ. My inner math major is enraged by your innocent little typo.

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    Sili

    7 August 2011 at 1:26 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Iono – the Integers are the prototypical integral domain.

    /descriptivist

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    J Bowen

    7 August 2011 at 2:48 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    James Randi is one of my greatest heroes. If it were not for him, I’m pretty sure I would be living in a much darker place today.

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMAZING RANDI!

    (Oh, was I shouting? Sorry.)

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    Kompani

    7 August 2011 at 3:48 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Mr Randi have a super birthday.

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    Heidi

    7 August 2011 at 6:32 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Happy Birthday, Amazing Randi!

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    Markita Lynda, healthcare is a damn right.

    7 August 2011 at 8:11 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Mr. Randi, have a happy birthday and many more!

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    Bill

    7 August 2011 at 9:56 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    I had that t-shirt! Bought at the Charles Darwin Research Centre on my (and his) birthday this year; stolen in Costa Rica (along with most of my luggage) before the end of February. Very sad. Planning another trip to replace it.

    Happy birthday, Mr Randi. You are amazing.

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    DLC

    7 August 2011 at 10:19 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Happy Completion of a solar orbit day to you!

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    Ethan

    9 August 2011 at 9:33 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    yey for anon commenting – i never felt like registering for the old pharyngula. anyhoo, i’m agreeing with the people who complain that it should be integer. if you integrate the number of orbits per year (i.e. one), i think you should get half of the square of his age.