A Quick Note

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1. John Scalzi says:
   October 17, 2012 at 2:41 pm

   I mean, besides THIS ONE.
2. Randall says:
   October 17, 2012 at 2:41 pm

   Me!
3. Jim Bentley says:
   October 17, 2012 at 2:42 pm

   This one~?
4. rob wynne says:
   October 17, 2012 at 2:42 pm

   How about this one?
5. Ewan says:
   October 17, 2012 at 2:42 pm

   Score!
6. Lanna Lee Maheux (@lannalee) says:
   October 17, 2012 at 2:42 pm

   Trying my luck at awesomness.
7. John Scott says:
   October 17, 2012 at 2:42 pm

   Awesome
8. Randall says:
   October 17, 2012 at 2:42 pm

   Now I wish I’d said something more profound.
9. bumper67 says:
   October 17, 2012 at 2:42 pm

   Can it be me>
10. OldBrownSquirrel says:
    October 17, 2012 at 2:42 pm

    Me?
11. yourownfacts says:
    October 17, 2012 at 2:42 pm

    Ah, missed it by that much.

    If I have not seen as far as others, it is only because giants have been standing on my shoulders.
12. Jim Bentley says:
    October 17, 2012 at 2:42 pm

    Ahhhhh beaten.
13. tyger11 says:
    October 17, 2012 at 2:42 pm

    That’s valuable real estate!
14. Lanna Lee Maheux (@lannalee) says:
    October 17, 2012 at 2:42 pm

    Fail. But that’s okay. I’ll work through the pain.
15. John Scalzi says:
    October 17, 2012 at 2:43 pm

    Congratulations Randall!
16. Griffin Barber says:
    October 17, 2012 at 2:43 pm

    gah
17. Giorgio S. Germanos says:
    October 17, 2012 at 2:43 pm

    Dang!
18. Graebel says:
    October 17, 2012 at 2:43 pm

    oh me?
19. matt mikalatos says:
    October 17, 2012 at 2:43 pm

    you should keep track of how many comments you mallet!
20. Greg Lynch Jr. says:
    October 17, 2012 at 2:43 pm

    What is the count on troll posts?
21. Giorgio S. Germanos says:
    October 17, 2012 at 2:43 pm

    Yeah, I knew I missed it…. Hence m y D*** word above….
22. bumper67 says:
    October 17, 2012 at 2:44 pm

    John, i’m jealous of the sunrise pic.
23. Randall says:
    October 17, 2012 at 2:45 pm

    Cheers, Mr. Scalzi. I think I shall add this accomplishment to my bio if not also my resume.
24. Troy Johnson says:
    October 17, 2012 at 2:45 pm

    First?
25. shaunaroberts says:
    October 17, 2012 at 2:45 pm

    Trying to be first.
26. John P. Needham says:
    October 17, 2012 at 2:46 pm

    comment
27. Troy Johnson says:
    October 17, 2012 at 2:46 pm

    Ah. That seemed unlikely. :-)
28. crotchetyoldfan says:
    October 17, 2012 at 2:46 pm

    oh man! I’m so far down the list there’s no point in writing anything
29. John P. Needham says:
    October 17, 2012 at 2:47 pm

    crud, well done everyone ^^^ up there. *sigh*
30. Ron Mitchell says:
    October 17, 2012 at 2:48 pm

    Nooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Darn you to heck Randall. You commenting commentor who comments
31. Joe says:
    October 17, 2012 at 2:49 pm

    yo
32. Eric Coleman says:
    October 17, 2012 at 2:49 pm

    I’m going for 300,247!
33. Farley says:
    October 17, 2012 at 2:50 pm

    OMG. Is Gmail slow or what?
34. rick says:
    October 17, 2012 at 2:53 pm

    300034
35. ricknm505 says:
    October 17, 2012 at 2:54 pm

    300035
36. ricknm505 says:
    October 17, 2012 at 2:55 pm

    I was sorely tempted to see how many it would take to get the mallet
37. Greg says:
    October 17, 2012 at 2:58 pm

    always the bridesmaid, never the bride.
38. Jim C. says:
    October 17, 2012 at 2:59 pm

    So I’m number 300,035? Yay!!
39. Randall says:
    October 17, 2012 at 3:00 pm

    Ron, as the kids say, don’t hate the playa!
40. Peter Cibulskis says:
    October 17, 2012 at 3:02 pm

    DOH
41. Fogeyman says:
    October 17, 2012 at 3:05 pm

    This is what I get for reading this blog in an RSS reader.
42. Jonathan Vos Post says:
    October 17, 2012 at 3:05 pm

    I’m late. Because of nonlocality and stochasticity. I was just concluding a 4,550 words of fiction writing day at noon, with the 2nd chapter I wrote today in Batshit Crazy, 2,700 word Ch. 113 “Mind of God” — with this slightly related paragraph.
    “And that brings us back around to your saying that Einstein said that Spinoza said that we all exist within the Mind of God. Isn’t that the same question as ‘How can one tell if one is in a dream or not?’ or ‘How can one tell if one is in a simulation?’”
    “I guess that depends on what one means by ‘the Mind of God.’ And is the Mind of God governed by the laws of Quantum Mechanics? Good question.”
43. Greg says:
    October 17, 2012 at 3:06 pm

    hey, wait a sec, the link to Randall’s post says it’s comment 385641

    http://whatever.scalzi.com/2012/10/17/a-quick-note/#comment-385641
44. MasterThief says:
    October 17, 2012 at 3:08 pm

    The extras are probably the spam comments.
45. MasterThief says:
    October 17, 2012 at 3:08 pm

    Also, this post is a prime number.
46. Tad says:
    October 17, 2012 at 3:09 pm

    I’m impressed that you counted all the way to 300,000. I normally get bored after a few hundred. I take it the writing projects are over…
47. John says:
    October 17, 2012 at 3:10 pm

    Nuts to that; I want the 333,333rd comment. (Commenting to edge that counter up…)
48. Mark S. says:
    October 17, 2012 at 3:22 pm

    I’m aiming for 345,678th comment
49. JD says:
    October 17, 2012 at 3:22 pm

    300,050!?
50. Matt O says:
    October 17, 2012 at 3:36 pm

    Is this what it takes to get people to send you dozens of free books a week??? Being EXTREMELY POPULAR?!!?

    Oh. Well, that makes sense.

    Cool.
51. tygerstripes says:
    October 17, 2012 at 3:38 pm

    Does Randall get a prize? Hesh should get a prize.
52. Dani says:
    October 17, 2012 at 3:49 pm

    300,052!
53. Randall says:
    October 17, 2012 at 4:13 pm

    I like the way tygerstripes thinks. Send me all your prizes, folks. It’s the right thing to do.
54. Alex says:
    October 17, 2012 at 4:21 pm

    stupid lunch break, I miss all the cool things
55. Steve L says:
    October 17, 2012 at 4:36 pm

    Does that count comments that have been Lovingly Corrected by the Mallet or just comments that have stuck around for the long haul?
56. Greg says:
    October 17, 2012 at 4:49 pm

    Master: The extras are probably the spam comments.

    Mmm. yes.

    tasty spam….
57. tygerstripes says:
    October 17, 2012 at 5:30 pm

    Well, it was a race, right? When someone says ‘OnetwothreeGO!’, that makes it a race. And whoever wins a race, i.e. Randall, should have a prize.
    Unless it’s a caucus race, in which case, we should all have prizes. Not that I think this is a caucus race; but then again, maybe it is. Then Scalzi could hand out comfits to us all. In which case, Randall, you can have mine.
    Not much of a prize, but it’s all I happen to have in my virtual pocket at the mo.
58. Mike says:
    October 17, 2012 at 5:37 pm

    I’m a little disappointed…if ever there were a thread where it would have been funny to disable comments, it would have been this one.
59. htom says:
    October 17, 2012 at 5:50 pm

    Was that an official “Go!”? He didn’t say “Ready, Set ….” 385814, unless someone’s posting in some other thread.
60. htom says:
    October 17, 2012 at 5:51 pm

    …825 Yes, they were!
61. Randall says:
    October 17, 2012 at 7:29 pm

    Let’s not bicker and argue over whether it was a race or no. This is meant to be a happy occasion. As such, send me tribute.
62. Matt Mikalatos says:
    October 17, 2012 at 8:08 pm

    Randall, I shall send you two tributes from my district, chosen by lot.
63. Matt McIrvin says:
    October 17, 2012 at 10:10 pm

    I graciously declined to compete since I was already the 250,000th commenter on Crooked Timber.
64. rcs says:
    October 17, 2012 at 11:31 pm

    There may not be a prize for being the 300,000 commenter, but I at least found a new blog to read. Thanks Randall!
65. Frankly says:
    October 18, 2012 at 6:24 am

    John – I saw this comic today & thought of you & your discussion of that fluid you ingest from the gas station:
    http://www.arcamax.com/thefunnies/zits/

    Congrats to whomever is 300k, to the crew here that makes visiting fun & mostly to you for being such a great host!

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