# Ed Zotti speaking at University of Tennessee Knoxville October 24 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 18, 2012, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-speaking-at-university-of-tennessee-knoxville-october-24/638123 "2012-10-18T13:45:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-speaking-at-university-of-tennessee-knoxville-october-24/638123/1 "2012-10-18T13:45:41Z")
Ed Zotti: Research and Writing in the Age of Wikipedia October 24th, 2012 7:00pm UC Auditorium Free for all Credited as being the “editor and confidant” of Cecil Adams, the writer of the nationally syndicated column The Straight Dope and multiple books. The books, columns and website all claim to be “Fighting Ignorance Since 1973 (It’s taking longer than we thought)”, and provide answers to all sort of absurd questions. We are sure the students on UT’s campus will have a few good ones that Mr. Zotti will be able to answer (with the expertise of the smartest man alive, Mr. Adams, of course!) [http://activities.utk.edu/2012/10/ed-zotti/](http://activities.utk.edu/2012/10/ed-zotti/) Apparently only open to people with UT ID but maybe some of you are students or faculty and/or have friends that are so equipped. ---
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-speaking-at-university-of-tennessee-knoxville-october-24/638123/2 "2012-10-18T13:54:52Z")
Any webcast available? ---
**Author:** ![hbailey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@hbailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hbailey)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-speaking-at-university-of-tennessee-knoxville-october-24/638123/3 "2012-10-18T17:43:04Z")
Actually anyone can attend the event for free and I encourage anyone who can to do so! I am on the committee bringing him to the campus, so if anyone has anyone questions I would be more than happy to answer them for you. ---
**Author:** ![hbailey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@hbailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hbailey)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-speaking-at-university-of-tennessee-knoxville-october-24/638123/4 "2012-10-18T17:44:17Z")
> [@Indian](#): > > Any webcast available? Sorry, there will not be a webcast. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-speaking-at-university-of-tennessee-knoxville-october-24/638123/5 "2012-10-18T18:31:45Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > We are sure the students on UT’s campus will have a few good ones that Mr. Zotti will be able to answer (with the expertise of the smartest man alive, Mr. Adams, of course!) You mean maybe we can finally find out what “14 k of g in a f p d” means?!?! ---
**Author:** ![Simple\_Linctus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-speaking-at-university-of-tennessee-knoxville-october-24/638123/6 "2012-10-18T18:55:16Z")
> [@hbailey](#): > > Sorry, there will not be a webcast. Is that for policy reasons or just lack of expertise or whatever? Cause if the latter then I’m sure other posters here can help you set it up ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-speaking-at-university-of-tennessee-knoxville-october-24/638123/7 "2012-10-18T19:43:10Z")
As a Knoxville doper, I am pissed that I’ll be out of town. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-speaking-at-university-of-tennessee-knoxville-october-24/638123/8 "2012-10-18T19:59:03Z")
How sad that this isn’t being held on a Tuesday, because See You Next Wednesday doesn’t quite have the same ring to it. ---
**Author:** ![hbailey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@hbailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hbailey)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-speaking-at-university-of-tennessee-knoxville-october-24/638123/9 "2012-10-18T20:01:20Z")
> [@Simple\_Linctus](#): > > Is that for policy reasons or just lack of expertise or whatever? Cause if the latter then I’m sure other posters here can help you set it up This is usually our policy, but I will send a letter to our director to see if it would be allowed for this event. We have the expertise, so maybe we can arrange one if there would be a demand. ---
**Author:** ![Simple\_Linctus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-speaking-at-university-of-tennessee-knoxville-october-24/638123/10 "2012-10-18T20:14:02Z")
I would like it if it is recorded definitely, whether I watched it live giving it would be starting at midnight here I am not sure, possibly. And another feature you could add would be for internet participants to ask questions at the end. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-speaking-at-university-of-tennessee-knoxville-october-24/638123/11 "2012-10-18T20:27:18Z")
It’s only Ed, not Cecil, what’s the big deal? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-speaking-at-university-of-tennessee-knoxville-october-24/638123/12 "2012-10-18T21:37:30Z")
Now we can finally get an answer to the question “Does Ed Zotti really exist?” ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-speaking-at-university-of-tennessee-knoxville-october-24/638123/13 "2012-10-18T22:58:32Z")
Can’t go. Working, & no money. ---
**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-speaking-at-university-of-tennessee-knoxville-october-24/638123/14 "2012-10-18T23:03:24Z")
Another vote here for a webcast - that would be very useful. Lots of interested people don’t live near enough to attend, but would be able to “attend” remotely to a live webcast or view a recording. If not, that’s understandable, but digital access to lectures and speeches is becoming an expectation, not an extra. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-speaking-at-university-of-tennessee-knoxville-october-24/638123/15 "2012-10-18T23:30:40Z")
You have a large audience here that would be thrilled to view a webcast and/or a streaming recording of this lecture. Please try your best to arrange it. It would be greatly appreciated by many. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-speaking-at-university-of-tennessee-knoxville-october-24/638123/16 "2012-10-19T01:07:06Z")
I hope someone asks him about the language restrictions it The Pit. And avatars. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-speaking-at-university-of-tennessee-knoxville-october-24/638123/17 "2012-10-19T01:49:16Z")
> [@hbailey](#): > > Sorry, there will not be a webcast. What about pie? -D/a ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-speaking-at-university-of-tennessee-knoxville-october-24/638123/18 "2012-10-19T02:19:44Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I hope someone asks him about the language restrictions it The Pit. > > And avatars. I’m just an hour south of Knoxville. I’m tempted to go just to do this. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-speaking-at-university-of-tennessee-knoxville-october-24/638123/19 "2012-10-19T14:00:08Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I hope someone asks him about the language restrictions it The Pit. > > And avatars. See, I would so do this, but I’m working out of town right now. If someone goes, we should come up with a question that would totally surprise him…oh wait :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-speaking-at-university-of-tennessee-knoxville-october-24/638123/20 "2012-10-19T14:16:40Z")
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