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I have never understood why Obituaries are not stored in Newspapers' morgues.

Going only by names I have never been able to be sure if kids TV shows are real or a satire on kids TV shows names. For years I thought it was "The Mighty Morphine Power Rangers"

somitomi wrote: ↑Tue Oct 04, 2022 10:06 pm

The Snide Sniper wrote: ↑Tue Oct 04, 2022 7:17 pm

somitomi wrote: ↑Tue Oct 04, 2022 4:15 pm An RTG-powered phone might actually be feasible...

So long as you're okay with the radiation.

I didn't say it was a good idea, I said it was feasible

Just because we can doesn't mean we should.

I doubt the missile launch which occurred between panels two and three was accidental. However it does seems odd that they didn't fire the fellow who launched it either intentionally or by accident. Maybe he got a stern warning and a note was temporarily put in his file.

Simon and Garfunkel's America is missing, it is the song I am most familiar with.

But, another thing that is the opposite of a Physicist is a toddler, I would be happy to stand next to something a toddler is excited about. I feel like that's a good way to get eaten by a dinosaur or lethally injured by earthmoving equipment... I don't need any assistance from an excited toddler t...

That first one the has the rope attached to the ball and the ground. I recall playing something called Squareball and we didn't even need the rope. Ball and the ground, no rope no pole. I also recall playgrounds where there was just the Ground and a pole, no rope no ball. Those were the worst playgr...

I figured there are two fields of study which produce people who are the opposite of Physicists: Theologians and Psychologists. To be completely honest, I wouldn't stand next to anything that any of them were excited about. But, another thing that is the opposite of a Physicist is a toddler, I would...

"Baby boomers" was coined by an older generation, and when you look at how the phrase was first used , it was to complain about young people's behaviours. Some day, "generation Z" will be the phrase people use when complaining about their elders. The phrase was coined and used t...

I am not surprised that there are thousands of papers on High Energy Psychology . I mean come the only papers you need for Psychology are for doodling on. Conversely I am slightly concerned by the dearth of papers on High Energy Engineering. I honestly think that it is an actual thing and now I find...

I really like the idea of "cursed sounds the human mind cannot comprehend".

I would like one of the powerful magnets.
Post Script: Truly sorry you didn't get any of the grants.

But would we even know how much dark matter we have? Enough or too much? You have to realize that I have never been able to understand why Neutrons don't just float/fall away from the nucleus.

I do recall some auto reply themed xkcd comic(s) but I think it was more along the line of things you could have that were Good, Okay, Bad and Really Wrong!

Tell the participants that the results will affect their final grades. All very hush hush of course.

heuristically_alone wrote: ↑Sat Jul 09, 2022 10:11 pm Would it be bad taste to have a thread of the original 2642 for history's sake?

Probably. Or maybe not. Check back in a year.

jimbobmacdoodle wrote: ↑Wed Jul 06, 2022 7:13 am

Old Bruce wrote: ↑Sun Jun 26, 2022 5:03 pm Would not 1'5 mean one minute five? Or one foot five?

Certainly not one foot five, since that would be 1'5".

I was thinking of the old money thing from England. One and Six pence, the shilling is implied.

I am such a fan of Beret Guy. And I agree that this is similar to his reaction to nature in Winter. He has such an wonderful take on reality. Makes me wonder what his version/vision of Plato's cave would be like.

ratammer wrote: ↑Thu Jul 07, 2022 5:40 am Does anyone else's RSS feed have "No One Was Hurt" instead of "Meta-Alternating Current" as the title for this one?

I don't use the RSS feeds. But now I am intrigued.

For years I thought W was for Water and Fe was for Fire.

ratammer wrote: ↑Tue Jun 28, 2022 8:01 pm
*puts this label on herself with no explanation*

You have to tell us what the numbers are on yours. Enquiring Minds Want to Know.

chridd wrote: ↑Sun Jun 26, 2022 1:11 am Should be 1'5e. I'V isn't a single roman numeral since ' doesn't have a value.

Would not 1'5 mean one minute five? Or one foot five?

It's not a typo when it's called out! But I was thinking of how "IV" is 4 in one place and 15 in another. Just think about how there are most likely similar inconsistencies from people who are using contractions and number substitutions of their own devising. These "innovative" ...

It bothers me that this comic establishes both a baker's day and a baker's fortnight, but that the baker's fortnight is a multiple of regular days instead of baker's days. Bakers are not idiots, they are in it for the money. 15 x 25hrs is going to eat up more than a half of a day's profit compared ...