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Comment on Signed Book Timeline by Andy Georges

Andy Georges — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:14:35 +0000

Have not seen any shipment here either, nor any notification, …

Comment on Omegle by Shannon

Shannon — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:44:23 +0000

You’re now chatting with a random stranger. Say hi!
You: You have one post to impress me. Go!
Stranger: Meh, you’re not worth impressing.
You: Hah, you just earned respect
Stranger: I know. It’s what I expected to happen.
You: Do the letters “xkcd” mean anything to you?
Stranger: They mean a webcomic to me, so yes.
You: Yay!!!
You: Is that how you heard about this site?
Stranger: No, I found out about this on a forum.
You: Oh. Well, I’m still jazzed that you know xkcd.
Stranger: Thanks. It’s rather popular, though.
You: I suppose. Still, anyone who doesn’t write “asl” or “cock” is a nice change on here.
Stranger: But the people who do can be entertaining at times.
You: Entertaining at first, annoying soon thereafter.
You: So, you’ve already impressed me.
You: Got anything interesting to share?
Stranger: Not off hand, no.
You: Eh, that’s okay. Did you read today’s xkcd?
Stranger: Not yet, no. I haven’t been home much today. Been busy with my job.
You: It’s a good one. Sparked quite a bit of religious debate on the forums.
Stranger: Oh boy… There’s nothing like a good old religious debate.
You: Agreed.
Stranger: How heated did it get?
You: There was no eye-gouging, but quite a bit of mocking and name-calling. And then there are the people who jump in to debate about whether or not we should be debating.
You: But we’re all just big nerds at heart, so it’s in good fun.
Stranger: It’s not like non-nerd read xkcd. :P
You: I’m happy with nerd status. We make the most money down the road ;)
Stranger: Or live in your mom’s basement for the next 40 years playing DnD. :P
You: Yeah, it does tend to be one or the other.
Stranger: Got a 50-50 chance. Flip a coin to find out?
You: Which is heads and which is tails?
Stranger: We’ll have to do an experiment across the nerd demographic to see which one favors success and which favors success at basement dwelling.
You: Success is in the eye of the beholder, after all.
Stranger: Exactly. Social success or personal success are two vastly different things.
You: Unless you’re extremely lucky. Or find a way to make a living at DnD.
Stranger: Or both!
You: :)
You: Thanks for this conversation, Stranger, but I really should be getting back to work. You are not in the least a disappointment. Congrats
Stranger: Thanks. Good luck with work then.
You: Same to you, mate
You: COCK!
You have disconnected.

Comment on I need G1 tech support. by George

George — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:10:43 +0000

see.. iPhone’s aren’t all bad ;)

Comment on Notes by Serenity

Serenity — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:44:34 +0000

Was I the only one to notice that on Jurrasic Park the “Grant” & “Sattler” lines start out in one position and then change name placing when you get to the next naming convention?
Or, mayhap there’s a reason for that, which I’m not privy to.

Comment on The Goddamn Airplane on the Goddamn Treadmill by Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:04:21 +0000

Forget about the airplane and the treadmill. Instead, consider whether a truck with a model helicopter in the enclosed cargo area will weigh the same whether the copter is hovering or powered off and sitting on the floor. In my aeronautics classes, I found this scenario much more interesting than the plane/treadmill.

Extra Credit: what if the truck has an open top?

Comment on Notes by Steve

Steve — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:07:30 +0000

I have to point out that 12 angry man is technically wrong. During the filming of the film to increase the sense of claustrophobia and pressure they slowly reduced the size of the set, so technically the lines should get slightly closer together as they progress.

I refer to the original here. While I don’t know of any remake,while reading the fora to see if anyone had pointed this out already I saw a suggestion that there was one.

Comment on Notes by Ari Rochmann

Ari Rochmann — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:01:08 +0000

One of my favorite sites for visualized information such as this: http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/. He just published a book as well.

Comment on Urinal protocol vulnerability by Samuel Brack (samuelbrack) 's status on Friday, 06-Nov-09 14:06:14 UTC - Identi.ca

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:06:18 +0000

[...] http://blag.xkcd.com/2009/09/02/urinal-protocol-vulnerability/ a few seconds ago from Choqok [...]

Comment on Physics for Entertainment by Irina

Irina — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:53:52 +0000

I have both books at home, in Romanian! I remember reading them when I was a kid! They are wonderful, and I’m sure I’ll read them again when I go home for Christmas.

Thanks for reminding me about them!

Comment on Omegle by ownedmegle

ownedmegle — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:19:31 +0000

You: where you located
Stranger: Finland
You: wasn’t that apart of Russia once upon a time?
Stranger: yeah and sweden also
You: fucking communists.
You have disconnected.