xkcd makes me sad

[LittleSin]

New xkcd is huge...and beautiful.

 

[evilmike]

Wicked Glitch has a spoiler map for "click and drag"

Spoiler

They also have a mega-huge version here. (Not browser friendly, better to download.)

I must admit that I got through about a third of the content before deciding to look for a full view.

 

[evilmike]

Found a zoomable version here.

 

[evilmike]

An interesting picture sent from Curiosity -- scientists believe this to be a dried up stream bed.

 

[evilmike]

Guess who wants to be mayor of Mars.

 

[evilmike]

Found on Bad Astronomy:

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A transit of Phobos as viewed from the Opportunity Rover​

 

[ThatNickGuy]

Oh god. It's Mr. Popo!

 

[evilmike]

Will you be in @TimesSquareNYC for New Year's Eve? Look for a special message from Mars on the giant Toshiba screens.

 

[evilmike]

Also,
Mars Rover 2013: Curiosity To Head For Mount Sharp In February

 

[evilmike]

I recently ran across a picture taken by Opportunity. I think it really gives you a sense of how much the rover has traveled:

The picture was taken 8 years ago.​

 

[Dave]

xkcd may not be the best comic out there, but it does help learn things sometimes.

How long could you live swimming in a pool with radiated spent fuel rods at the bottom?

 

[tegid]

Almost all xkcd what-ifs are fantastic!

 

[Just Me]

Almost all xkcd what-ifs are fantastic!

Oh so true!

 

[Calleja]

Almost all xkcd what-ifs are fantastic!

what do you mean "almost"? Show me ONE that isn't! ONE!

 

[Just Me]

I still laugh everytime I remember that little "For scale - For Gondor" in that one: http://what-if.xkcd.com/20/

Some of them are a bit too over my head (cost of pennies comes to mind http://what-if.xkcd.com/22/), too much numbers to get anything out of it (at least for someone as numerically challenged as me).

And once again there's lots of laugh and awesome in here http://what-if.xkcd.com/18/ just because "They'll shoot their eyes out" references.

 

[bhamv3]

The laser pointer one is probably my favorite.

"What if we tried more power?"

 

[Gusto]

ElJuski Charlie Don't Surf

Don't hate me guys but.... now that Achewood's not really a thing anymore, I've been poking my head into xkcd now and then...[DOUBLEPOST=1358952408][/DOUBLEPOST]My favourite what-if is still the first one: pitcher throws baseball at 0.9c.

 

[Charlie Don't Surf]

ElJuski Charlie Don't Surf

Don't hate me guys but.... now that Achewood's not really a thing anymore, I've been poking my head into xkcd now and then...

dead to me

also: Gun Show, Hark A Vagrant

 

[Gusto]

dead to me

also: Gun Show, Hark A Vagrant

GUN SHOW! I've been meaning to work through those archives.

Already into H!aV but it updates too infrequently for me to be in love with it or anything.

And if it's any consolation, I've reread all of Achewood more than I've read single comics from xkcd.

 

[Chaz]

xkcd may not be the best comic out there, but it does help learn things sometimes.

How long could you live swimming in a pool with radiated spent fuel rods at the bottom?

It would interest you to know that here at Penn State, we have an open core research fission reactor in a pool of water. There's no other shielding.

 

[bhamv3]

Imagine if you crossed Randall Munroe with Stephen Fry. He'd be the most interesting man ever.

 

[Charlie Don't Surf]

It would interest you to know that here at Penn State, we have an open core research fission reactor in a pool of water. There's no other shielding.

um

 

[Gusto]

um

Dave turned off guest posting again at my request. Shouldn't be a problem.

 

[ElJuski]

ewww xkcd

 

[Gusto]

ewww xkcd

Hey guy.

I summoned you.

 

[GasBandit]

Hey guy.

I summoned you.

He's not your guy, buddy.

 

[GasBandit]

He's not your buddy, pal.

I'm not your pal, friend!

 

[Calleja]

So we're not getting any more Chazguest posts?

 

[ElJuski]

Hey guy.

I summoned you.

I'm like a genie, except instead of magic, it's internet vanity.

Slightly more on topic, I haven't read any webcomics in a loooong time. They just don't cut it for me anymore.

 

[Calleja]

I'm the same, barring the occasional one-day visit to the current Penny Arcade, webcomics are kinda like blogs to me.... something from years and years ago.

 

[GasBandit]

If you're not reading SMBC, you're doing yourself a grand disservice.

 

[Charlie Don't Surf]

Gun Show deals out ownage on a daily basis

 

[GasBandit]

Gun Show deals out ownage on a daily basis

More like on a tri-weekly basis, unfortunately.

 

[Calleja]

I thought Gun Shows were evil and killed people

 

[GasBandit]

I thought Gun Shows were evil and killed people

Technically you could call that "dishing out ownage."