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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
+ | {{incomplete|Created by an internal monologue. Please edit the thoughts below until complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | ||
− | + | === Botany === | |
+ | Most of the mass of trees is extracted from the air. [http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/greatmomentsinscience/trees-are-made-from-air/9675642#transcript] More precisely: The bulk of the mass of a tree is composed of cellulose and water. Cellulose is a polysaccharide, that is, it's a large molecule consisting of many glucose molecules bonded together. Plants make those glucose molecules through photosynthesis: they make them by combining water and carbon dioxide molecules using the energy from sunlight. Plants get the carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and arguably the water also as it usually comes from rain which is condensed water vapor. | ||
− | + | === Physics === | |
+ | {{w|Gravity}} is one of the four fundamental forces of physics. In everyday experience, most people tend to think of gravity merely as a pervasive downward force, but as a physicist, Cueball is more aware that in fact, all gravitational forces are mutual; any pair of objects will exert an equal and opposite gravitational force on each other, regardless of how big they are. Therefore, he is correct in saying that his phone and the Earth are being "pulled together", and finds it remarkable that he is able to sense this interaction between two objects of such an astronomically disparate size. | ||
− | + | === Computer Security === | |
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Anyone well versed in computer security understands just how insecure the systems that we depend on actually are. | Anyone well versed in computer security understands just how insecure the systems that we depend on actually are. | ||
− | In the title text it is noted that possibly all our systems are already hacked, and we just haven't found out yet. Since malicious hackers do their work covertly, a successful hack often isn't discovered until days, | + | In the title text it is noted that possibly all our systems are already hacked, and we just haven't found out yet. Since malicious hackers do their work covertly, a successful hack often isn't discovered until days, week, or even years later. By that time they may have successfully hacked many other systems using the same techniques and/or exploiting the same widely unknown or un-patched security flaws. Some recent high profile hacks recently discovered, at the time of this posting, include a [[https://securitytoday.com/articles/2018/10/02/facebook-hacked-50-million-users-data-exposed.aspx 50-million user hack of Facebook]] and Google+ announcing they are [[https://www.blog.google/technology/safety-security/project-strobe/ shutting down the consumer side of Google+]] due to a security flaw they knew about months ago. |
− | + | === Graphic Design === | |
{{w|Graphic designer}}s recognize fonts and design elements, and see how they come together. In this comic, the graphic designer wonders how the ''{{w|Law & Order}}'' font was chosen for a particular storefront's sign. ''Law & Order'' is a police procedural TV series created by Dick Wolf in 1990, which has had various spinoffs. The font used for the title sequence of ''Law & Order'' is called {{w|Friz Quadrata}}, and is also the font used for the signage of the New York Police Department headquarters. | {{w|Graphic designer}}s recognize fonts and design elements, and see how they come together. In this comic, the graphic designer wonders how the ''{{w|Law & Order}}'' font was chosen for a particular storefront's sign. ''Law & Order'' is a police procedural TV series created by Dick Wolf in 1990, which has had various spinoffs. The font used for the title sequence of ''Law & Order'' is called {{w|Friz Quadrata}}, and is also the font used for the signage of the New York Police Department headquarters. | ||
− | + | === Medicine === | |
− | Doctors are well versed in | + | Doctors are well versed in human anatomy, and are likely to think about what is inside of people more than the average person would. |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
+ | {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | ||
+ | :'''Internal Monologues''' | ||
+ | :from various fields | ||
− | :[ | + | :[Five characters are shown, with their monologues inside thought bubbles, and labeled as to their respective fields.] |
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− | :Botany | + | :'''Botany''' |
:Megan: I can't get over the fact that trees are made of air. | :Megan: I can't get over the fact that trees are made of air. | ||
− | :Physics | + | :'''Physics''' |
− | :Cueball | + | :Cueball (looking at a phone): It's so weird that I can feel the Earth and my phone being pulled together. |
− | :Computer security | + | :'''Computer security''' |
− | : | + | :Shoulder length hair woman: I wonder if today will be the day everyone gets hacked and it all finally collapses. |
− | :Graphic design | + | :'''Graphic design''' |
:Hairy: I wonder how that store ended up with the Law & Order font for their sign. | :Hairy: I wonder how that store ended up with the Law & Order font for their sign. | ||
− | :Medicine | + | :'''Medicine''' |
:Ponytail: We're all acting normal even though we're full of blood and bones and poop. | :Ponytail: We're all acting normal even though we're full of blood and bones and poop. | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Hairy]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Hairy]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]] | ||
− | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Comics featuring Blondie]] |
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