Editing Talk:1405: Meteor

If meteors fall, then what is a meteoric rise? [[User:Rfvtg|Rfvtg]] ([[User talk:Rfvtg|talk]]) 04:54, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
:Fast. [[Special:Contributions/103.22.201.120|103.22.201.120]] 08:12, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
:: See [[1115]] for explanation [[User:Spongebog|Spongebog]] ([[User talk:Spongebog|talk]]) 11:19, 8 August 2014 (UTC)

The legend of this comic might refer to pedology, the study of soil. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.53.87|173.245.53.87]] 06:56, 8 August 2014 (UTC)

But the sky <i> is </i> blue. It is a desaturated blue with a center wavelength of 474 to 476 nm.      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffuse_sky_radiation       The statement that the sky is "anything but blue" is wrong.[[User:ExternalMonolog|ExternalMonolog]] ([[User talk:ExternalMonolog|talk]]) 08:34, 8 August 2014 (UTC)ExternalMonolog

does anyone else find the capitalization variation of LAVA vs lava funny?  In all seriousness that would make them two different programming variables... However it is hard to notice and isn't clear on what the difference in meaning should be.  This is one of the reason for using Object mObject instead of Object object in java.
[[User:Mr.Smiley|Mr.Smiley]] ([[User talk:Mr.Smiley|talk]]) 10:28, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
:I think it might just be for emphasis.  The pedantic Cueball is becoming exasperated with the person who's getting it 'wrong'. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.54.205|173.245.54.205]] 11:30, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
And to everybody who is't a pedantic nerd, it's a rock.[[User:Seebert|Seebert]] ([[User talk:Seebert|talk]]) 13:37, 8 August 2014 (UTC)

Is my transcription incomplete? I feel like it is because I published it really early and I have not done many transcriptions here. [[User:InAndOutLand|InAndOutLand]] ([[User talk:InAndOutLand|talk]]) 15:02, 8 August 2014 (UTC)


;JOKE:What has more nutritional value, a small rock in space or a small rock falling from space onto the Earth?

:A small rock falling from space onto the Earth because it is a little meatier(meteor) [[Special:Contributions/108.162.246.220|108.162.246.220]] 06:24, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

A {{w|meteor}} (follow the link!) ''is not'' an intermediate stage in the lifespan of a chunk of rock between a meteoroid and a meteorite; it is the streak of light ''produced'' by a meteoroid during its descent through the atmosphere.  It spoils the joke if we're not pedantic about the pedantry!  —[[User:TobyBartels|TobyBartels]] ([[User talk:TobyBartels|talk]]) 08:35, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

Nice. A lot of meteorites on the earths surface today come from broken apart, differentiated asteroidal parent bodies so they ''were'' magma once. The rocky planets have grown through accretion of meteorites so all of the earths magma used to be elsewhere in the solarsystem at the very start. Plus, with temps so high under the crust, anything found down there would be molten and dissolved in the magma anyway and called such. Mark.[[User:Squirreltape|Squirreltape]] ([[User talk:Squirreltape|talk]]) 15:49, 13 August 2014 (UTC)

Mnemonic:  In the void, meteoroid. On the site, meteorite. Neither/Nor: meteor. {{unsigned|CoderLass}}
:Great. I didn't know this maybe because I'm German. But this is worth for the explain section so I will add this. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 22:04, 5 November 2014 (UTC)


There is a [[explain_xkcd:Community_portal/Proposals#Merge_Cueball_.26_Rob|community portal discussion]] of what to call Cueball and what to do in case with more than one Cueball. I have added this comic to the new Category:Multiple Cueballs. Since Randall is the one with the hobby and also the one that Cueball represents I have changed the reference to Cueball in this explanation and transcript to represent this fact. I have also made a note of this fact and the fact that the friend looks like Cueball.--[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 14:55, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
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 There is a [[explain_xkcd:Community_portal/Proposals#Merge_Cueball_.26_Rob|community portal discussion]] of what to call Cueball and what to do in case with more than one Cueball. I have added this comic to the new Category:Multiple Cueballs. Since Randall is the one with the hobby and also the one that Cueball represents I have changed the reference to Cueball in this explanation and transcript to represent this fact. I have also made a note of this fact and the fact that the friend looks like Cueball.--[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 14:55, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
-It's not rocket surgery. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.62.82|172.69.62.82]] 17:34, 11 July 2018 (UTC)
-Is the main cueball 'Rob' or 'Randall'?