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The other title text references:<br />
https://meteoritecar.com/<br />
https://alabamanewscenter.com/2017/11/30/on-this-day-in-alabama-history-meteorite-struck-oak-groves-ann-hodges/<br />
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelyabinsk_meteor<br />
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event<br />
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I often wish for cool lights in the sky tho...<br />
: Not a bad wish to have. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.238.39|108.162.238.39]] 21:58, 12 August 2020 (UTC)<br />
:: Though someone could think of wanting that, it wouldn't be anyone's first most important choice if you told them they could have a wish granted, unlike the things listed in the wish part of this diagram.--[[Special:Contributions/172.68.38.52|172.68.38.52]] 05:57, 13 August 2020 (UTC)<br />
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Am I the only person who wishes for radio noise? [[User:GreatWyrmGold|GreatWyrmGold]] ([[User talk:GreatWyrmGold|talk]]) 21:53, 12 August 2020 (UTC)<br />
: Enough radio noise on the right frequencies could drown out talk radio, so ... you're not the only one wishing. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.238.39|108.162.238.39]] 21:58, 12 August 2020 (UTC)<br />
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Meteors relative speed to Earth is surely high. However, note that Earth's orbital speed is 29.78 km/s, while the average orbital speed of meteoroids is 20km/s. In many cases it's therefore Earth which hits the meteors with it's high orbital speed ... -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 00:37, 13 August 2020 (UTC)<br />
: A laughable claim, Mister Bond, perpetuated by overzealous teachers of science.<br />
: (The unsigned comment above looked to be continued in the unsigned comment below, until I came here to day something and saw they were separate. Hey, people...) It would help if you could say "average at 20km/s ''whilst crossing Earth's orbit''...", because averaged across its entire track might include a lot of drifting around 'out there' and maybe zooming by (or not) during the perihelion segment. And then you only need to worry about retrograde ones (20+29.78, for a palpably mutual hit) and all kinds of other directions of cross, not just ones obviously aphelioning at 1AU in a relatively recently induced orbit that is about to end. Someone must have a table of (known/calculated) closing speeds, as well as directional components defined to Earth's frame-of-reference. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.132|141.101.98.132]] 04:08, 13 August 2020 (UTC)<br />
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With the valuable minerals contained within meteorites, it's reasonable that shooting stars could cause money/power. And to astrogeologists, there's success right there!<br />
: If someone makes money off of selling a meteor they found, it's because they are a rare curiosity or of scientific value, not due to the minerals being of high value if they didn't come from a meteor. Though there are some historical cases of people without the technology to forge iron normally making iron tools from a meteor. However, someone finding the meteor on the ground later is a little different than the direct results of it falling (as the chart says things caused by "shooting stars" not "meteor rocks")--[[Special:Contributions/172.68.38.52|172.68.38.52]] 05:57, 13 August 2020 (UTC)<br />
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Gee, and here I thought he was making a pun to do with assassinating celebrities. -- [[Special:Contributions/172.69.68.157|172.69.68.157]]</div>172.69.68.157https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2305:_Coronavirus_Polling&diff=191879Talk:2305: Coronavirus Polling2020-05-11T20:30:39Z<p>172.69.68.157: </p>
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Wow am I first? If you want to get the public disunited, wait till you start to try to lift lockdown. Everyone has a different opinion of what to do first and when to do it! From Wales (Dis-UK) [[User:RIIW - Ponder it|RIIW - Ponder it]] ([[User talk:RIIW - Ponder it|talk]]) 20:14, 11 May 2020 (UTC)<br />
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Worth mentioning is the the last COVID poll referenced [http://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/15/poll-dont-stop-social-distancing-coronavirus-spread-187290] is actually a month old as of the publication of this comic ("The poll was conducted April 10-12" - whereas the comic is dated May 11.) I suspect the 81% number has shifted in the time since that poll data was current.[[Special:Contributions/172.69.68.157|172.69.68.157]] 20:28, 11 May 2020 (UTC)MeZimm</div>172.69.68.157https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2305:_Coronavirus_Polling&diff=191878Talk:2305: Coronavirus Polling2020-05-11T20:28:08Z<p>172.69.68.157: 2nd comment about the last COVID poll on the list</p>
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Wow am I first? If you want to get the public disunited, wait till you start to try to lift lockdown. Everyone has a different opinion of what to do first and when to do it! From Wales (Dis-UK) [[User:RIIW - Ponder it|RIIW - Ponder it]] ([[User talk:RIIW - Ponder it|talk]]) 20:14, 11 May 2020 (UTC)<br />
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Worth mentioning is the the last COVID poll referenced [http://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/15/poll-dont-stop-social-distancing-coronavirus-spread-187290] showing 81% agreement on the statement ''"Americans should continue to social distance for as long as is needed to curb the spread of coronavirus, even if it means continued damage to the economy."'' is actually a month old as of the publication of this comic ("The poll was conducted April 10-12.") I suspect the number has shifted in the time since that poll data was current.[[Special:Contributions/172.69.68.157|172.69.68.157]] 20:28, 11 May 2020 (UTC)MeZimm</div>172.69.68.157https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2259:_Networking_Problems&diff=186413Talk:2259: Networking Problems2020-01-24T18:29:07Z<p>172.69.68.157: </p>
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I just had an issue the other day with copying disk images to a network drive using <code>smbclient</code> on Linux Mint. The transfer would only run at 1 to 2 MB/s. Then I discovered that if I opened the mounted drive in the GUI file explorer and refreshed the directory where I was copying the image to, it would consistently cause the copy operation to jump to 40 to 60 MB/s and stay there for the rest of the operation. I concluded that <code>smbclient</code> must run on actual sorcery. [[User:Aaron Rotenberg|Aaron Rotenberg]] ([[User talk:Aaron Rotenberg|talk]]) 18:02, 24 January 2020 (UTC)<br />
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Yeah, can confirm that even the high end of 'normal computer problems' can result in belief in the occult and/or paranormal operation of computers. I now attempt to moderate my brainwaves into positive only flow to make sure I do not negatively effect the computer through quantum effects on the bits and operation. If i get frustrated or confused by the computer for an extended time, i put it down and walk away until I have more of a 'can do' attitude. Then of coarse there was that time that.... it may be too late for me, but there are puzzling computer problems to explore so I... remember me as I was. ~Litppunk 18:26, 24 January 2020 (UTC)</div>172.69.68.157https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2259:_Networking_Problems&diff=186411Talk:2259: Networking Problems2020-01-24T18:27:38Z<p>172.69.68.157: </p>
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I just had an issue the other day with copying disk images to a network drive using <code>smbclient</code> on Linux Mint. The transfer would only run at 1 to 2 MB/s. Then I discovered that if I opened the mounted drive in the GUI file explorer and refreshed the directory where I was copying the image to, it would consistently cause the copy operation to jump to 40 to 60 MB/s and stay there for the rest of the operation. I concluded that <code>smbclient</code> must run on actual sorcery. [[User:Aaron Rotenberg|Aaron Rotenberg]] ([[User talk:Aaron Rotenberg|talk]]) 18:02, 24 January 2020 (UTC)<br />
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Yeah, can confirm that even the high end of 'normal computer problems' can result in belief in the occult and/or paranormal operation of computers. I now attempt to moderate my brainwaves into positive only flow to make sure I do not negatively effect the computer through quantum effects on the bits and operation. If i get frustrated or confused by the computer for an extended time, i put it down and walk away until I have more of a 'can do' attitude. Then of coarse there was that time that.... it may be too late for me, but there are puzzling computer problems to explore so I... remember me as I was. [[Litppunk]] 18:26, 24 January 2020 (UTC)</div>172.69.68.157