Talk:3244: Pullback Drive - Revision history

81.179.199.253 at 23:14, 16 May 2026

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Velocifyer at 22:05, 16 May 2026

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82.132.238.68 at 15:29, 15 May 2026

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RG at 00:51, 15 May 2026

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82.13.184.33 at 08:30, 14 May 2026

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82.196.111.48 at 19:06, 13 May 2026

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2001:569:FBCA:1700:986:CE3B:3243:855 at 00:47, 13 May 2026

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81.179.199.253 at 21:12, 12 May 2026

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206.209.15.112: Rough estimates for order of magnitude.

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Rough estimates for order of magnitude.

2A02:3100:8BAC:FE00:1E1B:DFF:FE9F:401D: Gyrobus

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Gyrobus

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 ::It'll be a direct call-back to the comic [[1288: Substitutions]] (and perhaps followups). Which some people have actually installed a filter in their browser to actually make 'work' for all web-browsing, or just some of it (e.g. this site). And I've seen that then cause confusion, but it's often Poe's law whether any particular example of that is real or pretended. [[Special:Contributions/82.132.238.68|82.132.238.68]] 15:29, 15 May 2026 (UTC)
-How are the lights powered?
+How are the lights powered? [[User:Velocifyer|Velocifyer]] ([[User talk:Velocifyer|talk]]) 22:05, 16 May 2026 (UTC)
-[[User:Velocifyer|Velocifyer]] ([[User talk:Velocifyer|talk]]) 22:05, 16 May 2026 (UTC)
+:{{w|Piezoluminescence}}... [[Special:Contributions/81.179.199.253|81.179.199.253]] 23:14, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

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	: I mean people intentionally misspell cats as cars all the time, maybe this is just the reverse? [[User:RG\|RG]] ([[User talk:RG\|talk]]) 00:51, 15 May 2026 (UTC)		: I mean people intentionally misspell cats as cars all the time, maybe this is just the reverse? [[User:RG\|RG]] ([[User talk:RG\|talk]]) 00:51, 15 May 2026 (UTC)
	::It'll be a direct call-back to the comic [[1288: Substitutions]] (and perhaps followups). Which some people have actually installed a filter in their browser to actually make 'work' for all web-browsing, or just some of it (e.g. this site). And I've seen that then cause confusion, but it's often Poe's law whether any particular example of that is real or pretended. [[Special:Contributions/82.132.238.68\|82.132.238.68]] 15:29, 15 May 2026 (UTC)		::It'll be a direct call-back to the comic [[1288: Substitutions]] (and perhaps followups). Which some people have actually installed a filter in their browser to actually make 'work' for all web-browsing, or just some of it (e.g. this site). And I've seen that then cause confusion, but it's often Poe's law whether any particular example of that is real or pretended. [[Special:Contributions/82.132.238.68\|82.132.238.68]] 15:29, 15 May 2026 (UTC)
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		+	How are the lights powered?
		+	[[User:Velocifyer\|Velocifyer]] ([[User talk:Velocifyer\|talk]]) 22:05, 16 May 2026 (UTC)

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	: I think you needed to paws and read those clawses again. [[Special:Contributions/82.13.184.33\|82.13.184.33]] 08:30, 14 May 2026 (UTC)		: I think you needed to paws and read those clawses again. [[Special:Contributions/82.13.184.33\|82.13.184.33]] 08:30, 14 May 2026 (UTC)
	: I mean people intentionally misspell cats as cars all the time, maybe this is just the reverse? [[User:RG\|RG]] ([[User talk:RG\|talk]]) 00:51, 15 May 2026 (UTC)		: I mean people intentionally misspell cats as cars all the time, maybe this is just the reverse? [[User:RG\|RG]] ([[User talk:RG\|talk]]) 00:51, 15 May 2026 (UTC)
		+	::It'll be a direct call-back to the comic [[1288: Substitutions]] (and perhaps followups). Which some people have actually installed a filter in their browser to actually make 'work' for all web-browsing, or just some of it (e.g. this site). And I've seen that then cause confusion, but it's often Poe's law whether any particular example of that is real or pretended. [[Special:Contributions/82.132.238.68\|82.132.238.68]] 15:29, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

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	: I think you needed to paws and read those clawses again. [[Special:Contributions/82.13.184.33\|82.13.184.33]] 08:30, 14 May 2026 (UTC)		: I think you needed to paws and read those clawses again. [[Special:Contributions/82.13.184.33\|82.13.184.33]] 08:30, 14 May 2026 (UTC)
		+	: I mean people intentionally misspell cats as cars all the time, maybe this is just the reverse? [[User:RG\|RG]] ([[User talk:RG\|talk]]) 00:51, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

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 Does this count as a [[:Category:Tuesday comics|Tuesday comic]]?  Not sure when it went live but it hit explainxkcd at 0900 UTC, which was 2AM Tuesday morning California time. It was still Monday in Hawaii (UTC-1000) though. [[Special:Contributions/64.201.132.210|64.201.132.210]] 15:18, 12 May 2026 (UTC)
 Probably the real vehicle getting most close to the pullback drive is the Gyrobus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyrobus {{unsigned ip|2a02:3100:8bac:fe00:1e1b:dff:fe9f:401d|20:40, 12 May 2026}}
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   > This is technically true, but cats that run on petroleum or atomicity have the advantage of their energy supply being refillable, while this pullback cat seemingly does not (without another factory-style 'pull back' facility).
 [[Special:Contributions/82.196.111.48|82.196.111.48]] 19:06, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

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	I'll let another editor handle the writeup and citations, but here are some order-of-magnitude comparisons: The springs actually in your car's engine store a few joules. A garage door spring might store a few kilojoules. An [https://www.shibata-fender.team/files/content/products/SPC-Cone-Fenders/Product_Information_SPC_Fenders.pdf eight-ton chunk of rubber] can absorb 5 megajoules, and a single gallon of gasoline stores >120 megajoules. Even if you have some incredibly machinery to get that energy out, there's several orders of magnitude between (the spring energy you can store inside a car) and (the spring energy needed to make a car go even one mile). {{unsigned ip\|206.209.15.112\|21:02, 12 May 2026}}		I'll let another editor handle the writeup and citations, but here are some order-of-magnitude comparisons: The springs actually in your car's engine store a few joules. A garage door spring might store a few kilojoules. An [https://www.shibata-fender.team/files/content/products/SPC-Cone-Fenders/Product_Information_SPC_Fenders.pdf eight-ton chunk of rubber] can absorb 5 megajoules, and a single gallon of gasoline stores >120 megajoules. Even if you have some incredibly machinery to get that energy out, there's several orders of magnitude between (the spring energy you can store inside a car) and (the spring energy needed to make a car go even one mile). {{unsigned ip\|206.209.15.112\|21:02, 12 May 2026}}
	:You can make springs out of petrol? [[Special:Contributions/2001:569:FBCA:1700:986:CE3B:3243:855\|2001:569:FBCA:1700:986:CE3B:3243:855]] 00:47, 13 May 2026 (UTC)		:You can make springs out of petrol? [[Special:Contributions/2001:569:FBCA:1700:986:CE3B:3243:855\|2001:569:FBCA:1700:986:CE3B:3243:855]] 00:47, 13 May 2026 (UTC)
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		+	Just reading this article and seeing this sentence:
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		+	> This is technically true, but cats that run on petroleum or atomicity have the advantage of their energy supply being refillable, while this pullback cat seemingly does not (without another factory-style 'pull back' facility).
		+	[[Special:Contributions/82.196.111.48\|82.196.111.48]] 19:06, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

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	I'll let another editor handle the writeup and citations, but here are some order-of-magnitude comparisons: The springs actually in your car's engine store a few joules. A garage door spring might store a few kilojoules. An [https://www.shibata-fender.team/files/content/products/SPC-Cone-Fenders/Product_Information_SPC_Fenders.pdf eight-ton chunk of rubber] can absorb 5 megajoules, and a single gallon of gasoline stores >120 megajoules. Even if you have some incredibly machinery to get that energy out, there's several orders of magnitude between (the spring energy you can store inside a car) and (the spring energy needed to make a car go even one mile). {{unsigned ip\|206.209.15.112\|21:02, 12 May 2026}}		I'll let another editor handle the writeup and citations, but here are some order-of-magnitude comparisons: The springs actually in your car's engine store a few joules. A garage door spring might store a few kilojoules. An [https://www.shibata-fender.team/files/content/products/SPC-Cone-Fenders/Product_Information_SPC_Fenders.pdf eight-ton chunk of rubber] can absorb 5 megajoules, and a single gallon of gasoline stores >120 megajoules. Even if you have some incredibly machinery to get that energy out, there's several orders of magnitude between (the spring energy you can store inside a car) and (the spring energy needed to make a car go even one mile). {{unsigned ip\|206.209.15.112\|21:02, 12 May 2026}}
		+	:You can make springs out of petrol? [[Special:Contributions/2001:569:FBCA:1700:986:CE3B:3243:855\|2001:569:FBCA:1700:986:CE3B:3243:855]] 00:47, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

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-Probably the real vehicle getting most close to the pullback drive is the Gyrobus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyrobus
+Probably the real vehicle getting most close to the pullback drive is the Gyrobus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyrobus {{unsigned ip|2a02:3100:8bac:fe00:1e1b:dff:fe9f:401d|20:40, 12 May 2026}}
-I'll let another editor handle the writeup and citations, but here are some order-of-magnitude comparisons: The springs actually in your car's engine store a few joules. A garage door spring might store a few kilojoules. An [https://www.shibata-fender.team/files/content/products/SPC-Cone-Fenders/Product_Information_SPC_Fenders.pdf eight-ton chunk of rubber] can absorb 5 megajoules, and a single gallon of gasoline stores >120 megajoules. Even if you have some incredibly machinery to get that energy out, there's several orders of magnitude between (the spring energy you can store inside a car) and (the spring energy needed to make a car go even one mile).
+I'll let another editor handle the writeup and citations, but here are some order-of-magnitude comparisons: The springs actually in your car's engine store a few joules. A garage door spring might store a few kilojoules. An [https://www.shibata-fender.team/files/content/products/SPC-Cone-Fenders/Product_Information_SPC_Fenders.pdf eight-ton chunk of rubber] can absorb 5 megajoules, and a single gallon of gasoline stores >120 megajoules. Even if you have some incredibly machinery to get that energy out, there's several orders of magnitude between (the spring energy you can store inside a car) and (the spring energy needed to make a car go even one mile). {{unsigned ip|206.209.15.112|21:02, 12 May 2026}}

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	Probably the real vehicle getting most close to the pullback drive is the Gyrobus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyrobus		Probably the real vehicle getting most close to the pullback drive is the Gyrobus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyrobus
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		+	I'll let another editor handle the writeup and citations, but here are some order-of-magnitude comparisons: The springs actually in your car's engine store a few joules. A garage door spring might store a few kilojoules. An [https://www.shibata-fender.team/files/content/products/SPC-Cone-Fenders/Product_Information_SPC_Fenders.pdf eight-ton chunk of rubber] can absorb 5 megajoules, and a single gallon of gasoline stores >120 megajoules. Even if you have some incredibly machinery to get that energy out, there's several orders of magnitude between (the spring energy you can store inside a car) and (the spring energy needed to make a car go even one mile).

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	Does this count as a [[:Category:Tuesday comics\|Tuesday comic]]? Not sure when it went live but it hit explainxkcd at 0900 UTC, which was 2AM Tuesday morning California time. It was still Monday in Hawaii (UTC-1000) though. [[Special:Contributions/64.201.132.210\|64.201.132.210]] 15:18, 12 May 2026 (UTC)		Does this count as a [[:Category:Tuesday comics\|Tuesday comic]]? Not sure when it went live but it hit explainxkcd at 0900 UTC, which was 2AM Tuesday morning California time. It was still Monday in Hawaii (UTC-1000) though. [[Special:Contributions/64.201.132.210\|64.201.132.210]] 15:18, 12 May 2026 (UTC)
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		+	Probably the real vehicle getting most close to the pullback drive is the Gyrobus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyrobus