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| − | ==Explanation==
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| − | {{incomplete|I found [http://xkcd.com/asmarterplanet/ this bonus comic] but it's not mentioned anywhere on the wiki. I wasn't sure how to put multiple images in the comic template.}}
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| − | These comics were created as a special request for the blog [http://asmarterplanet.com/ A Smarter Planet], rather than the regular three-a-week schedule for xkcd's home site.
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| − | The first of these two strips references a commonly-cited statistic usually used to draw attention to deforestation, but Cueball misunderstands its true importance, misguidedly announcing his development of the Aerial Squirrel Transit Pod: An aircraft, presumably unmanned, designed to allow the modern squirrel the same range of not having to touch the ground.
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| − | The second strip is a reference to the stereotype of doctors' handwriting being illegible, Cueball's doctor somehow managing to ''type'' in illegible handwriting. This could, of course, easily be done with a bad handwriting font.
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| − | The prescription number is given as "{{w|THX1138}}", the first film directed by {{w|George Lucas}}.
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| − | ==Transcript==
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| − | ===Conservation===
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| − | :They say that 400 years ago a squirrel could go from the Atlantic to the Mississippi without touching the ground.
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| − | :[Cueball speaking to an audience, under a banner labeled "Conservation Society".]
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| − | :Cueball [pointing to a diagram of a helicopter-like device carrying a squirrel]: Which is why I've developed the aerial squirrel transit pod.
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| − | :Audience member: Okay, back up.
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| − | ===Prescriptions===
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| − | :Good news: Doctors are finally learning to use modern security tools.
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| − | :Doctor: No need for phone verification. I've digitally signed it.
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| − | :Bad news: They've somehow learned to ''type'' with terrible handwriting.
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| − | :[The document given to the patient by the doctor]: Prescription THX1138 RSA fingerprint: [unintelligible characters]
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| − | {{comic discussion}}
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| − | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
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| − | [[Category:Science]]
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