...d a {{w|trans-lunar injection}} which put them on course for the moon. The first burn took 2 minutes 45 seconds, which put them in orbit 185 kilometers (115
...issions of this design was the unmanned launch of {{w|Skylab}}, the U.S.'s first space station; for this payloader configuration, the Saturn V launch vehicl
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...verage of e and π just as the American Presidents' Day is always observed on the 3rd Monday of February (between {{w|George Washington}} and {{w|Abraham
...Randall uses seems to resemble an older shape of the digit 4, such as seen on [http://www.bl.uk/learning/images/mappinghist/large2296.html archaic maps].
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...in physics, and its repercussions are still being widely explored to this day. She had to learn mathematics by taking {{w|Academic audit|auditing classes
Zombies are a [[:Category:Zombies|recurring theme]] in xkcd, particularly zombie scientists, which has also occurred twice before with
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| titletext = I call Rule 34 on Wolfram's Rule 34.
...d himself trapped for eternity in an endless expanse of sand and rocks. At first, he uses this time to derive all of mathematics and physics, plus more, inc
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...ot visible. The 3D view is still available at [https://xk3d.xkcd.com/ xk3d.xkcd.com] for all comics prior to this one.
...1037: Umwelt]] released on Sunday April 1st 2012, the first to use another day of the week than Monday, Wednesday, or Friday. Some people suffer from head
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| titletext = I hear that there are actual lyrics later on in Land of 1,000 Dances, but other than the occasional 'I said,' I've never
*The picture is a link to [https://xkcd.com/851_make_it_better/ a better version] of this comic, see [[#Trivia|Triv
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...}}, in which sound effects such as "BAM!" "POW!" "ZAP!" would be displayed on screen in similar spiky bubbles. This fits with the theme of the comic, wit
...d by typing in a valid tar command, but blows up if you don't do it on the first try) because the syntax of some commands and programming languages are just
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...ght only until the sun reaches red giant stage, engulfing the Morning Star on his brow. Light and high beauty are passing things as well.
...ic about stars at night giving hope in the darkness, but then as with most xkcd's, it took a turn. In this case, the twist is that because [[Cueball]]'s s
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In this comic, [[Jill]] asks [[Cueball]] about a mark on his arm. He apparently believes he is part of a secret society, so secret t
...years after being 'chosen', Cueball finds a scrap of paper with an address on it, and a can of {{w|kerosene}}. Both of these events are not unlikely, and
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...ould not be valid). The value of the sign cannot be true for more than one day. The value of the sign in the comic (38) can only be true if someone flippe
...adox). Self-reference is a [[:Category:Self-reference|recurring theme]] in xkcd. Examples include [[33: Self-reference]] and [[688: Self-Description]].
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...uations (as it allows the code to be optimized more closely for the system on which it is to run than is possible with other types of coding), but is sti
...handle. It also requires that a relevant version of the interpreter exist on any machine that has to run the script and perhaps some additional knowledg
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...it. There was one week when a wheel of cheese got dangerously close to the first page, though.
...remely inefficient, as they might have to change the wheels they use every day, it may also result in copyrights and lawsuits against his company.
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...about who got the last word. If humanity reaches the tipping point and one day can't do anything to stop global warming, Cueball will find it interesting
In the title text, he touches on the political side of global warming, saying that there are many well-meani
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...erting the change, and usually accompanied by a more-or-less heated debate on the talk page.
...upcoming {{w|Star Trek}} film at the time of the comic's posting). On the day before the comic was published, the article name had a lowercase "into", an
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...l style typical of Questionable Content. But the art here is more in the [[xkcd]] style, showing only stick figures.
...a bench, reading a book. There is a tree. Far away, Cueball has a backpack on.]
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*To experience the interactivity of the game, visit the {{xkcd|826|original comic}}.
...s interactive. It will show images of the exhibits (see below) by clicking on them.
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...ng}} is a sport where you have to find things hidden by other people based on geographical coordinates. Randall has had a similar idea before in [[201: C
[https://geohashing.site/ Geohashing] is a sport created by Randall based on reaching a random location determined by an [https://geohashing.site/geohas
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...Most functions of this form are random number ''generators'', meaning that on subsequent calls they return ''different'' random numbers. But the programm
...first number of a list is "4", and the second number is independent of the first, then that means the second number can also be "4" (as well as the 3rd and
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In this case [[Cueball]] is in the process of replying on the computer to his friend who just asked if they should go out to eat some
...votey on [https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2009-07-02 July 2, 2009], the day after this comic was released.
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| titletext = It'll be hilarious the first few times this happens.
...n other websites as well, the website owner can try to hack their accounts on other common sites, such as {{w|Amazon.com|Amazon}}, {{w|PayPal}} or even p
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