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Uh, not all tally marks are Doctor Who references. [[User:Alpha|Alpha]] ([[User talk:Alpha|talk]]) 05:49, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
 
Uh, not all tally marks are Doctor Who references. [[User:Alpha|Alpha]] ([[User talk:Alpha|talk]]) 05:49, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
  
Is it just me, or is Randall getting lazy? Most of the past comics have been simplistic, easy-to-draw charts. {{unsigned|98.172.117.132}
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Is it just me, or is Randall getting lazy? Most of the past comics have been simplistic, easy-to-draw charts. {{unsigned|98.172.117.132}}
:It's a stick figure comic, how could it be more lazy than it already is? (Not a bad thing) [[User:HelloWorld|HelloWorld]] ([[User talk:HelloWorld|talk]]) 11:14, 10 December 2019 (UTC)
 
: Having just come from the future, we can now surmise that he was prepping for the epic, month-long-and-running sandcastle comic that started in the strip after this one. [[User:Echo Seven|Echo Seven]] ([[User talk:Echo Seven|talk]]) 03:59, 21 April 2013 (UTC)
 
  
 
Oh, was he talking about the glove? I though it was referring to "running the gauntlet" for some reason. --[[Special:Contributions/123.243.217.72|123.243.217.72]] 07:17, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
 
Oh, was he talking about the glove? I though it was referring to "running the gauntlet" for some reason. --[[Special:Contributions/123.243.217.72|123.243.217.72]] 07:17, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
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The Crystal Sphere may refer to a David Brin story used to explain the fermi paradox of why we have had no alien contact: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crystal_Spheres  [[User:Schmammel|Schmammel]] ([[User talk:Schmammel|talk]]) 14:37, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
 
The Crystal Sphere may refer to a David Brin story used to explain the fermi paradox of why we have had no alien contact: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crystal_Spheres  [[User:Schmammel|Schmammel]] ([[User talk:Schmammel|talk]]) 14:37, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
:Crystal Sphere could also be a reference to the old Spelljammer D&D setting where systems/galaxies were contained in crystal spheres. [[Special:Contributions/146.146.7.2|146.146.7.2]]
 
::Which in turn is a reference to (well, really, direct borrowing from) the Ptolemaic astronomical concept, so it still comes back to the same thing. [[Special:Contributions/129.176.151.14|129.176.151.14]] 13:30, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
 
 
"US Census Bureau Solar System statistical boundary – a fictive boundary defined by": I'm capable of reading 'fictive' as 'conventional' in this sentence; as in "the real census bureau really invented it, like they really invented census areas".  I would not have been confused by 'fictional', or by 'a boundary fictively invented', but I'm not sure that the second one is good English.  I may have studied too much sociology.  [[Special:Contributions/121.73.5.66|121.73.5.66]] 07:38, 23 March 2013 (UTC)
 
 
"Magnetogap" is probably wordplay on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetopause {{unsigned|194.176.203.76}}
 
 
Big news today (September 12, 2013), as Voyager 1 leaves the solar system. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/13/science/in-a-breathtaking-first-nasa-craft-exits-the-solar-system.html and http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24026153 [[User:Porkypine|Porkypine]] ([[User talk:Porkypine|talk]]) 19:47, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
 
 
:I have seen this statements at NASA too, but now it's just "Voyager Embarks on Journey Into Interstellar Space" and "NASA Spacecraft Embarks on Historic Journey Into Interstellar Space". So, this is just the next marker for this comic. Randall should do an update. There is simply NO defined border, it's just an other media hype. Look at [http://nasawatch.com/archives/2013/09/voyager-1-left.html nasawatch.com] for the Randall like critical statements. Correct is: Voyager is leaving out solar system. But objects surrounding our sun, like {{w|Voyager|Sedna}} are much farther outside. It's just a hype, this comic definitively needs an update by Randall.--[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 20:53, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
 
 
It appears this comic may become relevant again, if these guys are correct. It's supposed to have crossed the current sheet late last year, so we may find out soon if Voyager is still here. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/store/10.1002/2014GL060781/asset/grl51945.pdf?v=1&t=imnldq4k&s=3e62d6267158bfc259d6b16de42ab4c2d942b900 [[Special:Contributions/162.158.146.247|162.158.146.247]] 15:45, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
 
 
Fixed some typos/grammar and modified the logic of the bullets (a bullet for "real" boundaries, followed by "the rest" - including two real boundaries - didn't make any sense to me).[[User:Xseo|Xseo]] ([[User talk:Xseo|talk]]) 19:02, 7 July 2016 (UTC)
 
:Realised "Fictive" is a real word, feel free to change it back, using fictional makes more sense to me as a natural English speaker though. [[User:Xseo|Xseo]] ([[User talk:Xseo|talk]]) 19:04, 7 July 2016 (UTC)
 
 
Perhaps changing the kuiper belt to a gauntlet is related to Thor's items, which are a hammer, a belt, and gauntlets? [[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.134|141.101.104.134]] 18:37, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
 

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