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What Can We Do To Lessen The Grip Of Fear From Terrorism?
Posted by apt46
on April 17, 2013
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Voyager 1 Has Now Left The Solar System 22x
Posted by apt46
on March 22, 2013
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On the heels of the latest news that Voyager 1 – the farthest man-made object in the universe — has left the solar system, xkcd decided to tally up how many times this has happened before:
The hover text reads:
So far Voyager 1 has ‘left the Solar System’ by passing through the termination shock three times, the heliopause twice, and once each through the heliosheath, heliosphere, heliodrome, auroral discontinuity, Heaviside layer, trans-Neptunian panic zone, magnetogap, US Census Bureau Solar System statistical boundary, Kuiper gauntlet, Oort void, and crystal sphere holding the fixed stars.
Note that some of those aren’t actually at the edge of the solar system, or even real things.
See also:
- If There Are So Many Stars, Why Is The Sky Dark At Night?
- Commander Gives A Great Tour Of The Space Station
- Video Of Curiosity’s Mars Landing
From xkcd
A Score For Terrible Tweets (And Facebook Statuses)
Posted by apt46
on March 6, 2013
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Doghouse Diaries made the below instructions on how to calculate the awfulness of a Tweet, or it’s less-public equivalent, the Facebook status. The only problem with it is that the first one should be worth about 10x more points, but other than that, the list holds water. And the humblebrag rule is genius.
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From Doghouse Diaries, via Laughing Squid
Puritan Valentine’s Day Cards
Posted by apt46
on February 14, 2013
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College Humor has these and other cards on their website, which would have been very popular with the ascetic Puritans.
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From College Humor, via Laughing Squid
The Relationship-Grammar Test
Posted by apt46
on December 28, 2012
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Incest
Posted by apt46
on December 20, 2012
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If you don’t get it: George R. R. Martin writes the series A Song of Fire and Ice, of which A Game of Thrones was the first book. The series features a lot of incest. J.K. Rowling wrote the Harry Potter series, in which Ron and Ginny Weasley are two of the main characters, and siblings.
See also:
- ‘Game of Thrones’ With Lightsabers
- George R. R. Martin Needs To Hurry Up
- George W. Bush’s Head On A Spike In ‘Game of Thrones’
- Harry Potter Comedy Remix
- Game of Simpsons
From You Choose Books, via FAIL Blog
The Detroit Rule
Posted by apt46
on October 26, 2012
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Those Who Profess To Avoid Drama Are Bound To Create It
Posted by apt46
on October 24, 2012
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'Drama' is just 'people being upset', when someone says they're always surrounded by drama and they just ignore it, it starts to make sense that their strategy might be backfiring. -- Randall Munroe
From xkcd
The Paradox That Is Dog
Posted by apt46
on September 20, 2012
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The following are a few panels from a hilarious comic from The Oatmeal — with an existential twist — about how paradoxical dogs are. Click on it for the full deal:
From The Oatmeal
