#802 Online Communities 2Best trivia I learned while working on this: 'Man, Farmville is so huge! Do you realize it's the second-biggest browser-based social-networking-centered farming game in the WORLD?' Then you wait for the listener to do a double-take.
#803 AirfoilThis is a fun explanation to prepare your kids for; it's common and totally wrong. Good lines include 'why does the air have to travel on both sides at the same time?' and 'I saw the Wright brothers plane and those wings were curved the same on the top and bottom!'
#804 Pumpkin CarvingThe Banach-Tarski theorem was actually first developed by King Solomon, but his gruesome attempts to apply it set back set theory for centuries.
#805 Paradise CityTake me down to the paradise municipality / where the grass is mauve and the girls aren't fromthisreality.
#806 Tech SupportI recently had someone ask me to go get a computer and turn it on so I could restart it. He refused to move further in the script until I said I had done that.
#807 ConnectedOr love in general, for that matter. It just leads to the idea that either your love is pure, perfect, and eternal, and you are storybook-compatible in every way with no problems, or you're LYING when you say 'I love you'.
#808 The Economic ArgumentNot to be confused with 'making money selling this stuff to OTHER people who think it works', which corporate accountants and actuaries have zero problems with.
#809 Los AlamosThe test didn't (spoiler alert) destroy the world, but the fact that they were even doing those calculations makes theirs the coolest jobs ever.
#810 ConstructiveAnd what about all the people who won't be able to join the community because they're terrible at making helpful and constructive co-- ... oh.
#811 StarlightDon't worry! From the light's point of view, home and your eye are in the same place, and the journey takes no time at all! Relativity saves the day again.
#812 GlassI read in this one article that the breaking of electroweak symmetry is the reason we have SOULS. This guy with a degree said so!
#813 One-Liners'Upgrade to the latest version of Adobe Flash player to view THIS content, bitch.' ::triggers detonator::
#814 DiodeAnd the worst part is you won't apologize.
#815 MuAs the CoKF approaches 0, productivity goes negative as you pull OTHER people into chair-spinning contests.
#816 Applied MathDear Reader: Enclosed is a check for ninety-eight cents. Using your work, I have proven that this equals the amount you requested.
#817 MutualA universe that needed someone to observe it in order to collapse it into existence would be a pretty sorry universe indeed.
#818 Illness<3 If there's anything you can do, I'll let you know. For the moment, any simple distracting online games sent to sick@xkcd.com will not go unappreciated [EDIT: Holy crap 2,700 games before noon. I love you guys; thank you. They will be passed along and played by us all.]
#819 Five-Minute Comics: Part 1The wolves thin the RAID arrays, removing the slowest and weakest disks to keep the average seek speed high.
#820 Five-Minute Comics: Part 2Dear Wiccan readers: I understand modern Wiccans are not usually all about the curses and hexes. But Darth Vader was recently converted from Episcopalianism and he's still figuring it all out.
#821 Five-Minute Comics: Part 3Resulting in The Little Rock 9x + C.
#822 Guest Week: Jeph Jacques (Questionable Content)Guest comic by Jeph Jacques of Questionable Content, whose internal monologue hasn't been speaking to him for the past three years.
#823 Guest Week: David Troupes (Buttercup Festival)Guest comic by David Troupes of Buttercup Festival, who is living in that lovely tree outside your window.
#824 Guest Week: Bill Amend (FoxTrot)Guest comic by Bill Amend of FoxTrot, an inspiration to all us nerdy-physics-majors-turned-cartoonists, of which there are an oddly large number.
#825 Guest Week: Jeffrey Rowland (Overcompensating)Guest comic by Jeffrey Rowland of Overcompensating/Wigu. Jeffrey is famous as the picture on the Wikipedia article on 'Necrosis'.
#827 My Business IdeaWe didn't believe you at first, but we asked like three people who were at that party. They not only corroborated your story, but even said you totally mentioned wanting to start a company someday. Sorry! If this isn't enough money, let us know.
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