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Gravity Wells

Posted in [info]xkcd_rss on 2009.12.28 at 05:00

http://xkcd.com/681/

This doesn't take into account the energy imparted by orbital motion (or gravity assists or the Oberth effect), all of which can make it easier to reach outer planets.
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December 25th

Posted in [info]xkcd_rss on 2009.12.25 at 05:00

http://xkcd.com/680/

If you're turning 27 and were born in the Northeast, maybe you were conceived in the blizzard of 1982. Imagine: snowed in, candles, massage oil, your mom sporting nothing but her early 80's haircut and a smile ... aren't you glad you read the title-text?
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Christmas Plans

Posted in [info]xkcd_rss on 2009.12.23 at 05:00

http://xkcd.com/679/

Physicists who want to protect traditional Christmas realize that the only way to keep from changing Christmas is not to observe it.
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Researcher Translation

Posted in [info]xkcd_rss on 2009.12.21 at 05:00

http://xkcd.com/678/

A technology that is '20 years away' will be 20 years away indefinitely.
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Asshole

Posted in [info]xkcd_rss on 2009.12.18 at 05:00

http://xkcd.com/677/

[Shortly thereafter, at a nearby bakery] ::CRASH:: ::RUMBLE:: ::VRRRRRR:: '... I don't know, officer. It just scooped up an entire rack of scones and drove away!'
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Abstraction

Posted in [info]xkcd_rss on 2009.12.16 at 05:00

http://xkcd.com/676/

If I'm such a god, why isn't Maru *my* cat?
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