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xkcd presents "What If?"
 
(These instructions also work for the other kind of Terminator.)
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
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"No ... This is kind of a disappointing answer."-or-"The Little Engine That Let Everyone Down."
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The Master said: "It is all in vain! I have never yet seen a man who can perceive his own faults and bring the charge home against himself."

>Analects: Book V, Chaper XXVI
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Quote:Ankhani wrote:
"No ... This is kind of a disappointing answer."-or-"The Little Engine That Let Everyone Down."
I would have gone with:
Quote:...a number of countries have built jet-engine-powered trains. Sadly, they never took off. Fortunately, they never took off.
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Stand between the Silver Crystal and the Golden Sea.
"Youngsters these days just have no appreciation for the magnificence of the legendary cucumber."  --Krityan Elder, Tales of Vesperia.
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"I will diminish, and go into the West, and remain a train."
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
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"I will give these in units of giraffes"
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The video that was linked was awesome, although I'm somewhat baffled as to the actual use of this article.

Oh, wait, it's XKCD Tuesday, this is just for fun and SCIENCE. And it is fun. And scientific(ish).
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paladindythe Wrote:"I will give these in units of giraffes"
"act now while supplies are still cooperative"
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
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Quote:robkelk wrote:
Quote:paladindythe wrote:
"I will give these in units of giraffes"
"act now while supplies are still cooperative"
"wrong kind of drumstick but hey, i like the sound."
(Though I also like "Bradstock’s experience gives us a lot of useful data (and a lot of other data, too).")    
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
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He has some free time, and it’s no skin off anyone’s back how he spends it (assuming his hobby isn’t drilling holes in walls).
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
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"Why do we even have that drill?"
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
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Image text: "This is no longer, by any stretch of the imagination, a regulation ball."
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
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So, what do we use for pins, and what do we use as a lane?
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"Sir, the enemy has launched a missile."
"How do you know?"
"Twitter."


(Close second: "It’s essentially a flashlight which we shine on planets to see them better. (This is just as crazy as it sounds.)")
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
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"AAAAAAAAAA!!"
*CRUNCH*

Static
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Quote:robkelk wrote:
"Sir, the enemy has launched a missile."
"How do you know?"
"Twitter."
  
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
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"But they are independent states which happen to have the same queen; they are not part of any empire that they know of."
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
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"Inside each one is a cup of tea."
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And yet they still haven't answered my one about chicken powered central heating.
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Quote:Dartz wrote:
And yet they still haven't answered my one about chicken powered central heating.
They?  I didn't know that Munroe was multiple people now...
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Stand between the Silver Crystal and the Golden Sea.
"Youngsters these days just have no appreciation for the magnificence of the legendary cucumber."  --Krityan Elder, Tales of Vesperia.
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He was using the royal "they."
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If the Sun went out, we would see a variety of benefits across many areas of our lives.
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The Master said: "It is all in vain! I have never yet seen a man who can perceive his own faults and bring the charge home against himself."

>Analects: Book V, Chaper XXVI
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"Source: I'm going to go out on a limb and say 'The US Naval Observatory' on the assumption that no one there will read this."
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
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And we reach 50 columns!

Image text: "The mercury one was going to be the least deadly, wasn't it."
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
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Quote:robkelk wrote:
And we reach 50 columns!
When we get to 65, hit "return". 
ObsSecondQuote:  "Worth it."  
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
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"Yeah, because that sounds way more fun than staying here and eating cotton candy."

(It was that or "(So much for making things less gruesome.)"...)
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
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