Comments on: Sunday Funnies: LOL-February 14 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/14/lol-february-15/ JFK: ''we choose to go to the ...'' Wed, 23 May 2012 09:09:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Steffen http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/14/lol-february-15/#comment-33552 Steffen Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:30:55 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/14/lol-february-15/#comment-33552 tdcjames, their suits aren't vacuums. tdcjames, their suits aren’t vacuums.

]]> By: firedmyass http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/14/lol-february-15/#comment-33512 firedmyass Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:43:31 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/14/lol-february-15/#comment-33512 tdcjames #15: They were losing oxygen -- there could still be a pressurized atmosphere in the ship, just not one than can support human life. tdcjames #15:

They were losing oxygen — there could still be a pressurized atmosphere in the ship, just not one than can support human life.

]]> By: chuckers http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/14/lol-february-15/#comment-33476 chuckers Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:30:29 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/14/lol-february-15/#comment-33476 I am glad I wasn't the only one that thought xkcd was a CIDU. But I did have a flash of inspiration and realise what it was on about about 5 minutes after I submitted it. I am glad I wasn’t the only one that thought xkcd was a CIDU. But I did have a flash of inspiration and realise what it was on about about 5 minutes after I submitted it.

]]> By: Jeff S. http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/14/lol-february-15/#comment-33449 Jeff S. Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:31:19 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/14/lol-february-15/#comment-33449 The diploma-forgery diploma is a forgery. The diploma-forgery diploma is a forgery.

]]> By: tdcjames http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/14/lol-february-15/#comment-33448 tdcjames Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:24:18 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/14/lol-february-15/#comment-33448 How did the astronauts decompose in a vacuum? How did the astronauts decompose in a vacuum?

]]> By: Lola http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/14/lol-february-15/#comment-33443 Lola Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:41:50 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/14/lol-february-15/#comment-33443 CarolZ at 13 I think the ones before are part of his classwork/homework needed to get the diploma. CarolZ at 13

I think the ones before are part of his classwork/homework needed to get the diploma.

]]> By: CaroZ http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/14/lol-february-15/#comment-33439 CaroZ Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:06:24 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/14/lol-february-15/#comment-33439 Shouldn't the diploma-forgery diploma be <i>first?</i> Shouldn’t the diploma-forgery diploma be first?

]]> By: mitch-4 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/14/lol-february-15/#comment-33438 mitch-4 Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:46:22 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/14/lol-february-15/#comment-33438 And the "billyuns" spelling likely is a direct echo of how it has been written by those making fun of Carl Sagan for (supposedly) overusing the phrase "billions and billions" [of years ago, years from now, miles from here, stars in the universe,..] in his narrations. And the “billyuns” spelling likely is a direct echo of how it has been written by those making fun of Carl Sagan for (supposedly) overusing the phrase “billions and billions” [of years ago, years from now, miles from here, stars in the universe,..] in his narrations.

]]> By: Winter Wallaby http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/14/lol-february-15/#comment-33433 Winter Wallaby Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:32:22 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/14/lol-february-15/#comment-33433 I sent in the entropy one, so I guess it's my job to defend the artist. From the alt-text: "Once again, I must ask that you refrain from emailing me about the scientific inaccuracy of this comic. I know what I did, dammit." So, yes, the inaccuracy is intentional, not out of stupidity. I sent in the entropy one, so I guess it’s my job to defend the artist. From the alt-text: “Once again, I must ask that you refrain from emailing me about the scientific inaccuracy of this comic. I know what I did, dammit.”

So, yes, the inaccuracy is intentional, not out of stupidity.

]]> By: mkilby http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/14/lol-february-15/#comment-33431 mkilby Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:14:34 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/14/lol-february-15/#comment-33431 I think I remember reading a reference (in science fiction, or elsewhere) to "all life on Earth" being a "bubble of reduced (or negative) entropy", the idea being that it was merely an accident that produced so much "order" out of "chaos". (In any case, the thermodynamic law only applies to the entire system as a whole, there is nothing that prohibits pockets of reduced entropy.) I think I remember reading a reference (in science fiction, or elsewhere) to “all life on Earth” being a “bubble of reduced (or negative) entropy”, the idea being that it was merely an accident that produced so much “order” out of “chaos”. (In any case, the thermodynamic law only applies to the entire system as a whole, there is nothing that prohibits pockets of reduced entropy.)

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