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<div>I thought that was a picture frame, a mirror makes more sense. [[Special:Contributions/184.66.160.91|184.66.160.91]] 08:40, 17 July 2013 (UTC)<br />
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From the light's point of view, EVERYTHING is in the same place. The whole universe in one point. {{unsigned <br />
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:Actually, I think that the universe would be a solitary plane. Since light moves only in one straight line. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.54.204|173.245.54.204]] 02:14, 5 March 2015 (UTC)<br />
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I still think it's a picture frame. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.215.118|108.162.215.118]] 00:50, 6 August 2014 (UTC)<br />
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It's a mirror, you can see the reflection of his arms. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.75.77|141.101.75.77]] 18:35, 27 March 2015 (UTC)<br />
I am still of the opinion, sort of, that it is a picture frame. It seems like beret guy to make art of things we consider simple, because of the actually extraordinary circumstances that happened to make it so. [[User:YourLifeisaLie|The Goyim]] ([[User talk:YourLifeisaLie|talk]]) 23:35, 11 March 2015 (UTC)</div>141.101.75.77https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1490:_Atoms&diff=84948Talk:1490: Atoms2015-02-23T09:30:03Z<p>141.101.75.77: </p>
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<div>"My dad FORM the dog"? Typo in the actual comic or just the wiki?<br />
[[Special:Contributions/199.27.128.240|199.27.128.240]] 05:47, 23 February 2015 (UTC)Anonymous<br />
: The actual comment, the wiki just grabs what the website has listed.--[[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.24|108.162.216.24]] 05:56, 23 February 2015 (UTC)<br />
plutonium = radiation exposure, or pacemaker?<br />
: Radiation exposure wouldn't give you plutonium, maybe the byproducts of its fission. I'm thinking that, whatever it is, it mutated Beret Guy in the womb, hence why he has this strange superpower.--[[User:Druid816|Druid816]] ([[User talk:Druid816|talk]]) 06:52, 23 February 2015 (UTC)<br />
: Referencing Pink Floyd's 1970 album 'Atom Heart Mother' I think.--[[Special:Contributions/108.162.225.122|108.162.225.122]] 07:25, 23 February 2015 (UTC)<br />
this guy sees by which elements are contained, not by which visible light?<br />
--[[Special:Contributions/199.27.128.172|199.27.128.172]] 06:14, 23 February 2015 (UTC)<br />
Are the elements actually representing their atomic symbols? Be, O, S, Z? Not sure what the metal-in-the-face comment is about.<br />
--[[Special:Contributions/108.162.250.156|108.162.250.156]] 07:47, 23 February 2015 (UTC)<br />
: Metal in the face might be a comment on braces, and how uncomfortable people are about having noticable ones. --<br />
: (Dental) fillings are explicitly mentioned as a possible source of metal. --[[Special:Contributions/188.114.102.75|188.114.102.75]] 09:26, 23 February 2015 (UTC)<br />
[[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.41|141.101.104.41]] 08:37, 23 February 2015 (UTC)<br />
Perhaps the plutonium is coming from his mother smoking? [[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.102|141.101.99.102]] 08:51, 23 February 2015 (UTC)<br />
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unethical_human_experimentation_in_the_United_States#Plutonium_experiments [[User:Andries|Andries]] ([[User talk:Andries|talk]]) 09:02, 23 February 2015 (UTC)<br />
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I read it as both his mother and him beeing a robot or cyborg, which she never told him. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.75.77|141.101.75.77]] 09:30, 23 February 2015 (UTC)</div>141.101.75.77https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=902:_Darmok_and_Jalad&diff=82555902: Darmok and Jalad2015-01-12T16:11:17Z<p>141.101.75.77: /* Explanation */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 902<br />
| date = May 23, 2011<br />
| title = Darmok and Jalad<br />
| image = darmok_and_jalad.png<br />
| titletext = I wonder how often Patrick Stewart has Darmok flashbacks when talking to Star Trek fans.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
This comic is a parody of the {{w|Star Trek: The Next Generation}} episode "{{w|Darmok}}" in which [http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Jean-Luc_Picard Captain Picard] and the Enterprise crew meet with a [http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/The_Children_of_Tama Tamarian] ship. They can translate the individual words of Tamarian with perfect accuracy, but the Tamarians communicate using metaphors based on their own history and culture&mdash;without these cultural references, the Enterprise crew are unable to understand what the Tamarians are actually saying. "Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra" is repeated many times in this episode by the Tamarian captain, Dathon. Picard is eventually able to decipher the line to discover that it was a story of two warriors marooned on an island (Tanagra) who work together to defeat a common foe. The alien's intention is that he and Picard work together to defeat a monster as a way to cement ties between the Tamarians and the [http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/United_Federation_of_Planets Federation].<br />
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In the comic, instead of suggesting a dramatic gesture to achieve a diplomatic breakthrough, the alien seems to suggesting a one-night stand. It is not clear if he is chatting up [http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Deanna_Troi Deanna Troi] (who has the long curly hair) or Picard. However, given that in the original episode Darmok and Jalad (the two warriors) were metaphorically identified with Dathon and Picard, it seems likely that he is flirting with Picard.<br />
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The title text suggests that the actor {{w|Patrick Stewart}}, who played Captain Picard, might find Star Trek fans indecipherable, in the same way that Captain Picard found the Tamarians indecipherable.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:[Captain Dathon is seen on a communications screen.]<br />
:Alien: Darmok and Jalad at Kalenda's!<br />
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:[Jean-Luc Picard and Deanna Troi stand next to each other, looking off to the right.]<br />
:Picard: Their language must be based on folklore and metaphor! Computer! Search cultural archives for Darmok-Jalad-Kalenda!<br />
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:[Picard and Troi listen to the response.]<br />
:Computer (off-panel): In Tamarian legend, Darmok and Jalad got totally wasted and hooked up at a party at Kalenda's.<br />
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:[Dathon is seen on the communications screen again, winking.]<br />
:''WIIIIIINK''<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1396<br />
| date = July 18, 2014<br />
| title = Actors<br />
| image = actors.png<br />
| titletext = Once again topping the list of tonight's hottest rising stars in Hollywood is ξ Persei!<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
This comic plays on different meanings of the word "hottest". In the opening question, "Who are today's 10 hottest actors?" the word "hottest" would typically refer to an actor's popularity, success, demand or attractiveness. Cueball and Megan interpret the word "hottest" as asking them to the list the 10 actors who have the highest surface temperature, and we see them measuring "Justin's" (possibly referring to, {{w|Justin Long|Long}}, {{w|Justin Theroux|Theroux}}, or {{w|Justin Timberlake|Timberlake}} or any of the several other ''Justin''s in show business[http://www.imdb.com/search/name?count=100&gender=male&name=justin&sort=starmeter,asc]) surface temperature using an {{w|infrared thermometer}} (the thermometer typically has a laser pointer to know the approximate location where the radiometric temperature comes from). The measured temperature of 81.5 is presumably reported in degrees {{w|Fahrenheit}}, corresponding to 27.5 {{w|°C}}. This temperature is below the {{w|Human_body_temperature|average human internal body temperature}} of 98.6 {{w|°F}}/37 {{w|°C}} as skin is cooler; Megan also believes that another object (Justin's shirt) was also measured within the infrared thermometer field of view, lowering the reported measurement. With such a measurement of ''hotness'', the hottest actor on any given day would probably be whoever is exercising, or sick with a fever. Or, an animal actor, of a species with a higher body temperature than humans. ({{w|Category:Films about birds}})<br />
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Randall here excludes the fact that accurately deriving surface temperature from bright (radiance) temperature requires knowing the emissivity of the object. Since not all objects radiate with the same efficiency, two objects with the same surface temperature will emit different thermal radiance, but if emissivity is not taken into account they will report different surface temperatures.<br />
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The title-text references the temperatures of Hollywood's rising stars, this time interpreting ''stars'' as actual stars, not famous people. In this case, the star {{w|Xi Persei|ξ Persei}} in the Perseus constellation (which is located in, and responsible for the fluorescence of, an object called the {{w|California Nebula}}), one of the hottest stars (35,000 {{w|kelvin}}s, {{w|Sun}}: 5,800 K) visible to the naked eye. The star also has similar declination (+35° 47′) as the latitude of Hollywood (34° N) so it is literally rising there every night. They are shooting stars with a laser beam and mid-July is the start of the shooting stars known as the {{w|Perseids}} that appear in the Perseus constellation.<br />
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Comic [[1111: Premiere]] is another comic based on "star" puns.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:Who are today's 10 hottest actors?<br />
:[Cueball is holding a clipboard, taking notes, while Megan aims an infrared thermometer off screen.]<br />
:Megan: 81.5, but I think it got part of his shirt. ''HEY JUSTIN — HOLD STILL!''<br />
:''We grab an infrared thermometer and find out!''<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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