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| date      = February 27, 2006
 
| date      = February 27, 2006
 
| title    = Pillow Talk
 
| title    = Pillow Talk
| image    = pillow_talk.jpg
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| image    = Pillow talk.jpg
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| titletext = Maybe I should've tried Wexler?
 
| titletext = Maybe I should've tried Wexler?
 
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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
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The {{w|Bellman_Ford|Bellman-Ford algorithm}} is an algorithm that calculates the shortest path(s) through a weighted digraph or collection of connected nodes or vertices. The “Wexler” in the image text refers to Wexler's algorithm, which is used to deal with the inverse problem of {{w|Electrical Impedance Tomography}}, or simply stated: the electrical conductivity of an (imhomogeneus) object.
  
The {{w|Bellman Ford|Bellman-Ford algorithm}} is an algorithm that calculates the shortest path(s) through a weighted digraph or collection of connected nodes or vertices. The "Wexler" in the title text refers to Wexler's algorithm, which is used to deal with the inverse problem of {{w|electrical impedance tomography}}, or simply stated: the electrical conductivity of an (inhomogenous) object.
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And yes, both make terrible pillow talk, according to my significant other.  
 
 
Both of these would make terrible {{w|pillow talk}}. Pillow talk is the conversation made by lovers after they have had sex, and is usually relaxed and intimate instead of technical.
 
  
 
==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
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:Cueball: The Bellman-Ford algorithm makes terrible pillow talk.
 
:Cueball: The Bellman-Ford algorithm makes terrible pillow talk.
  
==Trivia==
 
 
*The number of this comic is 69. This number is a term for mutual simultaneous oral sex, sex being the subject of the comic.
 
 
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