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I guess the "G L I D E" could be a reference to Fight Club scene. The one with the Penguin during one of Tylor's support groups. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.88.214|141.101.88.214]] 09:03, 2 June 2014 (UTC) | I guess the "G L I D E" could be a reference to Fight Club scene. The one with the Penguin during one of Tylor's support groups. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.88.214|141.101.88.214]] 09:03, 2 June 2014 (UTC) | ||
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The statement someone added, saying that if gravity had ceased he'd leave the earth's orbit due to the lack of the Sun's gravity, is incorrect; the Sun's gravitational force at the Earth is far lower than the Earth's gravity, so the loss would not be noticeable until well after he'd ended up in space. As such, I removed that statement. {{unsigned ip|108.162.219.15}} | The statement someone added, saying that if gravity had ceased he'd leave the earth's orbit due to the lack of the Sun's gravity, is incorrect; the Sun's gravitational force at the Earth is far lower than the Earth's gravity, so the loss would not be noticeable until well after he'd ended up in space. As such, I removed that statement. {{unsigned ip|108.162.219.15}} | ||
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:In the last century a lot of us have flown (assisted). Of course, our obsession with the idea of flying is much older than our actual taking to the skies, by several millennia. (Unless, "Aliens!") But, could it simply be because all that there was to see at night was the sky? If you woke up in the middle of the night, stared at the stars for a few minutes and went back to sleep, would that make you want to travel upwards towards them in your dreams? [[Special:Contributions/103.22.201.239|103.22.201.239]] 05:51, 3 June 2014 (UTC) | :In the last century a lot of us have flown (assisted). Of course, our obsession with the idea of flying is much older than our actual taking to the skies, by several millennia. (Unless, "Aliens!") But, could it simply be because all that there was to see at night was the sky? If you woke up in the middle of the night, stared at the stars for a few minutes and went back to sleep, would that make you want to travel upwards towards them in your dreams? [[Special:Contributions/103.22.201.239|103.22.201.239]] 05:51, 3 June 2014 (UTC) | ||
::Our ancestors may not be able to fly, but they certainly known a lot about elevated positions. They might envied the birds for long time. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 10:31, 4 June 2014 (UTC) | ::Our ancestors may not be able to fly, but they certainly known a lot about elevated positions. They might envied the birds for long time. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 10:31, 4 June 2014 (UTC) | ||
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Why is "GLIDE" in all-caps in the transcript? The whole comic is in all-caps. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.237.218|108.162.237.218]] 12:32, 2 June 2014 (UTC) | Why is "GLIDE" in all-caps in the transcript? The whole comic is in all-caps. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.237.218|108.162.237.218]] 12:32, 2 June 2014 (UTC) | ||
:perhaps because the letters are separated out(?)... it would look a little weird to me for them not to be all caps - all XKCD comics are in all caps (it's the font), so that's not a differentiating factor -- [[User:Brettpeirce|Brettpeirce]] ([[User talk:Brettpeirce|talk]]) 13:11, 2 June 2014 (UTC) | :perhaps because the letters are separated out(?)... it would look a little weird to me for them not to be all caps - all XKCD comics are in all caps (it's the font), so that's not a differentiating factor -- [[User:Brettpeirce|Brettpeirce]] ([[User talk:Brettpeirce|talk]]) 13:11, 2 June 2014 (UTC) | ||
:Correct - since it is not a single word but individual words they should all be capital. All sentences here in the transcripts are written with capital letters - so as these letters each represents an individual sentence they should begin with a capital letter. [[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 13:54, 2 June 2014 (UTC) | :Correct - since it is not a single word but individual words they should all be capital. All sentences here in the transcripts are written with capital letters - so as these letters each represents an individual sentence they should begin with a capital letter. [[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 13:54, 2 June 2014 (UTC) | ||
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It's a dream of every wolfenstein enemy-territory player ;-) Theres a bug where you can get a lot of speed be running and jumping around. | It's a dream of every wolfenstein enemy-territory player ;-) Theres a bug where you can get a lot of speed be running and jumping around. | ||
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:Everybody knows that this slow gliding would only work in a dream. The correct speed at sea level would be 7.91 km/s and this comic isn't talking about this high velocities anyway. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 22:22, 3 June 2014 (UTC) | :Everybody knows that this slow gliding would only work in a dream. The correct speed at sea level would be 7.91 km/s and this comic isn't talking about this high velocities anyway. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 22:22, 3 June 2014 (UTC) | ||
::True enough [[Special:Contributions/141.101.81.206|141.101.81.206]] 10:11, 4 June 2014 (UTC) | ::True enough [[Special:Contributions/141.101.81.206|141.101.81.206]] 10:11, 4 June 2014 (UTC) | ||
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There are similarities to the story of flying Robert http://www.sagen.at/texte/maerchen/maerchen_deutschland/hoffmann/fliegender_robert_1.html , a story from "der Struwwelpeter", german classic for children. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.97.220|141.101.97.220]] 07:08, 4 June 2014 (UTC) | There are similarities to the story of flying Robert http://www.sagen.at/texte/maerchen/maerchen_deutschland/hoffmann/fliegender_robert_1.html , a story from "der Struwwelpeter", german classic for children. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.97.220|141.101.97.220]] 07:08, 4 June 2014 (UTC) | ||
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A minor thing, but I think that "...unless one considers the possibility that Cueball's 'gliding' will continue in a straight line in relation to the Earth's surface." would be better re-written using the term "tangent". And would help later on in the explanation (regarding the Earth's surface bending away, etc). [[Special:Contributions/141.101.88.222|141.101.88.222]] 02:29, 5 June 2014 (UTC) | A minor thing, but I think that "...unless one considers the possibility that Cueball's 'gliding' will continue in a straight line in relation to the Earth's surface." would be better re-written using the term "tangent". And would help later on in the explanation (regarding the Earth's surface bending away, etc). [[Special:Contributions/141.101.88.222|141.101.88.222]] 02:29, 5 June 2014 (UTC) | ||
:PS, for the record ''my'' "flying dreams" are different, being more the "feet pressing/thrusting against the air" kind, trajectory controllable by leaning backwards and forwards, as if on an 'invisible airworthy Segway', and altitude by using more or less 'push'. Well, it makes sense to me when I'm dreaming, when I'm quite adept at it. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.88.222|141.101.88.222]] 02:35, 5 June 2014 (UTC) | :PS, for the record ''my'' "flying dreams" are different, being more the "feet pressing/thrusting against the air" kind, trajectory controllable by leaning backwards and forwards, as if on an 'invisible airworthy Segway', and altitude by using more or less 'push'. Well, it makes sense to me when I'm dreaming, when I'm quite adept at it. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.88.222|141.101.88.222]] 02:35, 5 June 2014 (UTC) | ||
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