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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
| β | Typical news broadcasts are divided into local, national, and global news segments. The broadcast in this comic presented by [[Blondie]], the | + | Typical news broadcasts are divided into local, national, and global news segments. The broadcast in this comic presented by [[Blondie]], the news anchor, has been broken into real local, (about city council election) and what the newscaster calls "nonlocal". Rather than focusing on national or global news, the nonlocal segment deals with news of a {{w|nonlocality}} nature; more likely dealing with causal nonlocality. |
A "{{w|tachyon}}" is a theoretical or thought-experiment particle which travels {{w|Faster-than-light|faster}} than the {{w|speed of light}}. It has many strange properties, including being able to go back in time. This is how the newscaster is able to send a beam back in time to kill her past self. The comic does not explain {{w|Grandfather paradox|the paradox}} of how someone who died in the past could still be alive in the present/future, nor any of the many other paradoxes that arise when {{w|time travel}} is involved, a [[:Category:Time travel|recurring theme]] in xkcd. | A "{{w|tachyon}}" is a theoretical or thought-experiment particle which travels {{w|Faster-than-light|faster}} than the {{w|speed of light}}. It has many strange properties, including being able to go back in time. This is how the newscaster is able to send a beam back in time to kill her past self. The comic does not explain {{w|Grandfather paradox|the paradox}} of how someone who died in the past could still be alive in the present/future, nor any of the many other paradoxes that arise when {{w|time travel}} is involved, a [[:Category:Time travel|recurring theme]] in xkcd. | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*Blondie was finally named as a new character based on this comic. See the discussion below and this [[explain_xkcd:Community_portal/Proposals#New_character_category_for_blonde_woman_news_reporter_.28from_1699.29|community portal discussion]]. | *Blondie was finally named as a new character based on this comic. See the discussion below and this [[explain_xkcd:Community_portal/Proposals#New_character_category_for_blonde_woman_news_reporter_.28from_1699.29|community portal discussion]]. | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Blondie]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Blondie]] | ||
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[[Category:Politics]] | [[Category:Politics]] | ||
[[Category:Physics]] | [[Category:Physics]] | ||
[[Category:Time travel]] | [[Category:Time travel]] | ||
