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Anybody notice that the real product of the numbers he gives is 6.3 (10), not 100,000? 02:32, 16 April 2017 (UTC)
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No, it's not - you've multiplied Cr and Mx when you should have added them. The real product is 126,000 = 100,000. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.69.51|162.158.69.51]]
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There was a later comic about our capabilities' precluding of UFO sightings and such. I may find it at some point. --[[User:Quicksilver|Quicksilver]] ([[User talk:Quicksilver|talk]]) 02:51, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
 
There was a later comic about our capabilities' precluding of UFO sightings and such. I may find it at some point. --[[User:Quicksilver|Quicksilver]] ([[User talk:Quicksilver|talk]]) 02:51, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
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googlesearch=site:explainxkcd.com ufo
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http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1235:_Settled
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[[User:Kevin McCready|Kevin McCready]] ([[User talk:Kevin McCready|talk]]) 13:25, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
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Is there any significance to the word "flake"? Urban Dictionary says it stands for "unreliable person", but certainly not in context of alien sightings. --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.90.217|162.158.90.217]] 13:34, 26 August 2015 (UTC)
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  It's a portmanteau of "Drake" and "Fake". --[[Special:Contributions/172.68.10.94|172.68.10.94]] 10:58, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

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Anybody notice that the real product of the numbers he gives is 6.3 (10), not 100,000? 02:32, 16 April 2017 (UTC)

No, it's not - you've multiplied Cr and Mx when you should have added them. The real product is 126,000 = 100,000. 162.158.69.51

There was a later comic about our capabilities' precluding of UFO sightings and such. I may find it at some point. --Quicksilver (talk) 02:51, 20 August 2013 (UTC)


Settled

googlesearch=site:explainxkcd.com ufo

http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1235:_Settled

Kevin McCready (talk) 13:25, 10 May 2014 (UTC)

Is there any significance to the word "flake"? Urban Dictionary says it stands for "unreliable person", but certainly not in context of alien sightings. --162.158.90.217 13:34, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

 It's a portmanteau of "Drake" and "Fake". --172.68.10.94 10:58, 4 February 2017 (UTC)