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1. 9 days ago on Working Daze

   X-Files genie episode Je Souhaite

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2. 9 days ago on Frazz

   If an hour is 1/24th of a day, then a day is necessarily 24 hours. But, if you start from this definition of a “second”:

   The second […] is defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the caesium frequency, ΔνCs, the unperturbed ground-state hyperfine transition frequency of the caesium 133 atom, to be 9192631770 when expressed in the unit Hz, which is equal to s−1.

   which is independent of planetary bodies, then you could possibly adjust the number of seconds per minute and hours for different worlds and keep the system in place.

3. 9 days ago on Frazz

   Ask people who had just gone to Costco before the Wuhan fear caused empty shelves whether they bought too much.

4. about 1 month ago on Working Daze

   The arrogance of youth (as opposed to earned confidence based on actual accomplishments)

5. about 1 month ago on Wizard of Id

   Sir Rodney is the Knight Protector of the Fourth Wall…

6. about 1 month ago on Wizard of Id

   Tolkien took his cues from the Germanic\Scandinavian mythos of the Nine Worlds (most commonly called Norse Mythology now), two of which were Alfheim and Svartalfheim. The Alfar (Elves) and Svartalfhar (Dark Elves) were man-height if not a little taller.

7. about 1 month ago on Frazz

   I hate “show your work”, especially when some new fad comes out, like “New Math” or “Common Core”, where the academics want you to get to the solution in a particular way, and will mark you down for using another method.

   Process over results is never a good method of doing anything, unless there is a valid safety concern as in manufacturing or engineering.

8. about 1 month ago on Pearls Before Swine

   That one was solved in “Eerie, indiana” – they are in the Bureau of the Lost.

9. about 1 month ago on Luann

   The chain gets twisted and jiggling the handle shakes the chain and increases the effective length so the internal seal gets seated again.

10. about 2 months ago on Wizard of Id

    If it was a Marine, he’d have his buddy set him on fire and hope he hits the water before it gets too bad…