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P3+J3^u! · Postby **P3+J3^u!** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 12:45 pm

Just started really following it. I've been haranguing (spelling? no, I can't) facebook users for several days about the ones I like. Anyone else read/reading it?

For pertinence: http://xkcd.com/241/ I was pleased to discover Randall Munroe is a fan.

Syphon the Sun · Postby **Syphon the Sun** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 3:33 pm

I'm pretty sure that most of us are fans, from what I remember.

BonitoDeMadrid · Postby **BonitoDeMadrid** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 4:58 pm

Randall Munroe usually makes my Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings.

Mich · Postby **Mich** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 5:30 pm

He normally makes my Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday nights.

ender1 · Postby **ender1** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 6:39 pm

I'm waiting for his book to come out.

zeroguy · Postby **zeroguy** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 10:03 pm

I'm fairly certain it's been mentioned a few times in the webcomics thread.

ender1 · Postby **ender1** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 10:38 pm

I'm fairly certain it's been mentioned a few times in the webcomics thread.

Once, by me.

Postby **Jayelle** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 9:50 am

Yup, we all love it here.

Janus%TheDoorman · Postby **Janus%TheDoorman** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:09 pm

Not that Randall isn't an awesome guy, but if you're going through the archives, take it slow. He's had, at least in my opinion, trouble adjusting to being wildly popular. He was better when he wasn't worried about everyone getting his jokes.

zeroguy · Postby **zeroguy** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:35 pm

He was better when he wasn't worried about everyone getting his jokes.

I'm not Munroe's biggest fan, and I do tend to like his earlier comics more... (Zeppelin is possibly my favorite), but you can't say comics like this are being dumbed down to be easier to get.

Janus%TheDoorman · Postby **Janus%TheDoorman** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 1:00 am

Sure, Erdos numbers are fairly esoteric, but a google or wiki search yields the answer quickly enough.

Graphs of CMB radiation density with no actual clue as to what it is for the uniformed however, is a level of geek nirvana I don't expect XKCD will ever return to.

Postby **Oliver Dale** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 10:23 am

But Janus, that isn't *funny*.

Janus%TheDoorman · Postby **Janus%TheDoorman** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 1:05 am

Eh. Maybe not, but XKCD wasn't always funny, but it was almost always awesome. These days the funny comes along at about the same rate, but the awesome's been absent.

Janus%TheDoorman · Postby **Janus%TheDoorman** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 10:18 pm

Can't Randall pick on chemists, or biologists, or someone else every once in a while?

mr_thebrain · Postby **mr_thebrain** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 10:21 pm

Graphs of CMB radiation density with no actual clue as to what it is for the uniformed however, is a level of geek nirvana I don't expect XKCD will ever return to.

i bought that shirt btw.

zeroguy · Postby **zeroguy** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 10:40 pm

Can't Randall pick on chemists, or biologists, or someone else every once in a while?

Like, say... computational linguists?

Postby **Oliver Dale** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 10:29 am

Can't Randall pick on chemists, or biologists, or someone else every once in a while?

The Three-Body problem isn't really something that biologists spend a lot of time thinking about, I suspect. Unless you're referring to.. well, never mind.

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