[1441] Turnabout

Title Text:Whenever I miss a shot with a sci-fi weapon, I say ‘Apollo retroreflector’ really fast, just in case.< Origin:https://xkcd.com/1441/ 不管我射的是不是科幻武器,我都會很快地說出「阿波羅復歸反射器」,以防萬一。 https://xkcd.tw/1441 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1441:_Turnabout 在漫画中,两个人正在与激光枪进行战斗。当他跳上障碍物时,一个人似乎占了上风,因为另一个人的射门很宽。他提供了经典的“任何遗言?”并用令人困惑的短语“Apollo retroreflectors”… Read more

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[1440] Geese

Title Text:Anyway, that’s a common misconception. Geese live for a long time; all the ones we can see will probably keep flying around for billions of years before they explode.

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[1438] Houston

Title Text:’Oh, hey Mom. No, nothing important, just at work.'< Origin:https://xkcd.com/1438/ 「喔,老媽。沒,那沒什麼重要的,只是工作。」 https://xkcd.tw/1438 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1438:_Houston 这个漫画提出了一个笑话:一个Cueball在Mission Control,但是没有帮助太空船,事实上,它实际上是无益的,完全无视它们。这与人们期望在爆炸事件中任务控制行为的方式相反[引证需要]。 或者,这可能是某种类型的评论: 呼叫中心的外包降低了质量。 呼叫中心无视关键呼叫。 技术精明的人嘲笑技术理解有限的人。 美国宇航局近几… Read more

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[1437] Higgs Boson

Title Text:’Can’t you just use the LHC you already built to find it again?’ ‘We MAY have disassembled it to build a death ray.’ ‘Just one, though.’ ‘Nothing you should worry about.’ ‘The death isn’t even very serious.'< Origin:https://xkcd.com/1437/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1437:_Higgs_Boson…

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[1436] Orb Hammer

Title Text:Ok, but make sure to get lots of pieces of rock, because later we’ll decide to stay in a room on our regular orb and watch hammers hold themselves and hit rocks for us, and they won’t bring us…

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[1435] Presidential Alert

Title Text:When putting his kids to bed, after saying ‘Goodnight’, Obama has to stop himself from saying ‘God bless you, and God bless the United States of America.’

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[1434] Where Do Birds Go

Title Text:Water/ice has a lot of weird phases. Maybe asking ‘where do birds go when it rains’ is like asking ‘where does Clark Kent go whenever Superman shows up?'< Origin:https://xkcd.com/1434/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1434:_Where_Do_Birds_Go 鸟儿往哪躲 水/冰有很多奇怪的阶段。也许会问“下雨的时候鸟儿会去哪里”就像问“超人出现的时候克拉克·肯特(原作中超人本体)会去哪里?” https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/uKdP… Read more

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[1433] Lightsaber

Title Text:A long time in the future, in a galaxy far, far, away, astronomers in the year 2008 sight an unusual gamma-ray burst originating from somewhere far across the universe.

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[1432] The Sake of Argument

Title Text:’It’s not actually… it’s a DEVICE for EXPLORING a PLAUSIBLE REALITY that’s not the one we’re in, to gain a broader understanding about it.’ ‘oh, like a boat!’ ‘…’ ‘Just for the sake of argument, we should get a…

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