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XKCD cartoonist Randall Munroe will be publishing a new book in November, but it's already become Amazon's #1 best-seller in two "Science & Math" subcategories, for mechanics and scientific instruments. Inspired by a cartoon describing NASA's Saturn V rocket as "the up-goer V", Randall's created a large-format collection of blueprints describing datacenters, tectonic plates, and even the controls in an airplane cockpit — using only the thousand most common English words. "Since this book explains things, I've called it Thing Explainer," Randall writes on the XKCD blog, trying to mimic the humorously simple style of his book. Randall's previous book of scientific hypotheticals [What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions] — published nearly one year ago — is still Amazon's #1 best-selling book in their "Physics" category, ranking higher than Stephen Hawking's "A Brief History of Time."
(Score: 0, Troll) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday August 16 2015, @08:13PM
I liked him until he released this [xkcd.com] strip.
In releasing that he self-identified as a hugbox-loving bitchboy, and became an enemy of mine.
(Score: 2) by q.kontinuum on Monday August 17 2015, @01:36AM
Yes, I can see how that xkcd bothers you somehow. I find it great and to the point :-)
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(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday August 17 2015, @02:55AM
So - - - - lemme get this straight. The oddball has published THOUSANDS of those silly strips. His strips don't always agree with each other - they are each individual observations of a phenomena, an attitude, an interaction, a moment in time. You liked his odd humor and insight, until he published that one strip? Has Randall ever publicly stated that the strip in question reflects HIS OPINION? Or, did he publish that strip to reflect a common public and legal opinion?
FFS, I've made statements that I don't believe in often enough, just to keep a good argument going. Or to make people think. Or just because I was feeling pissy.
Whatever. You no longer like Randall, because of that one strip. I think that's juvenile, but that is your right. I'd respect your opinion more if you just said Randall is a weird motherfucker, and you don't like him.