13/06/08 [DMFA #915] - Better the second time

[Wanderer]

She's a mythos? But... she has thumbs! She's defying my arbitrarily chosen mythos identification feature!

My world is collapsing.

Will your world go supernova? Then I'll stick around to watch. *joins llearch*

Don't be silly. Worlds don't have enough mass to go supernova. That requires a star. And possibly some sort of hydrogen fusion process, I'm not quite clear on the details.

[GabrielsThoughts]

Am I the only one who thinks Dan was raised by a lecherous monk?

[VSMIT]

Don't be silly. Worlds don't have enough mass to go supernova. That requires a star. And possibly some sort of hydrogen fusion process, I'm not quite clear on the details.

What if your world had a crapload of fusion power plants, and they all decided to explode all at the same time?  Then what?

THEN WHAT?!

[Wanderer]

Don't be silly. Worlds don't have enough mass to go supernova. That requires a star. And possibly some sort of hydrogen fusion process, I'm not quite clear on the details.

What if your world had a crapload of fusion power plants, and they all decided to explode all at the same time?  Then what?

THEN WHAT?!

I don't think it's even possible for a planet to rival the energy output of a star, no matter how many power plants it has.

[Ren Gaulen]

Don't be silly. Worlds don't have enough mass to go supernova. That requires a star. And possibly some sort of hydrogen fusion process, I'm not quite clear on the details.

What if your world had a crapload of fusion power plants, and they all decided to explode all at the same time?  Then what?

THEN WHAT?!

There will be lots of spectacular asplodions, and nothing more. Sadly a world as in a planet can't go supernova. But now I am thinking about what would happen if a world as in a universe collapses...

[Tapewolf]

<Jakob Pettersohn's Hour of Science>

Don't be silly. Worlds don't have enough mass to go supernova. That requires a star. And possibly some sort of hydrogen fusion process, I'm not quite clear on the details.

AFAIK a supernova occurs when the star reaches a certain element.  I can't remember the sequence offhand, but it generally runs something like hydrogen/hydrogen -> helium, then helium/helium -> (something else).  IIRC, the last viable element is carbon/carbon -> iron.  If you've ever seen a graph of binding energy against proton number, you'll remember that iron is at the bottom of the curve.  In actual fact iron/iron fusion takes more energy than it releases, at which point things go bang, to put it mildly.
Basically I think the entire star collapses very rapidly.  Quite what causes it to explode after that, I am not certain of.

</Jakob Pettersohn's Hour of Science>

Actually on topic, I wonder what happens if you stick a spork into the red glowy bit of the Death Knights?

[Ren Gaulen]

<Jakob Pettersohn's Hour of Science>

Don't be silly. Worlds don't have enough mass to go supernova. That requires a star. And possibly some sort of hydrogen fusion process, I'm not quite clear on the details.

AFAIK a supernova occurs when the star reaches a certain element.  I can't remember the sequence offhand, but it generally runs something like hydrogen/hydrogen -> helium, then helium/helium -> (something else).  IIRC, the last viable element is carbon/carbon -> iron.  If you've ever seen a graph of binding energy against proton number, you'll remember that iron is at the bottom of the curve.  In actual fact iron/iron fusion takes more energy than it releases, at which point things go bang, to put it mildly.
Basically I think the entire star collapses very rapidly.  Quite what causes it to explode after that, I am not certain of.

</Jakob Pettersohn's Hour of Science>

Thank you, Jakob.

Actually on topic, I wonder what happens if you stick a spork into the red glowy bit of the Death Knights?

Well, I've got two theories. Theory 1: The red glowy bit asplodes violently. Theory 2: If the bit is rock-hard, so the spork breaks or bends against it harmlessly.

[Gamma]

Some how I'm reminded of Stargate Atlantis, they did get to blow a planet up. By different means though.


Yeah I'll bet if you stick a spork in'em they're done.

[Aurawyn]

Wait.. Whos a mythos?

Anna? The Green one? I kinda though Shanna Would be the Mythos.. if anyone....

Anna, Shanna and Hannah.. Amber are you trying to break my Brain? 

[Goatmon]

Wait.. Whos a mythos?

Anna? The Green one? I kinda though Shanna Would be the Mythos.. if anyone....

Anna, Shanna and Hannah.. Amber are you trying to break my Brain? 

Yeah, some of us are a bit confused about that.

[techmaster-glitch]

Anna, Shanna and Hannah.. Amber are you trying to break my Brain? 

Yeah, some of us are a bit confused about that.

Heh heh ...I've been watching this for a quite a threads now, and I think it's finally time I pointed out an insignificant detail, just 'cuz I can...

It's Ann, not Anna

[Roureem Egas]

Heh heh ...I've been watching this for a quite a threads now, and I think it's finally time I pointed out an insignificant detail, just 'cuz I can...

It's Ann, not Anna

Shanna disagrees.

[techmaster-glitch]

Shanna disagrees.

Oh...okay then

Then who's right?

[Roureem Egas]

Could just be Dan shortening the name a little bit, and I don't think it's that unusual. When I was playing an MMO using a single syllable name with five letters, I've had people refered to me using just three.

I personally believe it's a combo of artistic liscense and laziness. 

[shadowterm]

Mythos was my guess actually, I just didn't want to bet on it. She only has three fingers, and they're larger than normal, something I've come to associate with them.

[Aurawyn]

Nevermind.

[Aurawyn]

When I was playing an MMO using a single syllable name with five letters, I've had people refered to me using just three.

Thats pretty common In every MMO I've played...

Bellandra became Bell
Qilue because Q
Kyo'maeya became Kyo
Kajira became Kaji

Ive started using shorter names now.. hah

[TheCrazyMeerkat]

Sparkly text bubble is sparkly.


Oh, I'm sure Dan could take out a whole room of Deathknights with a spork. If, you know, they were in comas. And already half-destroyed.

That's right Dan. I believe in you.

[Ren Gaulen]

Sparkly text bubble is sparkly.


Oh, I'm sure Dan could take out a whole room of Deathknights with a spork. If, you know, they were in comas. And already half-destroyed.

That's right Dan. I believe in you.

The sarcasm is dripping off your words and on the floor. "To doubt is to betray." Show more faith in Daniel!

[Lucheek]

Mythos was my guess actually, I just didn't want to bet on it. She only has three fingers, and they're larger than normal, something I've come to associate with them.

Both Dan and Hannah have only 3 fingers as well, you know.

Unless you mean 2 fingers and a thumb, like Matilda, but she doesn't.

[Tapewolf]

Both Dan and Hannah have only 3 fingers as well, you know.
Unless you mean 2 fingers and a thumb, like Matilda, but she doesn't.

He means Shanna, I think.  If you look at her in 910, shortly before her transformation, she only has two fingers and one thumb - a fact which I've never consciously noticed before.  Normal furres have three fingers and one thumb (and humans have four).

**EDIT**

Oh, I'm sure Dan could take out a whole room of Deathknights with a spork. If, you know, they were in comas. And already half-destroyed.

I still say that - assuming it doesn't destroy the spork and the attacker - sticking it into the red glowy bit would not do them any good.

[bizun]

Sorry folks, just couldn't resist!

http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/kitchen/8ace/?cpg=17369
XD!

[Ren Gaulen]

Sorry folks, just couldn't resist!

http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/kitchen/8ace/?cpg=17369
XD!

"The Spork of the Gods"... Dan would need that one! By the way, I remember someone posting a link to that thing before, but I can't remember where or when.

[Gamma]

It was me
Glad someone noticed this time.

I still don't really have an opinion on Anna. Just along for the ride.

[Psaakyrn]

And thus, the Spork story remains a Noodle Incident alongside Abel's Library Incident, though in this case, it's probably something closer to Noodle Awesome

I'm quite sure Azlan owns the noodle incident concept in the whole comic...

[techmaster-glitch]

And thus, the Spork story remains a Noodle Incident alongside Abel's Library Incident, though in this case, it's probably something closer to Noodle Awesome

I'm quite sure Azlan owns the noodle incident concept in the whole comic...

True, true...

[kaskar]

And thus, the Spork story remains a Noodle Incident alongside Abel's Library Incident, though in this case, it's probably something closer to Noodle Awesome

I'm quite sure Azlan owns the noodle incident concept in the whole comic...

True, true...

    And now we hopefully soon see how the spork thwarted D.P. ( I wonder if that matter will be shown to be resolved in future strips ? )

[radarnocturn]

Sorry folks, just couldn't resist!

http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/kitchen/8ace/?cpg=17369
XD!

Damn it!  Someone beat me to it!  That was the exact same spork that popped into my head at Dan's mentioning!

[kaskar]

      So, when do we see " The Attack of the Killer Sporks " , eh ?

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

No time soon, and the more you ask like that, the less likely we are to see it at all.