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Dynedain
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error in this week's strip?
posted Friday, November 08, 2002 - 02:59 PM (#2762)
Since Silas is a patent clerk, I'm under the impression that Jon meant the inventer Edison, not Einstein.

If I'm wrong on the intended connection, please enlighten me.
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Re: error in this week's strip? (Score: 5, Informative)
posted Friday, November 08, 2002 - 03:48 PM (#2763)
Umm.

Einstein wrote his theory of special relativity while working for the U.S. Patent Office as a patent clerk.

That's part of the reason it was so funny when Silas said "It's not unheard of for patent clerks to take an interest in these things" when referring to quantum physics.

So, yeah, you're wrong. Sorry.
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Re: error in this week's strip? (Score: 1)
posted Saturday, November 09, 2002 - 03:17 AM (#2772)
Ahhh...

IANATB (I Am Not A Trivia Buff)...so thanks for clearing that up
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Re: error in this week's strip? (Score: 3, Clever)
posted Saturday, November 09, 2002 - 10:43 AM (#2773)
In Response to Dynedain (#2772):

Quick readers will also note that in the previous week's strip, Zebulon Smith is holding a digital picture frame with a photo of Young Einstein (no, not Yahoo Serious) in it.
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Re: error in this week's strip? (Score: 3, Informative)
posted Monday, November 25, 2002 - 06:32 AM (#2967)
In Response to zamphir (#2763):

Einstein wrote his theory of special relativity while working for the U.S. Patent Office as a patent clerk.

Just noticed this - that should of course be Swiss patent office...

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Re: error in this week's strip? (Score: 1)
posted Monday, November 25, 2002 - 09:29 AM (#2970)
In Response to albionsoft (#2967):

Eh?

Ooops.

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