Irregular Webcomic!

Archive     Blog     Cast     Forum     RSS     Books!     Poll Results     About     Search     Fan Art     Podcast     More Stuff     Random     Support on Patreon
New comics Mon-Fri; reruns Sat-Sun
<   No. 5097   2023-12-26   >

Comic #5097

1 Serron: Wait. Helium-5 has a half-life of 600 yoctoseconds??
2 Spanners: Yes, what did you think?
3 Serron: The data sheet said 600 ys. I thought that meant years.
4 Paris: I think the remainder of your life might be measured in ys...

First (1) | Previous (5096) | Next (5098) || Latest Rerun (2656) | Latest New (5314)
First 5 | Previous 5 | Next 5 | Latest 5
Space theme: First | Previous | Next | Latest || First 5 | Previous 5 | Next 5 | Latest 5
This strip's permanent URL: https://www.irregularwebcomic.net/5097.html
Annotations off: turn on
Annotations on: turn off

I assume in the science fiction future that society is technological enough that everyone just knows what a yoctosecond is.

But not that everyone knows the abbreviation. It's a very, very specific level of technical knowledge.

LEGO® is a registered trademark of the LEGO Group of companies, which does not sponsor, authorise, or endorse this site.
This material is presented in accordance with the LEGO® Fair Play Guidelines.

My comics: Irregular Webcomic! | Darths & Droids | Eavesdropper | Planet of Hats | The Dinosaur Whiteboard | mezzacotta
My blogs: dangermouse.net (daily updates) | 100 Proofs that the Earth is a Globe (science!) | Carpe DMM (long form posts) | Snot Block & Roll (food reviews)
More comics I host: The Prisoner of Monty Hall | Lightning Made of Owls | Square Root of Minus Garfield | iToons | Comments on a Postcard | Awkward Fumbles
© 2002-2024 Creative Commons License
This work is copyright and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International Licence by David Morgan-Mar. dmm@irregularwebcomic.net