xkcd presents "What If?" 2: Electric Boogaloo

[robkelk]

'The obvious question, then, is "why doesn't my phone run on propane?" The obvious answer is "because your phone would catch fire," but that's not quite it. See, lithium-ion batteries are also extremely flammable, and a huge amount of effort has gone into making Michael Bay scenarios less common.'

With a close second to: "Now you have two problems, and both the original problem and the new problem are on fire."

There are plenty of good lines this week...
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012