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The Science of Lightsabers

Posted by samzenpus on from the this-had-better-have-nothing-to-do-with-midichlorians dept.

sethmad writes "As everyone who's ever passed the GRE knows, there are two major hypothetical operational problems with Star Wars lightsabers. More accurately I should say there were two problems, because I solved both of them."

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  1. What are your patent numbers? by perpenso · · Score: 3, Funny

    More accurately I should say there were two problems, because I solved both of them.

    What are your patent numbers? :-)

    1. Re:What are your patent numbers? by Hognoxious · · Score: 3, Funny

      And how many parsecs until they expire?

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    2. Re:What are your patent numbers? by jmd_akbar · · Score: 3, Funny

      And how many parsecs until they expire?

      And here I thought Parsec was a unit of distance...

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  2. Um... What's a... by camperdave · · Score: 3, Funny

    What's a GRE and why would passing one allow you to know hypothetical problems with Star Wars tech. I passed a truck full of pigs on the 401 and the only thing I learned is "stay upwind of the pig trucks"

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  3. Re:That still has the magnet problem... by sakdoctor · · Score: 4, Funny

    http://apple.slashdot.org/