# ­xkcd thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** comic-strips\ **Created:** [May 28, 2020, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574 "2020-05-28T00:57:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 166
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2024, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3303 "2024-08-07T13:36:48Z")
That, too. I have bought fruit trees developed at Cornell, and probably think of it as a farm school before i think of it as an ivy. Also, when i visited a friend who was in their physics PhD program, the footprints of the “farm school” aspect of Cornell was all over the place. I’ve visited MIT many times without ever noticing that aspect, if, indeed, they still do farming work. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2024, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3304 "2024-08-07T14:04:47Z")
Farming is just applied biology. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2024, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3305 "2024-08-07T14:05:25Z")
And often experimental biology, at that! ETA: The fruit trees were probably developed at their Geneva campus. Unfortunately, IMO, some of those orchards have been replaced by facilities engaged in experimental food processing technologies. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2024, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3306 "2024-08-07T15:30:38Z")
Cornell also has a renowned school of hotel / restaurant management & chefery. All about converting the raw crops into high (dollar) yield foodie experiences. Pretty yumtastic IME. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2024, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3307 "2024-08-07T15:42:20Z")
I knew about Cornell as a land grant, but Massachusetts Agricultural and Mechanical (U-MAT) or Mass Ag and Tech (Maggot - U)? j/k ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2024, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3308 "2024-08-07T15:59:00Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > MIT didn’t have a football team when the Ivy League was formed. So it’s not technically in the ivy League. But MIT and Stanford (also not Ivy League) are more prestigious than many of the schools in the Ivy League, including Cornell, IMHO. Depends on the subject. For engineering or the hard sciences, MIT is about as prestigious as it gets. But a Cornell history degree, or a William and Mary English degree, sounds a lot more prestigious to me than the equivalent from MIT. Oh, and > **[Vice President First Names](https://xkcd.com/2969/)** > > \[Political pundit on the ScrabbleTV News channel\] "After four years of defying orthographic pressure, Joe ceded the top of the ticket to Kamala, who--after considering Josh, Mark, Andy, Roy, and Pete--picked Tim." ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2024, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3309 "2024-08-10T04:43:26Z")
> **[Meteor Shower PSA](https://xkcd.com/2970/)** > > If you hold the meteor too long, it may imprint on you and form a contact binary, making reintroduction to space difficult. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3310 "2024-08-13T02:27:01Z")
> **[Celestial Event](https://xkcd.com/2971/)** > > If we can get a brood of 13-year cicadas going, we might have a chance at making this happen before the oceans evaporate under the expanding sun. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3311 "2024-08-13T02:36:06Z")
But I want another 13/17 year cicada convergence, like we got this year. That’s going to take 56 billion years. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3312 "2024-08-15T06:24:50Z")
> **[Helium Synthesis](https://xkcd.com/2972/)** > > Our lawyers were worried because it turns out the company inherits its debt from the parent universe, but luckily cosmic inflation reduced it to nearly zero. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3313 "2024-08-18T03:51:00Z")
> **[Ferris Wheels](https://xkcd.com/2973/)** > > They left the belt drive in place but switched which wheel was powered, so people could choose between a regular ride, a long ride, and a REALLY long ride. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3314 "2024-08-20T07:16:06Z")
> **[Storage Tanks](https://xkcd.com/2974/)** > > We're considering installing a pressurization system to keep the tanks at constant pressure solely to deter them. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3315 "2024-08-21T00:18:44Z")
Is that a joke about base 2? Otherwise, I don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3316 "2024-08-21T00:23:06Z")
It’s just a joke about typical problems assigned to calculus students. Water draining out of tanks (at a rate proportional to the water level) is super common. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3317 "2024-08-21T00:24:59Z")
If I were less lazy right now, I’d dig up some AP test problems with that premise. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3318 "2024-08-21T00:25:36Z")
Yep. Been there, integrated that ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3319 "2024-08-21T01:32:26Z")
Dammit. I wish we had a like button. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3320 "2024-08-21T10:05:53Z")
Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3321 "2024-08-21T18:58:57Z")
> **[Classical Periodic Table](https://xkcd.com/2975/)** > > Personally I think mercury is more of a 'wet earth' hybrid element. Shouldn’t technetium and promethium also be fire? ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2024, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3322 "2024-08-24T05:25:03Z")
> **[Time Traveler Causes of Death](https://xkcd.com/2976/)** > > Many a hungry time traveler has Googled 'trilobites shellfish allergy' only to find their carrier had no coverage in the Ordovician. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574.md?page=165) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574.md?page=167)