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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
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− | + | This comic provides the reader with a suggestion on how to "conceal activity" that is going to be graphed over time; by timing bursts of activity with the ticks on the time axis. This is assuming that the scale of the time axis is known, and that the "bottom" of the graph coincides with the line on which the ticks are drawn, rather than the "peak" of the largest tick. | |
− | + | Theoretically, the graphed "activity" would be concealed behind the ticks, meaning anyone reading the graph would perceive activity as having ceased at the deadline, even though it had continued in time-axis-tick-sized bursts afterwards. | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[A graph with two axes is shown. Each axis has tick marks with every fourth mark a bit longer than those in between. The Y-axis is labeled with text rotated 90 degrees clockwise. There is no label on the X-axis. The graph is a jagged curve with three clear peaks; the area beneath the curve is shaded in light gray. After the third and highest peak the curve drops to zero. At the point of decline, a dotted line goes up to a label above the last peak. To the right of this dotted line, the X-axis and the ticks on it are clearly thicker than the axis and the ticks to the left. | + | :[A graph with two axes is shown. Each axis has tick marks with every fourth mark a bit longer than those in between. The Y-axis is labeled with text rotated 90 degrees clockwise. There is no label on the X-axis. The graph is a jagged curve with three clear peaks; the area beneath the curve is shaded in light gray. After the third and highest peak the curve drops to zero. At the point of decline, a dotted line goes up to a label above the last peak. To the right of this dotted line, the X-axis and the ticks on it are clearly thicker than the axis and the ticks to the left. |
:Y-axis: Activity | :Y-axis: Activity | ||
:Label: Deadline | :Label: Deadline |