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Talk:161: Accident

2012-08-22T20:21:19Z

128.237.217.152:

The issue date of the comic is not given. Can someone add this? [[User:Rikthoff|Rikthoff]] ([[User talk:Rikthoff|talk]]) 18:53, 3 August 2012 (EDT)

http://xkcd.com/851/ - more katamari damacy shenanigans

111: Firefox and Witchcraft - The Connection?

2012-08-22T20:19:14Z

128.237.217.152: /* Explanation */

{{ComicHeader|111|June 5, 2006}}

[[File:firefox wicca.png]]

== Image Text ==
ThisadpaidforbythecounciltopromoteMicrosoftandChristianity. Remember, The Bible is Closed Source.

==Explanation==

The comic shows a chart between the # of members of the pagan religion {{w|Wicca}} and the # of times Mozilla's web browser {{w|Firefox}} has been downloaded, the implication being that Firefox is related to Wicca. The page lists Internet Explorer, a rival web browser, and the cross, representing Christianity, on the bottom, implying that it is an attempt at discouraging Firefox by both Internet Explorer and a Christian source.

The title text is reminiscent of commercials, which tell you who paid for them. The last sentence is a play on the term of {{w|Closed source software}}, which Internet Explorer is, as oppose to Firefox, which was open source in development.
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-- This type of statistical ploy is used again in a few other comics e.g Link of cancer CAUSING cell phones: http://xkcd.com/925/

Talk:937: TornadoGuard

2012-08-22T19:40:07Z

128.237.217.152: Created page with "The image text is also a reference to another comic: http://xkcd.com/583/ In this comic, the bug was that the speech recognition fails on a young child's voice. So the team at..."

The image text is also a reference to another comic: http://xkcd.com/583/
In this comic, the bug was that the speech recognition fails on a young child's voice. So the team attempts to reproduce a child in order to fix the bug and get the test subject. The bug report is closed as cannot fixed with the reason being 'could not reproduce'.