https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=204.16.25.236 2026-07-09T13:11:15Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.30.0 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=251:_CD_Tray_Fight&diff=45875 2013-08-05T18:48:05Z

<p>204.16.25.236: /* Explanation */ added in a note about accidentally pumping, and clarified that the stop-closing functionality is a safety feature.</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 251<br /> | date = April 20, 2007<br /> | title = CD Tray Fight<br /> | image = cd_tray_fight.png<br /> | titletext = This is silly, of course. The enemy will be born in the network.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> This comic refers to the behavior of a CD/DVD drive of a desktop computer. When the tray is opened and the user is reaching for the disc, a process or task on the computer can, at that exact inopportune time, request that the disc drive close its tray. Alternatively, accidentally bumping the open tray may engage the auto-close feature, resulting in the same scenario.<br /> <br /> This results in a sort of &quot;tug of war&quot; between the user who is trying to remove the disc and the CD/DVD drive trying to retract.<br /> <br /> With a reasonable amount of force by the user, most drives will detect the resistance and give up trying to close as a safety feature, ejecting the disc again.<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[Cueball is standing, holding a CD tray which is half-in his computer. There are other CDs on the floor.]<br /> :Cueball: Hey. Hey! Stop retracting my CD!<br /> :I feel uncomfortable when my computer physically struggles with me. Sure, I can overpower it &lt;u&gt;now&lt;/u&gt;, but it feels like a few short steps from here to the robot wars.<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]<br /> [[Category:Computers]]</div>

204.16.25.236 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:55:_Useless&diff=27844 2013-02-13T16:59:32Z

<p>204.16.25.236: Philosophy of the normal approach</p> <hr /> <div>There seems to me to be a philosophical monologue going on here:<br /> What is the root of love?<br /> What is the angle of love?<br /> What is the derivative of love?<br /> What is the identity of love?<br /> <br /> Unfortunately, I don't know much about the Fourier transform, so I'm at a loss for describing it in layman's terms. Anyone wanna lend a hand?<br /> <br /> [[Special:Contributions/204.16.25.236|204.16.25.236]] 16:59, 13 February 2013 (UTC)MagnusVortex</div>

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