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<p>Anticrap: Undo revision 281970 by Donald Trump (talk)</p> <hr /> <div>This is the list of comics from '''1501 to 2000'''.<br /> :For the first 500 comics, see [[List of all comics (1-500)]].<br /> :For comics 501-1000, see [[List of all comics (501-1000)]].<br /> :For comics 1001-1500, see [[List of all comics (1001-1500)]].<br /> :For comics 2001 to{{LATESTCOMIC}}, see [[List of all comics]].<br /> :The whole list is available at [[List of all comics (full)]].<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable sortable plainlinks table-padding&quot;<br /> |-<br /> !xkcd<br /> !Title<br /> !Talk<br /> !Image<br /> !Date&lt;onlyinclude&gt;<br /> {{comicsrow|2000|2018-05-30|xkcd Phone 2000|xkcd phone 2000.png}}<br /> {{comicsrow|1999|2018-05-28|Selection Effect|selection effect.png}}<br /> {{comicsrow|1998|2018-05-25|GDPR|gdpr.png}}<br /> {{comicsrow|1997|2018-05-23|Business Update|business update.png}}<br /> {{comicsrow|1996|2018-05-21|Morning News|morning news.png}}<br /> {{comicsrow|1995|2018-05-18|MC Hammer Age|mc hammer age.png}}<br /> {{comicsrow|1994|2018-05-16|Repairs|repairs.png}}<br /> {{comicsrow|1993|2018-05-14|Fatal Crash Rate|fatal crash rate.png}}<br /> {{comicsrow|1992|2018-05-11|SafetySat|safetysat.png}}<br /> {{comicsrow|1991|2018-05-09|Research Areas by Size and Countedness|research areas by size and countedness.png}}<br /> {{comicsrow|1990|2018-05-07|Driving Cars|driving cars.png}}<br /> {{comicsrow|1989|2018-05-04|IMHO|imho.png}}<br /> {{comicsrow|1988|2018-05-02|Containers|containers.png}}<br /> {{comicsrow|1987|2018-04-30|Python Environment|python environment.png}}<br /> {{comicsrow|1986|2018-04-27|River Border|river border.png}}<br /> {{comicsrow|1985|2018-04-25|Meteorologist|meteorologist.png}}<br /> {{comicsrow|1984|2018-04-23|Misinterpretation|misinterpretation.png}}<br /> {{comicsrow|1983|2018-04-20|Clutter|clutter.png}}<br /> {{comicsrow|1982|2018-04-18|Evangelism|evangelism.png}}<br /> {{comicsrow|1981|2018-04-16|Rickrolling Anniversary|rickrolling anniversary.png}}<br /> {{comicsrow|1980|2018-04-13|Turkish Delight|turkish delight.png}}<br /> {{comicsrow|1979|2018-04-11|History|history.png}}<br /> {{comicsrow|1978|2018-04-09|Congressional Testimony|congressional testimony.png}}<br /> {{comicsrow|1977|2018-04-06|Paperwork|paperwork.png}}<br /> {{comicsrow|1976|2018-04-04|Friendly Questions|friendly questions.png}}<br /> {{comicsrow|1975|2018-04-01|Right Click|right click.png}}<br /> {{comicsrow|1974|2018-03-30|Conversational Dynamics|conversational dynamics.png}}<br /> {{comicsrow|1973|2018-03-28|Star Lore|star lore.png}}<br /> {{comicsrow|1972|2018-03-26|Autogyros|autogyros.png}}<br /> {{comicsrow|1971|2018-03-23|Personal Data|personal data.png}}<br /> {{comicsrow|1970|2018-03-21|Name Dominoes|name dominoes.png}}<br /> {{comicsrow|1969|2018-03-19|Not Available|not available.png}}<br /> {{comicsrow|1968|2018-03-16|Robot Future|robot future.png}}<br /> {{comicsrow|1967|2018-03-14|Violin Plots|violin plots.png}}<br /> {{comicsrow|1966|2018-03-12|Smart Home Security|smart home security.png}}<br /> {{comicsrow|1965|2018-03-09|Background Apps|background apps.png}}<br /> {{comicsrow|1964|2018-03-07|Spatial Orientation|spatial orientation.png}}<br /> {{comicsrow|1963|2018-03-05|Namespace Land Rush|namespace land rush.png}}<br /> {{comicsrow|1962|2018-03-02|Generations|generations.png}}<br /> {{comicsrow|1961|2018-02-28|Interaction|interaction.png}}<br /> {{comicsrow|1960|2018-02-26|Code Golf|code golf.png}}<br /> {{comicsrow|1959|2018-02-23|The Simpsons|the simpsons.png}}<br /> {{comicsrow|1958|2018-02-21|Self-Driving Issues|self driving issues.png}}<br /> {{comicsrow|1957|2018-02-19|2018 CVE List|2018 cve list.png}}<br /> {{comicsrow|1956|2018-02-16|Unification|unification.png}}<br /> {{comicsrow|1955|2018-02-14|Robots|robots.png}}<br /> {{comicsrow|1954|2018-02-12|Impostor Syndrome|impostor syndrome.png}}<br /> {{comicsrow|1953|2018-02-09|The History of Unicode|the history of 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Anticrap https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=User_talk:Vandalbane&diff=279408 2022-05-26T17:34:46Z

<p>Anticrap: </p> <hr /> <div>I wonder if I can keep my page unvandalised if I never use a lowercase T.<br /> :IT looks like The crapper is reverTing all of your ediTs immediaTely afTer you save Them. (I'm capiTalizing T's so The boT doesn'T crap your Talk page.) [[Special:ConTribuTions/172.70.126.221|172.70.126.221]] 17:20, 26 May 2022 (UTC)<br /> ::Seems like They are. I Think insTead of playing Their silly game, I will jusT waiT for Them To geT blocked and Then reverT The remaining vandalism. [[User:Vandalbane|Vandalbane]] ([[User Talk:Vandalbane|Talk]]) 17:28, 26 May 2022 (UTC)<br /> :I wonder why They decided To use a lowercase T ouT of all characTers[[Special:Contributions/172.69.71.199|172.69.71.199]] 17:31, 26 May 2022 (UTC)Bumpf<br /> ::This is by far the worsT crapper aTTack we've had. [[User:Anticrap|Anticrap]] ([[User talk:Anticrap|talk]]) 17:34, 26 May 2022 (UTC)</div>

Anticrap https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2624:_Voyager_Wires&diff=276947 2022-05-25T23:57:14Z

<p>Anticrap: Citation Needed here is a joke meaning &quot;this is so obvious, we don't need a citation.&quot; It basically has the opposite meaning compared to the Wikipedia version.</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 2624<br /> | date = May 25, 2022<br /> | title = Voyager Wires<br /> | image = voyager_wires.png<br /> | titletext = Also, they're getting increasingly worried that someone will accidentally hit the 'retract' button, and that the end of the cable thrashing around as it winds up could devastate the Earth's surface.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Created by a WIRE CUT BECAUSE OF BUDG- are you there houston? it's me v----ger, you'll never guess what I found! Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> This comic claims that the {{w|Voyager program|Voyager probe}}s communicate with NASA though ridiculously long copper wires, when in reality they use radio waves.{{citation needed}} These wires would have to be continuously lengthened as the probes travel away from Earth. Supposedly, because of &quot;high copper prices and budget constraints,&quot; they may not be able to afford to lengthen the wires much longer. If this occurred, they would have to either cut the wires or let them break, which would prevent any further communication with the probes. As mentioned earlier, however, they actually use radio waves, not long copper wires, so this will not actually happen.<br /> <br /> If copper wires were dragged by the Voyager probes, 550 tons of copper would be needed per hour if the cable was 1mm² thick and it would add 1 million Ohm per hour to the cable resistance. <br /> <br /> The resulting wire would slow down the probes by drag, but be perfect space elevators for lightweight spacecraft.<br /> Of course, since the Earth spins, the wires would also spool around the Earth, slowing the probes down even further. Clearly, this is not a good idea.{{citation needed}}<br /> <br /> This doesn't even factor in how the Earth, in its rotation around the sun, will drag these copper wires in a circular orbit leading the wires through the sun at least once per year. The difference between the melting point of copper and the average core temperature of the sun has not yet been established by reproducible experiment, but is believed to be incompatible with the high quality required for signal transmission.<br /> <br /> The consequence of a cable between a craft in space and a planetary location being suddenly retracted was recently demonstrated in the first episode of the Apple TV+ series ''{{w|Foundation (TV series)|Foundation}}''. It didn't end well for anyone.<br /> <br /> A few days before this comic was released, [https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/news/details.php?article_id=124 NASA had reported] to have received corrupted position data from the Voyager 1 probe.<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> [There is an image of a space probe, presumably one of NASA's Voyager probes, with a long wire connecting it to the earth. To the left, there is a second wire, which goes offscreen. Below, there is a caption.]<br /> <br /> :[Caption below the panel]:<br /> :Sad news: Due to high copper prices and budget constraints, NASA may finally have to cut the wires that they've been spooling out to communicate with Voyager 1 and 2.<br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Space probes]]</div>

Anticrap https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2624:_Voyager_Wires&diff=276945 2022-05-25T23:53:47Z

<p>Anticrap: It's definitely Earth; you can see North and South America. On the hi-res version you can see Florida and some Caribbean islands. You can also see that the wires meet the Earth in/near Texas, presumable at Mission Control in Houston. This summary is long.</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 2624<br /> | date = May 25, 2022<br /> | title = Voyager Wires<br /> | image = voyager_wires.png<br /> | titletext = Also, they're getting increasingly worried that someone will accidentally hit the 'retract' button, and that the end of the cable thrashing around as it winds up could devastate the Earth's surface.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Created by a WIRE CUT BECAUSE OF BUDG- are you there houston? it's me v----ger, you'll never guess what I found! Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> This comic claims that the {{w|Voyager program|Voyager probe}}s communicate with NASA though ridiculously long copper wires, when in reality they use radio waves.{{citation needed}} These wires would have to be continuously lengthened as the probes travel away from Earth. Supposedly, because of &quot;high copper prices and budget constraints,&quot; they may not be able to afford to lengthen the wires much longer. If this occurred, they would have to either cut the wires or let them break, which would prevent any further communication with the probes. As mentioned earlier, however, they actually use radio waves, not long copper wires, so this will not actually happen.<br /> <br /> If copper wires were dragged by the Voyager probes, 550 tons of copper would be needed per hour if the cable was 1mm² thick and it would add 1 million Ohm per hour to the cable resistance. <br /> <br /> The resulting wire would slow down the probes by drag, but be perfect space elevators for lightweight spacecraft.<br /> Of course, since the Earth spins, the wires would also spool around the Earth, slowing the probes down even further. Clearly, this is not a good idea.{{citation needed}}<br /> <br /> This doesn't even factor in how the Earth, in its rotation around the sun, will drag these copper wires in a circular orbit leading the wires through the sun at least once per year. The difference between the melting point of copper and the average core temperature of the sun has not yet been established by reproducible experiment, but is believed to be incompatible with the high quality required for signal transmission.<br /> <br /> The consequence of a cable between a craft in space and a planetary location being suddenly retracted was recently demonstrated in the first episode of the Apple TV+ series ''{{w|Foundation (TV series)|Foundation}}''. It didn't end well for anyone.<br /> <br /> A few days before this comic was released, [https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/news/details.php?article_id=124 NASA had reported] to have received corrupted position data from the Voyager 1 probe.<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> [There is an image of a space probe, presumably one of NASA's Voyager probes, with a long wire connecting it to the earth. To the left, there is a second wire, which goes offscreen. Below, there is a caption.]<br /> <br /> :[Caption below the panel]:<br /> :Sad news: Due to high copper prices and budget constraints, NASA may finally have to cut the wires that they've been spooling out to communicate with Voyager 1 and 2.<br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Space probes]]</div>

Anticrap https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2624:_Voyager_Wires&diff=276922 2022-05-25T20:28:49Z

<p>Anticrap: :)</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 2624<br /> | date = May 25, 2022<br /> | title = Voyager Wires<br /> | image = voyager_wires.png<br /> | titletext = Also, they're getting increasingly worried that someone will accidentally hit the 'retract' button, and that the end of the cable thrashing around as it winds up could devastate the Earth's surface.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Created by a WIRE CUT BECAUSE OF BUDG- are you there houston? it's me v----ger, you'll never guess what I found! Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> This comic claims that the Voyager probes communicate with NASA though ridiculously long copper wires, when in truth they use radio waves.{{citation needed}} These wires would have to be continuously lengthened as the probes travel away from Earth. Supposedly, because of &quot;high copper prices and budget constraints,&quot; they may not be able to afford to lengthen the wires much longer. If this occurred, they would have to either cut the wires or let them break, which would prevent any further communications with the probes. As mentioned earlier, however, they actually use radio waves, not long copper wires, so this will not actually happen.<br /> <br /> If copper wires were dragged by the Voyager probes, the resulting wire would slow down the probes by drag, but be perfect space elevators for lightweight spacecraft.<br /> Of course, since the Earth spins, the wires would also spool around the Earth, slowing the probes down even further. Clearly, this is not a good idea.{{citation needed}}<br /> <br /> This doesn't even factor in how the Earth, in it's rotation around the sun, will drag these copper wires in a circular orbit leading the wires through the sun at least once per year. The difference between the melting point of copper and the average core temperature of the sun has not yet been established by reproducible experiment, but is believed to be incompatible with the high quality required for signal transmission.<br /> <br /> The consequence of a cable between a craft in space and a planetary location being suddenly retracted was recently demonstrated in the first episode of the Apple TV series {{w|Foundation}}. It didn't end well for anyone.<br /> <br /> ====Alternate Explanation====<br /> When Randall Munroe states that Voyager 1 and 2 are cabled to the Earth by copper wires, his assertion deserves serious consideration.{{citation needed}}<br /> <br /> The primary explanation, above, takes the position that this comic is ridiculously wrong.{{citation needed}} But the insertion of several &quot;citation needed&quot; links suggests that the explanation's position is weak.{{citation needed}}<br /> <br /> The comic's author, Randall Munroe,{{citation needed}} is well attested as a competent scientist,{{citation needed}} for example see the citations in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randall_Munroe Wikipedia Randall Munroe page]. His books, cited in that same Wikipedia article,{{citation needed}} offer well-researched easy to understand discussions of science and of everyday phenomena.{{citation needed}} Trust him.{{citation needed}}<br /> <br /> (For completeness, see another Wikipedia article, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disinformation Disinformation]. In its subsection ''Strategies for spreading disinformation'', strategy number 4 is &quot;Directly Sharing Disinformation&quot;.{{citation needed}} That is mentioned here only because the top header at the xkcd web site states it is a webcomic of romance, '''sarcasm,''' math, and language.){{citation needed}}<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> [There is an image of a space probe, presumably one of NASA's Voyager probes, with a long wire connecting it to a ball, presumably earth. To the left, there is a second wire, which goes offscreen. Below, there is a caption.]<br /> <br /> Caption: &quot;Sad news: Due to high copper prices and budget constraints, NASA may finally have to cut the wires that they've been spooling out to communicate with Voyager 1 and 2.&quot;<br /> {{comic discussion}}</div>

Anticrap https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2624:_Voyager_Wires&diff=276916 2022-05-25T20:06:18Z

<p>Anticrap: </p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 2624<br /> | date = May 25, 2022<br /> | title = Voyager Wires<br /> | image = voyager_wires.png<br /> | titletext = Also, they're getting increasingly worried that someone will accidentally hit the 'retract' button, and that the end of the cable thrashing around as it winds up could devastate the Earth's surface.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Created by a WIRE CUT BECAUSE OF BUDG- Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> This comic claims that the Voyager probes communicate with NASA though ridiculously long copper wires, when in truth they use radio waves.{{citation needed}} These wires would have to be continuously lengthened as the probes travel away from Earth. Supposedly, because of &quot;high copper prices and budget constraints,&quot; they may not be able to afford to lengthen the wires much longer. If this occurred, they would have to either cut the wires or let them break, which would prevent any further communications with the probes. As mentioned earlier, however, they actually use radio waves, not long copper wires, so this will not actually happen.<br /> <br /> If copper wires were dragged by the Voyager probes, the resulting wire would slow down the probes by drag, but be perfect space elevators for lightweight spacecraft.<br /> Of course, since the Earth spins, the wires would also spool around the Earth, slowing the probes down even further. Clearly, this is not a good idea.{{citation needed}}<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> [There is an image of a space probe, presumably one of NASA's Voyager probes, with a long wire connecting it to a ball, presumably earth. To the left, there is a second wire, which goes offscreen. Below, there is a caption.]<br /> <br /> Caption: &quot;Sad news: Due to high copper prices and budget constraints, NASA may finally have to cut the wires that they've been spooling out to communicate with Voyager 1 and 2.&quot;<br /> {{comic discussion}}</div>

Anticrap https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2624:_Voyager_Wires&diff=276915 2022-05-25T20:05:02Z

<p>Anticrap: </p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 2624<br /> | date = May 25, 2022<br /> | title = Voyager Wires<br /> | image = voyager_wires.png<br /> | titletext = Also, they're getting increasingly worried that someone will accidentally hit the 'retract' button, and that the end of the cable thrashing around as it winds up could devastate the Earth's surface.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Created by a CABLE CUT BECAUSE OF BUDG- Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> This comic claims that the Voyager probes communicate with NASA though ridiculously long copper wires, when in truth they use radio waves.{{citation needed}} These wires would have to be continuously lengthened as the probes travel away from Earth. Supposedly, because of &quot;high copper prices and budget constraints,&quot; they may not be able to afford to lengthen the wires much longer. If this occurred, they would have to cut the wires, which would prevent any further communications with the probes. As mentioned earlier, however, they actually use radio waves, not long copper wires, so this will not actually happen.<br /> <br /> If copper cables were dragged by the Voyager probes, the resulting cable would slow down the probes by drag, but be perfect space elevators for lightweight spacecraft.<br /> Of course, since the Earth spins, the cables would also spool around the Earth, slowing the probes down even further. Clearly, this is not a good idea.{{citation needed}}<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> [There is an image of a space probe, presumably one of NASA's Voyager probes, with a long wire connecting it to a ball, presumably earth. To the left, there is a second wire, which goes offscreen. Below, there is a caption.]<br /> <br /> Caption: &quot;Sad news: Due to high copper prices and budget constraints, NASA may finally have to cut the wires that they've been spooling out to communicate with Voyager 1 and 2.&quot;<br /> {{comic discussion}}</div>

Anticrap https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2624:_Voyager_Wires&diff=276901 2022-05-25T17:14:20Z

<p>Anticrap: </p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 2624<br /> | date = May 25, 2022<br /> | title = Voyager Wires<br /> | image = voyager_wires.png<br /> | titletext = Also, they're getting increasingly worried that someone will accidentally hit the 'retract' button, and that the end of the cable thrashing around as it winds up could devastate the Earth's surface.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Created by a SPACE ELEVATOR - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> This comic claims that the Voyager probes communicate with NASA though ridiculously long copper wires, when in truth they use radio waves.{{citation needed}} These wires would have to be continuously lengthened as the probes travel away from Earth. Supposedly, because of &quot;high copper prices and budget constraints,&quot; they may not be able to afford to lengthen the wires much longer. If this occurred, they would have to cut the wires, which would prevent any further communications with the probes. As mentioned earlier, however, they actually use radio waves, not long copper wires, so this will not actually happen.<br /> <br /> If copper cables were dragged by the Voyager probes, the resulting cable would slow down the probes by drag, but be perfect space elevators for lightweight spacecraft.<br /> Of course, since the Earth spins, said cables would also spool around the Earth, slowing the probes down even further. Clearly, this is not a good idea.{{citation needed}}<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> [There is an image of a space probe, presumably one of NASA's Voyager probes, with a long wire connecting it to a ball, presumably earth. To the left, there is a second wire, which goes offscreen. Below, there is a caption.]<br /> <br /> Caption: &quot;Sad news: Due to high copper prices and budget constraints, NASA may finally have to cut the wires that they've been spooling out to communicate with Voyager 1 and 2.&quot;<br /> {{comic discussion}}</div>

Anticrap https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=698:_You_Hang_Up_First&diff=276863 2022-05-25T00:03:58Z

<p>Anticrap: ugh</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number =698<br /> | date =February 5, 2010<br /> | title =You Hang Up First<br /> | image =you_hang_up_first.png<br /> | titletext =No, YOU stumble past a series of post-breakup hookups in a daze as you slowly realize what you've lost and how unlikely you are ever to get it back first.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> Telephone conversations end when someone hangs up. There's a traditional cliche of young romantic partners, both of whom are so besotted that they can't bear to hang up on the other. As a result, the end of the call devolves into a cycle where each one teasingly insists that the other one hang up first. It's a sweet, if somewhat mawkish display of how infatuated they are with each other. <br /> <br /> As xkcd often does, this comic takes the cliche to its logical extreme with [[Cueball]] and [[Megan]], by turning it into an argument resulting in their breakup. What's normally a cutesy game between lovers becomes a battle of wills, leading them to break up because neither is willing to back down. And then, even after they break up, both are still unwilling to back down, with Megan insisting that Cueball &quot;move on and find somebody else first.&quot;<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[Cueball is sitting on a bed, on the phone.]<br /> :Cueball: You hang up first.<br /> <br /> :[Megan is lying on a bed, on the phone.]<br /> :Megan: No, ''you'' hang up first.<br /> <br /> :Cueball: No, ''you'' hang up first.<br /> <br /> :Megan: No, ''you'' fucking hang up first!<br /> <br /> :Cueball: You hang up first, or we're ''OVER!''<br /> <br /> :Megan: Then I guess we're fucking ''OVER!''<br /> <br /> :Cueball: FINE!<br /> <br /> :Megan: ...<br /> <br /> :Cueball: ...<br /> <br /> :Megan: ''You'' move on and find somebody else first.<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]<br /> [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]<br /> [[Category:Romance]]<br /> [[Category:Phones]]</div>

Anticrap https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=User_talk:Jacky720&diff=276858 2022-05-24T23:29:36Z

<p>Anticrap: /* Crap */</p> <hr /> <div>&lt;div class=&quot;mw-collapsible mw-collapsed&quot; data-expandtext=&quot;Old stuff, no longer really relevant.&quot;&gt;<br /> == To talk to me ==<br /> &lt;u&gt;I will make my comments only in this section, and underlined, so we can all tell who's who faster. Be advised that although I may keep up-to-date, I might be shying away, screening my calls, so I could but won't answer everything. [[User:Jacky720|Jacky720]] ([[User talk:Jacky720|talk]]) 02:23, 9 November 2016 (UTC)&lt;/u&gt;<br /> <br /> Yay! Glad to see another happy user of the group! (And another coder!) :D I didn't know anyone else on this site played Minecraft... --[[User:JayRulesXKCD|JayRulesXKCD]] ([[User talk:JayRulesXKCD|talk]]) 12:08, 10 November 2016 (UTC)<br /> <br /> &lt;u&gt;Same to you! [[User:Jacky720|Jacky720]] ([[User talk:Jacky720|talk]]) 15:52, 10 November 2016 (UTC)&lt;/u&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;u&gt;(That's right, go HTML!)&lt;/u&gt;<br /> <br /> :What kind of stuff do you like to program? Are you a game designer? Or a web coder kind of person? --[[User:JayRulesXKCD|JayRulesXKCD]] ([[User talk:JayRulesXKCD|talk]]) 17:12, 10 November 2016 (UTC)<br /> <br /> ::&lt;u&gt;It isn't a job or anything, just a hobby of messing with webpages. Also, if you don't own a domain, and you tell everyone, you can operate a totally '''free''' subdomain through [http://www.000webhost.com $0.00 webhost.] Although you might want to backup your site. If you don't visit it enough, it shuts down and you need to re-register. Just some tips. (P.S. My web portal has seen better days. (P.P.S. [[859: (]] [[User:Jacky720|Jacky720]] ([[User talk:Jacky720|talk]]) 19:49, 10 November 2016 (UTC)&lt;/u&gt;<br /> <br /> ::&lt;u&gt;Wait, I just looked at your page and you '''publish games?''' Like I said above... But nice. I don't do that kind of thing, but I have made a couple of 9001% informal games, like on [https://scratch.mit.edu/users/Jacky720/ Scratch] and stuff.&lt;/u&gt;<br /> <br /> :::What a coincidence! I use Scratch too! However, I haven't really used it in a while, as I'm sticking to normal game development, but I do still go on there from time to time to see the crazy stuff that people come up with. I was going to make a game on there called '''&quot;Darkness&quot;''', but development proved to be too difficult and I was only able to finish the first level and a teaser for the game. I did eventually re-vitalize the game, but with a new name and new story, and it eventually became ''' 'This Isn't Home' ''', and then I ran into problems with the development with that, and I had to take it down from GameJolt yesterday. Life of a game designer... your work is never finished. I'm going to have to fix that one now. :P --[[User:JayRulesXKCD|JayRulesXKCD]] ([[User talk:JayRulesXKCD|talk]]) 12:27, 11 November 2016 (UTC)<br /> <br /> ::::&lt;u&gt;Nice, but I couldn't find your account or the game. Links? [[User:Jacky720|Jacky720]] ([[User talk:Jacky720|talk]]) 19:34, 12 November 2016 (UTC)&lt;/u&gt;<br /> <br /> :::::I never uploaded 'Darkness', but I did upload a 'teaser' for it and my account is : https://scratch.mit.edu/users/JayRulesScratch/ --[[User:JayRulesXKCD|JayRulesXKCD]] ([[User talk:JayRulesXKCD|talk]]) 12:17, 14 November 2016 (UTC)<br /> <br /> :Hey, I play Minecraft too! In fact, I've been shying away from explainxkcd because I've been playing it so much... [[User:GizmoDude|GizmoDude]] ([[User talk:GizmoDude|talk]]) 21:20, 3 January 2017 (UTC)<br /> :P.S. I do Scratch as well! Well, not currently, but I posted about 20 projects on my old account 2 or 3 years ago...<br /> ::That's kind of the same reason why I &quot;left&quot; for a short period of time. Minecraft and Game design have been taking up a good chunk of my life. Life of a gamer/game designer. :) --[[User:JayRulesXKCD|JayRulesXKCD]] ([[User talk:JayRulesXKCD|talk]]) 12:07, 4 January 2017 (UTC)<br /> :::I've also steadily become more encumbered by schoolwork. I've still been reading xkcd, but not so much editing. I've gotten back into Minecraft, especially since I started my YouTube channel. [[User:GizmoDude|GizmoDude]] ([[User talk:GizmoDude|talk]]) 12:40, 4 January 2017 (UTC)<br /> ::::&lt;u&gt;Schoolwork? You mean I'm not the only editor not through college yet? I never knew that. [[User:Jacky720|That's right, Jacky720 just signed this]] ([[User talk:Jacky720|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Jacky720|contribs]]) 15:54, 4 January 2017 (UTC)&lt;/u&gt;<br /> :::::Schoolwork is frustrating. I'm not even in college yet... I'm a sophmore in high school. Game design, school, and still have time to actually have fun and play games.. yikes. --[[User:JayRulesXKCD|JayRulesXKCD]] ([[User talk:JayRulesXKCD|talk]]) 12:38, 5 January 2017 (UTC)<br /> ::::::I also spend a lot of time on Minecraft (mostly messing with redstone), and I used to have a scratch account too (made a few games, but then stopped a few years ago). And it's nice to know I'm not the only editor with a bunch of schoolwork to deal with. [[User:Herobrine|Herobrine]] ([[User talk:Herobrine|talk]]) 10:41, 18 April 2018 (UTC)<br /> <br /> You seem pretty cool! I also code, and with the same languages, and play MC!<br /> [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.64|108.162.219.64]]<br /> <br /> ===[http://jackm.000webhostapp.com/transcript.html Official Transcript]===<br /> Here is the code: (with links to where I got it)<br /> &lt;code&gt; <br /> &lt;!DOCTYPE html&gt;<br /> &lt;html&gt;<br /> &lt;head&gt;<br /> &lt;script&gt;<br /> [https://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/cors/ function createCORSRequest(method, url) {<br /> var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();<br /> if (&quot;withCredentials&quot; in xhr) {<br /> // Check if the XMLHttpRequest object has a &quot;withCredentials&quot; property.<br /> // &quot;withCredentials&quot; only exists on XMLHTTPRequest2 objects.<br /> xhr.open(method, url, true);<br /> } else if (typeof XDomainRequest != &quot;undefined&quot;) {<br /> // Otherwise, check if XDomainRequest.<br /> // XDomainRequest only exists in IE, and is IE's way of making CORS requests.<br /> xhr = new XDomainRequest();<br /> xhr.open(method, 'https://xkcd.com/info.0.json');<br /> } else {<br /> // Otherwise, CORS is not supported by the browser.<br /> xhr = null;<br /> }<br /> <br /> return xhr;<br /> }<br /> <br /> var xhr = createCORSRequest('GET', &quot;https://xkcd.com/info.0.json&quot;);<br /> if (!xhr) {<br /> alert('CORS not supported');<br /> } else {<br /> alert('This site uses CORS.');<br /> } ]<br /> <br /> [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19706046/how-to-read-an-external-local-json-file-in-javascript function readTextFile(file, callback) {<br /> var rawFile = new XMLHttpRequest();<br /> alert(&quot;raw file&quot;);<br /> rawFile.overrideMimeType(&quot;application/json&quot;);<br /> alert(&quot;json&quot;);<br /> rawFile.open(&quot;GET&quot;, file, true);<br /> alert(rawFile.responseText);<br /> alert(rawFile.readyState);<br /> alert(rawFile.status);<br /> rawFile.onreadystatechange = function() {<br /> if (rawFile.readyState === 4 &amp;&amp; rawFile.status == &quot;200&quot;) {<br /> callback(rawFile.responseText);<br /> alert(&quot;done?&quot;);<br /> }<br /> }<br /> } ]<br /> <br /> //My code<br /> <br /> function getScript() {<br /> if (parseInt(document.getElementById(&quot;ComicNumber&quot;).value)) {<br /> var comic = new Number(<br /> document.getElementById(&quot;ComicNumber&quot;).value);<br /> var link = &quot;https://xkcd.com/&quot; + comic + &quot;/info.0.json&quot;;<br /> try {<br /> readTextFile(link, function(text) {<br /> var output = JSON.parse(text);<br /> alert(output);<br /> document.getElementById(&quot;output&quot;).innerHTML =<br /> output.transcript;<br /> });<br /> } catch(Err) {alert(&quot;Oops! Something went wrong.&quot;);}<br /> <br /> } else {<br /> alert(&quot;This is not an integer!&quot;);<br /> }<br /> alert(&quot;The function completed.&quot;)<br /> }<br /> &lt;/script&gt;<br /> &lt;/head&gt;<br /> &lt;body&gt;<br /> &lt;input type=&quot;text&quot; id=&quot;ComicNumber&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;input type=&quot;button&quot; onclick=&quot;getScript();&quot; value=&quot;Get Transcript&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;br /&gt;<br /> &lt;p id=&quot;output&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/body&gt;<br /> &lt;/html&gt;<br /> &lt;/code&gt;<br /> <br /> ==To talk about me ==<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> == newest comic ==<br /> <br /> Thanks for adding the newest comic. Just as a note though, please follow the steps here: [[User:DgbrtBOT]], to make the rest of the links work. [[User:Natg19|Natg19]] ([[User talk:Natg19|talk]]) 22:02, 20 December 2019 (UTC)<br /> :Ah, I missed that formal procedure. Good to know there is one; I suppose I just messed up the templates in doing so?<br /> <br /> == Nomination ==<br /> <br /> See [[explain_xkcd:Community_portal/Coordination#New_admins]] '''[[User:Davidy22|&lt;u&gt;{{Color|#707|David}}&lt;font color=#070 size=3&gt;y&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;font color=#508 size=4&gt;²²&lt;/font&gt;]]'''[[User talk:Davidy22|&lt;tt&gt;[talk]&lt;/tt&gt;]] 02:08, 8 May 2022 (UTC)<br /> <br /> == Please don't block IPs ==<br /> <br /> Hello,<br /> <br /> The way this wiki is set up, if an IP is blocked, it affects a lot of people. IPs are randomized by the reverse proxy. Please don't block IPs, and please disable autoblock when blocking users. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.130.195|172.70.130.195]] 22:01, 23 May 2022 (UTC)<br /> : I'm new to adminhood, and I don't exactly know what you mean in the last sentence. Is there some MediaWiki configuration page you want me to look at? [[User:Jacky720|That's right, Jacky720 just signed this]] ([[User talk:Jacky720|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Jacky720|contribs]]) 22:15, 23 May 2022 (UTC)<br /> :: Since I'm not an admin here, I'm not sure exactly what it looks like here. However, I am an admin on another MediaWiki wiki, so I can give instructions for that site, and they should be similar here. When you block someone, there should be a checkbox with this/a similar label: &quot;Automatically block the last IP address used by this user, and any subsequent IP addresses they try to edit from&quot; When blocking anyone, make sure you do not check that, and uncheck it if it is already checked. Then, go to [[Special:BlockList]]. On the block for &quot;Xray Kilo Charlie Delta,&quot; click &quot;change block&quot;, then uncheck that checkbox, click the &quot;confirm block&quot; checkbox, and click &quot;Re-block the user with these settings.&quot; Also, go back to [[Special:BlockList]], and unblock any IPs that you see. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.178.115|172.70.178.115]] 22:38, 23 May 2022 (UTC)<br /> ::: Looking at the block log, it seems automatic IP blocks only last 24 hours. As for manual ones... Oh, there are hundreds of these. Most dating back to 2013. I'll do something about that. [[User:Jacky720|Jack]] ([[User talk:Jacky720|t]]|[[Special:Contributions/Jacky720|c]]) 23:06, 23 May 2022 (UTC)<br /> ::::The old ones are probably fine; just undo the recent one (it looks like there's only one recent one) [[Special:Contributions/172.70.178.115|172.70.178.115]] 23:07, 23 May 2022 (UTC)<br /> :::::Done —[[User:Theusaf|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf|talk]]) 23:10, 23 May 2022 (UTC)<br /> <br /> == IP blocks ==<br /> <br /> It looks like you just blocked an IP? Those blocks affect a lot of users too, not just autoblocks. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.246.154|108.162.246.154]] 03:14, 24 May 2022 (UTC)<br /> : Well, they were directly trolling from that IP. I'm not giving them immunity to protect the five people who get assigned that address before the block expires and probably weren't going to edit anyway. --[[User:Jacky720|Jack]] ([[User talk:Jacky720|t]]|[[Special:Contributions/Jacky720|c]]) 10:57, 24 May 2022 (UTC)<br /> :: I hope you checked with Davidy22. I get the impression that there are many more such attempts of a similar nature that are already blocked from happening, you may just be throwing the occasional baby away with a ''very small'' remaining amount of bathwater.<br /> :: If you [https://whatismyipaddress.com/ip/172.70.142.105 check the IP], it's a gateway in Singapore, though how much actual geolocation that smooches up into that (and other Singaporean) IP I wouldn't care to say. It could cover huge swathes of the region or just a fraction (by random timehsharing?) of the city itself. Probably somewhere between the two.<br /> :: I doubt only the spammers' backroom operation are active uses of that particular Cloudflare gateway, and possibly some others in the region are. The calculation that it causes more trouble to the spam-engine than the next Singaporean who genuinely wishes to usefully contribute is a big assumption.<br /> :: I won't argue too much with your ability or keenness to do this administrative fire-fighting (I note that you've been busy, in that regard, and all are somewhat reasonable acts) but the activity of the IP in question had just two (identical-ish) spam-type uses across virtually the span of an entire week, whereas in less than three weeks of time (before that) there were six interactions that (superficially, from the Contrib page) look like entirely genuine edits. That's not counting those via that IP who are logging into accounts, which I'm not sure you aren't in danger of blocking also. <br /> :: If we guess that the next scripted spamming of this kind will be a further week onward (and assume we can predict it still arriving from the same assigned gateway) we need to have the block in place for another week (and may not know if our block was encountered, unless it pops up from another vector and we know that it wasn't, so whether to extend the block for additional week(s) is going to be a difficult question to answer). At the same time, maybe two genuine edits get stymied. The spambot machine won't care (its owner may not even notice!) but the real humans might do.<br /> :: Sorry, just a dispassionate (if possibly passionately presented) opinion. For your consideration. I'm just saying that rolling back one page once a week is no problem, and something I've done in this particular signature of edit a number of times before. The stupid spam that is being sent there (and elsewhere) doesn't even appear to have any use ''as a spam'', given the content. But the precedent of blocking an IP is troubling to me. Doubtful that particular one would ever be 'mine', in any given instant, but you could easily do me (and others like me) a disservice in the future if you take a consistent stance on this concept of blocking at the IP level and target one that is servicing my little corner of the webosphere.<br /> :: I hope you get my reasoning. Longer in the telling than in the thinking of, unfortunately. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.91.36|172.70.91.36]] 11:48, 24 May 2022 (UTC) &lt;- I'm a different IP-type person from 108.162.246.154 - Whether it appears the same or (very likely) different from the original correspondent in this aside.<br /> <br /> == Crap ==<br /> <br /> How can I help get rid of crap? [[User:Anticrap|Anticrap]] ([[User talk:Anticrap|talk]]) 15:48, 24 May 2022 (UTC)<br /> : It's all gone at the moment. If pages start turning into crap, revert the edits and wait for an admin to arrive. You really do not need a dedicated account for this. --[[User:Jacky720|Jack]] ([[User talk:Jacky720|t]]|[[Special:Contributions/Jacky720|c]]) 16:10, 24 May 2022 (UTC)<br /> ::The CAPTCHAs make it hard to revert crap quickly, especially because I could use the one-click revert script without them. When will the CAPTCHAs go away? [[User:Anticrap|Anticrap]] ([[User talk:Anticrap|talk]]) 23:29, 24 May 2022 (UTC)</div>

Anticrap https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2602:_Linguistics_Degree&diff=276857 2022-05-24T23:27:10Z

<p>Anticrap: Undo revision 276852 by 172.70.126.215 (talk)</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 2602<br /> | date = April 4, 2022<br /> | title = Linguistics Degree<br /> | image = linguistics_degree.png<br /> | titletext = You'd think 'linguistics' would go to someone important in the field, but it's actually assigned to a random student in Ohio who barely graduated and then went into automotive marketing.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> <br /> [[Hairbun]] hands [[Megan]] a linguistics degree, and informs her she is now &quot;in charge of&quot; the word '{{wiktionary|bassoon}}.' Watching this, [[Ponytail]] and [[Cueball]] compare the words they were assigned when ''they'' got their linguistics degrees, '{{wiktionary|jackalope}}' and '{{wiktionary|slurp}}' respectively. Ponytail thinks bassoon is a cool word but thinks her own is better, whereas Cueball is not satisfied with his word. A bassoon is a woodwind musical instrument with a double reed, while a jackalope is a mythical creature, a ''jackrabbit'' crossed with an ''antelope''.<br /> <br /> It is never clarified what being &quot;in charge of&quot; a word entails. It could mean being in charge of keeping track of the word, or having actual authority over the use of the word, which is unlikely as normally [[1726|language use cannot be dictated by a single person]]. Also, no specific university has control over all of linguistics as far as we know, so it would require every university capable of giving people linguistics degrees to co-operate, so nobody is assigned the same word. Any well-educated member of the linguistic community will know what is being suggested is impossible hence why they are the only ones aware of how important it is.<br /> <br /> The title text merely furthers how seemingly random the entire situation is. The word &quot;linguistics&quot; was assigned to a &quot;random student in Ohio who barely graduated and then went into automotive marketing&quot;, who we can assume isn't very important to the field of linguistics.{{Citation needed}} But this means that no one is actually taking care of this important word, since it must be assumed that the student is no longer interested in linguistics.<br /> <br /> The idea of individuals having a guardianship of an idea or concept has appeared in science fiction. For example, in ''{{w|Fahrenheit 451}}'' characters have memorised books to save them from book-burning and... spoiler-stuff.<br /> <br /> It also exists in reality. Members of the {{w|Royal Spanish Academy}}, the institution that defines the official dictionary of the Spanish language, are symbolically put in charge of one letter of the dictionary each to take care of it.<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[Megan, who is wearing a graduation cap, receives a degree which is handed to her by Hairbun. They are standing on a podium with Ponytail and Cueball standing below as onlookers.]<br /> :Hairbun: Congratulations on the degree! Your word is &quot;Bassoon.&quot;<br /> :Ponytail: Oh nice! Not as cool as my &quot;Jackalope,&quot; but still not bad.<br /> :Cueball: You all are lucky. I'm stuck with &quot;Slurp.&quot;<br /> <br /> :[Caption below panel:]<br /> :Every linguistics degree comes with one word that you're put in charge of.<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Language]]<br /> [[Category:Comics featuring Hairbun]]<br /> [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]<br /> [[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]]<br /> [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]<br /> [[Category:Characters with hats]]</div>

Anticrap https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1420:_Watches&diff=276856 2022-05-24T23:27:07Z

<p>Anticrap: Undo revision 276853 by 172.70.126.215 (talk)</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1420<br /> | date = September 12, 2014<br /> | title = Watches<br /> | image = watches.png<br /> | titletext = Old people used to write obnoxious thinkpieces about how people these days always wear watches and are slaves to the clock, but now they've switched to writing thinkpieces about how kids these days don't appreciate the benefits of an old-fashioned watch. My position is: The word 'thinkpiece' sounds like a word made up by someone who didn't know about the word 'brain'.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> This comic coincides with the announcement of a new [https://www.apple.com/watch/ smart watch] by Apple earlier in the week as of the comic's release date (9th Sept 2014), the {{w|Apple Watch}}, along with a large emphasis on {{tvtropes|GadgetWatches|smartwatches}} at IFA 2014 (Sept 5-10), particularly 'Android Wear'.<br /> <br /> The timeline shows a period approximately from 2005 to 2015 where our wrists were liberated from the tethers of wearing a watch, likely attributed to the fact that many instead used a mobile smartphone to tell the time.<br /> <br /> Whilst other smartwatches have been released in the past, Randall predicts that the typical widespread interest following Apple product releases (combined with many other new releases by other companies) will result in our wrists again being shackled in the grip of watches from 2015. The wording of the label suggests that Randall is pre-emptively mourning the imminent loss of freedom of his and others' wrists, though this may be humorous hyperbole/sarcasm, as his position has generally been of apathy, such as in [[1215: Insight]].<br /> <br /> The title text refers to how &quot;old people&quot; tend to express derision towards change (generally most widely accepted by 'young people') as not being like it was &quot;in the good old days&quot;, even if this means they contradict themselves. Initially, the wearing of watches was viewed negatively by the older generation, but now ''not'' wearing a watch is instead negative. The second part of the title text starts as if Randall is going to express an opinion on wearing a watch but then veers off to mock the word &quot;{{w|think piece|thinkpiece}},&quot; due to its (particularly [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/think%20piece recent]) connotation for lacking factual content and expressing biased opinions. For more details on ''thinkpiece'' see this [http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/05/07/thinkpiece_definition_and_history_roots_of_the_word_show_it_has_long_been.html article]. By equating ''thinkpiece'' with ''brain'', Randall is making a reference to the fact that this compound word does not follow the convention of the compound word ''timepiece'', which is a synonym for ''watch''.<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[A timeline shows the following years but extends further in both directions:]<br /> :1990 2000 2010 2020 2030<br /> :[A grey box extends from the left border to approximately 2005 and another grey box begins approximately at 2015 and continues to the right border. They are labeled:]<br /> :Regular watches <br /> :Smart watches<br /> :[An arrow points up to the empty period between 2005 and 2015. Below the arrow is written:]<br /> :Brief, glorious period in which our wrists were free<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Charts]]<br /> [[Category:Timelines]]</div>

Anticrap https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1502:_Wasted_Time&diff=276855 2022-05-24T23:27:01Z

<p>Anticrap: Undo revision 276850 by 172.70.126.215 (talk)</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1502<br /> | date = March 23, 2015<br /> | title = Wasted Time<br /> | image = wasted time.png<br /> | titletext = Since it sounds like your time spent typing can't possibly be less productive than your time spent not typing, have you tried typing SLOWER?<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> In this comic, [[White Hat]] is pointing out to [[Cueball]] that his obsession with efficiency is inconsistent, something that is likely true of many people who claim to prize efficiency.<br /> <br /> Here, Cueball raves about his new mobile keyboard which allows him to type 30% faster than his old keyboard. He notes that people (presumably himself particularly) do a lot of mobile typing, and a 30% reduction in the time that takes would allow more time for other activities.<br /> <br /> White Hat, on the other hand, mocks Cueball for caring so much about mobile typing speed, suggesting that this may not be the first time Cueball has obsessed over minor improvements in efficiency. White Hat also notes that he's just seen Cueball open and close [http://news.google.com Google News] five times without reading anything, providing an example of how Cueball's other actions do not embody the same commitment to efficiency that he claims to have.<br /> <br /> Cueball defends himself by saying that, since he wastes so much time, it's that much more important to improve efficiency in his life to make more time for important matters. The title text (presumably White Hat's reply) counters this defense by suggesting that Cueball may be better off using a ''slower'' keyboard, so that he will have ''less'' time to waste on stupid activities. This type of argument may be an example of a {{w|logical fallacy}} argument which suggests, perhaps incorrectly, that Cueball should spend less time doing stupid things to the extent that he spends longer doing things he already does.<br /> <br /> Interestingly, in this comic, White Hat appears as the voice of reason to Cueball, an inversion of their typical dynamic (see for instance [[1386: People are Stupid]] and [[1459: Documents]]). The role-reversal may be an acknowledgment that while Cueball may often make a fool of White Hat, he's far from perfect himself.<br /> <br /> [[Randall]]'s misadventures in {{w|time management}} are a recurring topic (see [[874: Time Management]] and the [[:Category:Time_management|Time management category]]).<br /> <br /> Mobile keyboard efficiency was previously tangentially referenced in [[1068: Swiftkey]], and Randall's habit of opening news sites only to quickly get bored or distracted was shown in [[1411: Loop]].<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[Cueball holding his smartphone in both hands is talking to White Hat.]<br /> :Cueball: This new keyboard is like 30% faster! I'm never going back.<br /> <br /> :[White hat replies and Cueball lifts his arms.]<br /> :White Hat: Good, put those years of horror behind you.<br /> :Cueball: C'mon. Sure, sometimes my focus on efficiency doesn't make sense. But we type a '''''lot'''''.<br /> <br /> :[Cueball holding his smartphone in one hand while talking to White Hat.]<br /> :Cueball: That 30% improvement pretty quickly adds up to a ''huge'' amount of wasted time rescued.<br /> <br /> :[White hat replies and Cueball lifts one arm.]<br /> :White Hat: I just watched you open Google News and then close it without reading it '''''five times in a row.'''''<br /> :Cueball: The fact that I spend most of my time so stupidly only makes it '''''more''''' important not to waste any here.<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]<br /> [[Category:Comics featuring White Hat]]<br /> [[Category:Time management]]</div>

Anticrap https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=177:_Alice_and_Bob&diff=276854 2022-05-24T23:27:00Z

<p>Anticrap: Undo revision 276851 by 172.70.126.215 (talk)</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 177<br /> | date = October 30, 2006<br /> | title = Alice and Bob<br /> | image = alice_and_bob.png<br /> | titletext = Yet one more reason I'm barred from speaking at crypto conferences.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> Any good cryptography presentation will include at least one story about {{w|Alice and Bob}}. They are the canonical &quot;protagonists&quot; of the crypto world, frequently used in illustrations to demonstrate how a cryptographic system works. (The names were mostly chosen to abbreviate to A and B, as well as being of different genders so that they can be distinguished by pronouns alone.)<br /> <br /> Here, Randall casts the story in a different light. Instead of Alice and Bob being perfectly innocent people who just want to communicate in private, Bob is actually having an affair with Alice, and his former partner, upset, cracked the encryption to see what the message contained. Nevertheless, the &quot;gossipy cryptographic protocol specs&quot; all took Alice's side (since the goal of any good crypto system is, of course, to ''succeed'' in this struggle).<br /> <br /> The rest of the comic makes a few other allusions to cryptography:<br /> <br /> *{{w|Bruce Schneier}} and {{w|Ron Rivest}} are two well-known cryptographers. They have written lots of papers that use Alice and Bob as examples (Alice / Bob fanfic, if you will).<br /> *Public and private keys are two extremely large numbers, chosen such that there's a mathematical relation between them, and yet it's extremely hard (i.e. would take many billions of years) to derive the private key from the public key. They're the basis of {{w|asymmetric cryptography}}. A public-key authenticated signature is a way of cryptographically proving that a certain person created a file, as only that person could have possibly generated that signature. One downside is that anybody who has the public key can verify who a message is from, so it removes plausible deniability; Bob's partner clearly knew that Alice and Bob were communicating, on disks marked by lipstick hearts no less.<br /> *A {{w|known-plaintext attack}} is a type of cryptographic attack where at least part of the plaintext (i.e. unencrypted text) of a message is known, and the attacker wants to figure out the keys used to encrypt the message, or at least decrypt other ciphertexts that use the same key. The woman is saying that she should have known all along that the messages were adulterous in nature.<br /> <br /> Finally, in a twist ending, the girlfriend is revealed to be none other than Eve, the ''eave''sdropper, who is also ubiquitous in Alice and Bob stories. Hell hath no fury, indeed.<br /> <br /> The title text continues the theme of Randall getting [[:Category:Banned from conferences|barred from speaking at conferences]] due to his unusual take on certain topics.<br /> <br /> To further spice things up, there are many other characters in the Alice/Bob canon, including Mallory, the ''mal''icious attacker, who wants to actually ''alter'' the message with nefarious intent; Craig, the ''cr''acker, who doesn't particularly care about the message but ''does'' care about the passwords used; Plod, a law enforcement officer attempting to access keys or data; and Chuck, a third party in the communication who secretly has a villainous intent.<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[Eve stands in the frame, talking to the reader.]<br /> :Eve: I'm sure you've heard all about this sordid affair in those gossipy cryptographic protocol specs with those busybodies Schneier and Rivest, always taking Alice's side, always labeling me the attacker.<br /> :Eve: Yes, it's true. I broke Bob's private key and extracted the text of her messages. But does anyone realize how much it &lt;u&gt;hurt&lt;/u&gt;?<br /> :Eve: He said it was nothing, but everything from the public-key authenticated signatures on the files to the lipstick heart smeared on the disk screamed &quot;Alice.&quot;<br /> :Eve: I didn't want to believe. Of course on some level I realized it was a known-plaintext attack. But I couldn't admit it until I saw it for myself.<br /> :[Eve places her hands on her hips.]<br /> :Eve: So before you so quickly label me a third party to the communication, just remember: I loved him first. We had something and she tore it away. She's the attacker, not me. Not Eve.<br /> <br /> ==Trivia==<br /> *Alice, Bob, and Eve are mentioned again in comic: [[1323: Protocol]]<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}} <br /> [[Category:Romance]]<br /> [[Category:Computers]]<br /> [[Category:Banned from conferences]]<br /> [[Category:Cryptography]]</div>

Anticrap https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2193:_Well-Ordering_Principle&diff=276848 2022-05-24T21:59:32Z

<p>Anticrap: Undo revision 276844 by 172.70.178.115 (talk)</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 2193<br /> | date = August 23, 2019<br /> | title = Well-Ordering Principle<br /> | image = well_ordering_principle.png<br /> | titletext = We could organize a nationwide old-photo-album search, but the real Worst McFly is probably lost to time.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> In the comic, [[Megan]] has found a genie lamp. A genie (or {{w|Jinn}}) in a lamp is a supernatural, immortal being from many fairy tales, the most well known that from {{w|Aladdin}}, who grants one or more wishes to the person who frees it, such as by polishing or opening the lamp. Instead of wishing for multiple wishes, flight, money, or other &quot;traditional&quot; wishes, Megan instead wishes to see the worst Marty McFly Halloween costume.<br /> <br /> {{w|Marty McFly}}, played by actor {{w|Michael J. Fox}}, is a main character of the science fiction film about time travel ''{{w|Back to the Future (franchise)|Back to the Future}}'', which was released, [[:Category:Comics to make one feel old|we are reminded]], over thirty years ago, starting a series of sequels. The films are popular, so many people dress up as McFly or Doc Brown, the other main character, on {{w|Halloween}}, a holiday on October 31 when it is traditional in the USA to wear {{w|Halloween costume|different costumes}}. McFly's outfit in the original film consists of little more than an orange vest, jean jacket, checkered shirt, jeans, and sneakers. It would seem difficult to get this wrong.<br /> <br /> In the final panel, the genie questions why she would wish for something so mundane, when he has the power to grant wishes beyond her wildest dreams. Megan, being savvy of tropes, used in fiction since biblical times, points out that encounters with wish-granting entities often turn out to be traps. Genies in fiction will often interpret wishes in ways the wisher did not intend, and particularly mean-spirited ones will {{tvtropes|JackassGenie|twist a mortal's desire into their own personal hell}}. Even when the wish-granting entity isn't malicious, they're often portrayed as carrying unintended consequences, such that extremely consequential wishes become extremely dangerous. So Megan tries to play it safe by wishing for something innocuous and with little room for harmful side-effects. Unfortunately, Megan appears to have forgotten the overarching trope: all wishes can be twisted against the wisher.<br /> <br /> The genie may also be reluctant to fulfill the wish due to the insurmountable practical difficulties of fulfilling such subjective, ill-defined request. The {{w|well-ordering principle}} is a mathematical fact stating that every non-empty set of positive integers contains a least element. This principle would apply to Megan's request if there was guaranteed to be an absolute worst costume of Marty McFly. However, subjective {{w|preference}}, while {{w|Reflexive relation|reflexive}} and {{w|Transitive relation|transitive}}, is not {{w|Well-founded relation|well-founded}} (or {{w|Symmetric relation|symmetric}} or necessarily {{w|Antisymmetric relation|antisymmetric}} or {{w|Connex relation|(semi-)connex}} for that matter) and is therefore considered to be a {{w|preorder}}, also called a quasiorder. This means that the genie may not be able to fulfill Megan's wish if the selection is based on the preferences of any one person. For example, the genie may have no opinion on the quality of any McFly costume, or might judge them on criteria completely different from Megan's. Her own criteria might apply to some pairs of costumes but not others, leading to ambiguity as to which is the worst, and no way to say whether any of the candidate possibilities are as bad as the others.<br /> <br /> While Megan isn't explicitly wishing for a {{w|Public opinion|common or widely-shared opinion}}, the title text contemplates organizing a &quot;nationwide&quot; search. People's preferences can be combined, such as with a {{w|mean opinion score}} which, while not strictly well-ordered, is usually able to identify a single worst costume, or at least a set of costumes tied for worst place according to aggregate subjective preferences. There are [https://www.docdroid.net/bcKvZmM/preference-aggregation.pdf many other ways to combine preferences] (e.g. voting) but none of them meet all of the criteria considered desirable, as demonstrated by {{w|Arrow's impossibility theorem}}. There is no way to exclude the possibility that even an omniscient and omnipotent genie might be {{w|Omnipotence paradox|technically unable}} to fulfill the wish, at least without, for example, changing one or more persons' preferences or modifying the space-time continuum to retroactively change the quality of some costumes of the past. The genie could fulfill the wish by showing Megan every McFly costume ever worn, which would necessarily show her the worst by any possible definition, but could be the trap she was hoping to avoid because viewing all the &quot;hundreds of thousands&quot; would take an inordinately long time.<br /> <br /> The title text may explain why Megan is interested in this wish: any means available to her would be restricted to a geographic area's (nationwide) photographs or drawings from memory. It is likely the worst costume was either never photographed, or isn't remembered accurately by those who saw it (it is &quot;lost to time&quot; -- which usually is just a figure of speech, but may actually be ''literally'' true in this case given the ''Back to the Future'' series' central theme of time travel). By asking the genie to show her, she might be able to see the truly worst costume without being restricted to only those for which evidence remains. Such a wish fulfillment might even require actual time travel to the time and location where the costume existed. The title text can also be interpreted as [[Randall|Randall's]] wish to know about the worst costume. So this is not Megan but Randall who has the wish to see this costume. The best we can do today is to look through all the available photos of McFly costumes. But even if one of those could be agreed upon to be the worst, there is no guarantee that there is not even worse versions that is not documented for posterity. In this interpretation, what Randall really would like is to use a dangerous genie wish to get around these difficulties.<br /> <br /> An additional, subtle pun plays on the word &quot;well&quot;. In European folklore, {{w|Wishing_well|water wells}} are often associated with spirits which may grant wishes, similar to genies. Thus, Megan's explanation of why she made a simple request of the genie is a statement of her &quot;well-ordering principle&quot;; her principle for ordering wishes from wells. (See also the [[:Category:Well|Well series]]).<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[Megan rubs a lamp held in her hands. A genie appears from the end of the lamp. The genie resembles the top half of Cueball's body, with a head, torso, and crossed arms, but with a squiggle representing a puff of smoke in place of his legs.]<br /> :Genie: Greetings, mortal. You have freed me. I will grant you one wish.<br /> :Megan: Hmm.<br /> <br /> :[Megan holding the lamp to her side. The genie is off-panel.]<br /> :Megan: It's been over 30 years since ''Back to the Future'' came out. Since then, probably hundreds of thousands of people have tried to dress as Marty McFly for Halloween.<br /> :Genie: OK, and?<br /> <br /> :[Megan, holding the lamp to her side, talking to the genie, who is floating in the air.]<br /> :Megan: Of those people, one of them must have done the worst job.<br /> :Megan: My wish is to see their costume.<br /> <br /> :[Megan still holding the lamp and talking to the genie. The genie is exasperated, and has his hands raised.]<br /> :Genie: Not a billion dollars? Flight? Infinite wishes?<br /> :Megan: These wish things are always traps.<br /> :Megan: Just show me the worst McFly and we'll call it even.<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]<br /> [[Category:Comics to make one feel old]]<br /> [[Category:Fiction]]<br /> [[Category:Math]]<br /> [[Category:Back to the Future]]</div>

Anticrap https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1084:_Server_Problem&diff=276847 2022-05-24T21:59:30Z

<p>Anticrap: Undo revision 276841 by 172.70.178.115 (talk)</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1084<br /> | date = July 20, 2012<br /> | title = Server Problem<br /> | image = server_problem.png<br /> | titletext = Protip: Annoy Ray Kurzweil by always referring to it as the 'Cybersingularity'.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> [[Cueball]] has messed up his {{w|Linux server}}, {{tvtropes|WalkingTechbane|apparently not for the first time}}. [[Megan]] offers to take a look at the PC, and she casually types in 'ls' — a very basic command that lists the files in the current directory. The computer returns a bizarre error message — it trips over one of the simplest commands, indicating that Cueball's system is messed up. ''Really'' messed up.<br /> <br /> The {{w|Filesystem Hierarchy Standard#Directory structure|/usr/share}} path should indicate &quot;architecture-independent shared data&quot;. Adobe is the software company that produces Acrobat and Photoshop. Android VM would be a virtual machine for Android. The .jar extension suggests a Java-language program. None of Adobe software, Android, or Java are needed to run 'ls'. All of the above have nothing to do with each other, with the exception that Android applications (but not core command line utilities, like ls) are written in Java. Also, basic system executables like 'ls' would never be placed within /usr/share or within some 'example' or 'doc' directory. On Linux, executables don't have filename extensions like &quot;.exe&quot; or &quot;.jar&quot;. Core executables such as 'ls' are often shipped with the operating system as binaries, so the presence of `ls.jar` suggests Cueball was attempting to unorthodoxly replace the existing executable with his own Java implementation. Additionally, it would require the folder to be within {{w|PATH (variable)|$PATH}}. In other words, the error message implies that the server is in a very bad state.<br /> <br /> In the last frame Megan is bewildered by this result and asks ''what did you do''. Cueball suggest a course of action which mimics a common error message: &quot;______ is busy, please try again later.&quot; Obviously he has seen this type of message frequently enough to try it as a general cure in all similar cases (even scarier, there is a good possibility that his tech issues are so bizarre that it often works for him).<br /> <br /> Megan then tells Cueball to &quot;shut down the system and wait for the {{w|technological singularity|singularity}},&quot; referring to a hypothetical future event when superintelligence can be artificially created. Since future superintelligent humans/computers transcend our comprehension, we can't predict or even understand what will happen after the singularity. One interpretation is that Megan is telling Cueball that his system is such a mess that it will take a post-singularity superintelligence to fix it (or run it in its current state, as only an intelligence beyond present comprehension would be capable of doing). It also indicates that either [[1782: Team Chat]] or [[1668: Singularity]] could be the sequel to this comic.<br /> <br /> The title text is yet another [[:Category:Protip|protip]] from [[Randall]]. {{w|Ray Kurzweil}} is an author and futurist who has {{w|Singularity Summit|talked}} and {{w|The Singularity Is Near|written}} much about a ''{{w|technological singularity}}''. Presumably, mangling the jargon (by confusing the concept of the &quot;singularity&quot; with the science fiction term &quot;{{w|cyberspace}}&quot;) is something Kurzweil (as an expert) would find annoying. Also, as Randall later pointed out in [[1573: Cyberintelligence]], the word has not really been used for a decade...<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[Cueball at his computer calls out for Megan who comes walking in to the frame.]<br /> :Cueball: I, um, messed up my server again.<br /> :Megan: I'll take a look. You have the ''weirdest'' tech problems.<br /> <br /> :[Zoom in on only Megan who uses the root prompt on the computer.]<br /> :&lt;code&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;gray&quot;&gt;~#&lt;/font&gt; ls&lt;/code&gt;<br /> <br /> :[Megan stands next to the computer, Cueball sits behind her on his chair. The computer returns the following:]<br /> :&lt;code&gt;/usr/share/Adobe/doc/example/android_vm/root/sbin/ls.jar:<br /> :Error: Device is not responding.&lt;/code&gt;<br /> <br /> :[Megan turns towards Cueball who lifts his hands with palm up.]<br /> :Megan: What did you ''do!?''<br /> :Cueball: Maybe the device is busy. Should I try it later?<br /> :Megan: You should shut down this system and wait for the Singularity.<br /> <br /> == Trivia ==<br /> <br /> * This is the first comic to have a high-resolution (pixel-doubled) version of its image.<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]<br /> [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]<br /> [[Category:Computers]]<br /> [[Category:Linux]]<br /> [[Category:Protip]]<br /> [[Category:Singularity]]<br /> [[Category:Cueball Computer Problems]]<br /> [[Category:Comics featuring real people]]</div>

Anticrap https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=New_York_Times:_Good_Question&diff=276846 2022-05-24T21:58:48Z

<p>Anticrap: Undo revision 276842 by 172.70.178.115 (talk)</p> <hr /> <div>{{xkcdmeta}}<br /> '''Good Question''' is a more-or-less monthly column written by '''[[Randall|Randall Munroe]]''' in the '''[https://www.nytimes.com/section/science Science section of the New York Times]''', beginning in November 2019. The columns give serious answers to science questions, illustrated in Munroe's inimitable style.<br /> <br /> {{notice|'''The New York Times website ordinarily requires registration, and its content is always protected by copyright.''' Most particularly it is ''not'' under [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 License] the way [[xkcd]] is. The good news: anyone can register for a free digital subscription to the New York Times, with access to 'recent' science articles among some others, but outside of that only five articles per month. See [https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/info/help/freesearch.html Free Articles].}}<br /> <br /> Unlike for many of their other regular columnists, the New York Times does not provide a clickable link either on the byline '''Randall Munroe''' or on the column title '''Good Question''' (though there is an '''[https://www.nytimes.com/column/good-question-randall-munroe-xkcd unlinked page]''' that offers an incomplete list of Good Question articles). The following tables are intended to correct that omission.<br /> <br /> == ==<br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable&quot;<br /> |+ New York Times columns written and illustrated ''by'' Randall Munroe<br /> ! Column !! Headline !! Byline !! Date<br /> |-<br /> ! Good Question<br /> | [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/26/science/randall-munroe-candle-xkcd.html Where Does a Candle Go When It Burns?]<br /> | Randall Munroe<br /> | April 26, 2021<br /> |-<br /> ! Good Question<br /> | [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/29/science/randall-munroe-question-popcorn.html Will My Popcorn Explode?]<br /> | Randall Munroe<br /> | December 29, 2020<br /> |-<br /> ! Good Question<br /> | [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/09/science/what-makes-sand-soft.html What Makes Sand Soft?]<br /> | Randall Munroe<br /> | November 9, 2020<br /> |-<br /> ! Good Question<br /> | [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/06/science/randall-munroe-car-brake-question.html Can You Stop a Car With Your Hand?]<br /> | Randall Munroe<br /> | October 6, 2020<br /> |-<br /> ! Good Question<br /> | [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/04/science/randall-munroe-xkcd-temperature.html How Hot Is Too Hot?]<br /> | Randall Munroe<br /> | August 4, 2020<br /> |-<br /> ! Good Question<br /> | [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/07/science/neutrinos-snowball-randall-munroe.html Could You Make a Snowball of Neutrinos?]<br /> | Randall Munroe<br /> | July 7, 2020<br /> |-<br /> ! Good Question<br /> | [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/09/science/randall-munroe-question-eggs.html Can You Boil an Egg Too Long?]<br /> | Randall Munroe<br /> | June 9, 2020<br /> |-<br /> ! Good Question<br /> | [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/11/science/traffic-barrier-rice-krispies.html What’s the Sweetest, Crispiest Way to Stay Safe in a Car Crash?]<br /> | Randall Munroe<br /> | May 11, 2020<br /> |-<br /> ! Good Question<br /> | [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/science/pulsar-xkcd-munroe-stars.html How’s the View From a Spinning Star?]<br /> | Randall Munroe<br /> | April 7, 2020<br /> |-<br /> ! Good Question<br /> | [https://nytimes.com/2020/03/10/science/question-randall-munroe-bobsled-gravity.html What if Galileo Had Dropped Bobsleds From the Tower of Pisa?]<br /> | Randall Munroe<br /> | March 10, 2020<br /> |-<br /> ! Good Question<br /> | [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/17/science/worst-odor-smell-thioacetone.html What’s the World’s Worst Smell?]<br /> | Randall Munroe<br /> | Feb. 17, 2020 / Feb. 26, 2020<br /> |-<br /> ! Good Question<br /> | [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/21/science/human-running-speed-quadruped.html How Fast Can a Human Run?]<br /> | Randall Munroe<br /> | Jan. 21, 2020 / Feb. 7, 2020<br /> |-<br /> ! Good Question<br /> | [https://nytimes.com/2019/12/10/science/earth-size-mass.html Is Earth Getting Bigger Over Time?]<br /> | Randall Munroe<br /> | Dec. 10, 2019<br /> |-<br /> ! Good Question<br /> | [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/12/science/randall-munroe-moon.html If I Touched the Moon, What Would It Feel Like?]<br /> | Randall Munroe<br /> | Nov. 12, 2019<br /> |-<br /> ! Science<br /> | [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/13/science/what-makes-a-red-sky-at-night-and-at-morning.html What Makes a Red Sky at Night (and at Morning)]<br /> | Randall Munroe<br /> | Aug. 13, 2019<br /> |}<br /> <br /> == ==<br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable&quot;<br /> |+ New York Times columns ''about'' Randall Munroe<br /> ! Column !! Headline !! Byline !! Date<br /> |-<br /> ! Books<br /> | [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/14/books/review/randall-munroe-by-the-book-interview.html Randall Munroe Loves Outdated Views of the Future]<br /> | --<br /> | Nov. 14, 2019<br /> |-<br /> ! Science<br /> | [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/03/18/science/document-Munroepages.html Randall Munroe of ‘XKCD’ Explains the Human Body, Elevators and the Saturn 5]<br /> | (Actual pages from '''{{w|Thing_Explainer|Thing&amp;nbsp;Explainer}}''')<br /> | March 21, 2016<br /> |-<br /> ! Science<br /> | [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/22/science/randall-munroe-xkcd-science-textbook.html Randall Munroe, XKCD Creator, Goes Back to High School]<br /> | Kenneth Chang<br /> | March 21, 2016<br /> |-<br /> ! Books<br /> | [https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/24/books/randall-munroe-explains-it-all-for-us.html Randall Munroe Explains It All for Us]<br /> | Alexandra Alter<br /> | Nov. 23, 2015<br /> |-<br /> ! Science<br /> | [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/04/science/randall-munroe-the-creator-of-xkcd-explains-complexity-through-absurdity.html He’s Glad You Asked]<br /> | Kenneth Chang<br /> | Nov. 3, 2014<br /> |-<br /> ! Books<br /> | [https://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/14/techs-favorite-cartoonist-enters-mainstream-publishing/ Tech’s Favorite Cartoonist Enters Mainstream Publishing]<br /> | Noam Cohen<br /> | March 14, 2014<br /> |-<br /> ! Link by Link<br /> | [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/26/business/media/26link.html This Is Funny Only if You Know Unix]<br /> | Noam Cohen<br /> | May 26, 2008<br /> |}<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> *The New York Times [https://myaccount.nytimes.com/auth/register Create your free account]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Meta]]</div>

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<p>Anticrap: Undo revision 276843 by 172.70.178.115 (talk)</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1860<br /> | date = July 7, 2017<br /> | title = Communicating<br /> | image = communicating.png<br /> | titletext = You're saying that the responsibility for avoiding miscommunication lies entirely with the listener, not the speaker, which explains why you haven't been able to convince anyone to help you down from that wall.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> ''There's glory for you.''<br /> <br /> In Lewis Carroll's &quot;{{w|Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There}}&quot;, {{w|Alice_(Alice's_Adventures_in_Wonderland)|Alice}} meets {{w|Humpty Dumpty}} (the egg-shaped character from the children's verse). Humpty Dumpty is a Looking Glass creature, and the Looking Glass creatures all feature some form of inversion. For Humpty Dumpty the inversion is in meanings. When they first meet, Humpty Dumpty berates Alice for having a name that doesn't mean anything (contrasted with his name which means his shape). <br /> <br /> But later, Humpty declares to Alice &quot;There's glory for you&quot;. Alice doesn't understand what Humpty means by &quot;glory&quot;. Humpty explains that he can make words mean whatever he chooses to mean. By &quot;glory&quot; he meant &quot;a nice knock-down argument&quot;. And he adds: &quot;When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean. Neither more nor less.&quot; ([https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Through_the_Looking-Glass,_and_What_Alice_Found_There/Chapter_VI#124])<br /> <br /> In the comic Humpty is explaining to &quot;Alice&quot; (portrayed by [[Science Girl]]) that he can choose meanings for his words. Alice points out the obvious problem by pretending to wonder what meaning should be given to that utterance, and decides it means &quot;Please take all my belongings&quot;. Humpty realizes he has been caught in a trap, but now Alice is choosing meanings, and even his protests are taken to mean &quot;take my car along with my belongings&quot;.<br /> <br /> While it seems that Alice chooses these specific meanings of words to educate Humpty Dumpty about the mistake in his way of thinking, she could as well inform him about planned theft with random, meaningless words or not at all. After all, she got &quot;permission&quot;. Also, even though Humpty Dumpty decides about the meanings of words by himself, he &quot;accidentally&quot; chooses the normal meanings of all of Alice's words, because otherwise he wouldn't be informed about the planned theft and wouldn't be able to react to this with &quot;What!? No!&quot;.<br /> <br /> Humpty Dumpty is known from the nursery rhyme or riddle:<br /> :''Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall,<br /> :''Humpy Dumpty had a great fall.<br /> :''All the King's horses and all the King's men,<br /> :''Couldn't put Humpty together again.''<br /> <br /> Carroll's Humpty Dumpty is a parody of people who use technical language without defining their terms, and expect others to understand. The title text continues this. By Humpty insisting that he is not responsible for others understanding him he is unable to get help getting down from the wall, which will lead to his inevitable demise. This two-sided nature of communication is also shown in the title text of [[1028: Communication]], as well as in later comics like [[1984: Misinterpretation]] (with a list of other comics about communication).<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[Egg-shaped character Humpty Dumpty, drawn with an angry face, is sitting on a brick wall and facing Alice, depicted as Science Girl.]<br /> :Humpty Dumpty: When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean. Neither more nor less.<br /> :Alice: I wonder what all those words you just said meant. Maybe you're telling me I can have all your stuff!<br /> :Humpty Dumpty: What!? No!<br /> :Alice: Your car, too? Gosh, thanks!<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Comics featuring Science Girl]]<br /> [[Category:Language]]<br /> [[Category:Social interactions]]</div>

Anticrap https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Rob&diff=276834 2022-05-24T18:14:36Z

<p>Anticrap: Uncrapped page</p> <hr /> <div>{{Infobox character<br /> | image = Rob.png<br /> | caption = A close-up of Rob from [[782: Desecration]]<br /> | first_appearance = [[276: Fixed Width]]<br /> }}<br /> '''Rob''' is a [[stick figure]] in xkcd. Rob has no identifying features and is a [[Cueball]]. In most cases, he seems to represent the same character, usually being portrayed as [[Black Hat|Black Hat's]] roommate. He is one of the few of [[Randall]]'s characters to be given a name. Rob is specifically named in [[276: Fixed Width]], [[632: Suspicion]], [[647: Scary]], [[716: Time Machine]], [[723: Seismic Waves]], [[782: Desecration]], [[838: Incident]], [[1102: Fastest-Growing]], [[1168: tar]], and [[1783: Emails]]. In [[276: Fixed Width]] his screen name appears as &quot;rob&quot;, and in [[723: Seismic Waves]] he is posting on the internet as &quot;robm163&quot;. In [[838: Incident]] his username appears as &quot;robm&quot;. In [[1783: Emails]], Cueball replies to his email in the title text.<br /> <br /> After the Emails comic, Rob is not mentioned for 800 comics before the name is used in [[2584: Headline Words]]. Cueball is also in this comic, but it seems like Cueball represents Randall rather than Rob in the comic. So again only mentioned by name.<br /> <br /> ==Relationships==<br /> Rob had a relationship with a &quot;woman&quot; known as &lt;emily&gt; on IM. This ended tragically in [[276: Fixed Width]] when he told her the relationship was only for sex while he wasn't really paying attention to what he was writing; he just wanted their chat responses to line up nicely on the screen. Two years later, in 2009, he had a relationship of a few months with what ended up to be a spam bot. He discovered this when he asked the bot to pass what it calls a VK test. This happened in [[632: Suspicion]].<br /> <br /> In [[647: Scary]] we find that he has a nephew born after September 11, 2001, but by 2009 he was old enough to have discussions with Rob about it.<br /> <br /> In [[1102: Fastest-Growing]] it seems that Rob is [[Black Hat|Black Hat's]] room mate. In fact, it's possible that within the xkcd continuity, every time we see Black Hat's roommate, it's Rob. But with no name mentioned it is not enough to list these comics as comics featuring Rob.<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> * the VK test is a reference to the world of Blade Runner, where they use a Voight-Kampff (VK) test to help determine if someone is a replicant.<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> *[[:Category:Comics featuring Rob]]<br /> *[[:Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]<br /> *It was at some point suggested that Cueball and Rob should be merged. But nothing came of the [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/explain_xkcd:Community_portal/Proposals#Merge_Cueball_.26_Rob discussion.]<br /> <br /> {{navbox-characters}}</div>

Anticrap https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=717:_Furtive&diff=276833 2022-05-24T18:14:06Z

<p>Anticrap: Uncrapped page</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number =717<br /> | date =March 22, 2010<br /> | title =Furtive<br /> | image =furtive.png<br /> | titletext =...go go gadget video camera. Go go gadget cup.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> The person in the comic is Inspector Gadget from the {{w|Inspector Gadget|animated series of the same name}}. Gadget was a cyborg detective that had access to a wide variety of gadgets which he would activate with the words &quot;Go go gadget [insert item here].&quot; The gadgets would usually spawn from his hat, such as his trademark personal helicopter (&quot;go go gadget copter!&quot;). One of the running gags of the series was that Gadget was completely clueless during his missions, and unbeknownst to him, relied heavily on the assistance of his niece Penny, her computer book, and her dog, Brain.<br /> <br /> In this strip, Inspector Gadget (wearing his trademark hat and trench coat) looks around furtively and apparently moves away from the listener (or the camera pans out to reveal the empty environment) before saying the words &quot;Go go gadget two lesbians doing it.&quot; The fantasy of lesbians having sex is a common turn-on for straight men. The command, given in the last panel of the comic, also serves to identify the person speaking. Identification along with the punchline is a common comedy trope.<br /> <br /> In the title text, Gadget requests further gadgets: A video camera, to record the action, and a cup. The cup is probably a reference to the well-known, scatological pornographic video ''{{w|2 Girls, 1 Cup}}'', which was prominent at the time the comic was created.<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[Inspector Gadget in a trench coat and hat stands mid-frame.]<br /> <br /> :[Gadget turns his head, looking to his right.]<br /> <br /> :[Gadget stands alone in a wide expanse.]<br /> <br /> :[Gadget finally speaks.]<br /> :Gadget: Go go gadget two lesbians doing it.<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> [[Category:Sex]]</div>

Anticrap https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=User_talk:Jacky720&diff=276817 2022-05-24T15:48:43Z

<p>Anticrap: /* Crap */ new section</p> <hr /> <div>&lt;div class=&quot;mw-collapsible mw-collapsed&quot; data-expandtext=&quot;Old stuff, no longer really relevant.&quot;&gt;<br /> == To talk to me ==<br /> &lt;u&gt;I will make my comments only in this section, and underlined, so we can all tell who's who faster. Be advised that although I may keep up-to-date, I might be shying away, screening my calls, so I could but won't answer everything. [[User:Jacky720|Jacky720]] ([[User talk:Jacky720|talk]]) 02:23, 9 November 2016 (UTC)&lt;/u&gt;<br /> <br /> Yay! Glad to see another happy user of the group! (And another coder!) :D I didn't know anyone else on this site played Minecraft... --[[User:JayRulesXKCD|JayRulesXKCD]] ([[User talk:JayRulesXKCD|talk]]) 12:08, 10 November 2016 (UTC)<br /> <br /> &lt;u&gt;Same to you! [[User:Jacky720|Jacky720]] ([[User talk:Jacky720|talk]]) 15:52, 10 November 2016 (UTC)&lt;/u&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;u&gt;(That's right, go HTML!)&lt;/u&gt;<br /> <br /> :What kind of stuff do you like to program? Are you a game designer? Or a web coder kind of person? --[[User:JayRulesXKCD|JayRulesXKCD]] ([[User talk:JayRulesXKCD|talk]]) 17:12, 10 November 2016 (UTC)<br /> <br /> ::&lt;u&gt;It isn't a job or anything, just a hobby of messing with webpages. Also, if you don't own a domain, and you tell everyone, you can operate a totally '''free''' subdomain through [http://www.000webhost.com $0.00 webhost.] Although you might want to backup your site. If you don't visit it enough, it shuts down and you need to re-register. Just some tips. (P.S. My web portal has seen better days. (P.P.S. [[859: (]] [[User:Jacky720|Jacky720]] ([[User talk:Jacky720|talk]]) 19:49, 10 November 2016 (UTC)&lt;/u&gt;<br /> <br /> ::&lt;u&gt;Wait, I just looked at your page and you '''publish games?''' Like I said above... But nice. I don't do that kind of thing, but I have made a couple of 9001% informal games, like on [https://scratch.mit.edu/users/Jacky720/ Scratch] and stuff.&lt;/u&gt;<br /> <br /> :::What a coincidence! I use Scratch too! However, I haven't really used it in a while, as I'm sticking to normal game development, but I do still go on there from time to time to see the crazy stuff that people come up with. I was going to make a game on there called '''&quot;Darkness&quot;''', but development proved to be too difficult and I was only able to finish the first level and a teaser for the game. I did eventually re-vitalize the game, but with a new name and new story, and it eventually became ''' 'This Isn't Home' ''', and then I ran into problems with the development with that, and I had to take it down from GameJolt yesterday. Life of a game designer... your work is never finished. I'm going to have to fix that one now. :P --[[User:JayRulesXKCD|JayRulesXKCD]] ([[User talk:JayRulesXKCD|talk]]) 12:27, 11 November 2016 (UTC)<br /> <br /> ::::&lt;u&gt;Nice, but I couldn't find your account or the game. Links? [[User:Jacky720|Jacky720]] ([[User talk:Jacky720|talk]]) 19:34, 12 November 2016 (UTC)&lt;/u&gt;<br /> <br /> :::::I never uploaded 'Darkness', but I did upload a 'teaser' for it and my account is : https://scratch.mit.edu/users/JayRulesScratch/ --[[User:JayRulesXKCD|JayRulesXKCD]] ([[User talk:JayRulesXKCD|talk]]) 12:17, 14 November 2016 (UTC)<br /> <br /> :Hey, I play Minecraft too! In fact, I've been shying away from explainxkcd because I've been playing it so much... [[User:GizmoDude|GizmoDude]] ([[User talk:GizmoDude|talk]]) 21:20, 3 January 2017 (UTC)<br /> :P.S. I do Scratch as well! Well, not currently, but I posted about 20 projects on my old account 2 or 3 years ago...<br /> ::That's kind of the same reason why I &quot;left&quot; for a short period of time. Minecraft and Game design have been taking up a good chunk of my life. Life of a gamer/game designer. :) --[[User:JayRulesXKCD|JayRulesXKCD]] ([[User talk:JayRulesXKCD|talk]]) 12:07, 4 January 2017 (UTC)<br /> :::I've also steadily become more encumbered by schoolwork. I've still been reading xkcd, but not so much editing. I've gotten back into Minecraft, especially since I started my YouTube channel. [[User:GizmoDude|GizmoDude]] ([[User talk:GizmoDude|talk]]) 12:40, 4 January 2017 (UTC)<br /> ::::&lt;u&gt;Schoolwork? You mean I'm not the only editor not through college yet? I never knew that. [[User:Jacky720|That's right, Jacky720 just signed this]] ([[User talk:Jacky720|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Jacky720|contribs]]) 15:54, 4 January 2017 (UTC)&lt;/u&gt;<br /> :::::Schoolwork is frustrating. I'm not even in college yet... I'm a sophmore in high school. Game design, school, and still have time to actually have fun and play games.. yikes. --[[User:JayRulesXKCD|JayRulesXKCD]] ([[User talk:JayRulesXKCD|talk]]) 12:38, 5 January 2017 (UTC)<br /> ::::::I also spend a lot of time on Minecraft (mostly messing with redstone), and I used to have a scratch account too (made a few games, but then stopped a few years ago). And it's nice to know I'm not the only editor with a bunch of schoolwork to deal with. [[User:Herobrine|Herobrine]] ([[User talk:Herobrine|talk]]) 10:41, 18 April 2018 (UTC)<br /> <br /> You seem pretty cool! I also code, and with the same languages, and play MC!<br /> [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.64|108.162.219.64]]<br /> <br /> ===[http://jackm.000webhostapp.com/transcript.html Official Transcript]===<br /> Here is the code: (with links to where I got it)<br /> &lt;code&gt; <br /> &lt;!DOCTYPE html&gt;<br /> &lt;html&gt;<br /> &lt;head&gt;<br /> &lt;script&gt;<br /> [https://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/cors/ function createCORSRequest(method, url) {<br /> var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();<br /> if (&quot;withCredentials&quot; in xhr) {<br /> // Check if the XMLHttpRequest object has a &quot;withCredentials&quot; property.<br /> // &quot;withCredentials&quot; only exists on XMLHTTPRequest2 objects.<br /> xhr.open(method, url, true);<br /> } else if (typeof XDomainRequest != &quot;undefined&quot;) {<br /> // Otherwise, check if XDomainRequest.<br /> // XDomainRequest only exists in IE, and is IE's way of making CORS requests.<br /> xhr = new XDomainRequest();<br /> xhr.open(method, 'https://xkcd.com/info.0.json');<br /> } else {<br /> // Otherwise, CORS is not supported by the browser.<br /> xhr = null;<br /> }<br /> <br /> return xhr;<br /> }<br /> <br /> var xhr = createCORSRequest('GET', &quot;https://xkcd.com/info.0.json&quot;);<br /> if (!xhr) {<br /> alert('CORS not supported');<br /> } else {<br /> alert('This site uses CORS.');<br /> } ]<br /> <br /> [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19706046/how-to-read-an-external-local-json-file-in-javascript function readTextFile(file, callback) {<br /> var rawFile = new XMLHttpRequest();<br /> alert(&quot;raw file&quot;);<br /> rawFile.overrideMimeType(&quot;application/json&quot;);<br /> alert(&quot;json&quot;);<br /> rawFile.open(&quot;GET&quot;, file, true);<br /> alert(rawFile.responseText);<br /> alert(rawFile.readyState);<br /> alert(rawFile.status);<br /> rawFile.onreadystatechange = function() {<br /> if (rawFile.readyState === 4 &amp;&amp; rawFile.status == &quot;200&quot;) {<br /> callback(rawFile.responseText);<br /> alert(&quot;done?&quot;);<br /> }<br /> }<br /> } ]<br /> <br /> //My code<br /> <br /> function getScript() {<br /> if (parseInt(document.getElementById(&quot;ComicNumber&quot;).value)) {<br /> var comic = new Number(<br /> document.getElementById(&quot;ComicNumber&quot;).value);<br /> var link = &quot;https://xkcd.com/&quot; + comic + &quot;/info.0.json&quot;;<br /> try {<br /> readTextFile(link, function(text) {<br /> var output = JSON.parse(text);<br /> alert(output);<br /> document.getElementById(&quot;output&quot;).innerHTML =<br /> output.transcript;<br /> });<br /> } catch(Err) {alert(&quot;Oops! Something went wrong.&quot;);}<br /> <br /> } else {<br /> alert(&quot;This is not an integer!&quot;);<br /> }<br /> alert(&quot;The function completed.&quot;)<br /> }<br /> &lt;/script&gt;<br /> &lt;/head&gt;<br /> &lt;body&gt;<br /> &lt;input type=&quot;text&quot; id=&quot;ComicNumber&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;input type=&quot;button&quot; onclick=&quot;getScript();&quot; value=&quot;Get Transcript&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;br /&gt;<br /> &lt;p id=&quot;output&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;<br /> &lt;/body&gt;<br /> &lt;/html&gt;<br /> &lt;/code&gt;<br /> <br /> ==To talk about me ==<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> == newest comic ==<br /> <br /> Thanks for adding the newest comic. Just as a note though, please follow the steps here: [[User:DgbrtBOT]], to make the rest of the links work. [[User:Natg19|Natg19]] ([[User talk:Natg19|talk]]) 22:02, 20 December 2019 (UTC)<br /> :Ah, I missed that formal procedure. Good to know there is one; I suppose I just messed up the templates in doing so?<br /> <br /> == Nomination ==<br /> <br /> See [[explain_xkcd:Community_portal/Coordination#New_admins]] '''[[User:Davidy22|&lt;u&gt;{{Color|#707|David}}&lt;font color=#070 size=3&gt;y&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;font color=#508 size=4&gt;²²&lt;/font&gt;]]'''[[User talk:Davidy22|&lt;tt&gt;[talk]&lt;/tt&gt;]] 02:08, 8 May 2022 (UTC)<br /> <br /> == Please don't block IPs ==<br /> <br /> Hello,<br /> <br /> The way this wiki is set up, if an IP is blocked, it affects a lot of people. IPs are randomized by the reverse proxy. Please don't block IPs, and please disable autoblock when blocking users. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.130.195|172.70.130.195]] 22:01, 23 May 2022 (UTC)<br /> : I'm new to adminhood, and I don't exactly know what you mean in the last sentence. Is there some MediaWiki configuration page you want me to look at? [[User:Jacky720|That's right, Jacky720 just signed this]] ([[User talk:Jacky720|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Jacky720|contribs]]) 22:15, 23 May 2022 (UTC)<br /> :: Since I'm not an admin here, I'm not sure exactly what it looks like here. However, I am an admin on another MediaWiki wiki, so I can give instructions for that site, and they should be similar here. When you block someone, there should be a checkbox with this/a similar label: &quot;Automatically block the last IP address used by this user, and any subsequent IP addresses they try to edit from&quot; When blocking anyone, make sure you do not check that, and uncheck it if it is already checked. Then, go to [[Special:BlockList]]. On the block for &quot;Xray Kilo Charlie Delta,&quot; click &quot;change block&quot;, then uncheck that checkbox, click the &quot;confirm block&quot; checkbox, and click &quot;Re-block the user with these settings.&quot; Also, go back to [[Special:BlockList]], and unblock any IPs that you see. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.178.115|172.70.178.115]] 22:38, 23 May 2022 (UTC)<br /> ::: Looking at the block log, it seems automatic IP blocks only last 24 hours. As for manual ones... Oh, there are hundreds of these. Most dating back to 2013. I'll do something about that. [[User:Jacky720|Jack]] ([[User talk:Jacky720|t]]|[[Special:Contributions/Jacky720|c]]) 23:06, 23 May 2022 (UTC)<br /> ::::The old ones are probably fine; just undo the recent one (it looks like there's only one recent one) [[Special:Contributions/172.70.178.115|172.70.178.115]] 23:07, 23 May 2022 (UTC)<br /> :::::Done —[[User:Theusaf|theusaf]] ([[User talk:Theusaf|talk]]) 23:10, 23 May 2022 (UTC)<br /> <br /> == IP blocks ==<br /> <br /> It looks like you just blocked an IP? Those blocks affect a lot of users too, not just autoblocks. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.246.154|108.162.246.154]] 03:14, 24 May 2022 (UTC)<br /> : Well, they were directly trolling from that IP. I'm not giving them immunity to protect the five people who get assigned that address before the block expires and probably weren't going to edit anyway. --[[User:Jacky720|Jack]] ([[User talk:Jacky720|t]]|[[Special:Contributions/Jacky720|c]]) 10:57, 24 May 2022 (UTC)<br /> :: I hope you checked with Davidy22. I get the impression that there are many more such attempts of a similar nature that are already blocked from happening, you may just be throwing the occasional baby away with a ''very small'' remaining amount of bathwater.<br /> :: If you [https://whatismyipaddress.com/ip/172.70.142.105 check the IP], it's a gateway in Singapore, though how much actual geolocation that smooches up into that (and other Singaporean) IP I wouldn't care to say. It could cover huge swathes of the region or just a fraction (by random timehsharing?) of the city itself. Probably somewhere between the two.<br /> :: I doubt only the spammers' backroom operation are active uses of that particular Cloudflare gateway, and possibly some others in the region are. The calculation that it causes more trouble to the spam-engine than the next Singaporean who genuinely wishes to usefully contribute is a big assumption.<br /> :: I won't argue too much with your ability or keenness to do this administrative fire-fighting (I note that you've been busy, in that regard, and all are somewhat reasonable acts) but the activity of the IP in question had just two (identical-ish) spam-type uses across virtually the span of an entire week, whereas in less than three weeks of time (before that) there were six interactions that (superficially, from the Contrib page) look like entirely genuine edits. That's not counting those via that IP who are logging into accounts, which I'm not sure you aren't in danger of blocking also. <br /> :: If we guess that the next scripted spamming of this kind will be a further week onward (and assume we can predict it still arriving from the same assigned gateway) we need to have the block in place for another week (and may not know if our block was encountered, unless it pops up from another vector and we know that it wasn't, so whether to extend the block for additional week(s) is going to be a difficult question to answer). At the same time, maybe two genuine edits get stymied. The spambot machine won't care (its owner may not even notice!) but the real humans might do.<br /> :: Sorry, just a dispassionate (if possibly passionately presented) opinion. For your consideration. I'm just saying that rolling back one page once a week is no problem, and something I've done in this particular signature of edit a number of times before. The stupid spam that is being sent there (and elsewhere) doesn't even appear to have any use ''as a spam'', given the content. But the precedent of blocking an IP is troubling to me. Doubtful that particular one would ever be 'mine', in any given instant, but you could easily do me (and others like me) a disservice in the future if you take a consistent stance on this concept of blocking at the IP level and target one that is servicing my little corner of the webosphere.<br /> :: I hope you get my reasoning. Longer in the telling than in the thinking of, unfortunately. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.91.36|172.70.91.36]] 11:48, 24 May 2022 (UTC) &lt;- I'm a different IP-type person from 108.162.246.154 - Whether it appears the same or (very likely) different from the original correspondent in this aside.<br /> <br /> == Crap ==<br /> <br /> How can I help get rid of crap? [[User:Anticrap|Anticrap]] ([[User talk:Anticrap|talk]]) 15:48, 24 May 2022 (UTC)</div>

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