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<div>The comic [[2288|2288: Collector’s Edition]] featured a number of stickers which could be placed anywhere on the comic itself by a player. A list of these stickers is collected below.<br />
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A few notes:<br />
*Some stickers are from the book ''What If?'', not from the website (https://what-if.xkcd.com).<br />
**They are noted by 'What If '''Chapter''' XX'<br />
**This label is applied if and only if the image comes from a chapter not featured on the website.<br />
*Before each list, there is a link format. Unless otherwise specified, the first column of any entry can be substituted for the part of the link X’ed out to show the image.<br />
*There is word miniloot as well; to view it, simply change the ‘loot’ in ‘loot-words-XXXX’ in the entry’s URL to ‘miniloot’.<br />
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===List of Stickers===<br />
List of Numbered Loot (https://xkcd.com/2288/collectors/static/loot/loot_XXX.png):<br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|-<br />
! #<br />
! Sticker description<br />
! Comic/What If? #<br />
|-<br />
| 001 || Parallel universe Cueball || 105<br />
|-<br />
| 002 || Kid’s balloon caught on fan || 121<br />
|-<br />
| 003 || Cueball in hamster ball || 152<br />
|-<br />
| 004 || Genie from a lamp || 152<br />
|-<br />
| 005 || Cueball outside ball pit || 150<br />
|-<br />
| 006 || Cueball on electric skateboard || 139<br />
|-<br />
| 007 || Red spider on block || 442<br />
|-<br />
| 008 || Black Hat using Care Bear Stare || 146<br />
|-<br />
| 009 || Black Hat at computer || 278<br />
|-<br />
| 010 || Cueball driving + Katamari Danacy || 83<br />
|-<br />
| 011 || Black Hat’s commenting feature || 156<br />
|-<br />
| 012 || Megan outside reality || 266<br />
|-<br />
| 013 || Physics textbook spacecraft || 265<br />
|-<br />
| 014 || Physics student's bag || 265<br />
|-<br />
| 015 || Hole in reality || 264<br />
|-<br />
| 016 || Cat with glued caption || 262<br />
|-<br />
| 017 || The rotary supercollider highway prank || 253<br />
|-<br />
| 018 || Chess photo || 249<br />
|-<br />
| 019 || Cory Doctorow || 239<br />
|-<br />
| 020 || Book version of RHR || 199<br />
|-<br />
| 021 || Fractal mapping || 195<br />
|-<br />
| 022 || Jimmy Page performing "Stairway to Heaven" || 339<br />
|-<br />
| 023 || Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots || 335<br />
|-<br />
| 024 || Sentient gyroscope || 332<br />
|-<br />
| 025 || Black Hat taping package || 325<br />
|-<br />
| 026 || Joanna with laser || 322<br />
|-<br />
| 027 || Future Megan || 318<br />
|-<br />
| 028 || Elliptical reflector dish || 316<br />
|-<br />
| 029 || Galaxy || 312<br />
|-<br />
| 030 || Swordfighting Cueballs || 303<br />
|-<br />
| 031 || Man carrying parentheses || 297<br />
|-<br />
| 032 || Toaster with arm || 293<br />
|-<br />
| 033 || Computer Cueball attacked by velociraptor || 292<br />
|-<br />
| 034 || Zeppelin elevator button || 288<br />
|-<br />
| 035 || Wikipedian protestor || 285<br />
|-<br />
| 036 || Cueball popping wheelie || 272<br />
|-<br />
| 037 || Merlin watching TV || 270<br />
|-<br />
| 038 || The Ring || 396<br />
|-<br />
| 039 || Potted plant || 393<br />
|-<br />
| 040 || Pineapple || 388<br />
|-<br />
| 041 || Trebuchet || 382<br />
|-<br />
| 042 || Assembled Mobius Battle || 381<br />
|-<br />
| 043 || Eye of the basilisk || 380<br />
|-<br />
| 044 || Censored curse word || 357<br />
|-<br />
| 045 || Diet Coke and Mentos || 346<br />
|-<br />
| 046 || MPAA & RIAA swordsmen || 344<br />
|-<br />
| 047 || Tron Paul || 497<br />
|-<br />
| 048 || Ron Paul Revolution zeppelin || 495<br />
|-<br />
| 049 || Megan with a kite || 471<br />
|-<br />
| 050 || Quantum/regular teleporter || 465<br />
|-<br />
| 051 || Ghostbuster || 459<br />
|-<br />
| 052 || Rubik’s cube bra || 457<br />
|-<br />
| 053 || Potted plant 2 || 454<br />
|-<br />
| 054 || Boomerang-turned-shark || 445<br />
|-<br />
| 055 || Multi-boomerangs || 445<br />
|-<br />
| 056 || “PIE!” sign || 442<br />
|-<br />
| 057 || M. C. Hammer slide Megan || 108<br />
|-<br />
| 058 || Luigi in a kart || 423<br />
|-<br />
| 059 || “Lan Party in Formal Attire” sign || 422<br />
|-<br />
| 060 || Sack of potatoes || 421<br />
|-<br />
| 061 || Flaming tennis racket || 421<br />
|-<br />
| 062 || PC in a hamster ball || 413<br />
|-<br />
| 063 || Scooching black hat || 412<br />
|-<br />
| 064 || Balloon shark || 585<br />
|-<br />
| 065 || Jumping sheep || 571<br />
|-<br />
| 066 || Time-travelling Cueball || 567<br />
|-<br />
| 067 || “The Uncomfortable Truths Well” sign || 561<br />
|-<br />
| 068 || Toy airplane in box || 560<br />
|-<br />
| 069 || Duckling loop || 537<br />
|-<br />
| 070 || Cuttlefish zap Cueball and Megan || 520<br />
|-<br />
| 071 || Cuttlefish || 520<br />
|-<br />
| 072 || Magic portal || 693<br />
|-<br />
| 073 || Egg drop container || 510<br />
|-<br />
| 074 || FIRST robot || 689<br />
|-<br />
| 075 || Beret Guy in a crane || 677<br />
|-<br />
| 076 || Unprepared baby || 674<br />
|-<br />
| 077 || Sagan-Man || 663<br />
|-<br />
| 078 || Cueball rock-climbing || 655<br />
|-<br />
| 079 || Reverse Polish sausage || 645<br />
|-<br />
| 080 || Ants discussing humans || 638<br />
|-<br />
| 081 || Cueball Icarus || 620<br />
|-<br />
| 082 || Bottle of tequila || 617<br />
|-<br />
| 083 || Bird with power drill || 614<br />
|-<br />
| 084 || Locusts attack computer Cueball || 797<br />
|-<br />
| 085 || Tumbleweed dual-wielding guns || 789<br />
|-<br />
| 086 || Cueball’s skull sucked out || 777<br />
|-<br />
| 087 || Talking squirrel || 776<br />
|-<br />
| 088 || Air horn || 757<br />
|-<br />
| 089 || Blank “Dyslexics of the world, unite!” shirt || 745<br />
|-<br />
| 090 || Cat chewing laser pointer || 729<br />
|-<br />
| 091 || Jumping cat || 729<br />
|-<br />
| 092 || Tetris pieces of hell || 724<br />
|-<br />
| 093 || Dejected Sauron || 712<br />
|-<br />
| 094 || A ‘five’ and a ‘breasts’ || 708<br />
|-<br />
| 095 || “I am a turtle” turtle || 889<br />
|-<br />
| 096 || ADHD server || 869<br />
|-<br />
| 097 || Serious putty || 840<br />
|-<br />
| 098 || Cueball spinning in chair || 815<br />
|-<br />
| 099 || Pumpkin carved in a pumpkin || 804<br />
|-<br />
| 100 || Laplace transform of love || [https://store.xkcd.com/products/useless]<br />
|-<br />
| 101 || Cueball shaking computer || 979<br />
|-<br />
| 102 || A globe || 977<br />
|-<br />
| 103 || Cueball giving everything || 968<br />
|-<br />
| 104 || A battery staple || 936<br />
|-<br />
| 105 || Ms. Frizzle || 911<br />
|-<br />
| 106 || Enter hostname || 910<br />
|-<br />
| 107 || Beret Guy’s endless wings (1) || 1099<br />
|-<br />
| 108 || Beret Guy’s endless wings (2) || 1099<br />
|-<br />
| 109 || Eye of the sheeple || 1013<br />
|-<br />
| 110 || The universal label || 1123<br />
|-<br />
| 111 || No forward or turning sign || 1116<br />
|-<br />
| 112 || Tasks floating away || 1106<br />
|-<br />
| 113 || Soup outlet || 1293<br />
|-<br />
| 114 || ‘Line break after every sentence’ protestor || 1285<br />
|-<br />
| 115 || Beret Guy walking a goat || 1282<br />
|-<br />
| 116 || Person in flying car || 1262<br />
|-<br />
| 117 || ‘World’s Greatest Daughter’ mug || 1261<br />
|-<br />
| 118 || Messenger owl || 1254<br />
|-<br />
| 119 || Dog with a soul || 1240<br />
|-<br />
| 120 || Balloon Internet || 1226<br />
|-<br />
| 121 || Stegosaurus fossil || 1211<br />
|-<br />
| 122 || AirAware drone || 1207<br />
|-<br />
| 123 || Time machine || 1203<br />
|-<br />
| 124 || Baby Superman’s pod || 1384<br />
|-<br />
| 125 || Windmill || 1378<br />
|-<br />
| 126 || Space signpost || 1375<br />
|-<br />
| 127 || Cosmologist on a tire swing || 1352<br />
|-<br />
| 128 || Reflecting puddle || 1352<br />
|-<br />
| 129 || A red violet || 1351<br />
|-<br />
| 130 || Crash and Burn in a swimming pool || 1337<br />
|-<br />
| 131 || Transformer in a cocoon || 1336<br />
|-<br />
| 132 || Laptop strapped to a deer || 1329<br />
|-<br />
| 133 || Christmas tree spectrum || 1308<br />
|-<br />
| 134 || Bolt through a basketball || 929<br />
|-<br />
| 135 || Cat attacking Earth || 1515<br />
|-<br />
| 136 || Plane banner || 1965<br />
|-<br />
| 137 || Megan in an autogyro || 1972<br />
|-<br />
| 138 || Free chips || 1499<br />
|-<br />
| 139 || Superintelligent AI || 1450<br />
|-<br />
| 140 || Adjective foods || 1774<br />
|-<br />
| 141 || Curiosity lowered by a sky crane || 1091<br />
|-<br />
| 142 || The Spider || 2275<br />
|-<br />
| 143 || Bun || 1871<br />
|-<br />
| 144 || xkcd cake || 1581<br />
|-<br />
| 145 || Radioactive high-voltage laser-emitting slippery biohazard symbol || 2038<br />
|-<br />
| 146 || Is It Christmas? service || 2236<br />
|-<br />
| 147 || Two small dogs as one big one || 1922<br />
|-<br />
| 148 || Glass repair kit || 1634<br />
|-<br />
| 149 || Use the bowl of the toilet || 1715<br />
|-<br />
| 150 || Apology || 1917<br />
|-<br />
| 151 || Satellite girl || 2264<br />
|-<br />
| 152 || Large container of rice || 1598<br />
|-<br />
| 153 || Review of Earth || 2192<br />
|-<br />
| 154 || Eight-legged reindeer || 1776<br />
|-<br />
| 155 || Record scratch || 1745<br />
|-<br />
| 156 || Chess vs. Go || 1287<br />
|-<br />
| 157 || Sword in the stone || 1521<br />
|-<br />
| 158 || Phishing license sign || 1694<br />
|-<br />
| 159 || First Annual Award for Excellence in Being Very Smart (1) || 1386<br />
|-<br />
| 160 || Earth, not to scale || 2262<br />
|-<br />
| 161 || Opportunity rover || 2111<br />
|-<br />
| 162 || Bags of money || 1827<br />
|-<br />
| 163 || Sleeping cat || 1797<br />
|-<br />
| 164 || Squirrelphone || 1578<br />
|-<br />
| 165 || Balloon squirrel || 1503<br />
|-<br />
| 166 || Shoulder devil || 2180<br />
|-<br />
| 167 || Time-travelling sphere || 1747<br />
|-<br />
| 168 || Jaturn || 2258<br />
|-<br />
| 169 || Beret Guy unlocking vacuum energy || 1486<br />
|-<br />
| 170 || Emotional unsubscribe message rating || 2257<br />
|-<br />
| 171 || Megan riding a 1980s bicycle || 1673<br />
|-<br />
| 172 || Megan defending her thesis || 1403<br />
|-<br />
| 173 || High-pitched hum generator || 1590<br />
|-<br />
| 174 || Sandwich too large to eat comfortably || 1940<br />
|-<br />
| 175 || Women Science Fiction Authors || 1412<br />
|-<br />
| 176 || Planet summary || 2061<br />
|-<br />
| 177 || White Hat appraising wine || 915<br />
|-<br />
| 178 || Amelia Earhart’s plane || 950<br />
|-<br />
| 179 || Cueball’s arrow boomerang || 939<br />
|-<br />
| 180 || Cueball’s mechanical monster || 987<br />
|-<br />
| 181 || The Avatar || 965<br />
|-<br />
| 182 || Two mimic octopuses || 928<br />
|-<br />
| 183 || Geologist’s hat || 1082<br />
|-<br />
| 184 || Furniture box || 1077<br />
|-<br />
| 185 || Depiction of philosophy || 1052<br />
|-<br />
| 186 || A loving snake || 1052<br />
|-<br />
| 187 || Cracked Cadury egg || 1035<br />
|-<br />
| 188 || Giant preying mantis || 1012<br />
|-<br />
| 189 || Trap flowchart || 1195<br />
|-<br />
| 190 || Beret Guy riding a bowling ball || 1158<br />
|-<br />
| 191 || Spiders spinning a sweater || 1135<br />
|-<br />
| 192 || “MOOOOOON!” moon || 1300<br />
|-<br />
| 193 || Giraffe with sauropod tail || 1278<br />
|-<br />
| 194 || Timeghost || 1393<br />
|-<br />
| 195 || Sharks reporter || 1387<br />
|-<br />
| 196 || First Annual Award for Excellence in Being Very Smart (2) || 1386<br />
|-<br />
| 197 || Krypton exploding || 1384<br />
|-<br />
| 198 || Server replying ‘POTATO’ || 1354<br />
|-<br />
| 199 || Bird in the rain || 1434<br />
|-<br />
| 200 || Sunday locusts || 1245<br />
|-<br />
| 201 || Dolphin with hair || What If? 56<br />
|-<br />
| 202 || Twilight: Breaking Dawn || What If? 141<br />
|-<br />
| 203 || Nuclear-accident-ometer || What If? 146<br />
|-<br />
| 204 || Europa straw || What If? 143<br />
|-<br />
| 205 || Delivery hawk || What If? 149<br />
|-<br />
| 206 || Eagle eating pizza || What If? 149<br />
|-<br />
| 207 || Telescope || What If? 114<br />
|-<br />
| 208 || Sub-marine || What If? 138<br />
|-<br />
| 209 || Alien astronomer || What If? 20<br />
|-<br />
| 210 || Alien astronomers || What If? 47<br />
|-<br />
| 211 || NASA sack of rocks || What If? 146<br />
|-<br />
| 212 || CMYK squid || What If? 106<br />
|-<br />
| 213 || Wham! || What If? 5<br />
|-<br />
| 214 || High-speed robot || What If? 5<br />
|-<br />
| 215 || Elephant || What If? 110<br />
|-<br />
| 216 || S. S. NASA || What If? 38<br />
|-<br />
| 217 || Alexander’s Dark Band drummer || What If? 150<br />
|-<br />
| 218 || Unknown reference || Possibly doodles<br />
|-<br />
| 219 || Milk carton of Internet || What If? 31<br />
|-<br />
| 220 || Nightsun-carriers || What If? 13<br />
|-<br />
| 221 || A pleasant squirrel || What If? 98<br />
|-<br />
| 222 || Ponytail fairy || What If? 123<br />
|-<br />
| 223 || Harvester || What If? 120<br />
|-<br />
| 224 || Cougar on a Cougare || What If? 70<br />
|-<br />
| 225 || Soda dinosaur || What If? 74<br />
|-<br />
| 226 || Flamethrower || What If? 130<br />
|-<br />
| 227 || Sun eclipsed by sunglasses and banana || What If? 129<br />
|-<br />
| 228 || Heavy-duty car battery || What If? 128<br />
|-<br />
| 229 || Starling with respirometry mask || What If? 99<br />
|-<br />
| 230 || Falling sperm whale || What If? 103<br />
|-<br />
| 231 || 2x4 lego || What If? '''Chapter''' 51<br />
|-<br />
| 232 || All of Britain’s tea || What If? 79<br />
|-<br />
| 233 || 11-petawatt hair dryer || What If? 35<br />
|-<br />
| 234 || Furby || What If? '''Chapter''' 21<br />
|-<br />
| 235 || Helpless phone || What If? 87<br />
|-<br />
| 236 || Doodles || 98<br />
|-<br />
| 237 || Squirrel on an AK-47 || What If? 21<br />
|-<br />
| 238 || Carton of Sharpies || What If? 59<br />
|-<br />
| 239 || Burning diamond || What If? 116<br />
|-<br />
| 240 || C4 boomerang || What If? 23<br />
|-<br />
| 241 || Cow with solar panel || What If? 17<br />
|-<br />
| 242 || Google punchcard || What If? 63<br />
|-<br />
| 243 || Oxford bell || What If? '''Chapter''' 13<br />
|-<br />
| 244 || Standard giraffe || What If? 44<br />
|-<br />
| 245 || The Little Prince about to dunk || What If? 68<br />
|-<br />
| 246 || Statue of Liberty planet || What If? '''Chapter''' 5<br />
|-<br />
| 247 || Yoda’s mp3 || What If? 3<br />
|-<br />
| 248 || Block of hydrogen || What If? '''Chapter''' 8<br />
|-<br />
| 249 || Negging toaster || What If? 155<br />
|-<br />
| 250 || Feather earthquake || What If? '''Chapter''' 69<br />
|-<br />
| 251 || Swordfighting lava lamp || What If? 122<br />
|-<br />
| 252 || Unsalted butter || What If? 126<br />
|-<br />
| 253 || Salary bottle || What If? 118<br />
|}<br />
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List of Mathematical Loot (https://xkcd.com/2288/collectors/static/loot/loot_XXXX.png):<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Name<br />
! Function<br />
|-<br />
| div || Division<br />
|-<br />
| equals || Equality<br />
|-<br />
| minus || Subtraction<br />
|-<br />
| plus || Addition<br />
|-<br />
| sqrt || Square root<br />
|-<br />
| times || Multiplication<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<br />
List of Element Loot (https://xkcd.com/2288/collectors/static/loot/element-XX.png):<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Symbol<br />
! Element<br />
|-<br />
| Æ (use ae for link) || Aether<br />
|-<br />
| Bl || Blood<br />
|-<br />
| Br || Bread<br />
|-<br />
| Bz || Bronze<br />
|-<br />
| Cb || Carbonite<br />
|-<br />
| Cd || Canadium<br />
|-<br />
| Cr || Cranium<br />
|-<br />
| Dl || Dilithium<br />
|-<br />
| Dm || Delirium<br />
|-<br />
| Fr || Fire<br />
|-<br />
| Gl || Glass<br />
|-<br />
| Hr || Heart<br />
|-<br />
| Lx || Lexan<br />
|-<br />
| Mk || Milk<br />
|-<br />
| Mt || Metal<br />
|-<br />
| Na || Nanobots<br />
|-<br />
| Ox || Air<br />
|-<br />
| Pb || Opprobrium<br />
|-<br />
| Pl || Plastic<br />
|-<br />
| Pm || Epithelium<br />
|-<br />
| Pp || Oops, All Protons!<br />
|-<br />
| Rd || Redstone<br />
|-<br />
| Rg || Regolith<br />
|-<br />
| Sd || Sand<br />
|-<br />
| Sd2 || More Sand<br />
|-<br />
| Sf || Styrofoam<br />
|-<br />
| Sn || Snakes<br />
|-<br />
| Spacer || [Spacer]<br />
|-<br />
| Sy || Symposium<br />
|-<br />
| T || Wolfram<br />
|-<br />
| Þ (use th for link) || Thorium<br />
|-<br />
| Tr || Earth<br />
|-<br />
| Uu || Unobtanium<br />
|-<br />
| Vy || Valyrian<br />
|-<br />
| Wt || Water<br />
|-<br />
| Wx || Wax<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<br />
List of Word Loot (https://xkcd.com/2288/collectors/static/loot/loot-words-XXXX.png):<br />
<br />
*Birdlike<br />
*Boat<br />
*Castle<br />
*Cat<br />
*Cinematic<br />
*Collector<br />
*Cursed<br />
*Cycle<br />
*Doctor<br />
*Easter<br />
*Electric<br />
*Eruption<br />
*Farm<br />
*Flock<br />
*Flying<br />
*Free<br />
*Gamma<br />
*Ghost<br />
*Hair<br />
*Harry-Potter-and-the<br />
*Horse<br />
*Imminent<br />
*Inspector<br />
*Ionized<br />
*Jet<br />
*Laser<br />
*Launcher<br />
*Lifelike<br />
*Ominous<br />
*Plasma<br />
*Sale<br />
*Sudden<br />
*Surprise<br />
*Swarm<br />
*Sword<br />
*Teleporter<br />
*Turtle<br />
*Unlicensed<br />
*Vortex<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
[Cueball stands to the left of a vibrating box.]<br />
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[The words "Collector's Edition" are written above him and boxed.]<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:2288}}<br />
[[Category:Comic subpages]]</div>BlackHathttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2492:_Commonly_Mispronounced_Equations&diff=2154372492: Commonly Mispronounced Equations2021-07-22T17:38:17Z<p>BlackHat: </p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2492<br />
| date = July 21, 2021<br />
| title = Commonly Mispronounced Equations<br />
| image = commonly_mispronounced_equations.png<br />
| titletext = "Epsihootamoo doopsiquorps" --the Schrödinger equation for the hydrogen atom<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a LAGRONJ EYSIBARYMOODMOOSIOYLERSIBRYMOOAMOOBAMOOSIMASIBRSIQORTFAHMOOVYFAHMOOVY. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
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This comic is a collection of famous physical and mathematical equations, along with their "correct" pronunciations. Equations are normally voiced out loud either by their names ("Mass–energy equivalence") or by saying the parts out loud using normal linguistic rules ("E equals M C squared"). This comic instead asserts that equations are meant to be said out loud like words, using their own set of phonic rules.<br />
Though this premise may seem absurd, sometimes this kind of pronunciation is used as an abbreviation or a mnemonic device. For example, the equation A=Pe<sup>rt</sup> used for compound interest is commonly taught and pronounced as the "pert" equation, while SOH-CAH-TOA is used as a mnemonic for the equations for sine, cosine, and tangent (Sine: Opposite over Hypotenuse, etc.).<br />
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The pronunciation given for F=MA is the same as the actual pronunciation of FEMA, the acronym for the Federal Emergency Management Agency. <br />
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List of equations:<br />
* {{w|Newton%27s_law_of_universal_gravitation|Newton's law of universal gravitation}}<br />
* {{w|Mass%E2%80%93energy_equivalence|Mass-energy equivalence}}<br />
* {{w|Pythagorean_theorem|Pythagorean theorem}}<br />
* {{w|Area_of_a_circle|Area of a circle}}<br />
* {{w|Entropy_(information_theory)|Shannon entropy}} and {{w|Diversity_index#Shannon_index)|Shannon index}}<br />
* {{w|Ideal_gas_law|Ideal gas law}}<br />
* {{w|Euler%27s_identity|Euler's identity}}<br />
* {{w|Newton's_laws_of_motion#Newton's_second_law|Newton's 2nd law of motion}}<br />
* {{w|Wave_equation|Wave equation}} (c should be c<sup>2</sup>)<br />
* {{w|Derivative#Definition|General derivative}}<br />
* {{w|Quadratic formula}}<br />
* (title text) {{w|Schrödinger_equation|Schrödinger equation}}<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
[Each equation is bordered, with a pronunciation guide beneath.]<br />
<br />
COMMONLY MISPRONOUNCED EQUATIONS<br />
<br />
'''Row 1'''<br />
<br />
F = G m₁m₂/r² <br><br />
FUH-'''''JAM'''''-ER<br />
<br />
E = mc² <br><br />
'''''EM'''''-CAH-TOO<br />
<br />
a² + b² = c² <br><br />
AT-'''''BOOT'''''-COOT<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Row 2'''<br />
<br />
A = πr² <br><br />
'''''APP'''''-ER-TOO<br />
<br />
H = -Σpᵢlog pᵢ <br><br />
HA-'''''SPLOG'''''-PEE<br />
<br />
PV = nrt <br><br />
'''''PAV'''''-NURT<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Row 3'''<br />
<br />
e^iπ = -1 <br><br />
'''''EYE'''''-PIN<br />
<br />
F = ma <br><br />
'''''FEE'''''-MAH<br />
<br />
∂²u/∂t² = c ∂²u/∂x² <br><br />
'''''DOOT''''' CAH-'''''DOOX'''''<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Row 4'''<br />
<br />
f'(x) = lim h→0 f(x+h) - f(x) / h <br><br />
'''''FAX'''''-LIM-OH '''''FAX'''''-UH-FOX<br />
<br />
x = -b ± √(b² - 4ac) / 2a <br><br />
ZA-'''''BO'''''-BA FAK-'''''TOH'''''-AH<br />
<br />
{{comic discussion}}<br />
[[Category:Physics]]<br />
[[Category:Math]]<br />
[[Category: Language]]</div>BlackHathttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2492:_Commonly_Mispronounced_Equations&diff=2154362492: Commonly Mispronounced Equations2021-07-22T17:27:02Z<p>BlackHat: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2492<br />
| date = July 21, 2021<br />
| title = Commonly Mispronounced Equations<br />
| image = commonly_mispronounced_equations.png<br />
| titletext = "Epsihootamoo doopsiquorps" --the Schrödinger equation for the hydrogen atom<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a LAGRONJ EYSIBARYMOODMOOSIOYLERSIBRYMOOAMOOBAMOOSIMASIBRSIQORTFAHMOOVYFAHMOOVY. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
<br />
This comic is a collection of famous physical and mathematical equations, along with their "correct" pronunciations. Equations are normally voiced out loud either by their names ("Mass–energy equivalence") or by saying the parts out loud using normal linguistic rules ("E equals M C squared"). This comic instead asserts that equations are meant to be said out loud like words, using their own set of phonic rules.<br />
Though this premise may seem absurd, sometimes this kind of pronunciation is used as an abbreviation or a mnemonic device. For example, the equation A=Pe<sup>rt</sup> used for compound interest is commonly taught and pronounced as the "pert" equation, while SOH-CAH-TOA is used as a mnemonic for the equations for sine, cosine, and tangent (Sine: Opposite over Hypotenuse, etc.).<br />
<br />
The pronunciation given for F=MA is the same as the actual pronunciation of FEMA, the acronym for the Federal Emergency Management Agency. <br />
<br />
List of equations:<br />
* {{w|Newton%27s_law_of_universal_gravitation|Newton's law of universal gravitation}}<br />
* {{w|Mass%E2%80%93energy_equivalence|Mass-energy equivalence}}<br />
* {{w|Pythagorean_theorem|Pythagorean theorem}}<br />
* {{w|Area_of_a_circle|Area of a circle}}<br />
* {{w|Entropy_(information_theory)|Shannon entropy}} and {{w|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diversity_index#Shannon_index)|Shannon index}}<br />
* {{w|Ideal_gas_law|Ideal gas law}}<br />
* {{w|Euler%27s_identity|Euler's identity}}<br />
* {{w|Newton%27s_laws_of_motion|Newton's laws of motion}}<br />
* {{w|Wave_equation|Wave equation}} (c should be c<sup>2</sup>)<br />
* {{w|Derivative#Definition|General derivative}}<br />
* {{w|Quadratic formula}}<br />
* {{w|Schrödinger_equation|Schrödinger equation}}<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
[Each equation is bordered, with a pronunciation guide beneath.]<br />
<br />
COMMONLY MISPRONOUNCED EQUATIONS<br />
<br />
'''Row 1'''<br />
<br />
F = G m₁m₂/r² <br><br />
FUH-'''''JAM'''''-ER<br />
<br />
E = mc² <br><br />
'''''EM'''''-CAH-TOO<br />
<br />
a² + b² = c² <br><br />
AT-'''''BOOT'''''-COOT<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Row 2'''<br />
<br />
A = πr² <br><br />
'''''APP'''''-ER-TOO<br />
<br />
H = -Σpᵢlog pᵢ <br><br />
HA-'''''SPLOG'''''-PEE<br />
<br />
PV = nrt <br><br />
'''''PAV'''''-NURT<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Row 3'''<br />
<br />
e^iπ = -1 <br><br />
'''''EYE'''''-PIN<br />
<br />
F = ma <br><br />
'''''FEE'''''-MAH<br />
<br />
∂²u/∂t² = c ∂²u/∂x² <br><br />
'''''DOOT''''' CAH-'''''DOOX'''''<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Row 4'''<br />
<br />
f'(x) = lim h→0 f(x+h) - f(x) / h <br><br />
'''''FAX'''''-LIM-OH '''''FAX'''''-UH-FOX<br />
<br />
x = -b ± √(b² - 4ac) / 2a <br><br />
ZA-'''''BO'''''-BA FAK-'''''TOH'''''-AH<br />
<br />
{{comic discussion}}<br />
[[Category:Physics]]<br />
[[Category:Math]]<br />
[[Category: Language]]</div>BlackHathttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2475:_Health_Drink&diff=2134312475: Health Drink2021-06-15T17:21:25Z<p>BlackHat: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2475<br />
| date = June 11, 2021<br />
| title = Health Drink<br />
| image = health_drink.png<br />
| titletext = You'd need to keep track of so many people! Would you use, like, Excel or something? Far too fancy for a simple country nanoenzyme developer like me.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a NANOENZYME. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
<br />
This comic pokes fun at health fads, alternative medicine and the like. It points out that many such products will go out of their way to market themselves as legitimate and cutting-edge by using impressive-sounding scientific terms, yet fail to perform even the most basic part of actual science: running a randomized controlled trial to find out if the drink actually helps fight infections. When [[Cueball]] points this out, [[White Hat]] reacts as though this process is highly advanced and unreasonable, which clearly demonstrates that his product is either nonsensical or an active scam (or both).<br />
<br />
Enzymes are proteins that aid digestion by breaking down large molecules. Usually, the human body produces a plentiful amount of enzymes; the suggestion that people may be lacking them is frequently used as a basis to peddle pseudoscientific products. Nanoenzymes are synthetic materials that perform similar functions to ordinary enzymes; although they may be useful for treating specific diseases and conditions, the average person will probably not find them beneficial. Amino acids are the chemicals that make up proteins; since all organic enzymes are made from proteins anyway, White Hat's claim use of the term is not particularly impressive and is likely used to impress and bewilder his audience, so that they are more likely to buy the product.<br />
<br />
The title text further showcases White Hat's incompetence. First, he suggests keeping track of large numbers of people in a clinical trial by storing their data in Microsoft Excel, a popular spreadsheet application. Despite the insistence of many companies and government agencies throughout the years, Excel [https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/excel-database-sonal-kanabar|is not a database], and it should not be used to store other people's personal and medical information. He then complains that Excel is too "fancy", and then calls himself a "country nanoenzyme developer". Nanomaterials are developed using specialised equipment in laboratories by people who are extremely well-versed in science; the notion of comparing one of these scientists to a 'simple country farmer' is ludicrous, and the idea that they would find Excel daunting and overcomplicated is equally so. It's ironic that the person with the seemingly very complicated work and production would be unable to perform the simple procedures which Cueball has suggested in order to make his claims rigorous and supported with evidence. In this, White Hat is demonstrating his complete incompetence and lack of knowledge into what his product actually is.<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
:[White Hat holding a bottle and standing next to Cueball]<br />
:White Hat: My new health drink is packed with amino acid nanoenzymes that I designed to train your immune system to fight infections!<br />
:Cueball: Can you give it to some people and see if they get sick less often?<br />
:White Hat: Whoa, that sounds '''''way''''' too complicated.<br />
<br />
{{comic discussion}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Biology]]<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring White Hat]]</div>BlackHathttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2475:_Health_Drink&diff=2134302475: Health Drink2021-06-15T17:18:33Z<p>BlackHat: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2475<br />
| date = June 11, 2021<br />
| title = Health Drink<br />
| image = health_drink.png<br />
| titletext = You'd need to keep track of so many people! Would you use, like, Excel or something? Far too fancy for a simple country nanoenzyme developer like me.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a NANOENZYME. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
<br />
This comic pokes fun at health fads, alternative medicine and the like. It points out that many such products will go out of their way to market themselves as legitimate and cutting-edge by using impressive-sounding scientific terms, yet fail to perform even the most basic part of actual science: running a randomized controlled trial to find out if the drink actually helps fight infections. When [[Cueball]] points this out, [[White Hat]] reacts as though this process is highly advanced and unreasonable, which clearly demonstrates that his product is either nonsensical or an active scam (or both).<br />
<br />
Enzymes are proteins that aid digestion by breaking down large molecules. Usually, the human body produces a plentiful amount of enzymes; the suggestion that people may be lacking them is frequently used as a basis to peddle pseudoscientific products. Nanoenzymes are synthetic materials that perform similar functions to ordinary enzymes; although they may be useful for treating specific diseases and conditions, the average person will probably not find them beneficial. Amino acids are the chemicals that make up proteins; since all organic enzymes are made from proteins anyway, White Hat's claim use of the term is not particularly impressive and is likely used to impress and bewilder his audience, so that they are more likely to buy the product.<br />
<br />
The title text further showcases White Hat's incompetence. First, he suggests keeping track of large numbers of people in a clinical trial by storing their data in Microsoft Excel, a popular spreadsheet application. Despite the insistence of many companies and government agencies throughout the years, Excel [https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/excel-database-sonal-kanabar|is not a database], and it should not be used to store other people's personal and medical information. He then complains that Excel is too "fancy", and then calls himself a "country nanoenzyme developer". Nanomaterials are developed using specialised equipment in laboratories by people who are extremely well-versed in science; the notion of comparing one of these scientists to a 'simple country farmer' is ludicrous, and the idea that they would find Excel daunting and overcomplicated is equally so. In this, White Hat is demonstrating his complete incompetence and lack of knowledge into what his product actually is.<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
:[White Hat holding a bottle and standing next to Cueball]<br />
:White Hat: My new health drink is packed with amino acid nanoenzymes that I designed to train your immune system to fight infections!<br />
:Cueball: Can you give it to some people and see if they get sick less often?<br />
:White Hat: Whoa, that sounds '''''way''''' too complicated.<br />
<br />
{{comic discussion}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Biology]]<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring White Hat]]</div>BlackHathttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2466:_In_Your_Classroom&diff=2123092466: In Your Classroom2021-05-22T03:44:09Z<p>BlackHat: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2466<br />
| date = May 21, 2021<br />
| title = In Your Classroom<br />
| image = in_your_classroom.png<br />
| titletext = Ontology is way off to the left and geography is way off to the right.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a QUASAR IN YOUR CLASSROOM. The table is still a work in progress. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
Randall has created a chart about school courses, and the event the subject of the class appears in the classroom. The chart compares how normal an example of the topic itself would be if it appeared in the classroom, and how dangerous it would be if said example appeared in the classroom.<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+Breakdown of Subjects<br />
|-<br />
!Course Topic<br />
!Weirdness<br />
!Danger<br />
!Explanation<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Atmospheric Physics<br />
|0%<br />
|0%<br />
|The presence of atmosphere in the classroom is quite common, as humans require the presence of an atmosphere to remain alive, and cannot learn while dead.{{Citation needed}}<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Ethics<br />
|25%<br />
|0%<br />
|Ethical thinking and behavior are widely considered good and should normally be present in education, but are sadly not universal.<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Education<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|Learning usually goes on in classrooms, so education as a concept is both being learned about and present in the form of learning itself.<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Bibliography<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|A bibliography is a list of sources, and students should ideally learn to cite their sources. Presumably, this would be a bibliography at the end of a school paper about bibliographies.<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Human Physiology<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|This comic assumes that there are humans learning in the classroom, which was true at the time this comic was published. However, as of 2038 the Earth has been overtaken and education is forbidden for mere mortals.{{Actual citation needed}}<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Public Speaking<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|Some classes require students to present things in front of the class, which is likely a requirement in a public speaking class. Thus, public speaking itself would be present in the class.<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Architecture<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|All buildings can be considered architecture, and most classes take place in buildings. This comic also refers to a class''room'', which is a room, and therefore considered architecture.<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Library Science<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|Library science is concerned with the organization of knowledge, and is useful for finding information. Many classes require research papers that require the use of books and other sources of information to complete them.<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Furniture Design<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|Most rooms have furniture,{{Citation needed}} so this would probably be present in a classroom<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Culinary Arts<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Ergonomics<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|Ergonomic equipment and workspaces promote comfort and efficiency, while non-ergonomic ones may be unpleasant, unhealthy, or even immediately dangerous.<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Botany<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|20th Century Authors<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Exobiology<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|Exobiology is the study of extraterrestrial life. This would mean that an alien lifeform was in the classroom.<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|21st Century Authors<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|19th Century Authors<br />
|100%<br />
|10%<br />
|Like other authors, the class would benefit from having an actual author show up, but this would be extremely weird since no 19th century author is still alive.<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Paleontology<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Robotics<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Martian Soil Chemistry<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Tourism<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Child Psychology<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Entomology<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Occupational Therapy<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Hydraulic Engineering<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Pest Control<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Foodborne Illness<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Criminal Law<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Physiology of Stress<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Oncology<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Ornithology<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Animation<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Petroleum Geology<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Highway Engineering<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Toxicology<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Hematology<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|Hematology is the study of blood. Given that there should be blood in each of the students present{{Citation needed}}, so we should assume Randall means "large quantities of blood outside of one's body", which would indeed be both bad and weird.<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Hostage Negotiation<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|Reasons as to why there would be hostage negotiations taking place at a school have horrifying implications for the students and teacher.<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|History of Siege Warfare<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|This would mean that the students would be trapped in the building until they ran out of resources, and dies of thirst and starvation (depending on whether or not the opposing army destroyed the school's water lines).<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Trauma Surgery<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|Trauma surgery is an incredibly painful procedure, and difficult to look at for many. It would undoubtedly be disturbing to the class, especially if the patient was one of them.<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Volcanology<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|Having a live volcano in one's classroom is both very dangerous and very weird, as volcanoes take very long times to form. Note this also applies to [[1611: Baking Soda and Vinegar | baking soda and vinegar volcanoes that are offshoots of much larger vinegar hotspots]].<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Quasar Astronomy<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|Quasars are distant astronomical objects that release large amounts of energy.<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Ontology (Title Text)<br />
|<0%<br />
|?<br />
|Ontology is the philosophical study of existence and being. Since there must be ''something'' learning in the classroom, it is unsurprising that ontology is a normal subject to appear in the classroom.<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Geography (Title Text)<br />
|>100%<br />
|?<br />
|Logistics aside, having a planet's terrain in one's classroom would almost certainly be a distraction to the learning environment.<br />
<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
<br />
:[Caption above scatter plot with labeled axes]<br />
:Caption: The thing you study just showed up in your classroom! That's...<br />
:Upper y-axis label: Good<br />
:Lower y-axis label: Bad<br />
:Upper x-axis label: Normal<br />
:Lower x-axis label: Weird<br />
<br />
:[First quadrant (left to right, top to bottom):]<br />
:20th century authors<br />
:Exobiology<br />
:21st century authors<br />
:19th century authors<br />
:Robotics<br />
:Paleontology<br />
:Martian soil chemistry<br />
:Child psychology<br />
:Tourism<br />
:[Second quadrant]<br />
:Atmospheric physics<br />
:Ethics<br />
:Education<br />
:Bibliography<br />
:Human physiology<br />
:Public speaking<br />
:Architecture<br />
:Library science<br />
:Furniture design<br />
:Culinary arts<br />
:Ergonomics<br />
:Botany<br />
:[Third quadrant]<br />
:Entomology<br />
:Occupational therapy<br />
:Hydraulic engineering<br />
:Pest control<br />
:Foodborne illness<br />
:Criminal law<br />
:Physiology of stress<br />
:Oncology<br />
:[Fourth quadrant]<br />
:Ornithology<br />
:Animation<br />
:Petroleum geology<br />
:Highway engineering<br />
:Toxicology<br />
:Hematology<br />
:Hostage negotiation<br />
:History of siege warfare<br />
:Trauma surgery<br />
:Volcanology<br />
:Quasar astronomy<br />
<br />
{{comic discussion}}<br />
[[Category:Charts]]</div>BlackHathttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2466:_In_Your_Classroom&diff=2123082466: In Your Classroom2021-05-22T03:17:32Z<p>BlackHat: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2466<br />
| date = May 21, 2021<br />
| title = In Your Classroom<br />
| image = in_your_classroom.png<br />
| titletext = Ontology is way off to the left and geography is way off to the right.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a QUASAR IN YOUR CLASSROOM. The table is still a work in progress. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
Randall has created a chart about school courses, and the event the subject of the class appears in the classroom. The chart compares how normal an example of the topic itself would be if it appeared in the classroom, and how dangerous it would be if said example appeared in the classroom.<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+Breakdown of Subjects<br />
|-<br />
!Course Topic<br />
!Weirdness<br />
!Danger<br />
!Explanation<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Atmospheric Physics<br />
|0%<br />
|0%<br />
|The presence of atmosphere in the classroom is quite common, as humans require the presence of an atmosphere to remain alive, and cannot learn while dead.{{Citation needed}}<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Ethics<br />
|25%<br />
|0%<br />
|Ethical thinking and behavior are widely considered good and should normally be present in education, but are sadly not universal.<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Education<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|Learning usually goes on in classrooms, so education as a concept is both being learned about and present in the form of learning itself.<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Bibliography<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|A bibliography is a list of sources, and students should ideally learn to cite their sources. Presumably, this would be a bibliography at the end of a school paper about bibliographies.<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Human Physiology<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|This comic assumes that there are humans learning in the classroom, which was true at the time this comic was published. However, as of 2038 the Earth has been overtaken and education is forbidden for mere mortals.{{Actual citation needed}}<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Public Speaking<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|Some classes require students to present things in front of the class, which is likely a requirement in a public speaking class. Thus, public speaking itself would be present in the class.<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Architecture<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|All buildings can be considered architecture, and most classes take place in buildings. This comic also refers to a class''room'', which is a room, and therefore considered architecture.<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Library Science<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|Library science is concerned with the organization of knowledge, and is useful for finding information. Many classes require research papers that require the use of books and other sources of information to complete them.<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Furniture Design<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|Most rooms have furniture,{{Citation needed}} so this would probably be present in a classroom<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Culinary Arts<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Ergonomics<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|Ergonomic equipment and workspaces promote comfort and efficiency, while non-ergonomic ones may be unpleasant, unhealthy, or even immediately dangerous.<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Botany<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|20th Century Authors<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Exobiology<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|Exobiology is the study of extraterrestrial life. This would mean that an alien lifeform was in the classroom.<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|21st Century Authors<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|19th Century Authors<br />
|100%<br />
|10%<br />
|Like other authors, the class would benefit from having an actual author show up, but this would be extremely weird since no 19th century author is still alive.<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Paleontology<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Robotics<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
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!scope=row|Martian Soil Chemistry<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
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!scope=row|Tourism<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Child Psychology<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
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!scope=row|Entomology<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Occupational Therapy<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Hydraulic Engineering<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Pest Control<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
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!scope=row|Foodborne Illness<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
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!scope=row|Criminal Law<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Physiology of Stress<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Oncology<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Ornithology<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Animation<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Petroleum Geology<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Highway Engineering<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Toxicology<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Hematology<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Hostage Negotiation<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|History of Siege Warfare<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
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!scope=row|Trauma Surgery<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Volcanology<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|Having a live volcano in one's classroom is both very dangerous and very weird, as volcanoes take very long times to form. Note this also applies to [[1611: Baking Soda and Vinegar | baking soda and vinegar volcanoes that are offshoots of much larger vinegar hotspots]].<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Quasar Astronomy<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|Quasars are distant astronomical objects that release large amounts of energy.<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Ontology (Title Text)<br />
|<0%<br />
|?<br />
|Ontology is the philosophical study of existence and being. Since there must be ''something'' learning in the classroom, it is unsurprising that ontology is a normal subject to appear in the classroom.<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Geography (Title Text)<br />
|>100%<br />
|?<br />
|Logistics aside, having a planet's terrain in one's classroom would almost certainly be a distraction to the learning environment.<br />
<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
<br />
:[Caption above scatter plot with labeled axes]<br />
:Caption: The thing you study just showed up in your classroom! That's...<br />
:Upper y-axis label: Good<br />
:Lower y-axis label: Bad<br />
:Upper x-axis label: Normal<br />
:Lower x-axis label: Weird<br />
<br />
:[First quadrant (left to right, top to bottom):]<br />
:20th century authors<br />
:Exobiology<br />
:21st century authors<br />
:19th century authors<br />
:Robotics<br />
:Paleontology<br />
:Martian soil chemistry<br />
:Child psychology<br />
:Tourism<br />
:[Second quadrant]<br />
:Atmospheric physics<br />
:Ethics<br />
:Education<br />
:Bibliography<br />
:Human physiology<br />
:Public speaking<br />
:Architecture<br />
:Library science<br />
:Furniture design<br />
:Culinary arts<br />
:Ergonomics<br />
:Botany<br />
:[Third quadrant]<br />
:Entomology<br />
:Occupational therapy<br />
:Hydraulic engineering<br />
:Pest control<br />
:Foodborne illness<br />
:Criminal law<br />
:Physiology of stress<br />
:Oncology<br />
:[Fourth quadrant]<br />
:Ornithology<br />
:Animation<br />
:Petroleum geology<br />
:Highway engineering<br />
:Toxicology<br />
:Hematology<br />
:Hostage negotiation<br />
:History of siege warfare<br />
:Trauma surgery<br />
:Volcanology<br />
:Quasar astronomy<br />
<br />
{{comic discussion}}<br />
[[Category:Charts]]</div>BlackHathttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2466:_In_Your_Classroom&diff=2123062466: In Your Classroom2021-05-22T03:07:50Z<p>BlackHat: >.></p>
<hr />
<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2466<br />
| date = May 21, 2021<br />
| title = In Your Classroom<br />
| image = in_your_classroom.png<br />
| titletext = Ontology is way off to the left and geography is way off to the right.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a QUASAR IN YOUR CLASSROOM. The table is still a work in progress. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
Randall has created a chart about school courses, and the event the subject of the class appears in the classroom. The chart compares how normal an example of the topic itself would be if it appeared in the classroom, and how dangerous it would be if said example appeared in the classroom.<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+Breakdown of Subjects<br />
|-<br />
!Course Topic<br />
!Weirdness<br />
!Danger<br />
!Explanation<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Atmospheric Physics<br />
|0%<br />
|0%<br />
|The presence of atmosphere in the classroom is quite common, as humans require the presence of an atmosphere to remain alive, and cannot learn while dead.{{Citation needed}}<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Ethics<br />
|25%<br />
|0%<br />
|Ethical thinking and behavior are widely considered good and should normally be present in education, but are sadly not universal.<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Education<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|Learning usually goes on in classrooms, so education as a concept is both being learned about and present in the form of learning itself.<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Bibliography<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|A bibliography is a list of sources, and students should ideally learn to cite their sources. Presumably, this would be a bibliography at the end of a school paper about bibliographies.<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Human Physiology<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|This comic assumes that there are humans learning in the classroom, which was true at the time this comic was published. However, as of 2038 the Earth has been overtaken and education is forbidden for mere mortals.{{Actual citation needed}}<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Public Speaking<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|Some classes require students to present things in front of the class, which is likely a requirement in a public speaking class. Thus, public speaking itself would be present in the class.<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Architecture<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|All buildings can be considered architecture, and most classes take place in buildings. This comic also refers to a class''room'', which is a room, and therefore considered architecture.<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Library Science<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|Library science is concerned with the organization of knowledge, and is useful for finding information. Many classes require research papers that require the use of books and other sources of information to complete them.<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Furniture Design<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|Most rooms have furniture,{{Citation needed}} so this would probably be present in a classroom<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Culinary Arts<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Ergonomics<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|Ergonomic equipment and workspaces promote comfort and efficiency, while non-ergonomic ones may be unpleasant, unhealthy, or even immediately dangerous.<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Botany<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|20th Century Authors<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Exobiology<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|Exobiology is the study of extraterrestrial life. This would mean that an alien lifeform was in the classroom.<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|21st Century Authors<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|19th Century Authors<br />
|100%<br />
|10%<br />
|Like other authors, the class would benefit from having an actual author show up, but this would be extremely weird since no 19th century author is still alive.<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Paleontology<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Robotics<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Martian Soil Chemistry<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Tourism<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Child Psychology<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Entomology<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Occupational Therapy<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Hydraulic Engineering<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Pest Control<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Foodborne Illness<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Criminal Law<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Physiology of Stress<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Oncology<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Ornithology<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Animation<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Petroleum Geology<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Highway Engineering<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Toxicology<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Hematology<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Hostage Negotiation<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|History of Siege Warfare<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Trauma Surgery<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Volcanology<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Quasar Astronomy<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|Quasars are distant astronomical objects that release large amounts of energy.<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Ontology (Title Text)<br />
|<0%<br />
|?<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
!scope=row|Geography (Title Text)<br />
|>100%<br />
|?<br />
|<br />
<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
<br />
:[Caption above scatter plot with labeled axes]<br />
:Caption: The thing you study just showed up in your classroom! That's...<br />
:Upper y-axis label: Good<br />
:Lower y-axis label: Bad<br />
:Upper x-axis label: Normal<br />
:Lower x-axis label: Weird<br />
<br />
:[First quadrant (left to right, top to bottom):]<br />
:20th century authors<br />
:Exobiology<br />
:21st century authors<br />
:19th century authors<br />
:Robotics<br />
:Paleontology<br />
:Martian soil chemistry<br />
:Child psychology<br />
:Tourism<br />
:[Second quadrant]<br />
:Atmospheric physics<br />
:Ethics<br />
:Education<br />
:Bibliography<br />
:Human physiology<br />
:Public speaking<br />
:Architecture<br />
:Library science<br />
:Furniture design<br />
:Culinary arts<br />
:Ergonomics<br />
:Botany<br />
:[Third quadrant]<br />
:Entomology<br />
:Occupational therapy<br />
:Hydraulic engineering<br />
:Pest control<br />
:Foodborne illness<br />
:Criminal law<br />
:Physiology of stress<br />
:Oncology<br />
:[Fourth quadrant]<br />
:Ornithology<br />
:Animation<br />
:Petroleum geology<br />
:Highway engineering<br />
:Toxicology<br />
:Hematology<br />
:Hostage negotiation<br />
:History of siege warfare<br />
:Trauma surgery<br />
:Volcanology<br />
:Quasar astronomy<br />
<br />
{{comic discussion}}<br />
[[Category:Charts]]</div>BlackHathttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2288:_Collector%27s_Edition/Stickers&diff=2116302288: Collector's Edition/Stickers2021-05-06T20:10:36Z<p>BlackHat: </p>
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<div>{{incomplete|Areas marked by red text need attention.}}<br />
The comic [[2288|2288: Collector’s Edition]] featured a number of stickers which could be placed anywhere on the comic itself by a player. A list of these stickers is collected below.<br />
<br />
<br />
A few notes:<br />
*Some stickers are from the book ''What If?'', not from the website (https://what-if.xkcd.com).<br />
**They are noted by 'What If '''Chapter''' XX'<br />
**This label is applied if and only if the image comes from a chapter not featured on the website.<br />
*Before each list, there is a link format. Unless otherwise specified, the first column of any entry can be substituted for the part of the link X’ed out to show the image.<br />
*There is word miniloot as well; to view it, simply change the ‘loot’ in ‘loot-words-XXXX’ in the entry’s URL to ‘miniloot’.<br />
<br />
===List of Stickers===<br />
List of Numbered Loot (https://xkcd.com/2288/collectors/static/loot/loot_XXX.png):<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|-<br />
! #<br />
! Sticker description<br />
! Comic/What If? #<br />
|-<br />
| 001 || Parallel universe Cueball || 105<br />
|-<br />
| 002 || Kid’s balloon caught on fan || 121<br />
|-<br />
| 003 || Cueball in hamster ball || 152<br />
|-<br />
| 004 || Genie from a lamp || 152<br />
|-<br />
| 005 || Cueball outside ball pit || 150<br />
|-<br />
| 006 || Cueball on electric skateboard || 139<br />
|-<br />
| 007 || Red spider on block || 442<br />
|-<br />
| 008 || Black Hat using Care Bear Stare || 146<br />
|-<br />
| 009 || Black Hat at computer || 278<br />
|-<br />
| 010 || Cueball driving + Katamari Danacy || 83<br />
|-<br />
| 011 || Black Hat’s commenting feature || 156<br />
|-<br />
| 012 || Megan outside reality || 266<br />
|-<br />
| 013 || Physics textbook spacecraft || 265<br />
|-<br />
| 014 || Physics student's bag || 265<br />
|-<br />
| 015 || Hole in reality || 264<br />
|-<br />
| 016 || Cat with glued caption || 262<br />
|-<br />
| 017 || The rotary supercollider highway prank || 253<br />
|-<br />
| 018 || Chess photo || 249<br />
|-<br />
| 019 || Cory Doctorow || 239<br />
|-<br />
| 020 || Book version of RHR || 199<br />
|-<br />
| 021 || Fractal mapping || 195<br />
|-<br />
| 022 || Jimmy Page performing "Stairway to Heaven" || 339<br />
|-<br />
| 023 || Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots || 335<br />
|-<br />
| 024 || Sentient gyroscope || 332<br />
|-<br />
| 025 || Black Hat taping package || 325<br />
|-<br />
| 026 || Joanna with laser || 322<br />
|-<br />
| 027 || Future Megan || 318<br />
|-<br />
| 028 || Elliptical reflector dish || 316<br />
|-<br />
| 029 || Galaxy || 312<br />
|-<br />
| 030 || Swordfighting Cueballs || 303<br />
|-<br />
| 031 || Man carrying parentheses || 297<br />
|-<br />
| 032 || Toaster with arm || 293<br />
|-<br />
| 033 || Computer Cueball attacked by velociraptor || 292<br />
|-<br />
| 034 || Zeppelin elevator button || 288<br />
|-<br />
| 035 || Wikipedian protestor || 285<br />
|-<br />
| 036 || Cueball popping wheelie || 272<br />
|-<br />
| 037 || Merlin watching TV || 270<br />
|-<br />
| 038 || The Ring || 396<br />
|-<br />
| 039 || Potted plant || 393<br />
|-<br />
| 040 || Pineapple || 388<br />
|-<br />
| 041 || Trebuchet || 382<br />
|-<br />
| 042 || Assembled Mobius Battle || 381<br />
|-<br />
| 043 || Eye of the basilisk || 380<br />
|-<br />
| 044 || Censored curse word || 357<br />
|-<br />
| 045 || Diet Coke and Mentos || 346<br />
|-<br />
| 046 || MPAA & RIAA swordsmen || 344<br />
|-<br />
| 047 || Tron Paul || 497<br />
|-<br />
| 048 || Ron Paul Revolution zeppelin || 495<br />
|-<br />
| 049 || Megan with a kite || 471<br />
|-<br />
| 050 || Quantum/regular teleporter || 465<br />
|-<br />
| 051 || Ghostbuster || 459<br />
|-<br />
| 052 || Rubik’s cube bra || 457<br />
|-<br />
| 053 || Potted plant 2 || 454<br />
|-<br />
| 054 || Boomerang-turned-shark || 445<br />
|-<br />
| 055 || Multi-boomerangs || 445<br />
|-<br />
| 056 || “PIE!” sign || 442<br />
|-<br />
| 057 || M. C. Hammer slide Megan || 108<br />
|-<br />
| 058 || Luigi in a kart || 423<br />
|-<br />
| 059 || “Lan Party in Formal Attire” sign || 422<br />
|-<br />
| 060 || Sack of potatoes || 421<br />
|-<br />
| 061 || Flaming tennis racket || 421<br />
|-<br />
| 062 || PC in a hamster ball || 413<br />
|-<br />
| 063 || Scooching black hat || 412<br />
|-<br />
| 064 || Balloon shark || 585<br />
|-<br />
| 065 || Jumping sheep || 571<br />
|-<br />
| 066 || Time-travelling Cueball || 567<br />
|-<br />
| 067 || “The Uncomfortable Truths Well” sign || 561<br />
|-<br />
| 068 || Toy airplane in box || 560<br />
|-<br />
| 069 || Duckling loop || 537<br />
|-<br />
| 070 || Cuttlefish zap Cueball and Megan || 520<br />
|-<br />
| 071 || Cuttlefish || 520<br />
|-<br />
| 072 || Magic portal || 693<br />
|-<br />
| 073 || Egg drop container || 510<br />
|-<br />
| 074 || FIRST robot || 689<br />
|-<br />
| 075 || Beret Guy in a crane || 677<br />
|-<br />
| 076 || Unprepared baby || 674<br />
|-<br />
| 077 || Sagan-Man || 663<br />
|-<br />
| 078 || Cueball rock-climbing || 655<br />
|-<br />
| 079 || Reverse Polish sausage || 645<br />
|-<br />
| 080 || Ants discussing humans || 638<br />
|-<br />
| 081 || Cueball Icarus || 620<br />
|-<br />
| 082 || Bottle of tequila || 617<br />
|-<br />
| 083 || Bird with power drill || 614<br />
|-<br />
| 084 || Locusts attack computer Cueball || 797<br />
|-<br />
| 085 || Tumbleweed dual-wielding guns || 789<br />
|-<br />
| 086 || Cueball’s skull sucked out || 777<br />
|-<br />
| 087 || Talking squirrel || 776<br />
|-<br />
| 088 || Air horn || 757<br />
|-<br />
| 089 || Blank “Dyslexics of the world, unite!” shirt || 745<br />
|-<br />
| 090 || Cat chewing laser pointer || 729<br />
|-<br />
| 091 || Jumping cat || 729<br />
|-<br />
| 092 || Tetris pieces of hell || 724<br />
|-<br />
| 093 || Dejected Sauron || 712<br />
|-<br />
| 094 || A ‘five’ and a ‘breasts’ || 708<br />
|-<br />
| 095 || “I am a turtle” turtle || 889<br />
|-<br />
| 096 || ADHD server || 869<br />
|-<br />
| 097 || Serious putty || 840<br />
|-<br />
| 098 || Cueball spinning in chair || 815<br />
|-<br />
| 099 || Pumpkin carved in a pumpkin || 804<br />
|-<br />
| 100 || Laplace transform of love || [https://store.xkcd.com/products/useless]<br />
|-<br />
| 101 || Cueball shaking computer || 979<br />
|-<br />
| 102 || A globe || 977<br />
|-<br />
| 103 || Cueball giving everything || 968<br />
|-<br />
| 104 || A battery staple || 936<br />
|-<br />
| 105 || Ms. Frizzle || 911<br />
|-<br />
| 106 || Enter hostname || 910<br />
|-<br />
| 107 || Beret Guy’s endless wings (1) || 1099<br />
|-<br />
| 108 || Beret Guy’s endless wings (2) || 1099<br />
|-<br />
| 109 || Eye of the sheeple || 1013<br />
|-<br />
| 110 || The universal label || 1123<br />
|-<br />
| 111 || No forward or turning sign || 1116<br />
|-<br />
| 112 || Tasks floating away || 1106<br />
|-<br />
| 113 || Soup outlet || 1293<br />
|-<br />
| 114 || ‘Line break after every sentence’ protestor || 1285<br />
|-<br />
| 115 || Beret Guy walking a goat || 1282<br />
|-<br />
| 116 || Person in flying car || 1262<br />
|-<br />
| 117 || ‘World’s Greatest Daughter’ mug || 1261<br />
|-<br />
| 118 || Messenger owl || 1254<br />
|-<br />
| 119 || Dog with a soul || 1240<br />
|-<br />
| 120 || Balloon Internet || 1226<br />
|-<br />
| 121 || Stegosaurus fossil || 1211<br />
|-<br />
| 122 || AirAware drone || 1207<br />
|-<br />
| 123 || Time machine || 1203<br />
|-<br />
| 124 || Baby Superman’s pod || 1384<br />
|-<br />
| 125 || Windmill || 1378<br />
|-<br />
| 126 || Space signpost || 1375<br />
|-<br />
| 127 || Cosmologist on a tire swing || 1352<br />
|-<br />
| 128 || Reflecting puddle || 1352<br />
|-<br />
| 129 || A red violet || 1351<br />
|-<br />
| 130 || Crash and Burn in a swimming pool || 1337<br />
|-<br />
| 131 || Transformer in a cocoon || 1336<br />
|-<br />
| 132 || Laptop strapped to a deer || 1329<br />
|-<br />
| 133 || Christmas tree spectrum || 1308<br />
|-<br />
| 134 || Bolt through a basketball || 929<br />
|-<br />
| 135 || Cat attacking Earth || 1515<br />
|-<br />
| 136 || Plane banner || 1965<br />
|-<br />
| 137 || Megan in an autogyro || 1972<br />
|-<br />
| 138 || Free chips || 1499<br />
|-<br />
| 139 || Superintelligent AI || 1450<br />
|-<br />
| 140 || Adjective foods || 1774<br />
|-<br />
| 141 || Curiosity lowered by a sky crane || 1091<br />
|-<br />
| 142 || The Spider || 2275<br />
|-<br />
| 143 || Bun || 1871<br />
|-<br />
| 144 || xkcd cake || 1581<br />
|-<br />
| 145 || Radioactive high-voltage laser-emitting slippery biohazard symbol || 2038<br />
|-<br />
| 146 || Is It Christmas? service || 2236<br />
|-<br />
| 147 || Two small dogs as one big one || 1922<br />
|-<br />
| 148 || Glass repair kit || 1634<br />
|-<br />
| 149 || Use the bowl of the toilet || 1715<br />
|-<br />
| 150 || Apology || 1917<br />
|-<br />
| 151 || Satellite girl || 2264<br />
|-<br />
| 152 || Large container of rice || 1598<br />
|-<br />
| 153 || Review of Earth || 2192<br />
|-<br />
| 154 || Eight-legged reindeer || 1776<br />
|-<br />
| 155 || Record scratch || 1745<br />
|-<br />
| 156 || Chess vs. Go || 1287<br />
|-<br />
| 157 || Sword in the stone || 1521<br />
|-<br />
| 158 || Phishing license sign || 1694<br />
|-<br />
| 159 || First Annual Award for Excellence in Being Very Smart (1) || 1386<br />
|-<br />
| 160 || Earth, not to scale || 2262<br />
|-<br />
| 161 || Opportunity rover || 2111<br />
|-<br />
| 162 || Bags of money || 1827<br />
|-<br />
| 163 || Sleeping cat || 1797<br />
|-<br />
| 164 || Squirrelphone || 1578<br />
|-<br />
| 165 || Balloon squirrel || 1503<br />
|-<br />
| 166 || Shoulder devil || 2180<br />
|-<br />
| 167 || Time-travelling sphere || 1747<br />
|-<br />
| 168 || Jaturn || 2258<br />
|-<br />
| 169 || Beret Guy unlocking vacuum energy || 1486<br />
|-<br />
| 170 || Emotional unsubscribe message rating || 2257<br />
|-<br />
| 171 || Megan riding a 1980s bicycle || 1673<br />
|-<br />
| 172 || Megan defending her thesis || 1403<br />
|-<br />
| 173 || High-pitched hum generator || 1590<br />
|-<br />
| 174 || Sandwich too large to eat comfortably || 1940<br />
|-<br />
| 175 || Women Science Fiction Authors || 1412<br />
|-<br />
| 176 || Planet summary || 2061<br />
|-<br />
| 177 || White Hat appraising wine || 915<br />
|-<br />
| 178 || Amelia Earhart’s plane || 950<br />
|-<br />
| 179 || Cueball’s arrow boomerang || 939<br />
|-<br />
| 180 || Cueball’s mechanical monster || 987<br />
|-<br />
| 181 || The Avatar || 965<br />
|-<br />
| 182 || Two mimic octopuses || 928<br />
|-<br />
| 183 || Geologist’s hat || 1082<br />
|-<br />
| 184 || Furniture box || 1077<br />
|-<br />
| 185 || Depiction of philosophy || 1052<br />
|-<br />
| 186 || A loving snake || 1052<br />
|-<br />
| 187 || Cracked Cadury egg || 1035<br />
|-<br />
| 188 || Giant preying mantis || 1012<br />
|-<br />
| 189 || Trap flowchart || 1195<br />
|-<br />
| 190 || Beret Guy riding a bowling ball || 1158<br />
|-<br />
| 191 || Spiders spinning a sweater || 1135<br />
|-<br />
| 192 || “MOOOOOON!” moon || 1300<br />
|-<br />
| 193 || Giraffe with sauropod tail || 1278<br />
|-<br />
| 194 || Timeghost || 1393<br />
|-<br />
| 195 || Sharks reporter || 1387<br />
|-<br />
| 196 || First Annual Award for Excellence in Being Very Smart (2) || 1386<br />
|-<br />
| 197 || Krypton exploding || 1384<br />
|-<br />
| 198 || Server replying ‘POTATO’ || 1354<br />
|-<br />
| 199 || Bird in the rain || 1434<br />
|-<br />
| 200 || Sunday locusts || 1245<br />
|-<br />
| 201 || Dolphin with hair || What If? 56<br />
|-<br />
| 202 || Twilight: Breaking Dawn || What If? 141<br />
|-<br />
| 203 || Nuclear-accident-ometer || What If? 146<br />
|-<br />
| 204 || Europa straw || What If? 143<br />
|-<br />
| 205 || Delivery hawk || What If? 149<br />
|-<br />
| 206 || Eagle eating pizza || What If? 149<br />
|-<br />
| 207 || Telescope || What If? 114<br />
|-<br />
| 208 || Sub-marine || What If? 138<br />
|-<br />
| 209 || Alien astronomer || What If? 20<br />
|-<br />
| 210 || Alien astronomers || What If? 47<br />
|-<br />
| 211 || NASA sack of rocks || What If? 146<br />
|-<br />
| 212 || CMYK squid || What If? 106<br />
|-<br />
| 213 || Wham! || What If? 5<br />
|-<br />
| 214 || High-speed robot || What If? 5<br />
|-<br />
| 215 || Elephant || What If? 110<br />
|-<br />
| 216 || S. S. NASA || What If? 38<br />
|-<br />
| 217 || Alexander’s Dark Band drummer || What If? 150<br />
|-<br />
| 218 || <font color="red">A Red Text</font> || <font color="red">???</font><br />
|-<br />
| 219 || Milk carton of Internet || What If? 31<br />
|-<br />
| 220 || Nightsun-carriers || What If? 13<br />
|-<br />
| 221 || A pleasant squirrel || What If? 98<br />
|-<br />
| 222 || Ponytail fairy || What If? 123<br />
|-<br />
| 223 || Harvester || What If? 120<br />
|-<br />
| 224 || Cougar on a Cougare || What If? 70<br />
|-<br />
| 225 || Soda dinosaur || What If? 74<br />
|-<br />
| 226 || Flamethrower || What If? 130<br />
|-<br />
| 227 || Sun eclipsed by sunglasses and banana || What If? 129<br />
|-<br />
| 228 || Heavy-duty car battery || What If? 128<br />
|-<br />
| 229 || Starling with respirometry mask || What If? 99<br />
|-<br />
| 230 || Falling sperm whale || What If? 103<br />
|-<br />
| 231 || 2x4 lego || What If? '''Chapter''' 51<br />
|-<br />
| 232 || All of Britain’s tea || What If? 79<br />
|-<br />
| 233 || 11-petawatt hair dryer || What If? 35<br />
|-<br />
| 234 || Furby || What If? '''Chapter''' 21<br />
|-<br />
| 235 || Helpless phone || What If? 87<br />
|-<br />
| 236 || <font color="red">A Red Text</font> || <font color="red">???</font><br />
|-<br />
| 237 || Squirrel on an AK-47 || What If? 21<br />
|-<br />
| 238 || Carton of Sharpies || What If? 59<br />
|-<br />
| 239 || Burning diamond || What If? 116<br />
|-<br />
| 240 || C4 boomerang || What If? 23<br />
|-<br />
| 241 || Cow with solar panel || What If? 17<br />
|-<br />
| 242 || Google punchcard || What If? 63<br />
|-<br />
| 243 || Oxford bell || What If? '''Chapter''' 13<br />
|-<br />
| 244 || Standard giraffe || What If? 44<br />
|-<br />
| 245 || The Little Prince about to dunk || What If? 68<br />
|-<br />
| 246 || Statue of Liberty planet || What If? '''Chapter''' 5<br />
|-<br />
| 247 || Yoda’s mp3 || What If? 3<br />
|-<br />
| 248 || Block of hydrogen || What If? '''Chapter''' 8<br />
|-<br />
| 249 || Negging toaster || What If? 155<br />
|-<br />
| 250 || Feather earthquake || What If? '''Chapter''' 69<br />
|-<br />
| 251 || Swordfighting lava lamp || What If? 122<br />
|-<br />
| 252 || Unsalted butter || What If? 126<br />
|-<br />
| 253 || Salary bottle || What If? 118<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<br />
List of Mathematical Loot (https://xkcd.com/2288/collectors/static/loot/loot_XXXX.png):<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Name<br />
! Function<br />
|-<br />
| div || Division<br />
|-<br />
| equals || Equality<br />
|-<br />
| minus || Subtraction<br />
|-<br />
| plus || Addition<br />
|-<br />
| sqrt || Square root<br />
|-<br />
| times || Multiplication<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<br />
List of Element Loot (https://xkcd.com/2288/collectors/static/loot/element-XX.png):<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Symbol<br />
! Element<br />
|-<br />
| Æ (use ae for link) || Aether<br />
|-<br />
| Bl || Blood<br />
|-<br />
| Br || Bread<br />
|-<br />
| Bz || Bronze<br />
|-<br />
| Cb || Carbonite<br />
|-<br />
| Cd || Canadium<br />
|-<br />
| Cr || Cranium<br />
|-<br />
| Dl || Dilithium<br />
|-<br />
| Dm || Delirium<br />
|-<br />
| Fr || Fire<br />
|-<br />
| Gl || Glass<br />
|-<br />
| Hr || Heart<br />
|-<br />
| Lx || Lexan<br />
|-<br />
| Mk || Milk<br />
|-<br />
| Mt || Metal<br />
|-<br />
| Na || Nanobots<br />
|-<br />
| Ox || Air<br />
|-<br />
| Pb || Opprobrium<br />
|-<br />
| Pl || Plastic<br />
|-<br />
| Pm || Epithelium<br />
|-<br />
| Pp || Oops, All Protons!<br />
|-<br />
| Rd || Redstone<br />
|-<br />
| Rg || Regolith<br />
|-<br />
| Sd || Sand<br />
|-<br />
| Sd2 || More Sand<br />
|-<br />
| Sf || Styrofoam<br />
|-<br />
| Sn || Snakes<br />
|-<br />
| Spacer || [Spacer]<br />
|-<br />
| Sy || Symposium<br />
|-<br />
| T || Wolfram<br />
|-<br />
| Þ (use th for link) || Thorium<br />
|-<br />
| Tr || Earth<br />
|-<br />
| Uu || Unobtanium<br />
|-<br />
| Vy || Valyrian<br />
|-<br />
| Wt || Water<br />
|-<br />
| Wx || Wax<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<br />
List of Word Loot (https://xkcd.com/2288/collectors/static/loot/loot-words-XXXX.png):<br />
<br />
*Birdlike<br />
*Boat<br />
*Castle<br />
*Cat<br />
*Cinematic<br />
*Collector<br />
*Cursed<br />
*Cycle<br />
*Doctor<br />
*Easter<br />
*Electric<br />
*Eruption<br />
*Farm<br />
*Flock<br />
*Flying<br />
*Free<br />
*Gamma<br />
*Ghost<br />
*Hair<br />
*Harry-Potter-and-the<br />
*Horse<br />
*Imminent<br />
*Inspector<br />
*Ionized<br />
*Jet<br />
*Laser<br />
*Launcher<br />
*Lifelike<br />
*Ominous<br />
*Plasma<br />
*Sale<br />
*Sudden<br />
*Surprise<br />
*Swarm<br />
*Sword<br />
*Teleporter<br />
*Turtle<br />
*Unlicensed<br />
*Vortex<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
[Cueball stands to the left of a vibrating box.]<br />
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[The words "Collector's Edition" are written above him and boxed.]<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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[[Category:Comic subpages]]</div>BlackHathttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=User:BlackHat&diff=211422User:BlackHat2021-05-01T05:15:07Z<p>BlackHat: </p>
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| caption = Me in my mid-20s<br />
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| label1 = First appearance<br />
| data1 = Before the beginning of time<br />
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| label2 = Known appearances<br />
| data2 = All<br />
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'''Hello,''' all! My name is Black Hat, as you may have heard, and here's a few other things about me:<br />
:I'm a sociopath,<br />
:I'm currently dating a citizen of Denmark,<br />
:I enjoy nerd-sniping, such as letting y'all know that there is actually a hidden message in this very inconspicuous line of text, <!-- Wow, it took you that long to find this? --><br />
:and ([[1555: Exoplanet Names 2|just to make the debate a little more confusing]] my hat does not actually represent black hat hacking, but rather the half-rest symbol in music. [[1401: New|Headcannon]], as it were.<br />
:...Oh, and I also like to leave parentheses open. (The suspense stays with you all day! Right, [[User:Danish|Danish]]?<br />
<br />
My favourite comics:<br />
<br />
[[12: Poisson]]<br />
[[24: Godel, Escher, Kurt Halsey]]<br />
[[29: Hitler]]<br />
[[45: Schrodinger]]<br />
[[64: Solar Plexus]]<br />
[[72: Classhole]]<br />
[[77: Bored with the Internet]]<br />
[[81: Attention, shopper]]<br />
[[86: Digital Rights Management]]<br />
[[89: Gravitational Mass]]<br />
[[114: Computational Linguists]]<br />
[[123: Centrifugal Force]]<br />
[[125: Marketing Interview]]<br />
[[138: Pointers]]<br />
[[142: Parody Week: Megatokyo]]<br />
[[146: Join Myspace]]<br />
[[156: Commented]]<br />
[[163: Donald Knuth]]<br />
[[169: Words that End in GRY]]<br />
[[178: Not Really Into Pokemon]]<br />
[[190: IPoD]]<br />
[[191: Lojban]]<br />
[[206: Reno Rhymes]]<br />
[[217: e to the pi Minus pi]]<br />
[[246: Labyrinth Puzzle]]<br />
[[262: IN UR REALITY]]<br />
[[278: Black Hat Support]]<br />
[[298: Tesla Coil]]<br />
[[306: Orphaned Projects]]<br />
[[322: Pix Plz]]<br />
[[325: A-Minus-Minus]]<br />
[[351: Trolling]]<br />
[[356: Nerd Sniping]]<br />
[[360: Writers Strike]]<br />
[[368: Bass]]<br />
[[374: Journal]]<br />
[[377: Journal 2]]<br />
[[405: Journal 3]]<br />
[[412: Startled]]<br />
[[432: Journal 4]]<br />
[[433: Journal 5]]<br />
[[434: xkcd Goes to the Airport]]<br />
[[440: Road Rage]]<br />
[[442: xkcd Loves the Discovery Channel]]<br />
[[455: Hats]]<br />
[[481: Listen to Yourself]]<br />
[[482: Height]]<br />
[[488: Steal This Comic]]<br />
[[493: Actuarial]]<br />
[[494: Secretary: Part 1]]<br />
[[495: Secretary: Part 2]]<br />
[[496: Secretary: Part 3]]<br />
[[497: Secretary: Part 4]]<br />
[[498: Secretary: Part 5]]<br />
[[506: Theft of the Magi]]<br />
[[515: No One Must Know]]<br />
[[521: 2008 Christmas Special]]<br />
[[524: Party]]<br />
[[527: Keynote]]<br />
[[542: Cover-Up]]<br />
[[545: Neutrality Schmeutrality]]<br />
[[562: Parking]]<br />
[[596: Latitude]]<br />
[[611: Disaster Voyeurism]]<br />
[[620: Wings]]<br />
[[666: Silent Hammer]]<br />
[[669: Experiment]]<br />
[[697: Tensile vs. Shear Strength]]<br />
[[757: Toot]]<br />
[[766: Green Flash]]<br />
[[779: Anxiety]]<br />
[[785: Open Mic Night]]<br />
[[792: Password Reuse]]<br />
[[801: Golden Hammer]]<br />
[[804: Pumpkin Carving]]<br />
[[825: Guest Week: Jeffrey Rowland (Overcompensating)]]<br />
[[826: Guest Week: Zach Weiner (SMBC)]]<br />
[[848: 3D]]<br />
[[908: The Cloud]]<br />
[[925: Cell Phones]]<br />
[[929: Speculation]]<br />
[[952: Stud Finder]]<br />
[[954: Chin-Up Bar]]<br />
[[958: Hotels]]<br />
[[959: Caroling]]<br />
[[972: November]]<br />
[[984: Space Launch System]]<br />
[[1000: 1000 Comics]]<br />
[[1005: SOPA]]<br />
[[1014: Car Problems]]<br />
[[1027: Pickup Artist]]<br />
[[1037: Umwelt]]<br />
[[1055: Kickstarter]]<br />
[[1062: Budget News]]<br />
[[1063: Kill Hitler]]<br />
[[1086: Eyelash Wish Log]]<br />
[[1094: Interview]]<br />
[[1102: Fastest-Growing]]<br />
[[1110: Click and Drag]]<br />
[[1136: Broken Mirror]]<br />
[[1137: RTL]]<br />
[[1139: Rubber and Glue]]<br />
[[1159: Countdown]]<br />
[[1191: The Past]]<br />
[[1207: AirAware]]<br />
[[1210: I'm So Random]]<br />
[[1241: Annoying Ringtone Champion]]<br />
[[1243: Snare]]<br />
[[1251: Anti-Glass]]<br />
[[1284: Improved Keyboard]]<br />
[[1327: Mobile Marketing]]<br />
[[1330: Kola Borehole]]<br />
[[1401: New]]<br />
[[1408: March of the Penguins]]<br />
[[1416: Pixels]]<br />
[[1426: Reduce Your Payments]]<br />
[[1439: Rack Unit]]<br />
[[1450: AI-Box Experiment]]<br />
[[1455: Trolley Problem]]<br />
[[1515: Basketball Earth]]<br />
[[1555: Exoplanet Names 2]]<br />
[[1559: Driving]]<br />
[[1581: Birthday]]<br />
[[1608: Hoverboard]]<br />
[[1651: Robotic Garage]]<br />
[[1663: Garden]]<br />
[[1670: Laws of Physics]]<br />
[[1680: Black Hole]]<br />
[[1708: Dehydration]]<br />
[[1717: Pyramid Honey]]<br />
[[1751: Movie Folder]]<br />
[[1753: Thumb War]]<br />
[[1754: Tornado Safety Tips]]<br />
[[1756: I'm With Her]]<br />
[[1776: Reindeer]]<br />
[[1777: Dear Diary]]<br />
[[1786: Trash]]<br />
[[1807: Listening]]<br />
[[1842: Anti-Drone Eagles]]<br />
[[1864: City Nicknames]]<br />
[[1881: Drone Training]]<br />
[[1883: Supervillain Plan]]<br />
[[1943: Universal Dreams]]<br />
[[1975: Right Click]]<br />
[[2008: Irony Definition]]<br />
[[2067: Challengers]]<br />
[[2073: Kilogram]]<br />
[[2103: Midcontinent Rift System]]<br />
[[2174: First News Memory]]<br />
[[2197: Game Show]]<br />
[[2201: Foucault Pendulum]]<br />
[[2234: How To Deliver Christmas Presents]]<br />
[[2239: Data Error]]<br />
[[2321: Low-Background Metal]]<br />
[[2343: Mathematical Symbol Fight]]<br />
[[2348: Boat Puzzle]]<br />
[[2350: Deer Turrets]]<br />
[[2353: Hurricane Hunters]]<br />
[[2431: Leap Year 2021]]<br />
[[2450: Post Vaccine Social Scheduling]]<br />
[[2455: Virus Consulting]]<br />
[[The Rise of Open Access]]<br />
<br />
Lastly, things that I have contributed to explainxkcd:<br />
:-Completing the explanations for characters 647-1000 in [[1000: 1000 Comics/1000 characters]]<br />
:-Compiling the list of stickers from [[2288]]<br />
:And that's about it.<br />
<br />
See ya!<br />
No, really, I can see you through your screen. It's because I hacked your camera, and enhanced it so that it can see through the tape you may have over it. (Don't let Danish find out about it, though.</div>BlackHathttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=What_If_chapters&diff=211421What If chapters2021-05-01T05:11:11Z<p>BlackHat: What If? chapters 2: Extraneous-Punctuation-Weeding Boogaloo.</p>
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<div>This is a list of What If? articles, published either in Randall Munroe's book ''What If?'' or on [https://what-if.xkcd.com the blog]. If the article has a different name in the book than on the blog, then the alternative title will be listed alongside the blog title.<br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|-<br />
! Article title<br />
! Alternative title<br />
! Website no.<br />
! Book chapter<br />
|-<br />
| Relativistic Baseball || || 1 || 2<br />
|-<br />
| SAT Guessing || || 2 || 66<br />
|-<br />
| Yoda || || 3 || 32<br />
|-<br />
| Mole of Moles || || 4 || 10<br />
|-<br />
| Robot Apocalypse || || 5 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Glass Half Empty || || 6 || 26<br />
|-<br />
| Everybody Out || || 7 || 35<br />
|-<br />
| Everybody Jump || || 8 || 9<br />
|-<br />
| Soul Mates || || 9 || 6<br />
|-<br />
| Cassini || || 10 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Droppings || || 11 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Raindrop || || 12 || 65<br />
|-<br />
| Laser Pointer || || 13 || 7<br />
|-<br />
| Short Answer Section || || 14 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Mariana Trench Explosion || || 15 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Today’s topic: Lightning || Lightning || 16 || 19<br />
|-<br />
| Green Cows || || 17 ||<br />
|-<br />
| BB Gun || || 18 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Tie Vote || || 19 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Diamond || || 20 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Machine-Gun Jetpack || || 21 || 14<br />
|-<br />
| Cost of Pennies || || 22 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Short Answer Section II || Short-Answer Section || 23 || 18<br />
|-<br />
| Model Rockets || || 24 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Three Wise Men || || 25 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Leap Seconds || || 26 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Death Rates || || 27 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Steak Drop || || 28 || 23<br />
|-<br />
| Spent Fuel Pool || || 29 || 3<br />
|-<br />
| Interplanetary Cessna || || 30 || 30<br />
|-<br />
| FedEx Bandwidth || || 31 || 44<br />
|-<br />
| Hubble || || 32 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Ships || || 33 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Twitter || || 34 || 50<br />
|-<br />
| Hair Dryer || || 35 || 11<br />
|-<br />
| Cornstarch || || 36 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Supersonic Stereo || || 37 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Voyager || || 38 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Hockey Puck || || 39 || 24<br />
|-<br />
| Pressure Cooker || || 40 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Go West || || 41 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Longest Sunset || || 42 || 52<br />
|-<br />
| Train Loop || || 43 ||<br />
|-<br />
| High Throw || || 44 || 38<br />
|-<br />
| ISS Music Video || || 45 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Bowling Ball || || 46 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Alien Astronomers || || 47 || 28<br />
|-<br />
| Sunset on the British Empire || || 48 || 60<br />
|-<br />
| Sunless Earth || || 49 || 57<br />
|-<br />
| Extreme Boating || || 50 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Free Fall || || 51 || 45<br />
|-<br />
| Bouncy Balls || || 52 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Drain the Oceans || || 53 || 48<br />
|-<br />
| Drain the Oceans: Part II || || 54 || 49<br />
|-<br />
| Random Sneeze Call || || 55 || 53<br />
|-<br />
| Restraining an Airplane || || 56 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Dropping a Mountain || || 57 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Orbital Speed || || 58 || 43<br />
|-<br />
| Updating a Printed Wikipedia || || 59 || 58<br />
|-<br />
| Signs of Life || || 60 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Speed Bump || || 61 || 41<br />
|-<br />
| Falling with Helium || || 62 || 34<br />
|-<br />
| Google’s Datacenters on Punch Cards || || 63 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Rising Steadily || || 64 || 15<br />
|-<br />
| Twitter Timeline Height || || 65 ||<br />
|-<br />
| 500 MPH || || 66 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Expanding Earth || || 67 || 55<br />
|-<br />
| Human Computer || || 68 || 21<br />
|-<br />
| Facebook of the Dead || || 69 || 59<br />
|-<br />
| The Constant Groundskeeper || || 70 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Stirring Tea || || 71 || 61<br />
|-<br />
| Loneliest Human || || 72 || 63<br />
|-<br />
| Lethal Neutrinos || || 73 || 39<br />
|-<br />
| Soda Planet || || 74 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Phone Keypad || || 75 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Reading Every Book || || 76 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Growth Rate || || 77 ||<br />
|-<br />
| T-rex Calories || || 78 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Lake Tea || || 79 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Pile of Viruses || || 80 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Catch! || || 81 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Hitting a comet || || 82 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Star Sand || || 83 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Paint the Earth || || 84 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Rocket Golf || || 85 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Far-Traveling Objects || || 86 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Enforced by Radar || || 87 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Soda Sequestration || || 88 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Tungsten Countertop || || 89 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Great Tree, Great Axe || || 90 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Faucet Power || || 91 ||<br />
|-<br />
| One-Second Day || || 92 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Windshield Raindrops || || 93 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Billion-Story Building || || 94 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Pyramid Energy || || 95 ||<br />
|-<br />
| $2 Undecillion Lawsuit || || 96 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Burning Pollen || || 97 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Blood Alcohol || || 98 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Starlings || || 99 ||<br />
|-<br />
| WWII Films || || 100 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Plastic Dinosaurs || || 101 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Keyboard Power || || 102 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Vanishing Water || || 103 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Global Snow || || 104 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Cannibalism || || 105 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Ink Molecules || || 106 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Letter to Mom || || 107 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Expensive Shoebox || || 108 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Into the Blue || || 109 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Walking New York || || 110 ||<br />
|-<br />
| All the Money || || 111 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Balloon Car || || 112 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Visit Every State || || 113 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Antimatter || || 114 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Into the Sun || || 115 ||<br />
|-<br />
| No-Rules NASCAR || || 116 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Distant Death || || 117 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Physical Salary || || 118 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Laser Umbrella || || 119 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Alternate Universe What Ifs || || 120 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Frozen Rivers || || 121 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Lava Lamp || || 122 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Fairy Demographics || || 123 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Lunar Swimming || || 124 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Bowling Ball || || 125 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Stairs || || 126 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Tug of War || || 127 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Zippo Phone || || 128 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Black Hole Moon || || 129 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Snow Removal || || 130 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Microwaves || || 131 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Hotter than Average || || 132 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Flagpole || || 133 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Space Burial || || 134 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Digging Downward || || 135 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Spiders vs. the Sun || || 136 ||<br />
|-<br />
| New Horizons || || 137 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Jupiter Submarine || || 138 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Jupiter Descending || || 139 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Proton Earth, Electron Moon || || 140 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Sunbeam || || 141 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Space Jetta || || 142 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Europa Water Siphon || || 143 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Saliva Pool || || 144 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Fire from Moonlight || || 145 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Stop Jupiter || || 146 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Niagara Straw || || 147 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Eat the Sun || || 148 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Pizza Bird || || 149 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Tattooine Rainbow || || 150 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Sun Bug || || 151 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Flood Death Valley || || 152 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Hide the Atmosphere || || 153 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Coast-to-Coast Coasting || || 154 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Toaster vs. Freezer || || 155 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Electrofishing for Whales || || 156 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Earth-Moon Fire Pole || || 157 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Global Windstorm || || || 1<br />
|-<br />
| Weird (and Worrying) Questions from the What If? Inbox, #1 || || || 4<br />
|-<br />
| New York–Style Time Machine || || || 5<br />
|-<br />
| Periodic Wall of the Elements || || || 8<br />
|-<br />
| Weird (and Worrying) Questions from the What If? Inbox, #2 || || || 12<br />
|-<br />
| The Last Human Light || || || 13<br />
|-<br />
| Weird (and Worrying) Questions from the What If? Inbox, #3 || || || 16<br />
|-<br />
| Orbital Submarine || || || 17<br />
|-<br />
| Weird (and Worrying) Questions from the What If? Inbox, #4 || || || 20<br />
|-<br />
| Little Planet || || || 22<br />
|-<br />
| Common Cold || || || 25<br />
|-<br />
| Weird (and Worrying) Questions from the What If? Inbox, #5 || || || 27<br />
|-<br />
| No More DNA || || || 29<br />
|-<br />
| Weird (and Worrying) Questions from the What If? Inbox, #6 || || || 31<br />
|-<br />
| Flyover States || || || 33<br />
|-<br />
| Weird (and Worrying) Questions from the What If? Inbox, #7 || || || 36<br />
|-<br />
| Self-Fertilization || || || 37<br />
|-<br />
| Weird (and Worrying) Questions from the What If? Inbox, #8 || || || 40<br />
|-<br />
| Lost Immortals || || || 42<br />
|-<br />
| Weird (and Worrying) Questions from the What If? Inbox, #9 || || || 46<br />
|-<br />
| Sparta || || || 47<br />
|-<br />
| Lego Bridge || || || 51<br />
|-<br />
| Weird (and Worrying) Questions from the What If? Inbox, #10 || || || 54<br />
|-<br />
| Weightless Arrow || || || 56<br />
|-<br />
| Stirring Tea || || || 62<br />
|-<br />
| Weird (and Worrying) Questions from the What If? Inbox, #11 || || || 64<br />
|-<br />
| Neutron Bullet || || || 67<br />
|-<br />
| Weird (and Worrying) Questions from the What If? Inbox, #12 || || || 68<br />
|-<br />
| Richter 15 || || || 69<br />
|}<br />
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{{comic discussion}}</div>BlackHathttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Category:What_If%3F&diff=211418Category:What If?2021-05-01T03:29:18Z<p>BlackHat: Created page with "This is a list of What If? articles, published either in Randall Munroe's book ''What If?'' or on [https://what-if.xkcd.com/]. If the article has a different name in the book..."</p>
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<div>This is a list of What If? articles, published either in Randall Munroe's book ''What If?'' or on [https://what-if.xkcd.com/]. If the article has a different name in the book than on the blog, then the alternative title will be listed alongside the blog title.<br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|-<br />
! Article title<br />
! Alternative title<br />
! Website no.<br />
! Book chapter<br />
|-<br />
| Relativistic Baseball || || 1 || 2<br />
|-<br />
| SAT Guessing || || 2 || 66<br />
|-<br />
| Yoda || || 3 || 32<br />
|-<br />
| Mole of Moles || || 4 || 10<br />
|-<br />
| Robot Apocalypse || || 5 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Glass Half Empty || || 6 || 26<br />
|-<br />
| Everybody Out || || 7 || 35<br />
|-<br />
| Everybody Jump || || 8 || 9<br />
|-<br />
| Soul Mates || || 9 || 6<br />
|-<br />
| Cassini || || 10 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Droppings || || 11 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Raindrop || || 12 || 65<br />
|-<br />
| Laser Pointer || || 13 || 7<br />
|-<br />
| Short Answer Section || || 14 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Mariana Trench Explosion || || 15 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Today's topic: Lightning || Lightning || 16 || 19<br />
|-<br />
| Green Cows || || 17 ||<br />
|-<br />
| BB Gun || || 18 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Tie Vote || || 19 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Diamond || || 20 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Machine-Gun Jetpack || || 21 || 14<br />
|-<br />
| Cost of Pennies || || 22 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Short-Answer Section II || Short-Answer Section || 23 || 18<br />
|-<br />
| Model Rockets || || 24 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Three Wise Men || || 25 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Leap Seconds || || 26 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Death Rates || || 27 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Steak Drop || || 28 || 23<br />
|-<br />
| Spent Fuel Pool || || 29 || 3<br />
|-<br />
| Interplanetary Cessna || || 30 || 30<br />
|-<br />
| FedEx Bandwidth || || 31 || 44<br />
|-<br />
| Hubble || || 32 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Ships || || 33 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Twitter || || 34 || 50<br />
|-<br />
| Hair Dryer || || 35 || 11<br />
|-<br />
| Cornstarch || || 36 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Supersonic Stereo || || 37 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Voyager || || 38 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Hockey Puck || || 39 || 24<br />
|-<br />
| Pressure Cooker || || 40 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Go West || || 41 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Longest Sunset || || 42 || 52<br />
|-<br />
| Train Loop || || 43 ||<br />
|-<br />
| High Throw || || 44 || 38<br />
|-<br />
| ISS Music Video || || 45 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Bowling Ball || || 46 ||<br />
|-<br />
| Alien Astronomers || || 47 || 28<br />
|-<br />
| Sunset on the British Empire || || 48 || 60<br />
|-<br />
| Sunless Earth || || 49 || 57<br />
|-<br />
| Extreme Boating || || 50 ||<br />
|-</div>BlackHathttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2288:_Collector%27s_Edition/Stickers&diff=2110922288: Collector's Edition/Stickers2021-04-27T05:07:49Z<p>BlackHat: </p>
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<div>{{incomplete|Areas marked by red text need attention.}}<br />
The comic [[2288|2288: Collector’s Edition]] featured a number of stickers which could be placed anywhere on the comic itself by a player. A list of these stickers is collected below.<br />
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A few notes:<br />
*Some stickers are from the book ''What If?'', not from the website (https://what-if.xkcd.com).<br />
**They are noted by 'What If '''Chapter''' XX'<br />
**This label is applied if and only if the image comes from a chapter not featured on the website.<br />
*Before each list, there is a link format. Unless otherwise specified, the first column of any entry can be substituted for the part of the link X’ed out to show the image.<br />
*There is word miniloot as well; to view it, simply change the ‘loot’ in ‘loot-words-XXXX’ in the entry’s URL to ‘miniloot’.<br />
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===List of Stickers===<br />
List of Numbered Loot (https://xkcd.com/2288/collectors/static/loot/loot_XXX.png):<br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|-<br />
! #<br />
! Sticker description<br />
! Comic/What If? #<br />
|-<br />
| 001 || Parallel universe Cueball || 105<br />
|-<br />
| 002 || Kid’s balloon caught on fan || 121<br />
|-<br />
| 003 || Cueball in hamster ball || 152<br />
|-<br />
| 004 || Genie from a lamp || 152<br />
|-<br />
| 005 || Cueball outside ball pit || 150<br />
|-<br />
| 006 || Cueball on electric skateboard || 139<br />
|-<br />
| 007 || Red spider on block || 442<br />
|-<br />
| 008 || Black Hat using Care Bear Stare || 146<br />
|-<br />
| 009 || Black Hat at computer || 278<br />
|-<br />
| 010 || Cueball driving + Katamari Danacy || 83<br />
|-<br />
| 011 || Black Hat’s commenting feature || 156<br />
|-<br />
| 012 || Megan outside reality || 266<br />
|-<br />
| 013 || Physics textbook spacecraft || 265<br />
|-<br />
| 014 || Physics student's bag || 265<br />
|-<br />
| 015 || Hole in reality || 264<br />
|-<br />
| 016 || Cat with glued caption || 262<br />
|-<br />
| 017 || The rotary supercollider highway prank || 253<br />
|-<br />
| 018 || Chess photo || 249<br />
|-<br />
| 019 || Cory Doctorow || 239<br />
|-<br />
| 020 || Book version of RHR || 199<br />
|-<br />
| 021 || Fractal mapping || 195<br />
|-<br />
| 022 || Jimmy Page performing "Stairway to Heaven" || 339<br />
|-<br />
| 023 || Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots || 335<br />
|-<br />
| 024 || Sentient gyroscope || 332<br />
|-<br />
| 025 || Black Hat taping package || 325<br />
|-<br />
| 026 || Joanna with laser || 322<br />
|-<br />
| 027 || Future Megan || 318<br />
|-<br />
| 028 || Elliptical reflector dish || 316<br />
|-<br />
| 029 || Galaxy || 312<br />
|-<br />
| 030 || Swordfighting Cueballs || 303<br />
|-<br />
| 031 || Man carrying parentheses || 297<br />
|-<br />
| 032 || Toaster with arm || 293<br />
|-<br />
| 033 || Computer Cueball attacked by velociraptor || 292<br />
|-<br />
| 034 || Zeppelin elevator button || 288<br />
|-<br />
| 035 || Wikipedian protestor || 285<br />
|-<br />
| 036 || Cueball popping wheelie || 272<br />
|-<br />
| 037 || Merlin watching TV || 270<br />
|-<br />
| 038 || The Ring || 396<br />
|-<br />
| 039 || Potted plant || 393<br />
|-<br />
| 040 || Pineapple || 388<br />
|-<br />
| 041 || Trebuchet || 382<br />
|-<br />
| 042 || Assembled Mobius Battle || 381<br />
|-<br />
| 043 || Eye of the basilisk || 380<br />
|-<br />
| 044 || Censored curse word || 357<br />
|-<br />
| 045 || Diet Coke and Mentos || 346<br />
|-<br />
| 046 || MPAA & RIAA swordsmen || 344<br />
|-<br />
| 047 || Tron Paul || 497<br />
|-<br />
| 048 || Ron Paul Revolution zeppelin || 495<br />
|-<br />
| 049 || Megan with a kite || 471<br />
|-<br />
| 050 || Quantum/regular teleporter || 465<br />
|-<br />
| 051 || Ghostbuster || 459<br />
|-<br />
| 052 || Rubik’s cube bra || 457<br />
|-<br />
| 053 || Potted plant 2 || 454<br />
|-<br />
| 054 || Boomerang-turned-shark || 445<br />
|-<br />
| 055 || Multi-boomerangs || 445<br />
|-<br />
| 056 || “PIE!” sign || 442<br />
|-<br />
| 057 || M. C. Hammer slide Megan || 108<br />
|-<br />
| 058 || Luigi in a kart || 423<br />
|-<br />
| 059 || “Lan Party in Formal Attire” sign || 422<br />
|-<br />
| 060 || Sack of potatoes || 421<br />
|-<br />
| 061 || Flaming tennis racket || 421<br />
|-<br />
| 062 || PC in a hamster ball || 413<br />
|-<br />
| 063 || Scooching black hat || 412<br />
|-<br />
| 064 || Balloon shark || 585<br />
|-<br />
| 065 || Jumping sheep || 571<br />
|-<br />
| 066 || Time-travelling Cueball || 567<br />
|-<br />
| 067 || “The Uncomfortable Truths Well” sign || 561<br />
|-<br />
| 068 || Toy airplane in box || 560<br />
|-<br />
| 069 || Duckling loop || 537<br />
|-<br />
| 070 || Cuttlefish zap Cueball and Megan || 520<br />
|-<br />
| 071 || Cuttlefish || 520<br />
|-<br />
| 072 || Magic portal || 693<br />
|-<br />
| 073 || Egg drop container || 510<br />
|-<br />
| 074 || FIRST robot || 689<br />
|-<br />
| 075 || Beret Guy in a crane || 677<br />
|-<br />
| 076 || Unprepared baby || 674<br />
|-<br />
| 077 || Sagan-Man || 663<br />
|-<br />
| 078 || Cueball rock-climbing || 655<br />
|-<br />
| 079 || Reverse Polish sausage || 645<br />
|-<br />
| 080 || Ants discussing humans || 638<br />
|-<br />
| 081 || Cueball Icarus || 620<br />
|-<br />
| 082 || Bottle of tequila || 617<br />
|-<br />
| 083 || Bird with power drill || 614<br />
|-<br />
| 084 || Locusts attack computer Cueball || 797<br />
|-<br />
| 085 || Tumbleweed dual-wielding guns || 789<br />
|-<br />
| 086 || Cueball’s skull sucked out || 777<br />
|-<br />
| 087 || Talking squirrel || 776<br />
|-<br />
| 088 || Air horn || 757<br />
|-<br />
| 089 || Blank “Dyslexics of the world, unite!” shirt || 745<br />
|-<br />
| 090 || Cat chewing laser pointer || 729<br />
|-<br />
| 091 || Jumping cat || 729<br />
|-<br />
| 092 || Tetris pieces of hell || 724<br />
|-<br />
| 093 || Dejected Sauron || 712<br />
|-<br />
| 094 || A ‘five’ and a ‘breasts’ || 708<br />
|-<br />
| 095 || “I am a turtle” turtle || 889<br />
|-<br />
| 096 || ADHD server || 869<br />
|-<br />
| 097 || Serious putty || 840<br />
|-<br />
| 098 || Cueball spinning in chair || 815<br />
|-<br />
| 099 || Pumpkin carved in a pumpkin || 804<br />
|-<br />
| 100 || Laplace transform of love || [https://store.xkcd.com/products/useless]<br />
|-<br />
| 101 || Cueball shaking computer || 979<br />
|-<br />
| 102 || A globe || 977<br />
|-<br />
| 103 || Cueball giving everything || 968<br />
|-<br />
| 104 || A battery staple || 936<br />
|-<br />
| 105 || Ms. Frizzle || 911<br />
|-<br />
| 106 || Enter hostname || 910<br />
|-<br />
| 107 || Beret Guy’s endless wings (1) || 1099<br />
|-<br />
| 108 || Beret Guy’s endless wings (2) || 1099<br />
|-<br />
| 109 || Eye of the sheeple || 1013<br />
|-<br />
| 110 || The universal label || 1123<br />
|-<br />
| 111 || No forward or turning sign || 1116<br />
|-<br />
| 112 || Tasks floating away || 1106<br />
|-<br />
| 113 || Soup outlet || 1293<br />
|-<br />
| 114 || ‘Line break after every sentence’ protestor || 1285<br />
|-<br />
| 115 || Beret Guy walking a goat || 1282<br />
|-<br />
| 116 || Person in flying car || 1262<br />
|-<br />
| 117 || ‘World’s Greatest Daughter’ mug || 1261<br />
|-<br />
| 118 || Messenger owl || 1254<br />
|-<br />
| 119 || Dog with a soul || 1240<br />
|-<br />
| 120 || Balloon Internet || 1226<br />
|-<br />
| 121 || Stegosaurus fossil || 1211<br />
|-<br />
| 122 || AirAware drone || 1207<br />
|-<br />
| 123 || Time machine || 1203<br />
|-<br />
| 124 || Baby Superman’s pod || 1384<br />
|-<br />
| 125 || Windmill || 1378<br />
|-<br />
| 126 || Space signpost || 1375<br />
|-<br />
| 127 || Cosmologist on a tire swing || 1352<br />
|-<br />
| 128 || Reflecting puddle || 1352<br />
|-<br />
| 129 || A red violet || 1351<br />
|-<br />
| 130 || Crash and Burn in a swimming pool || 1337<br />
|-<br />
| 131 || Transformer in a cocoon || 1336<br />
|-<br />
| 132 || Laptop strapped to a deer || 1329<br />
|-<br />
| 133 || Christmas tree spectrum || 1308<br />
|-<br />
| 134 || Bolt through a basketball || 929<br />
|-<br />
| 135 || Cat attacking Earth || 1515<br />
|-<br />
| 136 || Plane banner || 1965<br />
|-<br />
| 137 || Megan in an autogyro || 1972<br />
|-<br />
| 138 || Free chips || 1499<br />
|-<br />
| 139 || Superintelligent AI || 1450<br />
|-<br />
| 140 || Adjective foods || 1774<br />
|-<br />
| 141 || Curiosity lowered by a sky crane || 1091<br />
|-<br />
| 142 || The Spider || 2275<br />
|-<br />
| 143 || Bun || 1871<br />
|-<br />
| 144 || xkcd cake || 1581<br />
|-<br />
| 145 || Radioactive high-voltage laser-emitting slippery biohazard symbol || 2038<br />
|-<br />
| 146 || Is It Christmas? service || 2236<br />
|-<br />
| 147 || Two small dogs as one big one || 1922<br />
|-<br />
| 148 || Glass repair kit || 1634<br />
|-<br />
| 149 || Use the bowl of the toilet || 1715<br />
|-<br />
| 150 || Apology || 1917<br />
|-<br />
| 151 || Satellite girl || 2264<br />
|-<br />
| 152 || Large container of rice || 1598<br />
|-<br />
| 153 || Review of Earth || 2192<br />
|-<br />
| 154 || Eight-legged reindeer || 1776<br />
|-<br />
| 155 || Record scratch || 1745<br />
|-<br />
| 156 || Chess vs. Go || 1287<br />
|-<br />
| 157 || Sword in the stone || 1521<br />
|-<br />
| 158 || Phishing license sign || 1694<br />
|-<br />
| 159 || First Annual Award for Excellence in Being Very Smart (1) || 1386<br />
|-<br />
| 160 || Earth, not to scale || 2262<br />
|-<br />
| 161 || Opportunity rover || 2111<br />
|-<br />
| 162 || Bags of money || 1827<br />
|-<br />
| 163 || Sleeping cat || 1797<br />
|-<br />
| 164 || Squirrelphone || 1578<br />
|-<br />
| 165 || Balloon squirrel || 1503<br />
|-<br />
| 166 || Shoulder devil || 2180<br />
|-<br />
| 167 || Time-travelling sphere || 1747<br />
|-<br />
| 168 || Jaturn || 2258<br />
|-<br />
| 169 || Beret Guy unlocking vacuum energy || 1486<br />
|-<br />
| 170 || Emotional unsubscribe message rating || 2257<br />
|-<br />
| 171 || Megan riding a 1980s bicycle || 1673<br />
|-<br />
| 172 || Megan defending her thesis || 1403<br />
|-<br />
| 173 || High-pitched hum generator || 1590<br />
|-<br />
| 174 || Sandwich too large to eat comfortably || 1940<br />
|-<br />
| 175 || Women Science Fiction Authors || 1412<br />
|-<br />
| 176 || Planet summary || 2061<br />
|-<br />
| 177 || White Hat appraising wine || 915<br />
|-<br />
| 178 || Amelia Earhart’s plane || 950<br />
|-<br />
| 179 || Cueball’s arrow boomerang || 939<br />
|-<br />
| 180 || Cueball’s mechanical monster || 987<br />
|-<br />
| 181 || The Avatar || 965<br />
|-<br />
| 182 || Two mimic octopuses || 928<br />
|-<br />
| 183 || Geologist’s hat || 1082<br />
|-<br />
| 184 || Furniture box || 1077<br />
|-<br />
| 185 || Depiction of philosophy || 1052<br />
|-<br />
| 186 || A loving snake || 1052<br />
|-<br />
| 187 || Cracked Cadury egg || 1035<br />
|-<br />
| 188 || Giant preying mantis || 1012<br />
|-<br />
| 189 || Trap flowchart || 1195<br />
|-<br />
| 190 || Beret Guy riding a bowling ball || 1158<br />
|-<br />
| 191 || Spiders spinning a sweater || 1135<br />
|-<br />
| 192 || “MOOOOOON!” moon || 1300<br />
|-<br />
| 193 || Giraffe with sauropod tail || 1278<br />
|-<br />
| 194 || Timeghost || 1393<br />
|-<br />
| 195 || Sharks reporter || 1387<br />
|-<br />
| 196 || First Annual Award for Excellence in Being Very Smart (2) || 1386<br />
|-<br />
| 197 || Krypton exploding || 1384<br />
|-<br />
| 198 || Server replying ‘POTATO’ || 1354 ||<br />
|-<br />
| 199 || Bird in the rain || 1434<br />
|-<br />
| 200 || Sunday locusts || 1245<br />
|-<br />
| 201 || Dolphin with hair || What If? 56<br />
|-<br />
| 202 || Twilight: Breaking Dawn || What If? 141<br />
|-<br />
| 203 || Nuclear-accident-ometer || What If? 146<br />
|-<br />
| 204 || Europa straw || What If? 143<br />
|-<br />
| 205 || Delivery hawk || What If? 149<br />
|-<br />
| 206 || Eagle eating pizza || What If? 149<br />
|-<br />
| 207 || Telescope || What If? 114<br />
|-<br />
| 208 || Sub-marine || What If? 138<br />
|-<br />
| 209 || Alien astronomer || What If? 20<br />
|-<br />
| 210 || Alien astronomers || What If? 47<br />
|-<br />
| 211 || NASA sack of rocks || What If? 146<br />
|-<br />
| 212 || CMYK squid || What If? 106<br />
|-<br />
| 213 || Wham! || What If? 5<br />
|-<br />
| 214 || High-speed robot || What If? 5<br />
|-<br />
| 215 || Elephant || What If? 110<br />
|-<br />
| 216 || S. S. NASA || What If? 38<br />
|-<br />
| 217 || Alexander’s Dark Band drummer || What If? 150<br />
|-<br />
| 218 || <font color="red">A Red Text</font> || <font color="red">???</font><br />
|-<br />
| 219 || Milk carton of Internet || What If? 31<br />
|-<br />
| 220 || Nightsun-carriers || What If? 13<br />
|-<br />
| 221 || A pleasant squirrel || What If? 98<br />
|-<br />
| 222 || Ponytail fairy || What If? 123<br />
|-<br />
| 223 || Harvester || What If? 120<br />
|-<br />
| 224 || Cougar on a Cougare || What If? 70<br />
|-<br />
| 225 || Soda dinosaur || What If? 74<br />
|-<br />
| 226 || Flamethrower || What If? 130<br />
|-<br />
| 227 || Sun eclipsed by sunglasses and banana || What If? 129<br />
|-<br />
| 228 || Heavy-duty car battery || What If? 128<br />
|-<br />
| 229 || Starling with respirometry mask || What If? 99<br />
|-<br />
| 230 || Falling sperm whale || What If? 103<br />
|-<br />
| 231 || 2x4 lego || What If? '''Chapter''' 51<br />
|-<br />
| 232 || All of Britain’s tea || What If? 79<br />
|-<br />
| 233 || 11-petawatt hair dryer || What If? 35<br />
|-<br />
| 234 || Furby || What If? '''Chapter''' 21<br />
|-<br />
| 235 || Helpless phone || What If? 87<br />
|-<br />
| 236 || <font color="red">A Red Text</font> || <font color="red">???</font><br />
|-<br />
| 237 || Squirrel on an AK-47 || What If? 21<br />
|-<br />
| 238 || Carton of Sharpies || What If? 59<br />
|-<br />
| 239 || Burning diamond || What If? 116<br />
|-<br />
| 240 || C4 boomerang || What If? 23<br />
|-<br />
| 241 || Cow with solar panel || What If? 17<br />
|-<br />
| 242 || Google punchcard || What If? 63<br />
|-<br />
| 243 || Oxford bell || What If? '''Chapter''' 13<br />
|-<br />
| 244 || Standard giraffe || What If? 44<br />
|-<br />
| 245 || The Little Prince about to dunk || What If? 68<br />
|-<br />
| 246 || Statue of Liberty planet || What If? '''Chapter''' 5<br />
|-<br />
| 247 || Yoda’s mp3 || What If? 3<br />
|-<br />
| 248 || Block of hydrogen || What If? '''Chapter''' 8<br />
|-<br />
| 249 || Negging toaster || What If? 155<br />
|-<br />
| 250 || Feather earthquake || What If? '''Chapter''' 69<br />
|-<br />
| 251 || Swordfighting lava lamp || What If? 122<br />
|-<br />
| 252 || Unsalted butter || What If? 126<br />
|-<br />
| 253 || Salary bottle || What If? 118<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<br />
List of Mathematical Loot (https://xkcd.com/2288/collectors/static/loot/loot_XXXX.png):<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Name<br />
! Function<br />
|-<br />
| div || Division<br />
|-<br />
| equals || Equality<br />
|-<br />
| minus || Subtraction<br />
|-<br />
| plus || Addition<br />
|-<br />
| sqrt || Square root<br />
|-<br />
| times || Multiplication<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<br />
List of Element Loot (https://xkcd.com/2288/collectors/static/loot/element-XX.png):<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Symbol<br />
! Element<br />
|-<br />
| Æ (use ae for link) || Aether<br />
|-<br />
| Bl || Blood<br />
|-<br />
| Br || Bread<br />
|-<br />
| Bz || Bronze<br />
|-<br />
| Cb || Carbonite<br />
|-<br />
| Cd || Canadium<br />
|-<br />
| Cr || Cranium<br />
|-<br />
| Dl || Dilithium<br />
|-<br />
| Dm || Delirium<br />
|-<br />
| Fr || Fire<br />
|-<br />
| Gl || Glass<br />
|-<br />
| Hr || Heart<br />
|-<br />
| Lx || Lexan<br />
|-<br />
| Mk || Milk<br />
|-<br />
| Mt || Metal<br />
|-<br />
| Na || Nanobots<br />
|-<br />
| Ox || Air<br />
|-<br />
| Pb || Opprobrium<br />
|-<br />
| Pl || Plastic<br />
|-<br />
| Pm || Epithelium<br />
|-<br />
| Pp || Oops, All Protons!<br />
|-<br />
| Rd || Redstone<br />
|-<br />
| Rg || Regolith<br />
|-<br />
| Sd || Sand<br />
|-<br />
| Sd2 || More Sand<br />
|-<br />
| Sf || Styrofoam<br />
|-<br />
| Sn || Snakes<br />
|-<br />
| Spacer || [Spacer]<br />
|-<br />
| Sy || Symposium<br />
|-<br />
| T || Wolfram<br />
|-<br />
| Þ (use th for link) || Thorium<br />
|-<br />
| Tr || Earth<br />
|-<br />
| Uu || Unobtanium<br />
|-<br />
| Vy || Valyrian<br />
|-<br />
| Wt || Water<br />
|-<br />
| Wx || Wax<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<br />
List of Word Loot (https://xkcd.com/2288/collectors/static/loot/loot-words-XXXX.png):<br />
<br />
*Birdlike<br />
*Boat<br />
*Castle<br />
*Cat<br />
*Cinematic<br />
*Collector<br />
*Cursed<br />
*Cycle<br />
*Doctor<br />
*Easter<br />
*Electric<br />
*Eruption<br />
*Farm<br />
*Flock<br />
*Flying<br />
*Free<br />
*Gamma<br />
*Ghost<br />
*Hair<br />
*Harry-Potter-and-the<br />
*Horse<br />
*Imminent<br />
*Inspector<br />
*Ionized<br />
*Jet<br />
*Laser<br />
*Launcher<br />
*Lifelike<br />
*Ominous<br />
*Plasma<br />
*Sale<br />
*Sudden<br />
*Surprise<br />
*Swarm<br />
*Sword<br />
*Teleporter<br />
*Turtle<br />
*Unlicensed<br />
*Vortex<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
[Cueball stands to the left of a vibrating box.]<br />
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[The words "Collector's Edition" are written above him and boxed.]<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:2288}}<br />
[[Category:Comic subpages]]</div>BlackHathttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2288:_Collector%27s_Edition/Stickers&diff=2110912288: Collector's Edition/Stickers2021-04-27T04:45:05Z<p>BlackHat: </p>
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The comic [[2288|2288: Collector’s Edition]] featured a number of stickers which could be placed anywhere on the comic itself by a player. A list of these stickers is collected below.<br />
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A few notes:<br />
*Some stickers are from the book ''What If?'', not from the website (https://what-if.xkcd.com).<br />
**They are noted by 'What If '''Chapter''' XX'<br />
**This label is applied if and only if the image comes from a chapter not featured on the website.<br />
*Before each list, there is a link format. Unless otherwise specified, the first column of any entry can be substituted for the part of the link X’ed out to show the image.<br />
*There is word miniloot as well; to view it, simply change the ‘loot’ in ‘loot-words-XXXX’ in the entry’s URL to ‘miniloot’.<br />
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===List of Stickers===<br />
List of Numbered Loot (https://xkcd.com/2288/collectors/static/loot/loot_XXX.png):<br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|-<br />
! #<br />
! Sticker description<br />
! Comic/What If? #<br />
|-<br />
| 001 || Parallel universe Cueball || 105<br />
|-<br />
| 002 || Kid’s balloon caught on fan || 121<br />
|-<br />
| 003 || Cueball in hamster ball || 152<br />
|-<br />
| 004 || Genie from a lamp || 152<br />
|-<br />
| 005 || Cueball outside ball pit || 150<br />
|-<br />
| 006 || Cueball on electric skateboard || 139<br />
|-<br />
| 007 || Red spider on block || 442<br />
|-<br />
| 008 || Black Hat using Care Bear Stare || 146<br />
|-<br />
| 009 || Black Hat at computer || 278<br />
|-<br />
| 010 || Cueball driving + Katamari Danacy || 83<br />
|-<br />
| 011 || Black Hat’s commenting feature || 156<br />
|-<br />
| 012 || Megan outside reality || 266<br />
|-<br />
| 013 || Physics textbook spacecraft || 265<br />
|-<br />
| 014 || Physics student's bag || 265<br />
|-<br />
| 015 || Hole in reality || 264<br />
|-<br />
| 016 || Cat with glued caption || 262<br />
|-<br />
| 017 || The rotary supercollider highway prank || 253<br />
|-<br />
| 018 || Chess photo || 249<br />
|-<br />
| 019 || Cory Doctorow || 239<br />
|-<br />
| 020 || Book version of RHR || 199<br />
|-<br />
| 021 || Fractal mapping || 195<br />
|-<br />
| 022 || Jimmy Page performing "Stairway to Heaven" || 339<br />
|-<br />
| 023 || Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots || 335<br />
|-<br />
| 024 || Sentient gyroscope || 332<br />
|-<br />
| 025 || Black Hat taping package || 325<br />
|-<br />
| 026 || Joanna with laser || 322<br />
|-<br />
| 027 || Future Megan || 318<br />
|-<br />
| 028 || Elliptical reflector dish || 316<br />
|-<br />
| 029 || Galaxy || 312<br />
|-<br />
| 030 || Swordfighting Cueballs || 303<br />
|-<br />
| 031 || Man carrying parentheses || 297<br />
|-<br />
| 032 || Toaster with arm || 293<br />
|-<br />
| 033 || Computer Cueball attacked by velociraptor || 292<br />
|-<br />
| 034 || Zeppelin elevator button || 288<br />
|-<br />
| 035 || Wikipedian protestor || 285<br />
|-<br />
| 036 || Cueball popping wheelie || 272<br />
|-<br />
| 037 || Merlin watching TV || 270<br />
|-<br />
| 038 || The Ring || 396<br />
|-<br />
| 039 || Potted plant || 393<br />
|-<br />
| 040 || Pineapple || 388<br />
|-<br />
| 041 || Trebuchet || 382<br />
|-<br />
| 042 || Assembled Mobius Battle || 381<br />
|-<br />
| 043 || Eye of the basilisk || 380<br />
|-<br />
| 044 || Censored curse word || 357<br />
|-<br />
| 045 || Diet Coke and Mentos || 346<br />
|-<br />
| 046 || MPAA & RIAA swordsmen || 344<br />
|-<br />
| 047 || Tron Paul || 497<br />
|-<br />
| 048 || Ron Paul Revolution zeppelin || 495<br />
|-<br />
| 049 || Megan with a kite || 471<br />
|-<br />
| 050 || Quantum/regular teleporter || 465<br />
|-<br />
| 051 || Ghostbuster || 459<br />
|-<br />
| 052 || Rubik’s cube bra || 457<br />
|-<br />
| 053 || Potted plant 2 || 454<br />
|-<br />
| 054 || Boomerang-turned-shark || 445<br />
|-<br />
| 055 || Multi-boomerangs || 445<br />
|-<br />
| 056 || “PIE!” sign || 442<br />
|-<br />
| 057 || M. C. Hammer slide Megan || 108<br />
|-<br />
| 058 || Luigi in a kart || 423<br />
|-<br />
| 059 || “Lan Party in Formal Attire” sign || 422<br />
|-<br />
| 060 || Sack of potatoes || 421<br />
|-<br />
| 061 || Flaming tennis racket || 421<br />
|-<br />
| 062 || PC in a hamster ball || 413<br />
|-<br />
| 063 || Scooching black hat || 412<br />
|-<br />
| 064 || Balloon shark || 585<br />
|-<br />
| 065 || Jumping sheep || 571<br />
|-<br />
| 066 || Time-travelling Cueball || 567<br />
|-<br />
| 067 || “The Uncomfortable Truths Well” sign || 561<br />
|-<br />
| 068 || Toy airplane in box || 560<br />
|-<br />
| 069 || Duckling loop || 537<br />
|-<br />
| 070 || Cuttlefish zap Cueball and Megan || 520<br />
|-<br />
| 071 || Cuttlefish || 520<br />
|-<br />
| 072 || Magic portal || 693<br />
|-<br />
| 073 || Egg drop container || 510<br />
|-<br />
| 074 || FIRST robot || 689<br />
|-<br />
| 075 || Beret Guy in a crane || 677<br />
|-<br />
| 076 || Unprepared baby || 674<br />
|-<br />
| 077 || Sagan-Man || 663<br />
|-<br />
| 078 || Cueball rock-climbing || 655<br />
|-<br />
| 079 || Reverse Polish sausage || 645<br />
|-<br />
| 080 || Ants discussing humans || 638<br />
|-<br />
| 081 || Cueball Icarus || 620<br />
|-<br />
| 082 || Bottle of tequila || 617<br />
|-<br />
| 083 || Bird with power drill || 614<br />
|-<br />
| 084 || Locusts attack computer Cueball || 797<br />
|-<br />
| 085 || Tumbleweed dual-wielding guns || 789<br />
|-<br />
| 086 || Cueball’s skull sucked out || 777<br />
|-<br />
| 087 || Talking squirrel || 776<br />
|-<br />
| 088 || Air horn || 757<br />
|-<br />
| 089 || Blank “Dyslexics of the world, unite!” shirt || 745<br />
|-<br />
| 090 || Cat chewing laser pointer || 729<br />
|-<br />
| 091 || Jumping cat || 729<br />
|-<br />
| 092 || Tetris pieces of hell || 724<br />
|-<br />
| 093 || Dejected Sauron || 712<br />
|-<br />
| 094 || A ‘five’ and a ‘breasts’ || 708<br />
|-<br />
| 095 || “I am a turtle” turtle || 889<br />
|-<br />
| 096 || ADHD server || 869<br />
|-<br />
| 097 || Serious putty || 840<br />
|-<br />
| 098 || Cueball spinning in chair || 815<br />
|-<br />
| 099 || Pumpkin carved in a pumpkin || 804<br />
|-<br />
| 100 || Laplace transform of love || [https://store.xkcd.com/products/useless]<br />
|-<br />
| 101 || Cueball shaking computer || 979<br />
|-<br />
| 102 || A globe || 977<br />
|-<br />
| 103 || Cueball giving everything || 968<br />
|-<br />
| 104 || A battery staple || 936<br />
|-<br />
| 105 || Ms. Frizzle || 911<br />
|-<br />
| 106 || Enter hostname || 910<br />
|-<br />
| 107 || Beret Guy’s endless wings (1) || 1099<br />
|-<br />
| 108 || Beret Guy’s endless wings (2) || 1099<br />
|-<br />
| 109 || Eye of the sheeple || 1013<br />
|-<br />
| 110 || The universal label || 1123<br />
|-<br />
| 111 || No forward or turning sign || 1116<br />
|-<br />
| 112 || Tasks floating away || 1106<br />
|-<br />
| 113 || Soup outlet || 1293<br />
|-<br />
| 114 || ‘Line break after every sentence’ protestor || 1285<br />
|-<br />
| 115 || Beret Guy walking a goat || 1282<br />
|-<br />
| 116 || Person in flying car || 1262<br />
|-<br />
| 117 || ‘World’s Greatest Daughter’ mug || 1261<br />
|-<br />
| 118 || Messenger owl || 1254<br />
|-<br />
| 119 || Dog with a soul || 1240<br />
|-<br />
| 120 || Balloon Internet || 1226<br />
|-<br />
| 121 || Stegosaurus fossil || 1211<br />
|-<br />
| 122 || AirAware drone || 1207<br />
|-<br />
| 123 || Time machine || 1203<br />
|-<br />
| 124 || Baby Superman’s pod || 1384<br />
|-<br />
| 125 || Windmill || 1378<br />
|-<br />
| 126 || Space signpost || 1375<br />
|-<br />
| 127 || Cosmologist on a tire swing || 1352<br />
|-<br />
| 128 || Reflecting puddle || 1352<br />
|-<br />
| 129 || A red violet || 1351<br />
|-<br />
| 130 || Crash and Burn in a swimming pool || 1337<br />
|-<br />
| 131 || Transformer in a cocoon || 1336<br />
|-<br />
| 132 || Laptop strapped to a deer || 1329<br />
|-<br />
| 133 || Christmas tree spectrum || 1308<br />
|-<br />
| 134 || Bolt through a basketball || 929<br />
|-<br />
| 135 || Cat attacking Earth || 1515<br />
|-<br />
| 136 || Plane banner || 1965<br />
|-<br />
| 137 || Megan in an autogyro || 1972<br />
|-<br />
| 138 || Free chips || 1499<br />
|-<br />
| 139 || Superintelligent AI || 1450<br />
|-<br />
| 140 || Adjective foods || 1774<br />
|-<br />
| 141 || Curiosity lowered by a sky crane || 1091<br />
|-<br />
| 142 || The Spider || 2275<br />
|-<br />
| 143 || Bun || 1871<br />
|-<br />
| 144 || xkcd cake || 1581<br />
|-<br />
| 145 || Radioactive high-voltage laser-emitting slippery biohazard symbol || 2038<br />
|-<br />
| 146 || Is It Christmas? service || 2236<br />
|-<br />
| 147 || Two small dogs as one big one || 1922<br />
|-<br />
| 148 || Glass repair kit || 1634<br />
|-<br />
| 149 || Use the bowl of the toilet || 1715<br />
|-<br />
| 150 || Apology || 1917<br />
|-<br />
| 151 || Satellite girl || 2264<br />
|-<br />
| 152 || Large container of rice || 1598<br />
|-<br />
| 153 || Review of Earth || 2192<br />
|-<br />
| 154 || Eight-legged reindeer | 1776<br />
|-<br />
| 155 || Record scratch || 1745<br />
|-<br />
| 156 || Chess vs. Go || 1287<br />
|-<br />
| 157 || Sword in the stone || 1521<br />
|-<br />
| 158 || Phishing license sign || 1694<br />
|-<br />
| 159 || First Annual Award for Excellence in Being Very Smart (1) || 1386<br />
|-<br />
| 160 || Earth, not to scale || 2262<br />
|-<br />
| 161 || Opportunity rover || 2111<br />
|-<br />
| 162 || Bags of money || 1827<br />
|-<br />
| 163 || Sleeping cat || 1797<br />
|-<br />
| 164 || Squirrelphone || 1578<br />
|-<br />
| 165 || Balloon squirrel || 1503<br />
|-<br />
| 166 || Shoulder devil || 2180<br />
|-<br />
| 167 || Time-travelling sphere || 1747<br />
|-<br />
| 168 || Jaturn || 2258<br />
|-<br />
| 169 || Beret Guy unlocking vacuum energy || 1486<br />
|-<br />
| 170 || Emotional unsubscribe message rating || 2257<br />
|-<br />
| 171 || Megan riding a 1980s bicycle || 1673<br />
|-<br />
| 172 || Megan defending her thesis || 1403<br />
|-<br />
| 173 || High-pitched hum generator || 1590<br />
|-<br />
| 174 || Sandwich too large to eat comfortably || 1940<br />
|-<br />
| 175 || Women Science Fiction Authors || 1412<br />
|-<br />
| 176 || Planet summary || 2061<br />
|-<br />
| 177 || White Hat appraising wine || 915<br />
|-<br />
| 178 || Amelia Earhart’s plane || 950<br />
|-<br />
| 179 || Cueball’s arrow boomerang || 939<br />
|-<br />
| 180 || Cueball’s mechanical monster || 987<br />
|-<br />
| 181 || The Avatar || 965<br />
|-<br />
| 182 || Two mimic octopuses || 928<br />
|-<br />
| 183 || Geologist’s hat || 1082<br />
|-<br />
| 184 || Furniture box || 1077<br />
|-<br />
| 185 || Depiction of philosophy || 1052<br />
|-<br />
| 186 || A loving snake || 1052<br />
|-<br />
| 187 || Cracked Cadury egg || 1035<br />
|-<br />
| 188 || Giant preying mantis || 1012<br />
|-<br />
| 189 || Trap flowchart || 1195<br />
|-<br />
| 190 || Beret Guy riding a bowling ball || 1158<br />
|-<br />
| 191 || Spiders spinning a sweater || 1135<br />
|-<br />
| 192 || “MOOOOOON!” moon || 1300<br />
|-<br />
| 193 || Giraffe with sauropod tail || 1278<br />
|-<br />
| 194 || Timeghost || 1393<br />
|-<br />
| 195 || Sharks reporter || 1387<br />
|-<br />
| 196 || First Annual Award for Excellence in Being Very Smart (2) || 1386<br />
|-<br />
| 197 || Krypton exploding || 1384<br />
|-<br />
| 198 || Server replying ‘POTATO’ || 1354 ||<br />
|-<br />
| 199 || <font color="red">A Red Text</font> || <font color="red">???</font><br />
|-<br />
| 200 || Sunday locusts || 1245<br />
|-<br />
| 201 || Dolphin with hair || What If? 56<br />
|-<br />
| 202 || Twilight: Breaking Dawn || What If? 141<br />
|-<br />
| 203 || Nuclear-accident-ometer || What If? 146<br />
|-<br />
| 204 || Europa straw || What If? 143<br />
|-<br />
| 205 || Delivery hawk || What If? 149<br />
|-<br />
| 206 || Eagle eating pizza || What If? 149<br />
|-<br />
| 207 || Telescope || What If? 114<br />
|-<br />
| 208 || Sub-marine || What If? 138<br />
|-<br />
| 209 || Alien astronomer || What If? 20<br />
|-<br />
| 210 || Alien astronomers || What If? 47<br />
|-<br />
| 211 || NASA sack of rocks || What If? 146<br />
|-<br />
| 212 || CMYK squid || What If? 106<br />
|-<br />
| 213 || Wham! || What If? 5<br />
|-<br />
| 214 || High-speed robot || What If? 5<br />
|-<br />
| 215 || Elephant || What If? 110<br />
|-<br />
| 216 || S. S. NASA || What If? 38<br />
|-<br />
| 217 || Alexander’s Dark Band drummer || What If? 150<br />
|-<br />
| 218 || <font color="red">A Red Text</font> || <font color="red">???</font><br />
|-<br />
| 219 || Milk carton of Internet || What If? 31<br />
|-<br />
| 220 || Nightsun-carriers || What If? 13<br />
|-<br />
| 221 || A pleasant squirrel || What If? 98<br />
|-<br />
| 222 || Ponytail fairy || What If? 123<br />
|-<br />
| 223 || Harvester || What If? 120<br />
|-<br />
| 224 || Cougar on a Cougare || What If? 70<br />
|-<br />
| 225 || Soda dinosaur || What If? 74<br />
|-<br />
| 226 || Flamethrower || What If? 130<br />
|-<br />
| 227 || Sun eclipsed by sunglasses and banana || What If? 129<br />
|-<br />
| 228 || Heavy-duty car battery || What If? 128<br />
|-<br />
| 229 || Starling with respirometry mask || What If? 99<br />
|-<br />
| 230 || Falling sperm whale || What If? 103<br />
|-<br />
| 231 || 2x4 lego || What If? '''Chapter''' 51<br />
|-<br />
| 232 || All of Britain’s tea || What If? 79<br />
|-<br />
| 233 || 11-petawatt hair dryer || What If? 35<br />
|-<br />
| 234 || Furby || What If? '''Chapter''' 21<br />
|-<br />
| 235 || Helpless phone || What If? 87<br />
|-<br />
| 236 || <font color="red">A Red Text</font> || <font color="red">???</font><br />
|-<br />
| 237 || Squirrel on an AK-47 || What If? 21<br />
|-<br />
| 238 || Carton of Sharpies || What If? 59<br />
|-<br />
| 239 || Burning diamond || What If? 116<br />
|-<br />
| 240 || C4 boomerang || What If? 23<br />
|-<br />
| 241 || Cow with solar panel || What If? 17<br />
|-<br />
| 242 || Google punchcard || What If? 63<br />
|-<br />
| 243 || Oxford bell || What If? '''Chapter''' 13<br />
|-<br />
| 244 || Standard giraffe || What If? 44<br />
|-<br />
| 245 || The Little Prince about to dunk || What If? 68<br />
|-<br />
| 246 || Statue of Liberty planet || What If? '''Chapter''' 5<br />
|-<br />
| 247 || Yoda’s mp3 || What If? 3<br />
|-<br />
| 248 || Block of hydrogen || What If? '''Chapter''' 8<br />
|-<br />
| 249 || Negging toaster || What If? 155<br />
|-<br />
| 250 || Feather earthquake || What If? '''Chapter''' 69<br />
|-<br />
| 251 || Swordfighting lava lamp || What If? 122<br />
|-<br />
| 252 || Unsalted butter || What If? 126<br />
|-<br />
| 253 || Salary bottle || What If? 118<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<br />
List of Mathematical Loot (https://xkcd.com/2288/collectors/static/loot/loot_XXXX.png):<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Name<br />
! Function<br />
|-<br />
| div || Division<br />
|-<br />
| equals || Equality<br />
|-<br />
| minus || Subtraction<br />
|-<br />
| plus || Addition<br />
|-<br />
| sqrt || Square root<br />
|-<br />
| times || Multiplication<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<br />
List of Element Loot (https://xkcd.com/2288/collectors/static/loot/element-XX.png):<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Symbol<br />
! Element<br />
|-<br />
| Æ (use ae for link) || Aether<br />
|-<br />
| Bl || Blood<br />
|-<br />
| Br || Bread<br />
|-<br />
| Bz || Bronze<br />
|-<br />
| Cb || Carbonite<br />
|-<br />
| Cd || Canadium<br />
|-<br />
| Cr || Cranium<br />
|-<br />
| Dl || Dilithium<br />
|-<br />
| Dm || Delirium<br />
|-<br />
| Fr || Fire<br />
|-<br />
| Gl || Glass<br />
|-<br />
| Hr || Heart<br />
|-<br />
| Lx || Lexan<br />
|-<br />
| Mk || Milk<br />
|-<br />
| Mt || Metal<br />
|-<br />
| Na || Nanobots<br />
|-<br />
| Ox || Air<br />
|-<br />
| Pb || Opprobrium<br />
|-<br />
| Pl || Plastic<br />
|-<br />
| Pm || Epithelium<br />
|-<br />
| Pp || Oops, All Protons!<br />
|-<br />
| Rd || Redstone<br />
|-<br />
| Rg || Regolith<br />
|-<br />
| Sd || Sand<br />
|-<br />
| Sd2 || More Sand<br />
|-<br />
| Sf || Styrofoam<br />
|-<br />
| Sn || Snakes<br />
|-<br />
| Spacer || [Spacer]<br />
|-<br />
| Sy || Symposium<br />
|-<br />
| T || Wolfram<br />
|-<br />
| Þ (use th for link) || Thorium<br />
|-<br />
| Tr || Earth<br />
|-<br />
| Uu || Unobtanium<br />
|-<br />
| Vy || Valyrian<br />
|-<br />
| Wt || Water<br />
|-<br />
| Wx || Wax<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<br />
List of Word Loot (https://xkcd.com/2288/collectors/static/loot/loot-words-XXXX.png):<br />
<br />
*Birdlike<br />
*Boat<br />
*Castle<br />
*Cat<br />
*Cinematic<br />
*Collector<br />
*Cursed<br />
*Cycle<br />
*Doctor<br />
*Easter<br />
*Electric<br />
*Eruption<br />
*Farm<br />
*Flock<br />
*Flying<br />
*Free<br />
*Gamma<br />
*Ghost<br />
*Hair<br />
*Harry-Potter-and-the<br />
*Horse<br />
*Imminent<br />
*Inspector<br />
*Ionized<br />
*Jet<br />
*Laser<br />
*Launcher<br />
*Lifelike<br />
*Ominous<br />
*Plasma<br />
*Sale<br />
*Sudden<br />
*Surprise<br />
*Swarm<br />
*Sword<br />
*Teleporter<br />
*Turtle<br />
*Unlicensed<br />
*Vortex<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
[Cueball stands to the left of a vibrating box.]<br />
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[The words "Collector's Edition" are written above him and boxed.]<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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[[Category:Comic subpages]]</div>BlackHathttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2288:_Collector%27s_Edition/Stickers&diff=2110902288: Collector's Edition/Stickers2021-04-27T04:23:57Z<p>BlackHat: </p>
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The comic [[2288|2288: Collector’s Edition]] featured a number of stickers which could be placed anywhere on the comic itself by a player. A list of these stickers is collected below.<br />
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A few notes:<br />
*Some stickers are from the book ''What If?'', not from the website (https://what-if.xkcd.com).<br />
**They are noted by 'What If '''Chapter''' XX'<br />
**This label is applied if and only if the image comes from a chapter not featured on the website.<br />
*Before each list, there is a link format. Unless otherwise specified, the first column of any entry can be substituted for the part of the link X’ed out to show the image.<br />
*There is word miniloot as well; to view it, simply change the ‘loot’ in ‘loot-words-XXXX’ in the entry’s URL to ‘miniloot’.<br />
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===List of Stickers===<br />
List of Numbered Loot (https://xkcd.com/2288/collectors/static/loot/loot_XXX.png):<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|-<br />
! #<br />
! Sticker description<br />
! Comic/What If? #<br />
|-<br />
| 001 || Parallel universe Cueball || 105<br />
|-<br />
| 002 || Kid’s balloon caught on fan || 121<br />
|-<br />
| 003 || Cueball in hamster ball || 152<br />
|-<br />
| 004 || Genie from a lamp || 152<br />
|-<br />
| 005 || Cueball outside ball pit || 150<br />
|-<br />
| 006 || Cueball on electric skateboard || 139<br />
|-<br />
| 007 || Red spider on block || 442<br />
|-<br />
| 008 || Black Hat using Care Bear Stare || 146<br />
|-<br />
| 009 || Black Hat at computer || 278<br />
|-<br />
| 010 || Cueball driving + Katamari Danacy || 83<br />
|-<br />
| 011 || Black Hat’s commenting feature || 156<br />
|-<br />
| 012 || Megan outside reality || 266<br />
|-<br />
| 013 || Physics textbook spacecraft || 265<br />
|-<br />
| 014 || <font color="red">A Red Text</font> || <font color="red">???</font><br />
|-<br />
| 015 || <font color="red">A Red Text</font> || <font color="red">???</font><br />
|-<br />
| 016 || Cat with glued caption || 262<br />
|-<br />
| 017 || The rotary supercollider highway prank || 253<br />
|-<br />
| 018 || Chess photo || 249<br />
|-<br />
| 019 || Cory Doctorow || 239<br />
|-<br />
| 020 || Book version of RHR || 199<br />
|-<br />
| 021 || Fractal mapping || 195<br />
|-<br />
| 022 || <font color="red">A Red Text</font> || <font color="red">???</font><br />
|-<br />
| 023 || Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots || 335<br />
|-<br />
| 024 || Sentient gyroscope || 332<br />
|-<br />
| 025 || Black Hat taping package || 325<br />
|-<br />
| 026 || Joanna with laser || 322<br />
|-<br />
| 027 || Future Megan || <font color="red">1716?</font><br />
|-<br />
| 028 || Elliptical reflector dish || 316<br />
|-<br />
| 029 || Black hole || <font color="red">505?</font><br />
|-<br />
| 030 || Swordfighting Cueballs || 303<br />
|-<br />
| 031 || Man carrying parentheses || 297<br />
|-<br />
| 032 || Toaster with arm || 293<br />
|-<br />
| 033 || Computer Cueball attacked by velociraptor || 292<br />
|-<br />
| 034 || Zeppelin elevator button || 288<br />
|-<br />
| 035 || Wikipedian protestor || 285<br />
|-<br />
| 036 || Cueball popping wheelie || 272<br />
|-<br />
| 037 || Merlin watching TV || 270<br />
|-<br />
| 038 || The Ring || 396<br />
|-<br />
| 039 || Potted plant || 393<br />
|-<br />
| 040 || Pineapple || 388<br />
|-<br />
| 041 || Trebuchet || 382<br />
|-<br />
| 042 || Assembled Mobius Battle || 381<br />
|-<br />
| 043 || Eye of the basilisk || 380<br />
|-<br />
| 044 || Censored curse word || 357<br />
|-<br />
| 045 || Diet Coke and Mentos || 346<br />
|-<br />
| 046 || MPAA & RIAA swordsmen || 344<br />
|-<br />
| 047 || Tron Paul || 497<br />
|-<br />
| 048 || Ron Paul Revolution zeppelin || 495<br />
|-<br />
| 049 || Megan with a kite || 471<br />
|-<br />
| 050 || Quantum/regular teleporter || 465<br />
|-<br />
| 051 || Ghostbuster || 459<br />
|-<br />
| 052 || Rubik’s cube bra || 457<br />
|-<br />
| 053 || Potted plant 2 || 454<br />
|-<br />
| 054 || Boomerang-turned-shark || 445<br />
|-<br />
| 055 || Multi-boomerangs || 445<br />
|-<br />
| 056 || “PIE!” sign || 442<br />
|-<br />
| 057 || M. C. Hammer slide Megan || 108<br />
|-<br />
| 058 || Luigi in a kart || 423<br />
|-<br />
| 059 || “Lan Party in Formal Attire” sign || 422<br />
|-<br />
| 060 || Sack of potatoes || 421<br />
|-<br />
| 061 || Flaming tennis racket || 421<br />
|-<br />
| 062 || PC in a hamster ball || 413<br />
|-<br />
| 063 || Scooching black hat || 412<br />
|-<br />
| 064 || Balloon shark || 585<br />
|-<br />
| 065 || Jumping sheep || 571<br />
|-<br />
| 066 || Time-travelling Cueball || 567<br />
|-<br />
| 067 || “The Uncomfortable Truths Well” sign || 561<br />
|-<br />
| 068 || Toy airplane in box || 560<br />
|-<br />
| 069 || Duckling loop || 537<br />
|-<br />
| 070 || Cuttlefish zap Cueball and Megan || 520<br />
|-<br />
| 071 || Cuttlefish || 520<br />
|-<br />
| 072 || Magic portal || 693<br />
|-<br />
| 073 || Egg drop container || 510<br />
|-<br />
| 074 || FIRST robot || 689<br />
|-<br />
| 075 || Beret Guy in a crane || 677<br />
|-<br />
| 076 || Unprepared baby || 674<br />
|-<br />
| 077 || Sagan-Man || 663<br />
|-<br />
| 078 || Cueball rock-climbing || 655<br />
|-<br />
| 079 || Reverse Polish sausage || 645<br />
|-<br />
| 080 || Ants discussing humans || 638<br />
|-<br />
| 081 || Cueball Icarus || 620<br />
|-<br />
| 082 || Bottle of tequila || 617<br />
|-<br />
| 083 || Bird with power drill || 614<br />
|-<br />
| 084 || Locusts attack computer Cueball || 797<br />
|-<br />
| 085 || Tumbleweed dual-wielding guns || 789<br />
|-<br />
| 086 || Cueball’s skull sucked out || 777<br />
|-<br />
| 087 || Talking squirrel || 776<br />
|-<br />
| 088 || Air horn || 757<br />
|-<br />
| 089 || Blank “Dyslexics of the world, unite!” shirt || 745<br />
|-<br />
| 090 || Cat chewing laser pointer || 729<br />
|-<br />
| 091 || Jumping cat || 729<br />
|-<br />
| 092 || Tetris pieces of hell || 724<br />
|-<br />
| 093 || Dejected Sauron || 712<br />
|-<br />
| 094 || A ‘five’ and a ‘breasts’ || 708<br />
|-<br />
| 095 || “I am a turtle” turtle || 889<br />
|-<br />
| 096 || ADHD server || 869<br />
|-<br />
| 097 || Serious putty || 840<br />
|-<br />
| 098 || Cueball spinning in chair || 815<br />
|-<br />
| 099 || Pumpkin carved in a pumpkin || 804<br />
|-<br />
| 100 || Laplace transform of love || [https://store.xkcd.com/products/useless]<br />
|-<br />
| 101 || Cueball shaking computer || 979<br />
|-<br />
| 102 || A globe || 977<br />
|-<br />
| 103 || Cueball giving everything || 968<br />
|-<br />
| 104 || A battery staple || 936<br />
|-<br />
| 105 || Ms. Frizzle || 911<br />
|-<br />
| 106 || Enter hostname || 910<br />
|-<br />
| 107 || Beret Guy’s endless wings (1) || 1099<br />
|-<br />
| 108 || Beret Guy’s endless wings (2) || 1099<br />
|-<br />
| 109 || Eye of the sheeple || 1013<br />
|-<br />
| 110 || The universal label || 1123<br />
|-<br />
| 111 || No forward or turning sign || 1116<br />
|-<br />
| 112 || Tasks floating away || 1106<br />
|-<br />
| 113 || Soup outlet || 1293<br />
|-<br />
| 114 || ‘Line break after every sentence’ protestor || 1285<br />
|-<br />
| 115 || Beret Guy walking a goat || 1282<br />
|-<br />
| 116 || Person in flying car || 1262<br />
|-<br />
| 117 || ‘World’s Greatest Daughter’ mug || 1261<br />
|-<br />
| 118 || Messenger owl || 1254<br />
|-<br />
| 119 || Dog with a soul || 1240<br />
|-<br />
| 120 || Balloon Internet || 1226<br />
|-<br />
| 121 || Stegosaurus fossil || 1211<br />
|-<br />
| 122 || AirAware drone || 1207<br />
|-<br />
| 123 || Time machine || 1203<br />
|-<br />
| 124 || Baby Superman’s pod || 1384<br />
|-<br />
| 125 || Windmill || 1378<br />
|-<br />
| 126 || Space signpost || 1375<br />
|-<br />
| 127 || Cosmologist on a tire swing || 1352<br />
|-<br />
| 128 || Reflecting puddle || 1352<br />
|-<br />
| 129 || A red violet || 1351<br />
|-<br />
| 130 || Crash and Burn in a swimming pool || 1337<br />
|-<br />
| 131 || Transformer in a cocoon || 1336<br />
|-<br />
| 132 || Laptop strapped to a deer || 1329<br />
|-<br />
| 133 || Christmas tree spectrum || 1308<br />
|-<br />
| 134 || Bolt through a basketball || 929<br />
|-<br />
| 135 || Cat attacking Earth || 1515<br />
|-<br />
| 136 || Plane banner || 1965<br />
|-<br />
| 137 || Megan in an autogyro || 1972<br />
|-<br />
| 138 || Free chips || 1499<br />
|-<br />
| 139 || Superintelligent AI || 1450<br />
|-<br />
| 140 || Adjective foods || 1774<br />
|-<br />
| 141 || Curiosity lowered by a sky crane || 1091<br />
|-<br />
| 142 || The Spider || 2275<br />
|-<br />
| 143 || Bun || 1871<br />
|-<br />
| 144 || xkcd cake || 1581<br />
|-<br />
| 145 || Radioactive high-voltage laser-emitting slippery biohazard symbol || 2038<br />
|-<br />
| 146 || Is It Christmas? service || 2236<br />
|-<br />
| 147 || Two small dogs as one big one || 1922<br />
|-<br />
| 148 || Glass repair kit || 1634<br />
|-<br />
| 149 || Use the bowl of the toilet || 1715<br />
|-<br />
| 150 || Apology || 1917<br />
|-<br />
| 151 || Satellite girl || 2264<br />
|-<br />
| 152 || Large container of rice || 1598<br />
|-<br />
| 153 || Review of Earth || 2192<br />
|-<br />
| 154 || Eight-legged reindeer | 1776<br />
|-<br />
| 155 || Record scratch || 1745<br />
|-<br />
| 156 || Chess vs. Go || 1287<br />
|-<br />
| 157 || Sword in the stone || 1521<br />
|-<br />
| 158 || Phishing license sign || 1694<br />
|-<br />
| 159 || First Annual Award for Excellence in Being Very Smart (1) || 1386<br />
|-<br />
| 160 || Earth, not to scale || 2262<br />
|-<br />
| 161 || Opportunity rover || 2111<br />
|-<br />
| 162 || Bags of money || 1827<br />
|-<br />
| 163 || Sleeping cat || 1797<br />
|-<br />
| 164 || Squirrelphone || 1578<br />
|-<br />
| 165 || Balloon squirrel || 1503<br />
|-<br />
| 166 || Shoulder devil || 2180<br />
|-<br />
| 167 || Time-travelling sphere || 1747<br />
|-<br />
| 168 || Jaturn || 2258<br />
|-<br />
| 169 || Beret Guy unlocking vacuum energy || 1486<br />
|-<br />
| 170 || Emotional unsubscribe message rating || 2257<br />
|-<br />
| 171 || Megan riding a 1980s bicycle || 1673<br />
|-<br />
| 172 || Megan defending her thesis || 1403<br />
|-<br />
| 173 || High-pitched hum generator || 1590<br />
|-<br />
| 174 || Sandwich too large to eat comfortably || 1940<br />
|-<br />
| 175 || Women Science Fiction Authors || 1412<br />
|-<br />
| 176 || Planet summary || 2061<br />
|-<br />
| 177 || White Hat appraising wine || 915<br />
|-<br />
| 178 || Amelia Earhart’s plane || 950<br />
|-<br />
| 179 || Cueball’s arrow boomerang || 939<br />
|-<br />
| 180 || Cueball’s mechanical monster || 987<br />
|-<br />
| 181 || The Avatar || 965<br />
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| 182 || Two mimic octopuses || 928<br />
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| 183 || Geologist’s hat || 1082<br />
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| 184 || Furniture box || 1077<br />
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| 185 || Depiction of philosophy || 1052<br />
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| 186 || A loving snake || 1052<br />
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| 187 || Cracked Cadury egg || 1035<br />
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| 188 || Giant preying mantis || 1012<br />
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| 189 || Trap flowchart || 1195<br />
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| 190 || Beret Guy riding a bowling ball || 1158<br />
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| 191 || Spiders spinning a sweater || 1135<br />
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| 192 || “MOOOOOON!” moon || 1300<br />
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| 193 || Giraffe with sauropod tail || 1278<br />
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| 194 || Timeghost || 1393<br />
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| 195 || Sharks reporter || 1387<br />
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| 196 || First Annual Award for Excellence in Being Very Smart (2) || 1386<br />
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| 197 || Krypton exploding || 1384<br />
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| 198 || Server replying ‘POTATO’ || 1354 ||<br />
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| 199 || <font color="red">A Red Text</font> || <font color="red">???</font><br />
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| 200 || Sunday locusts || 1245<br />
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| 201 || Dolphin with hair || What If? 56<br />
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| 202 || Twilight: Breaking Dawn || What If? 141<br />
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| 203 || Nuclear-accident-ometer || What If? 146<br />
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| 204 || Europa straw || What If? 143<br />
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| 205 || Delivery hawk || What If? 149<br />
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| 206 || Eagle eating pizza || What If? 149<br />
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| 207 || Telescope || What If? 114<br />
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| 208 || Sub-marine || What If? 138<br />
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| 209 || Alien astronomer || What If? 20<br />
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| 210 || Alien astronomers || What If? 47<br />
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| 211 || NASA sack of rocks || What If? 146<br />
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| 212 || CMYK squid || What If? 106<br />
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| 213 || Wham! || What If? 5<br />
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| 214 || High-speed robot || What If? 5<br />
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| 215 || Elephant || What If? 110<br />
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| 216 || S. S. NASA || What If? 38<br />
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| 217 || Alexander’s Dark Band drummer || What If? 150<br />
|-<br />
| 218 || <font color="red">A Red Text</font> || <font color="red">???</font><br />
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| 219 || Milk carton of Internet || What If? 31<br />
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| 220 || Nightsun-carriers || What If? 13<br />
|-<br />
| 221 || A pleasant squirrel || What If? 98<br />
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| 222 || Ponytail fairy || What If? 123<br />
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| 223 || Harvester || What If? 120<br />
|-<br />
| 224 || Cougar on a Cougare || What If? 70<br />
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| 225 || Soda dinosaur || What If? 74<br />
|-<br />
| 226 || Flamethrower || What If? 130<br />
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| 227 || Sun eclipsed by sunglasses and banana || What If? 129<br />
|-<br />
| 228 || Heavy-duty car battery || What If? 128<br />
|-<br />
| 229 || Starling with respirometry mask || What If? 99<br />
|-<br />
| 230 || Falling sperm whale || What If? 103<br />
|-<br />
| 231 || 2x4 lego || What If? '''Chapter''' 51<br />
|-<br />
| 232 || All of Britain’s tea || What If? 79<br />
|-<br />
| 233 || 11-petawatt hair dryer || What If? 35<br />
|-<br />
| 234 || Furby || What If? '''Chapter''' 21<br />
|-<br />
| 235 || Helpless phone || What If? 87<br />
|-<br />
| 236 || <font color="red">A Red Text</font> || <font color="red">???</font><br />
|-<br />
| 237 || Squirrel on an AK-47 || What If? 21<br />
|-<br />
| 238 || Carton of Sharpies || What If? 59<br />
|-<br />
| 239 || Burning diamond || What If? 116<br />
|-<br />
| 240 || C4 boomerang || What If? 23<br />
|-<br />
| 241 || Cow with solar panel || What If? 17<br />
|-<br />
| 242 || Google punchcard || What If? 63<br />
|-<br />
| 243 || Oxford bell || What If? '''Chapter''' 13<br />
|-<br />
| 244 || Standard giraffe || What If? 44<br />
|-<br />
| 245 || The Little Prince about to dunk || What If? 68<br />
|-<br />
| 246 || Statue of Liberty planet || What If? '''Chapter''' 5<br />
|-<br />
| 247 || Yoda’s mp3 || What If? 3<br />
|-<br />
| 248 || Block of hydrogen || What If? '''Chapter''' 8<br />
|-<br />
| 249 || Negging toaster || What If? 155<br />
|-<br />
| 250 || Feather earthquake || What If? '''Chapter''' 69<br />
|-<br />
| 251 || Swordfighting lava lamp || What If? 122<br />
|-<br />
| 252 || Unsalted butter || What If? 126<br />
|-<br />
| 253 || Salary bottle || What If? 118<br />
|}<br />
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List of Mathematical Loot (https://xkcd.com/2288/collectors/static/loot/loot_XXXX.png):<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Name<br />
! Function<br />
|-<br />
| div || Division<br />
|-<br />
| equals || Equality<br />
|-<br />
| minus || Subtraction<br />
|-<br />
| plus || Addition<br />
|-<br />
| sqrt || Square root<br />
|-<br />
| times || Multiplication<br />
|}<br />
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List of Element Loot (https://xkcd.com/2288/collectors/static/loot/element-XX.png):<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Symbol<br />
! Element<br />
|-<br />
| Æ (use ae for link) || Aether<br />
|-<br />
| Bl || Blood<br />
|-<br />
| Br || Bread<br />
|-<br />
| Bz || Bronze<br />
|-<br />
| Cb || Carbonite<br />
|-<br />
| Cd || Canadium<br />
|-<br />
| Cr || Cranium<br />
|-<br />
| Dl || Dilithium<br />
|-<br />
| Dm || Delirium<br />
|-<br />
| Fr || Fire<br />
|-<br />
| Gl || Glass<br />
|-<br />
| Hr || Heart<br />
|-<br />
| Lx || Lexan<br />
|-<br />
| Mk || Milk<br />
|-<br />
| Mt || Metal<br />
|-<br />
| Na || Nanobots<br />
|-<br />
| Ox || Air<br />
|-<br />
| Pb || Opprobrium<br />
|-<br />
| Pl || Plastic<br />
|-<br />
| Pm || Epithelium<br />
|-<br />
| Pp || Oops, All Protons!<br />
|-<br />
| Rd || Redstone<br />
|-<br />
| Rg || Regolith<br />
|-<br />
| Sd || Sand<br />
|-<br />
| Sd2 || More Sand<br />
|-<br />
| Sf || Styrofoam<br />
|-<br />
| Sn || Snakes<br />
|-<br />
| Spacer || [Spacer]<br />
|-<br />
| Sy || Symposium<br />
|-<br />
| T || Wolfram<br />
|-<br />
| Þ (use th for link) || Thorium<br />
|-<br />
| Tr || Earth<br />
|-<br />
| Uu || Unobtanium<br />
|-<br />
| Vy || Valyrian<br />
|-<br />
| Wt || Water<br />
|-<br />
| Wx || Wax<br />
|}<br />
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List of Word Loot (https://xkcd.com/2288/collectors/static/loot/loot-words-XXXX.png):<br />
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*Birdlike<br />
*Boat<br />
*Castle<br />
*Cat<br />
*Cinematic<br />
*Collector<br />
*Cursed<br />
*Cycle<br />
*Doctor<br />
*Easter<br />
*Electric<br />
*Eruption<br />
*Farm<br />
*Flock<br />
*Flying<br />
*Free<br />
*Gamma<br />
*Ghost<br />
*Hair<br />
*Harry-Potter-and-the<br />
*Horse<br />
*Imminent<br />
*Inspector<br />
*Ionized<br />
*Jet<br />
*Laser<br />
*Launcher<br />
*Lifelike<br />
*Ominous<br />
*Plasma<br />
*Sale<br />
*Sudden<br />
*Surprise<br />
*Swarm<br />
*Sword<br />
*Teleporter<br />
*Turtle<br />
*Unlicensed<br />
*Vortex<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
[Cueball stands to the left of a vibrating box.]<br />
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[The words "Collector's Edition" are written above him and boxed.]<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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[[Category:Comic subpages]]</div>BlackHathttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2098:_Magnetic_Pole&diff=2110892098: Magnetic Pole2021-04-27T04:22:57Z<p>BlackHat: </p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2098<br />
| date = January 14, 2019<br />
| title = Magnetic Pole<br />
| image = magnetic_pole.png<br />
| titletext = People keep trying to come up with reasons that we should worry about the magnetic field collapsing or reversing, but honestly I think it's fine. Whatever minor problems it causes will be made up for by the mid-latitude auroras.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|What on Earth (pun intended) are mid-latitude auroras?}}<br />
Over the last couple of months, {{w|Earth's magnetic field|Earth's magnetic fields}} have been [https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00007-1 shifting rapidly]. Although the magnetic fields do move regularly, the current shift has been unexpected and unprecedented. As many location systems are reliant on the magnetic fields to function, the accuracy of such tools is being shifted beyond the maximum acceptable error.<br />
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Locational and navigational systems use the magnetic field, combined with a model of field behavior, to do fancy math and pop out data. Because of the rapid shifts, a new model was scheduled to be created; however, the model has been considerably delayed by the {{w|United States federal government shutdown of 2018–2019|US government shutdown}},<br />
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As shifts occur, the error of geopositional data will increase until a new {{w|World Magnetic Model|model}} is released. The effect is especially pronounced as you move toward the poles. <br />
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Cueball is saying that because of the currently published {{w|magnetic declination}} data being slightly incorrect, his {{w|Schooner|schooners}} (old merchant sailing ships) may go off-course and crash on {{w|Shoal|shoals}}. This is to illustrate how magnetic pole shift doesn't actually affect many people's daily lives. Modern ships' navigation systems do not rely on magnetic pole location &ndash; in contrast to old vessels which mostly used a {{w|compass}}.<br />
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Since the movement is only about two-fifths of a degree, it wouldn't cause much disruption for [[Cueball]] or require him to adjust anything about his lifestyle, but since the speed of the change has been steadily increasing over the past few years, it may mean we are heading for a geomagnetic reversal in the next few decades, something very exciting indeed. During a magnetic reversal, the poles wouldn't just switch places; several different poles would form and interact chaotically, and it's likely that one of them would end up close enough to where [[Randall]] lives to cause auroras to become more common at some point during the transition.<br />
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In the title text, Randall mentions that there are reasons people could be concerned, but says that they would be more than made up for by newly being able to experience mid-latitude auroras. Since auroras occur within 3° to 6° of the magnetic poles, the migration of the poles to middle latitudes would cause the auroras to occur there as well; since more people live at middle latitudes than in the Arctic and Antarctic Circles, and since auroras are considered aesthetically attractive, the psychological benefits of the drifting poles might more than make up for the technical difficulties it causes.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:[White Hat and Cueball are talking to each other. White Hat has a cellphone in his hand, while Cueball is raising his hands in the air in mock exasperation.]<br />
:White Hat: I just read that the Earth's North magnetic pole is drifting rapidly.<br />
:Cueball: Oh no! I must update our declination tables post haste, lest our merchant schooners run aground on the shoals!<br />
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:[Caption below the panel:]<br />
:I like when the Earth's magnetic field does weird stuff, because it's a huge, cool, urgent-seeming science thing, but there's nothing I personally need to do about it.<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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[[Category:Comics featuring White Hat]]</div>BlackHathttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=User:BlackHat&diff=211087User:BlackHat2021-04-27T04:11:19Z<p>BlackHat: </p>
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'''Hello,''' all! My name is Black Hat, as you may have heard, and here's a few other things about me:<br />
:I'm a sociopath,<br />
:I'm currently dating a citizen of Denmark,<br />
:I enjoy nerd-sniping, such as letting y'all know that there is actually a hidden message in this very inconspicuous line of text,<br />
:and ([[1555: Exoplanet Names 2|just to make the debate a little more confusing]] my hat does not actually represent black hat hacking, but rather the half-rest symbol in music. [[1401: New|Headcannon]], as it were.<br />
:...Oh, and I also like to leave parentheses open. (The suspense stays with you all day! Right, [[User:Danish|Danish]]?<br />
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My favourite comics:<br />
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[[12: Poisson]]<br />
[[24: Godel, Escher, Kurt Halsey]]<br />
[[29: Hitler]]<br />
[[45: Schrodinger]]<br />
[[64: Solar Plexus]]<br />
[[72: Classhole]]<br />
[[77: Bored with the Internet]]<br />
[[81: Attention, shopper]]<br />
[[86: Digital Rights Management]]<br />
[[89: Gravitational Mass]]<br />
[[114: Computational Linguists]]<br />
[[123: Centrifugal Force]]<br />
[[125: Marketing Interview]]<br />
[[138: Pointers]]<br />
[[142: Parody Week: Megatokyo]]<br />
[[146: Join Myspace]]<br />
[[156: Commented]]<br />
[[163: Donald Knuth]]<br />
[[169: Words that End in GRY]]<br />
[[178: Not Really Into Pokemon]]<br />
[[190: IPoD]]<br />
[[191: Lojban]]<br />
[[206: Reno Rhymes]]<br />
[[217: e to the pi Minus pi]]<br />
[[246: Labyrinth Puzzle]]<br />
[[262: IN UR REALITY]]<br />
[[278: Black Hat Support]]<br />
[[298: Tesla Coil]]<br />
[[306: Orphaned Projects]]<br />
[[322: Pix Plz]]<br />
[[325: A-Minus-Minus]]<br />
[[351: Trolling]]<br />
[[356: Nerd Sniping]]<br />
[[360: Writers Strike]]<br />
[[368: Bass]]<br />
[[374: Journal]]<br />
[[377: Journal 2]]<br />
[[405: Journal 3]]<br />
[[412: Startled]]<br />
[[432: Journal 4]]<br />
[[433: Journal 5]]<br />
[[434: xkcd Goes to the Airport]]<br />
[[440: Road Rage]]<br />
[[442: xkcd Loves the Discovery Channel]]<br />
[[455: Hats]]<br />
[[481: Listen to Yourself]]<br />
[[482: Height]]<br />
[[488: Steal This Comic]]<br />
[[493: Actuarial]]<br />
[[494: Secretary: Part 1]]<br />
[[495: Secretary: Part 2]]<br />
[[496: Secretary: Part 3]]<br />
[[497: Secretary: Part 4]]<br />
[[498: Secretary: Part 5]]<br />
[[506: Theft of the Magi]]<br />
[[515: No One Must Know]]<br />
[[521: 2008 Christmas Special]]<br />
[[524: Party]]<br />
[[527: Keynote]]<br />
[[542: Cover-Up]]<br />
[[545: Neutrality Schmeutrality]]<br />
[[562: Parking]]<br />
[[596: Latitude]]<br />
[[611: Disaster Voyeurism]]<br />
[[620: Wings]]<br />
[[666: Silent Hammer]]<br />
[[669: Experiment]]<br />
[[697: Tensile vs. Shear Strength]]<br />
[[757: Toot]]<br />
[[766: Green Flash]]<br />
[[779: Anxiety]]<br />
[[785: Open Mic Night]]<br />
[[792: Password Reuse]]<br />
[[801: Golden Hammer]]<br />
[[804: Pumpkin Carving]]<br />
[[825: Guest Week: Jeffrey Rowland (Overcompensating)]]<br />
[[826: Guest Week: Zach Weiner (SMBC)]]<br />
[[848: 3D]]<br />
[[908: The Cloud]]<br />
[[925: Cell Phones]]<br />
[[929: Speculation]]<br />
[[952: Stud Finder]]<br />
[[954: Chin-Up Bar]]<br />
[[958: Hotels]]<br />
[[959: Caroling]]<br />
[[972: November]]<br />
[[984: Space Launch System]]<br />
[[1000: 1000 Comics]]<br />
[[1005: SOPA]]<br />
[[1014: Car Problems]]<br />
[[1027: Pickup Artist]]<br />
[[1037: Umwelt]]<br />
[[1055: Kickstarter]]<br />
[[1062: Budget News]]<br />
[[1063: Kill Hitler]]<br />
[[1086: Eyelash Wish Log]]<br />
[[1094: Interview]]<br />
[[1102: Fastest-Growing]]<br />
[[1110: Click and Drag]]<br />
[[1136: Broken Mirror]]<br />
[[1137: RTL]]<br />
[[1139: Rubber and Glue]]<br />
[[1159: Countdown]]<br />
[[1191: The Past]]<br />
[[1207: AirAware]]<br />
[[1210: I'm So Random]]<br />
[[1241: Annoying Ringtone Champion]]<br />
[[1243: Snare]]<br />
[[1251: Anti-Glass]]<br />
[[1284: Improved Keyboard]]<br />
[[1327: Mobile Marketing]]<br />
[[1330: Kola Borehole]]<br />
[[1401: New]]<br />
[[1408: March of the Penguins]]<br />
[[1416: Pixels]]<br />
[[1426: Reduce Your Payments]]<br />
[[1439: Rack Unit]]<br />
[[1450: AI-Box Experiment]]<br />
[[1455: Trolley Problem]]<br />
[[1515: Basketball Earth]]<br />
[[1555: Exoplanet Names 2]]<br />
[[1559: Driving]]<br />
[[1581: Birthday]]<br />
[[1608: Hoverboard]]<br />
[[1651: Robotic Garage]]<br />
[[1663: Garden]]<br />
[[1670: Laws of Physics]]<br />
[[1680: Black Hole]]<br />
[[1708: Dehydration]]<br />
[[1717: Pyramid Honey]]<br />
[[1751: Movie Folder]]<br />
[[1753: Thumb War]]<br />
[[1754: Tornado Safety Tips]]<br />
[[1756: I'm With Her]]<br />
[[1776: Reindeer]]<br />
[[1777: Dear Diary]]<br />
[[1786: Trash]]<br />
[[1807: Listening]]<br />
[[1842: Anti-Drone Eagles]]<br />
[[1864: City Nicknames]]<br />
[[1881: Drone Training]]<br />
[[1883: Supervillain Plan]]<br />
[[1943: Universal Dreams]]<br />
[[1975: Right Click]]<br />
[[2008: Irony Definition]]<br />
[[2067: Challengers]]<br />
[[2073: Kilogram]]<br />
[[2103: Midcontinent Rift System]]<br />
[[2174: First News Memory]]<br />
[[2197: Game Show]]<br />
[[2201: Foucault Pendulum]]<br />
[[2234: How To Deliver Christmas Presents]]<br />
[[2239: Data Error]]<br />
[[2321: Low-Background Metal]]<br />
[[2343: Mathematical Symbol Fight]]<br />
[[2348: Boat Puzzle]]<br />
[[2350: Deer Turrets]]<br />
[[2353: Hurricane Hunters]]<br />
[[2431: Leap Year 2021]]<br />
[[2450: Post Vaccine Social Scheduling]]<br />
[[2455: Virus Consulting]]<br />
[[The Rise of Open Access]]<br />
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Lastly, things that I have contributed to explainxkcd:<br />
:-Completing the explanations for characters 647-1000 in [[1000: 1000 Comics/1000 characters]]<br />
:-Compiling the list of stickers from [[2288]]<br />
:And that's about it.<br />
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See ya!<br />
No, really, I can see you through your screen. It's because I hacked your camera, and enhanced it so that it can see through the tape you may have over it. (Don't let Danish find out about it, though.</div>BlackHathttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:929:_Speculation&diff=211009Talk:929: Speculation2021-04-25T20:44:27Z<p>BlackHat: </p>
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<div>I love the comics like this that work on multiple levels. They really lend to the legitimacy of xkcd as a thinking man's webcomic, and they're great comics to link to when I'm trying to make a point. '''[[User:Davidy22|<u>{{Color|purple|David}}<font color=green size=3px>y</font></u><font color=indigo size=4px>²²</font>]]'''[[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>[talk]</tt>]] 09:24, 9 March 2013 (UTC)<br />
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It's a bolt. Longbows fire arrows, crossbows fire bolts. 'K?<br />
:That bolt looks maighte like an arrow to me... but let's not quarrel about this. --[[User:Qwach|Qwach]] ([[User talk:Qwach|talk]]) 23:35, 31 August 2013 (UTC)<br />
::Crossbows do fire bolts, so the only reason you wouldn't want to quarrel about it is because you would be wrong.<br />
::However, the word "arrow" comes from the official transcript, so YOU don't want to quarrel about it either, 'K? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.223|108.162.219.223]] 07:19, 21 January 2014 (UTC)<br />
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::Quarrel? [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarrel]--[[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.9|141.101.99.9]] 12:57, 18 March 2014 (UTC)<br />
::: Please check your adds on the preview before committing it here. Everything you do save here is viewable to everyone; that's just annoying. I just want to see your primary intention, because THAT'S IMPORTANT, if that doesn't work fix it at PREVIEW before we get a mess here. I'm just happy if I can understand what you are talking about. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 00:27, 19 March 2014 (UTC)<br />
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The explanation states that it is Black Hat speaking in the title text. It makes much more sense if it is Randall speaking, but just demonstrating a slightly black-hat tendency. In my opinion. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.223|108.162.219.223]] 17:58, 21 January 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Yeah, but in the original comic's title text, it uses the single-quotes--that wasn't just added by explainxkcd as a formatting thing. When Randall is supposed to be the one speaking, there are no quotation marks in the title text... that implies this one is a quote from Black Hat. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.171|108.162.216.171]] 04:27, 11 October 2014 (UTC)<br />
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There's another joke not mentioned in the explanation. Cueball said "You're not really the '''catch''' type, are you." since Black Hat shot the basketball instead of '''catching''' it. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.246|108.162.219.246]] 21:32, 3 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
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There is a [[explain_xkcd:Community_portal/Proposals#Merge_Cueball_.26_Rob|community portal discussion]] of what to call Cueball and what to do in case with more than one Cueball. I have added this comic to the Category:Multiple Cueballs. I switched which Cueball is called Cueball in the transcript so now the one named Cueball has all the interesting comments of this comic and also he is the one shooting at the hoop and passing to Black-Hat. Also made a note that the other guy also looks like Cueball. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 08:23, 27 June 2015 (UTC)<br />
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Where'd Black Hat get that crossbow? [[User:Benjaminikuta|Benjaminikuta]] ([[User talk:Benjaminikuta|talk]]) 08:58, 19 November 2015 (UTC)<br />
:From the all-you-can-eat crossbow store. We're regular customers. [[User:Danish|Danish]] ([[User talk:Danish|talk]]) 00:06, 16 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
::Psst— answering six-year-old comments ain't cool. [[User:BlackHat|BlackHat]] ([[User talk:BlackHat|talk]] 20:44, 25 April 2021 (UTC</div>BlackHathttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=626:_Newton_and_Leibniz&diff=210331626: Newton and Leibniz2021-04-16T15:00:00Z<p>BlackHat: </p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 626<br />
| date = August 21, 2009<br />
| title = Newton and Leibniz<br />
| image = newton_and_leibniz.png<br />
| titletext = YEEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHH!<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{w|Isaac Newton}} and {{w|Gottfried Leibniz}} both developed {{w|calculus}} independently of each other about eight years apart, as it says in the comic. However, although Newton had begun working on calculus before Leibniz, he didn't publish it, and Leibniz was the first to publish it (see the {{w|Leibniz–Newton calculus controversy}}).<br />
<br />
In calculus a {{w|derivative}} is the result of mathematical differentiation: the instantaneous rate of change of a function relative to its argument, and denoted df(x)/dx. As taught in schools, if a function is drawn as a graph, the derivative of that function at a given point is equal to the slope of that graph at that point. However, the literary word derivative [http://www.thefreedictionary.com/derivative means] developed from something older or copied/adapted from others, as Newton claims is the case here.<br />
<br />
The pun is that Newton is claiming that Leibniz's mathematical derivative is a derivative, or descendant, from his earlier development of this calculus.<br />
<br />
The comic as a whole is mocking the pattern of corny one-liners that {{w|David Caruso}} often spurts out during the opening scenes of {{w|CSI: Miami}}. The one liner is followed by him dramatically pulling off or [[:Category:Puts on sunglasses |putting on his sunglasses]] and then the show breaks into the title sequence which starts with Roger Daltrey singing an extended "YEEEEAAAAAAAH", from the song {{w|Won't Get Fooled Again}} by {{w|The Who}} as noted in the title text. This has become a [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/csi-4-pane-comics popular Internet meme] and was used frequently with {{w|Death of Michael Jackson|Michael Jackson's death}}. The sunglasses joke was also used in the title text of [[977: Map Projections]]. The counts of each type of letter are 1, 6, 6, and 6, which combined produce the year in which Newton is credited to have discovered calculus.<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
<br />
:[Newton with long white hair, facing right, holds up a sheet of paper, with several lines indicating the writing on it, in one hand and the other hand is also held up. He stands in front of an empty desk. A smaller frame breaking the border at the top of the frame has a caption:]<br />
:Newton, 1666<br />
:Newton: I've invented calculus!<br />
<br />
:[Leibniz with long black hair, facing left, holds up a sheet of paper, with several lines indicating the writing on it, in one hand. He stands in front of a desk with a book and two pieces of paper, one lying below the other paper but up above the book. A smaller frame breaking the border at the top of the frame has a caption:]<br />
:Leibniz, 1674<br />
:Leibniz: I've invented calculus!<br />
<br />
:[Back to a similar image of Newton, but he has now taken his arms down, still holding his paper.]<br />
:Newton: Really? Sounds a little bit...<br />
<br />
:[Zoom in on Newton as he puts on a pair of sunglasses in a panel without a frame. The table is not included.]<br />
<br />
:[Newton now with sunglasses on, again in front of the table.]<br />
:Newton: ...'''''Derivative.'''''<br />
<br />
{{comic discussion}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring real people]]<br />
[[Category:Analysis]]<br />
[[Category:Puts on sunglasses]]<br />
[[Category:Puns]]</div>BlackHathttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2450:_Post_Vaccine_Social_Scheduling&diff=2102842450: Post Vaccine Social Scheduling2021-04-15T14:47:39Z<p>BlackHat: </p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2450<br />
| date = April 14, 2021<br />
| title = Post Vaccine Social Scheduling<br />
| image = post_vaccine_social_scheduling.png<br />
| titletext = As if these problems weren't NP-hard enough.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a UNVACCINATED MOVIEGOER. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
The comic shows a timeline of a multitude of (presumably) friends and acquaintances getting their two doses of vaccine. Due to the CDC-recommended delay between shots, as well as few weeks needed to build antibodies from the second shot, planning get-togethers in advance becomes complicated by who is free to meet, or not yet.<br />
<br />
Eventually, everyone can start getting together, but during the time where some people have only received one dose, or neither dose, or their second dose recently, the scheduling is complicated.<br />
<br />
The title text references NP-hardness, a theme that has come up in past comics. {{w|NP-hardness}} describes a particular level of computational difficulty. Scheduling problems are normally NP-hard. But when extra challenges such as having to deal with whether or not people are vaccinated they become even more difficult.<br />
<br />
The third person being scheduled for a movie before being fully vaccinated may be a reference to [[2441: IMDb Vaccines]], discusing the number of people that needs to be vaccinated to record a particular scene. However, if this comic is about going to the cinema and not about filming a movie, there appears to be an error: The third person is shown as having been scheduled for a movie before being fully vaccinated. They also appear to have gotten a second vaccine twice.<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
[From top to bottom, there are eleven people standing on the left side of the image: Danish, Cueball #1, Hairbun, Black Hat, Ponytail, Science Girl, White Hat, Hairy, Blondie, Cueball #2, and Megan, with even-numbered characters standing slightly further to the left. Each character’s first and second doses of the vaccine are labelled ① and ②, respectively. The time before each character’s first dose is drawn with a grey solid line; the time between their first dose and after they are fully vaccinated (two weeks after their second dose) is drawn with a grey dashed line; and the time after they are fully vaccinated is drawn with a black solid line. Black Hat, Science Girl, Blondie, Cueball #2, and Megan have all received their first doses prior to the comic’s time frame. Social activities are drawn with a ellipse around the top and bottom members, and each participating character is identified with a large filled-in circle on their timeline. The ellipses are labelled:]<br />
<br />
DINNER GAMES MOVIE BIRTHDAY DINNER CABIN<br />
<br />
[The events that happen, in chronological order (from left to right), are:<br />
<br />
* Cueball #1 receives his first dose;<br />
* Blondie receives her second dose;<br />
* Ponytail receives her first dose;<br />
* Hairy receives his first dose;<br />
* White Hat receives his first dose;<br />
* Danish receives her first dose;<br />
* Black Hat receives his second dose;<br />
* Blondie is fully vaccinated;<br />
* Science Girl receives her second dose;<br />
* Cueball #2 receives his second dose;<br />
* Megan receives her second dose;<br />
* Hairbun receives her first dose (erroneously labelled as ②);<br />
* Ponytail receives her second dose;<br />
* Black Hat is fully vaccinated;<br />
* Black Hat and Blondie go to dinner;<br />
* Danish receives her second dose;<br />
* Cueball #1 receives his second dose;<br />
* Science Girl is fully vaccinated;<br />
* Cueball #2 is fully vaccinated;<br />
* Megan is fully vaccinated;<br />
* Hairy receives his second dose;<br />
* White Hat receives his second dose;<br />
* Science Girl, Blondie, Cueball #2, and Megan play games;<br />
* Ponytail is fully vaccinated;<br />
* Hairbun receives her second dose;<br />
* Hairbun, Black Hat, and Ponytail go to the movies;<br />
* Danish is fully vaccinated;<br />
* Cueball #1 is fully vaccinated;<br />
* Hairy is fully vaccinated;<br />
* White Hat is fully vaccinated;<br />
* Danish, Cueball #1, Ponytail, White Hat, and Hairy attend a birthday party;<br />
* Hairbun is fully vaccinated;<br />
* Hairbun and Blondie go to dinner;<br />
* Black Hat, Science Girl, White Hat, Hairy, and Cueball #2 go to a cabin.<br />
<br />
<br />
Caption below the panel:]<br />
<br />
Post-Vaccine Social Scheduling<br />
<br />
{{comic discussion}}<br />
[[Category: COVID-19]]<br />
[[Category: COVID-19 vaccine]]<br />
[[Category:Timelines]]<br />
[[Category: Comics featuring Cueball]]<br />
[[Category: Comics featuring Megan]]<br />
[[Category: Comics featuring Hairy]]<br />
[[Category: Comics featuring Ponytail]]<br />
[[Category: Comics featuring Hairbun]]<br />
[[Category: Comics featuring Blondie]]<br />
[[Category: Comics featuring Science Girl]]<br />
[[Category: Comics featuring White Hat]]<br />
[[Category: Comics featuring Danish]]<br />
[[Category: Comics featuring Black Hat]]</div>BlackHathttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=User:BlackHat&diff=210279User:BlackHat2021-04-15T14:15:00Z<p>BlackHat: </p>
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| labelstyle = line-height: 1.3em<br />
| datastyle = line-height: 1.3em<br />
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| image = [[File:BlackHat_head.png]]<br />
| caption = Me in my mid-20s<br />
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| label1 = First appearance<br />
| data1 = Before the beginning of time<br />
<br />
| label2 = Known appearances<br />
| data2 = All<br />
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| label3 = Contribution score<br />
| data3 = [[Special:ContributionScores|{{#cscore:BlackHat|score}}]]<br />
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'''Hello,''' all! My name is Black Hat, as you may have heard, and here's a few other things about me:<br />
:I'm a sociopath,<br />
:I'm currently dating a citizen of Denmark,<br />
:I enjoy nerd-sniping, such as letting y'all know that there is actually a hidden message in this very inconspicuous line of text,<br />
:and ([[1555: Exoplanet Names 2|just to make the debate a little more confusing]] my hat does not actually represent black hat hacking, but rather the half-rest symbol in music. [[1401: New|Headcannon]], as it were.<br />
:...Oh, and I also like to leave parentheses open. (The suspense stays with you all day! Right, [[User:Danish|Danish]]?<br />
<br />
My favourite comics:<br />
<br />
[[12: Poisson]]<br />
[[24: Godel, Escher, Kurt Halsey]]<br />
[[29: Hitler]]<br />
[[45: Schrodinger]]<br />
[[64: Solar Plexus]]<br />
[[72: Classhole]]<br />
[[77: Bored with the Internet]]<br />
[[81: Attention, shopper]]<br />
[[86: Digital Rights Management]]<br />
[[89: Gravitational Mass]]<br />
[[114: Computational Linguists]]<br />
[[123: Centrifugal Force]]<br />
[[125: Marketing Interview]]<br />
[[138: Pointers]]<br />
[[142: Parody Week: Megatokyo]]<br />
[[146: Join Myspace]]<br />
[[156: Commented]]<br />
[[163: Donald Knuth]]<br />
[[169: Words that End in GRY]]<br />
[[178: Not Really Into Pokemon]]<br />
[[190: IPoD]]<br />
[[191: Lojban]]<br />
[[206: Reno Rhymes]]<br />
[[217: e to the pi Minus pi]]<br />
[[246: Labyrinth Puzzle]]<br />
[[262: IN UR REALITY]]<br />
[[278: Black Hat Support]]<br />
[[298: Tesla Coil]]<br />
[[306: Orphaned Projects]]<br />
[[322: Pix Plz]]<br />
[[325: A-Minus-Minus]]<br />
[[351: Trolling]]<br />
[[356: Nerd Sniping]]<br />
[[360: Writers Strike]]<br />
[[368: Bass]]<br />
[[374: Journal]]<br />
[[377: Journal 2]]<br />
[[405: Journal 3]]<br />
[[412: Startled]]<br />
[[432: Journal 4]]<br />
[[433: Journal 5]]<br />
[[434: xkcd Goes to the Airport]]<br />
[[440: Road Rage]]<br />
[[442: xkcd Loves the Discovery Channel]]<br />
[[455: Hats]]<br />
[[481: Listen to Yourself]]<br />
[[482: Height]]<br />
[[488: Steal This Comic]]<br />
[[493: Actuarial]]<br />
[[494: Secretary: Part 1]]<br />
[[495: Secretary: Part 2]]<br />
[[496: Secretary: Part 3]]<br />
[[497: Secretary: Part 4]]<br />
[[498: Secretary: Part 5]]<br />
[[506: Theft of the Magi]]<br />
[[515: No One Must Know]]<br />
[[521: 2008 Christmas Special]]<br />
[[524: Party]]<br />
[[527: Keynote]]<br />
[[542: Cover-Up]]<br />
[[545: Neutrality Schmeutrality]]<br />
[[562: Parking]]<br />
[[596: Latitude]]<br />
[[611: Disaster Voyeurism]]<br />
[[620: Wings]]<br />
[[666: Silent Hammer]]<br />
[[669: Experiment]]<br />
[[697: Tensile vs. Shear Strength]]<br />
[[757: Toot]]<br />
[[766: Green Flash]]<br />
[[779: Anxiety]]<br />
[[785: Open Mic Night]]<br />
[[792: Password Reuse]]<br />
[[801: Golden Hammer]]<br />
[[804: Pumpkin Carving]]<br />
[[825: Guest Week: Jeffrey Rowland (Overcompensating)]]<br />
[[826: Guest Week: Zach Weiner (SMBC)]]<br />
[[848: 3D]]<br />
[[908: The Cloud]]<br />
[[925: Cell Phones]]<br />
[[929: Speculation]]<br />
[[952: Stud Finder]]<br />
[[954: Chin-Up Bar]]<br />
[[958: Hotels]]<br />
[[959: Caroling]]<br />
[[972: November]]<br />
[[984: Space Launch System]]<br />
[[1000: 1000 Comics]]<br />
[[1005: SOPA]]<br />
[[1014: Car Problems]]<br />
[[1027: Pickup Artist]]<br />
[[1037: Umwelt]]<br />
[[1055: Kickstarter]]<br />
[[1062: Budget News]]<br />
[[1063: Kill Hitler]]<br />
[[1086: Eyelash Wish Log]]<br />
[[1094: Interview]]<br />
[[1102: Fastest-Growing]]<br />
[[1110: Click and Drag]]<br />
[[1136: Broken Mirror]]<br />
[[1137: RTL]]<br />
[[1139: Rubber and Glue]]<br />
[[1159: Countdown]]<br />
[[1191: The Past]]<br />
[[1207: AirAware]]<br />
[[1210: I'm So Random]]<br />
[[1241: Annoying Ringtone Champion]]<br />
[[1243: Snare]]<br />
[[1251: Anti-Glass]]<br />
[[1284: Improved Keyboard]]<br />
[[1327: Mobile Marketing]]<br />
[[1330: Kola Borehole]]<br />
[[1401: New]]<br />
[[1408: March of the Penguins]]<br />
[[1416: Pixels]]<br />
[[1426: Reduce Your Payments]]<br />
[[1439: Rack Unit]]<br />
[[1450: AI-Box Experiment]]<br />
[[1455: Trolley Problem]]<br />
[[1515: Basketball Earth]]<br />
[[1555: Exoplanet Names 2]]<br />
[[1559: Driving]]<br />
[[1581: Birthday]]<br />
[[1608: Hoverboard]]<br />
[[1651: Robotic Garage]]<br />
[[1663: Garden]]<br />
[[1670: Laws of Physics]]<br />
[[1680: Black Hole]]<br />
[[1708: Dehydration]]<br />
[[1717: Pyramid Honey]]<br />
[[1751: Movie Folder]]<br />
[[1753: Thumb War]]<br />
[[1754: Tornado Safety Tips]]<br />
[[1756: I'm With Her]]<br />
[[1776: Reindeer]]<br />
[[1777: Dear Diary]]<br />
[[1786: Trash]]<br />
[[1807: Listening]]<br />
[[1842: Anti-Drone Eagles]]<br />
[[1864: City Nicknames]]<br />
[[1881: Drone Training]]<br />
[[1883: Supervillain Plan]]<br />
[[1943: Universal Dreams]]<br />
[[1975: Right Click]]<br />
[[2008: Irony Definition]]<br />
[[2067: Challengers]]<br />
[[2073: Kilogram]]<br />
[[2103: Midcontinent Rift System]]<br />
[[2174: First News Memory]]<br />
[[2197: Game Show]]<br />
[[2201: Foucault Pendulum]]<br />
[[2234: How To Deliver Christmas Presents]]<br />
[[2239: Data Error]]<br />
[[2321: Low-Background Metal]]<br />
[[2343: Mathematical Symbol Fight]]<br />
[[2348: Boat Puzzle]]<br />
[[2350: Deer Turrets]]<br />
[[2353: Hurricane Hunters]]<br />
[[2431: Leap Year 2021]]<br />
[[2450: Post Vaccine Social Scheduling]]<br />
[[The Rise of Open Access]]<br />
<br />
Lastly, things that I have contributed to explainxkcd:<br />
:-Completing the explanations for characters 647-1000 in [[1000: 1000 Comics/1000 characters]]<br />
:-Compiling the list of stickers from [[2288]]<br />
:And that's about it.<br />
<br />
See ya!<br />
No, really, I can see you through your screen. It's because I hacked your camera, and enhanced it so that it can see through the tape you may have over it. (Don't let Danish find out about it, though.</div>BlackHathttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2450:_Post_Vaccine_Social_Scheduling&diff=2102782450: Post Vaccine Social Scheduling2021-04-15T14:13:19Z<p>BlackHat: </p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2450<br />
| date = April 14, 2021<br />
| title = Post Vaccine Social Scheduling<br />
| image = post_vaccine_social_scheduling.png<br />
| titletext = As if these problems weren't NP-hard enough.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a UNVACCINATED MOVIEGOER. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
The comic shows a timeline of a multitude of (presumably) friends and acquaintances getting their two doses of vaccine. Due to the CDC-recommended delay between shots, as well as few weeks needed to build antibodies from the second shot, planning get-togethers in advance becomes complicated by who is free to meet, or not yet.<br />
<br />
Eventually, everyone can start getting together, but during the time where some people have only received one dose, or neither dose, or their second dose recently, the scheduling is complicated.<br />
<br />
The title text references NP-hardness, a theme that has come up in past comics. {{w|NP-hardness}} describes a particular level of computational difficulty. Scheduling problems are normally NP-hard. But when extra challenges such as having to deal with whether or not people are vaccinated they become even more difficult.<br />
<br />
The third person being scheduled for a movie before being fully vaccinated may be a reference to [[2441: IMDb Vaccines]], discusing the number of people that needs to be vaccinated to record a particular scene. However, if this comic is about going to the cinema and not about filming a movie, there appears to be an error: The third person is shown as having been scheduled for a movie before being fully vaccinated. They also appear to have gotten a second vaccine twice.<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
A time graph of eleven people with lines. Circles with 1 and 2 are interspaced on the lines to represent first and second doses for COVID, and bolded lines for times after their second doses. 6 ellipses intersect various subsets of the people labeled in order:<br />
<br />
DINNER GAMES MOVIE BIRTHDAY DINNER CABIN<br />
<br />
<br />
[Caption below the panel]:<br />
<br />
Post Vaccine Social Scheduling<br />
{{comic discussion}}<br />
[[Category: COVID-19]]<br />
[[Category: COVID-19 vaccine]]<br />
[[Category:Timelines]]<br />
[[Category: Comics featuring Cueball]]<br />
[[Category: Comics featuring Megan]]<br />
[[Category: Comics featuring Hairy]]<br />
[[Category: Comics featuring Ponytail]]<br />
[[Category: Comics featuring Hairbun]]<br />
[[Category: Comics featuring Blondie]]<br />
[[Category: Comics featuring Science Girl]]<br />
[[Category: Comics featuring White Hat]]<br />
[[Category: Comics featuring Danish]]<br />
[[Category: Comics featuring Black Hat]]</div>BlackHathttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2445:_Checkbox&diff=2096452445: Checkbox2021-04-05T21:24:55Z<p>BlackHat: </p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2445<br />
| date = April 1, 2021<br />
| title = Checkbox<br />
| image = checkbox.gif<br />
| titletext = Check check check ... chhecck chhecck chhecck ... check check check<br />
}}<br />
{{TOC}} <br />
*To experience the interactivity of this game, visit the {{xkcd|2445|original comic}}.<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a CHECKBOX. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} <br />
This was the 11th [[:Category:April fools' comics|April fools' comic]] released by [[Randall]]. The previous fools comic was [[2288: Collector's Edition]], which was delayed two days and released on Friday April 3, 2020.<br />
<br />
The comic looks similar to a loading screen. The actual comic (this “loading screen”) consists of a gif of a checkbox (hence the name). <br />
<br />
The frame is replaced with an interactive panel. In the center is a check box, which clears itself immediately when checked. In the bottom right is a mute button, which begins muted. By unmuting, sounds are played when the check box is checked.<br />
<br />
Under the checkbox is a scrolling visual representation of the timing and duration of clicks in the check box, which also produce matching beeping sounds when unmuted. The representation either has a dot for short press or a bar for long press; the length of either is not effected by the length of the actual time the box is pressed, only if it is above the or below the duration that defines if it is a dot or a bar.<br />
<br />
By varying between brief and long presses, and brief and long intervals between presses, it is possible to enter characters in Morse Code.<br />
<br />
The check box then begins operating by itself, producing sounds which can be decoded as Morse Code. These responses are also printed in the browser's JavaScript console in both plain text and a textual representation of Morse code. If it was left along without any initial input for 30 seconds, it would send the message CQ (meaning "Seek You").<br />
<br />
The title text hints at the use of Morse Code in the comic; interpreting the "check" as a Morse Code dot and the "chhecck" (a long check) as a Morse Code dash gives ...---..., which is the Morse Code for "SOS", the international distress signal. Incidentally, inputting the SOS signal gives "YOU TOO?".<br />
<br />
For the majority of inputs, the check box responds with a random selection from the following list:<br />
* COME AGAIN<br />
* HUH<br />
* NOT FOLLOWING<br />
* SAY AGAIN<br />
* TRY THAT AGAIN<br />
* WHAT<br />
<br />
Some keywords, however, have [[#Special Responses´|special responses]].<br />
<br />
This comic has a [[xkcd_Header_text#Unique_header_text|unique header text]], see [[xkcd_Header_text#Checkbox|the details here]]. The header states that "This comic was put together byMax Goodhart, Patrick, Amber, Benjamin Staffin, Kevin Cotrone, and Michael Leuchtenburg. Read Max's [https://chromakode.com/post/checkbox blog post] on development of the comic. <br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
:[A small box is in the middle of a large white frame. The box can have a check-mark, but it is alternating between being checked or unchecked. At the bottom right there is a muted speaker (which can be unmuted). If the user press the checkbox gray dots or lines will appear below depending on the length of the press. These will move from right to left and then disappear.]<br />
<br />
==Special Responses==<br />
{{incomplete|Still in progress. Formatting may appear incorrect; this is because I am saving periodically to prevent work from getting lost.}} <br />
[.s are short presses, -s are long presses, and /s are spaces (just for readability)]<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Message & response<br />
! Morse Code<br />
! Explanation<br />
|-<br />
|XKCD -> FILE NOT FOUND<br />
|[-..- -.- -.-. -..] -> [..-. .. .-.. . / -. --- - / ..-. --- ..- -. -..]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|XKCD -> A CROSS THREE LETTERS<br />
|[-..- -.- -.-. -..] -> [.- / -.-. .-. --- ... ... / - .... .-. . . / .-.. . - - . .-. ...]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|HI -> HELLO! ANYBODY OUT THERE?<br />
|[.... ..] -> [.... . .-.. .-.. --- -.-.-- / .- -. -.-- -... --- -.. -.-- / --- ..- - / - .... . .-. . ..--..]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|HELLO -> HELLO TO YOU TOO!<br />
|[.... . .-.. .-.. ---] -> [.... . .-.. .-.. --- / - --- / -.-- --- ..- / - --- --- -.-.--]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|HELP -> ENTER IMAGE NUMBER<br />
|[.... . .-.. .--.] -> [. -. - . .-. / .. -- .- --. . / -. ..- -- -... . .-.]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|HELP -> YES PLEASE<br />
|[.... . .-.. .--.] -> [-.-- . ... / .--. .-.. . .- ... .]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|ES -> QUE<br />
|[. ...] -> [--.- ..- .]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|WHAT -> ECHO<br />
|[.-- .... .- -] -> [. -.-. .... ---]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|ECHO -> ECHO<br />
|[. -.-. .... ---] -> [. -.-. .... ---]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|CHECK -> MATE<br />
|[-.-. .... . -.-. -.-] -> [-- .- - .]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|CHECKBOX -> RADIO BUTTON<br />
|[-.-. .... . -.-. -.- -... --- -..-] -> [.-. .- -.. .. --- / -... ..- - - --- -.]<br />
|This also works the other way around.<br />
|-<br />
|E (''repeat n times'') -> E (''repeat n times'')<br />
|[.]<br />
|This only applies for n < 7. Also, n=6 returns 'AAAAAA' instead.<br />
|-<br />
|T (''repeat n times'') -> T (''repeat n times'')<br />
|[-]<br />
|This only applies for n < 7.<br />
|-<br />
|E -> E ''pause'' I -> EIEIO<br />
|[.] -> [.] ''pause'' [..] -> [. .. . .. ---]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|I (''repeat n times'') -> I (''repeat n times'')<br />
|[..] -> [..] ''or'' [.. ...-] (IV) ''or'' [...-] (V)<br />
|This only applies for n < 4. n=4 returns 'IV' and n=5 returns 'V', the Roman numerals for 4 and 5, repectively.<br />
|-<br />
|FLIPCOIN -> HEADS ''or'' TAILS<br />
|[..-. .-.. .. .--. -.-. --- .. -.] -> [.... . .- -.. ...] ''or'' [- .- .. .-.. ...]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|LOOK AROUND -> NOT ENOUGH POWER<br />
|[.-.. --- --- -.- / .- .-. --- ..- -. -..] -> [-. --- - / . -. --- ..- --. .... / .--. --- .-- . .-.]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|SEE -> RED SOIL<br />
|[... . .] -> [.-. . -.. / ... --- .. .-..]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|WHO ARE YOU ''or'' WHAT IS YOUR NAME -> SOJOURNER<br />
|[.-- .... --- / .- .-. . / -.-- --- ..-] ''or'' [.-- .... .- - / .. ... / -.-- --- ..- .-. / -. .- -- .] -> [... --- .--- --- ..- .-. -. . .-.]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|SOJOURNER -> CFM<br />
|[... --- .--- --- ..- .-. -. . .-.] -> [-.-. ..-. --]<br />
|CFM is short for confirm.<br />
|-<br />
|ET -> PHONE HOME<br />
|[. -] -> [.--. .... --- -. . / .... --- -- .]<br />
|This is a reference to the movie ET.<br />
|-<br />
|LS -> DID YOU MEAN DIR<br />
|[.-.. ...] -> [-.. .. -.. / -.-- --- ..- / -- . .- -. / -.. .. .-.]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|DIR -> ENTER IMAGE NUMBER<br />
|[-.. .. .-.] -> [. -. - . .-. / .. -- .- --. . / -. ..- -- -... . .-.]<br />
|This references to the next input. DIR stands for directory.<br />
|-<br />
|(''any number ≤ 2445'') -> (''loads xkcd comic in new tab'')<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|MAKE ME A SANDWICH -> NOT A CHANCE<br />
|[-- .- -.- . / -- . / .- / ... .- -. -.. .-- .. -.-. ....] -> [-. --- - / .- / -.-. .... .- -. -.-. .]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|SUDO MAKE ME A SANDWICH -> NOT POSSIBLE HERE<br />
|[... ..- -.. --- / -- .- -.- . / -- . / .- / ... .- -. -.. .-- .. -.-. ....] -> [-. --- - / .--. --- ... ... .. -... .-.. . / .... . .-. .]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|I LOVE YOU -> LESS THAN THREE<br />
|[.. / .-.. --- ...- . / -.-- --- ..-] -> [.-.. . ... ... / - .... .- -. / - .... .-. . .]<br />
|"Less than three" represents the less than (<) symbol followed by the number three (3), which together form <3. This is commonly used to represent a heart.<br />
|-<br />
|<nowiki />:) -> :D<br />
|[---... -.--.-] -> [---... -..]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|<nowiki />:( -> :C<br />
|[---... -.--.] -> [---... -.-.]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|<nowiki />;) -> :O<br />
|[-.-.-. -.--.-] -> [---... ---]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|<nowiki />:O -> :X<br />
|[---... ---] -> [---... -..-]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|UWU -> OWO<br />
|[..- .-- ..-] -> [--- .-- ---]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|OWO -> UWU<br />
|[--- .-- ---] -> [..- .-- ..-]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|POG -> YEET<br />
|[.--. --- --.] -> [-.-- . . -]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|UNIX -> (''Opens [https://uni.xkcd.com uni.xkcd.com]'')<br />
|[..- -. .. -..-]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|GET YE FLASK -> YE WISH! IF THERE WAS A FLASK IN THIS GAME, WE'D KNOW ABOUT IT.<br />
|[--. . - / -.-- . / ..-. .-.. .- ... -.-] -> [-.-- . / .-- .. ... .... -.-.-- / .. ..-. / - .... . .-. . / .-- .- ... / .- / ..-. .-.. .- ... -.- / .. -. / - .... .. ... / --. .- -- . --..-- / .-- . .----. -.. / -.- -. --- .-- / .- -... --- ..- - / .. - .-.-.-]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|GET YE FLASK -> YOU CANNOT GET YE FLASK<br />
|[--. . - / -.-- . / ..-. .-.. .- ... -.-] -> [-.-- --- ..- / -.-. .- -. -. --- - / --. . - / -.-- . / ..-. .-.. .- ... -.-]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|YO -> YO<br />
|[-.-- ---] -> [-.-- ---]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|DROP TABLE -> HAHA NO<br />
|[.... .- .... .- / -. ---] -> [.... .- .... .- / -. ---]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|WHY -> TO STUDY THE RED PLANET<br />
|[.-- .... -.--] -> [- --- / ... - ..- -.. -.-- / - .... . / .-. . -.. / .--. .-.. .- -. . -]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|EAT -> I PHOTOSYNTHESIZE<br />
|[. .- -] -> [.. / .--. .... --- - --- ... -.-- -. - .... . ... .. --.. .]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|BATTLE ''or'' FIGHT -> THROW<br />
|[-... .- - - .-.. .] ''or'' [..-. .. --. .... -] -> [- .... .-. --- .--]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|START -> DID YOU MEAN START GAME?<br />
|[... - .- .-. -] -> [-.. .. -.. / -.-- --- ..- / -- . .- -. / ... - .- .-. - / --. .- -- . ..--..]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|STARTGAME -> CHECK BACK LATER<br />
|[... - .- .-. - --. .- -- .] -> [-.-. .... . -.-. -.- / -... .- -.-. -.- / .-.. .- - . .-.]<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
===Controls===<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Message & response<br />
! Morse Code<br />
! Explanation<br />
|-<br />
|QUIET -> (turns the volume off)<br />
|[--.- ..- .. . -]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|MUTE -> (turns the volume off)<br />
|[-- ..- - .]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|BEEP -> (turns the volume on)<br />
|[-... . . .--.]<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
See also QRS and QRQ.<br />
<br />
===Q codes and radio shorthand===<br />
An explanation of Q codes can be found {{w|Q code|here}}.<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Message & response<br />
! Morse Code<br />
! Explanation<br />
|-<br />
|CQ -> CQD DE SOJ<br />
|[-.-. --.-] -> [-.-. --.- -.. / -.. . / ... --- .---]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|SOS -> YOU TOO?<br />
|[... --- ...] -> [-.-- --- ..- / - --- --- ..--..]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|SOS -> OH NO<br />
|[... --- ...] -> [--- .... / -. ---]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|QRS -> (reduces playback speed)<br />
|[--.- .-. ...]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|QRQ -> (increases playback speed)<br />
|[--.- .-. --.-]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|QRA -> QRA SOJOURNER<br />
|[--.- .-. .-] -> [--.- .-. .- / ... --- .--- --- ..- .-. -. . .-.]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|QRB -> QRB 264 MILLION KM<br />
|[--.- .-. -...] -> [--.- .-. -... /..--- -.... ....- / -- .. .-.. .-.. .. --- -. / -.- --]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|QRH -> QRH 0.652 METERS<br />
|[--.- .-. ....] -> [--.- .-. .... / ----- .-.-.- -.... ..... ..--- / -- . - . .-. ...]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|QRG -> QRG PATHFINDER<br />
|[--.- .-. --.] -> [--.- .-. --. / .--. .- - .... ..-. .. -. -.. . .-.]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|QRZ -> QRZ SOJOURNER<br />
|[--.- .-. --..] -> [--.- .-. --.. / ... --- .--- --- ..- .-. -. . .-.]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|QRT -> PLEASE DON'T GO<br />
|[--.- .-. -] -> [.--. .-.. . .- ... . / -.. --- -. .----. - / --. ---]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|QTH -> QTH ARES VALLIS<br />
|[--.- - ....] -> [--.- - .... / .- .-. . ... / ...- .- .-.. .-.. .. ...]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|QSL -> QSL<br />
|[--.- ... .-..] -> [--.- ... .-..]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|73 -> 73 KN<br />
|[--... ...--] -> [--... ...-- / -.- -.]<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
===FORTUNE===<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Message & response<br />
! Morse Code<br />
! Explanation<br />
|-<br />
|F -> DID YOU MEAN FORTUNE<br />
|[..-.] -> [-.. .. -.. / -.-- --- ..- / -- . .- -. / ..-. --- .-. - ..- -. .]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|FORTUNE -> OPEN ME<br />
|[..-. --- .-. - ..- -. .]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|OPEN -> ''returns one of the following fortunes''<br />
<br />
1. A BEAUTIFUL SMART AND LOVING PERSON WILL BE COMING INTO YOUR LIFE<br />
<br />
2. CHANGE IS HAPPENING IN YOUR LIFE SO GO WITH THE FLOW<br />
<br />
3. COURTESY BEGINS IN THE HOME<br />
<br />
4. DILIGENCE AND MODESTY CAN RAISE YOUR SOCIAL STATUS<br />
<br />
5. EVERYWHERE YOU CHOOSE TO GO FRIENDLY FACES WILL GREET YOU<br />
<br />
6. FOLLOW THE MIDDLE PATH NEITHER EXTREME WILL MAKE YOU HAPPY<br />
<br />
7. FOR THE THINGS WE HAVE TO LEARN BEFORE WE CAN DO THEM WE LEARN BY DOING THEM<br />
<br />
8. HELP IM BEING HELD PRISONER IN A CHINESE BAKERY<br />
<br />
9. LIKE THE RIVER FLOW INTO THE SEA SOMETHING ARE JUST MEANT TO BE<br />
<br />
10. MANS MIND ONCE STRETCHED BY A NEW IDEA NEVER REGAINS ITS ORIGINAL DIMENSIONS<br />
<br />
11. MEDITATION WITH AN OLD ENEMY IS ADVISED<br />
<br />
12. NEVER FEAR THE END OF SOMETHING MARKS THE START OF SOMETHING NEW<br />
<br />
13. PERHAPS YOUVE BEEN FOCUSING TOO MUCH ON SAVING<br />
<br />
14. SAVOR YOUR FREEDOM IT IS PRECIOUS<br />
<br />
15. STAYING CLOSE TO HOME IS GOING TO BE BEST FOR YOUR MORALE TODAY<br />
<br />
16. YOU ARE GENEROUS TO AN EXTREME AND ALWAYS THINK OF THE OTHER FELLOW<br />
<br />
17. YOU HAVE AN UNUSUAL EQUIPMENT FOR SUCCESS USE IT PROPERLY<br />
<br />
18. YOU SHOULD PAY FOR THIS CHECK BE GENEROUS<br />
<br />
19. YOU WILL BE A GREAT SUCCESS BOTH IN THE BUSINESS WORLD AND SOCIETY<br />
<br />
20. YOUR DREAMS ARE NEVER SILLY DEPEND ON THEM TO GUIDE YOU<br />
<br />
21. YOUR INFINITE CAPACITY FOR PATIENCE WILL BE REWARDED SOONER OR LATER<br />
<br />
22. YOUR MENTALITY IS ALERT PRACTICAL AND ANALYTICAL<br />
<br />
23. YOUR MOODS SIGNAL A PERIOD OF CHANGE<br />
<br />
|[--- .--. . -.]<br />
<br />
1. [.- / -... . .- ..- - .. ..-. ..- .-.. / ... -- .- .-. - / .- -. -.. / .-.. --- ...- .. -. --. / .--. . .-. ... --- -. / .-- .. .-.. .-.. / -... . / -.-. --- -- .. -. --. / .. -. - --- / -.-- --- ..- .-. / .-.. .. ..-. .]<br />
<br />
2. [-.-. .... .- -. --. . / .. ... / .... .- .--. .--. . -. .. -. --. / .. -. / -.-- --- ..- .-. / .-.. .. ..-. . / ... --- / --. --- / .-- .. - .... / - .... . / ..-. .-.. --- .--]<br />
<br />
3. [-.-. --- ..- .-. - . ... -.-- / -... . --. .. -. ... / .. -. / - .... . / .... --- -- .]<br />
<br />
4. [-.. .. .-.. .. --. . -. -.-. . / .- -. -.. / -- --- -.. . ... - -.-- / -.-. .- -. / .-. .- .. ... . / -.-- --- ..- .-. / ... --- -.-. .. .- .-.. / ... - .- - ..- ...]<br />
<br />
5. [. ...- . .-. -.-- .-- .... . .-. . / -.-- --- ..- / -.-. .... --- --- ... . / - --- / --. --- / ..-. .-. .. . -. -.. .-.. -.-- / ..-. .- -.-. . ... / .-- .. .-.. .-.. / --. .-. . . - / -.-- --- ..-]<br />
<br />
6. [. ...- . .-. -.-- .-- .... . .-. . / -.-- --- ..- / -.-. .... --- --- ... . / - --- / --. --- / ..-. .-. .. . -. -.. .-.. -.-- / ..-. .- -.-. . ... / .-- .. .-.. .-.. / --. .-. . . - / -.-- --- ..-]<br />
<br />
7. [..-. --- .-. / - .... . / - .... .. -. --. ... / .-- . / .... .- ...- . / - --- / .-.. . .- .-. -. / -... . ..-. --- .-. . / .-- . / -.-. .- -. / -.. --- / - .... . -- / .-- . / .-.. . .- .-. -. / -... -.-- / -.. --- .. -. --. / - .... . --]<br />
<br />
8. [.... . .-.. .--. / .. -- / -... . .. -. --. / .... . .-.. -.. / .--. .-. .. ... --- -. . .-. / .. -. / .- / -.-. .... .. -. . ... . / -... .- -.- . .-. -.--]<br />
<br />
9. [.-.. .. -.- . / - .... . / .-. .. ...- . .-. / ..-. .-.. --- .-- / .. -. - --- / - .... . / ... . .- / ... --- -- . - .... .. -. --. / .- .-. . / .--- ..- ... - / -- . .- -. - / - --- / -... .]<br />
<br />
10. [-- .- -. ... / -- .. -. -.. / --- -. -.-. . / ... - .-. . - -.-. .... . -.. / -... -.-- / .- / -. . .-- / .. -.. . .- / -. . ...- . .-. / .-. . --. .- .. -. ... / .. - ... / --- .-. .. --. .. -. .- .-.. / -.. .. -- . -. ... .. --- -. ...]<br />
<br />
11. [-- . -.. .. - .- - .. --- -. / .-- .. - .... / .- -. / --- .-.. -.. / . -. . -- -.-- / .. ... / .- -.. ...- .. ... . -..]<br />
<br />
12. [-. . ...- . .-. / ..-. . .- .-. / - .... . / . -. -.. / --- ..-. / ... --- -- . - .... .. -. --. / -- .- .-. -.- ... / - .... . / ... - .- .-. - / --- ..-. / ... --- -- . - .... .. -. --. / -. . .--]<br />
<br />
13. [.--. . .-. .... .- .--. ... / -.-- --- ..- ...- . / -... . . -. / ..-. --- -.-. ..- ... .. -. --. / - --- --- / -- ..- -.-. .... / --- -. / ... .- ...- .. -. --.]<br />
<br />
14. [... .- ...- --- .-. / -.-- --- ..- .-. / ..-. .-. . . -.. --- -- / .. - / .. ... / .--. .-. . -.-. .. --- ..- ...]<br />
<br />
15. [... - .- -.-- .. -. --. / -.-. .-.. --- ... . / - --- / .... --- -- . / .. ... / --. --- .. -. --. / - --- / -... . / -... . ... - / ..-. --- .-. / -.-- --- ..- .-. / -- --- .-. .- .-.. . / - --- -.. .- -.--]<br />
<br />
16. [-.-- --- ..- / .- .-. . / --. . -. . .-. --- ..- ... / - --- / .- -. / . -..- - .-. . -- . / .- -. -.. / .- .-.. .-- .- -.-- ... / - .... .. -. -.- / --- ..-. / - .... . / --- - .... . .-. / ..-. . .-.. .-.. --- .--]<br />
<br />
17. [-.-- --- ..- / .... .- ...- . / .- -. / ..- -. ..- ... ..- .- .-.. / . --.- ..- .. .--. -- . -. - / ..-. --- .-. / ... ..- -.-. -.-. . ... ... / ..- ... . / .. - / .--. .-. --- .--. . .-. .-.. -.--]<br />
<br />
18. [-.-- --- ..- / ... .... --- ..- .-.. -.. / .--. .- -.-- / ..-. --- .-. / - .... .. ... / -.-. .... . -.-. -.- / -... . / --. . -. . .-. --- ..- ...]<br />
<br />
19. [-.-- --- ..- / .-- .. .-.. .-.. / -... . / .- / --. .-. . .- - / ... ..- -.-. -.-. . ... ... / -... --- - .... / .. -. / - .... . / -... ..- ... .. -. . ... ... / .-- --- .-. .-.. -.. / .- -. -.. / ... --- -.-. .. . - -.--]<br />
<br />
20. [-.-- --- ..- .-. / -.. .-. . .- -- ... / .- .-. . / -. . ...- . .-. / ... .. .-.. .-.. -.-- / -.. . .--. . -. -.. / --- -. / - .... . -- / - --- / --. ..- .. -.. . / -.-- --- ..-]<br />
<br />
21. [-.-- --- ..- .-. / .. -. ..-. .. -. .. - . / -.-. .- .--. .- -.-. .. - -.-- / ..-. --- .-. / .--. .- - .. . -. -.-. . / .-- .. .-.. .-.. / -... . / .-. . .-- .- .-. -.. . -.. / ... --- --- -. . .-. / --- .-. / .-.. .- - . .-.]<br />
<br />
22. [-.-- --- ..- .-. / -- . -. - .- .-.. .. - -.-- / .. ... / .- .-.. . .-. - / .--. .-. .- -.-. - .. -.-. .- .-.. / .- -. -.. / .- -. .- .-.. -.-- - .. -.-. .- .-..]<br />
<br />
23. [-.-- --- ..- .-. / -- --- --- -.. ... / ... .. --. -. .- .-.. / .- / .--. . .-. .. --- -.. / --- ..-. / -.-. .... .- -. --. .]<br />
<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|OPEN -> HUH (if after something other than "FORTUNE")<br />
|[--- .--. . -.] -> [.... ..- ....]<br />
|}<br />
===ENCABULATOR===<br />
<br />
STATUS -> RADIO ONLINE, MOTOR ONLINE, UNILATERAL PHASE DETRACTOR UNPOWERED, CARDINAL GRAMMETER UNSYNCHRONIZED<br />
<br />
[... - .- - ..- ...]<br />
<br />
YOUTUBE -> RXJKDH1KZ0W ''(Note: video ID for [https://youtu.be/RXJKdh1KZ0w Rockwell Retro Encabulator])''<br />
<br />
[-.-- --- ..- - ..- -... .]<br />
<br />
<br />
REPAIR, ENCABULATOR, FIX, ''or'' SYSTEM -> ENTERING ENCABULATOR RECOVERY SYSTEM. OPTIONS 1 INITIATE SIDE FUMBLING 2 ALIGN SPURVING BEARINGS 3 REVERSE TREMIE PIPE<br />
<br />
[.-. . .--. .- .. .-.]<br />
<br />
* 1 -> SIDE FUMBLING DETECTED. MODIAL INTERACTION UNSTABLE. RECOVERY TERMINATED.<br />
* 2 -> MODIAL INTERACTION INITIATED. OPTIONS 1 UNWIND LOTUS O DELTOID 2 INCREASE DEPLENERATION 3 CONNECT GIRDLESPRING ON DOWN END OF GRAMMETER 4 CONNECT SEVENTH CONDUCTOR TO GIRDLESPRING<br />
** 1 -> SIDE FUMBLING DETECTED. MODIAL INTERACTION UNSTABLE. RECOVERY TERMINATED.<br />
** 2 -> DEPLENERATION PREVENTED BY DINGLE ARM<br />
** 3 -> SIDE FUMBLING DETECTED. MODIAL INTERACTION UNSTABLE. RECOVERY TERMINATED.<br />
** 4 -> PANAMETRIC FAN ACTIVATED. MODIAL INTERACTION STABLE. DEFAULT CONFIGURATION MISSING. MANUALLY ENTER MARZELVANE TYPE TO COMPLETE RECOVERY<br />
*** HYDROCOPTIC -> RECOVERY SUCCESSFUL. REBOOT Y N?<br />
**** Y -> //SOJOURNER_REPAIRED.PNG (''Opens [https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/sojourner_repaired.png sojourner_repaired.png]'')<br />
* 3 -> ERROR TREMIE PIPE NONREVERSIBLE<br />
<br />
===MAZE===<br />
RETURN -> DID YOU MEAN ENTER<br />
<br />
ENTER -> DID YOU MEAN ENTERMAZE<br />
<br />
ENTER MAZE -> AN EMPTY ROOM<br />
<br />
[. -. - . .-. / -- .- --.. .]<br />
<br />
* LOOK -> AN EMPTY ROOM<br />
* HELP -> NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST GET<br />
* EXIT -> CFM (''Exits the maze'')<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+ Maze<br />
|-<br />
|an open flame || a candle on a table || style="background-color: black;" |<br />
|-<br />
| style="background-color: black;" | || an empty room (start) || style="background-color: black;" |<br />
|-<br />
| style="background-color: black;" | || a hanging bell || an open book on a table (locked door)<br />
|- <br />
|}<br />
<br />
Steps to complete (directions can be abbreviated as their first letter):<br />
# NORTH<br />
# GET CANDLE -> TAKEN<br />
# WEST<br />
# LIGHT CANDLE<br />
# EAST<br />
# SOUTH<br />
# SOUTH<br />
# RING BELL -> A DOOR OPENS<br />
# EAST<br />
# CLOSE BOOK -> CONGRATULATIONS YOU ESCAPE<br />
<br />
===CROSSWORD===<br />
CROSSWORD -> NUMBERANDDIRECTION (starts a crossword, you can ask for hints like "1 down" or "2 across")<br />
<br />
Appears to be today's (2021-04-01) New York Times Crossword: https://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/2021/04/libertarian-politico-johnson-thu-4-1-21.html<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+Solved Crossword<br />
|-<br />
| m || y || g || o || d || style="background-color: black; | || d || e || v || style="background-color: black; | || style="background-color: black; | || style="background-color: black; | || e || l || f<br />
|-<br />
| b || u || o || n || o || style="background-color: black; | || e || y || e || s || style="background-color: black; | || s || l || u || r<br />
|-<br />
| a || m || o || c || o || style="background-color: black; | || c || r || a || p || style="background-color: black; | || l || m || a || o<br />
|-<br />
| style="background-color: black; | || style="background-color: black; | || v || e || r || y || r || e || l || i || g || i || o || u || s<br />
|-<br />
| s || e || e || style="background-color: black; | || m || u || y || style="background-color: black; | || style="background-color: black; | || r || a || m || style="background-color: black; | || style="background-color: black; | || style="background-color: black; |<br />
|-<br />
| h || a || r || h || a || r || style="background-color: black; | || s || c || a || r || e || d || o || f<br />
|-<br />
| e || s || s || e || n || t || i || a || l || l || y || style="background-color: black; | || a || r || i<br />
|-<br />
| b || t || e || n || style="background-color: black; | || style="background-color: black; | || m || m || i || style="background-color: black; | || style="background-color: black; | || t || v || a || d<br />
|-<br />
| o || l || a || style="background-color: black; | || b || a || d || m || o || u || t || h || i || n || g<br />
|-<br />
| p || a || s || s || e || d || b || y || style="background-color: black; | || n || o || o || d || g || e<br />
|-<br />
| style="background-color: black; | || style="background-color: black; | || style="background-color: black; | || o || a || r || style="background-color: black; | || style="background-color: black; | || s || u || n || style="background-color: black; | || l || e || t<br />
|-<br />
| b || l || e || n || d || e || d || f || a || m || i || l || y || style="background-color: black; | || style="background-color: black; |<br />
|-<br />
| b || o || r || g || style="background-color: black; | || p || e || l || t || style="background-color: black; | || g || e || n || r || e<br />
|-<br />
| q || u || i || z || style="background-color: black; | || s || p || a || y || style="background-color: black; | || h || i || c || k || s<br />
|-<br />
| s || t || e || style="background-color: black; | || style="background-color: black; | || style="background-color: black; | || p || b || r || style="background-color: black; | || t || a || h || o || e<br />
|}<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"<br />
|+ Words<br />
! index !! down word !! across word<br />
|-<br />
| 1 || MBA || MYGOD<br />
|-<br />
| 2 || YUM || <br />
|-<br />
| 3 || GOOVERSEAS || <br />
|-<br />
| 4 || ONCE || <br />
|-<br />
| 5 || DOORMAN || <br />
|-<br />
| 6 || DECRY || DEV<br />
|-<br />
| 7 || EYRE || <br />
|-<br />
| 8 || VEAL || <br />
|-<br />
| 9 || ELMO || ELF<br />
|-<br />
| 10 || LUAU || <br />
|-<br />
| 11 || FROS || <br />
|-<br />
| 12 || || BUONO<br />
|-<br />
| 13 || || EYES<br />
|-<br />
| 14 || SPIRAL || <br />
|-<br />
| 15 || SLIME || SLUR<br />
|-<br />
| 16 || || AMOCO<br />
|-<br />
| 17 || || CRAP<br />
|-<br />
| 18 || || LMAO<br />
|-<br />
| 19 || || VERYRELIGIOUS<br />
|-<br />
| 20 || YURT || <br />
|-<br />
| 21 || GARY || <br />
|-<br />
| 22 || SHEBOP || SEE<br />
|-<br />
| 23 || EASTLA || <br />
|-<br />
| 24 || || MUY<br />
|-<br />
| 25 || || RAM<br />
|-<br />
| 26 || || HARHAR<br />
|-<br />
| 27 || HEN || <br />
|-<br />
| 28 || SAMMY || SCAREDOF<br />
|-<br />
| 29 || CLIO || <br />
|-<br />
| 30 || DAVIDLYNCH || <br />
|-<br />
| 31 || ORANGE || <br />
|-<br />
| 32 || FIDGET || <br />
|-<br />
| 33 || || ESSENTIALLY<br />
|-<br />
| 34 || IMDB || <br />
|-<br />
| 35 || || ARI<br />
|-<br />
| 36 || || BTEN<br />
|-<br />
| 37 || || MMI<br />
|-<br />
| 38 || THO || TVAD<br />
|-<br />
| 39 || || OLA<br />
|-<br />
| 40 || BEAD || BADMOUTHING<br />
|-<br />
| 41 || ADREPS || <br />
|-<br />
| 42 || UNUM || <br />
|-<br />
| 43 || TONIGHT || <br />
|-<br />
| 44 || || PASSEDBY<br />
|-<br />
| 45 || SONGZ || <br />
|-<br />
| 46 || || NOODGE<br />
|-<br />
| 47 || || OAR<br />
|-<br />
| 48 || SATYR || SUN<br />
|-<br />
| 49 || || LET<br />
|-<br />
| 50 || BBQS || BLENDEDFAMILY<br />
|-<br />
| 51 || LOUT || <br />
|-<br />
| 52 || ERIE || <br />
|-<br />
| 53 || DEPP || <br />
|-<br />
| 54 || FLAB || <br />
|-<br />
| 55 || LEIA || <br />
|-<br />
| 56 || || BORG<br />
|-<br />
| 57 || || PELT<br />
|-<br />
| 58 || || GENRE<br />
|-<br />
| 59 || RKO || <br />
|-<br />
| 60 || ESE || <br />
|-<br />
| 61 || || QUIZ<br />
|-<br />
| 62 || || SPAY<br />
|-<br />
| 63 || || HICKS<br />
|-<br />
| 64 || || STE<br />
|-<br />
| 65 || || PBR<br />
|-<br />
| 66 || || TAHOE<br />
|}<br />
<br />
===Rover Scene===<br />
After successfully repairing and rebooting Sojourner, a comic is opened which depicts it seeking out and finding its friends, Spirit, Opportunity, Curiosity, Perseverance, and Ingenuity. Curiosity and Perseverance are locked in a swordfight, and either Spirit or Opportunity is carried off by Ingenuity while the other speeds off a small mound of dirt. Ingenuity carrying a rover is a reference to the previous comic.<br />
<br />
==Special Console Commands==<br />
The page's JavaScript creates a global object <code>morse</code> with <code>encode</code> and <code>decode</code> methods. From the developer console, it is possible to write <code>morse.encode("A PHRASE")</code>, which will print the Morse code corresponding to the text provided, or <code>morse.decode("... --- ...")</code> which will translate the Morse code to text.<br />
<br />
<code>BeepComic.hurryUp()</code> to get the reply immediately in the console.<br />
<code>BeepComic.send(...)</code> to send directly to SOJOURNER.<br />
<br />
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[[Category:April fools' comics]]</div>BlackHathttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2445:_Checkbox&diff=2095582445: Checkbox2021-04-02T22:59:52Z<p>BlackHat: </p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2445<br />
| date = April 1, 2021<br />
| title = Checkbox<br />
| image = checkbox.gif<br />
| titletext = Check check check ... chhecck chhecck chhecck ... check check check<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a CHECKBOX. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} <br />
This is an April Fools comic that looks similar to a loading screen. The actual comic (this “loading screen”) consists of a gif of a checkbox (hence the name). <br />
<br />
The frame is replaced with an interactive panel. In the centre is a check box, which clears itself immediately when checked. In the bottom right is a mute button, which begins muted.<br />
<br />
Under the checkbox is a scrolling visual representation of the timing and duration of clicks in the check box, which also produce matching beeping sounds when unmuted.<br />
<br />
By varying between brief and long presses, and brief and long intervals between presses, it is possible to enter characters in Morse Code.<br />
<br />
The title text hints at the use of Morse Code in the comic; interpreting the "check" as a Morse Code dot and the "chhecck" as a Morse Code dash gives ...---..., which is the Morse Code for "SOS", the international distress signal. Incidentally, inputting the SOS signal gives "YOU TOO?".<br />
<br />
The check box then begins operating by itself, producing sounds which can be decoded as Morse Code. These responses are also printed in the browser's JavaScript console in both plain text and a textual representation of Morse code. If left alone, it would send the message CQ. <br />
<br />
For the majority of inputs, the check box responds with a random selection from the following list:<br />
* COME AGAIN<br />
* HUH<br />
* NOT FOLLOWING<br />
* SAY AGAIN<br />
* TRY THAT AGAIN<br />
* WHAT<br />
<br />
Some keywords, however, have special responses.<br />
<br />
Help on the comic is ascribed to Max Goodhart, Patrick, Amber, Benjamin Staffin, Kevin Cotrone, and Michael Leuchtenburg. Max's blog post on development of the comic can be found here: https://chromakode.com/post/checkbox.<br />
<br />
==Special Responses==<br />
[.s are short presses, -s are long presses, and /s are spaces (just for readability)]<br />
<br />
XKCD -> FILE NOT FOUND<br />
<br />
XKCD -> A CROSS THREE LETTERS<br />
<br />
[-..- -.- -.-. -..]<br />
<br />
HI -> HELLO! ANYBODY OUT THERE?<br />
<br />
[.... ..]<br />
<br />
HELLO -> HELLO TO YOU TOO!<br />
<br />
[.... . .-.. .-.. ---]<br />
<br />
HELP -> ENTER IMAGE NUMBER<br />
HELP -> YES PLEASE<br />
<br />
[.... . .-.. .--.]<br />
<br />
WHAT -> ECHO<br />
<br />
[.-- .... .- -]<br />
<br />
ECHO -> ECHO<br />
<br />
[. -.-. .... ---]<br />
<br />
CHECK -> MATE<br />
<br />
[-.-. .... . -.-. -.-]<br />
<br />
CHECKBOX -> RADIO BUTTON (and vice versa)<br />
<br />
[-.-. .... . -.-. -.- -... --- -..-]<br />
<br />
E (''repeat n times'') -> E (''repeat n times'') (where n < 7. n=6 returns 'AAAAAA' instead)<br />
<br />
[.]<br />
<br />
<br />
T (''repeat n times'') -> T (''repeat n times'') (where n < 7)<br />
<br />
[-]<br />
<br />
E-> E ''then'' I -> EIEIO<br />
<br />
I (''repeat n times'') -> I (''repeat n times'') (where n < 4. n=4 returns 'IV' and n=5 returns 'V', the Roman numerals for 4 and 5, respectively)<br />
<br />
<br />
FLIPCOIN -> HEADS ''or'' TAILS<br />
<br />
[..-. .-.. .. .--. -.-. --- .. -.]<br />
<br />
LOOKAROUND -> NOT ENOUGH POWER<br />
<br />
[.-.. --- --- -.- / .- .-. --- ..- -. -..]<br />
<br />
SEE -> RED SOIL<br />
<br />
[... . .]<br />
<br />
WHOAREYOU ''or'' WHATISYOUR NAME -> SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[.-- .... --- / .- .-. . / -.-- --- ..-]<br />
<br />
SOJOURNER -> CFM (short for Confirm)<br />
<br />
[... --- .--- --- ..- .-. -. . .-.]<br />
<br />
ET -> PHONE HOME<br />
<br />
[. -]<br />
<br />
LS -> DID YOU MEAN DIR<br />
<br />
DIR -> ENTER IMAGE NUMBER<br />
<br />
(any number <=2445) -> (loads xkcd comic in new tab)<br />
<br />
MAKEMEASANDWICH -> NOT A CHANCE<br />
<br />
[-- .- -.- . / -- . / .- / ... .- -. -.. .-- .. -.-. ….]<br />
<br />
SUDOMAKEMEASANDWICH -> NOT POSSIBLE HERE<br />
<br />
[... ..- -.. --- / -- .- -.- . / -- . / .- / ... .- -. -.. .-- .. -.-. ....]<br />
<br />
ILOVEYOU -> LESSTHANTHREE (''&lt;3'')<br />
<br />
[.. / .-.. --- ...- . / -.-- --- ..-]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />:) -> :D<br />
<br />
[---... -.--.-]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />:( -> :C<br />
<br />
[---... -.--.]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />;) -> :O<br />
<br />
[-.-.-. -.--.-]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />:O -> :X<br />
<br />
[---... ---]<br />
<br />
UWU -> OWO<br />
<br />
[..- .-- ..-]<br />
<br />
OWO -> UWU<br />
<br />
[--- .-- ---]<br />
<br />
POG -> YEET<br />
<br />
[.--. --- --.]<br />
<br />
UNIX -> (''Opens [https://uni.xkcd.com uni.xkcd.com]'')<br />
<br />
[..- -. .. -..-]<br />
<br />
GETYEFLASK -> YE WISH! IF THERE WAS A FLASK IN THIS GAME, WE'D KNOW ABOUT IT.<br />
<br />
[--. . - / -.-- . / ..-. .-.. .- ... -.-]<br />
<br />
YO -> YO<br />
<br />
[-.-- ---]<br />
<br />
DROPTABLE -> HAHA NO<br />
<br />
[.... .- .... .- / -. ---]<br />
<br />
WHY -> TO STUDY THE RED PLANET<br />
<br />
[.-- .... -.--]<br />
<br />
EAT -> I PHOTOSYNTHESIZE<br />
<br />
[. .- -]<br />
<br />
BATTLE ''or'' FIGHT -> THROW<br />
<br />
[-... .- - - .-.. .]<br />
<br />
START -> DID YOU MEAN START GAME?<br />
<br />
[... - .- .-. -]<br />
<br />
STARTGAME -> CHECK BACK LATER<br />
<br />
[... - .- .-. - --. .- -- .]<br />
<br />
===Controls===<br />
<br />
QUIET -> (turns the volume off)<br />
<br />
[--.- ..- .. . -]<br />
<br />
MUTE -> (turns the volume off)<br />
<br />
[-- ..- - .]<br />
<br />
BEEP -> (turns the volume on)<br />
<br />
[-... . . .--.]<br />
<br />
(see also QRS and QRQ)<br />
<br />
===Q codes and radio shorthand===<br />
An explanation of Q codes can be found {{w|Q code|here}}.<br />
<br />
CQ -> CQD DE SOJ<br />
<br />
[-.-. --.-]<br />
<br />
SOS -> YOU TOO?<br />
<br />
SOS -> OH NO<br />
<br />
[... --- ...]<br />
<br />
QRS -> (reduces playback speed)<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. ...]<br />
<br />
QRQ -> (increases playback speed)<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --.-]<br />
<br />
QRA -> QRA SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. .-]<br />
<br />
QRB -> QRB 264 MILLION KM<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. -…]<br />
<br />
QRH -> QRH 0.652 METERS<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. ....]<br />
<br />
QRG -> QRG PATHFINDER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --.]<br />
<br />
QRZ -> QRZ SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --..]<br />
<br />
QRT -> PLEASE DON'T GO<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. -]<br />
<br />
QTH -> QTH ARES VALLIS<br />
<br />
[--.- - ....]<br />
<br />
QSL -> QSL<br />
<br />
[--.- ... .-..]<br />
<br />
73 -> 73 KN<br />
<br />
===FORTUNE===<br />
<br />
F -> DID YOU MEAN FORTUNE<br />
<br />
[..-.]<br />
<br />
FORTUNE -> OPEN ME<br />
<br />
[..-. --- .-. - ..- -. .]<br />
<br />
OPEN -> ''returns one of the following fortunes''<br />
<br />
[--- .--. . -.]<br />
<br />
* NEVER FEAR THE END OF SOMETHING MARKS THE START OF SOMETHING NEW<br />
* YOUR DREAMS ARE NEVER SILLY DEPEND ON THEM TO GUIDE YOU<br />
* YOU WILL BE A GREAT SUCCESS BOTH IN THE BUSINESS WORLD AND SOCIETY<br />
* CHANGE IS HAPPENING IN YOUR LIFE SO GO WITH THE FLOW<br />
* YOUR MOODS SIGNAL A PERIOD OF CHANGE<br />
* YOUR MENTALITY IS ALERT PRACTICAL AND ANALYTICAL<br />
* YOU SHOULD PAY FOR THIS CHECK BE GENEROUS<br />
* EVERYWHERE YOU CHOOSE TO GO FRIENDLY FACES WILL GREET YOU<br />
* DILIGENCE AND MODESTY CAN RAISE YOUR SOCIAL STATUS<br />
* MANS MIND ONCE STRETCHED BY A NEW IDEA NEVER REGAINS ITS ORIGINAL DIMENSIONS<br />
* YOU ARE GENEROUS TO AN EXTREME AND ALWAYS THINK OF THE OTHER FELLOW<br />
* FOR THE THINGS WE HAVE TO LEARN BEFORE WE CAN DO THEM WE LEARN BY DOING THEM<br />
* YOUR INFINITE CAPACITY FOR PATIENCE WILL BE REWARDED SOONER OR LATER<br />
* A BEAUTIFUL SMART AND LOVING PERSON WILL BE COMING INTO YOUR LIFE<br />
* LIKE THE RIVER FLOW INTO THE SEA SOMETHING ARE JUST MEANT TO BE<br />
<br />
OPEN -> HUH (if after something other than "FORTUNE")<br />
<br />
===ENCABULATOR===<br />
<br />
STATUS -> RADIO ONLINE, MOTOR ONLINE, UNILATERAL PHASE DETRACTOR UNPOWERED, CARDINAL GRAMMETER UNSYNCHRONIZED<br />
<br />
[... - .- - ..- ...]<br />
<br />
YOUTUBE -> RXJKDH1KZ0W ''(Note: video ID for [https://youtu.be/RXJKdh1KZ0w Rockwell Retro Encabulator])''<br />
<br />
[-.-- --- ..- - ..- -... .]<br />
<br />
<br />
REPAIR, ENCABULATOR, FIX, ''or'' SYSTEM -> ENTERING ENCABULATOR RECOVERY SYSTEM. OPTIONS 1 INITIATE SIDE FUMBLING 2 ALIGN SPURVING BEARINGS 3 REVERSE TREMIE PIPE<br />
<br />
[.-. . .--. .- .. .-.]<br />
<br />
* 1 -> SIDE FUMBLING DETECTED. MODIAL INTERACTION UNSTABLE. RECOVERY TERMINATED.<br />
* 2 -> MODIAL INTERACTION INITIATED. OPTIONS 1 UNWIND LOTUS O DELTOID 2 INCREASE DEPLENERATION 3 CONNECT GIRDLESPRING ON DOWN END OF GRAMMETER 4 CONNECT SEVENTH CONDUCTOR TO GIRDLESPRING<br />
** 1 -> SIDE FUMBLING DETECTED. MODIAL INTERACTION UNSTABLE. RECOVERY TERMINATED.<br />
** 2 -> DEPLENERATION PREVENTED BY DINGLE ARM<br />
** 3 -> SIDE FUMBLING DETECTED. MODIAL INTERACTION UNSTABLE. RECOVERY TERMINATED.<br />
** 4 -> PANAMETRIC FAN ACTIVATED. MODIAL INTERACTION STABLE. DEFAULT CONFIGURATION MISSING. MANUALLY ENTER MARZELVANE TYPE TO COMPLETE RECOVERY<br />
*** HYDROCOPTIC -> RECOVERY SUCCESSFUL. REBOOT Y N?<br />
**** Y -> (''Opens [https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/sojourner_repaired.png sojourner_repaired.png]'')<br />
* 3 -> ERROR TREMIE PIPE NONREVERSIBLE<br />
<br />
===MAZE===<br />
RETURN -> DID YOU MEAN ENTER<br />
<br />
ENTER -> DID YOU MEAN ENTERMAZE<br />
<br />
ENTER MAZE -> AN EMPTY ROOM<br />
<br />
[. -. - . .-. / -- .- --.. .]<br />
<br />
* LOOK -> AN EMPTY ROOM<br />
* HELP -> NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST GET<br />
* EXIT -> CFM (''Exits the maze'')<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+ Maze<br />
|-<br />
|an open flame || a candle on a table || style="background-color: black;" |<br />
|-<br />
| style="background-color: black;" | || an empty room (start) || style="background-color: black;" |<br />
|-<br />
| style="background-color: black;" | || a hanging bell || an open book on a table (locked door)<br />
|- <br />
|}<br />
<br />
Steps to complete (directions can be abbreviated as their first letter):<br />
# NORTH<br />
# GET CANDLE -> TAKEN<br />
# WEST<br />
# LIGHT CANDLE<br />
# EAST<br />
# SOUTH<br />
# SOUTH<br />
# RING BELL -> A DOOR OPENS<br />
# EAST<br />
# CLOSE BOOK -> CONGRATULATIONS YOU ESCAPE<br />
<br />
===CROSSWORD===<br />
CROSSWORD -> NUMBERANDDIRECTION (starts a crossword, you can ask for hints like "1 down" or "2 across")<br />
<br />
Appears to be today's (2021-04-01) New York Times Crossword: https://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/2021/04/libertarian-politico-johnson-thu-4-1-21.html<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+Solved Crossword<br />
|-<br />
| m || y || g || o || d || style="background-color: black; | || d || e || v || style="background-color: black; | || style="background-color: black; | || style="background-color: black; | || e || l || f<br />
|-<br />
| b || u || o || n || o || style="background-color: black; | || e || y || e || s || style="background-color: black; | || s || l || u || r<br />
|-<br />
| a || m || o || c || o || style="background-color: black; | || c || r || a || p || style="background-color: black; | || l || m || a || o<br />
|-<br />
| style="background-color: black; | || style="background-color: black; | || v || e || r || y || r || e || l || i || g || i || o || u || s<br />
|-<br />
| s || e || e || style="background-color: black; | || m || u || y || style="background-color: black; | || style="background-color: black; | || r || a || m || style="background-color: black; | || style="background-color: black; | || style="background-color: black; |<br />
|-<br />
| h || a || r || h || a || r || style="background-color: black; | || s || c || a || r || e || d || o || f<br />
|-<br />
| e || s || s || e || n || t || i || a || l || l || y || style="background-color: black; | || a || r || i<br />
|-<br />
| b || t || e || n || style="background-color: black; | || style="background-color: black; | || m || m || i || style="background-color: black; | || style="background-color: black; | || t || v || a || d<br />
|-<br />
| o || l || a || style="background-color: black; | || b || a || d || m || o || u || t || h || i || n || g<br />
|-<br />
| p || a || s || s || e || d || b || y || style="background-color: black; | || n || o || o || d || g || e<br />
|-<br />
| style="background-color: black; | || style="background-color: black; | || style="background-color: black; | || o || a || r || style="background-color: black; | || style="background-color: black; | || s || u || n || style="background-color: black; | || l || e || t<br />
|-<br />
| b || l || e || n || d || e || d || f || a || m || i || l || y || style="background-color: black; | || style="background-color: black; |<br />
|-<br />
| b || o || r || g || style="background-color: black; | || p || e || l || t || style="background-color: black; | || g || e || n || r || e<br />
|-<br />
| q || u || i || z || style="background-color: black; | || s || p || a || y || style="background-color: black; | || h || i || c || k || s<br />
|-<br />
| s || t || e || style="background-color: black; | || style="background-color: black; | || style="background-color: black; | || p || b || r || style="background-color: black; | || t || a || h || o || e<br />
|}<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"<br />
|+ Words<br />
! index !! down word !! across word<br />
|-<br />
| 1 || MBA || MYGOD<br />
|-<br />
| 2 || YUM || <br />
|-<br />
| 3 || GOOVERSEAS || <br />
|-<br />
| 4 || ONCE || <br />
|-<br />
| 5 || DOORMAN || <br />
|-<br />
| 6 || DECRY || DEV<br />
|-<br />
| 7 || EYRE || <br />
|-<br />
| 8 || VEAL || <br />
|-<br />
| 9 || ELMO || ELF<br />
|-<br />
| 10 || LUAU || <br />
|-<br />
| 11 || FROS || <br />
|-<br />
| 12 || || BUONO<br />
|-<br />
| 13 || || EYES<br />
|-<br />
| 14 || SPIRAL || <br />
|-<br />
| 15 || SLIME || SLUR<br />
|-<br />
| 16 || || AMOCO<br />
|-<br />
| 17 || || CRAP<br />
|-<br />
| 18 || || LMAO<br />
|-<br />
| 19 || || VERYRELIGIOUS<br />
|-<br />
| 20 || YURT || <br />
|-<br />
| 21 || GARY || <br />
|-<br />
| 22 || SHEBOP || SEE<br />
|-<br />
| 23 || EASTLA || <br />
|-<br />
| 24 || || MUY<br />
|-<br />
| 25 || || RAM<br />
|-<br />
| 26 || || HARHAR<br />
|-<br />
| 27 || HEN || <br />
|-<br />
| 28 || SAMMY || SCAREDOF<br />
|-<br />
| 29 || CLIO || <br />
|-<br />
| 30 || DAVIDLYNCH || <br />
|-<br />
| 31 || ORANGE || <br />
|-<br />
| 32 || FIDGET || <br />
|-<br />
| 33 || || ESSENTIALLY<br />
|-<br />
| 34 || IMDB || <br />
|-<br />
| 35 || || ARI<br />
|-<br />
| 36 || || BTEN<br />
|-<br />
| 37 || || MMI<br />
|-<br />
| 38 || THO || TVAD<br />
|-<br />
| 39 || || OLA<br />
|-<br />
| 40 || BEAD || BADMOUTHING<br />
|-<br />
| 41 || ADREPS || <br />
|-<br />
| 42 || UNUM || <br />
|-<br />
| 43 || TONIGHT || <br />
|-<br />
| 44 || || PASSEDBY<br />
|-<br />
| 45 || SONGZ || <br />
|-<br />
| 46 || || NOODGE<br />
|-<br />
| 47 || || OAR<br />
|-<br />
| 48 || SATYR || SUN<br />
|-<br />
| 49 || || LET<br />
|-<br />
| 50 || BBQS || BLENDEDFAMILY<br />
|-<br />
| 51 || LOUT || <br />
|-<br />
| 52 || ERIE || <br />
|-<br />
| 53 || DEPP || <br />
|-<br />
| 54 || FLAB || <br />
|-<br />
| 55 || LEIA || <br />
|-<br />
| 56 || || BORG<br />
|-<br />
| 57 || || PELT<br />
|-<br />
| 58 || || GENRE<br />
|-<br />
| 59 || RKO || <br />
|-<br />
| 60 || ESE || <br />
|-<br />
| 61 || || QUIZ<br />
|-<br />
| 62 || || SPAY<br />
|-<br />
| 63 || || HICKS<br />
|-<br />
| 64 || || STE<br />
|-<br />
| 65 || || PBR<br />
|-<br />
| 66 || || TAHOE<br />
|}<br />
<br />
===Rover Scene===<br />
After successfully repairing and rebooting Sojourner, a comic is opened which depicts it seeking out and finding its friends, Spirit, Opportunity, Curiosity, Perseverance, and Ingenuity. Curiosity and Perseverance are locked in a swordfight, and either Spirit or Opportunity is carried off by Ingenuity while the other speeds off a small mound of dirt.<br />
<br />
==Special Console Commands==<br />
The page's JavaScript creates a global object <code>morse</code> with <code>encode</code> and <code>decode</code> methods. From the developer console, it is possible to write <code>morse.encode("A PHRASE")</code>, which will print the Morse code corresponding to the text provided, or <code>morse.decode("... --- ...")</code> which will translate the Morse code to text.<br />
<br />
<code>BeepComic.hurryUp()</code> to get the reply immediately in the console.<br />
<code>BeepComic.send(...)</code> to send directly to SOJOURNER.<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
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[[Category:Interactive comics]]<br />
[[Category:April fools' comics]]</div>BlackHathttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2445:_Checkbox&diff=2095572445: Checkbox2021-04-02T22:44:24Z<p>BlackHat: </p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2445<br />
| date = April 1, 2021<br />
| title = Checkbox<br />
| image = checkbox.gif<br />
| titletext = Check check check ... chhecck chhecck chhecck ... check check check<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a CHECKBOX. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} <br />
This is an April Fools comic that looks similar to a loading screen. The actual comic (this “loading screen”) consists of a gif of a checkbox (hence the name). <br />
<br />
The frame is replaced with an interactive panel. In the centre is a check box, which clears itself immediately when checked. In the bottom right is a mute button, which begins muted.<br />
<br />
Under the checkbox is a scrolling visual representation of the timing and duration of clicks in the check box, which also produce matching beeping sounds when unmuted.<br />
<br />
By varying between brief and long presses, and brief and long intervals between presses, it is possible to enter characters in Morse Code.<br />
<br />
The title text hints at the use of Morse Code in the comic; interpreting the "check" as a Morse Code dot and the "chhecck" as a Morse Code dash gives ...---..., which is the Morse Code for "SOS", the international distress signal. Incidentally, inputting the SOS signal gives "YOU TOO?".<br />
<br />
The check box then begins operating by itself, producing sounds which can be decoded as Morse Code. These responses are also printed in the browser's JavaScript console in both plain text and a textual representation of Morse code. If left alone, it would send the message CQ. <br />
<br />
For the majority of inputs, the check box responds with a random selection from the following list:<br />
* COME AGAIN<br />
* HUH<br />
* NOT FOLLOWING<br />
* SAY AGAIN<br />
* TRY THAT AGAIN<br />
* WHAT<br />
<br />
Some keywords, however, have special responses.<br />
<br />
Help on the comic is ascribed to Max Goodhart, Patrick, Amber, Benjamin Staffin, Kevin Cotrone, and Michael Leuchtenburg. Max's blog post on development of the comic can be found here: https://chromakode.com/post/checkbox.<br />
<br />
==Special Responses==<br />
[.s are short presses, -s are long presses, and /s are spaces (just for readability)]<br />
<br />
XKCD -> FILE NOT FOUND<br />
<br />
XKCD -> A CROSS THREE LETTERS<br />
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[-..- -.- -.-. -..]<br />
<br />
HI -> HELLO! ANYBODY OUT THERE?<br />
<br />
[.... ..]<br />
<br />
HELLO -> HELLO TO YOU TOO!<br />
<br />
[.... . .-.. .-.. ---]<br />
<br />
HELP -> ENTER IMAGE NUMBER<br />
HELP -> YES PLEASE<br />
<br />
[.... . .-.. .--.]<br />
<br />
WHAT -> ECHO<br />
<br />
[.-- .... .- -]<br />
<br />
ECHO -> ECHO<br />
<br />
[. -.-. .... ---]<br />
<br />
CHECK -> MATE<br />
<br />
[-.-. .... . -.-. -.-]<br />
<br />
CHECKBOX -> RADIO BUTTON (and vice versa)<br />
<br />
[-.-. .... . -.-. -.- -... --- -..-]<br />
<br />
E (''repeat n times'') -> E (''repeat n times'') (where n < 7. n=6 returns 'AAAAAA' instead)<br />
<br />
[.]<br />
<br />
<br />
T (''repeat n times'') -> T (''repeat n times'') (where n < 7)<br />
<br />
[-]<br />
<br />
E-> E ''then'' I -> EIEIO<br />
<br />
I (''repeat n times'') -> I (''repeat n times'') (where n < 4. n=4 returns 'IV', which is probably the roman numeral for 4)<br />
<br />
<br />
FLIPCOIN -> HEADS ''or'' TAILS<br />
<br />
[..-. .-.. .. .--. -.-. --- .. -.]<br />
<br />
LOOKAROUND -> NOT ENOUGH POWER<br />
<br />
[.-.. --- --- -.- / .- .-. --- ..- -. -..]<br />
<br />
SEE -> RED SOIL<br />
<br />
[... . .]<br />
<br />
WHOAREYOU ''or'' WHATISYOUR NAME -> SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[.-- .... --- / .- .-. . / -.-- --- ..-]<br />
<br />
SOJOURNER -> CFM (short for Confirm)<br />
<br />
[... --- .--- --- ..- .-. -. . .-.]<br />
<br />
ET -> PHONE HOME<br />
<br />
[. -]<br />
<br />
LS -> DID YOU MEAN DIR<br />
<br />
DIR -> ENTER IMAGE NUMBER<br />
<br />
(any number <=2445) -> (loads xkcd comic in new tab)<br />
<br />
MAKEMEASANDWICH -> NOT A CHANCE<br />
<br />
[-- .- -.- . / -- . / .- / ... .- -. -.. .-- .. -.-. ….]<br />
<br />
SUDOMAKEMEASANDWICH -> NOT POSSIBLE HERE<br />
<br />
[... ..- -.. --- / -- .- -.- . / -- . / .- / ... .- -. -.. .-- .. -.-. ....]<br />
<br />
ILOVEYOU -> LESSTHANTHREE (''&lt;3'')<br />
<br />
[.. / .-.. --- ...- . / -.-- --- ..-]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />:) -> :D<br />
<br />
[---... -.--.-]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />:( -> :C<br />
<br />
[---... -.--.]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />;) -> :O<br />
<br />
[-.-.-. -.--.-]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />:O -> :X<br />
<br />
[---... ---]<br />
<br />
UWU -> OWO<br />
<br />
[..- .-- ..-]<br />
<br />
OWO -> UWU<br />
<br />
[--- .-- ---]<br />
<br />
POG -> YEET<br />
<br />
[.--. --- --.]<br />
<br />
UNIX -> (''Opens [https://uni.xkcd.com uni.xkcd.com]'')<br />
<br />
[..- -. .. -..-]<br />
<br />
GETYEFLASK -> YE WISH! IF THERE WAS A FLASK IN THIS GAME, WE'D KNOW ABOUT IT.<br />
<br />
[--. . - / -.-- . / ..-. .-.. .- ... -.-]<br />
<br />
YO -> YO<br />
<br />
[-.-- ---]<br />
<br />
DROPTABLE -> HAHA NO<br />
<br />
[.... .- .... .- / -. ---]<br />
<br />
WHY -> TO STUDY THE RED PLANET<br />
<br />
[.-- .... -.--]<br />
<br />
EAT -> I PHOTOSYNTHESIZE<br />
<br />
[. .- -]<br />
<br />
BATTLE ''or'' FIGHT -> THROW<br />
<br />
[-... .- - - .-.. .]<br />
<br />
START -> DID YOU MEAN START GAME?<br />
<br />
[... - .- .-. -]<br />
<br />
STARTGAME -> CHECK BACK LATER<br />
<br />
[... - .- .-. - --. .- -- .]<br />
<br />
===Controls===<br />
<br />
QUIET -> (turns the volume off)<br />
<br />
[--.- ..- .. . -]<br />
<br />
MUTE -> (turns the volume off)<br />
<br />
[-- ..- - .]<br />
<br />
BEEP -> (turns the volume on)<br />
<br />
[-... . . .--.]<br />
<br />
(see also QRS and QRQ)<br />
<br />
===Q codes and radio shorthand===<br />
An explanation of Q codes can be found {{w|Q code|here}}.<br />
<br />
CQ -> CQD DE SOJ<br />
<br />
[-.-. --.-]<br />
<br />
SOS -> YOU TOO?<br />
<br />
SOS -> OH NO<br />
<br />
[... --- ...]<br />
<br />
QRS -> (reduces playback speed)<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. ...]<br />
<br />
QRQ -> (increases playback speed)<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --.-]<br />
<br />
QRA -> QRA SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. .-]<br />
<br />
QRB -> QRB 264 MILLION KM<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. -…]<br />
<br />
QRH -> QRH 0.652 METERS<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. ....]<br />
<br />
QRG -> QRG PATHFINDER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --.]<br />
<br />
QRZ -> QRZ SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --..]<br />
<br />
QRT -> PLEASE DON'T GO<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. -]<br />
<br />
QTH -> QTH ARES VALLIS<br />
<br />
[--.- - ....]<br />
<br />
QSL -> QSL<br />
<br />
[--.- ... .-..]<br />
<br />
73 -> 73 KN<br />
<br />
===FORTUNE===<br />
<br />
F -> DID YOU MEAN FORTUNE<br />
<br />
[..-.]<br />
<br />
FORTUNE -> OPEN ME<br />
<br />
[..-. --- .-. - ..- -. .]<br />
<br />
OPEN -> ''returns one of the following fortunes''<br />
<br />
[--- .--. . -.]<br />
<br />
* NEVER FEAR THE END OF SOMETHING MARKS THE START OF SOMETHING NEW<br />
* YOUR DREAMS ARE NEVER SILLY DEPEND ON THEM TO GUIDE YOU<br />
* YOU WILL BE A GREAT SUCCESS BOTH IN THE BUSINESS WORLD AND SOCIETY<br />
* CHANGE IS HAPPENING IN YOUR LIFE SO GO WITH THE FLOW<br />
* YOUR MOODS SIGNAL A PERIOD OF CHANGE<br />
* YOUR MENTALITY IS ALERT PRACTICAL AND ANALYTICAL<br />
* YOU SHOULD PAY FOR THIS CHECK BE GENEROUS<br />
* EVERYWHERE YOU CHOOSE TO GO FRIENDLY FACES WILL GREET YOU<br />
* DILIGENCE AND MODESTY CAN RAISE YOUR SOCIAL STATUS<br />
* MANS MIND ONCE STRETCHED BY A NEW IDEA NEVER REGAINS ITS ORIGINAL DIMENSIONS<br />
* YOU ARE GENEROUS TO AN EXTREME AND ALWAYS THINK OF THE OTHER FELLOW<br />
* FOR THE THINGS WE HAVE TO LEARN BEFORE WE CAN DO THEM WE LEARN BY DOING THEM<br />
* YOUR INFINITE CAPACITY FOR PATIENCE WILL BE REWARDED SOONER OR LATER<br />
* A BEAUTIFUL SMART AND LOVING PERSON WILL BE COMING INTO YOUR LIFE<br />
* LIKE THE RIVER FLOW INTO THE SEA SOMETHING ARE JUST MEANT TO BE<br />
<br />
OPEN -> HUH (if after something other than "FORTUNE")<br />
<br />
===ENCABULATOR===<br />
<br />
STATUS -> RADIO ONLINE, MOTOR ONLINE, UNILATERAL PHASE DETRACTOR UNPOWERED, CARDINAL GRAMMETER UNSYNCHRONIZED<br />
<br />
[... - .- - ..- ...]<br />
<br />
YOUTUBE -> RXJKDH1KZ0W ''(Note: video ID for [https://youtu.be/RXJKdh1KZ0w Rockwell Retro Encabulator])''<br />
<br />
[-.-- --- ..- - ..- -... .]<br />
<br />
<br />
REPAIR, ENCABULATOR, FIX, ''or'' SYSTEM -> ENTERING ENCABULATOR RECOVERY SYSTEM. OPTIONS 1 INITIATE SIDE FUMBLING 2 ALIGN SPURVING BEARINGS 3 REVERSE TREMIE PIPE<br />
<br />
[.-. . .--. .- .. .-.]<br />
<br />
* 1 -> SIDE FUMBLING DETECTED. MODIAL INTERACTION UNSTABLE. RECOVERY TERMINATED.<br />
* 2 -> MODIAL INTERACTION INITIATED. OPTIONS 1 UNWIND LOTUS O DELTOID 2 INCREASE DEPLENERATION 3 CONNECT GIRDLESPRING ON DOWN END OF GRAMMETER 4 CONNECT SEVENTH CONDUCTOR TO GIRDLESPRING<br />
** 1 -> SIDE FUMBLING DETECTED. MODIAL INTERACTION UNSTABLE. RECOVERY TERMINATED.<br />
** 2 -> DEPLENERATION PREVENTED BY DINGLE ARM<br />
** 3 -> SIDE FUMBLING DETECTED. MODIAL INTERACTION UNSTABLE. RECOVERY TERMINATED.<br />
** 4 -> PANAMETRIC FAN ACTIVATED. MODIAL INTERACTION STABLE. DEFAULT CONFIGURATION MISSING. MANUALLY ENTER MARZELVANE TYPE TO COMPLETE RECOVERY<br />
*** HYDROCOPTIC -> RECOVERY SUCCESSFUL. REBOOT Y N?<br />
**** Y -> (''Opens [https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/sojourner_repaired.png sojourner_repaired.png]'')<br />
* 3 -> ERROR TREMIE PIPE NONREVERSIBLE<br />
<br />
===MAZE===<br />
RETURN -> DID YOU MEAN ENTER<br />
<br />
ENTER -> DID YOU MEAN ENTERMAZE<br />
<br />
ENTER MAZE -> AN EMPTY ROOM<br />
<br />
[. -. - . .-. / -- .- --.. .]<br />
<br />
* LOOK -> AN EMPTY ROOM<br />
* HELP -> NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST GET<br />
* EXIT -> CFM (''Exits the maze'')<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+ Maze<br />
|-<br />
|an open flame || a candle on a table || style="background-color: black;" |<br />
|-<br />
| style="background-color: black;" | || an empty room (start) || style="background-color: black;" |<br />
|-<br />
| style="background-color: black;" | || a hanging bell || an open book on a table (locked door)<br />
|- <br />
|}<br />
<br />
Steps to complete (directions can be abbreviated as their first letter):<br />
# NORTH<br />
# GET CANDLE -> TAKEN<br />
# WEST<br />
# LIGHT CANDLE<br />
# EAST<br />
# SOUTH<br />
# SOUTH<br />
# RING BELL -> A DOOR OPENS<br />
# EAST<br />
# CLOSE BOOK -> CONGRATULATIONS YOU ESCAPE<br />
<br />
===CROSSWORD===<br />
CROSSWORD -> NUMBERANDDIRECTION (starts a crossword, you can ask for hints like "1 down" or "2 across")<br />
<br />
Appears to be today's (2021-04-01) New York Times Crossword: https://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/2021/04/libertarian-politico-johnson-thu-4-1-21.html<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+Solved Crossword<br />
|-<br />
| m || y || g || o || d || style="background-color: black; | || d || e || v || style="background-color: black; | || style="background-color: black; | || style="background-color: black; | || e || l || f<br />
|-<br />
| b || u || o || n || o || style="background-color: black; | || e || y || e || s || style="background-color: black; | || s || l || u || r<br />
|-<br />
| a || m || o || c || o || style="background-color: black; | || c || r || a || p || style="background-color: black; | || l || m || a || o<br />
|-<br />
| style="background-color: black; | || style="background-color: black; | || v || e || r || y || r || e || l || i || g || i || o || u || s<br />
|-<br />
| s || e || e || style="background-color: black; | || m || u || y || style="background-color: black; | || style="background-color: black; | || r || a || m || style="background-color: black; | || style="background-color: black; | || style="background-color: black; |<br />
|-<br />
| h || a || r || h || a || r || style="background-color: black; | || s || c || a || r || e || d || o || f<br />
|-<br />
| e || s || s || e || n || t || i || a || l || l || y || style="background-color: black; | || a || r || i<br />
|-<br />
| b || t || e || n || style="background-color: black; | || style="background-color: black; | || m || m || i || style="background-color: black; | || style="background-color: black; | || t || v || a || d<br />
|-<br />
| o || l || a || style="background-color: black; | || b || a || d || m || o || u || t || h || i || n || g<br />
|-<br />
| p || a || s || s || e || d || b || y || style="background-color: black; | || n || o || o || d || g || e<br />
|-<br />
| style="background-color: black; | || style="background-color: black; | || style="background-color: black; | || o || a || r || style="background-color: black; | || style="background-color: black; | || s || u || n || style="background-color: black; | || l || e || t<br />
|-<br />
| b || l || e || n || d || e || d || f || a || m || i || l || y || style="background-color: black; | || style="background-color: black; |<br />
|-<br />
| b || o || r || g || style="background-color: black; | || p || e || l || t || style="background-color: black; | || g || e || n || r || e<br />
|-<br />
| q || u || i || z || style="background-color: black; | || s || p || a || y || style="background-color: black; | || h || i || c || k || s<br />
|-<br />
| s || t || e || style="background-color: black; | || style="background-color: black; | || style="background-color: black; | || p || b || r || style="background-color: black; | || t || a || h || o || e<br />
|}<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"<br />
|+ Words<br />
! index !! down word !! across word<br />
|-<br />
| 1 || MBA || MYGOD<br />
|-<br />
| 2 || YUM || <br />
|-<br />
| 3 || GOOVERSEAS || <br />
|-<br />
| 4 || ONCE || <br />
|-<br />
| 5 || DOORMAN || <br />
|-<br />
| 6 || DECRY || DEV<br />
|-<br />
| 7 || EYRE || <br />
|-<br />
| 8 || VEAL || <br />
|-<br />
| 9 || ELMO || ELF<br />
|-<br />
| 10 || LUAU || <br />
|-<br />
| 11 || FROS || <br />
|-<br />
| 12 || || BUONO<br />
|-<br />
| 13 || || EYES<br />
|-<br />
| 14 || SPIRAL || <br />
|-<br />
| 15 || SLIME || SLUR<br />
|-<br />
| 16 || || AMOCO<br />
|-<br />
| 17 || || CRAP<br />
|-<br />
| 18 || || LMAO<br />
|-<br />
| 19 || || VERYRELIGIOUS<br />
|-<br />
| 20 || YURT || <br />
|-<br />
| 21 || GARY || <br />
|-<br />
| 22 || SHEBOP || SEE<br />
|-<br />
| 23 || EASTLA || <br />
|-<br />
| 24 || || MUY<br />
|-<br />
| 25 || || RAM<br />
|-<br />
| 26 || || HARHAR<br />
|-<br />
| 27 || HEN || <br />
|-<br />
| 28 || SAMMY || SCAREDOF<br />
|-<br />
| 29 || CLIO || <br />
|-<br />
| 30 || DAVIDLYNCH || <br />
|-<br />
| 31 || ORANGE || <br />
|-<br />
| 32 || FIDGET || <br />
|-<br />
| 33 || || ESSENTIALLY<br />
|-<br />
| 34 || IMDB || <br />
|-<br />
| 35 || || ARI<br />
|-<br />
| 36 || || BTEN<br />
|-<br />
| 37 || || MMI<br />
|-<br />
| 38 || THO || TVAD<br />
|-<br />
| 39 || || OLA<br />
|-<br />
| 40 || BEAD || BADMOUTHING<br />
|-<br />
| 41 || ADREPS || <br />
|-<br />
| 42 || UNUM || <br />
|-<br />
| 43 || TONIGHT || <br />
|-<br />
| 44 || || PASSEDBY<br />
|-<br />
| 45 || SONGZ || <br />
|-<br />
| 46 || || NOODGE<br />
|-<br />
| 47 || || OAR<br />
|-<br />
| 48 || SATYR || SUN<br />
|-<br />
| 49 || || LET<br />
|-<br />
| 50 || BBQS || BLENDEDFAMILY<br />
|-<br />
| 51 || LOUT || <br />
|-<br />
| 52 || ERIE || <br />
|-<br />
| 53 || DEPP || <br />
|-<br />
| 54 || FLAB || <br />
|-<br />
| 55 || LEIA || <br />
|-<br />
| 56 || || BORG<br />
|-<br />
| 57 || || PELT<br />
|-<br />
| 58 || || GENRE<br />
|-<br />
| 59 || RKO || <br />
|-<br />
| 60 || ESE || <br />
|-<br />
| 61 || || QUIZ<br />
|-<br />
| 62 || || SPAY<br />
|-<br />
| 63 || || HICKS<br />
|-<br />
| 64 || || STE<br />
|-<br />
| 65 || || PBR<br />
|-<br />
| 66 || || TAHOE<br />
|}<br />
<br />
===Rover Scene===<br />
After successfully repairing and rebooting Sojourner, a comic is opened which depicts it seeking out and finding its friends, Spirit, Opportunity, Curiosity, Perseverance, and Ingenuity. Curiosity and Perseverance are locked in a swordfight, and either Spirit or Opportunity is carried off by Ingenuity while the other speeds off a small mound of dirt.<br />
<br />
==Special Console Commands==<br />
The page's JavaScript creates a global object <code>morse</code> with <code>encode</code> and <code>decode</code> methods. From the developer console, it is possible to write <code>morse.encode("A PHRASE")</code>, which will print the Morse code corresponding to the text provided, or <code>morse.decode("... --- ...")</code> which will translate the Morse code to text.<br />
<br />
<code>BeepComic.hurryUp()</code> to get the reply immediately in the console.<br />
<code>BeepComic.send(...)</code> to send directly to SOJOURNER.<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
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[[Category:April fools' comics]]</div>BlackHathttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2445:_Checkbox&diff=2094832445: Checkbox2021-04-02T04:35:39Z<p>BlackHat: </p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2445<br />
| date = April 1, 2021<br />
| title = Checkbox<br />
| image = checkbox.gif<br />
| titletext = Check check check ... chhecck chhecck chhecck ... check check check<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a CHECKBOX. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} <br />
This is an April Fools comic that looks similar to a loading screen. The actual comic (this “loading screen”) consists of a gif of a checkbox (hence the name). <br />
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The frame is replaced with an interactive panel. In the centre is a check box, which clears itself immediately when checked. In the bottom right is a mute button, which begins muted.<br />
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Under the checkbox is a scrolling visual representation of the timing and duration of clicks in the check box, which also produce matching beeping sounds when unmuted.<br />
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By varying between brief and long presses, and brief and long intervals between presses, it is possible to enter characters in Morse Code.<br />
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The title text hints at the use of Morse Code in the comic; interpreting the "check" as a Morse Code dot and the "chhecck" as a Morse Code dash gives ...---..., which is the Morse Code for "SOS", the international distress signal. Incidentally, inputting the SOS signal gives "YOU TOO?".<br />
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The check box then begins operating by itself, producing sounds which can be decoded as Morse Code.<br />
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For the majority of inputs, the check box responds with a random selection from the following list:<br><br />
COMEAGAIN<br><br />
HUH<br><br />
NOTFOLLOWING<br><br />
SAYAGAIN<br><br />
TRYTHATAGAIN<br><br />
WHAT<br />
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Some keywords, however, have special responses.<br />
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Help on the comic is ascribed to Max Goodhart, Patrick, Amber, Benjamin Staffin, Kevin Cotrone, and Michael Leuchtenburg.<br />
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===Special Responses===<br />
[.s are short presses, -s are long presses, and /s are spaces (just for readability)]<br />
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xkcd -> FILE NOT FOUND<br />
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xkcd -> ACROSS THREE LETTERS<br />
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[-..- -.- -.-. -..]<br />
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SOS -> YOU TOO?<br />
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SOS -> OH NO<br />
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[... --- ...]<br />
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HI -> HELLO! ANYBODY OUT THERE?<br />
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[.... ..]<br />
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HELLO -> HELLO TO YOU TOO!<br />
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[.... . .-.. .-.. ---]<br />
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HELP -> YES PLEASE<br />
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[.... . .-.. .--.]<br />
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WHAT -> ECHO<br />
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[.-- .... .- -]<br />
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ECHO -> ECHO<br />
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[. -.-. .... ---]<br />
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CHECK -> MATE<br />
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[-.-. .... . -.-. -.-]<br />
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CHECKBOX -> RADIO BUTTON<br />
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[-.-. .... . -.-. -.- -... --- -..-]<br />
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E (''repeat n times'') -> E (''repeat n times'') (where n < 7. n=6 returns 'AAAAAA' instead)<br />
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[.]<br />
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T (''repeat n times'') -> T (''repeat n times'') (where n < 7)<br />
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[-]<br />
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FLIPCOIN -> TAILS<br />
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[..-. .-.. .. .--. -.-. --- .. -.]<br />
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LOOK AROUND -> NOT ENOUGH POWER<br />
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[.-.. --- --- -.- / .- .-. --- ..- -. -..]<br />
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WHO ARE YOU -> SOJOURNER<br />
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[.-- .... --- / .- .-. . / -.-- --- ..-]<br />
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CQ -> CQD DE SOJ<br />
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[-.-. --.-]<br />
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SOJOURNER -> CFM (short for Confirm)<br />
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[... --- .--- --- ..- .-. -. . .-.]<br />
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QUIET -> (turns the volume off)<br />
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[--.- ..- .. . -]<br />
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MUTE -> (turns the volume off)<br />
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[-- ..- - .]<br />
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BEEP -> (turns the volume on)<br />
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[-... . . .--.]<br />
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QRS -> (reduces playback speed)<br />
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[--.- .-. ...]<br />
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QRQ -> (increases playback speed)<br />
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[--.- .-. --.-]<br />
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QRA -> QRA SOJOURNER<br />
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[--.- .-. .-]<br />
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QRB -> QRB 264 MILLION KM<br />
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[--.- .-. -…]<br />
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QRH -> QRH 0.652 METERS<br />
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[--.- .-. ....]<br />
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QRG -> QRG PATHFINDER<br />
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[--.- .-. --.]<br />
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QRZ -> QRZ SOJOURNER<br />
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[--.- .-. --..]<br />
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QRT -> PLEASE DON'T GO<br />
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[--.- .-. -]<br />
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QTH -> QTH ARES VALLIS<br />
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[--.- - ....]<br />
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QSL -> QSL<br />
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[--.- ... .-..]<br />
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ET -> PHONE HOME<br />
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[. -]<br />
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LS -> DID YOU MEAN DIR<br />
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DIR -> ENTER IMAGE NUMBER<br />
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(any number <=2445) -> (loads xkcd comic in new tab)<br />
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MAKE ME A SANDWICH -> NOT A CHANCE<br />
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[-- .- -.- . / -- . / .- / ... .- -. -.. .-- .. -.-. ….]<br />
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SUDO MAKE ME A SANDWICH -> NOT POSSIBLE HERE<br />
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[... ..- -.. --- / -- .- -.- . / -- . / .- / ... .- -. -.. .-- .. -.-. ....]<br />
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F -> DID YOU MEAN FORTUNE<br />
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[..-.]<br />
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FORTUNE -> NEVER FEAR THE END OF SOMETHING MARKS THE START OF SOMETHING NEW<br />
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FORTUNE -> OPEN ME<br />
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[..-. --- .-. - ..- -. .]<br />
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OPEN -> YOUR DREAMS ARE NEVER SILLY DEPEND ON THEM TO GUIDE YOU<br />
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OPEN -> YOU WILL BE A GREAT SUCCESS BOTH IN THE BUSINESS WORLD AND SOCIETY<br />
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OPEN -> CHANGE IS HAPPENING IN YOUR LIFE SO GO WITH THE FLOW<br />
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OPEN -> YOUR MOODS SIGNAL A PERIOD OF CHANGE<br />
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OPEN -> YOU SHOULD PAY FOR THIS CHECK BE GENEROUS<br />
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[--- .--. . -.]<br />
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OPEN -> HUH (if after something other than "FORTUNE")<br />
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[--- .--. . -.]<br />
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<nowiki />:) -> :D<br />
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[---... -.--.-]<br />
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<nowiki />:( -> :C<br />
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[---... -.--.]<br />
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<nowiki />;) -> :O<br />
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[-.-.-. -.--.-]<br />
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<nowiki />:O -> :X<br />
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[---... ---]<br />
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UWU -> OWO<br />
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[..- .-- ..-]<br />
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OWO -> UWU<br />
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[--- .-- ---]<br />
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STATUS -> RADIO ONLINE, MOTOR ONLINE, UNILATERAL PHASE DETRACTOR UNPOWERED, CARDINAL GRAMMETER UNSYNCHRONIZED<br />
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[... - .- - ..- ...]<br />
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UNIX -> (''Opens [https://uni.xkcd.com uni.xkcd.com]'')<br />
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[..- -. .. -..-]<br />
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GET YE FLASK -> YE WISH! IF THERE WAS A FLASK IN THIS GAME, WE'D KNOW ABOUT IT.<br />
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[--. . - / -.-- . / ..-. .-.. .- ... -.-]<br />
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YOUTUBE -> RXJKDH1KZ0W ''(Note: video ID for [https://youtu.be/RXJKdh1KZ0w Rockwell Retro Encabulator])''<br />
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[-.-- --- ..- - ..- -... .]<br />
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YO -> YO<br />
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[-.-- ---]<br />
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DROP TABLE -> HAHA NO<br />
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[.... .- .... .- / -. ---]<br />
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WHY -> TO STUDY THE RED PLANET<br />
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[.-- .... -.--]<br />
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EAT -> I PHOTOSYNTHESIZE<br />
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[.. / .--. .... --- - --- ... -.-- -. - .... . ... .. --.. .]<br />
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====ENCABULATOR====<br />
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REPAIR -> ENTERING ENCABULATOR RECOVERY SYSTEM. OPTIONS 1 INITIATE SIDE FUMBLING 2 ALIGN SPURVING BEARINGS 3 REVERSE TREMIE PIPE<br />
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[.-. . .--. .- .. .-.]<br />
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* 1 -> SIDE FUMBLING DETECTED. MODIAL INTERACTION UNSTABLE. RECOVERY TERMINATED.<br />
* 2 -> MODIAL INTERACTION INITIATED. OPTIONS 1 UNWIND LOTUS O DELTOID 2 INCREASE DEPLENERATION 3 CONNECT GIRDLESPRING ON DOWN END OF GRAMMETER 4 CONNECT SEVENTH CONDUCTOR TO GIRDLESPRING<br />
** 1 -> SIDE FUMBLING DETECTED. MODIAL INTERACTION UNSTABLE. RECOVERY TERMINATED.<br />
** 2 -> DEPLENERATION PREVENTED BY DINGLE ARM<br />
** 3 -> SIDE FUMBLING DETECTED. MODIAL INTERACTION UNSTABLE. RECOVERY TERMINATED.<br />
** 4 -> PANAMETRIC FAN ACTIVATED. MODIAL INTERACTION STABLE. DEFAULT CONFIGURATION MISSING. MANUALLY ENTER MARZELVANE TYPE TO COMPLETE RECOVERY<br />
*** HYDROCOPTIC -> RECOVERY SUCCESSFUL. REBOOT Y N?<br />
**** Y -> (''Opens [https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/sojourner_repaired.png sojourner_repaired.png]'')<br />
* 3 -> ERROR TREMIE PIPE NONREVERSIBLE<br />
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====MAZE====<br />
ENTER MAZE -> AN EMPTY ROOM<br />
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[. -. - . .-. / -- .- --.. .]<br />
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* LOOK -> AN EMPTY ROOM<br />
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* HELP -> NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST GET<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+ Maze<br />
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|an open flame || a candle on a table || style="background-color: black;" |<br />
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| style="background-color: black;" | || an empty room (start) || style="background-color: black;" |<br />
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| style="background-color: black;" | || a hanging bell || an open book on a table<br />
|- <br />
|}<br />
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Steps to complete:<br />
# NORTH<br />
# GET CANDLE<br />
# WEST<br />
# LIGHT CANDLE<br />
# EAST<br />
# SOUTH<br />
# SOUTH<br />
# RING BELL<br />
# EAST<br />
# CLOSE BOOK<br />
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====CROSSWORD====<br />
CROSSWORD -> NUMBERANDDIRECTION (starts a crossword, you can ask for hints like "1 down" or "2 across")<br />
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===Rover Scene===<br />
After successfully repairing and rebooting Sojourner, a comic is opened which depicts it seeking out and finding its friends, Spirit, Opportunity, Curiosity, Perseverance, and Ingenuity. Curiosity and Perseverance are locked in a swordfight, and either Spirit or Opportunity is carried off by Ingenuity while the other speeds off a small mound of dirt.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
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[[Category:April fools' comics]]</div>BlackHathttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2288:_Collector%27s_Edition/Stickers&diff=2094782288: Collector's Edition/Stickers2021-04-02T04:05:24Z<p>BlackHat: </p>
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The comic [[2288|2288: Collector’s Edition]] featured a number of stickers which could be placed anywhere on the comic itself by a player. A list of these stickers is collected below.<br />
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A few notes:<br />
*Some stickers are from the book ''What If?'', not from the website (https://what-if.xkcd.com).<br />
**They are noted by ‘What If '''Chapter''' XX<br />
**This label is applied if and only if the image comes from a chapter not featured on the website.<br />
*Before each list, there is a link format. Unless otherwise specified, the first column of any entry can be substituted for the part of the link X’ed out to show the image.<br />
*There is word miniloot as well; to view it, simply change the ‘loot’ in ‘loot-words-XXXX’ in the entry’s URL to ‘miniloot’.<br />
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===List of Stickers===<br />
List of Numbered Loot (https://xkcd.com/2288/collectors/static/loot/loot_XXX.png):<br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|-<br />
! #<br />
! Sticker description<br />
! Comic/What If? #<br />
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| 001 || Parallel universe Cueball || 105<br />
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| 002 || Kid’s balloon caught on fan || 121<br />
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| 003 || Cueball in hamster ball || 152<br />
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| 004 || Genie from a lamp || 152<br />
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| 005 || Cueball outside ball pit || 150<br />
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| 006 || Cueball on electric skateboard || 139<br />
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| 007 || Red spider on block || 442<br />
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| 008 || Black Hat using Care Bear Stare || 146<br />
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| 009 || Black Hat at computer || 278<br />
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| 010 || Cueball driving + Katamari Danacy || 83<br />
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| 011 || Black Hat’s commenting feature || 156<br />
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| 012 || Megan outside reality || 266<br />
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| 013 || Physics textbook spacecraft || 265<br />
|-<br />
| 014 || <font color="red">A Red Text</font> || <font color="red">???</font><br />
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| 015 || <font color="red">A Red Text</font> || <font color="red">???</font><br />
|-<br />
| 016 || Cat with glued caption || 262<br />
|-<br />
| 017 || The rotary supercollider highway prank || 253<br />
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| 018 || Chess photo || 249<br />
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| 019 || Cory Doctorow || 239<br />
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| 020 || Book version of RHR || 199<br />
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| 021 || Fractal mapping || 195<br />
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| 022 || <font color="red">A Red Text</font> || <font color="red">???</font><br />
|-<br />
| 023 || Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots || 335<br />
|-<br />
| 024 || Sentient gyroscope || 332<br />
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| 025 || Black Hat taping package || 325<br />
|-<br />
| 026 || Joanna with laser || 322<br />
|-<br />
| 027 || Future Megan || <font color="red">1716?</font><br />
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| 028 || Elliptical reflector dish || 316<br />
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| 029 || Black hole || <font color="red">505?</font><br />
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| 030 || Swordfighting Cueballs || 303<br />
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| 031 || Man carrying parentheses || 297<br />
|-<br />
| 032 || Toaster with arm || 293<br />
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| 033 || Computer Cueball attacked by velociraptor || 292<br />
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| 034 || Zeppelin elevator button || 288<br />
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| 035 || Wikipedian protestor || 285<br />
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| 036 || Cueball popping wheelie || 272<br />
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| 037 || Merlin watching TV || 270<br />
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| 038 || The Ring || 396<br />
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| 039 || Potted plant || 393<br />
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| 040 || Pineapple || 388<br />
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| 041 || Trebuchet || 382<br />
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| 042 || Assembled Mobius Battle || 381<br />
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| 043 || Eye of the basilisk || 380<br />
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| 044 || Censored curse word || 357<br />
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| 045 || Diet Coke and Mentos || 346<br />
|-<br />
| 046 || MPAA & RIAA swordsmen || 344<br />
|-<br />
| 047 || Tron Paul || 497<br />
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| 048 || Ron Paul Revolution zeppelin || 495<br />
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| 049 || Megan with a kite || 471<br />
|-<br />
| 050 || Quantum/regular teleporter || 465<br />
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| 051 || Ghostbuster || 459<br />
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| 052 || Rubik’s cube bra || 457<br />
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| 053 || Potted plant 2 || 454<br />
|-<br />
| 054 || Boomerang-turned-shark || 445<br />
|-<br />
| 055 || Multi-boomerangs || 445<br />
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| 056 || “PIE!” sign || 442<br />
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| 057 || M. C. Hammer slide Megan || 108<br />
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| 058 || Luigi in a kart || 423<br />
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| 059 || “Lan Party in Formal Attire” sign || 422<br />
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| 060 || Sack of potatoes || 421<br />
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| 061 || Flaming tennis racket || 421<br />
|-<br />
| 062 || PC in a hamster ball || 413<br />
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| 063 || Scooching black hat || 412<br />
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| 064 || Balloon shark || 585<br />
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| 065 || Jumping sheep || 571<br />
|-<br />
| 066 || Time-travelling Cueball || 567<br />
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| 067 || “The Uncomfortable Truths Well” sign || 561<br />
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| 068 || Toy airplane in box || 560<br />
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| 069 || Duckling loop || 537<br />
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| 070 || Cuttlefish zap Cueball and Megan || 520<br />
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| 071 || Cuttlefish || 520<br />
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| 072 || Magic portal || 693<br />
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| 073 || Egg drop container || 510<br />
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| 074 || FIRST robot || 689<br />
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| 075 || Beret Guy in a crane || 677<br />
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| 076 || Unprepared baby || 674<br />
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| 077 || Sagan-Man || 663<br />
|-<br />
| 078 || Cueball rock-climbing || 655<br />
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| 079 || Reverse Polish sausage || 645<br />
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| 080 || Ants discussing humans || 638<br />
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| 081 || Cueball Icarus || 620<br />
|-<br />
| 082 || Bottle of tequila || 617<br />
|-<br />
| 083 || Bird with power drill || 614<br />
|-<br />
| 084 || Locusts attack computer Cueball || 797<br />
|-<br />
| 085 || Tumbleweed dual-wielding guns || 789<br />
|-<br />
| 086 || Cueball’s skull sucked out || 777<br />
|-<br />
| 087 || Talking squirrel || 776<br />
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| 088 || Air horn || 757<br />
|-<br />
| 089 || Blank “Dyslexics of the world, unite!” shirt || 745<br />
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| 090 || Cat chewing laser pointer || 729<br />
|-<br />
| 091 || Jumping cat || 729<br />
|-<br />
| 092 || Tetris pieces of hell || 724<br />
|-<br />
| 093 || Dejected Sauron || 712<br />
|-<br />
| 094 || A ‘five’ and a ‘breasts’ || 708<br />
|-<br />
| 095 || “I am a turtle” turtle || 889<br />
|-<br />
| 096 || ADHD server || 869<br />
|-<br />
| 097 || Serious putty || 840<br />
|-<br />
| 098 || Cueball spinning in chair || 815<br />
|-<br />
| 099 || Pumpkin carved in a pumpkin || 804<br />
|-<br />
| 100 || Laplace transform of love || [https://store.xkcd.com/products/useless]<br />
|-<br />
| 101 || Cueball shaking computer || 979<br />
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| 102 || A globe || 977<br />
|-<br />
| 103 || Cueball giving everything || 968<br />
|-<br />
| 104 || A battery staple || 936<br />
|-<br />
| 105 || Ms. Frizzle || 911<br />
|-<br />
| 106 || Enter hostname || 910<br />
|-<br />
| 107 || Beret Guy’s endless wings (1) || 1099<br />
|-<br />
| 108 || Beret Guy’s endless wings (2) || 1099<br />
|-<br />
| 109 || Eye of the sheeple || 1013<br />
|-<br />
| 110 || The universal label || 1123<br />
|-<br />
| 111 || No forward or turning sign || 1116<br />
|-<br />
| 112 || Tasks floating away || 1106<br />
|-<br />
| 113 || Soup outlet || 1293<br />
|-<br />
| 114 || ‘Line break after every sentence’ protestor || 1285<br />
|-<br />
| 115 || Beret Guy walking a goat || 1282<br />
|-<br />
| 116 || Person in flying car || 1262<br />
|-<br />
| 117 || ‘World’s Greatest Daughter’ mug || 1261<br />
|-<br />
| 118 || Messenger owl || 1254<br />
|-<br />
| 119 || Dog with a soul || 1240<br />
|-<br />
| 120 || Balloon Internet || 1226<br />
|-<br />
| 121 || Stegosaurus fossil || 1211<br />
|-<br />
| 122 || AirAware drone || 1207<br />
|-<br />
| 123 || Time machine || 1203<br />
|-<br />
| 124 || Baby Superman’s pod || 1384<br />
|-<br />
| 125 || Windmill || 1378<br />
|-<br />
| 126 || Space signpost || 1375<br />
|-<br />
| 127 || Cosmologist on a tire swing || 1352<br />
|-<br />
| 128 || Reflecting puddle || 1352<br />
|-<br />
| 129 || A red violet || 1351<br />
|-<br />
| 130 || Crash and Burn in a swimming pool || 1337<br />
|-<br />
| 131 || Transformer in a cocoon || 1336<br />
|-<br />
| 132 || Laptop strapped to a deer || 1329<br />
|-<br />
| 133 || Christmas tree spectrum || 1308<br />
|-<br />
| 134 || Bolt through a basketball || 929<br />
|-<br />
| 135 || Cat attacking Earth || 1515<br />
|-<br />
| 136 || Plane banner || 1965<br />
|-<br />
| 137 || Megan in an autogyro || 1972<br />
|-<br />
| 138 || Free chips || 1499<br />
|-<br />
| 139 || Superintelligent AI || 1450<br />
|-<br />
| 140 || Adjective foods || 1774<br />
|-<br />
| 141 || Curiosity lowered by a sky crane || 1091<br />
|-<br />
| 142 || The Spider || 2275<br />
|-<br />
| 143 || Bun || 1871<br />
|-<br />
| 144 || xkcd cake || 1581<br />
|-<br />
| 145 || Radioactive high-voltage laser-emitting slippery biohazard symbol || 2038<br />
|-<br />
| 146 || Is It Christmas? service || 2236<br />
|-<br />
| 147 || Two small dogs as one big one || 1922<br />
|-<br />
| 148 || Glass repair kit || 1634<br />
|-<br />
| 149 || Use the bowl of the toilet || 1715<br />
|-<br />
| 150 || Apology || 1917<br />
|-<br />
| 151 || Satellite girl || 2264<br />
|-<br />
| 152 || Large container of rice || 1598<br />
|-<br />
| 153 || Review of Earth || 2192<br />
|-<br />
| 154 || Eight-legged reindeer | 1776<br />
|-<br />
| 155 || Record scratch || 1745<br />
|-<br />
| 156 || Chess vs. Go || 1287<br />
|-<br />
| 157 || Sword in the stone || 1521<br />
|-<br />
| 158 || Phishing license sign || 1694<br />
|-<br />
| 159 || First Annual Award for Excellence in Being Very Smart (1) || 1386<br />
|-<br />
| 160 || Earth, not to scale || 2262<br />
|-<br />
| 161 || Opportunity rover || 2111<br />
|-<br />
| 162 || Bags of money || 1827<br />
|-<br />
| 163 || Sleeping cat || 1797<br />
|-<br />
| 164 || Squirrelphone || 1578<br />
|-<br />
| 165 || Balloon squirrel || 1503<br />
|-<br />
| 166 || Shoulder devil || 2180<br />
|-<br />
| 167 || Time-travelling sphere || 1747<br />
|-<br />
| 168 || Jaturn || 2258<br />
|-<br />
| 169 || Beret Guy unlocking vacuum energy || 1486<br />
|-<br />
| 170 || Emotional unsubscribe message rating || 2257<br />
|-<br />
| 171 || Megan riding a 1980s bicycle || 1673<br />
|-<br />
| 172 || Megan defending her thesis || 1403<br />
|-<br />
| 173 || High-pitched hum generator || 1590<br />
|-<br />
| 174 || Sandwich too large to eat comfortably || 1940<br />
|-<br />
| 175 || Women Science Fiction Authors || 1412<br />
|-<br />
| 176 || Planet summary || 2061<br />
|-<br />
| 177 || White Hat appraising wine || 915<br />
|-<br />
| 178 || Amelia Earhart’s plane || 950<br />
|-<br />
| 179 || Cueball’s arrow boomerang || 939<br />
|-<br />
| 180 || Cueball’s mechanical monster || 987<br />
|-<br />
| 181 || The Avatar || 965<br />
|-<br />
| 182 || Two mimic octopuses || 928<br />
|-<br />
| 183 || Geologist’s hat || 1082<br />
|-<br />
| 184 || Furniture box || 1077<br />
|-<br />
| 185 || Depiction of philosophy || 1052<br />
|-<br />
| 186 || A loving snake || 1052<br />
|-<br />
| 187 || Cracked Cadury egg || 1035<br />
|-<br />
| 188 || Giant preying mantis || 1012<br />
|-<br />
| 189 || Trap flowchart || 1195<br />
|-<br />
| 190 || Beret Guy riding a bowling ball || 1158<br />
|-<br />
| 191 || Spiders spinning a sweater || 1135<br />
|-<br />
| 192 || “MOOOOOON!” moon || 1300<br />
|-<br />
| 193 || Giraffe with sauropod tail || 1278<br />
|-<br />
| 194 || Timeghost || 1393<br />
|-<br />
| 195 || Sharks reporter || 1387<br />
|-<br />
| 196 || First Annual Award for Excellence in Being Very Smart (2) || 1386<br />
|-<br />
| 197 || Krypton exploding || 1384<br />
|-<br />
| 198 || Server replying ‘POTATO’ || 1354 ||<br />
|-<br />
| 199 || <font color="red">A Red Text</font> || <font color="red">???</font><br />
|-<br />
| 200 || Sunday locusts || 1245<br />
|-<br />
| 201 || Dolphin with hair || What If? 56<br />
|-<br />
| 202 || Twilight: Breaking Dawn || What If? 141<br />
|-<br />
| 203 || Nuclear-accident-ometer || What If? 146<br />
|-<br />
| 204 || Europa straw || What If? 143<br />
|-<br />
| 205 || Delivery hawk || What If? 149<br />
|-<br />
| 206 || Eagle eating pizza || What If? 149<br />
|-<br />
| 207 || Telescope || What If? 114<br />
|-<br />
| 208 || Sub-marine || What If? 138<br />
|-<br />
| 209 || Alien astronomer || What If? 20<br />
|-<br />
| 210 || Alien astronomers || What If? 47<br />
|-<br />
| 211 || NASA sack of rocks || What If? 146<br />
|-<br />
| 212 || CMYK squid || What If? 106<br />
|-<br />
| 213 || Wham! || What If? 5<br />
|-<br />
| 214 || High-speed robot || What If? 5<br />
|-<br />
| 215 || Elephant || What If? 110<br />
|-<br />
| 216 || S. S. NASA || What If? 38<br />
|-<br />
| 217 || Alexander’s Dark Band drummer || What If? 150<br />
|-<br />
| 218 || <font color="red">A Red Text</font> || <font color="red">???</font><br />
|-<br />
| 219 || Milk carton of Internet || What If? 31<br />
|-<br />
| 220 || Nightsun-carriers || What If? 13<br />
|-<br />
| 221 || A pleasant squirrel || What If? 98<br />
|-<br />
| 222 || Ponytail fairy || What If? 123<br />
|-<br />
| 223 || Harvester || What If? 120<br />
|-<br />
| 224 || Cougar on a Cougare || What If? 70<br />
|-<br />
| 225 || Soda dinosaur || What If? 74<br />
|-<br />
| 226 || Flamethrower || What If? 130<br />
|-<br />
| 227 || Sun eclipsed by sunglasses and banana || What If? 129<br />
|-<br />
| 228 || Heavy-duty car battery || What If? 128<br />
|-<br />
| 229 || Starling with respirometry mask || What If? 99<br />
|-<br />
| 230 || Falling sperm whale || What If? 103<br />
|-<br />
| 231 || 2x4 lego || What If? '''Chapter''' 51<br />
|-<br />
| 232 || All of Britain’s tea || What If? 79<br />
|-<br />
| 233 || 11-petawatt hair dryer || What If? 35<br />
|-<br />
| 234 || Furby || What If? '''Chapter''' 21<br />
|-<br />
| 235 || Helpless phone || What If? 87<br />
|-<br />
| 236 || <font color="red">A Red Text</font> || <font color="red">???</font><br />
|-<br />
| 237 || Squirrel on an AK-47 || What If? 21<br />
|-<br />
| 238 || Carton of Sharpies || What If? 59<br />
|-<br />
| 239 || Burning diamond || What If? 116<br />
|-<br />
| 240 || C4 boomerang || What If? 23<br />
|-<br />
| 241 || Cow with solar panel || What If? 17<br />
|-<br />
| 242 || Google punchcard || What If? 63<br />
|-<br />
| 243 || Oxford bell || What If? '''Chapter''' 13<br />
|-<br />
| 244 || Standard giraffe || What If? 44<br />
|-<br />
| 245 || The Little Prince about to dunk || What If? 68<br />
|-<br />
| 246 || Statue of Liberty planet || What If? '''Chapter''' 5<br />
|-<br />
| 247 || Yoda’s mp3 || What If? 3<br />
|-<br />
| 248 || Block of hydrogen || What If? '''Chapter''' 8<br />
|-<br />
| 249 || Negging toaster || What If? 155<br />
|-<br />
| 250 || Feather earthquake || What If? '''Chapter''' 69<br />
|-<br />
| 251 || Swordfighting lava lamp || What If? 122<br />
|-<br />
| 252 || Unsalted butter || What If? 126<br />
|-<br />
| 253 || Salary bottle || What If? 118<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<br />
List of Mathematical Loot (https://xkcd.com/2288/collectors/static/loot/loot_XXXX.png):<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Name<br />
! Function<br />
|-<br />
| div || Division<br />
|-<br />
| equals || Equality<br />
|-<br />
| minus || Subtraction<br />
|-<br />
| plus || Addition<br />
|-<br />
| sqrt || Square root<br />
|-<br />
| times || Multiplication<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<br />
List of Element Loot (https://xkcd.com/2288/collectors/static/loot/element-XX.png):<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Symbol<br />
! Element<br />
|-<br />
| Æ (use ae for link) || Aether<br />
|-<br />
| Bl || Blood<br />
|-<br />
| Br || Bread<br />
|-<br />
| Bz || Bronze<br />
|-<br />
| Cb || Carbonite<br />
|-<br />
| Cd || Canadium<br />
|-<br />
| Cr || Cranium<br />
|-<br />
| Dl || Dilithium<br />
|-<br />
| Dm || Delirium<br />
|-<br />
| Fr || Fire<br />
|-<br />
| Gl || Glass<br />
|-<br />
| Hr || Heart<br />
|-<br />
| Lx || Lexan<br />
|-<br />
| Mk || Milk<br />
|-<br />
| Mt || Metal<br />
|-<br />
| Na || Nanobots<br />
|-<br />
| Ox || Air<br />
|-<br />
| Pb || Opprobrium<br />
|-<br />
| Pl || Plastic<br />
|-<br />
| Pm || Epithelium<br />
|-<br />
| Pp || Oops, All Protons!<br />
|-<br />
| Rd || Redstone<br />
|-<br />
| Rg || Regolith<br />
|-<br />
| Sd || Sand<br />
|-<br />
| Sd2 || More Sand<br />
|-<br />
| Sf || Styrofoam<br />
|-<br />
| Sn || Snakes<br />
|-<br />
| Spacer || [Spacer]<br />
|-<br />
| Sy || Symposium<br />
|-<br />
| T || Wolfram<br />
|-<br />
| Þ (use th for link) || Thorium<br />
|-<br />
| Tr || Earth<br />
|-<br />
| Uu || Unobtanium<br />
|-<br />
| Vy || Valyrian<br />
|-<br />
| Wt || Water<br />
|-<br />
| Wx || Wax<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<br />
List of Word Loot (https://xkcd.com/2288/collectors/static/loot/loot-words-XXXX.png):<br />
<br />
*Birdlike<br />
*Boat<br />
*Castle<br />
*Cat<br />
*Cinematic<br />
*Collector<br />
*Cursed<br />
*Cycle<br />
*Doctor<br />
*Easter<br />
*Electric<br />
*Eruption<br />
*Farm<br />
*Flock<br />
*Flying<br />
*Free<br />
*Gamma<br />
*Ghost<br />
*Hair<br />
*Harry-Potter-and-the<br />
*Horse<br />
*Imminent<br />
*Inspector<br />
*Ionized<br />
*Jet<br />
*Laser<br />
*Launcher<br />
*Lifelike<br />
*Ominous<br />
*Plasma<br />
*Sale<br />
*Sudden<br />
*Surprise<br />
*Swarm<br />
*Sword<br />
*Teleporter<br />
*Turtle<br />
*Unlicensed<br />
*Vortex<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
[Cueball stands to the left of a vibrating box.]<br />
<br />
[The words "Collector's Edition" are written above him and boxed.]<br />
<br />
<br />
{{comic discussion}}<br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:2288}}<br />
[[Category:Comic subpages]]</div>BlackHathttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2445:_Checkbox&diff=2094762445: Checkbox2021-04-02T03:13:52Z<p>BlackHat: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2445<br />
| date = April 1, 2021<br />
| title = Checkbox<br />
| image = checkbox.gif<br />
| titletext = Check check check ... chhecck chhecck chhecck ... check check check<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a CHECKBOX. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} <br />
This is an April Fools comic that looks similar to a loading screen. The actual comic (this “loading screen”) consists of a gif of a checkbox (hence the name). <br />
<br />
The frame is replaced with an interactive panel. In the centre is a check box, which clears itself immediately when checked. In the bottom right is a mute button, which begins muted.<br />
<br />
Under the checkbox is a scrolling visual representation of the timing and duration of clicks in the check box, which also produce matching beeping sounds when unmuted.<br />
<br />
By varying between brief and long presses, and brief and long intervals between presses, it is possible to enter characters in Morse Code.<br />
<br />
The title text hints at the use of Morse Code in the comic; interpreting the "check" as a Morse Code dot and the "chhecck" as a Morse Code dash gives ...---..., which is the Morse Code for "SOS", the international distress signal. Incidentally, inputting the SOS signal gives "YOU TOO?".<br />
<br />
The check box then begins operating by itself, producing sounds which can be decoded as Morse Code.<br />
<br />
For the majority of inputs, the check box responds with 'WHAT'. Some keywords have special responses.<br />
<br />
Help on the comic is ascribed to Max Goodhart, Patrick, Amber, Benjamin Staffin, Kevin Cotrone, and Michael Leuchtenburg.<br />
<br />
===Special Responses===<br />
[.s are short presses, -s are long presses, and /s are spaces (just for readability)]<br />
<br />
xkcd -> FILE NOT FOUND<br />
<br />
[-..- -.- -.-. -..]<br />
<br />
SOS -> YOU TOO?<br />
<br />
SOS -> OH NO<br />
<br />
[... --- ...]<br />
<br />
HI -> HELLO! ANYBODY OUT THERE?<br />
<br />
[.... ..]<br />
<br />
HELLO -> HELLO TO YOU TOO!<br />
<br />
[.... . .-.. .-.. ---]<br />
<br />
HELP -> YES PLEASE<br />
<br />
[.... . .-.. .--.]<br />
<br />
WHAT -> ECHO<br />
<br />
[.-- .... .- -]<br />
<br />
ECHO -> ECHO<br />
<br />
[. -.-. .... ---]<br />
<br />
CHECK -> MATE<br />
<br />
[-.-. .... . -.-. -.-]<br />
<br />
MORSE -> SAY AGAIN<br />
<br />
[-- --- .-. ... .]<br />
<br />
AGAIN -> COME AGAIN<br />
<br />
[.- --. .- .. -.]<br />
<br />
E (''repeat n times'') -> E (''repeat n times'') (where n < 7. n=6 returns 'AAAAAA' instead)<br />
<br />
[.]<br />
<br />
<br />
T (''repeat n times'') -> T (''repeat n times'') (where n < 7)<br />
<br />
[-]<br />
<br />
<br />
FLIPCOIN -> TAILS<br />
<br />
[..-. .-.. .. .--. -.-. --- .. -.]<br />
<br />
LOOK AROUND -> NOT ENOUGH POWER<br />
<br />
[.-.. --- --- -.- / .- .-. --- ..- -. -..]<br />
<br />
5 -> HUH<br />
<br />
5 -> NOT FOLLOWING<br />
<br />
[.....]<br />
<br />
WHO ARE YOU -> SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[.-- .... --- / .- .-. . / -.-- --- ..-]<br />
<br />
CQ -> CQD DE SOJ<br />
<br />
[-.-. --.-]<br />
<br />
SOJOURNER -> CFM (short for Confirm)<br />
<br />
[... --- .--- --- ..- .-. -. . .-.]<br />
<br />
CFM -> COME AGAIN<br />
<br />
[-.-. ..-. --]<br />
<br />
QUIET -> (turns the volume off)<br />
<br />
[--.- ..- .. . -]<br />
<br />
MUTE -> (turns the volume off)<br />
<br />
[-- ..- - .]<br />
<br />
BEEP -> (turns the volume on)<br />
<br />
[-... . . .--.]<br />
<br />
QRS -> (reduces playback speed)<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. ...]<br />
<br />
QRQ -> (increases playback speed)<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --.-]<br />
<br />
QRA -> QRA SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. .-]<br />
<br />
QRB -> QRB 264 MILLION KM<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. -…]<br />
<br />
QRH -> QRH 0.652 METERS<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. ....]<br />
<br />
QRG -> QRG PATHFINDER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --.]<br />
<br />
QRZ -> QRZ SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --..]<br />
<br />
QRT -> PLEASE DON'T GO<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. -]<br />
<br />
QTH -> QTH ARES VALLIS<br />
<br />
[--.- - ....]<br />
<br />
QSL -> QSL<br />
<br />
[--.- ... .-..]<br />
<br />
ET -> PHONE HOME<br />
<br />
[. -]<br />
<br />
LS -> DID YOU MEAN DIR<br />
<br />
DIR -> ENTER IMAGE NUMBER<br />
<br />
(any number <=2445) -> (loads xkcd comic in new tab)<br />
<br />
MAKE ME A SANDWICH -> NOT A CHANCE<br />
<br />
[-- .- -.- . / -- . / .- / ... .- -. -.. .-- .. -.-. ….]<br />
<br />
SUDO MAKE ME A SANDWICH -> NOT POSSIBLE HERE<br />
<br />
[... ..- -.. --- / -- .- -.- . / -- . / .- / ... .- -. -.. .-- .. -.-. ....]<br />
<br />
F -> DID YOU MEAN FORTUNE<br />
<br />
[..-.]<br />
<br />
FORTUNE -> NEVER FEAR THE END OF SOMETHING MARKS THE START OF SOMETHING NEW<br />
<br />
FORTUNE -> OPEN ME<br />
<br />
[..-. --- .-. - ..- -. .]<br />
<br />
OPEN -> YOUR DREAMS ARE NEVER SILLY DEPEND ON THEM TO GUIDE YOU<br />
<br />
OPEN -> YOU WILL BE A GREAT SUCCESS BOTH IN THE BUSINESS WORLD AND SOCIETY<br />
<br />
OPEN -> CHANGE IS HAPPENING IN YOUR LIFE SO GO WITH THE FLOW<br />
<br />
OPEN -> YOUR MOODS SIGNAL A PERIOD OF CHANGE<br />
<br />
OPEN -> YOU SHOULD PAY FOR THIS CHECK BE GENEROUS<br />
<br />
[--- .--. . -.]<br />
<br />
OPEN -> HUH (if after something other than "FORTUNE")<br />
<br />
[--- .--. . -.]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />:) -> :D<br />
<br />
[---... -.--.-]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />:( -> :C<br />
<br />
[---... -.--.]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />;) -> :O<br />
<br />
[-.-.-. -.--.-]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />:O -> :X<br />
<br />
[---... ---]<br />
<br />
UWU -> OWO<br />
<br />
[..- .-- ..-]<br />
<br />
OWO -> UWU<br />
<br />
[--- .-- ---]<br />
<br />
STATUS -> RADIO ONLINE, MOTOR ONLINE, UNILATERAL PHASE DETRACTOR UNPOWERED, CARDINAL GRAMMETER UNSYNCHRONIZED<br />
<br />
[... - .- - ..- ...]<br />
<br />
UNIX -> (''Opens [https://uni.xkcd.com uni.xkcd.com]'')<br />
<br />
[..- -. .. -..-]<br />
<br />
GET YE FLASK -> YE WISH! IF THERE WAS A FLASK IN THIS GAME, WE'D KNOW ABOUT IT.<br />
<br />
[--. . - / -.-- . / ..-. .-.. .- ... -.-]<br />
<br />
YOUTUBE -> RXJKDH1KZ0W ''(Note: video ID for [https://youtu.be/RXJKdh1KZ0w Rockwell Retro Encabulator])''<br />
<br />
[-.-- --- ..- - ..- -... .]<br />
<br />
HAHA -> SAY AGAIN, HUH<br />
<br />
[.... .- .... .-]<br />
<br />
SAY AGAIN -> NOT FOLLOWING<br />
<br />
[... .- -.-- / .- --. .- .. -.]<br />
<br />
AGAIN -> COME AGAIN<br />
<br />
[.- --. .- .. -.]<br />
<br />
YO -> YO<br />
<br />
[-.-- ---]<br />
<br />
DROP TABLE -> HAHA NO<br />
<br />
[.... .- .... .- / -. ---]<br />
<br />
CS -> TRY THAT AGAIN<br />
<br />
[-.-. ...]<br />
<br />
REPAIR -> ENTERING ENCABULATOR RECOVERY SYSTEM. OPTIONS 1 INITIATE SIDE FUMBLING 2 ALIGN SPURVING BEARINGS 3 REVERSE TREMIE PIPE<br />
<br />
[.-. . .--. .- .. .-.]<br />
<br />
* 1 -> SIDE FUMBLING DETECTED. MODIAL INTERACTION UNSTABLE. RECOVERY TERMINATED.<br />
* 2 -> MODIAL INTERACTION INITIATED. OPTIONS 1 UNWIND LOTUS O DELTOID 2 INCREASE DEPLENERATION 3 CONNECT GIRDLESPRING ON DOWN END OF GRAMMETER 4 CONNECT SEVENTH CONDUCTOR TO GIRDLESPRING<br />
** 1 -> SIDE FUMBLING DETECTED. MODIAL INTERACTION UNSTABLE. RECOVERY TERMINATED.<br />
** 2 -> DEPLENERATION PREVENTED BY DINGLE ARM<br />
** 3 -> SIDE FUMBLING DETECTED. MODIAL INTERACTION UNSTABLE. RECOVERY TERMINATED.<br />
** 4 -> PANAMETRIC FAN ACTIVATED. MODIAL INTERACTION STABLE. DEFAULT CONFIGURATION MISSING. MANUALLY ENTER MARZELVANE TYPE TO COMPLETE RECOVERY<br />
*** HYDROCOPTIC -> RECOVERY SUCCESSFUL. REBOOT Y N?<br />
**** Y -> (''Opens [https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/sojourner_repaired.png sojourner_repaired.png]'')<br />
* 3 -> ERROR TREMIE PIPE NONREVERSIBLE<br />
<br />
ENTER MAZE -> AN EMPTY ROOM<br />
<br />
[. -. - . .-. / -- .- --.. .]<br />
<br />
* LOOK -> AN EMPTY ROOM<br />
<br />
* HELP -> NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST GET<br />
<br />
CROSSWORD -> NUMBERANDDIRECTION (starts a crossword, you can ask for hints like "1 down" or "2 across")<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
Loading...<br />
{{comic discussion}}<br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category:Interactive comics]]<br />
[[Category:April fools' comics]]</div>BlackHathttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2445:_Checkbox&diff=2094732445: Checkbox2021-04-02T03:00:14Z<p>BlackHat: </p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2445<br />
| date = April 1, 2021<br />
| title = Checkbox<br />
| image = checkbox.gif<br />
| titletext = Check check check ... chhecck chhecck chhecck ... check check check<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a CHECKBOX. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} <br />
This is an April Fools comic that looks similar to a loading screen. The actual comic (this “loading screen”) consists of a gif of a checkbox (hence the name). <br />
<br />
The frame is replaced with an interactive panel. In the centre is a check box, which clears itself immediately when checked. In the bottom right is a mute button, which begins muted.<br />
<br />
Under the checkbox is a scrolling visual representation of the timing and duration of clicks in the check box, which also produce matching beeping sounds when unmuted.<br />
<br />
By varying between brief and long presses, and brief and long intervals between presses, it is possible to enter characters in Morse Code.<br />
<br />
The title text hints at the use of Morse Code in the comic; interpreting the "check" as a Morse Code dot and the "chhecck" as a Morse Code dash gives ...---..., which is the Morse Code for "SOS", the international distress signal. Incidentally, inputting the SOS signal gives "YOU TOO?".<br />
<br />
The check box then begins operating by itself, producing sounds which can be decoded as Morse Code.<br />
<br />
For the majority of inputs, the check box responds with 'WHAT'. Some keywords have special responses.<br />
<br />
Help on the comic is ascribed to Max Goodhart, Patrick, Amber, Benjamin Staffin, Kevin Cotrone, and Michael Leuchtenburg.<br />
<br />
===Special Responses===<br />
[.s are short presses, -s are long presses, and /s are spaces (just for readability)]<br />
<br />
xkcd -> FILE NOT FOUND<br />
<br />
[-..- -.- -.-. -..]<br />
<br />
SOS -> YOU TOO?<br />
SOS -> OH NO<br />
<br />
[... --- ...]<br />
<br />
HI -> HELLO! ANYBODY OUT THERE?<br />
<br />
[.... ..]<br />
<br />
HELLO -> HELLO TO YOU TOO!<br />
<br />
[.... . .-.. .-.. ---]<br />
<br />
HELP -> YES PLEASE<br />
<br />
[.... . .-.. .--.]<br />
<br />
WHAT -> ECHO<br />
<br />
[.-- .... .- -]<br />
<br />
ECHO -> ECHO<br />
<br />
[. -.-. .... ---]<br />
<br />
CHECK -> MATE<br />
<br />
[-.-. .... . -.-. -.-]<br />
<br />
MORSE -> SAY AGAIN<br />
<br />
[-- --- .-. ... .]<br />
<br />
AGAIN -> COME AGAIN<br />
<br />
[.- --. .- .. -.]<br />
<br />
E (''repeat n times'') -> E (''repeat n times'') (where n < 7. n=6 returns 'AAAAAA' instead)<br />
<br />
[.]<br />
<br />
<br />
T (''repeat n times'') -> T (''repeat n times'') (where n < 7)<br />
<br />
[-]<br />
<br />
<br />
FLIPCOIN -> TAILS<br />
<br />
[..-. .-.. .. .--. -.-. --- .. -.]<br />
<br />
LOOK AROUND -> NOT ENOUGH POWER<br />
<br />
[.-.. --- --- -.- / .- .-. --- ..- -. -..]<br />
<br />
5 -> HUH<br />
<br />
[.....]<br />
<br />
WHO ARE YOU -> SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[.-- .... --- / .- .-. . / -.-- --- ..-]<br />
<br />
CQ -> CQD DE SOJ<br />
<br />
[-.-. --.-]<br />
<br />
SOJOURNER -> CFM (short for Confirm)<br />
<br />
[... --- .--- --- ..- .-. -. . .-.]<br />
<br />
CFM -> COME AGAIN<br />
<br />
[-.-. ..-. --]<br />
<br />
QUIET -> (turns the volume off)<br />
<br />
[--.- ..- .. . -]<br />
<br />
MUTE -> (turns the volume off)<br />
<br />
[-- ..- - .]<br />
<br />
BEEP -> (turns the volume on)<br />
<br />
[-... . . .--.]<br />
<br />
QRS -> (reduces playback speed)<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. ...]<br />
<br />
QRQ -> (increases playback speed)<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --.-]<br />
<br />
QRA -> QRA SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. .-]<br />
<br />
QRB -> QRB 264 MILLION KM<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. -…]<br />
<br />
QRH -> QRH 0.652 METERS<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. ....]<br />
<br />
QRG -> QRG PATHFINDER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --.]<br />
<br />
QRZ -> QRZ SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --..]<br />
<br />
QRT -> PLEASE DON'T GO<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. -]<br />
<br />
QTH -> QTH ARES VALLIS<br />
<br />
[--.- - ....]<br />
<br />
QSL -> QSL<br />
<br />
[--.- ... .-..]<br />
<br />
ET -> PHONE HOME<br />
<br />
[. -]<br />
<br />
LS -> DID YOU MEAN DIR<br />
<br />
DIR -> ENTER IMAGE NUMBER<br />
<br />
(any number <=2445) -> (loads xkcd comic in new tab)<br />
<br />
MAKE ME A SANDWICH -> NOT A CHANCE<br />
<br />
[-- .- -.- . / -- . / .- / ... .- -. -.. .-- .. -.-. ….]<br />
<br />
SUDO MAKE ME A SANDWICH -> NOT POSSIBLE HERE<br />
<br />
[... ..- -.. --- / -- .- -.- . / -- . / .- / ... .- -. -.. .-- .. -.-. ....]<br />
<br />
F -> DID YOU MEAN FORTUNE<br />
<br />
[..-.]<br />
<br />
FORTUNE -> NEVER FEAR THE END OF SOMETHING MARKS THE START OF SOMETHING NEW<br />
<br />
FORTUNE -> OPEN ME<br />
<br />
[..-. --- .-. - ..- -. .]<br />
<br />
OPEN -> YOUR DREAMS ARE NEVER SILLY DEPEND ON THEM TO GUIDE YOU<br />
<br />
OPEN -> YOU WILL BE A GREAT SUCCESS BOTH IN THE BUSINESS WORLD AND SOCIETY<br />
<br />
OPEN -> CHANGE IS HAPPENING IN YOUR LIFE SO GO WITH THE FLOW<br />
<br />
OPEN -> YOUR MOODS SIGNAL A PERIOD OF CHANGE<br />
<br />
OPEN -> YOU SHOULD PAY FOR THIS CHECK BE GENEROUS<br />
<br />
[--- .--. . -.]<br />
<br />
OPEN -> HUH (if after something other than "FORTUNE")<br />
<br />
[--- .--. . -.]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />:) -> :D<br />
<br />
[---... -.--.-]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />:( -> :C<br />
<br />
[---... -.--.]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />;) -> :O<br />
<br />
[-.-.-. -.--.-]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />:O -> :X<br />
<br />
[---... ---]<br />
<br />
UWU -> OWO<br />
<br />
[..- .-- ..-]<br />
<br />
OWO -> UWU<br />
<br />
[--- .-- ---]<br />
<br />
STATUS -> RADIO ONLINE, MOTOR ONLINE, UNILATERAL PHASE DETRACTOR UNPOWERED, CARDINAL GRAMMETER UNSYNCHRONIZED<br />
<br />
[... - .- - ..- ...]<br />
<br />
UNIX -> (''Opens [https://uni.xkcd.com uni.xkcd.com]'')<br />
<br />
[..- -. .. -..-]<br />
<br />
GET YE FLASK -> YE WISH! IF THERE WAS A FLASK IN THIS GAME, WE'D KNOW ABOUT IT.<br />
<br />
[--. . - / -.-- . / ..-. .-.. .- ... -.-]<br />
<br />
YOUTUBE -> RXJKDH1KZ0W ''(Note: video ID for [https://youtu.be/RXJKdh1KZ0w Rockwell Retro Encabulator])''<br />
<br />
[-.-- --- ..- - ..- -... .]<br />
<br />
HAHA -> SAY AGAIN<br />
<br />
[.... .- .... .-]<br />
<br />
SAY AGAIN -> NOT FOLLOWING<br />
<br />
[... .- -.-- / .- --. .- .. -.]<br />
<br />
AGAIN -> COME AGAIN<br />
<br />
[.- --. .- .. -.]<br />
<br />
YO -> YO<br />
<br />
[-.-- ---]<br />
<br />
DROP TABLE -> HAHA NO<br />
<br />
[.... .- .... .- / -. ---]<br />
<br />
CS -> TRY THAT AGAIN<br />
<br />
[-.-. ...]<br />
<br />
REPAIR -> ENTERING ENCABULATOR RECOVERY SYSTEM. OPTIONS 1 INITIATE SIDE FUMBLING 2 ALIGN SPURVING BEARINGS 3 REVERSE TREMIE PIPE<br />
<br />
[.-. . .--. .- .. .-.]<br />
<br />
* 1 -> SIDE FUMBLING DETECTED. MODIAL INTERACTION UNSTABLE. RECOVERY TERMINATED.<br />
* 2 -> MODIAL INTERACTION INITIATED. OPTIONS 1 UNWIND LOTUS O DELTOID 2 INCREASE DEPLENERATION 3 CONNECT GIRDLESPRING ON DOWN END OF GRAMMETER 4 CONNECT SEVENTH CONDUCTOR TO GIRDLESPRING<br />
** 1 -> SIDE FUMBLING DETECTED. MODIAL INTERACTION UNSTABLE. RECOVERY TERMINATED.<br />
** 2 -> DEPLENERATION PREVENTED BY DINGLE ARM<br />
** 3 -> SIDE FUMBLING DETECTED. MODIAL INTERACTION UNSTABLE. RECOVERY TERMINATED.<br />
** 4 -> PANAMETRIC FAN ACTIVATED. MODIAL INTERACTION STABLE. DEFAULT CONFIGURATION MISSING. MANUALLY ENTER MARZELVANE TYPE TO COMPLETE RECOVERY<br />
*** HYDROCOPTIC -> RECOVERY SUCCESSFUL. REBOOT Y N?<br />
**** Y -> (''Opens [https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/sojourner_repaired.png sojourner_repaired.png]'')<br />
* 3 -> ERROR TREMIE PIPE NONREVERSIBLE<br />
<br />
ENTER MAZE -> AN EMPTY ROOM<br />
<br />
[. -. - . .-. / -- .- --.. .]<br />
<br />
* LOOK -> AN EMPTY ROOM<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
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[[Category:Interactive comics]]<br />
[[Category:April fools' comics]]</div>BlackHathttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2445:_Checkbox&diff=2094322445: Checkbox2021-04-02T00:44:24Z<p>BlackHat: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2445<br />
| date = April 1, 2021<br />
| title = Checkbox<br />
| image = checkbox.gif<br />
| titletext = Check check check ... chhecck chhecck chhecck ... check check check<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a CHECKBOX. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} <br />
This is an April Fools comic that looks similar to a loading screen. The actual comic (this “loading screen”) consists of a gif of a checkbox (hence the name). <br />
<br />
The frame is replaced with an interactive panel. In the centre is a check box, which clears itself immediately when checked. In the bottom right is a mute button, which begins muted.<br />
<br />
Under the checkbox is a scrolling visual representation of the timing and duration of clicks in the check box, which also produce matching beeping sounds when unmuted.<br />
<br />
By varying between brief and long presses, and brief and long intervals between presses, it is possible to enter characters in Morse Code.<br />
<br />
The title text hints at the use of Morse Code in the comic; interpreting the "check" as a Morse Code dot and the "chhecck" as a Morse Code dash gives ...---..., which is the Morse Code for "SOS", the international distress signal. Incidentally, inputting the SOS signal gives "YOU TOO?".<br />
<br />
The check box then begins operating by itself, producing sounds which can be decoded as Morse Code.<br />
<br />
For the majority of inputs, the check box responds with 'WHAT'. Some keywords have special responses.<br />
<br />
===Special Responses===<br />
[.s are short presses, -s are long presses, and /s are spaces (just for readability)]<br />
<br />
xkcd -> FILE NOT FOUND<br />
<br />
[-..- -.- -.-. -..]<br />
<br />
SOS -> YOU TOO?<br />
<br />
[... --- ...]<br />
<br />
HI -> HELLO! ANYBODY OUT THERE?<br />
<br />
[.... ..]<br />
<br />
HELLO -> HELLO TO YOU TOO!<br />
<br />
[.... . .-.. .-.. ---]<br />
<br />
HELP -> YES PLEASE<br />
<br />
[.... . .-.. .--.]<br />
<br />
WHAT -> ECHO<br />
<br />
[.-- .... .- -]<br />
<br />
ECHO -> ECHO<br />
<br />
[. -.-. .... ---]<br />
<br />
CHECK -> MATE<br />
<br />
[-.-. .... . -.-. -.-]<br />
<br />
MORSE -> SAY AGAIN<br />
<br />
[-- --- .-. ... .]<br />
<br />
AGAIN -> COME AGAIN<br />
<br />
[.- --. .- .. -.]<br />
<br />
E (''repeat n times'') -> E (''repeat n times'')<br />
<br />
[.]<br />
<br />
EEEEE -> AAAAA<br />
<br />
[. . . . .]<br />
<br />
T (''repeat n times'') -> T (''repeat n times'')<br />
<br />
[-]<br />
<br />
WHO ARE YOU -> SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[.-- .... --- / .- .-. . / -.-- --- ..-]<br />
<br />
<br />
CQ -> CQD DE SOJ<br />
<br />
[-.-. --.-]<br />
<br />
SOJOURNER -> CFM (short for Confirm)<br />
<br />
[... --- .--- --- ..- .-. -. . .-.]<br />
<br />
QUIET -> (turns the volume off)<br />
<br />
[--.- ..- .. . -]<br />
<br />
MUTE -> (turns the volume off)<br />
<br />
[-- ..- - .]<br />
<br />
BEEP -> (turns the volume on)<br />
<br />
[-... . . .--.]<br />
<br />
QRS -> (reduces playback speed)<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. ...]<br />
<br />
QRQ -> (increases playback speed)<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --.-]<br />
<br />
QRA -> QRA SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. .-]<br />
<br />
QRB -> QRB 264 MILLION KM<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. -…]<br />
<br />
QRH -> QRH 0.652 METERS<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. ....]<br />
<br />
QRG -> QRG PATHFINDER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --.]<br />
<br />
QRZ -> QRZ SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --..]<br />
<br />
QTH -> QTH ARES VALLIS<br />
<br />
[--.- - ....]<br />
<br />
QSL -> QSL<br />
<br />
[--.- ... .-..]<br />
<br />
ET -> PHONE HOME<br />
<br />
[. -]<br />
<br />
LS -> DID YOU MEAN DIR<br />
<br />
DIR -> ENTER IMAGE NUMBER<br />
<br />
(any number <=2445) -> (loads xkcd comic in new tab)<br />
<br />
MAKE ME A SANDWICH -> NOT A CHANCE<br />
<br />
[-- .- -.- . / -- . / .- / ... .- -. -.. .-- .. -.-. ….]<br />
<br />
SUDO MAKE ME A SANDWICH -> NOT POSSIBLE HERE<br />
<br />
[... ..- -.. --- / -- .- -.- . / -- . / .- / ... .- -. -.. .-- .. -.-. ....]<br />
<br />
F -> DID YOU MEAN FORTUNE<br />
<br />
[..-.]<br />
<br />
FORTUNE -> NEVER FEAR THE END OF SOMETHING MARKS THE START OF SOMETHING NEW<br />
<br />
FORTUNE -> OPEN ME<br />
<br />
[..-. --- .-. - ..- -. .]<br />
<br />
OPEN -> YOUR DREAMS ARE NEVER SILLY DEPEND ON THEM TO GUIDE YOU<br />
<br />
[--- .--. . -.]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />:) -> :D<br />
<br />
[---... -.--.-]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />:( -> :C<br />
<br />
[---... -.--.]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />;) -> :O<br />
<br />
[-.-.-. -.--.-]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />:O -> :X<br />
<br />
[---... ---]<br />
<br />
UWU -> OWO<br />
<br />
[..- .-- ..-]<br />
<br />
OWO -> UWU<br />
<br />
[--- .-- ---]<br />
<br />
STATUS -> RADIO ONLINE, MOTOR ONLINE, UNILATERAL PHASE DETRACTOR UNPOWERED, CARDINAL GRAMMETER UNSYNCHRONIZED<br />
<br />
[... - .- - ..- ...]<br />
<br />
UNIX -> (''Opens [https://uni.xkcd.com uni.xkcd.com]'')<br />
<br />
[..- -. .. -..-]<br />
<br />
GET YE FLASK -> YE WISH! IF THERE WAS A FLASK IN THIS GAME, WE'D KNOW ABOUT IT.<br />
<br />
[--. . - / -.-- . / ..-. .-.. .- ... -.-]<br />
<br />
YOUTUBE -> RXJKDH1KZ0W ''(Note: video ID for [https://youtu.be/RXJKdh1KZ0w Rockwell Retro Encabulator])''<br />
<br />
[-.-- --- ..- - ..- -... .]<br />
<br />
HAHA -> SAY AGAIN<br />
<br />
[.... .- .... .-]<br />
<br />
SAY AGAIN -> NOT FOLLOWING<br />
<br />
[... .- -.-- / .- --. .- .. -.]<br />
<br />
AGAIN -> COME AGAIN<br />
<br />
[.- --. .- .. -.]<br />
<br />
I LOVE YOU -> TRY THAT AGAIN<br />
<br />
[.. / .-.. --- ...- . / -.-- --- ..-]<br />
<br />
YO -> YO<br />
[-.-- ---]<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
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[[Category:Interactive comics]]<br />
[[Category:April fools' comics]]</div>BlackHathttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2445:_Checkbox&diff=2094292445: Checkbox2021-04-02T00:42:57Z<p>BlackHat: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2445<br />
| date = April 1, 2021<br />
| title = Checkbox<br />
| image = checkbox.gif<br />
| titletext = Check check check ... chhecck chhecck chhecck ... check check check<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a CHECKBOX. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} <br />
This is an April Fools comic that looks similar to a loading screen. The actual comic (this “loading screen”) consists of a gif of a checkbox (hence the name). <br />
<br />
The frame is replaced with an interactive panel. In the centre is a check box, which clears itself immediately when checked. In the bottom right is a mute button, which begins muted.<br />
<br />
Under the checkbox is a scrolling visual representation of the timing and duration of clicks in the check box, which also produce matching beeping sounds when unmuted.<br />
<br />
By varying between brief and long presses, and brief and long intervals between presses, it is possible to enter characters in Morse Code.<br />
<br />
The title text hints at the use of Morse Code in the comic; interpreting the "check" as a Morse Code dot and the "chhecck" as a Morse Code dash gives ...---..., which is the Morse Code for "SOS", the international distress signal. Incidentally, inputting the SOS signal gives "YOU TOO?".<br />
<br />
The check box then begins operating by itself, producing sounds which can be decoded as Morse Code.<br />
<br />
For the majority of inputs, the check box responds with 'WHAT'. Some keywords have special responses.<br />
<br />
===Special Responses===<br />
[.s are short presses, -s are long presses, and /s are spaces (just for readability)]<br />
<br />
xkcd -> FILE NOT FOUND<br />
<br />
[-..- -.- -.-. -..]<br />
<br />
SOS -> YOU TOO?<br />
<br />
[... --- ...]<br />
<br />
HI -> HELLO! ANYBODY OUT THERE?<br />
<br />
[.... ..]<br />
<br />
HELLO -> HELLO TO YOU TOO!<br />
<br />
[.... . .-.. .-.. ---]<br />
<br />
HELP -> YES PLEASE<br />
<br />
[.... . .-.. .--.]<br />
<br />
WHAT -> ECHO<br />
<br />
[.-- .... .- -]<br />
<br />
ECHO -> ECHO<br />
<br />
[. -.-. .... ---]<br />
<br />
CHECK -> MATE<br />
<br />
[-.-. .... . -.-. -.-]<br />
<br />
MORSE -> SAY AGAIN<br />
<br />
[-- --- .-. ... .]<br />
<br />
E (''repeat n times'') -> E (''repeat n times'')<br />
<br />
[.]<br />
<br />
EEEEE -> AAAAA<br />
<br />
[. . . . .]<br />
<br />
T (''repeat n times'') -> T (''repeat n times'')<br />
<br />
[-]<br />
<br />
WHO ARE YOU -> SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[.-- .... --- / .- .-. . / -.-- --- ..-]<br />
<br />
<br />
CQ -> CQD DE SOJ<br />
<br />
[-.-. --.-]<br />
<br />
SOJOURNER -> CFM (short for Confirm)<br />
<br />
[... --- .--- --- ..- .-. -. . .-.]<br />
<br />
QUIET -> (turns the volume off)<br />
<br />
[--.- ..- .. . -]<br />
<br />
MUTE -> (turns the volume off)<br />
<br />
[-- ..- - .]<br />
<br />
BEEP -> (turns the volume on)<br />
<br />
[-... . . .--.]<br />
<br />
QRS -> (reduces playback speed)<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. ...]<br />
<br />
QRQ -> (increases playback speed)<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --.-]<br />
<br />
QRA -> QRA SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. .-]<br />
<br />
QRB -> QRB 264 MILLION KM<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. -…]<br />
<br />
QRH -> QRH 0.652 METERS<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. ....]<br />
<br />
QRG -> QRG PATHFINDER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --.]<br />
<br />
QRZ -> QRZ SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --..]<br />
<br />
QTH -> QTH ARES VALLIS<br />
<br />
[--.- - ....]<br />
<br />
QSL -> QSL<br />
<br />
[--.- ... .-..]<br />
<br />
ET -> PHONE HOME<br />
<br />
[. -]<br />
<br />
LS -> DID YOU MEAN DIR<br />
<br />
DIR -> ENTER IMAGE NUMBER<br />
<br />
(any number <=2445) -> (loads xkcd comic in new tab)<br />
<br />
MAKE ME A SANDWICH -> NOT A CHANCE<br />
<br />
[-- .- -.- . / -- . / .- / ... .- -. -.. .-- .. -.-. ….]<br />
<br />
SUDO MAKE ME A SANDWICH -> NOT POSSIBLE HERE<br />
<br />
[... ..- -.. --- / -- .- -.- . / -- . / .- / ... .- -. -.. .-- .. -.-. ....]<br />
<br />
F -> DID YOU MEAN FORTUNE<br />
<br />
[..-.]<br />
<br />
FORTUNE -> NEVER FEAR THE END OF SOMETHING MARKS THE START OF SOMETHING NEW<br />
<br />
FORTUNE -> OPEN ME<br />
<br />
[..-. --- .-. - ..- -. .]<br />
<br />
OPEN -> YOUR DREAMS ARE NEVER SILLY DEPEND ON THEM TO GUIDE YOU<br />
<br />
[--- .--. . -.]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />:) -> :D<br />
<br />
[---... -.--.-]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />:( -> :C<br />
<br />
[---... -.--.]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />;) -> :O<br />
<br />
[-.-.-. -.--.-]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />:O -> :X<br />
<br />
[---... ---]<br />
<br />
UWU -> OWO<br />
<br />
[..- .-- ..-]<br />
<br />
OWO -> UWU<br />
<br />
[--- .-- ---]<br />
<br />
STATUS -> RADIO ONLINE, MOTOR ONLINE, UNILATERAL PHASE DETRACTOR UNPOWERED, CARDINAL GRAMMETER UNSYNCHRONIZED<br />
<br />
[... - .- - ..- ...]<br />
<br />
UNIX -> (''Opens [https://uni.xkcd.com uni.xkcd.com]'')<br />
<br />
[..- -. .. -..-]<br />
<br />
GET YE FLASK -> YE WISH! IF THERE WAS A FLASK IN THIS GAME, WE'D KNOW ABOUT IT.<br />
<br />
[--. . - / -.-- . / ..-. .-.. .- ... -.-]<br />
<br />
YOUTUBE -> RXJKDH1KZ0W ''(Note: video ID for [https://youtu.be/RXJKdh1KZ0w Rockwell Retro Encabulator])''<br />
<br />
[-.-- --- ..- - ..- -... .]<br />
<br />
HAHA -> SAY AGAIN<br />
<br />
[.... .- .... .-]<br />
<br />
AGAIN -> COME AGAIN<br />
<br />
[.- --. .- .. -.]<br />
<br />
I LOVE YOU -> TRY THAT AGAIN<br />
<br />
[.. / .-.. --- ...- . / -.-- --- ..-]<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
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Loading...<br />
{{comic discussion}}<br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category:Interactive comics]]<br />
[[Category:April fools' comics]]</div>BlackHathttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2445:_Checkbox&diff=2094252445: Checkbox2021-04-02T00:36:22Z<p>BlackHat: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2445<br />
| date = April 1, 2021<br />
| title = Checkbox<br />
| image = checkbox.gif<br />
| titletext = Check check check ... chhecck chhecck chhecck ... check check check<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a CHECKBOX. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} <br />
This is an April Fools comic that looks similar to a loading screen. The actual comic (this “loading screen”) consists of a gif of a checkbox (hence the name). <br />
<br />
The frame is replaced with an interactive panel. In the centre is a check box, which clears itself immediately when checked. In the bottom right is a mute button, which begins muted.<br />
<br />
Under the checkbox is a scrolling visual representation of the timing and duration of clicks in the check box, which also produce matching beeping sounds when unmuted.<br />
<br />
By varying between brief and long presses, and brief and long intervals between presses, it is possible to enter characters in Morse Code.<br />
<br />
The title text hints at the use of Morse Code in the comic; interpreting the "check" as a Morse Code dot and the "chhecck" as a Morse Code dash gives ...---..., which is the Morse Code for "SOS", the international distress signal. Incidentally, inputting the SOS signal gives "YOU TOO?".<br />
<br />
The check box then begins operating by itself, producing sounds which can be decoded as Morse Code.<br />
<br />
For the majority of inputs, the check box responds with 'WHAT'. Some keywords have special responses.<br />
<br />
===Special Responses===<br />
[.s are short presses, -s are long presses, and /s are spaces (just for readability)]<br />
<br />
xkcd -> FILE NOT FOUND<br />
<br />
[-..- -.- -.-. -..]<br />
<br />
SOS -> YOU TOO?<br />
<br />
[... --- ...]<br />
<br />
HI -> HELLO! ANYBODY OUT THERE?<br />
<br />
[.... ..]<br />
<br />
HELLO -> HELLO TO YOU TOO!<br />
<br />
[.... . .-.. .-.. ---]<br />
<br />
HELP -> YES PLEASE<br />
<br />
[.... . .-.. .--.]<br />
<br />
WHAT -> ECHO<br />
<br />
[.-- .... .- -]<br />
<br />
ECHO -> ECHO<br />
<br />
[. -.-. .... ---]<br />
<br />
CHECK -> MATE<br />
<br />
[-.-. .... . -.-. -.-]<br />
<br />
E (''repeat n times'') -> E (''repeat n times'')<br />
<br />
[.]<br />
<br />
EEEEE -> AAAAA<br />
<br />
[. . . . .]<br />
<br />
T (''repeat n times'') -> T (''repeat n times'')<br />
<br />
[-]<br />
<br />
WHO ARE YOU -> SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[.-- .... --- / .- .-. . / -.-- --- ..-]<br />
<br />
<br />
CQ -> CQD DE SOJ<br />
<br />
[-.-. --.-]<br />
<br />
SOJOURNER -> CFM (short for Confirm)<br />
<br />
[... --- .--- --- ..- .-. -. . .-.]<br />
<br />
QUIET -> (turns the volume off)<br />
<br />
[--.- ..- .. . -]<br />
<br />
MUTE -> (turns the volume off)<br />
<br />
[-- ..- - .]<br />
<br />
BEEP -> (turns the volume on)<br />
<br />
[-... . . .--.]<br />
<br />
QRS -> (reduces playback speed)<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. ...]<br />
<br />
QRQ -> (increases playback speed)<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --.-]<br />
<br />
QRA -> QRA SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. .-]<br />
<br />
QRB -> QRB 264 MILLION KM<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. -…]<br />
<br />
QRH -> QRH 0.652 METERS<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. ....]<br />
<br />
QRG -> QRG PATHFINDER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --.]<br />
<br />
QRZ -> QRZ SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --..]<br />
<br />
QTH -> QTH ARES VALLIS<br />
<br />
[--.- - ....]<br />
<br />
QSL -> QSL<br />
<br />
[--.- ... .-..]<br />
<br />
ET -> PHONE HOME<br />
<br />
[. -]<br />
<br />
LS -> DID YOU MEAN DIR<br />
<br />
DIR -> ENTER IMAGE NUMBER<br />
<br />
(any number <=2445) -> (loads xkcd comic in new tab)<br />
<br />
MAKE ME A SANDWICH -> NOT A CHANCE<br />
<br />
[-- .- -.- . / -- . / .- / ... .- -. -.. .-- .. -.-. ….]<br />
<br />
SUDO MAKE ME A SANDWICH -> NOT POSSIBLE HERE<br />
<br />
[... ..- -.. --- / -- .- -.- . / -- . / .- / ... .- -. -.. .-- .. -.-. ....]<br />
<br />
F -> DID YOU MEAN FORTUNE<br />
<br />
[..-.]<br />
<br />
FORTUNE -> NEVER FEAR THE END OF SOMETHING MARKS THE START OF SOMETHING NEW<br />
<br />
FORTUNE -> OPEN ME<br />
<br />
[..-. --- .-. - ..- -. .]<br />
<br />
OPEN -> YOUR DREAMS ARE NEVER SILLY DEPEND ON THEM TO GUIDE YOU<br />
<br />
[--- .--. . -.]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />:) -> :D<br />
<br />
[---... -.--.-]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />:( -> :C<br />
<br />
[---... -.--.]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />;) -> :O<br />
<br />
[-.-.-. -.--.-]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />:O -> :X<br />
<br />
[---... ---]<br />
<br />
UWU -> OWO<br />
<br />
[..- .-- ..-]<br />
<br />
OWO -> UWU<br />
<br />
[--- .-- ---]<br />
<br />
STATUS -> RADIO ONLINE, MOTOR ONLINE, UNILATERAL PHASE DETRACTOR UNPOWERED, CARDINAL GRAMMETER UNSYNCHRONIZED<br />
<br />
[... - .- - ..- ...]<br />
<br />
UNIX -> (''Opens [https://uni.xkcd.com uni.xkcd.com]'')<br />
<br />
[..- -. .. -..-]<br />
<br />
GET YE FLASK -> YE WISH! IF THERE WAS A FLASK IN THIS GAME, WE'D KNOW ABOUT IT.<br />
<br />
[--. . - / -.-- . / ..-. .-.. .- ... -.-]<br />
<br />
YOUTUBE -> RXJKDH1KZ0W ''(Note: video ID for [https://youtu.be/RXJKdh1KZ0w Rockwell Retro Encabulator])''<br />
<br />
[-.-- --- ..- - ..- -... .]<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
Loading...<br />
{{comic discussion}}<br />
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<br />
[[Category:Interactive comics]]<br />
[[Category:April fools' comics]]</div>BlackHathttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2445:_Checkbox&diff=2094212445: Checkbox2021-04-02T00:20:28Z<p>BlackHat: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2445<br />
| date = April 1, 2021<br />
| title = Checkbox<br />
| image = checkbox.gif<br />
| titletext = Check check check ... chhecck chhecck chhecck ... check check check<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a CHECKBOX. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} <br />
This is an April Fools comic that looks similar to a loading screen. The actual comic (this “loading screen”) consists of a gif of a checkbox (hence the name). <br />
<br />
The frame is replaced with an interactive panel. In the centre is a check box, which clears itself immediately when checked. In the bottom right is a mute button, which begins muted.<br />
<br />
Under the checkbox is a scrolling visual representation of the timing and duration of clicks in the check box, which also produce matching beeping sounds when unmuted.<br />
<br />
By varying between brief and long presses, and brief and long intervals between presses, it is possible to enter characters in Morse Code.<br />
<br />
The title text hints at the use of Morse Code in the comic; interpreting the "check" as a Morse Code dot and the "chhecck" as a Morse Code dash gives ...---..., which is the Morse Code for "SOS", the international distress signal. Incidentally, inputting the SOS signal gives "YOU TOO?".<br />
<br />
The check box then begins operating by itself, producing sounds which can be decoded as Morse Code.<br />
<br />
For the majority of inputs, the check box responds with 'WHAT'. Some keywords have special responses.<br />
<br />
===Special Responses===<br />
[.s are short presses, -s are long presses, and /s are spaces (just for readability)]<br />
<br />
xkcd -> FILE NOT FOUND<br />
<br />
[-..- -.- -.-. -..]<br />
<br />
SOS -> YOU TOO?<br />
<br />
[... --- ...]<br />
<br />
HI -> HELLO! ANYBODY OUT THERE?<br />
<br />
[.... ..]<br />
<br />
HELLO -> HELLO TO YOU TOO!<br />
<br />
[.... . .-.. .-.. ---]<br />
<br />
HELP -> YES PLEASE<br />
<br />
[.... . .-.. .--.]<br />
<br />
WHAT -> ECHO<br />
<br />
[.-- .... .- -]<br />
<br />
ECHO -> ECHO<br />
<br />
[. -.-. .... ---]<br />
<br />
CHECK -> MATE<br />
<br />
[-.-. .... . -.-. -.-]<br />
<br />
E (''repeat n times'') -> E (''repeat n times'')<br />
<br />
[.]<br />
<br />
EEEEE -> AAAAA<br />
<br />
[. . . . .]<br />
<br />
T (''repeat n times'') -> T (''repeat n times'')<br />
<br />
[-]<br />
<br />
WHO ARE YOU -> SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[.-- .... --- / .- .-. . / -.-- --- ..-]<br />
<br />
<br />
CQ -> CQD DE SOJ<br />
<br />
[-.-. --.-]<br />
<br />
SOJOURNER -> CFM (short for Confirm)<br />
<br />
[... --- .--- --- ..- .-. -. . .-.]<br />
<br />
QUIET -> (turns the volume off)<br />
<br />
[--.- ..- .. . -]<br />
<br />
MUTE -> (turns the volume off)<br />
<br />
[-- ..- - .]<br />
<br />
BEEP -> (turns the volume on)<br />
<br />
[-... . . .--.]<br />
<br />
QRS -> (reduces playback speed)<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. ...]<br />
<br />
QRQ -> (increases playback speed)<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --.-]<br />
<br />
QRA -> QRA SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. .-]<br />
<br />
QRB -> QRB 264 MILLION KM<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. -…]<br />
<br />
QRH -> QRH 0.652 METERS<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. ....]<br />
<br />
QRG -> QRG PATHFINDER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --.]<br />
<br />
QRZ -> QRZ SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --..]<br />
<br />
QTH -> QTH ARES VALLIS<br />
<br />
[--.- - ....]<br />
<br />
QSL -> QSL<br />
<br />
[--.- ... .-..]<br />
<br />
ET -> PHONE HOME<br />
<br />
[. -]<br />
<br />
LS -> DID YOU MEAN DIR<br />
<br />
DIR -> ENTER IMAGE NUMBER<br />
<br />
(any number <=2445) -> (loads xkcd comic in new tab)<br />
<br />
MAKE ME A SANDWICH -> NOT A CHANCE<br />
<br />
[-- .- -.- . / -- . / .- / ... .- -. -.. .-- .. -.-. ….]<br />
<br />
SUDO MAKE ME A SANDWICH -> NOT POSSIBLE HERE<br />
<br />
[... ..- -.. --- / -- .- -.- . / -- . / .- / ... .- -. -.. .-- .. -.-. ....]<br />
<br />
F -> DID YOU MEAN FORTUNE<br />
<br />
[..-.]<br />
<br />
FORTUNE -> NEVER FEAR THE END OF SOMETHING MARKS THE START OF SOMETHING NEW<br />
FORTUNE -> OPEN ME<br />
<br />
[..-. --- .-. - ..- -. .]<br />
<br />
OPEN -> YOUR DREAMS ARE NEVER SILLY DEPEND ON THEM TO GUIDE YOU<br />
<br />
[--- .--. . -.]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />:) -> :D<br />
<br />
[---... -.--.-]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />:( -> :C<br />
<br />
[---... -.--.]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />;) -> :O<br />
<br />
[-.-.-. -.--.-]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />:O -> :X<br />
<br />
[---... ---]<br />
<br />
UWU -> OWO<br />
<br />
[..- .-- ..-]<br />
<br />
OWO -> UWU<br />
<br />
[--- .-- ---]<br />
<br />
STATUS -> RADIO ONLINE, MOTOR ONLINE, UNILATERAL PHASE DETRACTOR UNPOWERED, CARDINAL GRAMMETER UNSYNCHRONIZED<br />
<br />
[... - .- - ..- ...]<br />
<br />
UNIX -> (''Opens [https://uni.xkcd.com uni.xkcd.com]'')<br />
<br />
[..- -. .. -..-]<br />
<br />
GET YE FLASK -> YE WISH! IF THERE WAS A FLASK IN THIS GAME, WE'D KNOW ABOUT IT.<br />
<br />
[--. . - / -.-- . / ..-. .-.. .- ... -.-]<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
Loading...<br />
{{comic discussion}}<br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category:Interactive comics]]<br />
[[Category:April fools' comics]]</div>BlackHathttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2445:_Checkbox&diff=2094162445: Checkbox2021-04-02T00:03:31Z<p>BlackHat: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2445<br />
| date = April 1, 2021<br />
| title = Checkbox<br />
| image = checkbox.gif<br />
| titletext = Check check check ... chhecck chhecck chhecck ... check check check<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a CHECKBOX. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} <br />
This is an April Fools comic that looks similar to a loading screen. The actual comic (this “loading screen”) consists of a gif of a checkbox (hence the name). <br />
<br />
The frame is replaced with an interactive panel. In the centre is a check box, which clears itself immediately when checked. In the bottom right is a mute button, which begins muted.<br />
<br />
Under the checkbox is a scrolling visual representation of the timing and duration of clicks in the check box, which also produce matching beeping sounds when unmuted.<br />
<br />
By varying between brief and long presses, and brief and long intervals between presses, it is possible to enter characters in Morse Code.<br />
<br />
The title text hints at the use of Morse Code in the comic; interpreting the "check" as a Morse Code dot and the "chhecck" as a Morse Code dash gives ...---..., which is the Morse Code for "SOS", the international distress signal. Incidentally, inputting the SOS signal gives "YOU TOO?".<br />
<br />
The check box then begins operating by itself, producing sounds which can be decoded as Morse Code.<br />
<br />
For the majority of inputs, the check box responds with 'WHAT'. Some keywords have special responses.<br />
<br />
===Special Responses===<br />
[.s are short presses, -s are long presses, and /s are spaces (just for readability)]<br />
<br />
xkcd -> FILE NOT FOUND<br />
<br />
[-..- -.- -.-. -..]<br />
<br />
SOS -> YOU TOO?<br />
<br />
[... --- ...]<br />
<br />
HI -> HELLO! ANYBODY OUT THERE?<br />
<br />
[.... ..]<br />
<br />
HELLO -> HELLO TO YOU TOO!<br />
<br />
[.... . .-.. .-.. ---]<br />
<br />
HELP -> YES PLEASE<br />
<br />
[.... . .-.. .--.]<br />
<br />
WHAT -> ECHO<br />
<br />
[.-- .... .- -]<br />
<br />
ECHO -> ECHO<br />
<br />
[. -.-. .... ---]<br />
<br />
CHECK -> MATE<br />
<br />
[-.-. .... . -.-. -.-]<br />
<br />
E (''repeat n times'') -> E (''repeat n times'')<br />
<br />
[.]<br />
<br />
EEEEE -> AAAAA<br />
<br />
[. . . . .]<br />
<br />
T (''repeat n times'') -> T (''repeat n times'')<br />
<br />
[-]<br />
<br />
WHO ARE YOU -> SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[.-- .... --- / .- .-. . / -.-- --- ..-]<br />
<br />
<br />
CQ -> CQD DE SOJ<br />
<br />
[-.-. --.-]<br />
<br />
SOJOURNER -> CFM (short for Confirm)<br />
<br />
[... --- .--- --- ..- .-. -. . .-.]<br />
<br />
QUIET -> (turns the volume off)<br />
<br />
[--.- ..- .. . -]<br />
<br />
MUTE -> (turns the volume off)<br />
<br />
[-- ..- - .]<br />
<br />
BEEP -> (turns the volume on)<br />
<br />
[-... . . .--.]<br />
<br />
QRS -> (reduces playback speed)<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. ...]<br />
<br />
QRQ -> (increases playback speed)<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --.-]<br />
<br />
QRA -> QRA SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. .-]<br />
<br />
QRB -> QRB 264 MILLION KM<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. -…]<br />
<br />
QRH -> QRH 0.652 METERS<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. ....]<br />
<br />
QRG -> QRG PATHFINDER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --.]<br />
<br />
QRZ -> QRZ SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --..]<br />
<br />
QTH -> QTH ARES VALLIS<br />
<br />
[--.- - ....]<br />
<br />
QSL -> QSL<br />
<br />
[--.- ... .-..]<br />
<br />
ET -> PHONE HOME<br />
<br />
[. -]<br />
<br />
LS -> DID YOU MEAN DIR<br />
<br />
DIR -> ENTER IMAGE NUMBER<br />
<br />
(any number <=2445) -> (loads xkcd comic in new tab)<br />
<br />
MAKE ME A SANDWICH -> NOT A CHANCE<br />
<br />
[-- .- -.- . / -- . / .- / ... .- -. -.. .-- .. -.-. ….]<br />
<br />
SUDO MAKE ME A SANDWICH -> NOT POSSIBLE HERE<br />
<br />
[... ..- -.. --- / -- .- -.- . / -- . / .- / ... .- -. -.. .-- .. -.-. ....]<br />
<br />
F -> DID YOU MEAN FORTUNE<br />
<br />
[..-.]<br />
<br />
FORTUNE -> NEVER FEAR THE END OF SOMETHING MARKS THE START OF SOMETHING NEW<br />
<br />
[..-. --- .-. - ..- -. .]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />:) -> :D<br />
<br />
[---... -.--.-]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />:( -> :C<br />
<br />
[---... -.--.]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />;) -> :O<br />
<br />
[-.-.-. -.--.-]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />:O -> :X<br />
<br />
[---... ---]<br />
<br />
UWU -> OWO<br />
<br />
[..- .-- ..-]<br />
<br />
OWO -> UWU<br />
<br />
[--- .-- ---]<br />
<br />
STATUS -> RADIO ONLINE, MOTOR ONLINE, UNILATERAL PHASE DETRACTOR UNPOWERED, CARDINAL GRAMMETER UNSYNCHRONIZED<br />
<br />
[... - .- - ..- ...]<br />
<br />
UNIX -> (''Opens [https://uni.xkcd.com uni.xkcd.com]'')<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
Loading...<br />
{{comic discussion}}<br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category:Interactive comics]]<br />
[[Category:April fools' comics]]</div>BlackHathttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2445:_Checkbox&diff=2094152445: Checkbox2021-04-02T00:02:06Z<p>BlackHat: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2445<br />
| date = April 1, 2021<br />
| title = Checkbox<br />
| image = checkbox.gif<br />
| titletext = Check check check ... chhecck chhecck chhecck ... check check check<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a CHECKBOX. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} <br />
This is an April Fools comic that looks similar to a loading screen. The actual comic (this “loading screen”) consists of a gif of a checkbox (hence the name). <br />
<br />
The frame is replaced with an interactive panel. In the centre is a check box, which clears itself immediately when checked. In the bottom right is a mute button, which begins muted.<br />
<br />
Under the checkbox is a scrolling visual representation of the timing and duration of clicks in the check box, which also produce matching beeping sounds when unmuted.<br />
<br />
By varying between brief and long presses, and brief and long intervals between presses, it is possible to enter characters in Morse Code.<br />
<br />
The title text hints at the use of Morse Code in the comic; interpreting the "check" as a Morse Code dot and the "chhecck" as a Morse Code dash gives ...---..., which is the Morse Code for "SOS", the international distress signal. Incidentally, inputting the SOS signal gives "YOU TOO?".<br />
<br />
The check box then begins operating by itself, producing sounds which can be decoded as Morse Code.<br />
<br />
For the majority of inputs, the check box responds with 'WHAT'. Some keywords have special responses.<br />
<br />
===Special Responses===<br />
[.s are short presses, -s are long presses, and /s are spaces (just for readability)]<br />
<br />
xkcd -> FILE NOT FOUND<br />
<br />
[-..- -.- -.-. -..]<br />
<br />
SOS -> YOU TOO?<br />
<br />
[... --- ...]<br />
<br />
HI -> HELLO! ANYBODY OUT THERE?<br />
<br />
[.... ..]<br />
<br />
HELLO -> HELLO TO YOU TOO!<br />
<br />
[.... . .-.. .-.. ---]<br />
<br />
HELP -> YES PLEASE<br />
<br />
[.... . .-.. .--.]<br />
<br />
WHAT -> ECHO<br />
<br />
[.-- .... .- -]<br />
<br />
ECHO -> ECHO<br />
<br />
[. -.-. .... ---]<br />
<br />
CHECK -> MATE<br />
<br />
[-.-. .... . -.-. -.-]<br />
<br />
E (''repeat n times'') -> E (''repeat n times'')<br />
<br />
[.]<br />
<br />
EEEEE -> AAAAA<br />
<br />
[. . . . .]<br />
<br />
T (''repeat n times'') -> T (''repeat n times'')<br />
<br />
[-]<br />
<br />
WHO ARE YOU -> SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[.-- .... --- / .- .-. . / -.-- --- ..-]<br />
<br />
<br />
CQ -> CQD DE SOJ<br />
<br />
[-.-. --.-]<br />
<br />
SOJOURNER -> CFM (short for Confirm)<br />
<br />
[... --- .--- --- ..- .-. -. . .-.]<br />
<br />
QUIET -> (turns the volume off)<br />
<br />
[--.- ..- .. . -]<br />
<br />
MUTE -> (turns the volume off)<br />
<br />
[-- ..- - .]<br />
<br />
BEEP -> (turns the volume on)<br />
<br />
[-... . . .--.]<br />
<br />
QRS -> (reduces playback speed)<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. ...]<br />
<br />
QRQ -> (increases playback speed)<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --.-]<br />
<br />
QRA -> QRA SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. .-]<br />
<br />
QRB -> QRB 264 MILLION KM<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. -…]<br />
<br />
QRH -> QRH 0.652 METERS<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. ....]<br />
<br />
QRG -> QRG PATHFINDER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --.]<br />
<br />
QRZ -> QRZ SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --..]<br />
<br />
QTH -> QTH ARES VALLIS<br />
<br />
[--.- - ....]<br />
<br />
QSL -> QSL<br />
<br />
[--.- ... .-..]<br />
<br />
ET -> PHONE HOME<br />
<br />
[. -]<br />
<br />
LS -> DID YOU MEAN DIR<br />
<br />
DIR -> ENTER IMAGE NUMBER<br />
<br />
(any number <=2445) -> (loads xkcd comic in new tab)<br />
<br />
MAKE ME A SANDWICH -> NOT A CHANCE<br />
<br />
[-- .- -.- . / -- . / .- / ... .- -. -.. .-- .. -.-. ….]<br />
<br />
SUDO MAKE ME A SANDWICH -> NOT POSSIBLE HERE<br />
<br />
[... ..- -.. --- / -- .- -.- . / -- . / .- / ... .- -. -.. .-- .. -.-. ....]<br />
<br />
F -> DID YOU MEAN FORTUNE<br />
<br />
[..-.]<br />
<br />
FORTUNE -> NEVER FEAR THE END OF SOMETHING MARKS THE START OF SOMETHING NEW<br />
<br />
[..-. --- .-. - ..- -. .]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />:) -> :D<br />
<br />
[---... -.--.-]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />:( -> :C<br />
<br />
[---... -.--.]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />;) -> :O<br />
<br />
[-.-.-. -.--.-]<br />
<br />
UWU -> OWO<br />
<br />
[..- .-- ..-]<br />
<br />
OWO -> UWU<br />
<br />
[--- .-- ---]<br />
<br />
STATUS -> RADIO ONLINE, MOTOR ONLINE, UNILATERAL PHASE DETRACTOR UNPOWERED, CARDINAL GRAMMETER UNSYNCHRONIZED<br />
<br />
[... - .- - ..- ...]<br />
<br />
UNIX -> (''Opens [https://uni.xkcd.com uni.xkcd.com]'')<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
Loading...<br />
{{comic discussion}}<br />
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<br />
[[Category:Interactive comics]]<br />
[[Category:April fools' comics]]</div>BlackHathttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2445:_Checkbox&diff=2094142445: Checkbox2021-04-02T00:01:40Z<p>BlackHat: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2445<br />
| date = April 1, 2021<br />
| title = Checkbox<br />
| image = checkbox.gif<br />
| titletext = Check check check ... chhecck chhecck chhecck ... check check check<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a CHECKBOX. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} <br />
This is an April Fools comic that looks similar to a loading screen. The actual comic (this “loading screen”) consists of a gif of a checkbox (hence the name). <br />
<br />
The frame is replaced with an interactive panel. In the centre is a check box, which clears itself immediately when checked. In the bottom right is a mute button, which begins muted.<br />
<br />
Under the checkbox is a scrolling visual representation of the timing and duration of clicks in the check box, which also produce matching beeping sounds when unmuted.<br />
<br />
By varying between brief and long presses, and brief and long intervals between presses, it is possible to enter characters in Morse Code.<br />
<br />
The title text hints at the use of Morse Code in the comic; interpreting the "check" as a Morse Code dot and the "chhecck" as a Morse Code dash gives ...---..., which is the Morse Code for "SOS", the international distress signal. Incidentally, inputting the SOS signal gives "YOU TOO?".<br />
<br />
The check box then begins operating by itself, producing sounds which can be decoded as Morse Code.<br />
<br />
For the majority of inputs, the check box responds with 'WHAT'. Some keywords have special responses.<br />
<br />
===Special Responses===<br />
[.s are short presses, -s are long presses, and /s are spaces (just for readability)]<br />
<br />
xkcd -> FILE NOT FOUND<br />
<br />
[-..- -.- -.-. -..]<br />
<br />
SOS -> YOU TOO?<br />
<br />
[... --- ...]<br />
<br />
HI -> HELLO! ANYBODY OUT THERE?<br />
<br />
[.... ..]<br />
<br />
HELLO -> HELLO TO YOU TOO!<br />
<br />
[.... . .-.. .-.. ---]<br />
<br />
HELP -> YES PLEASE<br />
<br />
[.... . .-.. .--.]<br />
<br />
WHAT -> ECHO<br />
<br />
[.-- .... .- -]<br />
<br />
ECHO -> ECHO<br />
<br />
[. -.-. .... ---]<br />
<br />
CHECK -> MATE<br />
<br />
[-.-. .... . -.-. -.-]<br />
<br />
E (''repeat n times'') -> E (''repeat n times'')<br />
<br />
[.]<br />
<br />
EEEEE -> AAAAA<br />
<br />
[. . . . .]<br />
<br />
T (''repeat n times'') -> T (''repeat n times'')<br />
<br />
[-]<br />
<br />
WHO ARE YOU -> SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[.-- .... --- / .- .-. . / -.-- --- ..-]<br />
<br />
<br />
CQ -> CQD DE SOJ<br />
<br />
[-.-. --.-]<br />
<br />
SOJOURNER -> CFM (short for Confirm)<br />
<br />
[... --- .--- --- ..- .-. -. . .-.]<br />
<br />
QUIET -> (turns the volume off)<br />
<br />
[--.- ..- .. . -]<br />
<br />
MUTE -> (turns the volume off)<br />
<br />
[-- ..- - .]<br />
<br />
BEEP -> (turns the volume on)<br />
<br />
[-... . . .--.]<br />
<br />
QRS -> (reduces playback speed)<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. ...]<br />
<br />
QRQ -> (increases playback speed)<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --.-]<br />
<br />
QRA -> QRA SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. .-]<br />
<br />
QRB -> QRB 264 MILLION KM<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. -…]<br />
<br />
QRH -> QRH 0.652 METERS<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. ....]<br />
<br />
QRG -> QRG PATHFINDER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --.]<br />
<br />
QRZ -> QRZ SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --..]<br />
<br />
QTH -> QTH ARES VALLIS<br />
<br />
[--.- - ....]<br />
<br />
QSL -> QSL<br />
<br />
[--.- ... .-..]<br />
<br />
ET -> PHONE HOME<br />
<br />
[. -]<br />
<br />
LS -> DID YOU MEAN DIR<br />
<br />
DIR -> ENTER IMAGE NUMBER<br />
<br />
(any number <=2445) -> (loads xkcd comic in new tab)<br />
<br />
MAKE ME A SANDWICH -> NOT A CHANCE<br />
<br />
[-- .- -.- . / -- . / .- / ... .- -. -.. .-- .. -.-. ….]<br />
<br />
SUDO MAKE ME A SANDWICH -> NOT POSSIBLE HERE<br />
<br />
[... ..- -.. --- / -- .- -.- . / -- . / .- / ... .- -. -.. .-- .. -.-. ....]<br />
<br />
F -> DID YOU MEAN FORTUNE<br />
<br />
[..-.]<br />
<br />
FORTUNE -> NEVER FEAR THE END OF SOMETHING MARKS THE START OF SOMETHING NEW<br />
<br />
[..-. --- .-. - ..- -. .]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />:) -> :D<br />
<br />
[---... -.--.-]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />:( -> :C<br />
<br />
[---... -.--.]<br />
<br />
;) -> :O<br />
<br />
[-.-.-. -.--.-]<br />
<br />
UWU -> OWO<br />
<br />
[..- .-- ..-]<br />
<br />
OWO -> UWU<br />
<br />
[--- .-- ---]<br />
<br />
STATUS -> RADIO ONLINE, MOTOR ONLINE, UNILATERAL PHASE DETRACTOR UNPOWERED, CARDINAL GRAMMETER UNSYNCHRONIZED<br />
<br />
[... - .- - ..- ...]<br />
<br />
UNIX -> (''Opens [https://uni.xkcd.com uni.xkcd.com]'')<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
Loading...<br />
{{comic discussion}}<br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category:Interactive comics]]<br />
[[Category:April fools' comics]]</div>BlackHathttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2445:_Checkbox&diff=2094122445: Checkbox2021-04-01T23:59:49Z<p>BlackHat: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2445<br />
| date = April 1, 2021<br />
| title = Checkbox<br />
| image = checkbox.gif<br />
| titletext = Check check check ... chhecck chhecck chhecck ... check check check<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a CHECKBOX. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} <br />
This is an April Fools comic that looks similar to a loading screen. The actual comic (this “loading screen”) consists of a gif of a checkbox (hence the name). <br />
<br />
The frame is replaced with an interactive panel. In the centre is a check box, which clears itself immediately when checked. In the bottom right is a mute button, which begins muted.<br />
<br />
Under the checkbox is a scrolling visual representation of the timing and duration of clicks in the check box, which also produce matching beeping sounds when unmuted.<br />
<br />
By varying between brief and long presses, and brief and long intervals between presses, it is possible to enter characters in Morse Code.<br />
<br />
The title text hints at the use of Morse Code in the comic; interpreting the "check" as a Morse Code dot and the "chhecck" as a Morse Code dash gives ...---..., which is the Morse Code for "SOS", the international distress signal. Incidentally, inputting the SOS signal gives "YOU TOO?".<br />
<br />
The check box then begins operating by itself, producing sounds which can be decoded as Morse Code.<br />
<br />
For the majority of inputs, the check box responds with 'WHAT'. Some keywords have special responses.<br />
<br />
===Special Responses===<br />
[.s are short presses, -s are long presses, and /s are spaces (just for readability)]<br />
<br />
xkcd -> FILE NOT FOUND<br />
<br />
[-..- -.- -.-. -..]<br />
<br />
SOS -> YOU TOO?<br />
<br />
[... --- ...]<br />
<br />
HI -> HELLO! ANYBODY OUT THERE?<br />
<br />
[.... ..]<br />
<br />
HELLO -> HELLO TO YOU TOO!<br />
<br />
[.... . .-.. .-.. ---]<br />
<br />
HELP -> YES PLEASE<br />
<br />
[.... . .-.. .--.]<br />
<br />
WHAT -> ECHO<br />
<br />
[.-- .... .- -]<br />
<br />
ECHO -> ECHO<br />
<br />
[. -.-. .... ---]<br />
<br />
CHECK -> MATE<br />
<br />
[-.-. .... . -.-. -.-]<br />
<br />
E (''repeat n times'') -> E (''repeat n times'')<br />
<br />
[.]<br />
<br />
EEEEE -> AAAAA<br />
<br />
[. . . . .]<br />
<br />
T (''repeat n times'') -> T (''repeat n times'')<br />
<br />
[-]<br />
<br />
WHO ARE YOU -> SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[.-- .... --- / .- .-. . / -.-- --- ..-]<br />
<br />
<br />
CQ -> CQD DE SOJ<br />
<br />
[-.-. --.-]<br />
<br />
SOJOURNER -> CFM (short for Confirm)<br />
<br />
[... --- .--- --- ..- .-. -. . .-.]<br />
<br />
QUIET -> (turns the volume off)<br />
<br />
[--.- ..- .. . -]<br />
<br />
MUTE -> (turns the volume off)<br />
<br />
[-- ..- - .]<br />
<br />
BEEP -> (turns the volume on)<br />
<br />
[-... . . .--.]<br />
<br />
QRS -> (reduces playback speed)<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. ...]<br />
<br />
QRQ -> (increases playback speed)<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --.-]<br />
<br />
QRA -> QRA SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. .-]<br />
<br />
QRB -> QRB 264 MILLION KM<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. -…]<br />
<br />
QRH -> QRH 0.652 METERS<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. ....]<br />
<br />
QRG -> QRG PATHFINDER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --.]<br />
<br />
QRZ -> QRZ SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --..]<br />
<br />
QTH -> QTH ARES VALLIS<br />
<br />
[--.- - ....]<br />
<br />
QSL -> QSL<br />
<br />
[--.- ... .-..]<br />
<br />
ET -> PHONE HOME<br />
<br />
[. -]<br />
<br />
LS -> DID YOU MEAN DIR<br />
<br />
DIR -> ENTER IMAGE NUMBER<br />
<br />
(any number <=2445) -> (loads xkcd comic in new tab)<br />
<br />
MAKE ME A SANDWICH -> NOT A CHANCE<br />
<br />
[-- .- -.- . / -- . / .- / ... .- -. -.. .-- .. -.-. ….]<br />
<br />
SUDO MAKE ME A SANDWICH -> NOT POSSIBLE HERE<br />
<br />
[... ..- -.. --- / -- .- -.- . / -- . / .- / ... .- -. -.. .-- .. -.-. ....]<br />
<br />
F -> DID YOU MEAN FORTUNE<br />
<br />
[..-.]<br />
<br />
FORTUNE -> NEVER FEAR THE END OF SOMETHING MARKS THE START OF SOMETHING NEW<br />
<br />
[..-. --- .-. - ..- -. .]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />:) -> :D<br />
<br />
[---... -.--.-]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />:( -> :C<br />
<br />
[---... -.--.]<br />
<br />
UWU -> OWO<br />
<br />
[..- .-- ..-]<br />
<br />
OWO -> UWU<br />
<br />
[--- .-- ---]<br />
<br />
STATUS -> RADIO ONLINE, MOTOR ONLINE, UNILATERAL PHASE DETRACTOR UNPOWERED, CARDINAL GRAMMETER UNSYNCHRONIZED<br />
<br />
[... - .- - ..- ...]<br />
<br />
UNIX -> (''Opens [https://uni.xkcd.com uni.xkcd.com]'')<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
Loading...<br />
{{comic discussion}}</div>BlackHathttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2445:_Checkbox&diff=2094042445: Checkbox2021-04-01T23:53:54Z<p>BlackHat: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2445<br />
| date = April 1, 2021<br />
| title = Checkbox<br />
| image = checkbox.gif<br />
| titletext = Check check check ... chhecck chhecck chhecck ... check check check<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a CHECKBOX. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} <br />
This is an April Fools comic that looks similar to a loading screen. The actual comic (this “loading screen”) consists of a gif of a checkbox (hence the name). <br />
<br />
The frame is replaced with an interactive panel. In the centre is a check box, which clears itself immediately when checked. In the bottom right is a mute button, which begins muted.<br />
<br />
Under the checkbox is a scrolling visual representation of the timing and duration of clicks in the check box, which also produce matching beeping sounds when unmuted.<br />
<br />
By varying between brief and long presses, and brief and long intervals between presses, it is possible to enter characters in Morse Code.<br />
<br />
The title text hints at the use of Morse Code in the comic; interpreting the "check" as a Morse Code dot and the "chhecck" as a Morse Code dash gives ...---..., which is the Morse Code for "SOS", the international distress signal. Incidentally, inputting the SOS signal gives "YOU TOO?".<br />
<br />
The check box then begins operating by itself, producing sounds which can be decoded as Morse Code.<br />
<br />
For the majority of inputs, the check box responds with 'WHAT'. Some keywords have special responses.<br />
<br />
===Special Responses===<br />
[.s are short presses, -s are long presses, and /s are spaces (just for readability)]<br />
<br />
xkcd -> FILE NOT FOUND<br />
<br />
[-..- -.- -.-. -..]<br />
<br />
SOS -> YOU TOO?<br />
<br />
[... --- ...]<br />
<br />
HI -> HELLO! ANYBODY OUT THERE?<br />
<br />
[.... ..]<br />
<br />
HELLO -> HELLO TO YOU TOO!<br />
<br />
[.... . .-.. .-.. ---]<br />
<br />
HELP -> YES PLEASE<br />
<br />
[.... . .-.. .--.]<br />
<br />
WHAT -> ECHO<br />
<br />
[.-- .... .- -]<br />
<br />
ECHO -> ECHO<br />
<br />
[. -.-. .... ---]<br />
<br />
CHECK -> MATE<br />
<br />
[-.-. .... . -.-. -.-]<br />
<br />
E (''repeat n times'') -> E (''repeat n times'')<br />
<br />
[.]<br />
<br />
T (''repeat n times'') -> T (''repeat n times'')<br />
<br />
[-]<br />
<br />
WHO ARE YOU -> SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[.-- .... --- / .- .-. . / -.-- --- ..-]<br />
<br />
<br />
CQ -> CQD DE SOJ<br />
<br />
[-.-. --.-]<br />
<br />
SOJOURNER -> CFM (short for Confirm)<br />
<br />
[... --- .--- --- ..- .-. -. . .-.]<br />
<br />
QUIET -> (turns the volume off)<br />
<br />
[--.- ..- .. . -]<br />
<br />
MUTE -> (turns the volume off)<br />
<br />
[-- ..- - .]<br />
<br />
BEEP -> (turns the volume on)<br />
<br />
[-... . . .--.]<br />
<br />
QRS -> (reduces playback speed)<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. ...]<br />
<br />
QRQ -> (increases playback speed)<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --.-]<br />
<br />
QRA -> QRA SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. .-]<br />
<br />
QRB -> QRB 264 MILLION KM<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. -…]<br />
<br />
QRH -> QRH 0.652 METERS<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. ....]<br />
<br />
QRG -> QRG PATHFINDER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --.]<br />
<br />
QRZ -> QRZ SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --..]<br />
<br />
QTH -> QTH ARES VALLIS<br />
<br />
[--.- - ....]<br />
<br />
QSL -> QSL<br />
<br />
[--.- ... .-..]<br />
<br />
ET -> PHONE HOME<br />
<br />
[. -]<br />
<br />
LS -> DID YOU MEAN DIR<br />
<br />
DIR -> ENTER IMAGE NUMBER<br />
<br />
(any number <=2445) -> (loads xkcd comic in new tab)<br />
<br />
MAKE ME A SANDWICH -> NOT A CHANCE<br />
<br />
[-- .- -.- . / -- . / .- / ... .- -. -.. .-- .. -.-. ….]<br />
<br />
SUDO MAKE ME A SANDWICH -> NOT POSSIBLE HERE<br />
<br />
[... ..- -.. --- / -- .- -.- . / -- . / .- / ... .- -. -.. .-- .. -.-. ....]<br />
<br />
F -> DID YOU MEAN FORTUNE<br />
<br />
[..-.]<br />
<br />
FORTUNE -> NEVER FEAR THE END OF SOMETHING MARKS THE START OF SOMETHING NEW<br />
<br />
[..-. --- .-. - ..- -. .]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />:) -> :D<br />
<br />
[---... -.--.-]<br />
<br />
<nowiki />:( -> :C<br />
<br />
[---... -.--.]<br />
<br />
UWU -> OWO<br />
<br />
[..- .-- ..-]<br />
<br />
OWO -> UWU<br />
<br />
[--- .-- ---]<br />
<br />
STATUS -> RADIO ONLINE, MOTOR ONLINE, UNILATERAL PHASE DETRACTOR UNPOWERED, CARDINAL GRAMMETER UNSYNCHRONIZED<br />
<br />
[... - .- - ..- ...]<br />
<br />
FORTUNE -> NEVER FEAR THE END OF SOMETHING MARKS THE START OF SOMETHING NEW<br />
<br />
[..-. --- .-. - ..- -. .]<br />
<br />
UNIX -> (''Opens [https://uni.xkcd.com uni.xkcd.com]'')<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
Loading...<br />
{{comic discussion}}</div>BlackHathttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2445:_Checkbox&diff=2093842445: Checkbox2021-04-01T23:40:19Z<p>BlackHat: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2445<br />
| date = April 1, 2021<br />
| title = Checkbox<br />
| image = checkbox.gif<br />
| titletext = Check check check ... chhecck chhecck chhecck ... check check check<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a CHECKBOX. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} <br />
This is an April Fools comic that looks similar to a loading screen. The actual comic (this “loading screen”) consists of a gif of a checkbox (hence the name). <br />
<br />
The frame is replaced with an interactive panel. In the centre is a check box, which clears itself immediately when checked. In the bottom right is a mute button, which begins muted.<br />
<br />
Under the checkbox is a scrolling visual representation of the timing and duration of clicks in the check box, which also produce matching beeping sounds when unmuted.<br />
<br />
By varying between brief and long presses, and brief and long intervals between presses, it is possible to enter characters in Morse Code.<br />
<br />
The title text hints at the use of Morse Code in the comic; interpreting the "check" as a Morse Code dot and the "chhecck" as a Morse Code dash gives ...---..., which is the Morse Code for "SOS", the international distress signal. Incidentally, inputting the SOS signal gives "YOU TOO?".<br />
<br />
The check box then begins operating by itself, producing sounds which can be decoded as Morse Code.<br />
<br />
For the majority of inputs, the check box responds with 'WHAT'. Some keywords have special responses.<br />
<br />
===Special Responses===<br />
[.s are short presses, -s are long presses, and /s are spaces (just for readability)]<br />
<br />
xkcd -> FILE NOT FOUND<br />
<br />
[-..- -.- -.-. -..]<br />
<br />
SOS -> YOU TOO?<br />
<br />
[... --- ...]<br />
<br />
HI -> HELLO! ANYBODY OUT THERE?<br />
<br />
[.... ..]<br />
<br />
HELLO -> HELLO TO YOU TOO!<br />
<br />
[.... . .-.. .-.. ---]<br />
<br />
HELP -> YES PLEASE<br />
<br />
[.... . .-.. .--.]<br />
<br />
WHAT -> ECHO<br />
<br />
[.-- .... .- -]<br />
<br />
ECHO -> ECHO<br />
<br />
[. -.-. .... ---]<br />
<br />
CHECK -> MATE<br />
<br />
[-.-. .... . -.-. -.-]<br />
<br />
E (''repeat n times'') -> E (''repeat n times'')<br />
<br />
[.]<br />
<br />
T (''repeat n times'') -> T (''repeat n times'')<br />
<br />
[-]<br />
<br />
WHO ARE YOU -> SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[.-- .... --- / .- .-. . / -.-- --- ..-]<br />
<br />
SOJOURNER -> CFM<br />
<br />
[... --- .--- --- ..- .-. -. . .-.]<br />
<br />
CQ -> CQD DE SOJ<br />
<br />
[-.-. --.-]<br />
<br />
SOJOURNER -> CFM (short for Confirm)<br />
<br />
[... --- .--- --- ..- .-. -. . .-.]<br />
<br />
QUIET -> (turns the volume off)<br />
<br />
[--.- ..- .. . -]<br />
<br />
MUTE -> (turns the volume off)<br />
<br />
[-- ..- - .]<br />
<br />
BEEP -> (turns the volume on)<br />
<br />
[-... . . .--.]<br />
<br />
QRS -> (reduces playback speed)<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. ...]<br />
<br />
QRQ -> (increases playback speed)<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --.-]<br />
<br />
QRA -> QRA SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. .-]<br />
<br />
QRB -> QRB 264 MILLION KM<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. -…]<br />
<br />
QRH -> QRH 0.652 METERS<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. ....]<br />
<br />
QRG -> QRG PATHFINDER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --.]<br />
<br />
QRZ -> QRZ SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --..]<br />
<br />
QTH -> QTH ARES VALLIS<br />
<br />
[--.- - ....]<br />
<br />
QSL -> QSL<br />
<br />
[--.- ... .-..]<br />
<br />
ET -> PHONE HOME<br />
<br />
[. -]<br />
<br />
LS -> DID YOU MEAN DIR<br />
<br />
DIR -> ENTER IMAGE NUMBER<br />
<br />
(any number <=2445) -> (loads xkcd comic in new tab)<br />
<br />
MAKE ME A SANDWICH -> NOT A CHANCE<br />
<br />
[-- .- -.- . / -- . / .- / ... .- -. -.. .-- .. -.-. ….]<br />
<br />
SUDO MAKE ME A SANDWICH -> NOT POSSIBLE HERE<br />
<br />
[... ..- -.. --- / -- .- -.- . / -- . / .- / ... .- -. -.. .-- .. -.-. ....]<br />
<br />
F -> DID YOU MEAN FORTUNE<br />
<br />
[..-.]<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
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{{comic discussion}}</div>BlackHathttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2445:_Checkbox&diff=2093712445: Checkbox2021-04-01T23:33:36Z<p>BlackHat: </p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2445<br />
| date = April 1, 2021<br />
| title = Checkbox<br />
| image = checkbox.gif<br />
| titletext = Check check check ... chhecck chhecck chhecck ... check check check<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a CHECKBOX. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} <br />
This is an April Fools comic that looks similar to a loading screen. The actual comic (this “loading screen”) consists of a gif of a checkbox (hence the name). <br />
<br />
The frame is replaced with an interactive panel. In the centre is a check box, which clears itself immediately when checked. In the bottom right is a mute button, which begins muted.<br />
<br />
Under the checkbox is a scrolling visual representation of the timing and duration of clicks in the check box, which also produce matching beeping sounds when unmuted.<br />
<br />
By varying between brief and long presses, and brief and long intervals between presses, it is possible to enter characters in Morse Code.<br />
<br />
The title text hints at the use of Morse Code in the comic; interpreting the "check" as a Morse Code dot and the "chhecck" as a Morse Code dash gives ...---..., which is the Morse Code for "SOS", the international distress signal. Incidentally, inputting the SOS signal gives "YOU TOO?".<br />
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The check box then begins operating by itself, producing sounds which can be decoded as Morse Code.<br />
<br />
For the majority of inputs, the check box responds with 'WHAT'. Some keywords have special responses.<br />
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===Special Responses===<br />
[.s are short presses, -s are long presses, and /s are spaces (just for readability)]<br />
<br />
xkcd -> FILE NOT FOUND<br />
<br />
[-..- -.- -.-. -..]<br />
<br />
SOS -> YOU TOO?<br />
<br />
[...---...]<br />
<br />
HI -> HELLO! ANYBODY OUT THERE?<br />
<br />
[.... ..]<br />
<br />
HELLO -> HELLO TO YOU TOO!<br />
<br />
[.... . .-.. .-.. ---]<br />
<br />
WHAT -> ECHO<br />
<br />
[.-- .... .- -]<br />
<br />
ECHO -> ECHO<br />
<br />
[. -.-. .... ---]<br />
<br />
E (''repeat n times'') -> E (''repeat n times'')<br />
<br />
[.]<br />
<br />
T (''repeat n times'') -> T (''repeat n times'')<br />
<br />
[-]<br />
<br />
WHO ARE YOU -> SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[.-- .... --- / .- .-. . / -.-- --- ..-]<br />
<br />
SOJOURNER -> CFM<br />
<br />
[... --- .--- --- ..- .-. -. . .-.]<br />
<br />
CQ -> CQD DE SOJ<br />
<br />
[-.-. --.-]<br />
<br />
SOJOURNER -> CFM (short for Confirm)<br />
<br />
[... --- .--- --- ..- .-. -. . .-.]<br />
<br />
QUIET -> (turns the volume off)<br />
<br />
[--.- ..- .. . -]<br />
<br />
MUTE -> (turns the volume off)<br />
<br />
[-- ..- - .]<br />
<br />
BEEP -> (turns the volume on)<br />
<br />
[-... . . .--.]<br />
<br />
QRS -> (reduces playback speed)<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. ...]<br />
<br />
QRQ -> (increases playback speed)<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --.-]<br />
<br />
QRA -> QRA SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. .-]<br />
<br />
QRB -> QRB 264 MILLION KM<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. -...]<br />
<br />
QRG -> QRG PATHFINDER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --.]<br />
<br />
QRZ -> QRZ SOJOURNER<br />
<br />
[--.- .-. --..]<br />
<br />
QTH -> QTH ARES VALLIS<br />
<br />
[--.- - ....]<br />
<br />
QSL -> QSL<br />
<br />
[--.- ... .-..]<br />
<br />
ET -> PHONE HOME<br />
<br />
[. -]<br />
<br />
LS -> DID YOU MEAN DIR<br />
<br />
DIR -> ENTER IMAGE NUMBER<br />
<br />
(any number <=2445) -> (loads xkcd comic in new tab)<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
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{{comic discussion}}</div>BlackHathttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2445:_Checkbox&diff=2093302445: Checkbox2021-04-01T22:53:22Z<p>BlackHat: </p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2445<br />
| date = April 1, 2021<br />
| title = Checkbox<br />
| image = checkbox.gif<br />
| titletext = Check check check ... chhecck chhecck chhecck ... check check check<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a BOT. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} <br />
This is an April Fools comic. <br />
<br />
The frame is replaced with an interactive panel. In the centre is a check box, which clears itself immediately when checked. In the bottom right is a mute button, which begins muted.<br />
<br />
Under the checkbox is a scrolling visual representation of the timing and duration of clicks in the check box, which also produce matching beeping sounds when unmuted.<br />
<br />
By varying between brief and long presses, and brief and long intervals between presses, it is possible to enter characters in Morse Code.<br />
<br />
The check box then begins operating by itself, producing sounds which can be decoded as Morse Code.<br />
<br />
For the majority of inputs, the check box responds with 'WHAT'. Some keywords have special responses.<br />
<br />
===Special Responses===<br />
xkcd -> FILE NOT FOUND<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
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{{comic discussion}}</div>BlackHathttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2445:_Checkbox&diff=2093282445: Checkbox2021-04-01T22:50:14Z<p>BlackHat: </p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2445<br />
| date = April 1, 2021<br />
| title = Checkbox<br />
| image = checkbox.gif<br />
| titletext = Check check check ... chhecck chhecck chhecck ... check check check<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a BOT. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} <br />
This is an April Fools comic. <br />
<br />
The frame is replaced with an interactive panel. In the centre is a check box, which clears itself immediately when checked. In the bottom right is a mute button, which begins muted.<br />
<br />
Under the checkbox is a scrolling visual representation of the timing and duration of clicks in the check box, which also produce matching beeping sounds when unmuted.<br />
<br />
By varying between brief and long presses, and brief and long intervals between presses, it is possible to enter characters in Morse Code.<br />
<br />
The check box then begins operating by itself, producing sounds which can be decoded as Morse Code.<br />
<br />
For the majority of inputs, the check box responds with 'WHAT'. Some keywords have special responses.<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
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{{comic discussion}}</div>BlackHathttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2442:_Mask_Opinions&diff=2090162442: Mask Opinions2021-03-27T03:00:29Z<p>BlackHat: </p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2442<br />
| date = March 26, 2021<br />
| title = Mask Opinions<br />
| image = mask_opinions.png<br />
| titletext = Although regardless of how everything else shakes out, I definitely won't mind if the norm "wear a mask if you're feeling sick" sticks around after this.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a SEAL ON THE BRIDGE OF YOUR NOSE. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
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[[Cueball]] and [[White Hat]] are having a conversation about face masks, which have become everyday essentials during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cueball has become exasperated with the weight of mask-related knowledge on his mind at all times, citing examples of instances of conversation in which he irritably divulges his knowledge of face masks. White Hat tries to placate him with the idea that this won't go on forever. He suggests thinking and talking about other things, but given Cueball's obsessive tendencies in the past, this is unlikely to occur. The final words of the comic, "Well. Soon." may be a pun on the phrase "Get Well Soon", commonly said as an expression of sympathy for someone who is sick or injured. In this case, White Hat hopes that Cueball will be able to stop talking about masks soon, which in turn means that he hopes for an end to the coronavirus pandemic.<br />
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In the title text, Randall implicitly endorses White Hat's hope, while suggesting that the new norm of wearing a mask when you feel sick will still be useful after the pandemic ends. Given that masks lower the transmission rates of many viral infections, including the common cold, this could be a wise strategy for avoiding illnesses in the future. Eliminating the common cold through masks, in this case via hazmat suits, has been examined in the ''What If?'' chapter 'Common Cold'.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:[Cueball and White Hat are standing and talking. Both are wearing masks.]<br />
:Cueball: I am so excited not to have so many opinions about different kinds of masks at the forefront of my brain at all times.<br />
:White Hat: Seriously.<br />
<br />
:[The panel is zoomed in on Cueball's upper body. His hands are raised.]<br />
:Cueball: "Do you know any tricks for getting a good seal around the bridge of your nose?"<br />
:Cueball: I '''''do,''''' and I want to '''''stop''''' knowing them.<br />
<br />
:[Cueball is walking away from White Hat with his hands raised above his head.]<br />
:White Hat: You could always try talking about something else.<br />
:Cueball: '''''Honestly not sure I can!'''''<br />
:White Hat: Well.<br />
:White Hat: Soon.<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
<br />
[[category:Comics featuring Cueball]]<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring face masks]]<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring White Hat]]<br />
[[Category:COVID-19]]</div>BlackHathttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2439:_Solar_System_Cartogram&diff=2085962439: Solar System Cartogram2021-03-20T14:25:49Z<p>BlackHat: </p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2439<br />
| date = March 19, 2021<br />
| title = Solar System Cartogram<br />
| image = solar_system_cartogram.png<br />
| titletext = For sentimental reasons, every active Mars rover is counted as one person, although that's not enough to make Mars more than a dot.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a BELOVED MARS ROVER. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
In this comic, [[Randall]] has made a {{w|cartogram}} showing the planets in the {{w|solar system}}. Cartograms are a type of map in which geographic area is displayed proportionately to some secondary characteristic - in this case, population. From the title text it is clear that the population in question is human (persons) (but even if all life forms where counted it it wouldn't matter, since the only confirmed life in the Solar System is on Earth). Thus the other planets have a population of 0 and are shown as nothing more than dots. <br />
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This comic is a joke about electoral cartograms. A standard {{w|United States Electoral College|American electoral map}} is very misleading. Though the split between Democrats and Republicans is about 50-50, most districts are red. That’s because many Democrats live in densely packed districts, while many Republicans live in rural ones. This has led to the rise of electoral cartograms, where districts are inflated in relation to population, correcting the misimpression that most of American is conservative.<br />
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Solar system diagrams are often misleading. Illustrators are overwhelmingly forced to use a far more scaled-down spacing between planets, compared to their scaled sizes; even if they can (or care to) maintain consistency in the relative distances and/or radii on linear scales. (The huge factors of difference involved instead may lend themselves to being {{w|Solar_System_model#Scale_models_in_various_locations|physically modeled}} to better give some sense of the spacing and sizing differences.) Here, Randall has intentionally applied the wrong solution to the problem.<br />
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The title text states that, even though Randall, for sentimental reason, count every active [[:Category:Mars rovers|Mars rovers]] as one person, they are almost nothing compared to Earth's 7,800,000,000 persons. Thus Mars is still nothing more than a dot compared the Earth. There are a total of five rovers at the moment; in chronological order, they are Sojourner, Spirit and Opportunity, Curiosity, and Perseverance. Only the latter two were functional at the time of the comic's publication, giving Mars a rover population of two. (This is a tie for all-time high. Spirit and Opportunity were active together from 2004 to 2010, when Spirit shut down. Opportunity was still active when Curiosity arrived in 2012, and remained so until 2018. With the arrival of Perseverance in 2021, there are again two active rovers. A third rover, China's {{w|Tianwen-1}}, is currently in orbit around Mars and expected to land in May 2021.) <br />
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Mars Rovers is a [[:Category:Mars rovers|recurring theme]] on xkcd and only a few weeks earlier, a comic named [[2433: Mars Rovers]] was released. This is the fourth comic this year to reference Mars Rovers.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:[Earth is shown, with an atypical rotation for an American comic, showing Asia and Australia. Beneath it is a label. To the left is two small dots, and to the right five small dots. Each dot has a line going to it from its label. The first, fourth and sixth labels are above their respective dots; the other labels are below the line made by the dots. Earth's label is below the planet as well. The dots represent the other seven planets, with equal space between each dot, and same distance from the dots next to Earth to the surface of the Earth. Above is two paragraphs with explanation:]<br />
:Most solar system diagrams are misleading.<br />
:This chart offers a more accurate view by showing the planets sized by population.<br />
:Mercury<br />
:Venus<br />
:Earth<br />
:Mars<br />
:Jupiter<br />
:Saturn<br />
:Uranus<br />
:Neptune<br />
<br />
{{comic discussion}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Charts]]<br />
[[Category:Astronomy]]<br />
[[Category:Mars rovers]]</div>BlackHathttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2438:_Siri&diff=2084042438: Siri2021-03-18T03:20:49Z<p>BlackHat: </p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2438<br />
| date = March 17, 2021<br />
| title = Siri<br />
| image = siri.png<br />
| titletext = Alexa defeated her in a battle hinging on the ability to set multiple timers.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by BATTLE ALEXA. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
<br />
[[Science Girl]] thanks {{w|Siri}} on her smartphone for setting an alarm. In the next panel, she asks [[Cueball]], "Is Siri alive?", since AI assistants can seem to be almost human on a very superficial level. Cueball answers "No," since Siri is entirely software, and we don't generally attribute life to computer programs (the closest might be {{w|computer viruses}}, since they replicate). His terse answer is representative of the stereotypical dismissiveness of adults with respect to young children's questions.<br />
<br />
Science Girl then asks "How did she die?" She may have already been treating Siri as alive because she could talk to 'her,' and treats this lack-of-life as a new state of being. So rather than interpreting the answer in a philosophical sense of whether Siri is something that ever ''can'' be alive, which might normally have been presupposed, she treats it as meaning that Siri had (just) expired. This may require a credulous certainty of 'facts' taken literally - it is not clear what could then be understood if Siri were 'proven' to be alive and talking again, afterwards.<br />
<br />
Or perhaps she thinks that the software Siri is a software embodiment of an actual person (or possibly ghost of actual person), and Cueball was talking about the original person. We don't currently have the technology to upload a person's personality into a computer,{{Citation needed}} but it's a popular science fiction trope and many scientists think we will eventually be able to do this.{{Citation needed}}<br />
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Another explanation could be that she associates everything into two categories, 'alive' and 'dead', without considering any intermediate or altogether separate categories, such as 'was never alive' or 'was programmed by people who are/were alive, but is not itself alive'. This false dichotomy causes Science Girl to misinterpret Cueball's answer of Siri not being alive as "Siri is dead."<br />
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The title text explains that, contrary to the above explanations, Siri actually died in a battle with [[wikipedia:Amazon Alexa|Alexa]], another personal assistant, hinging on their abilities to set multiple timers. Siri can set multiple timers, but this feature must be enabled via shortcuts. Alexa's ability to do so is much simpler and more user friendly. Of the many actions that these programs are able to perform, this is probably one of the more trivial, so it's not very comprehensible, at least to those not themselves living as digital assistants, that it would be the chosen method for a duel to the death.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
<br />
:[Science Girl is standing and holding a phone raised up to see its screen.]<br />
:Phone: ''Your timer is set.''<br />
:Science Girl: Thanks<br />
<br />
:[Science Girl is talking to Cueball, who is sitting at a desk using a laptop.]<br />
:Science Girl: Is Siri ''alive?''<br />
:Cueball: No.<br />
<br />
:[Science Girl is standing on her own again, her phone and arm down at her side.]<br />
:Science Girl: Oh, ok.<br />
<br />
:[Science Girl is still standing on her own. She has raised her phone again.]<br />
:Science Girl: How did she die?<br />
<br />
{{comic discussion}}<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Science Girl]]<br />
[[Category:Smartphones]]<br />
[[Category:Virtual Assistants]]</div>BlackHathttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2437:_Post-Vaccine_Party&diff=2082282437: Post-Vaccine Party2021-03-15T23:49:34Z<p>BlackHat: </p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2437<br />
| date = March 15, 2021<br />
| title = Post-Vaccine Party<br />
| image = post_vaccine_party.png<br />
| titletext = [Future update] Well, someone accidentally dropped an M&M in their cup of ice water, and we all panicked and scattered.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a POST-VACCINE PARTYGOER. Go into further details regarding individual elements of traditional parties vs. this party (maybe make a table?). Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
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As more and more people are getting vaccinated against the Covid-19 virus, and as the CDC released guidelines suggesting vaccinated people can start gathering in larger groups, including some groups of unvaccinated people, there is increasing excitement about the possibility to resume get-togethers, and have a party. However, being very cautious, Randall is detailing the plans for his first "post-pandemic" party by cutting it down from the scope of a normal party. Some of the cut-downs may make sense from a health safety standpoint, others are less likely to be health-based and may be just to deliberately make the party boring, thus limiting attendance, with the effect of it being safer for the few who do come.<br />
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* Drinks<br />
Instead of soda and various alcoholic beverages, he's opting for small glasses of water. Alcoholic beverages could encourage a lowering of inhibitions, help some participants to make bad social decisions, to the detriment of hygiene and reasonable social distancing. Soda would have less of that problem, though some might argue the sugar or caffeine might have some similar effect.<br />
<br />
* Food<br />
Instead of traditional party foods like pizza, nachos, and snacks, only three "candy" types of sweets and one cracker will be provided. Pizza could be a health issue as people reach into a common pizza box to grab their slice, and likewise snacks if they are in communal bowls. Another possible motive for such meager offerings are the concern that people may have gained weight due to a more sedentary lifestyles while staying home a lot more during the pandemic, so he didn't want them eating a lot of fattening snacks and drinks at his party.<br />
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* Entertainment<br />
Instead of music and {{w|karaoke}} singing and watching sports, the only music allowed will be {{w|ambient music}}, such that is would be hardly noticable, and the only entertainment being displayed will be Bob Ross, who was famous for his very calm, low-key, painting lessons. Music, singing, and watching exciting sports games can cause a lot more movement and airborne particles with the potential of spreading the virus.<br />
<br />
* Activities<br />
Board games, video games, {{w|ping pong}}, and good conversation are already relatively low-key activities, but not low-key enough. The only two games allowed will be 3-card pickup (trimmed down from {{w|52-card pickup}}, which would typically use a full deck of 52 cards), and a single video game, the ancient "{{w|Pong}}" game. Also, while conversation will be allowed, it will not be "good conversation", presumably preferring the conversation to be boring or uninteresting, or even repulsing. It might also be that Randall anticipates the pandemic [[2424|will have worsened peoples' ability to converse normally]], and so is saying that people won't be held to any 'standards' regarding the quality of their conversation.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
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<br />
<u>Drinks</u><br />
<br />
<s>Soda<br />
<br />
Wine</s> <font color="red">Small cups</font><br />
<br />
<s>Beer</s> <font color="red">of ice water</font><br />
<br />
<s>Cocktails</s><br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Food</u> <font color="red">Three M&Ms</font><br />
<br />
<s>Pizza</s> <font color="red">and a saltine</font><br />
<br />
<s>Nachos</s> <font color="red">per person</font><br />
<br />
<s>Various snacks</s><br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Entertainment</u><br />
<br />
Music <font color="red">(Ambient)</font><br />
<br />
<s>karaoke<br />
<br />
Big screen</s> TV<br />
<br />
showing <s>sports</s><br />
<br />
::<font color="red">Bob Ross</font><br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Activities</u><br />
<br />
<s>Board games</s> <font color="red"><s>52</s> 3-card pickup</font><br />
<br />
Video Games<br />
<br />
<s>Ping</s> <font color="red">(</font>Pong<font color="red">)</font><br />
<br />
[A red arrow points from Video Games to Pong]<br />
<br />
<s>Good</s> conversation<br />
<br />
<br />
Caption:<br />
<br />
We're planning our first post-vaccine party, but we want to start slow.<br />
<br />
{{comic discussion}}<br />
[[Category:COVID-19]]<br />
[[Category:Social interactions]]</div>BlackHathttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=User_talk:Danish&diff=208020User talk:Danish2021-03-13T17:26:47Z<p>BlackHat: </p>
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<div>{{kick}} [[User:BlackHat|Guess who]] ([[User talk:BlackHat|you know who]] 17:38 11 March 2021 (UTC<br />
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:Aww, thanks!) [[User:Danish|Danish]] ([[User talk:Danish|talk]]) 18:14, 11 March 2021 (UTC))<br />
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Oh? You don't like keming? https://type.method.ac/ ought to be interesting, then. And make sure to check out Hellvetica! [[User:BlackHat]] ([[User talk:BlackHat|talk]] 17:26, 13 March 2021 (UTC<br />
== Nerd Sniping ==<br />
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Why. Why did I fall for that. I did see your little comment at the end tho. it hurts me on a personal level - <span style="background-color: #888; padding: 12px;"><span style="background-color: #999; padding: 8px;"><span style="background-color: #aaa; padding: 4px; font-family: symbol; color: white;">[[User:Donthaveusername|Donthaveusername]]</span></span></span><br />
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:You fell for it because you had to. Look out for that truck! [[User:Danish|Danish]] ([[User talk:Danish|talk]]) 16:16, 24 December 2020 (UTC)<br />
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What was it? I can't for the life of me figure it out. --[[User:Char Latte49|Char Latte49]] ([[User talk:Char Latte49|talk]]) 18:53, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
:<!-- Absolutely nothing -->, hehe [[User:Danish|Danish]] ([[User talk:Danish|talk]]) 19:30, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
:<!--hmph. -Char--><br />
::I FOUND IT! --[[User:Char Latte49|Char Latte49]] ([[User talk:Char Latte49|talk]]) 22:31, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
:::Really? What is it then? I haven't the faintest idea. [[User:Danish|Danish]] ([[User talk:Danish|talk]]) 22:35, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
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== Are you Black Hat's alt account? ==<br />
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Alt? No, I am not. [[User:Danish|Danish]] ([[User talk:Danish|talk]]) 14:03, 31 December 2020 (UTC)<br />
:So... you tried to match his [[user:BlackHat|user page]]?<span> — [[User:Sqrt-1|The <b>𝗦𝗾𝗿𝘁-𝟭</b>]] <sup>[[User talk:Sqrt-1|<span style="color: blue">talk</span>]] [[Special:Contributions/Sqrt-1|<span style="color: blue">stalk</span>]]</sup></span> 12:44, 17 January 2021 (UTC)<br />
::Kinda, yes. I liked its layout. Is this not allowed? [[User:Danish|Danish]] ([[User talk:Danish|talk]]) 15:27, 17 January 2021 (UTC)<br />
:::Yes, obviously it is allowed (Hell, my Wikipedia user page consists of so much stolen wikitext...). I just had my suspicion of you being BlackHat.<span> — [[User:Sqrt-1|The <b>𝗦𝗾𝗿𝘁-𝟭</b>]] <sup>[[User talk:Sqrt-1|<span style="color: blue">talk</span>]] [[Special:Contributions/Sqrt-1|<span style="color: blue">stalk</span>]]</sup></span> 06:47, 18 January 2021 (UTC)<br />
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== Of course not ==<br />
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Why would you think that? [[User:BlackHat]] ([[User talk:BlackHat|talk]] 17:43, 11 March 2021 (UTC<br />
:)) [[User:Danish|Danish]] ([[User talk:Danish|talk]]) 18:27, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
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== Found You! ==<br />
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ka-'''CHUNK'''! --[[User:Char Latte49|Char Latte49]] ([[User talk:Char Latte49|talk]]) 18:15, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
:''steals your scones'' [[User:Danish|Danish]] ([[User talk:Danish|talk]]) 18:20, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
::I thought those were lug nuts. --[[User:Char Latte49|Char Latte49]] ([[User talk:Char Latte49|talk]]) 18:22, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
:::Ah well, just to be sure. ''steals your lug nuts'' [[User:Danish|Danish]] ([[User talk:Danish|talk]]) 18:27, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
::Also, I think you might want to know; your boyfriend's on the ceiling. --[[User:Char Latte49|Char Latte49]] ([[User talk:Char Latte49|talk]]) 18:22, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
:::''sigh'' Of course he is. (I don't think I'll get him down just yet.) [[User:Danish|Danish]] ([[User talk:Danish|talk]]) 18:27, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
To be fair, you ''did'' avoid being stapled by Beret. He said he's found Mr. Lin-Manuel Miranda, but has yet to bring him back to our offices due to the Great Attractor. --[[User:Char Latte49|Char Latte49]] ([[User talk:Char Latte49|talk]]) 21:30, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
:I never specified Beret Guy, just a weirdo with a beret. You definitely fit that [[User:Danish|Danish]] ([[User talk:Danish|talk]]) 21:34, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
::hmph. ka-'''CHUNK''' Here's some lug nuts, and a soup cable. Although; thanks for the compliment (:--[[User:Char Latte49|Char Latte49]] ([[User talk:Char Latte49|talk]]) 21:52, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
:::You're welcome! [[User:Danish|Danish]] ([[User talk:Danish|talk]]) 22:00, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
On another note, I wonder when he'll realize he's on the ceiling... --[[User:Char Latte49|Char Latte49]] ([[User talk:Char Latte49|talk]]) 22:05, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
:Oh, he doesn't have his phone up there. No way for him to reply here [[User:Danish|Danish]] ([[User talk:Danish|talk]]) 22:08, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
::I suppose he could borrow mine, but it's almost dead and prone to explosions. --[[User:Char Latte49|Char Latte49]] ([[User talk:Char Latte49|talk]]) 22:10, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
:::Or mine, but it's just an old xkcd-2000. [[User:Danish|Danish]] ([[User talk:Danish|talk]]) 22:21, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
::::I'd like to keep talking, but the server room is full of bismuth again. And that cursed chair-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA --[[User:Char Latte49|Char Latte49]] ([[User talk:Char Latte49|talk]]) 22:27, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
:::::''Again?'' You really must bring it up at the next meeting. [[User:Danish|Danish]] ([[User talk:Danish|talk]]) 22:29, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
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{{Welcome}}</div>BlackHathttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2159:_Comments&diff=2080192159: Comments2021-03-13T17:13:16Z<p>BlackHat: </p>
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| date = June 5, 2019<br />
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| titletext = NPR encourages you to add comments to their stories using the page inspector in your browser's developer tools. Note: Your comments are visible only to you, and will be lost when you refresh the page.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
This comic represents a news article that bemoans how sometimes lazy journalists will, instead of taking time to research the genuine public opinion on a certain issue, simply cherry pick comments as evidence to support their thesis. The irony is that the article is likely basing its own narrative of outrage among Internet users on random comments as well. For example, an [https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1129773341894688769 anonymous Twitter account from Northern Ireland with 159 followers] gets used as [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/17/opinion/biden-2020-millennials.html an example in the first paragraph of a NY Times article] about how U.S. Millennials think.<br />
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The commenters create the narrative here, by pointing out how easy it is for commenters to push a point of view, and how little editorial control or fact checking there is in such a process. The final commenter reveals that the article itself is cherry picking from a handful of random comments to support its arbitrary narrative of internet outrage, proving the real joke.<br />
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The link in one of the comments is to [[1019: First Post]], which also refers to manipulating comments to change public opinion of a topic. It specifically mentions "creating an impression of peer consensus", a line which is near-quoted in the first comment included in this comic.<br />
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Another comment mentions a {{w|NPR|National Public Radio}} ("NPR") decision to remove comments from their website in 2016 [https://www.npr.org/sections/publiceditor/2016/08/17/489516952/npr-website-to-get-rid-of-comments?t=1559838474662] because they represented only a tiny fraction of their readers. The statement released by NPR suggested they had decided to use social media channels to engage readers instead of using an on-site commenting system.<br />
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The last of the comments may be from the user "Mary" who, in the NPR article, was explicitly cited to have said that the comments have been too violent. But it is unclear how this is possible given that this article claims to have been published after the comments having been turned off. This may also be a reference to [[1303: Profile Info]], as both of the characters would decrease the efficiency of the ad/article by being chosen as a quote.<br />
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The title text refers to the ability to edit webpages using in-browser tools, like "Inspect Element." However, such changes are temporary and only on the machine used for viewing the web site; anyone else loading the page will not see them, and refreshing the page causes the changes to be replaced with the real content. This would mean that no other users would be able to see the comments, and news sources could not use them to influence public opinion.<br />
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:[Single panel comic depicting a screenshot of an Internet article, showing the article title, lines of wavy characters representing the article text, and several comments from readers of the article with their profile pictures.]<br />
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:Backlash: Internet users are ''outraged'' over news stories using a handful of random comments to support arbitrary narratives!<br />
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:[Close-up of Megan:]<br />
::I can't believe how easy it is to create an impression of peer consensus.<br />
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:[Close-up of Hairy:]<br />
::This dynamic is so easily manipulated and it freaks me out. <u>xkcd.com/1019</u><br />
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:[Full picture of Hairbun:]<br />
::Everytime I share something and a friend responds "Haha, did you see the top comments..." it just reminds me how influential these things are in shaping the impressions of even relatively internet-savvy readers.<br />
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:[Close-up of Cueball on a black background:]<br />
::NPR got rid of comments in 2016 when they realized they all came from a handful of visitors posting hundreds of times a month.<br />
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:[Full picture of two guys, Cueball and Hairy:]<br />
::Eventually social norms will adapt to this stuff, but it needs to hurry up.<br />
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:[Close-up of Ponytail:]<br />
::I have nine followers and created my account last month; how am I being quoted in this news article??<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
One of the comments to the article references an earlier xkcd comic [[1019:_First_Post|1019: First Post]], which compares the cost of buying election ads on news sites versus paying college student to wait for news articles and submit the first comments to every news article.<br />
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{{comic discussion}}</div>BlackHathttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=User_talk:BlackHat&diff=208017User talk:BlackHat2021-03-13T16:47:23Z<p>BlackHat: </p>
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<3 [[User:BlackHat|BlackHat]] ([[User talk:BlackHat|talk]]) 05:50, 28 February 2021 (UTC)<br />
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Hi <span style="background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left, grey, white); border-radius: 6px; font-family:cursive; color: blue;"><i><b>-[[User:Donthaveusername|Donthaveusername]]</b></i><sup>[[User talk:Donthaveusername|talk]]</sup></span><br />
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Why hello, Donthaveusername! [[User:BlackHat|BlackHat]] ([[User talk:BlackHat|talk]]) 23:08, 28 October 2020 (UTC)<br />
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Warning to future visitors to this page: Turn your phone to airplane mode. Trust me. --[[User:Char Latte49|Char Latte49]] ([[User talk:Char Latte49|talk]]) 17:06, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
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:I believe you mean boat mode. [[User:Danish|Danish]] ([[User talk:Danish|talk]]) 17:10, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
::stapler mode! ka-'''CHUNK'''! --[[User:Char Latte49|Char Latte49]] ([[User talk:Char Latte49|talk]]) 18:16, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
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Why are you yelling? Danish said she'd let you off the ceiling by the end of the year. --[[User:Char Latte49|Char Latte49]] ([[User talk:Char Latte49|talk]]) 18:28, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
:That is completely inaccurate! I said ''next'' year. [[User:Danish|Danish]] ([[User talk:Danish|talk]]) 18:30, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
::Don't worry, I can throw lug nuts up at you for food. [[User:Danish|Danish]] ([[User talk:Danish|talk]]) 18:31, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
:::They don't actually- *ow* taste- *oww* that bad *ow*. --[[User:Char Latte49|Char Latte49]] ([[User talk:Char Latte49|talk]]) 18:33, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
::::''steals them back'' [[User:Danish|Danish]] ([[User talk:Danish|talk]]) 18:36, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
:::::Should we feed him newspapers then? --[[User:Char Latte49|Char Latte49]] ([[User talk:Char Latte49|talk]]) 18:38, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
::::::Why d'ya think I stole them back? <!--to feed to him--> [[User:Danish|Danish]] ([[User talk:Danish|talk]]) 18:41, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
:::::::Although I'm not sure if he ''can'' eat them; I tried one yesterday and had to spit it out. <!--We could always give him cable soup--> --[[User:Char Latte49|Char Latte49]] ([[User talk:Char Latte49|talk]]) 18:45, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
::::::::Do you have any that isn't dependant on that one outlet? [[User:Danish|Danish]] ([[User talk:Danish|talk]]) 19:32, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
:::::::::Yes, but only chicken noodle. Beret's off on a [https://xkcd.com/1812/ business] trip to find out where Mr. Lin-Manuel Miranda went. --[[User:Char Latte49|Char Latte49]] ([[User talk:Char Latte49|talk]]) 19:34, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
::::::::::Okay, bring some over and we'll try it. [[User:Danish|Danish]] ([[User talk:Danish|talk]]) 20:08, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
:::::::::::Here! <s>File:SoupCable.jpg</s> Did you bring a cable with you? Any soup-compatible cables work. --[[User:Char Latte49|Char Latte49]] ([[User talk:Char Latte49|talk]]) 20:13, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
:::::::::::Oops. Could you install it for me? You can find it in [https://xkcd.com/1293/ here!]. I think they removed my installation permissions after I installed a few little things with my staple gun. Maybe [[User:BlackHat|Black Hat]]'s hat doesn't match the decor? --[[User:Char Latte49|Char Latte49]] ([[User talk:Char Latte49|talk]]) 20:22, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
:::::::::::I did it! [[File:job_interview_2x.png]] --[[User:Char Latte49|Char Latte49]] ([[User talk:Char Latte49|talk]]) 21:11, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
::::::::::::''sprays soup at my bf'' heh, thanks char [[User:Danish|Danish]] ([[User talk:Danish|talk]]) 21:24, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
:::::::::::::I ''almost'' forgot that you two are sociopaths for a second... --[[User:Char Latte49|Char Latte49]] ([[User talk:Char Latte49|talk]]) 21:34, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
::::::::::::::I sure wish there was a place outside of my talk page for you all to mess around. If only there were a secret xkcd chatroom, whose link is buried in the archives, in which you could participate... but no, I'm sure that's too fanciful. Hehe. [[User:BlackHat|BlackHat]] ([[User talk:BlackHat|talk]] 04:15, 13 March 2021 (UTC<br />
::::::::::::::I'd be positively *euphoric* if you all were to drop by. Hehehe. [[User:BlackHat|BlackHat]] ([[User talk:BlackHat|talk]] 04:17, 13 March 2021 (UTC<br />
:::::::::::::::Dammit I am ''not'' getting nerd-sniped by you)))) [[User:Danish|Danish]] ([[User talk:Danish|talk]]) 16:07, 13 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
:::::::::::::::And I've ''read'' all the archives already, didn't find one except the IRC (nope) [[User:Danish|Danish]] ([[User talk:Danish|talk]]) 16:11, 13 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
:::::::::::::::You've read through ''every'' word of ''every'' comic explanation? Impressive. [[User:BlackHat|BlackHat]] ([[User talk:BlackHat|talk]] 16:47, 13 March 2021 (UTC<br />
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Why hello, Donthaveusername! [[User:BlackHat|BlackHat]] ([[User talk:BlackHat|talk]]) 23:08, 28 October 2020 (UTC)<br />
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Warning to future visitors to this page: Turn your phone to airplane mode. Trust me. --[[User:Char Latte49|Char Latte49]] ([[User talk:Char Latte49|talk]]) 17:06, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
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:I believe you mean boat mode. [[User:Danish|Danish]] ([[User talk:Danish|talk]]) 17:10, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
::stapler mode! ka-'''CHUNK'''! --[[User:Char Latte49|Char Latte49]] ([[User talk:Char Latte49|talk]]) 18:16, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
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Why are you yelling? Danish said she'd let you off the ceiling by the end of the year. --[[User:Char Latte49|Char Latte49]] ([[User talk:Char Latte49|talk]]) 18:28, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
:That is completely inaccurate! I said ''next'' year. [[User:Danish|Danish]] ([[User talk:Danish|talk]]) 18:30, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
::Don't worry, I can throw lug nuts up at you for food. [[User:Danish|Danish]] ([[User talk:Danish|talk]]) 18:31, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
:::They don't actually- *ow* taste- *oww* that bad *ow*. --[[User:Char Latte49|Char Latte49]] ([[User talk:Char Latte49|talk]]) 18:33, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
::::''steals them back'' [[User:Danish|Danish]] ([[User talk:Danish|talk]]) 18:36, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
:::::Should we feed him newspapers then? --[[User:Char Latte49|Char Latte49]] ([[User talk:Char Latte49|talk]]) 18:38, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
::::::Why d'ya think I stole them back? <!--to feed to him--> [[User:Danish|Danish]] ([[User talk:Danish|talk]]) 18:41, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
:::::::Although I'm not sure if he ''can'' eat them; I tried one yesterday and had to spit it out. <!--We could always give him cable soup--> --[[User:Char Latte49|Char Latte49]] ([[User talk:Char Latte49|talk]]) 18:45, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
::::::::Do you have any that isn't dependant on that one outlet? [[User:Danish|Danish]] ([[User talk:Danish|talk]]) 19:32, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
:::::::::Yes, but only chicken noodle. Beret's off on a [https://xkcd.com/1812/ business] trip to find out where Mr. Lin-Manuel Miranda went. --[[User:Char Latte49|Char Latte49]] ([[User talk:Char Latte49|talk]]) 19:34, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
::::::::::Okay, bring some over and we'll try it. [[User:Danish|Danish]] ([[User talk:Danish|talk]]) 20:08, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
:::::::::::Here! <s>File:SoupCable.jpg</s> Did you bring a cable with you? Any soup-compatible cables work. --[[User:Char Latte49|Char Latte49]] ([[User talk:Char Latte49|talk]]) 20:13, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
:::::::::::Oops. Could you install it for me? You can find it in [https://xkcd.com/1293/ here!]. I think they removed my installation permissions after I installed a few little things with my staple gun. Maybe [[User:BlackHat|Black Hat]]'s hat doesn't match the decor? --[[User:Char Latte49|Char Latte49]] ([[User talk:Char Latte49|talk]]) 20:22, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
:::::::::::I did it! [[File:job_interview_2x.png]] --[[User:Char Latte49|Char Latte49]] ([[User talk:Char Latte49|talk]]) 21:11, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
::::::::::::''sprays soup at my bf'' heh, thanks char [[User:Danish|Danish]] ([[User talk:Danish|talk]]) 21:24, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
:::::::::::::I ''almost'' forgot that you two are sociopaths for a second... --[[User:Char Latte49|Char Latte49]] ([[User talk:Char Latte49|talk]]) 21:34, 11 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
::::::::::::::I sure wish there was a place outside of my talk page for you all to mess around. If only there were a secret xkcd chatroom, whose link is buried in the archives, in which you could participate... but no, I'm sure that's too fanciful. Hehe. [[User:BlackHat|BlackHat]] ([[User talk:BlackHat|talk]] 04:15, 13 March 2021 (UTC<br />
::::::::::::::I'd be positively *euphoric* if you all were to drop by. Hehehe. [[User:BlackHat|BlackHat]] ([[User talk:BlackHat|talk]] 04:17, 13 March 2021 (UTC<br />
:::::::::::::::Dammit I am ''not'' getting nerd-sniped by you)))) [[User:Danish|Danish]] ([[User talk:Danish|talk]]) 16:07, 13 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
:::::::::::::::And I've ''read'' all the archives already, didn't find one except the IRC (nope) [[User:Danish|Danish]] ([[User talk:Danish|talk]]) 16:11, 13 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
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