1110: Click and Drag

2012-09-19T12:58:39Z

CasperOne: Added link to "99 Problems" entry on Wikipedia.

{{comic
| number = 1110
| date = September 19, 2012
| title = Click and Drag
| image = click_and_drag.png
| imagesize =
| titletext = Click and drag.
}}

==Explanation==
{{Incomplete}}

*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/13n1e.png 13 North, 1 East]: 2 whales is possibly a reference to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and the planet [http://hitchhikers.wikia.com/wiki/Magrathea Magrathea], where (improbably) 2 incoming missiles are turned into a whale and a bowl of petunias.
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/11n11w.png 11 North, 11 West]: apparently empty cell
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/11n11e.png 11 North, 11 East]: apparently empty cell
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/3n2e.png 3 North, 2 East]: A falling {{w|Icarus}} screams "I hope the story of how ''Building Wax Wings Enabled Me To Fly'' teaches everyone a lesson about hubris." Referring to the Greek myth of Icarus and his father's escape from Crete by building wings of feathers and wax.
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/1n27w.png 1 North, 27 West]: Velociraptors in the high grass.
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/1n25w.png 1 North, 25 West]: Reference to the movie {{w|Contact_(film)|Contact}}.
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/1n21w.png 1 North, 21 West]: Jesus is a Transformer joke
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/1n13w.png 1 North, 13 West]: the statue of liberty head and hand is reference to {{w|Planet of the Apes(film)|Planet of Apes}}.
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/1n2w.png 1 North, 2 West]: Megan says "I came here to chew bubblegum... And I'm all out of bubblegum" is a reference to the movie {{w|They Live|They Live}} in which the character Nada famously says "I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass...and I'm all out of bubblegum". That line is also used in the game {{w|Duke Nukem 3D|Duke Nukem 3D}} by Duke himself, when Shrapnel City (Episode 3) starts. Also, Cueball says "That's a shame" a line popularised by Jerry in the sitcom {{w|Seinfeld|Seinfeld}}. Pool line is a reference to "pool on the roof" prank from the movie {{w|Hackers_(film)|Hackers}}.
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/1n7e.png 1 North, 7 East]: there seem to be a {{w|Mario}} level (level 1, Super Mario Bros 1, NES). This is confirmed by text on [http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/3s7e.png 3 south 7 east].
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/9n2e.png 9 North, 2 East]: {{w|Apollo 13}} messaging 'Houston, we have a problem''
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/6n27e.png 6 North, 27 East]: Tallest man made structure is {{w|Burj Khalifa}} (829.84 m (2,723 ft)) located in Dubai. This appears to be the former record-holder, the {{w|KVLY-TV mast}} in North Dakota.
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/2s9w.png 2 South, 9 West]: Jellyfish playing some sort of console game
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/1n5w.png 1 North, 5 West]: {{w|I'm on a Boat|"I'm on a Boat"}} is a single from The Lonely Island's debut album Incredibad.
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/8s17w.png 8 South, 17 West]: A X-Wing with Wedge Antilles. Reference to Star Wars.
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/18s3e.png 18 South, 3 East]: Minecraft reference
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/1n9w.png 1 North, 9 West]: Possibly a reference to the {{w|Principality of Sealand|Principality of Sealand}} or to the concept of a micronation in general, {{w|List of micronations|List of micronations}}.
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/1n15e.png 1 North, 15 East]: {{w|Oregon_Trail_(computer_game)|Oregon Trail}} reference
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/1n15e.png 1 North, 15 East]: Reference to, and first line of the chorus of, the song Flagpole Sitta by Harvey Danger
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/1n9e.png 1 North 9 East]: Reference to the first line of "{{w|99 Problems}}" by {{w|Jay-Z}} ("If you're having girl problems I feel bad for you son. I've got 99 problems but a <rhymes with "witch"> ain't one.").

==Trivia==
*The click-and-drag portion of this comic is divided up into 2592 sections of 2048x2048 pngs.
*The populated area is 81 frames wide(33 West - 48 East) and 32 frames tall (13 North - 19 South)
*According to [[Randall]] in #xkcd on the night this was released, a full size image of this comic, leaving out the blanks would be 60 gigapixels, a true single rectangular image would be close to a terapixel.
{{comic discussion}}
*At the end of the JavaScript file responsible for the map code, there's a comment "/* 50:72:6f:50:75:6b:65:20:69:73:20:61:77:65:73:6f:6d:65 */". Interpreted as hex codes for ASCII text, this reads "ProPuke is awesome".

1110: Click and Drag

2012-09-19T12:53:07Z

CasperOne: Added reference to "99 Problems" by Jay-Z.

{{comic
| number = 1110
| date = September 19, 2012
| title = Click and Drag
| image = click_and_drag.png
| imagesize =
| titletext = Click and drag.
}}

==Explanation==
{{Incomplete}}

*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/13n1e.png 13 North, 1 East]: 2 whales is possibly a reference to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and the planet [http://hitchhikers.wikia.com/wiki/Magrathea Magrathea], where (improbably) 2 incoming missiles are turned into a whale and a bowl of petunias.
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/11n11w.png 11 North, 11 West]: apparently empty cell
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/11n11e.png 11 North, 11 East]: apparently empty cell
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/3n2e.png 3 North, 2 East]: A falling {{w|Icarus}} screams "I hope the story of how ''Building Wax Wings Enabled Me To Fly'' teaches everyone a lesson about hubris." Referring to the Greek myth of Icarus and his father's escape from Crete by building wings of feathers and wax.
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/1n27w.png 1 North, 27 West]: Velociraptors in the high grass.
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/1n25w.png 1 North, 25 West]: Reference to the movie {{w|Contact_(film)|Contact}}.
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/1n21w.png 1 North, 21 West]: Jesus is a Transformer joke
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/1n13w.png 1 North, 13 West]: the statue of liberty head and hand is reference to {{w|Planet of the Apes(film)|Planet of Apes}}.
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/1n2w.png 1 North, 2 West]: Megan says "I came here to chew bubblegum... And I'm all out of bubblegum" is a reference to the movie {{w|They Live|They Live}} in which the character Nada famously says "I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass...and I'm all out of bubblegum". That line is also used in the game {{w|Duke Nukem 3D|Duke Nukem 3D}} by Duke himself, when Shrapnel City (Episode 3) starts. Also, Cueball says "That's a shame" a line popularised by Jerry in the sitcom {{w|Seinfeld|Seinfeld}}. Pool line is a reference to "pool on the roof" prank from the movie {{w|Hackers_(film)|Hackers}}.
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/1n7e.png 1 North, 7 East]: there seem to be a {{w|Mario}} level (level 1, Super Mario Bros 1, NES). This is confirmed by text on [http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/3s7e.png 3 south 7 east].
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/9n2e.png 9 North, 2 East]: {{w|Apollo 13}} messaging 'Houston, we have a problem''
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/6n27e.png 6 North, 27 East]: Tallest man made structure is {{w|Burj Khalifa}} (829.84 m (2,723 ft)) located in Dubai. This appears to be the former record-holder, the {{w|KVLY-TV mast}} in North Dakota.
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/2s9w.png 2 South, 9 West]: Jellyfish playing some sort of console game
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/1n5w.png 1 North, 5 West]: {{w|I'm on a Boat|"I'm on a Boat"}} is a single from The Lonely Island's debut album Incredibad.
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/8s17w.png 8 South, 17 West]: A X-Wing with Wedge Antilles. Reference to Star Wars.
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/1n9w.png 1 North, 9 West]: Possibly a reference to the {{w|Principality of Sealand|Principality of Sealand}} or to the concept of a micronation in general, {{w|List of micronations|List of micronations}}.
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/1n15e.png 1 North, 15 East]: {{w|Oregon_Trail_(computer_game)|Oregon Trail}} reference
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/1n15e.png 1 North, 15 East]: Reference to, and first line of the chorus of, the song Flagpole Sitta by Harvey Danger
*[http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/1n9e.png 1 North 9 East]: Reference to the first line of "99 Problems" by Jay-Z ("If you're having girl problems I feel bad for you son. I've got 99 problems but a <rhymes with "witch"> ain't one.").

==Trivia==
*The click-and-drag portion of this comic is divided up into 2592 sections of 2048x2048 pngs.
*The populated area is 81 frames wide(33 West - 48 East) and 32 frames tall (13 North - 19 South)
*According to [[Randall]] in #xkcd on the night this was released, a full size image of this comic, leaving out the blanks would be 60 gigapixels, a true single rectangular image would be close to a terapixel.
{{comic discussion}}
*At the end of the JavaScript file responsible for the map code, there's a comment "/* 50:72:6f:50:75:6b:65:20:69:73:20:61:77:65:73:6f:6d:65 */". Interpreted as hex codes for ASCII text, this reads "ProPuke is awesome".

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