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1506: xkcloud/Transcript

2015-04-01T15:25:59Z

Mee:

__NOTOC__
==Intro==
*This is a valiant effort to create a transcript for the continually(?) growing dynamic comic [[1506: xkcloud]].

:[After clicking on the red button on the first page you will go to a new page. This can either be the [[#Help! We lost the picture|Help! We lost the picture]] page or the [[#Help! We lost the text|Help! We lost the text]] page which are transcribed below.]

==Help! We lost the picture==

:[At the top of the page there are the following text:]
:'''Help! We lost the picture that goes with this post!'''
:Reason for data loss:
:[Here on this same line follows a text which is a random reason taken from a list created by [[Randall]]. See [[#Reason for data loss|examples below]]).]

:[Below this text is a white box on top of the light blue background. It is the post mentioned above. At the top is a random user picture - could be a person or a picture of a galaxy etc (see [[#User pictures|descriptions below]]). Next to the picture is a random user name (see [[#User names|descriptions below]]). The same picture can be used for several user names (and probably likewise).]
:[Below the user name is the text of the post. This text is also random and it must mainly be user input. Randall must have given some input to start with though - at least five sentences see [[#Help! We lost the text|Help! We lost the text]] section below).]
:[Below is a blue rectangle where the missing picture should be. Instead there is only a white question mark:]
:'''?'''

:[Below this and above six picture frames in two rows is a line of text:]
:Which of these pictures do you think went with this post?
:[The five first pictures are from a random sample, created mainly by the users, but Randall must at least have made five to begin with). In the sixth and last picture frame the following text is written:]
:Draw one your self

:[By clicking on any of the five pictures you get to a new page with the chosen picture now substituting the "?" in the post above with the chosen picture. If you click the Draw one your self you will go to a page where you can do exactly this.]

:[Below these six frames is a thin black line. Below this to the left we again see Cueball sitting at his desk (as on the front page).]
:Desk: XKCD.COM

:[Below him there are the following text and bulleted list:]
:Our policy regarding
:your personal data:

* Please stop sending us
:your personal data
* We are running out of
:places to put it
* Is this even yours?
* Does anyone recognize
:whose data this is?
* Oh jeez never mind here
:comes more data
* Why are you doing this
* Please stop
* Help

:[To the right below the thin black line are three post above each other with user picture and name above a post text and and a picture. All three again random as mentioned above. Furthermore to the right above each picture (right of the first line - if there are multiple lines) of the post text are a blue like button that you can press. The buttons seems to be active links when you hover over them, but nothing happens when you click on them. The buttons have a thumbs up icon to the right. Next to the icon there is a random word taken from a list created by Randall. (It seems to be from a list of words that are synonymous with want - see [[#Like buttons|below]]).]

==Help! We lost the text==

:[At the top of the page there are the following text:]
:'''Help! we lost the text that goes with this post!'''
:[For cases where the user has to submit or select a text according to a picture]
:Reason for data loss:
:[Here on this same line follows a text which is a random reason taken from a list created by [[Randall]]. See [[#Reason for data loss|examples below]]).]

:[Below this text is a white box on top of the light blue background. It is the post mentioned above. At the top is a random user picture - could be a person or a galaxy etc (see [[#User pictures|descriptions below]]). Next to the picture is a random user name (see [[#User names|descriptions below]]). The picture can be used for several user names.]
:[Below the user name is the picture from the post. This picture is also chosen at random from a set which must mainly be created from user input. Randall must have given some input to start with though - at least five pictures see [[#Help! We lost the picture|Help! We lost the picture]] section above).]

:[Below this and above five frames with text in two columns are this line of text:]
:Which text post do you think went with this picture?
:[The five texts below are from a random sample, created mainly by the users, but Randall must at least have made five to begin with.]
:[Below this is a box where you are invited to write and submit a text suggestion. In the box written in gray letters (rather than black, which it will turn to when you type something) are the following text:]
:Or, write your own
:[To the left is a button with the text:]
:Submit

:[By clicking on any of the five text boxes you get to a new page with the chosen text now standing above the picture from the post above. If you write a text and click the submit button your own text will be written above the picture.]

:[Below this submit text box is a thin black line. Below this to the left we again see Cueball sitting at his desk (as on the front page).]
:Desk: XKCD.COM

:[Below him there are the following text and bulleted list:]
:Our policy regarding
:your personal data:

* Please stop sending us
:your personal data
* We are running out of
:places to put it
* Is this even yours?
* Does anyone recognize
:whose data this is?
* Oh jeez never mind here
:comes more data
* Why are you doing this
* Please stop
* Help

:[To the right below the thin black line are three post above each other with user picture and name above a post text and and a picture. All three again random as mentioned above. Furthermore to the right above each picture (right of the first line - if there are multiple lines) of the post text are a blue like button that you can press. The buttons seems to be active links when you hover over them, but nothing happens when you click on them. The buttons have a thumbs up icon to the right. Next to the icon there is a random word taken from a list created by Randall. (It seems to be from a list of words that are synonymous with want - see [[#Like buttons|below]]).]

==Reason for data loss==

{| class="wikitable"
!Sentence
!Explanation
|-
|<%= reason %>
|
|-
| +++ OUT OF CHEESE ERROR. REDO FROM START +++
|A reference to Hex, the magical computer from Terry Pratchett's Discworld, which would occasionally emit this error
|-
|AOL window in front of Netscape window
|
|-
|Baby ur much 2 fast
|
|-
|butter overflow
|butter instead of buffer
|-
|butter to text interface not found
|A reference to speech-to-text interfaces, typically used by people who cannot see easily to enable them to use a computer.
|-
|CAPTCHA response indicated parahuman intelligence
|A CAPTCHA is a tool which aims to prevent comupter-generated submissions to an online form by asking the user a question which is easy for humans but (supposedly) hard for computers. In this case, the CAPTCHA detects parahuman intelligence rather than human intelligence.
|-
|CRM-114 unit malfunctioning
|The CRM-114 unit's malfunction is the main plot device in the film Dr Strangelove
|-
|confirmation BIOS
|
|-
|could not initialize sound blaster 16
|The Sound Blaster 16 is a PC sound card which used FM synthesis to play MIDI files, which was popular in the 1990s.
|-
|data too big
|
|-
|Desystematized chronodynamic balancing detected in VX Module core.
|
|-
|cumulonimbus #19 too rabbitlike
|A cumulonimbus is a type of cloud. This may be a pun. The error suggests that the cloud looked too much like a rabbit.
|-
|dictionary too stiff to read
|
|-
|electrons too big, stuck in wafer
|
|-
|ERR:INVALID DIM
|If there's an invalid DIM ram inserted it's unlikely this error message could be shown since the pc won't start.
|-
|error reading drive B. Abort, Retry, Fail?
|A common error from MS-DOS, often caused by a failing floppy disk
|-
|ethics in journalism
|
|-
|files overwritten with more interesting content
|
|-
|floating point unit no longer afloat
|
|-
|friday squid blogging
|Security guru Bruce Schneier regularly posts a blog post with this title, and some squid related news, primarily as a discussion thread
|-
|guru meditation #00000025.65045338 press left mouse button to continue
|A common error from the Commodore Amiga
|-
|GSM filter change required
|
|-
|hard drive oil depleted
|
|-
|helvetica scenario
|A reference to the episode on Calcium from the BBC TV show Look Around You.
|-
|HTTP 403 and 3/4ths
|HTTP errors are emitted when an HTTP request (e.g. to download a web page) fails. 403 is Forbidden and 404 is Not Found; 403.75 is somewhere between the two.
|-
|http is down
|
|-
|hung up prematurely
|
|-
|illegal carrot detected in mail queue
|carrot instead of caret
|-
|insufficient smoke for current mirror array
|
|-
|lp0 on fire
|lp0 is the printer port, there used to be a 'printer on fire' error/warning
|-
|Main Bus B Undervolt
|A line from Apollo 13, when the spaceship is 'having a problem'.
|-
|mean connection time exceeded
|
|-
|microwave running
|Both microwaves and Wifi operate on the frequency and have been known to cause interference
|-
|nanobots in the water
|
|-
|oh jeez there's a lot of you can you all just hang on for a second please oh frig this is so bad
|
|-
|out of electrons
|
|-
|out of monads
|Monads are a concept in functional programming languages, such as Haskell.
|-
|overcurrent undervolt caused by vacuum cleaner on same circuit
|
|-
|PC LOAD LETTER
|Error message on older printers stating to add extra letter-size sheets, which has become known to be a very cryptic error message.
|-
|Please Insert Riven CD 4
|Riven is a graphical adventure game by Cyan Worlds which was distributed on CD.
|-
|qubit indeterminate
|
|-
|RDBMS completely forgot how inner joins work
|
|-
|server aperture too narrow for capital letters
|
|-
|server fell in ocean
|
|-
|server power cable stolen by raccoon for nest
|
|-
|server room haunted
|Maybe a reference to an UVB-76 broadcast in 2001, which said "I am 143. Not receiving the generator." and "That stuff comes from hardware room." in Russian
|-
|Something went wrong: Something went wrong (Something went wrong)
|similar to certain OS error messages which contain errors in themselves
|-
|spin number must be of the form n/2
|
|-
|spontaneous splinal dereticulation
|
|-
|SQL ejection
|ejection instead of injection
|-
|temporal paradox
|
|-
|the butter you have dialed is invalid or no longer in service
|butter instead of number
|-
|the server is temporarily permanent. Please try another also.
|
|-
|This copy of Ubuntu is not genuine and you have not yet resolved this issue.
|Ubuntu is open source and does not require a license, so this kind of message would never happen.
|-
|This page contains content from the Open Source Initiative, who have blocked it on copyright grounds.
|Nor would this.
|-
|TRIED TO READ 9TH SIDE OF 8 TRACK
|
|-
|undefined is not a function, which really makes you think
|
|-
|unexpected timezone drift desynchronization
|
|-
|User accepted terms but not conditions
|Normally, at a EULA you must accept 'terms and conditions'. There is basically no option to only agree to terms.
|-
|User is not a typewriter.
|
|-
|user put spaces/vowels in filename
|
|-
|UTF-31 decode error
|UTF-31 instead of UTF-32
|-
|virtual memory got too real
|Virtual memory is where the OS writes less-used parts of RAM to disk, so that the RAM can be used for another program, hence the less-used parts are in virtual memory.
|-
|wrong files
|
|-
|YOU MUST CONSTRUCT ADDITIONAL PYLONS
|A line frequently announced by the Protoss advisor in Starcraft.
|}

==User names==
:[Below are possible (not all?) user names mentioned next to any post as for instance on the [[#Help! We lost the picture|Help! We lost the picture]] page.]
:[In alphabetical order:]
*@meganamram
*Agric Silverfinger
*Aidan2
*Aiden5
*Aidenn Aberforth Milne
*Agric Silverfinger
*Amanda08
*Arthur19
*Ashley8
*Ashley92
*Bailey2001
*Barbara1974
*Caden14
*Caden2010
*Carol04
*Chad80
*Charles18
*Cheyenne1988
*Curic Copperfinger
*Dakota94
*David St. Hubbins
*Debbie26
*Debbie3
*Debbie62
*Debian Bush
*Destiny1983
*Dillon2008
*DragonBall Cooper
*Dunston Chexin
*Egbert Bentley White
*Eliezer Yudkowsky
*Elon Musk
*Facebook Scott Fitzgerald
*Frances29
*Frances51
*Frances99
*Gary1951
*Gary86
*George Reagan Renesmee Martin
*Green Mario
*Greg2004
*Hatsy Collins
*Henry4
*J. Alfred Leftshark
*Jack3
*Jack39
*Jacob10
*Jada5
*Jaden Riley Rufio Tolkien
*Jaina Khloe Rowling
*Jalen81
*Jeph Jacques
*Joe Biden
*John2
*Justin87
*Kaitlin1976
*Kathleen78
*Keira48
*Kelsey1970
*Kelsey1996
*Kenneth96
*Khloe14
*Kristy2007
*Larry Ronald Hubbard
*Linda08
*Lisa1995
*Lord Gaga
*Lord Mondegreen
*Margaret11
*Margaret5
*Marie3
*Mark Zuckerberg
*Mark92
*Martin Van Halen
*Minecraft Holmes
*Misty3
*Myspace Tom
*Norton Ghost Dad
*Paul1957
*Professor Monoculatus McToff
*Raymond6
*Ronald22
*S. G. Dukat
*Samuel19
*Sarah55
*Sierra10
*Shaun46
*Sheena2005
*Sherri97
*Stacy07
*Steven02
*Steven50
*Susan25
*Tim21
*Tina Belcher
*Todd33
*Tonya22
*Tracy1977
*Tricia14
*Trinity1989
*Virginia2006
*Wil
*Wric Tungstenfinger

:[Below are descriptions of possible (not all?) user pictures shown next to any user name as for instance on the [[#Help! We lost the picture|Help! We lost the picture]] page.]
*[Hairy complete stick figure]
*[Chipmunk]
*[Close up of male face with black hair on a gray background]
*[Galaxy]
*[Chipmunk head]
*[e^iπ ≈ 0]
*[Tree crossing the street]

==Like buttons==
:xkcloud has "Like" buttons next to each post (next to the post text above the picture), similar to those on Facebook, but with random alternative text. Examples include:
* Covet
* Crave
* Like-like
* Hanker
* Thirst
* Yearn

1431: Marriage

2014-10-08T05:56:05Z

Mee: /* Transcript */

{{comic
| number = 1431
| date = October 8, 2014
| title = Marriage
| image = marriage.png
| titletext = People often say that same-sex marriage now is like interracial marriage in the 60s. But in terms of public opinion, same-sex marriage now is like interracial marriage in the 90s, when it had already been legal nationwide for 30 years.
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|Could probably use an explanation of the various shifts and dips of each population graph}}
Randall has compiled a graph of the percentage of Americans who approve of certain breakthroughs in marital freedom over time, and the percentage of Americans who live in states allowing those freedoms.

It shows that same-sex marriage was generally legalized after public opinion supported it, while interracial marriage was legalized before public opinion supported it.

This graph came soon after a ruling by the United States Supreme Court dismissed petitions aiming to review decisions by lower courts striking bans of same-sex marriages in several U.S. states.

==Transcript==
{{incomplete transcript}}
:[A graph with the x-axis showing time in years from 1940 to 2010. The y-axis shows percentage. The graph has 4 lines, 2 dotted and 2 solid, with 2 different colors. The first line from the top left, solid red, is percent of states legally allowing interracial marriage. The second line, dotted red, shows popular acceptance of interracial marriage. The third line, dotted blue, shows popular acceptance of same sex couples. The last line, solid blue, shows the percent of states legally allowing same sex marriages. All the lines show a general upward trend although only the solid red line reaches 100%.]

{{comic discussion}}

1431: Marriage

2014-10-08T05:53:33Z

Mee: /* Explanation */

{{comic
| number = 1431
| date = October 8, 2014
| title = Marriage
| image = marriage.png
| titletext = People often say that same-sex marriage now is like interracial marriage in the 60s. But in terms of public opinion, same-sex marriage now is like interracial marriage in the 90s, when it had already been legal nationwide for 30 years.
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|Could probably use an explanation of the various shifts and dips of each population graph}}
Randall has compiled a graph of the percentage of Americans who approve of certain breakthroughs in marital freedom over time, and the percentage of Americans who live in states allowing those freedoms.

It shows that same-sex marriage was generally legalized after public opinion supported it, while interracial marriage was legalized before public opinion supported it.

This graph came soon after a ruling by the United States Supreme Court dismissed petitions aiming to review decisions by lower courts striking bans of same-sex marriages in several U.S. states.

==Transcript==
{{incomplete transcript}}
:[A graph with the x-axis showing time in years from 1940 to 2010. The graph has 4 lines, 2 dotted and 2 solid, with 2 different colors. The first line (from top left) is percent of states legally allowing interracial marriage (solid red.) The second line shows popular acceptance of interracial marriage (dotted red.) The third line shows popular acceptance of same sex couples (dotted blue.) The last line shows the percent of states legally allowing same sex marriages (solid blue.) All the lines show a general upward trend although only the solid red line reaches 100%.]

{{comic discussion}}

1364: Like I'm Five

2014-05-15T21:58:06Z

Mee: Remove My Hobby category

{{comic
| number = 1364
| date = May 5, 2014
| title = Like I'm Five
| image = like_im_five.png
| titletext = 'Am I taking care of you? I have a thesis to write!' 'My parents are at their house; you visited last--' 'No, no, explain like you're five.'
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|The explain and the title text need some more rework.}}

"Explain like I'm five" is a way of asking for a simpler explanation of some difficult topic -- a concept Randal has explored [[1133: Up Goer Five|previously]]. This is inspired (and apparently misquoted) by the [http://muse.tau.ac.il/maslool/boidem/54groucho.html famous quote] "''Why a four-year-old child could understand this report! Run out and find me a four-year-old child, I can't make head or tail of it''" (Groucho Marx, Duck Soup, 1933).

"Explain like I'm Five" is most notable on the highly popular subreddit [http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/ explain like im five], which incidentally bills itself as "not for literal five-year-olds."

As for the actual comic, Megan takes it literally by acting as if Cueball is an actual five year old. A five-year-old kid standing miles away from home without his parents talking to a strange woman is worrying, so Megan pretends to panic and asks where his parents are.

The title text is a continuation of the literalism. When Cueball attempts to respond to Megan's questions, she asks him to also speak as if he is five.
:Megan: Am I taking care of you? I have a thesis to write!
:Cueball: My parents are at their house; you visited last--
:Megan: No, no, explain like you're five.

==Transcript==
:Cueball: What've you been up to?
:Megan: Doing tons of math for my thesis.
:Cueball: Can you explain it like I'm five?
:Megan: "Oh my god, where are your parents?"

==External links==
*[http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/ A thread with heavy traffic on Reddit after this comic was published.]

{{comic discussion}}

[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]

70: Guitar Hero

2014-05-09T12:19:45Z

Mee: Add Comics with color category

{{comic
| number = 70
| date = March 1, 2006
| title = Guitar Hero
| image = Guitar hero.jpg
| titletext = And then do it again in a moment now that they're out of Star Power.
}}

==Explanation==

''{{w|Guitar Hero}}'' is a series of video games (originally a single game) currently distributed by {{w|Activision}}. In the game, players simulate playing the guitar on famous guitar songs using a plastic guitar-shaped controller with five color-coded buttons on the neck representing guitar frets and a rocker bar on the body simulating a strumming motion. The game now includes other instruments such as drums and vocals, although not at the time this comic was published.

While playing the game, an animated band is shown on the upper half of the screen and an extended guitar neck is shown vertically on the bottom half of the screen screen the frets horizontal, often called the "note highway". As the song progresses, colored markers or "gems" indicating notes travel down the screen in time with the music; the note colors and positions match the five fret keys on the guitar controller. Once the notes reach the bottom, the player must play the indicated notes by holding down the correct fret buttons and hitting the strumming bar in order to score points.

In this comic, [[Randall Munroe|Randall]] suggests that, were he in a real rock band, he would perform a mellow song but intentionally put a complicated guitar solo in, not for musical value, but solely to antagonise ''Guitar Hero'' players with an impossible solo. As the comic suggests, a random flailing would likely make for a very difficult passage to play in ''Guitar Hero''. This is highlighted by the previous statement that the song would otherwise be mellow, lulling the player into a false sense that the song was easy to play and relaxing.

The title text refers to a mechanic in Guitar Hero called "Star Power." Normally, when a player misses too many notes in a short time, their character is booed off the stage and they have to restart. Using Star Power temporarily boosts the score from each note, so the player can clear a difficult section of the song even if they haven't hit most of the notes. So, when faced with Randall's impossible guitar solo, most players will immediately use Star Power to survive it. However, it takes time to build up Star Power and it all gets expended at once, so if the song has a second stretch of wild flailing, the player won't be able to escape and will fail.

==Transcript==
:[On a stage, a guy with a beard is in the background, holding a microphone. In the center is a guy with an electric guitar. The catwalk has bumps to resemble the tracks of Guitar Hero.]
:When I'm in a rock band, I'm gonna do a cool, mellow song. Then in the middle I'll stop, announce "this part is just to be an asshole to people playing Guitar Hero," and then flail wildly on the strings for 30 seconds.

{{comic discussion}}
[[Category:Music]]
[[Category:Video games]]
[[Category:Guitar Hero]]
[[Category:Comics with color]]

1357: Free Speech

2014-04-18T06:49:00Z

Mee: Politics category

{{comic
| number = 1357
| date = April 18, 2014
| title = Free Speech
| image = free_speech.png
| titletext = I can't remember where I heard this, but someone once said that defending a position by citing free speech is sort of the ultimate concession; you're saying that the most compelling thing you can say for your position is that it's not literally illegal to express.
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|Initial explanation, could use more work I'm sure.}}

In the United States, the {{w|First Amendment to the United States Constitution}} provides for {{w|freedom of speech}}, saying that "Congress shall make no law [...] abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press". This concerns only government activities, as the Constitution is a legal document that defines the structure and powers of the government. However, many times, both on the Internet and off, people with unpopular (or just plain stupid) opinions will complain that their freedom of speech is being restricted when others make it clear that they don't want to hear those opinions.

An example of this is the incident involving the TV program ''{{w|Duck Dynasty}}'', in which network A&E [http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/12/18/duck-dynasty-robertson-phil/?hpt=hp_t2 suspended the host after he made homophobic remarks], causing some to comment that his rights had been infringed upon. In actuality, the First Amendment was never meant to provide immunity from any and all consequences.

In this comic, Cueball is addressing anyone who has used this argument. As the comic says, just because you're legally allowed to say something doesn't mean that everyone is legally required to listen. If someone says something stupid or offensive, they should be ready to accept the consequences.

The title text points out the irony of anyone appealing to free speech as a defense for their argument or opinion. If all someone can say is that their argument is not ''illegal'', then they are severely undermining it by all but admitting that they don't have any better defense.

==Transcript==
:Cueball: Public Service Announcement: The '''Right to Free Speech''' means the government can't arrest you for what you say.

:Cueball: It doesn't mean that anyone '''''else''''' has to listen to your bullshit, or host you while you share it.

:Cueball: The 1st amendment doesn't shield you from criticism or consequences.

:Cueball: If you're yelled at, boycotted, have your show canceled, or get banned from an Internet community, your free speech rights aren't being violated.

:Cueball: It's just that the people listening think you're an asshole,

:[A picture of an open door is displayed]
:Cueball: And they're showing you the door.

{{comic discussion}}
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
[[Category:Politics]]

464: RBA

2014-03-02T13:33:59Z

Mee: Add songs category

{{comic
| number = 464
| date = August 18, 2008
| title = RBA
| image = rba.png
| titletext = This is a story all about how I started drinking.
}}

==Explanation==
A "Bel-Air" is an internet meme where a poster on a message board starts a post on a serious topic, but partway through the post switches to repeating the lyrics to the opening theme song of "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air", a 1990s sitcom starring Will Smith (previously known in his rapping career as the "Fresh Prince") as a street-smart teenager from West Philadelphia who has been sent to live with his affluent and stuffy Aunt and Uncle in Bel Air, Los Angeles by his mother as a consequence of a single altercation with a couple of no-good guys who were making trouble in his previous neighbourhood.

[[Megan]] in the comic reverses the traditional arrangement by starting the conversation with a recitation of the lyrics to said theme song, and then switching partway through to a very serious discussion of the status of their relationship culminating in a break up.

The lyrics goes like this

:Now this is the story all about how
:My life got flipped, turned upside down
:And I'd like to take a minute just sit right there
:I'll tell you how I became ''the prince of a town called Bel-air''

The title ''RBA'' is an acronym for ''Reverse Bel-Air''.

==Transcript==
:[Megan walks up to Cueball pouring himself a drink.]
:Megan: Now, this is a story all about how
:Megan: My life got flipped turned upside down
:Megan: And I'd like to take a minute
:Megan: Just sit right there
:Megan: I'll tell you how I became uncertain about our relationship. I think you just like having a girlfriend, it doesn't matter who.
:Megan: I think we should break up.
:The reverse Bel-Air only works once, so make it something unforgettable.
:[Cut to dropped glass, drink spilled on ground.]
:Cueball: ...wait, seriously?
:Megan: Yeah.

{{comic discussion}}
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
[[Category:Songs]]

User:Mee

2014-01-01T07:18:17Z

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Category:Comics from 2014

2014-01-01T07:03:35Z

Mee: Last edit on this, I promise

These are all the comics from the year 2014. [[Category:Comics by year| 2014]]

Talk:1311: 2014

2014-01-01T07:01:50Z

Mee: Mee moved page Talk:1311 to Talk:1311: 2014: Standard name of page

Just a note that the PNG file for this comic is (or was initially) actually a TIFF file with a PNG extension. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.236.19|108.162.236.19]] 05:37, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
And now it's fixed. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.54.45|173.245.54.45]] 06:07, 1 January 2014 (UTC)

Talk:1311

2014-01-01T07:01:50Z

Mee: Mee moved page Talk:1311 to Talk:1311: 2014: Standard name of page

#REDIRECT [[Talk:1311: 2014]]

Category:Comics from 2014

2014-01-01T06:51:57Z

Mee:

These are all the comics from the year 2013. [[Category:Comics by year| 2014]]

Category:Comics from 2014

2014-01-01T06:51:32Z

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These are all the comics from the year 2013. [[Category:Comics by year|2014]]

1311: 2014

2014-01-01T06:50:33Z

Mee: Fixes, categories, wondering what will happen if there is a 2013th xkcd

{{comic
| number = 1311
| date = January 1, 2014
| title = 2014
| image = 2014.png
| titletext = Some future reader, who may see the term, without knowing the history of it, may imagine that it had reference to some antiquated bridge of the immortal Poet, thrown across the silver Avon, to facilitate his escape after some marauding excursion in a neighbouring park; and in some Gentleman's Magazine of the next century, it is not impossible, but that future antiquaries may occupy page after page in discussing so interesting a matter. We think it right, therefore, to put it on record in the Oriental Herald that the 'Shakesperian Rope Bridges' are of much less classic origin; that Mr Colin Shakespear, who, besides his dignity as Postmaster, now signs himself 'Superintendent General of Shakesperian Rope Bridges', is a person of much less genius than the Bard of Avon. --The Oriental Herald, 1825
}}

==Explanation==
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==Transcript==

[[Category:Language]][[Category:Politics]]

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== Licensing ==
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2014

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List of all comics (1001-1500)

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Mee: Add 2014

This is the list of comics from '''1001 to {{LATESTCOMIC}}'''.
:For the first 500 comics, see [[List of all comics (1-500)]].
:For comics 501-1000, see [[List of all comics (501-1000)]].
:The whole list is available at [[List of all comics (full)]].

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{{comicsrow|1310|2013-12-30|Goldbach Conjectures|goldbach conjectures.png}}
{{comicsrow|1309|2013-12-27|Infinite Scrolling|infinite scrolling.png}}
{{comicsrow|1308|2013-12-25|Christmas Lights|christmas lights.png}}
{{comicsrow|1307|2013-12-23|Buzzfeed Christmas}}
{{comicsrow|1306|2013-12-20|Sigil Cycle}}
{{comicsrow|1305|2013-12-18|Undocumented Feature}}
{{comicsrow|1304|2013-12-16|Glass Trolling}}
{{comicsrow|1303|2013-12-13|Profile Info}}
{{comicsrow|1302|2013-12-11|Year in Review}}
{{comicsrow|1301|2013-12-09|File Extensions}}
{{comicsrow|1300|2013-12-06|Galilean Moons}}
{{comicsrow|1299|2013-12-04|I Don't Own a TV|i dont own a tv.png}}
{{comicsrow|1298|2013-12-02|Exoplanet Neighborhood}}
{{comicsrow|1297|2013-11-29|Oort Cloud}}
{{comicsrow|1296|2013-11-27|Git Commit}}
{{comicsrow|1295|2013-11-25|New Study}}
{{comicsrow|1294|2013-11-22|Telescope Names}}
{{comicsrow|1293|2013-11-20|Job Interview}}
{{comicsrow|1292|2013-11-18|Pi vs. Tau|pi vs tau.png}}
{{comicsrow|1291|2013-11-15|Shoot for the Moon}}
{{comicsrow|1290|2013-11-13|Syllable Planning}}
{{comicsrow|1289|2013-11-11|Simple Answers}}
{{comicsrow|1288|2013-11-08|Substitutions}}
{{comicsrow|1287|2013-11-06|Puzzle}}
{{comicsrow|1286|2013-11-04|Encryptic}}
{{comicsrow|1285|2013-11-01|Third Way}}
{{comicsrow|1284|2013-10-30|Improved Keyboard}}
{{comicsrow|1283|2013-10-28|Headlines}}
{{comicsrow|1282|2013-10-25|Monty Hall}}
{{comicsrow|1281|2013-10-23|Minifigs}}
{{comicsrow|1280|2013-10-21|Mystery News}}
{{comicsrow|1279|2013-10-18|Reverse Identity Theft}}
{{comicsrow|1278|2013-10-16|Giraffes}}
{{comicsrow|1277|2013-10-14|Ayn Random}}
{{comicsrow|1276|2013-10-11|Angular Size}}
{{comicsrow|1275|2013-10-09|int(pi)|int pi.png}}
{{comicsrow|1274|2013-10-07|Open Letter}}
{{comicsrow|1273|2013-10-04|Tall Infographics}}
{{comicsrow|1272|2013-10-02|Shadowfacts}}
{{comicsrow|1271|2013-09-30|Highlighting}}
{{comicsrow|1270|2013-09-27|Functional}}
{{comicsrow|1269|2013-09-25|Privacy Opinions}}
{{comicsrow|1268|2013-09-23|Alternate Universe}}
{{comicsrow|1267|2013-09-20|Mess}}
{{comicsrow|1266|2013-09-18|Halting Problem}}
{{comicsrow|1265|2013-09-16|Juicer}}
{{comicsrow|1264|2013-09-13|Slideshow|slideshow.gif}}
{{comicsrow|1263|2013-09-11|Reassuring}}
{{comicsrow|1262|2013-09-09|Unquote}}
{{comicsrow|1261|2013-09-06|Shake That}}
{{comicsrow|1260|2013-09-04|LD50}}
{{comicsrow|1259|2013-09-02|Bee Orchid}}
{{comicsrow|1258|2013-08-30|First}}
{{comicsrow|1257|2013-08-28|Monster}}
{{comicsrow|1256|2013-08-26|Questions}}
{{comicsrow|1255|2013-08-23|Columbus}}
{{comicsrow|1254|2013-08-21|Preferred Chat System}}
{{comicsrow|1253|2013-08-19|Exoplanet Names}}
{{comicsrow|1252|2013-08-16|Increased Risk}}
{{comicsrow|1251|2013-08-14|Anti-Glass|anti_glass.png}}
{{comicsrow|1250|2013-08-12|Old Accounts}}
{{comicsrow|1249|2013-08-09|Meteor Showers}}
{{comicsrow|1248|2013-08-07|Sphere}}
{{comicsrow|1247|2013-08-05|The Mother of All Suspicious Files}}
{{comicsrow|1246|2013-08-02|Pale Blue Dot}}
{{comicsrow|1245|2013-07-31|10-Day Forecast|10 day forecast.png}}
{{comicsrow|1244|2013-07-29|Six Words}}
{{comicsrow|1243|2013-07-26|Snare}}
{{comicsrow|1242|2013-07-24|Scary Names}}
{{comicsrow|1241|2013-07-22|Annoying Ringtone Champion}}
{{comicsrow|1240|2013-07-19|Quantum Mechanics}}
{{comicsrow|1239|2013-07-17|Social Media}}
{{comicsrow|1238|2013-07-15|Enlightenment}}
{{comicsrow|1237|2013-07-12|QR Code}}
{{comicsrow|1236|2013-07-10|Seashell}}
{{comicsrow|1235|2013-07-08|Settled}}
{{comicsrow|1234|2013-07-05|Douglas Engelbart (1925-2013)|douglas_engelbart_1925_2013.png}}
{{comicsrow|1233|2013-07-03|Relativity}}
{{comicsrow|1232|2013-07-01|Realistic Criteria}}
{{comicsrow|1231|2013-06-28|Habitable Zone}}
{{comicsrow|1230|2013-06-26|Polar/Cartesian|polar_cartesian.png}}
{{comicsrow|1229|2013-06-24|Screensaver}}
{{comicsrow|1228|2013-06-21|Prometheus}}
{{comicsrow|1227|2013-06-19|The Pace of Modern Life}}
{{comicsrow|1226|2013-06-17|Balloon Internet}}
{{comicsrow|1225|2013-06-14|Ice Sheets}}
{{comicsrow|1224|2013-06-12|Council of 300}}
{{comicsrow|1223|2013-06-10|Dwarf Fortress}}
{{comicsrow|1222|2013-06-07|Pastime}}
{{comicsrow|1221|2013-06-05|Nomenclature}}
{{comicsrow|1220|2013-06-03|Hipsters}}
{{comicsrow|1219|2013-05-31|Reports}}
{{comicsrow|1218|2013-05-29|Doors of Durin}}
{{comicsrow|1217|2013-05-27|Cells}}
{{comicsrow|1216|2013-05-24|Sticks and Stones}}
{{comicsrow|1215|2013-05-22|Insight}}
{{comicsrow|1214|2013-05-20|Geoguessr}}
{{comicsrow|1213|2013-05-17|Combination Vision Test}}
{{comicsrow|1212|2013-05-15|Interstellar Memes}}
{{comicsrow|1211|2013-05-13|Birds and Dinosaurs}}
{{comicsrow|1210|2013-05-10|I'm So Random|im_so_random.png}}
{{comicsrow|1209|2013-05-08|Encoding}}
{{comicsrow|1208|2013-05-06|Footnote Labyrinths}}
{{comicsrow|1207|2013-05-03|AirAware}}
{{comicsrow|1206|2013-05-01|Einstein}}
{{comicsrow|1205|2013-04-29|Is It Worth the Time?|is_it_worth_the_time.png}}
{{comicsrow|1204|2013-04-26|Detail}}
{{comicsrow|1203|2013-04-24|Time Machines}}
{{comicsrow|1202|2013-04-22|Girls and Boys}}
{{comicsrow|1201|2013-04-19|Integration by Parts}}
{{comicsrow|1200|2013-04-17|Authorization}}
{{comicsrow|1199|2013-04-15|Silence}}
{{comicsrow|1198|2013-04-12|Geologist}}
{{comicsrow|1197|2013-04-10|All Adobe Updates}}
{{comicsrow|1196|2013-04-08|Subways}}
{{comicsrow|1195|2013-04-05|Flowchart}}
{{comicsrow|1194|2013-04-03|Stratigraphic Record}}
{{comicsrow|1193|2013-04-01|Externalities}}
{{comicsrow|1192|2013-03-29|Humming}}
{{comicsrow|1191|2013-03-27|The Past}}
{{comicsrow|1190|2013-03-25|Time}}
{{comicsrow|1189|2013-03-22|Voyager 1}}
{{comicsrow|1188|2013-03-20|Bonding}}
{{comicsrow|1187|2013-03-18|Aspect Ratio}}
{{comicsrow|1186|2013-03-15|Bumblebees}}
{{comicsrow|1185|2013-03-13|Ineffective Sorts}}
{{comicsrow|1184|2013-03-11|Circumference Formula}}
{{comicsrow|1183|2013-03-08|Rose Petals}}
{{comicsrow|1182|2013-03-06|Rembrandt Photo}}
{{comicsrow|1181|2013-03-04|PGP}}
{{comicsrow|1180|2013-03-01|Virus Venn Diagram}}
{{comicsrow|1179|2013-02-27|ISO 8601}}
{{comicsrow|1178|2013-02-25|Pickup Artists}}
{{comicsrow|1177|2013-02-22|Time Robot}}
{{comicsrow|1176|2013-02-20|Those Not Present}}
{{comicsrow|1175|2013-02-18|Moving Sidewalks}}
{{comicsrow|1174|2013-02-15|App}}
{{comicsrow|1173|2013-02-13|Steroids}}
{{comicsrow|1172|2013-02-11|Workflow}}
{{comicsrow|1171|2013-02-08|Perl Problems}}
{{comicsrow|1170|2013-02-06|Bridge}}
{{comicsrow|1169|2013-02-04|Expedition}}
{{comicsrow|1168|2013-02-01|tar}}
{{comicsrow|1167|2013-01-30|Star Trek into Darkness}}
{{comicsrow|1166|2013-01-28|Argument}}
{{comicsrow|1165|2013-01-25|Amazon}}
{{comicsrow|1164|2013-01-23|Home Alone}}
{{comicsrow|1163|2013-01-21|Debugger}}
{{comicsrow|1162|2013-01-18|Log Scale}}
{{comicsrow|1161|2013-01-16|Hand Sanitizer}}
{{comicsrow|1160|2013-01-14|Drop Those Pounds}}
{{comicsrow|1159|2013-01-11|Countdown}}
{{comicsrow|1158|2013-01-09|Rubber Sheet}}
{{comicsrow|1157|2013-01-07|Sick Day}}
{{comicsrow|1156|2013-01-04|Conditioning}}
{{comicsrow|1155|2013-01-02|Kolmogorov Directions}}
{{comicsrow|1154|2012-12-31|Resolution}}
{{comicsrow|1153|2012-12-28|Proof}}
{{comicsrow|1152|2012-12-26|Communion}}
{{comicsrow|1151|2012-12-24|Tests}}
{{comicsrow|1150|2012-12-21|Instagram}}
{{comicsrow|1149|2012-12-19|Broomstick}}
{{comicsrow|1148|2012-12-17|Nothing to Offer}}
{{comicsrow|1147|2012-12-14|Evolving}}
{{comicsrow|1146|2012-12-12|Honest}}
{{comicsrow|1145|2012-12-10|Sky Color}}
{{comicsrow|1144|2012-12-07|Tags}}
{{comicsrow|1143|2012-12-05|Location}}
{{comicsrow|1142|2012-12-03|Coverage}}
{{comicsrow|1141|2012-11-30|Two Years}}
{{comicsrow|1140|2012-11-28|Calendar of Meaningful Dates}}
{{comicsrow|1139|2012-11-26|Rubber and Glue}}
{{comicsrow|1138|2012-11-23|Heatmap}}
{{comicsrow|1137|2012-11-21|RTL}}
{{comicsrow|1136|2012-11-19|Broken Mirror}}
{{comicsrow|1135|2012-11-16|Arachnoneurology}}
{{comicsrow|1134|2012-11-14|Logic Boat}}
{{comicsrow|1133|2012-11-12|Up Goer Five}}
{{comicsrow|1132|2012-11-09|Frequentists vs. Bayesians|frequentists_vs_bayesians.png}}
{{comicsrow|1131|2012-11-07|Math}}
{{comicsrow|1130|2012-11-05|Poll Watching}}
{{comicsrow|1129|2012-11-02|Cell Number}}
{{comicsrow|1128|2012-10-31|Fifty Shades}}
{{comicsrow|1127|2012-10-29|Congress}}
{{comicsrow|1126|2012-10-26|Epsilon and Zeta}}
{{comicsrow|1125|2012-10-24|Objects In Mirror}}
{{comicsrow|1124|2012-10-22|Law of Drama}}
{{comicsrow|1123|2012-10-19|The Universal Label}}
{{comicsrow|1122|2012-10-17|Electoral Precedent}}
{{comicsrow|1121|2012-10-15|Identity}}
{{comicsrow|1120|2012-10-12|Blurring the Line}}
{{comicsrow|1119|2012-10-10|Undoing}}
{{comicsrow|1118|2012-10-08|Microsoft}}
{{comicsrow|1117|2012-10-05|My Sky}}
{{comicsrow|1116|2012-10-03|Traffic Lights|traffic_lights.gif}}
{{comicsrow|1115|2012-10-01|Sky}}
{{comicsrow|1114|2012-09-28|Metallurgy}}
{{comicsrow|1113|2012-09-26|Killed in Action}}
{{comicsrow|1112|2012-09-24|Think Logically}}
{{comicsrow|1111|2012-09-21|Premiere}}
{{comicsrow|1110|2012-09-19|Click and Drag}}
{{comicsrow|1109|2012-09-17|Refrigerator}}
{{comicsrow|1108|2012-09-14|Cautionary Ghost}}
{{comicsrow|1107|2012-09-12|Sports Cheat Sheet}}
{{comicsrow|1106|2012-09-10|ADD}}
{{comicsrow|1105|2012-09-07|License Plate}}
{{comicsrow|1104|2012-09-05|Feathers}}
{{comicsrow|1103|2012-09-03|Nine}}
{{comicsrow|1102|2012-08-31|Fastest-Growing|fastest_growing.png}}
{{comicsrow|1101|2012-08-27|Sketchiness}}
{{comicsrow|1100|2012-08-27|Vows}}
{{comicsrow|1099|2012-08-24|Tuesdays}}
{{comicsrow|1098|2012-08-22|Star Ratings}}
{{comicsrow|1097|2012-08-20|A Hypochondriac's Nightmare|a_hypochondriacs_nightmare.png}}
{{comicsrow|1096|2012-08-17|Clinically Studied Ingredient}}
{{comicsrow|1095|2012-08-15|Crazy Straws}}
{{comicsrow|1094|2012-08-13|Interview}}
{{comicsrow|1093|2012-08-10|Forget}}
{{comicsrow|1092|2012-08-08|Michael Phelps}}
{{comicsrow|1091|2012-08-06|Curiosity}}
{{comicsrow|1090|2012-08-03|Formal Languages}}
{{comicsrow|1089|2012-08-01|Internal Monologue}}
{{comicsrow|1088|2012-07-30|Five Years}}
{{comicsrow|1087|2012-07-27|Cirith Ungol}}
{{comicsrow|1086|2012-07-25|Eyelash Wish Log}}
{{comicsrow|1085|2012-07-23|ContextBot}}
{{comicsrow|1084|2012-07-20|Server Problem}}
{{comicsrow|1083|2012-07-18|Writing Styles}}
{{comicsrow|1082|2012-07-16|Geology}}
{{comicsrow|1081|2012-07-13|Argument Victory}}
{{comicsrow|1080|2012-07-11|Visual Field}}
{{comicsrow|1079|2012-07-09|United Shapes}}
{{comicsrow|1078|2012-07-06|Knights}}
{{comicsrow|1077|2012-07-04|Home Organization}}
{{comicsrow|1076|2012-07-02|Groundhog Day}}
{{comicsrow|1075|2012-06-29|Warning}}
{{comicsrow|1074|2012-06-27|Moon Landing}}
{{comicsrow|1073|2012-06-25|Weekend}}
{{comicsrow|1072|2012-06-22|Seventies}}
{{comicsrow|1071|2012-06-20|Exoplanets}}
{{comicsrow|1070|2012-06-18|Words for Small Sets}}
{{comicsrow|1069|2012-06-15|Alphabet}}
{{comicsrow|1068|2012-06-13|Swiftkey}}
{{comicsrow|1067|2012-06-11|Pressures}}
{{comicsrow|1066|2012-06-08|Laundry}}
{{comicsrow|1065|2012-06-06|Shoes}}
{{comicsrow|1064|2012-06-04|Front Door}}
{{comicsrow|1063|2012-06-01|Kill Hitler}}
{{comicsrow|1062|2012-05-30|Budget News}}
{{comicsrow|1061|2012-05-28|EST}}
{{comicsrow|1060|2012-05-25|Crowdsourcing}}
{{comicsrow|1059|2012-05-23|Bel-Air|bel_air.png}}
{{comicsrow|1058|2012-05-21|Old-Timers|old_timers.png}}
{{comicsrow|1057|2012-05-18|Klout}}
{{comicsrow|1056|2012-05-16|Felidae}}
{{comicsrow|1055|2012-05-14|Kickstarter}}
{{comicsrow|1054|2012-05-11|The bacon|thebacon.png}}
{{comicsrow|1053|2012-05-09|Ten Thousand}}
{{comicsrow|1052|2012-05-07|Every Major's Terrible|every_majors_terrible.png}}
{{comicsrow|1051|2012-05-04|Visited}}
{{comicsrow|1050|2012-05-02|Forgot Algebra}}
{{comicsrow|1049|2012-04-30|Bookshelf}}
{{comicsrow|1048|2012-04-27|Emotion}}
{{comicsrow|1047|2012-04-25|Approximations}}
{{comicsrow|1046|2012-04-23|Skynet}}
{{comicsrow|1045|2012-04-20|Constraints}}
{{comicsrow|1044|2012-04-18|Romney Quiz}}
{{comicsrow|1043|2012-04-16|Ablogalypse}}
{{comicsrow|1042|2012-04-13|Never}}
{{comicsrow|1041|2012-04-11|Whites of Their Eyes}}
{{comicsrow|1040|2012-04-09|Lakes and Oceans}}
{{comicsrow|1039|2012-04-06|RuBisCO}}
{{comicsrow|1038|2012-04-04|Fountain}}
{{comicsrow|1037|2012-04-01|Umwelt}}
{{comicsrow|1036|2012-03-30|Reviews}}
{{comicsrow|1035|2012-03-28|Cadbury Eggs}}
{{comicsrow|1034|2012-03-26|Share Buttons}}
{{comicsrow|1033|2012-03-23|Formal Logic}}
{{comicsrow|1032|2012-03-21|Networking}}
{{comicsrow|1031|2012-03-19|s/keyboard/leopard/|s_keyboard_leopard.png}}
{{comicsrow|1030|2012-03-16|Keyed}}
{{comicsrow|1029|2012-03-14|Drawing Stars}}
{{comicsrow|1028|2012-03-12|Communication}}
{{comicsrow|1027|2012-03-09|Pickup Artist}}
{{comicsrow|1026|2012-03-07|Compare and Contrast}}
{{comicsrow|1025|2012-03-05|Tumblr}}
{{comicsrow|1024|2012-03-02|Error Code}}
{{comicsrow|1023|2012-02-29|Late-Night PBS|late_night_pbs.png}}
{{comicsrow|1022|2012-02-27|So It Has Come To This}}
{{comicsrow|1021|2012-02-24|Business Plan}}
{{comicsrow|1020|2012-02-22|Orion Nebula}}
{{comicsrow|1019|2012-02-20|First Post}}
{{comicsrow|1018|2012-02-17|Good Cop, Dadaist Cop|good_cop_dadaist_cop.png}}
{{comicsrow|1017|2012-02-14|Backward in Time}}
{{comicsrow|1016|2012-02-13|Valentine Dilemma}}
{{comicsrow|1015|2012-02-10|Kerning}}
{{comicsrow|1014|2012-02-08|Car Problems}}
{{comicsrow|1013|2012-02-06|Wake Up Sheeple}}
{{comicsrow|1012|2012-02-03|Wrong Superhero}}
{{comicsrow|1011|2012-02-01|Baby Names}}
{{comicsrow|1010|2012-01-30|Etymology-Man|etymology_man.png}}
{{comicsrow|1009|2012-01-27|Sigh}}
{{comicsrow|1008|2012-01-25|Suckville}}
{{comicsrow|1007|2012-01-23|Sustainable}}
{{comicsrow|1006|2012-01-20|Sloppier Than Fiction}}
{{comicsrow|1005|2012-01-18|SOPA}}
{{comicsrow|1004|2012-01-16|Batman}}
{{comicsrow|1003|2012-01-13|Adam and Eve}}
{{comicsrow|1002|2012-01-11|Game AIs}}
{{comicsrow|1001|2012-01-09|AAAAAA}}</onlyinclude>
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442: xkcd Loves the Discovery Channel

2013-12-23T09:41:38Z

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{{comic
| number = 442
| date = June 27, 2008
| title = xkcd Loves the Discovery Channel
| image = xkcd_loves_the_discovery_channel.png
| titletext = I love the title-text!
}}
{{incomplete|Transcript is not standard, many panels are not explained.}}
==Explanation==
This comic is a parody of the {{w|Discovery Channel}} commercial showing various clips of people singing a song with the chorus line [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at_f98qOGY0 'Boom De Yada']. The comic is divided into a grid of 4 by 6 panels, each depicting a character or situation from a previous xkcd strip. In each panel is written a part of a song similar to the song from the Discovery Channel commercial."

The campaign from the {{w|Discovery Channel}} was not called "Boom De Yada", but {{w|I Love The World}}. It's possible that the title "xkcd Loves the Discovery Channel" is in reference to that.

Most of the panels are references to previous xkcd strips. However, some are not:

* The 1st panel is a reference to [[162|comic 161]], where Megan spins in a circle to "rob the planet of angular momentum."
* The 6th panel is a reference to the /b/ ("Random") forum on {{w|4chan}}, which is in fact home to plenty of "messed-up folks".
* The 8th panel is a reference to [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/robe-and-wizard-hat this (nsfw)].
* The 17th panel is a pun on the song {{w|Rock Me Amadeus}} and US president {{w|Barack Obama}}.
* The 18th panel has Cueball's crotch replaced with the (similar-looking) icon used for a {{w|transistor}} in a circuit diagram.

==Transcript==
:[The comic is in parody of the Discovery Channel commercial showing various clips of people singing a song with the chorus line "Boom De Yada."]
:[The comic is divided into a grid of 4 by 6 panels, each depicting a character or situation from a previous xkcd strip.]
:[In each panel is written a part of a song similar to the song from the Discovery Channel commercial.]

:Panel 1: [[162|(Reference Comic 162)]]
:[Megan spinning around.]
:I love momentum.

:Panel 2: [[413|(Reference Comic 413)]]
:[Megan laying on floor tinkering with EEE PC hamster ball robot.]
:I love to engineer.

:Panel 3: [[434|(Reference Comic 434)]]
:[Beret Guy standing in bakery holding a loaf of bread in each hand, sign with "PIE!" in background.]
:I love this bakery!

:Panel 4: [[239|(Reference Comic 239)]]
:[Cory Doctorow in goggles and red cape flying superman-style.]
:I love the blogosphere!

:Panel 5: [[152|(Reference Comic 152)]]
:[Cueball running in large hamster ball.]
:I love the whole world

:Panel 6:
:[Depiction of 4chan's /b/-Random.]
:And all its messed-up folks.

:Panel 7: [[150|(Reference Comic 150)]]
:[Cueball and Megan immersed in playpen balls.]
:Boom De Yada
:Boom De Yada

:Panel 8:
:[Mass of playpen balls with speech "I put on my robe and wizard hat" originating from it.]
:Boom De Yada
:Boom De Yada

:Panel 9: [[72|(Reference Comic 72)]]
:[Black Hat taking gift away from kid with party hat.]
:[Or, alternatively, bringing a shaking box wrapped in a ribbon that likely contains something dangerous, possibly a bobcat.]
:I love your suffering.

:Panel 10: [[153|(Reference Comic 153)]]
:[Diagram showing RSA fingerprint authentication between two people.]
:I love cryptography.

:Panel 11: [[230|(Reference Comic 230)]]
:[Cueball and Megan in bed covered by red sheet.]
:I love entangled sheets.

:Panel 12: (Blag or [[235|Reference Comic 235)]]
:[Cueball hanging from kite string holding camera.]
:And kite photography.

:Panel 13: [[256|(Reference Comic 256)]]
:[Map of the internet.]
:I love the whole world

:Panel 14: [[8|(Reference Comic 8)]]
:[Cube with red spider on top.]
:And all its mysteries.

:Panel 15: [[303|(Reference Comic 303)]]
:[Two people sword-fighting on rolling office chairs.]
:Boom De Yada
:Boom De Yada

:Panel 16: [[263|(Reference Comic 263)]]
:[Classroom with two students and Mrs. Lenhart.]
:Boom De Yada
:Boom De Yada

:Panel 17:
:[Cueball saying "Barack me Obamadeus!" to another man speaking energetically at a podium.]
:I love elections.

:Panel 18:
:[Cueball holding schematic diagram of a transistor in front of his crotch.]
:I love transistors.

:Panel 19: (Reference Comic [[69]], [[214]])
:[Cueball and Megan in bed, Cueball saying "There ''must'' be taft slash fiction."]
:I love weird pillow talk.

:Panel 20: (Reference Comic [[49]], [[279]], [[317]])
:[Cueball speaking to Megan.]
:I love your sister.

:Panel 21: [[249|(Reference Comic 249)]]
:[Roller coaster with Cueball in front car holding chess board and thinking about a move.]
:I love the whole world.

:Panel 22: [[167|(Reference Comic 167)]]
:[Beret Guy standing in the midst of leafless trees.]
:The future's pretty cool!

:Panel 23: [[108|(Reference Comic 108)]]
:[Megan doing the MC Hammer slide towards Cueball.]
:Boom De Yada
:Boom De Yada

:Panel 24: [[409|(Reference Comic 409)]]
:[Cueball and Megan on an electric skateboard.]
:Boom De Yada
:Boom De Yada

==Trivia==
*This comic was enacted by Olga Nunes and various famous people as [http://www.olganunes.com/xkcd ''We Love xkcd''].

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1285: Third Way

2013-12-21T16:21:30Z

Mee: I don't know about you, but I can see the double spaces just fine

{{comic
| number = 1285
| date = November 1, 2013
| title = Third Way
| image = third way.png
| titletext = 'The monospaced-typewriter-font story is a COMPLETE FABRICATION! WAKE UP, SHEEPLE' 'It doesn't matter! Studies support single spaces!' 'Those results weren't statistically significant!' 'Fine, you win. I'm using double spaces right now!' 'Are not! We can all hear your stupid whitespace.'
}}

==Explanation==

This comic refers to the debate occurring in the United States about the correct number of spaces after the end of a {{w|Sentence spacing| sentence}}. 
While text written on typewriters in the United States traditionally had two spaces between sentences, this is becoming less common and many sources now recommend having only one space, although this topic is still {{w|Sentence spacing#Controversy|controversial}}.

[[Cueball]] is advocating a line break after every sentence, the eponymous "third way", and sometimes called "[http://rhodesmill.org/brandon/2012/one-sentence-per-line/ semantic linefeeds]". 
This is particularly useful when plain text files based on a markup language (such as HTML, TeX, or {{w|Wiki markup}}) are edited by multiple people using a {{w|Revision control|Version control system}} where it helps to facilitate comparison of changes and avoid merge conflicts. 
In most markup languages, a single linefeed in the source is rendered as a simple space, while two linefeeds generate a paragraph break. 
This approach allows the source to be easily manipulated and versioned, while the rendered output still keeps the regular flow and justification abilities of running text.

The title text uses single spaces between the back-and-forth quotations; but within each quotation, the quoted speaker's preferred spacing is used. 
In particular, when the single-spacing advocate claims to be using double spacing, this is indeed a lie. 

Note that this was not the first time Randall has [[:Category:Comics presenting a compromise|proposed a controversial third way]].

Randall's mocking characterization in the title text of overzealous advocates using the phrase "WAKE UP, SHEEPLE" has appeared in previous comics [[496]] (Secretary: Part 3) and [[1013]] (Wake Up Sheeple).

==Transcript==
:[Two groups stand, with placards and weapons, angrily facing off against each other.]
:[The first group, with a cutlass, has a sign reading "'''TWO''' spaces after a period". The second group, with a spear, has a sign reading "'''ONE''' space after a period."]
:[Off to one side stands Cueball, alone, with a placard reading "Line break after every sentence."]

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1300: Galilean Moons

2013-12-06T18:05:17Z

Mee: /* Transcript */

{{comic
| number = 1300
| date = December 6, 2013
| title = Galilean Moons
| image = galilean_moons.png
| titletext = I'm SO glad I escaped. They almost had me caught in their weird ... thing.
}}

==Explanation==
Meghan has somehow acquired a set of {{w|Galilean moons}} similar to the four primary moons of {{w|Jupiter}}. The positions of the moons in the successive panels are reminiscent of the observations made by {{w|Galileo Galilei|Galileo}} in 1610, which proved for the first time that objects in the heavens could orbit something other than the Earth (today these observations can be reproduced on successive nights by anyone looking at Jupiter with binoculars). As each of Meghan's moons passes close to Cueball, it says something different. Io, the innermost and smallest, says "Hi!" Europa, the second-innermost and second-smallest, says "What's your name?" Ganymede, the third moon from Jupiter but the largest in size, interrupts Europa to exclaim "MOOOOOON!" Callisto expresses its annoyance at the antics of the other three moons.

Because the inner moons orbit Jupiter faster (due to {{w|Kepler's laws of planetary motion#Third law|Kepler's Third Law}}), they pass by Cueball more often: Io ten times, Europa five times, and Ganymede twice over the course of the comic. In fact, the outermost crater-scarred moon Callisto appears to have passed its closest approach to Cueball just before the first panel (perhaps before Meghan and her retinue had walked up to Cueball) and does not approach Cueball again until the tenth panel. At that point, due to some apparent exertion on Callisto's part, it leaves Meghan's orbit and begins to orbit Cueball instead. This process could be seen as analogous to the capture of moons from one planet to another, which can happen in less stable systems than our solar system if two planets were to pass close to each other, but is mostly just whimsical.

[[File:Galilean moon Laplace resonance animation.gif|thumb|365px|The 1:2:4 {{w|orbital resonance}} of {{w|Ganymede (moon)|Ganymede}}, {{w|Europa (moon)|Europa}}, and {{w|Io (moon)|Io}}]] 

The title text refers to the unusual {{w|orbital resonance}} among the three inner Galilean moons: Io has an orbital period of about 1.78 Earth days, Europa 3.55 days, and Ganymede 7.15 days, putting them into a 1:2:4 resonance. Callisto, with an orbital period of 16.69 days, is not part of the resonant system. This is illustrated in the movie at right, where you may notice that all conjunctions between Io and Europa take place at the "12 o'clock" position and all conjunctions between Europa and Ganymede take place at "6 o'clock" position. You may also notice in the movie that, unlike in the fifth and ninth panels of the comic, the three moons are never on the same side of Jupiter at the same time. It is thought that this resonance came about as the moons migrated outward due to {{w|tidal acceleration}}; because the inner moons migrated more quickly, first Io caught up with the 2:1 resonance with Europa and then the two of them evolved outward in lockstep until Europa caught up with the 2:1 resonance with Ganymede. If the Jupiter system were to continue its current evolutionary path for long enough (several billion years), Ganymede would eventually catch up to the 2:1 resonance with Callisto and Callisto would also be trapped in the resonance, becoming the fourth member of a 1:2:4:8 system. The title text expresses Callisto's relief at escaping such a fate, describing the relationship among the other three moons as "their weird ... thing."

==Transcript==
:[Megan approaches Cueball, orbited by four small floating balls.]
:Megan: Check it out!
:Cueball: What?
:Megan: I've got Galilean moons!

:Io: Hi!

:Io: Hi!
:Europa: What's your name?

:Io: Hi!

:Io: Hi!
:Europa: What's your—
:Ganymede: '''''MOOOOOON!'''''

:Io: Hi!

:Io: Hi!
:Europa: What's your name?
:Callisto: ''Ugh''.

:Io: Hi!
:Callisto: ''So annoying''.

:Io: Hi!
:Europa: What's y—
:Ganymede: '''''MOOOOOON'''''.

:Io: Hi!
:Callisto: ...''almost''...
:Callisto: ...''almoooost''...

:Io: Hi!
:Europa: What's your name?
:Callisto: ''Yessss!''

{{clear}}
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764: One Two

2013-11-14T20:22:19Z

Mee: Complete title text

{{comic
| number = 764
| date = July 9, 2010
| title = One Two
| image = one two.png
| titletext = Cue letters from anthropology majors complaining that this view of numerolinguistic development perpetuates a widespread myth. They get to write letters like that because when you're not getting a real science degree you have a lot of free time. Zing!
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete}}
The comic parodies {{w|Sesame Street}}, an American children's TV show. The Count is a character in Sesame Street who teaches counting to viewers. The Count usually laughs after counting numbers, an innocent version of the sinister laugh that is a stereotype of old Hollywood horror films. In the book {{w|One, Two, Three, Infinity}}, the writer describes African tribes that only have words for numbers up to three and their inability to distinguish or comprehend larger numbers.

The title text mocks anthropology majors for what is considered a widespread myth among current anthropology majors about primitive tribes and their ability to count. Randall makes a jab at the anthropologists saying they would have time to write letters to complain about things because they don't have to spend time doing real science and thus real research.

==Transcript==
:[A television set with The Count from 'Sesame Street'.]
:The Count: One! Ah ah ah... Two! Ah ah ah... ...Many! ah ah ah...
:Primitive cultures develop Sesame Street.

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1274: Open Letter

2013-11-10T11:49:50Z

Mee: /* Explanation */ Update tense

{{comic
| number = 1274
| date = October 7, 2013
| title = Open Letter
| image = open_letter.png
| titletext = Are you ok? Do you need help?
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete}}
This comic is a reference to the {{w|United States federal government shutdown of 2013|US government shutdown in 2013}} that had been ongoing for a week and was still current as of the time of this comic. Under some circumstances, the United States Federal Government {{w|Government shutdown in the United States|can temporarily shut down}} pending budget legislation being passed by the United States Congress. These shutdowns are typically due to political disagreements between the President, the House of Representatives, and the Senate. Due to the shutdown, numerous govenment services and facilities are shut down, often resulting in many logistical issues for the public.

Over the years, various conspiracy theories have been proposed claiming that the United States Government is not controlled by publicly-elected officials, but rather by one or more organizations that secretly control the actions of the government (sometimes termed a {{w|Shadow government (conspiracy)|"shadow government"}}). In this strip, [[Randall]] writes a letter to the shadow government, telling them that the situation (having the country's government shut down) is embarrassing and asking them to fix the problem.

This comic also implicitly argues against the plausibility of the aforementioned conspiracy theories if one assumes that a shadow-controlled government would be more likely to operate with a singular purpose and therefore be less susceptible to paralyzing political disagreements. Randall previously alluded to this in the title text to [[1081|comic 1081]]: "Really, the comforting side in most conspiracy theory arguments is the one claiming that anyone who's in power has any plan at all." This is one of several comics in which Randall expresses dismay at how many intelligent people can fall for absurd conspiracy theories; see comics [[258]] and [[690]], among others.

The title text addresses the leadership of the shadow government in more colloquial terms, asking if they are suffering from personal problems that are impeding their ability to keep things under control. This is patronizing, and thus hilarious.

The message, as titled, is in the form of an "Open Letter", being a directed and 'personal' message to a person or group of people which is nonetheless intended by the sender to be publicly aired (unlike a standard commentary or editorial, which is intended for public consumption, but addresses the concerned 'target' almost as an aside). In some cases this may be to ensure the correspondence is not kept confidential by the recipients and/or that the public as a whole are ''also'' indirectly addressed ('Cc'ed) in the correspondance, without having to compose a companion piece for that purpose. In this case, however, it may additionally be because the intended recipient(s) are not so easily identified for direct communication, and a public airing would ensure 'delivery' even without compromising the integrity of the message. Open Letters are often aired (or pre-copied, verbatim, from actual correspondance) in one or area or other of the public media, and while web-comics aren't ''necessarily'' the most publicised of forums, the XKCD readership almost certainly leads to covering both the 'named' recipients and the intended public view.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Addressee !! Brief Description
|-
| {{w|Freemasonry|The Freemasons }}|| Fraternity claiming the legacy of medieval stonemasons. Some of the {{w|Founding Fathers of the United States}} were members of the organization. Organised in local groups, the so called ''Lodges''.
|-
| {{w|Illuminati}} || Secret society formed in Bavaria to further the ideas of {{w|enlightenment}}. Although officially banned in 1785, many conspiracy theorists believe the organisation might have survived and is still secretly exerting influence.
|-
| {{w|Church of Scientology|Scientology}} || A church founded by science-fiction writer {{w|L. Ron Hubbard}}. Often criticised for alleged {{w|brainwashing}} of its members and accused of hiding commercial interests behind religious claims.
|-
| {{w|Federal Emergency Management Agency|FEMA}} || Agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security, that has been granted extensive authorisations in cases of emergency and is therefore believed to act as an entity independent of governmental control.
|-
| {{w|New World Order (conspiracy theory)|The New World Order}} || Not a secret organisation itself, but rather the concept of establishing a totalitarian system controlled by any elitist group in this list.
|-
| {{w|Federal Reserve System|The Federal Reserve}} || Central state bank system of the United States, therefore to some degree able to control the monetary circulation of the {{w|US Dollar}}.
|-
| {{w|Citigroup}} || One of the four biggest American financial service corporations. Considered by the {{w|Financial Stability Board}} to be a {{w|Too big to fail|"systemically important financial institution"}}.
|-
| {{w|Halliburton}} || International corporation offering technical services, especially in the field of oil and gas production. Also a major supplier for the {{w|US military}}. Halliburton was in the headlines for unethical business practise and connections to the former US Vice President {{w|Dick Cheney}}.
|-
| {{w|Google}} || Corporation offering Internet services, most notably the Google search engine. Known for collecting massive amounts of data about its users in order to sell personalised advertisement. The idea of secret plans of Google has been mentioned in comic [[792]].
|-
| {{w|Holy See|The Vatican}} || Central government of the {{w|Catholic Church}} and residence of the {{w|pope}}. Historically important not only as a religious authority, but also as a {{w|Papal States|secular political power}}.
|-
| {{w|Bilderberg_Group|Bilderburg (correctly: ''Bilderberg'')}} || Annual conference of important politicians, bankers, directors of major corporations and other {{w|List of Bilderberg participants|people of influence}}, therefore considered the quintessential elitist meeting.
|-
| {{w|Walmart}} || American retail corporation, best known for the eponymous chain of warehouse stores. As of January 2013, Walmart is the world's largest public corporation by revenue.
|-
| {{w|Rothschild_family|The Rothschilds}} || Family of Jewish financiers that was later elevated into European nobility. Believed to exercise influence through considerable wealth. The subject of conspiracy theories since the mid-19th century, when they amassed the largest fortune in world history.
|-
| {{w|Knights Templar}} || Originally a medieval Christian military order of considerable influence, the Knights Templar were inspiration for many successive (secret) organisations that are sometimes believed to undermine governmental authorities. There is also an {{w|Knights Templar (Freemasonry)|eponymous order}} affiliated with Freemasonry.
|-
| {{w|High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program#Conspiracy theories|HAARP}} || Ionospheric research project of the US military. Believed by some conspiracy theorists to conceal attempts to control the weather and trigger catastrophes.
|-
| {{w|United Nations|The UN}} || Large intergovernmental organization; most countries in the world are members. It has little direct power unless its member states choose to cooperate.
|-
| {{w|Skull and Bones|Skull & Bones}} || A secret society at the {{w|Yale University}} that has many influential American politicians amongst its members, including former Presidents {{w|George H. W. Bush}} and {{w|George W. Bush}}, as well as current Secretary of State {{w|John Kerry}}.
|-
| {{w|Bohemian Grove}} || Campground of the private {{w|Bohemian Club}} in San Francisco, known for hosting an annual encampment of club members and selected guests who are among the most powerful men in the world.
|-
| {{w|Political activities of the Koch brothers|The Koch Brothers}} || The owners of the second-largest private company in the United States and advocates of {{w|free market}} ideals. Known for contributions to libertarian and conservative political campaigns.
|-
| {{w|George Soros}} || Business magnate and investor, who is well-known for supporting liberal political causes.
|-
| {{w|The Trilateral Commission}} || {{W|Think tank}} and associated meeting, emphasizing cooperation between North America, Western Europe, and Japan; founded by {{w|David Rockefeller}}
|-
| {{w|Sovereign Military Order of Malta|The Knights of Malta}} || Religious order that was once a sovereign state; contemporary {{w|Malta|Republic of Malta}} is not controlled by this order. Its exact status now is debated; it considers itself a "sovereign subject of international law" and has observer status at the United Nations.
|-
| {{w|Council on Foreign Relations|The CFR}} || Acronym for the {{w|Council on Foreign Relations|Council on Foreign Relations}}. Foreign policy think tank in the United States
|-
| {{w|ExxonMobil|Exxon Mobil}} || Major petroleum corporation; third largest company in the world, by revenue
|-
| {{w|Zionism|The Zionists}} || Political movement favouring the creation of a Jewish homeland, a goal achieved with the creation of the state of {{w|Israel}}. In a conspiracy-theory context, it references the belief that wealthy and powerful Jews (such as the above-referenced Rothschilds) control political and social institutions, as presented e.g. in the (fake) {{w|Protocols of Zion}}.
|-
| {{w|Vril#Vril society|The Vril Society}} || The "Vril" are a hidden subterranean race from the novel ''Vril, the Power of the Coming Race'' by {{w|Edward_Bulwer-Lytton|Edward Bulwer-Lytton}}. The novel allegedly inspired a "Vril Society" in Nazi Germany; however, there is no real evidence that the society existed, much less that it had the influence sometimes ascribed to it.
|-
| {{w|Reptilians|The Lizard People}} || Secret snake-men, similar to the aliens from {{w|V (TV series)}}. This is probably a reference to the conspiracy theories of {{w|David Icke}}, which include the idea that an ancient race of god-like, shapeshifting Lizards have interbred with humans, and that these half-bloods now secretly control the world.
|-
| and everyone else who secretly controls the {{w|Federal government of the United States|US Government}} || Note the implicit notion that so many different groups each have control, which makes no sense.
|}

==Transcript==
:[The picture shows a letter.]
:October 7th 2013
:To: The Freemasons, the Illuminati, Scientology, FEMA, the New World Order, the Federal Reserve, Citigroup, Halliburton, Google, the Vatican, Bilderburg, Walmart, the Rothschilds, the Knights Templar, HAARP, the UN, Skull & Bones, Bohemian Grove, the Koch Brothers, George Soros, the Trilateral Commision, the Knights of Malta, the CFR, Exxon Mobil, the Zionists, the Vril Society, the Lizard People, and everyone else who secretly controls the US government
:Can you please get your shit together?
:This is embarrassing.
:Sincerely,
:A Concerned Citizen

{{comic discussion}}

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1288: Substitutions

2013-11-08T15:37:33Z

Mee: /* Transcript */ capitalize runner

{{comic
| number = 1288
| date = November 8, 2013
| title = Substitutions
| image = substitutions.png
| titletext = INSIDE ELON MUSK'S NEW ATOMIC CAT
}}

==Explanation==
[[Randall]] Munroe is playing off of the fact that many readers of modern news articles quickly become bored with the legal and political jargon. He suggests that by substituting certain words for others can make reading the article more interesting (albeit less accurate).

For example, a sentence that reads
:Witnesses reported that the suspect allegedly escaped unharmed.
would be changed to
:These dudes I know reported that the suspect kinda probably escaped unharmed.

This substitution does not change the meaning much, and the original sentence does not lose much of its accuracy. However, for substitutions later in the comic, a sentence may be changed as following
:A new study finds that senators and other congressional leaders are increasingly likely to view election results on their smartphone.
into
:A Tumblr post finds that elf-lords and other river spirits are increasingly likely to view eating contest results on their Pokédex.

Which is less meaningful, but more interesting.

{{w|Elon Musk}}, in the title text, is the CEO of {{w|Tesla Motors}}, which produces electric cars.

==Transcript==
:'''Substitutions''' that make reading the news more fun:

:Witnesses -> These dudes I know
:Allegedly -> Kinda probably
:New study -> Tumblr post
:Rebuild - > Avenge
:Space -> Spaaace
:Google Glass -> Virtual Boy
:Smartphone -> Pokedex
:Electric -> Atomic
:Senator -> Elf-lord
:Car -> Cat
:Election -> Eating contest
:Congressional leaders -> River spirits
:Homeland security -> Homestar Runner
:Could not be reached for comment -> Is guilty and everyone knows it

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1285: Third Way

2013-11-01T05:04:05Z

Mee: Doubling space where it is originally doubled

1277: Ayn Random

2013-10-14T10:06:26Z

Mee: /* Explanation */

{{comic
| number = 1277
| date = October 14, 2013
| title = Ayn Random
| image = ayn random.png
| titletext = In a cavern deep below the Earth, Ayn Rand, Paul Ryan, Rand Paul, Ann Druyan, Paul Rudd, Alan Alda, and Duran Duran meet togther in the Secret Council of /(b[plurandy]+b ?){2}/i.
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete}}

This comic begins with a pun on {{w|Ayn Rand}}, the name of a writer who created a philosophical system known as {{w|Objectivism (Ayn Rand)|Objectivism}}. Objectivists believe that the primary aim of life is to maximise personal happiness. In their view, if some humans are born more capable of satisfying their desires than other people, they deserve to reap greater rewards from life than others. In the comic, White Hat uses a similar line of reason to justify some numbers appearing more often than others in a "random" number generator.

The title text notes identifies a group of people whose names fall under (are within the namespace identified by) the {{w|regular expression}} <code>/(b[plurandy]+b ?){2}/i</code>. (This seems to be a mistake; the correct expression should be <code>/(\b[plurandy]+\b ?){2}/i</code>.)

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Person !! Brief Description
|-
| {{w|Ayn Rand}} || Author, best known for her novels {{w|The Fountainhead}} and {{w|Atlas Shrugged}}.
|-
| {{w|Paul Ryan}} || US Politician known to have been influenced by the writings of Ayn Rand.
|-
| {{w|Rand Paul}} || US Politician, also influenced by Ayn Rand's writings.
|-
| {{w|Ann Druyan}} || Author
|-
| {{w|Paul Rudd}} || Actor, screenwriter, comedian
|-
| {{w|Alan Alda}} || Actor, best know for the role of Hawkeye Pierce in the TV series M*A*S*H
|-
| {{w|Duran Duran}} || New Wave/Rock band
|}

==Transcript==
:[Cueball sitting at a laptop, White Hat behind him.]
:Cueball: This Ayn Random number generator you wrote ''claims'' to be fair, but the output is biased toward certain numbers.
:White Hat: '''''Well, maybe those numbers are just intrinsically better!'''''

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