https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=108.162.210.152&feedformat=atomexplain xkcd - User contributions [en]2024-03-28T13:13:26ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1828:_ISS_Solar_Transit&diff=2013921828: ISS Solar Transit2020-11-07T15:08:27Z<p>108.162.210.152: /* Explanation */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1828<br />
| date = April 24, 2017<br />
| title = ISS Solar Transit<br />
| image = iss_solar_transit.png<br />
| titletext = I guess it's also the right setting for pictures of the Moon at night.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
This is the first comic in a [[:Category:ISS Solar Transit|two comic series]], released during the same week on Monday and Friday. This comic thus continues in [[1830: ISS Solar Transit 2]].<br />
<br />
[[Cueball]] is trying to take a photograph of the {{w|International Space Station}} moving in front of the sun ([https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/international-space-station-transits-the-sun example]). He has his camera with a long lens set up with a fixed setting to keep it still while he contemplates the best way to get the photographs he wants.<br />
<br />
A normal camera is not able to take a photograph of the sun due to the extreme brightness. This is why Cueball is using a {{w|Astronomical_filter|solar filter}}, which makes the sun look orange instead of white, as shown in the second panel.<br />
<br />
Digital cameras need to determine the color temperature of a photograph to correctly display colors. This is done using the {{w|Color_balance|white balance}} setting. The joke here is that Cueball selects the "direct sunlight" option, as he feels it is the option that best suits his unusual situation of directly photographing the sun, even though the "direct sunlight" setting is intended to be used for photographing objects directly illuminated by the sun and not for the sun itself.<br />
<br />
The light from an object illuminated by "direct sunlight" is, in fact, ''indirect'' sunlight when it reaches the camera sensor; so when photographing the sun itself, the camera receives sunlight that is even more direct than "direct".<br />
<br />
The use of a solar filter influences the color temperature, so "custom" would probably be the correct option here. A camera using the "custom" option usually requires you to focus on a white or gray object first to determine the correct setting. Most high-end cameras, like the {{w|Bridge camera|superzoom}} camera that is likely depicted here, are able to capture in {{w|raw image format}}, allowing the user to adjust the white balance afterwards in software.<br />
<br />
The title text is pointing out that the sunlit side of the moon is also in direct sunlight, which is why we are able to see it, and so "direct sunlight" would actually be the correct setting in this case.<br />
<br />
It is the second comic within a week where Cueball is using a camera, similar to the one he used in [[1719: Superzoom]]. The previous comic was [[1826: Birdwatching]], two comics before this one.<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
:[Cueball is kneeling in front of a small platform while operating a camera with a very long objective. The camera is angled sharply upward toward the sky as it is attached to a tripod standing on the platform. An off-panel voice calls out to him.]<br />
:Off-panel voice: What's going on?<br />
:Cueball: ISS solar transit. From this spot, the space station should briefly line up with the sun. <br />
:Cueball: I got a sun filter and I'm trying to take a picture of it crossing.<br />
<br />
:[Two half height panels above each others follow. The first shows an image of the very orange sun on a black background, as seen through the camera.]<br />
<br />
:[The second of the two half height panels shows Cueball making further adjustments to the camera, as in the first panel.]<br />
:Cueball: Perfect. Hmm, I should set the white balance.<br />
<br />
:[Once gain there are two panels above each other. The top is black with white text and icons from the ''white balance'' menu. It has the following options shown after each of the icons as mentioned below in the square brackets:]<br />
:[Shining light bulb]: Incandescent<br />
:[Shining fluorescent lamp]: Fluorescent<br />
:[Shining sun]: Direct sunlight<br />
:[Lightning]: Flash<br />
:[Cloud]: Cloudy<br />
:[A house that cast a shade]: Shade<br />
:[Two triangles with a circle between them]: Custom<br />
<br />
:[In the panel below Cueball still operates the camera as before]<br />
<br />
:[A frame-less but full height panel follows where Cueball leans back from the camera with his hands on his thighs.]<br />
<br />
:[The last two panels are again above each other. It is almost the same panels as before the frame-less panels, except that the direct sunlight option has been selected as shown with a blue selection band across that option.]<br />
:Incandescent<br />
:Fluorescent<br />
:'''Direct sunlight'''<br />
:Flash<br />
:Cloudy<br />
:Shade<br />
:Custom<br />
<br />
:[In the bottom panel Cueball again operates the camera.]<br />
<br />
{{comic discussion}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:ISS Solar Transit]]<br />
[[Category:Comics sharing name|ISS Solar Transit 01]]<br />
[[Category:Comics with color]]<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]<br />
[[Category:Astronomy]]<br />
[[Category:Space]]</div>108.162.210.152https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1828:_ISS_Solar_Transit&diff=2013911828: ISS Solar Transit2020-11-07T15:06:31Z<p>108.162.210.152: /* Transcript */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1828<br />
| date = April 24, 2017<br />
| title = ISS Solar Transit<br />
| image = iss_solar_transit.png<br />
| titletext = I guess it's also the right setting for pictures of the Moon at night.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
This is the first comic in a [[:Category:ISS Solar Transit|two comic series]], released during the same week on Monday and Friday. This comic thus continues in [[1830: ISS Solar Transit 2]].<br />
<br />
[[Cueball]] is trying to take a photograph of the {{w|International Space Station}} moving in front of the sun ([https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/international-space-station-transits-the-sun example]). He has his camera with a long lens set up with a fixed setting to keep it still while he contemplates the best way to get the photographs he wants.<br />
<br />
A normal camera is not able to take a photograph of the sun due to the extreme brightness. This is why Cueball is using a {{w|Astronomical_filter|solar filter}}, which makes the sun look orange instead of white, as shown in the second panel.<br />
<br />
Digital cameras need to determine the color temperature of a photograph to correctly display colors. This is done using the {{w|Color_balance|white balance}} setting. The joke here is that Cueball selects the "direct sunlight" option, as he feels it is the option that best suits his unusual situation of directly photographing the sun, even though the "direct sunlight" setting is intended to be used for photographing objects directly illuminated by the sun and not for the sun itself.<br />
<br />
The light from an object illuminated by "direct sunlight" is, in fact, ''indirect'' sunlight when it reaches the camera sensor; so when photographing the sun itself, the camera receives sunlight that is even more direct than "direct".<br />
<br />
The use of a solar filter influences the color temperature, so "custom" would probably be the correct option here. A camera using the "custom" option usually requires you to focus on a white or gray object first to determine the correct setting. Most high-end cameras, like the {{w|Bridge camera|superzoom}} camera that is likely depicted here, are able to capture in {{w|raw image format}}, allowing the user to adjust the white balance afterwards in software.<br />
<br />
The title text is pointing out that the sunlit side of the moon is also in direct sunlight, which is why we are able to see it, and so "direct sunlight" would actually be the correct setting in this case.<br />
<br />
It is the second comic within a week where Cueball is using a camera, similar to the one he used in [[1719: Superzoom]]. The previous comic was [[1826: Birdwatching]] two comics before this one.<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
:[Cueball is kneeling in front of a small platform while operating a camera with a very long objective. The camera is angled sharply upward toward the sky as it is attached to a tripod standing on the platform. An off-panel voice calls out to him.]<br />
:Off-panel voice: What's going on?<br />
:Cueball: ISS solar transit. From this spot, the space station should briefly line up with the sun. <br />
:Cueball: I got a sun filter and I'm trying to take a picture of it crossing.<br />
<br />
:[Two half height panels above each others follow. The first shows an image of the very orange sun on a black background, as seen through the camera.]<br />
<br />
:[The second of the two half height panels shows Cueball making further adjustments to the camera, as in the first panel.]<br />
:Cueball: Perfect. Hmm, I should set the white balance.<br />
<br />
:[Once gain there are two panels above each other. The top is black with white text and icons from the ''white balance'' menu. It has the following options shown after each of the icons as mentioned below in the square brackets:]<br />
:[Shining light bulb]: Incandescent<br />
:[Shining fluorescent lamp]: Fluorescent<br />
:[Shining sun]: Direct sunlight<br />
:[Lightning]: Flash<br />
:[Cloud]: Cloudy<br />
:[A house that cast a shade]: Shade<br />
:[Two triangles with a circle between them]: Custom<br />
<br />
:[In the panel below Cueball still operates the camera as before]<br />
<br />
:[A frame-less but full height panel follows where Cueball leans back from the camera with his hands on his thighs.]<br />
<br />
:[The last two panels are again above each other. It is almost the same panels as before the frame-less panels, except that the direct sunlight option has been selected as shown with a blue selection band across that option.]<br />
:Incandescent<br />
:Fluorescent<br />
:'''Direct sunlight'''<br />
:Flash<br />
:Cloudy<br />
:Shade<br />
:Custom<br />
<br />
:[In the bottom panel Cueball again operates the camera.]<br />
<br />
{{comic discussion}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:ISS Solar Transit]]<br />
[[Category:Comics sharing name|ISS Solar Transit 01]]<br />
[[Category:Comics with color]]<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]<br />
[[Category:Astronomy]]<br />
[[Category:Space]]</div>108.162.210.152https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=List_of_all_comics&diff=201302List of all comics2020-11-06T03:50:03Z<p>108.162.210.152: </p>
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<div>This is the list of comics from '''2001 to {{LATESTCOMIC}}'''.<br />
:For the first 500 comics, see [[List of all comics (1-500)]].<br />
:For comics 501-1000, see [[List of all comics (501-1000)]].<br />
:For comics 1001-1500, see [[List of all comics (1001-1500)]].<br />
:For comics 1501-2000, see [[List of all comics (1501-2000)]].<br />
: The whole list is available at [[List of all comics (full)]].<br />
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You may also see the list of comics in the order they appeared at the [https://xkcd.com/archive/ xkcd archive].<br />
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{{comicsrow|2261|2020-01-29|Worst Thing That Could Happen|worst thing that could happen.png}}<br />
{{comicsrow|2260|2020-01-27|Reaction Maps|reaction maps.png}}<br />
{{comicsrow|2259|2020-01-24|Networking Problems|networking problems.png}}<br />
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{{comicsrow|2247|2019-12-27|Weird Hill|weird hill.png}}<br />
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{{comicsrow|2245|2019-12-23|Edible Arrangements|edible arrangements.png}}<br />
{{comicsrow|2244|2019-12-20|Thumbtacks And String|thumbtacks and string.png}}<br />
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{{comicsrow|2242|2019-12-16|Ground vs Air|ground vs air.png}}<br />
{{comicsrow|2241|2019-12-13|Brussels Sprouts Mandela Effect|brussels sprouts mandela effect.png}}<br />
{{comicsrow|2240|2019-12-11|Timeline of the Universe|timeline of the universe.png}}<br />
{{comicsrow|2239|2019-12-09|Data Error|data error.png}}<br />
{{comicsrow|2238|2019-12-06|Flu Shot|flu shot.png}}<br />
{{comicsrow|2237|2019-12-04|AI Hiring Algorithm|ai hiring algorithm.png}}<br />
{{comicsrow|2236|2019-12-02|Is it Christmas?|is it christmas.png}}<br />
{{comicsrow|2235|2019-11-29|Group Chat Rules|group chat rules.png}}<br />
{{comicsrow|2234|2019-11-27|How To Deliver Christmas Presents|how to deliver christmas presents.png}}<br />
{{comicsrow|2233|2019-11-26|Aurora Meaning|aurora meaning.png}}<br />
{{comicsrow|2232|2019-11-22|Hotel Room Party|hotel room party.png}}<br />
{{comicsrow|2231|2019-11-20|the Time Before And After Land|the time before and after land.png}}<br />
{{comicsrow|2230|2019-11-18|Versus Bracket|versus bracket.png}}<br />
{{comicsrow|2229|2019-11-15|Rey and Kylo|rey and kylo.png}}<br />
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{{comicsrow|2227|2019-11-11|Transit of Mercury|transit of mercury.png}}<br />
{{comicsrow|2226|2019-11-09|Recombination And Reionization|recombination and reionization.png}}<br />
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[[Category:Comics| ]]</div>108.162.210.152https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:812:_Glass&diff=94849Talk:812: Glass2015-06-05T03:36:07Z<p>108.162.210.152: </p>
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<div>Hi, everyone!<br />
<br />
I just added a link to a youtube-video and wanted to give a little disclaimer:<br />
<br />
I'm in no way affiliated with that person, this is not intended to be advertisement or anything, just a random video I found that illustrates the effect that water in a glass changes it's resonance frequency.<br />
If that's not allowed, please remove the link.<br />
<br />
[[User:Laden|Laden]] ([[User talk:Laden|talk]]) 18:30, 18 January 2013 (UTC)<br />
<br />
See below the comments section for what that's about. Always did like how if it's literal then Catholics are canibals...<br />
Anonymous 0733, 19 January 2013 (UTC)<br />
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:We catholics believe we are literally eating the body of Jesus. If that makes us cannibals, then we are cannibals! [[Special:Contributions/24.199.215.245|24.199.215.245]] 02:41, 20 January 2013 (UTC)<br />
<br />
It's only cannibalsim if we're right, and if we're right, then God told us so! Either way, we can't be doing anything wrong, because it's either bread or we must due to a divine imperative. Obviously, as a Catholic, I believe I am acting in accordance with truth in recieving the Eucharist, but sometimes it helps those who don't fully understand to have a two-sided hypothetical.[[Special:Contributions/108.162.210.152|108.162.210.152]] 03:35, 5 June 2015 (UTC)<br />
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What about the electroweak symmetry=souls thing? Can someone explain that please? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.64|108.162.216.64]] 01:49, 12 January 2014 (UTC)<br />
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So at the point of the creation of matter there's supposed to be this balance between matter (oversimplified: positively charged protons, negative electrons, the stuff we're made of and used to) and antimatter (The opposing charge stuff). That balance is great, but it pretty much implies that the process of matter formation and matter reexplosion (what hapens when antimatter and matter meet) would be this continuous loop. Fact is, we're here, looking at these reactions (or trying to). Therefore, we are the result of an assymetry, perhaps one in every billion particles created is without a partner (visible to us anyway, perhaps it escaped to some negative matter space that's a safe distance away). What caused this apparent imbalance is presently unknown. (Don't, whatever you do, call it a mystery. Not because it's not, but because of the reaction you'll get from all the wrong folks.)[[User:Bralbovsky|Bralbovsky]] ([[User talk:Bralbovsky|talk]]) 00:14, 15 May 2015 (UTC)</div>108.162.210.152https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:812:_Glass&diff=94848Talk:812: Glass2015-06-05T03:35:05Z<p>108.162.210.152: </p>
<hr />
<div>Hi, everyone!<br />
<br />
I just added a link to a youtube-video and wanted to give a little disclaimer:<br />
<br />
I'm in no way affiliated with that person, this is not intended to be advertisement or anything, just a random video I found that illustrates the effect that water in a glass changes it's resonance frequency.<br />
If that's not allowed, please remove the link.<br />
<br />
[[User:Laden|Laden]] ([[User talk:Laden|talk]]) 18:30, 18 January 2013 (UTC)<br />
<br />
See below the comments section for what that's about. Always did like how if it's literal then Catholics are canibals...<br />
Anonymous 0733, 19 January 2013 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:We catholics believe we are literally eating the body of Jesus. If that makes us cannibals, then we are cannibals! [[Special:Contributions/24.199.215.245|24.199.215.245]] 02:41, 20 January 2013 (UTC)<br />
<br />
It's only cannibalsim if we're right, and if we're right, then god told us so! Either way, we can't be doing anything wrong, because it's either bread or we must due to a divine imperative. Obviously, as a Catholic, I believe I am acting in accordance with truth in recieving the Eucharist, but sometimes it helps those who don't fully understand to have a two-sided hypothetical.[[Special:Contributions/108.162.210.152|108.162.210.152]] 03:35, 5 June 2015 (UTC)<br />
<br />
What about the electroweak symmetry=souls thing? Can someone explain that please? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.64|108.162.216.64]] 01:49, 12 January 2014 (UTC)<br />
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So at the point of the creation of matter there's supposed to be this balance between matter (oversimplified: positively charged protons, negative electrons, the stuff we're made of and used to) and antimatter (The opposing charge stuff). That balance is great, but it pretty much implies that the process of matter formation and matter reexplosion (what hapens when antimatter and matter meet) would be this continuous loop. Fact is, we're here, looking at these reactions (or trying to). Therefore, we are the result of an assymetry, perhaps one in every billion particles created is without a partner (visible to us anyway, perhaps it escaped to some negative matter space that's a safe distance away). What caused this apparent imbalance is presently unknown. (Don't, whatever you do, call it a mystery. Not because it's not, but because of the reaction you'll get from all the wrong folks.)[[User:Bralbovsky|Bralbovsky]] ([[User talk:Bralbovsky|talk]]) 00:14, 15 May 2015 (UTC)</div>108.162.210.152https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1436:_Orb_Hammer&diff=831891436: Orb Hammer2015-01-21T18:23:50Z<p>108.162.210.152: /* Explanation */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1436<br />
| date = October 20, 2014<br />
| title = Orb Hammer<br />
| image = orb_hammer.png<br />
| titletext = Ok, but make sure to get lots of pieces of rock, because later we'll decide to stay in a room on our regular orb and watch hammers hold themselves and hit rocks for us, and they won't bring us very many rocks.<br />
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[[File:Apollo_program_insignia.png|thumb|upright=1.5| Apollo program insignia. (from Wikimedia Commons)]]<br />
==Explanation==<br />
This conversation suggests doing something that sounds absurd and not useful at all for the daily activities of a regular human. Yet it refers in simple English words to the {{w|Apollo program|Apollo human spaceflight program}} which, among other things, sent people to the Moon to bring selenographocal samples back to Earth to study them. The use of such simple language contributes to the effect of the suggestion sounding absurd. Of course, numerous results of the Apollo program have in fact had many benefits for regular people.<br />
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No person has been on the Moon since the final Apollo mission, Apollo 17, in 1972. Occasional lunar rocks can still be collected on Earth. They are formed when a celestial body impacts the Moon's surface, forming a crater and launching small rocks into the space. Some of them will eventually reach Earth, see {{w|Lunar meteorite|lunar meteorites}}.<br />
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The title text refers to various robotic missions, including the current Mars missions ({{w|Mars Pathfinder|Pathfinder}}, {{w|Spirit (rover)|Spirit}}, {{w|Opportunity (rover)|Opportunity}}, {{w|Curiosity (rover)|Curiosity}}) and the {{w|Philae lander}} component of the Rosetta mission (with details of its intended landing site confirmed a mere handful of days before the comic). With robots, instead of traveling to Mars ourselves, we stay on Earth ("our regular orb") and program and direct rovers to operate remotely. The rovers collect geological samples and analyze, but have no way to send the samples back to Earth.<br />
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The idea of using simple language in highly technical fields began with [[547: Simple]] and was revisited in [[722: Computer Problems]] and [[1133: Up Goer Five]]. It should be noted however, that in this case [[Randall]] didn't use the 1000 most basic words in the English language, because that {{w|simple:Wikipedia:List_of 1000 basic words|list}} does not contain the words "glowing" or "orb," but does contain "moon," "earth," "bright," and "ball."<br />
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The idea of using simple language to create humour highlighting the absurdity of normal activities has previously been explored with [[203: Hallucinations]].<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:Cueball: You know that glowing orb in the night sky?<br />
:Friend: Yeah?<br />
:Cueball: Let's go hit it with a hammer until little pieces break off, then bring the pieces back and lock them in a closet.<br />
:Friend: Sounds good!<br />
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:The Apollo program was ''weird''.<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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