https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=141.101.98.213&feedformat=atomexplain xkcd - User contributions [en]2024-03-29T08:06:43ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2838:_Dubious_Islands&diff=3251302838: Dubious Islands2023-10-07T18:28:58Z<p>141.101.98.213: /* Explanation */ Making it flow better, making some subtle and unsubtle changes.</p>
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| number = 2838<br />
| date = October 6, 2023<br />
| title = Dubious Islands<br />
| image = dubious_islands_2x.png<br />
| imagesize = 740x1040px<br />
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| titletext = Running for office in Minnesota on the single-issue platform 'dig a permanent channel through the Traverse Gap because it will make this map more satisfying.'<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a DUBIOUSLY LARGE ISLAND - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
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The definition of "island" is a piece of subcontinental land completely surrounded by a body (or perhaps bodies) of water. In most cases we don't count rivers and canals as the surrounding bodies,{{Citation needed}} although small pieces of land like Manhattan are exceptions, as is any bit of land entirely surrounded by the ''same'' watercourse, that splits around it. Inland islands surrounded by rivers can be called a [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/holm "holm"].<br />
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In this comic, however, Randall considers various large parts of {{w|North America}} as "dubious" islands because they're separated from other parts of the continent by various major rivers, canals, and large lakes. The repetition between the title "Dubious Islands" and the in-image label "Dubious Islands of North America" emphasizes the "Dubious-ness" of this map. "Dubious" means "thought not to be completely true or not able to be trusted" (per Cambridge Dictionary).<br />
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Randall's map's "Dubious Islands" are indeed not to be trusted &mdash; they leave out many less prominant rivers and canals which would break the map into many more additional "islands". For example, southern Nova Scotia, southern New Jersey, and the nearly 60-mile-long "Grand Strand" of South Carolina are also islands by the sense used here in recognizing the Cape Cod Canal as creating an island. These and many other omissions would be errors &mdash; except that Randall clearly labelled his islands "Dubious" (not to be trusted) from the start, and he is presumably well-aware of this map's stretching of reality.<br />
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The {{w|Parting of the Waters}} explains the connection between the Yellowstone and Snake Rivers shown. {{w|Isa Lake}} drains into both the Snake River (via the Lewis River) and the Madison River (via the Firehole River), explaining the connection there. It is unclear why {{w|Divide Creek}} which connects Hudson's Bay to the Columbia River is not shown on this map.<br />
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The title text suggests that a new island could be created by digging a canal through the {{w|Traverse Gap}}, and this is Randall's platform when running for office in Minnesota. This is unnecessary and would create little benefit to residents,{{Citation needed}} but constituents who like interesting maps might vote for him.<br />
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These islands are possibly Randall's humorous interpretation of what drastic erosion (perhaps caused by continued climate-change inducing increased water movement. Sea level rise might also provoke some of these disconnections, but as some of the connecting waterways exist at over 7000 feet (over 2km) in elevation, this would require a worldwide {{w|rise in sea-level}} (and/or localised {{w|Atlantis|fall of land}}) that would cause other changes to the map of North America.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
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:[Title:] Dubious Islands of North America<br />
:[Subtitle:] And the waterways that separate them<br />
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:[A map of mainland North America, down to the Panama isthmus. It is internally separated by various waterways, given labels or otherwise.]<br />
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:[Separating land approximating Nunavut (with some Northern Territories) from neighbouring Canada:] Mackenzie Athabasca Churchill<br />
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:[Comprising the much of the remainder of Canada, much of the northern United States (including Alaska), additionally separated by:] Columbia Snake Madison Missouri Chicago [Unlabelled, some of the Great Lakes and the channel past Quebec]<br />
::[An incursive gap near the central point, from the north:] Nelson Red<br />
::[An internal label, with arrow:] Traverse Gap<br />
::[An incursive gap near the central point, from the south:] Mississippi<br />
::[A separate fragment of land south of the Madison, in the western half of the land-mass, bordered to its south by:] Yellowstone<br />
::[A small fragment off the southen part of the western edge, an arrow and a label:] Chehalis/Black Lake<br />
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:[Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and parts of the adjacent US, disconnected by:] Champlain Hudson<br />
::[Label with an arrow on the east coast:] Cape Cod Canal<br />
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:[A small triangle of territory, further isolated by:] Erie<br />
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:[Most of the Eastern Seaboard of the US, additionally divided off by:] Tombigbee<br />
::[Fragment of land shorn from the northern part of the eastern edge, label with arrow:] Chesapeake and Delaware Canal<br />
::[Fragment of land shorn from the tip of Florida, label with arrow:] Okeechobee Waterway<br />
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:[Strip of land west of the Tombigbee, bounded also to its west by:] Mississippi<br />
::[Fragment of land immediately to its south, with a nearby label and arrow:] Atchafalaya<br />
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:[The remainder of the continent; comprising much of the US, all of Mexico and various central American territories, with a final tip of the eastwards-bending isthmus:] Panama Canal<br />
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When we all rely on a BOT, we don't know how to do simple things like create new comic explanation pages manually anymore. 8-) <br><br />
I really hope he's right about 2022... [[User:Orion205|Orion205]] ([[User talk:Orion205|talk]]) 00:23, 14 August 2021 (UTC)<br />
:The DgbrtBOT... Why's it broken?? --[[Special:Contributions/198.41.238.117|198.41.238.117]] 04:22, 14 August 2021 (UTC)<br />
::It looks likely it was being run on a computer by the author, and the computer hiccuped. Nobody has notified the author, who doesn't come here much anymore. The bot is also linked from its page for others to run it. [[User:Baffo32|Baffo32]] ([[User talk:Baffo32|talk]]) 09:39, 14 August 2021 (UTC)<br />
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== Asterix and Obelix ==<br />
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Fun fact: comic strip characters Asterix and Obelix were named after these symbols [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Asterix_characters]. Frank [[Special:Contributions/162.158.88.121|162.158.88.121]] 10:12, 14 August 2021 (UTC)<br />
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== New Normal == <br />
I personally am getting very tired of anyone expecting CoViD '19 to be "over" or anxious to "get back to normal". With '19, Delta, Gamma, & Lambda, all making the rounds (& those are just the lineage names; each already has dozens of minor variants, as coronavirus carries over minor variations from ''each host''), & dogs, cats, & deer all showing signs of community-wide infection as well, it seems pretty obvious even to a non epidemiologist, that we've long since reached a state of effectively ubiquitous exposure. Couple this with air quality in increasing decline across multiple factors (rapidly climbing CO2, increasing rates of emissions of microparticulate, the only-just-beginning-&-already-most-of-the-dust-we-breathe breakdown of plastic microfibers, rare volatiles, take your pick, levels of each are accelerating precipitously) & we should all just collectively ''expect'' everyone "at risk" of respiratory illness to be suffering or dying on increasingly regular basis, until we all collectively change our lifestyles considerably more than we have so far. Heck, if we continue trying to get "back to normal" we may all die off entirely ''much'' sooner than even most of our concerned "experts" seem to think, because of the sheer number of contributing factors compounding each other at unprecedented rates of increase. In my view (seemed obvious since last August) CoViD itself is clearly here to stay, & even with booster shots, we should expect dangerous new variants to crop up. We live in an increasingly dense society (& that isn't a euphemism referring to effects of CO2 buildup) & higher density means more disease exposure; so we will all need to take steps to minimize these exposure risks & ''keep that up forever'' (or at least until population density or travel wane dramatically). We might even have to stop living like the future is disposable. <br />
[[User:ProphetZarquon|ProphetZarquon]] ([[User talk:ProphetZarquon|talk]]) 17:12, 14 August 2021 (UTC)<br />
: Yes, my reaction to 2022 in this comic was, "I appreciate his optimism, but I don't think it's actually warranted, and I think it's the double dagger symbol that comes next." I do hope we'll ultimately ease into a bit of a smoother and somewhat less oppressive (new) 'normal' than 2020~21 represent, but even in that scenario 2021 definitely seems a bit too soon to expect the current aberrations to reach an end. Regarding lifestyle changes, more than that I think it's largely voting patterns that would need to change (in countries where that applies), since many of the changes needed require large-scale collective coordination (i.e. infrastructure, commercial/industrial regulation, etc. etc.), in other words government level action, rather than just lifestyle changes at the individual level, even if universally applied. But I agree, a willingness to change lifestyles may be required for those kinds of voting patterns to occur. Of course a large span of human history was permeated by a lot of suffering, conflict, and death that probably most of us can't relate to today. On the other hand though, nowadays there's 7B of us and counting to experience the full joys of everything you're describing =/. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.246.50|108.162.246.50]] 20:06, 14 August 2021 (UTC)<br />
: Did you seriously implied covid is made dangerous by global warming? Despite climbing CO2, the air quality - meaning, how good it is for people - is getting BETTER thanks to factory emissions being regulated compared to previous century. At least in Europe and US, it may still be bad in China, Beijing's smog is legendary. Of course, that's not related to Covid, which does seem to be here to stay and the best we can hope in is that thanks to combination of vaccine and mutations it gets closer to flu in dangerousness (which would still means tens of thousands of deaths every year, in EU or US). -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 01:10, 15 August 2021 (UTC)<br />
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I'm thinking the next best option after the asterisk and dagger would probably be the section sign (§) — 22:23, 14 August 2021 (UTC)<br />
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Is there a triangle symbol? That seems like it would be the best, if 2022 was mainly Delta<br />
:It's likely Delta will be connected to THIS year (2021) and next year will have another variant as dominant. There might even be enough time left in this year to replace Lambda as well, or maybe Lambda will be connected with winter 2021/22 and we get another for summer 2022. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 01:10, 15 August 2021 (UTC)<br />
:I just want to say out loud (sic!) what I've been thinking for a while now... People will definitely be uncomfortable with the situation once they have to identify something as the Omega Strain... For a number of reasons. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.213|141.101.98.213]] 11:34, 15 August 2021 (UTC)</div>141.101.98.213https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1524:_Dimensions&diff=934401524: Dimensions2015-05-16T07:36:43Z<p>141.101.98.213: /* Explanation */ "...over the..." sounds a bit too much like horizontal movement (albeit vertically displaced).</p>
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| number = 1524<br />
| date = May 13, 2015<br />
| title = Dimensions<br />
| image = dimensions.png<br />
| titletext = I would say time is definitely one of my top three favorite dimensions.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
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Our world is {{w|Dimension|3-dimensional}} (like in a box; length, width and height.) But in modern {{w|physics}}, {{w|space}} and {{w|time}} are unified in a four-dimensional continuum called {{w|Spacetime|spacetime}} where time becomes the fourth dimension. <br />
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It is to this 4-dimensional spacetime that [[Cueball]] refers in his monologue to [[Megan]], while he is philosophizing about his life in these four dimensions. <br />
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What Cueball comments on is that whereas we can, to some extent, determine in which direction we wish to move (at least on the surface of the Earth) in the three dimensions of space (up-down, left-right, forward-backward), we cannot help but being pushed ''inexorably forward'' through time. So it is quite lucky for Cueball that he thinks this is OK.<br />
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Being pushed constantly in one of the other directions would very soon be lethal. Suddenly if you where pushed over a cliff or in front of a truck, or also if you were pushed hard enough {{w|Between a Rock and a Hard Place|against a rock}}. But even if you avoided any of these you would die soon enough if it was some constant direction, because then you would soon leave the Earth if you travel in a tangent to the surface, as the Earth is approximately spherical. (see [[1376: Jump]] especially the title text). Also because of all the movements the Earth undergoes, (spinning and orbiting the sun, that orbits the galaxy that moves toward Andromeda) we are already constantly being pushed in several directions at once, without realizing it. But it is always changing directions, as opposed to times, which we always move forward through.<br />
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Moving forward in time will also eventually be lethal by causing old age. It also may place you in dangerous times when natural or man-made disasters have happened (or placing you in the path of a moving truck), but it is only possible to avoid these dangers by sidestepping them in one of the three spatial dimensions. <br />
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In the title text Cueball then continues to muse about his favorite dimensions and places time in his top three dimensions. This initially seems to mean that one of the three space dimensions must be his least favorite. But since in space there is no difference between the three dimensions, it's not obvious why any one would be preferred over another. And if that was the case, then time would have to be his favorite dimension. <br />
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There are, though, a couple of other ways to think about this:<br />
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(1) Cueball could be referring to a naive view of three spatial dimensions in a fixed reference system (like on earth), where the three directions can be different. In a {{W|Cartesian coordinate system}}, as often seen in geometry textbooks, two axes form a horizontal plane and the third axis is the vertical one. In this case, perhaps his two other top three "dimensions" could be those in the plane (along the surface of the Earth) as he could easily move along these two axes, but moving along the third axis (e.g. flying away from ground - or falling down a cliff) requires special arrangements or is outright dangerous.<br />
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(2) If Cueball is not supposed to represent a real person (like for instance [[Randall]] himself, as he often does in this type of comic) then he may be viewed as a "real" comic strip character, thus always living in a two dimensional world. This view offers another explanation, which may be that since he only exists in two spatial dimensions, these are his "favorite" ones along with time (or "movement" from panel to panel, see wired comic mentioned below), with the third spatial dimension being outside his experience. Since Cueball specifically mentions the four dimensions in the comic, and makes it clear that he '''could''' have been pushed through any of them (but has been subject only to a push through time), this may not be such a likely explanation.<br />
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In {{W|M-theory}}, a theory that unifies all consistent versions of {{w|superstring theory}}, spacetime is eleven-dimensional, which would make a place in the top three a somewhat more interesting position. However, these extra dimensions are not currently detectable.<br />
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Interestingly, [[Randall]] has already, back in the December 2014 issue of Wired magazine, published the [http://www.wired.com/2014/11/xkcd-guide-to-dimensions/ xkcd guide to dimensions] where the main part of this comic was already used in panel 9 out of 20. This issue of Wired magazine was about multiple dimensions, and Randall's section is about imagining higher dimension. The article is a mix of xkcd-style comics and captions explaining them. The panel in question show Cueball saying, "Of '''all the''' dimensions I could have spent my life being pushed inexorably through, I guess "time" isn't the worst." (the only difference being that "all the" has been changed to "the four" in this comic). In panel 15 of the Wired comic series, Randall considers how dimensions can be represented in a two-dimensional comic strip: a character moving within a panel represents movement in space but movement from panel to panel represents movement in time.<br />
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Previously Randall has made a comic about a man who was pushed sideways (although that was by the gravity which affected him wrongly) - so he was pushed both through time and fell sideways: [[417: The Man Who Fell Sideways]].<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:[Cueball is sitting up against a tree, Megan lies with her hands behind her neck in front him under the foliage of the tree.]<br />
:Cueball: Of the four dimensions I could have spent my life being pushed inexorably forward through, I guess "time" isn't the worst.<br />
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<div>I'm not sure that "This is an obvious parody" counts as an explanation of the cartoon. I looked up "Magic 8 ball" (with which I was unfamiliar). I looked up "Emoji" (with which, too, I was unfamiliar). I then turned back to the cartoon, and I still don't understand it. What's more, there is no explanation of the practically unique absence of mouseover text. [[User:BinaryDigit|BinaryDigit]] ([[User talk:BinaryDigit|talk]]) 05:55, 15 May 2015 (UTC)<br />
: Lack of mouseover / alt and title attributes is common in **interactive** comics. --[[User:JakubNarebski|JakubNarebski]] ([[User talk:JakubNarebski|talk]]) 06:23, 15 May 2015 (UTC)<br />
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It seems that this comic may be poking fun at the reliance of the modern generation on emoji for communication. By trying to answer serious questions only in emoji, their inadequacy in conveying information is shown. After all, a telephone and party ball hardly answer how one will die. It's all left to the imagination. <br />
[[Special:Contributions/173.245.56.179|173.245.56.179]] 06:01, 15 May 2015 (UTC)<br />
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There might be a horoscope component to it too, i.e. you can interpret the emoji as a meaningful answer no matter which one you get. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.215.162|108.162.215.162]] 06:30, 15 May 2015 (UTC)<br />
: I believe you may mean to refer to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divinatory,_esoteric_and_occult_tarot tarot cards]. I had a similar thought. [[User:Azule|Azule]] ([[User talk:Azule|talk]]) 07:16, 15 May 2015 (UTC)<br />
: It also bears similarities - particularly with its default question of "How will I die?" - to the fictional [http://machineofdeath.net/ Machine of Death], which tells a person how they will die, often in a particularly obtuse or cryptic manner. Randall has previously submitted a short story to the collection: [http://machineofdeath.net/pod-question Machine of Death Podcast 33] [[User:Studley|Studley]] ([[User talk:Studley|talk]]) 07:21, 15 May 2015 (UTC) <br />
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I'm guessing Randall is using Unicode emoji characters, i.e. from a font I don't have. I get a small rectangle with "01F40C" (two rows of three characters), which is indicative of "A character I have no font support for", in the browser I'm using (although from previous experience it isn't a browser thing, it's that I haven't deliberately installed the specialist font involved). Which rather spoils things for me, this time round, but I suppose doesn't cause problems for most people who have been persuaded to install emoji-characters to use in the place of 'mere' emoticons... [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.213|141.101.98.213]] 06:36, 15 May 2015 (UTC)<br />
:(reply to self), I've found a good guide, for someone like me, would be to consult the document http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U1F300.pdf to see what one ''should'' see. Apparently "How will I die?" is answered by a snail, and my flippant "Where do I get the Emoji font from?" is answered by a man's face. It remains to be seen whether that's 100% correct on both counts. ;) [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.213|141.101.98.213]] 07:58, 15 May 2015 (UTC)<br />
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Linux folks can install the ttf-ancient-fonts package to add support for the Unicode emoji characters.<br />
:Ok, I've given in. As a non-Linux folk, I followed various signposts and went to http://users.teilar.gr/~g1951d/ and went straight for the "Symbola: 08-03-2015" download (extracted and installed the .ttfs by the age-old method). In case anyone else as out-of-date as me needs and wants to do it manually. It instantly converted my "Man's Face" code (see reply-to-self, above) into the actual man's face, on that browser tab. FYI. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.213|141.101.98.213]] 08:12, 15 May 2015 (UTC)<br />
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Note that, although the emojis do seem to be chosen at random (I haven't attempted to check any code), the URL is changed to encode your question and the result, so [http://xkcd.com/#eyJxIjoiSXMgdGhpcyBhIGdvb2QgcXVlc3Rpb24gdG8gaW1tb3J0YWxpc2U/IiwiYSI6WyImI3gxRjM2NTsiLCImI3gxRjQxMDsiLCImI3gxRjM1RDsiXX0= this link] encodes my question and a three-emoji result. [[User:Markhurd|Mark Hurd]] ([[User talk:Markhurd|talk]]) 07:07, 15 May 2015 (UTC)<br />
: Is that 3-emoji result hack free? I've only gotten 1 or 2 emoji results so far. Edit: Nevermind. I clicked a bunch in a row and got a 3 emoji result. Now the question is: Can 4 be hacked in? [[User:Azule|Azule]] ([[User talk:Azule|talk]]) 07:19, 15 May 2015 (UTC)<br />
::From the code there appears to be an 8/19 chance (42.1%) of one character, 10/19 (52.6%) of two, and 1/19 (5.2%) of three.--[[User:Laverock|Laverock]] ([[User talk:Laverock|talk]]) 07:52, 15 May 2015 (UTC)<br />
: It is just a base64 encoding of the question and answer characters as a JSON object, the part of the link given by Markhurd after the "#" is the encoding of {"q":"Is this a good question to immortalise?","a":["&#x1F365;","&#x1F410;","&#x1F35D;"]}. So you can add extra characters to the answer array, but after 3 they start clipping out of the triangle. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.249.158|108.162.249.158]] 07:32, 15 May 2015 (UTC)<br />
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In the edit history it is noted that the emoji are in color. They are in color for me, too. But I question whether this is universal (where the glyphs are supported). Anyone having a black and white experience? [[User:Azule|Azule]] ([[User talk:Azule|talk]]) 07:36, 15 May 2015 (UTC)<br />
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[[User:Azule|Azule]] ([[User talk:Azule|talk]]) 07:54, 15 May 2015 (UTC)<br />
: I added them to the page body in table form (my two new favourite tools for the day: [http://rishida.net/tools/conversion/ Bulk unicode code converter] and [http://excel2wiki.net/ Excel to Mediawiki table converter]). However, even converted to three columns, it does seem to take over the page somewhat; it's nice to have the descriptions, but maybe a simple character list like yours would be better. [[User:Studley|Studley]] ([[User talk:Studley|talk]]) 07:44, 15 May 2015 (UTC)<br />
:: Moved the emoji list to a separate page, problem solved (or at least deferred). [[User:Studley|Studley]] ([[User talk:Studley|talk]]) 08:04, 15 May 2015 (UTC)</div>141.101.98.213https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1525:_Emojic_8_Ball&diff=93325Talk:1525: Emojic 8 Ball2015-05-15T07:58:38Z<p>141.101.98.213: </p>
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<div>I'm not sure that "This is an obvious parody" counts as an explanation of the cartoon. I looked up "Magic 8 ball" (with which I was unfamiliar). I looked up "Emoji" (with which, too, I was unfamiliar). I then turned back to the cartoon, and I still don't understand it. What's more, there is no explanation of the practically unique absence of mouseover text. [[User:BinaryDigit|BinaryDigit]] ([[User talk:BinaryDigit|talk]]) 05:55, 15 May 2015 (UTC)<br />
: Lack of mouseover / alt and title attributes is common in **interactive** comics. --[[User:JakubNarebski|JakubNarebski]] ([[User talk:JakubNarebski|talk]]) 06:23, 15 May 2015 (UTC)<br />
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It seems that this comic may be poking fun at the reliance of the modern generation on emoji for communication. By trying to answer serious questions only in emoji, their inadequacy in conveying information is shown. After all, a telephone and party ball hardly answer how one will die. It's all left to the imagination. <br />
[[Special:Contributions/173.245.56.179|173.245.56.179]] 06:01, 15 May 2015 (UTC)<br />
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There might be a horoscope component to it too, i.e. you can interpret the emoji as a meaningful answer no matter which one you get. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.215.162|108.162.215.162]] 06:30, 15 May 2015 (UTC)<br />
: I believe you may mean to refer to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divinatory,_esoteric_and_occult_tarot tarot cards]. I had a similar thought. [[User:Azule|Azule]] ([[User talk:Azule|talk]]) 07:16, 15 May 2015 (UTC)<br />
: It also bears similarities - particularly with its default question of "How will I die?" - to the fictional [http://machineofdeath.net/ Machine of Death], which tells a person how they will die, often in a particularly obtuse or cryptic manner. Randall has previously submitted a short story to the collection: [http://machineofdeath.net/pod-question Machine of Death Podcast 33] [[User:Studley|Studley]] ([[User talk:Studley|talk]]) 07:21, 15 May 2015 (UTC) <br />
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I'm guessing Randall is using Unicode emoji characters, i.e. from a font I don't have. I get a small rectangle with "01F40C" (two rows of three characters), which is indicative of "A character I have no font support for", in the browser I'm using (although from previous experience it isn't a browser thing, it's that I haven't deliberately installed the specialist font involved). Which rather spoils things for me, this time round, but I suppose doesn't cause problems for most people who have been persuaded to install emoji-characters to use in the place of 'mere' emoticons... [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.213|141.101.98.213]] 06:36, 15 May 2015 (UTC)<br />
:(reply to self), I've found a good guide, for someone like me, would be to consult the document http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U1F300.pdf to see what one ''should'' see. Apparently "How will I die?" is answered by a snail, and my flippant "Where do I get the Emoji font from?" is answered by a man's face. It remains to be seen whether that's 100% correct on both counts. ;) [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.213|141.101.98.213]] 07:58, 15 May 2015 (UTC)<br />
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Linux folks can install the ttf-ancient-fonts package to add support for the Unicode emoji characters.<br />
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Note that, although the emojis do seem to be chosen at random (I haven't attempted to check any code), the URL is changed to encode your question and the result, so [http://xkcd.com/#eyJxIjoiSXMgdGhpcyBhIGdvb2QgcXVlc3Rpb24gdG8gaW1tb3J0YWxpc2U/IiwiYSI6WyImI3gxRjM2NTsiLCImI3gxRjQxMDsiLCImI3gxRjM1RDsiXX0= this link] encodes my question and a three-emoji result. [[User:Markhurd|Mark Hurd]] ([[User talk:Markhurd|talk]]) 07:07, 15 May 2015 (UTC)<br />
: Is that 3-emoji result hack free? I've only gotten 1 or 2 emoji results so far. Edit: Nevermind. I clicked a bunch in a row and got a 3 emoji result. Now the question is: Can 4 be hacked in? [[User:Azule|Azule]] ([[User talk:Azule|talk]]) 07:19, 15 May 2015 (UTC)<br />
::From the code there appears to be an 8/19 chance (42.1%) of one character, 10/19 (52.6%) of two, and 1/19 (5.2%) of three.--[[User:Laverock|Laverock]] ([[User talk:Laverock|talk]]) 07:52, 15 May 2015 (UTC)<br />
: It is just a base64 encoding of the question and answer characters as a JSON object, the part of the link given by Markhurd after the "#" is the encoding of {"q":"Is this a good question to immortalise?","a":["&#x1F365;","&#x1F410;","&#x1F35D;"]}. So you can add extra characters to the answer array, but after 3 they start clipping out of the triangle. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.249.158|108.162.249.158]] 07:32, 15 May 2015 (UTC)<br />
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In the edit history it is noted that the emoji are in color. They are in color for me, too. But I question whether this is universal (where the glyphs are supported). Anyone having a black and white experience? [[User:Azule|Azule]] ([[User talk:Azule|talk]]) 07:36, 15 May 2015 (UTC)<br />
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For the lovers of overflow]! [[User:Azule|Azule]] ([[User talk:Azule|talk]]) 07:54, 15 May 2015 (UTC)<br />
: I added them to the page body in table form (my two new favourite tools for the day: [http://rishida.net/tools/conversion/ Bulk unicode code converter] and [http://excel2wiki.net/ Excel to Mediawiki table converter]). However, even converted to three columns, it does seem to take over the page somewhat; it's nice to have the descriptions, but maybe a simple character list like yours would be better. [[User:Studley|Studley]] ([[User talk:Studley|talk]]) 07:44, 15 May 2015 (UTC)</div>141.101.98.213https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1525:_Emojic_8_Ball&diff=93300Talk:1525: Emojic 8 Ball2015-05-15T06:36:57Z<p>141.101.98.213: </p>
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<div>I'm not sure that "This is an obvious parody" counts as an explanation of the cartoon. I looked up "Magic 8 ball" (with which I was unfamiliar). I looked up "Emoji" (with which, too, I was unfamiliar). I then turned back to the cartoon, and I still don't understand it. What's more, there is no explanation of the practically unique absence of mouseover text. [[User:BinaryDigit|BinaryDigit]] ([[User talk:BinaryDigit|talk]]) 05:55, 15 May 2015 (UTC)<br />
: Lack of mouseover / alt and title attributes is common in **interactive** comics. --[[User:JakubNarebski|JakubNarebski]] ([[User talk:JakubNarebski|talk]]) 06:23, 15 May 2015 (UTC)<br />
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It seems that this comic may be poking fun at the reliance of the modern generation on emoji for communication. By trying to answer serious questions only in emoji, their inadequacy in conveying information is shown. After all, a telephone and party ball hardly answer how one will die. It's all left to the imagination. <br />
[[Special:Contributions/173.245.56.179|173.245.56.179]] 06:01, 15 May 2015 (UTC)<br />
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There might be a horoscope component to it too, i.e. you can interpret the emoji as a meaningful answer no matter which one you get. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.215.162|108.162.215.162]] 06:30, 15 May 2015 (UTC)<br />
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I'm guessing Randall is using Unicode emoji charactrs, i.e. from a font I don't have. I get a small rectangle with "01F40C" (two rows of three characters), which is indicative of "A character I have no font support for", in the browser I'm using (although from previous experience it isn't a browser thing, it's that I haven't deliberately installed the specialist font involved). Which rather spoils things for me, this time round, but I suppose doesn't cause problems for most people who have been persuaded to install emoji-characters to use in the place of 'mere' emoticons... [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.213|141.101.98.213]] 06:36, 15 May 2015 (UTC)</div>141.101.98.213https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1465:_xkcd_Phone_2&diff=815141465: xkcd Phone 22014-12-26T11:27:15Z<p>141.101.98.213: </p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1465<br />
| date = December 26, 2014<br />
| title = xkcd Phone 2<br />
| image = xkcd_phone_2.png<br />
| titletext = Washable, though only once.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{incomplete|Some features still not explained}}<br />
<br />
This is a followup to https://xkcd.com/1363/, which debuted the original xkcd Phone. Like [[xkcd Phone]] 1, this comic continues to parody modern smartphone advertisement by imitating a promotional image for a fictional phone. Like the previous XKCD Phone, the comic touts a variety of features which are either pointless, misleading, or physically impossible.<br />
<br />
*'''MaxHD''' 350 pixels is not very impressive: Each would be about 0.5x0.5 cm. Even if it implies 350 pixels along the edge this is still less than standard definition TV (PAL gives 576 lines of horizontal resolution) <br />
*'''Always on Speaker''': An always on microphone is a genuine feature. It allows speech control software such as "Okay Google" or "Siri" to respond without having to be turned on. An always on speaker would be less useful especially if it implies the phone is always making noise.<br />
*'''Blood Pressure reliever''': This appears to be where a real phone would have its front facing camera.<br />
*'''Auto-Rotating Case:''' Phones often feature an auto-rotating display (to treat the phone as portrait or landscape), but this is useless, as a human may easily rotate the phone manually. To make a case that did not "auto"-rotate with the phone would be much harder; all cases rotate with the phone.<br />
*'''Ribbed:''' A reference to ribbed {{w|condom}}s, which are often advertised as superior to standard ones<br />
*'''Waterproof (Inside only)''' But waterproofing is done to the outside to prevent water from getting in, not to prevent water from escaping. <br />
*'''Googleable'''<br />
*'''Cheek toucher'''<br />
*'''Cries if lost:''' Actually useful function, for it would help the owner find the cellphone in case it was lost. It refers to people's habit of calling their own cellphones to help find it. It also resembles the first xkcd phone's functions of 'Screaming when falling' and 'Saying hi when lit'.<br />
*'''Bug drawer:''' This is most likely the cover for other ports, though looks like a small drawer, capable of only holding bug-sized items. Possibly a joke on software bugs, which would, being virtual rather than physical, easily fit inside this area. May also be a reference to "Phone may attract/trap insects; this is normal" from the original ''xkcd Phone'' comic.<br />
*'''Coin slot:''' In most phones, this would be the charging port. Payphones have coin slots.<br />
*'''Scroll lock:''' A computer key on most keyboards which is practically never used. (Despite [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/978 a previous xkcd strip] it was not invented by {{w|Steven Chu}}.)<br />
*'''OS by Stackoverflow®:''' [http://stackoverflow.com/ Stackoverflow.com] is a public question/answer forum for programmers, indicating that the operating system of the XKCD Phone 2 was developed by anonymous internet volunteers rather than by a professional development team, or that professional developers make use a lot of this forum to solve their coding issues.<br />
*'''3D Materials:''' All real materials are three-dimensional, thus not an actual feature.<br />
*'''Dog Noticer'''<br />
*'''FitBit® Fitness Evaluator'''<br />
*'''Volume and density control:''' A play of words on "volume" as in sound, and "volume" as in a physical property like density.<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
[An image of a phone is here. Coming off from it are many labels.]<br />
[Clockwise, from the top left.]<br />
- MaxHD: Over 350 pixels per screen<br />
- Always-on Speaker<br />
- Blood Pressure Reliever<br />
- Auto-Rotating Case<br />
- Ribbed<br />
- Waterproof (Interior Only)<br />
- Googleable<br />
- Cheek Toucher<br />
- Cries if Lost<br />
- Bug Drawer<br />
- Coin Slot<br />
- Scroll Lock<br />
- OS By Stackoverflow®<br />
- 3D Materials<br />
- Dog Noticer<br />
- FitBit® Fitness Evaluator<br />
- Volume and Density Control<br />
<br />
Introducing the xkcd Phone 2<br />
A phone for your other hand®<br />
<br />
{{comic discussion}}</div>141.101.98.213https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1465:_xkcd_Phone_2&diff=815131465: xkcd Phone 22014-12-26T11:17:01Z<p>141.101.98.213: </p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1465<br />
| date = December 26, 2014<br />
| title = xkcd Phone 2<br />
| image = xkcd_phone_2.png<br />
| titletext = Washable, though only once.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{incomplete|Some features still not explained}}<br />
<br />
This is a followup to https://xkcd.com/1363/, which debuted the original xkcd Phone. Like [[xkcd Phone]] 1, this comic continues to parody modern smartphone advertisement by imitating a promotional image for a fictional phone. Like the previous XKCD Phone, the comic touts a variety of features which are either pointless, misleading, or physically impossible.<br />
<br />
*'''MaxHD''' 350 pixels is not very impressive: Each would be about 0.5x0.5 cm. Even if it implies 350 pixels along the edge this is still less than standard definition TV (PAL gives 576 lines of horizontal resolution) <br />
*'''Always on Speaker''': An always on microphone is a genuine feature. It allows speech control software such as "Okay Google" or "Siri" to respond without having to be turned on. An always on speaker would be less useful especially if it implies the phone is always making noise.<br />
*'''Blood Pressure reliever'''<br />
*'''Auto-Rotating Case:''' Phones often feature an auto-rotating display (to treat the phone as portrait or landscape), but this is useless, as a human may easily rotate the phone manually. To make a case that did not "auto"-rotate with the phone would be much harder; all cases rotate with the phone.<br />
*'''Ribbed:''' A reference to ribbed {{w|condom}}s, which are often advertised as superior to standard ones<br />
*'''Waterproof (Inside only)''' But waterproofing is done to the outside to prevent water from getting in, not to prevent water from escaping. <br />
*'''OS by Stackoverflow®:''' [http://stackoverflow.com/ Stackoverflow.com] is a public question/answer forum for programmers, indicating that the operating system of the XKCD Phone 2 was developed by anonymous internet volunteers rather than by a professional development team, or that professional developers make use a lot of this forum to solve their coding issues.<br />
*'''3D Materials:''' All real materials are three-dimensional, thus not an actual feature.<br />
*'''Scroll lock:''' A computer key on most keyboards which is practically never used. (Despite [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/978 a previous xkcd strip] it was not invented by {{w|Steven Chu}}.)<br />
*'''Coin slot:''' In most phones, this would be the charging port. Payphones have coin slots.<br />
*'''Bug drawer:''' This is most likely the cover for other ports, though looks like a small drawer, capable of only holding bug-sized items. Possibly a joke on software bugs, which would, being virtual rather than physical, easily fit inside this area. May also be a reference to "Phone may attract/trap insects; this is normal" from the original ''xkcd Phone'' comic.<br />
*'''Cries if lost:''' Actually useful function, for it would help the owner find the cellphone in case it was lost. It refers to people's habit of calling their own cellphones to help find it. It also resembles the first xkcd phone's functions of 'Screaming when falling' and 'Saying hi when lit'.<br />
*'''Volume and density control:''' A play of words on "volume" as in sound, and "volume" as in a physical property like density.<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
[An image of a phone is here. Coming off from it are many labels.]<br />
[Clockwise, from the top left.]<br />
- MaxHD: Over 350 pixels per screen<br />
- Always-on Speaker<br />
- Blood Pressure Reliever<br />
- Auto-Rotating Case<br />
- Ribbed<br />
- Waterproof (Interior Only)<br />
- Googleable<br />
- Cheek Toucher<br />
- Cries if Lost<br />
- Bug Drawer<br />
- Coin Slot<br />
- Scroll Lock<br />
- OS By Stackoverflow®<br />
- 3D Materials<br />
- Dog Noticer<br />
- FitBit® Fitness Evaluator<br />
- Volume and Density Control<br />
<br />
Introducing the xkcd Phone 2<br />
A phone for your other hand®<br />
<br />
{{comic discussion}}</div>141.101.98.213https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1465:_xkcd_Phone_2&diff=815121465: xkcd Phone 22014-12-26T11:10:51Z<p>141.101.98.213: </p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1465<br />
| date = December 26, 2014<br />
| title = xkcd Phone 2<br />
| image = xkcd_phone_2.png<br />
| titletext = Washable, though only once.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{incomplete|Some features still not explained}}<br />
<br />
This is a followup to https://xkcd.com/1363/, which debuted the original xkcd Phone. Like [[xkcd Phone]] 1, this comic continues to parody modern smartphone advertisement by imitating a promotional image for a fictional phone. Like the previous XKCD Phone, the comic touts a variety of features which are either pointless, misleading, or physically impossible.<br />
<br />
*'''MaxHD''' 350 pixels is not very impressive: Each would be about 0.5x0.5 cm. Even if it implies 350 pixels along the edge this is still<br />
less than standard definition TV (PAL gives 576 lines of horizontal resolution) <br />
*'''Auto-Rotating Case:''' Phones often feature an auto-rotating display (to treat the phone as portrait or landscape), but this is useless, as a human may easily rotate the phone manually. To make a case that did not "auto"-rotate with the phone would be much harder; all cases rotate with the phone.<br />
*'''Ribbed:''' A reference to ribbed {{w|condom}}s, which are often advertised as superior to standard ones<br />
*'''OS by Stackoverflow®:''' [http://stackoverflow.com/ Stackoverflow.com] is a public question/answer forum for programmers, indicating that the operating system of the XKCD Phone 2 was developed by anonymous internet volunteers rather than by a professional development team, or that professional developers make use a lot of this forum to solve their coding issues.<br />
*'''3D Materials:''' All real materials are three-dimensional, thus not an actual feature.<br />
*'''Scroll lock:''' A computer key on most keyboards which is practically never used. (Despite [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/978 a previous xkcd strip] it was not invented by {{w|Steven Chu}}.)<br />
*'''Coin slot:''' In most phones, this would be the charging port. Payphones have coin slots.<br />
*'''Bug drawer:''' This is most likely the cover for other ports, though looks like a small drawer, capable of only holding bug-sized items. Possibly a joke on software bugs, which would, being virtual rather than physical, easily fit inside this area. May also be a reference to "Phone may attract/trap insects; this is normal" from the original ''xkcd Phone'' comic.<br />
*'''Cries if lost:''' Actually useful function, for it would help the owner find the cellphone in case it was lost. It refers to people's habit of calling their own cellphones to help find it. It also resembles the first xkcd phone's functions of 'Screaming when falling' and 'Saying hi when lit'.<br />
*'''Volume and density control:''' A play of words on "volume" as in sound, and "volume" as in a physical property like density.<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
[An image of a phone is here. Coming off from it are many labels.]<br />
[Clockwise, from the top left.]<br />
- MaxHD: Over 350 pixels per screen<br />
- Always-on Speaker<br />
- Blood Pressure Reliever<br />
- Auto-Rotating Case<br />
- Ribbed<br />
- Waterproof (Interior Only)<br />
- Googleable<br />
- Cheek Toucher<br />
- Cries if Lost<br />
- Bug Drawer<br />
- Coin Slot<br />
- Scroll Lock<br />
- OS By Stackoverflow®<br />
- 3D Materials<br />
- Dog Noticer<br />
- FitBit® Fitness Evaluator<br />
- Volume and Density Control<br />
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Introducing the xkcd Phone 2<br />
A phone for your other hand®<br />
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{{comic discussion}}</div>141.101.98.213https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1354:_Heartbleed_Explanation&diff=789301354: Heartbleed Explanation2014-11-12T12:40:28Z<p>141.101.98.213: Possible Malicious Intent</p>
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| number = 1354<br />
| date = April 11, 2014<br />
| title = Heartbleed Explanation<br />
| image = heartbleed_explanation.png<br />
| titletext = Are you still there, server? It's me, Margaret.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
The {{w|Heartbleed bug}} has received a lot of news coverage recently and was also the topic of the previous comic [[1353: Heartbleed]]. This comic explains how the bug may have been discovered and can be exploited to reveal a server's memory contents. A hypothetical cracker [[Megan|Meg]] sends heartbeat requests to the server, the server responds to the heartbeat request by returning the contents of the body of the request up to the number of letters requested. The first two requests are well formed, requesting exactly the number of characters in the request body. The server's memory is showing Meg's request with many other requests going on at the same time.<br />
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The last request asks for "HAT" but requests that it be 500 letters long; the server —not checking if or simply unaware that 500 letters is larger than the request body— returns "HAT" plus 497 letters that happened to be next to the word "HAT" in its memory. Included are many sensitive bits of information, including a master key and user passwords. One of the passwords shown is "CoHoBaSt", a reference to [[936: Password Strength]], which suggests using "<u>co</u>rrect <u>ho</u>rse <u>ba</u>ttery <u>st</u>aple" as a password.<br />
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Often popular explanations of security bugs require the issue to be simplified a lot and to leave out a lot of details. In this case Randall didn't have to do much simplifying; the bug is actually that simple. Also, it should be noted that any client which can connect to the server typically can exploit this bug in the underlying OpenSSL software — the use of the term "User Meg" does not imply that Meg had to authenticate first.<br />
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Although Randall shows Meg recording the data by hand, on paper, it is more likely that a person exploiting the bug would have a computer record the data, perhaps on its hard drive or on a flash drive.<br />
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The title text is a reference to ''{{w|Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.|Are you there God? It's me, Margaret.}}'', a novel by Judy Blume, and plays off of the "server, are you still there?" line in every panel where she did start a request. ''Meg'' can be a nickname for ''Margaret'' as well as ''Megan'', which perhaps explains why the character's usual name, Megan, is abbreviated here. The text may also show malicious intent; the hacker is now pretending to be somebody else, having signed in with stolen information. <br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:How the Heartbleed bug works:<br />
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:Megan: Server, are you still there? If so, reply "POTATO" (6 letters).<br />
:The server's memory is shown: ...<tt>wants pages about "boats". User Erica requests secure connection using key "4538538374224". '''User Meg wants these 6 letters: POTATO.''' User Ada wants pages about "irl games". Unlocking secure records with key 5130985733435. Maggie (chrome user) sends this message: "Hi</tt>...<br />
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:Server shows the same memory content but POTATO is highlighted.<br />
:Server: <tt>POTATO</tt><br />
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:Megan: Server, are you still there? If so, reply "BIRD" (4 letters).<br />
:The server's memory is shown: ...<tt>User Olivia from London wants pages about "man bees in car why". Note: Files for IP 375.381.283.17 are in /tmp/files-3843. '''User Meg wants these 4 letters: BIRD.''' There are currently 348 connections open. User Brendan uploaded the file selfie.jpg (contents: 834ba962e2ceb9ff89bd3bff8c</tt>...<br />
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:Server shows the same memory content but now with BIRD highlighted.<br />
:Server: <tt>BIRD</tt><br />
:Megan: ''Hmm...''<br />
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:Megan: Server, are you still there? If so, reply "HAT" (500 letters).<br />
:Server memory: ...<tt>a connection. Jake requested pictures of deer. '''User Meg wants these 500 letters: HAT.''' Lucas requests the "missed connections" page. Eve (administrator) wants to set server's master key to "14835038534". Isabel wants pages about "snakes but not too long". User Karen wants to change account password to "CoHoBaSt". User</tt>...<br />
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:Server shows the same memory content, highlighting the first 500 letters of the memory beginning at HAT.<br />
:Server: <tt>HAT. Lucas requests the "missed connections" page. Eve (administrator) wants to set server's key to "14835038534". Isabel wants pages about "snakes but not too long". User Karen wants to change account password to "CoHoBaSt". User Amber requests pages</tt>...<br />
:Megan writes this all down.<br />
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[[Category:Computers]]</div>141.101.98.213https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1305:_Undocumented_Feature&diff=554251305: Undocumented Feature2013-12-18T07:32:34Z<p>141.101.98.213: </p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1305<br />
| date = December 18, 2013<br />
| title = Undocumented Feature<br />
| image = undocumented_feature.png<br />
| titletext = And it doesn't pop up a box every time asking you to use your real name. In fact, there's no way to set your name at all. You just have to keep reminding people who you are.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Done on my phone on the way to work }}<br />
Cueball (presumably) has found a secret support chatroom. Eventually, the comic comments on how nothing is forever, but eventually subverts this by attacking YouTube's video ads.<br />
==Transcript==<br />
:An old Windows utility has an undocumented feature. If you open "help" and click on the background, you get dropped into a "support" chat room.<br />
:Only a few of us ever found it. But we became friends.<br />
:We kept launching the program to check in. Eventually some of us were running VMs just to keep accessing it.<br />
:As the Internet aged, so did we.<br />
:We don't know who runs the server. We don't know why it's still working so many years later. Maybe we're some sysadmin's soap opera.<br />
:It will probably vanish someday, but for now it's our meeting place. Our hideaway.<br />
:A life's worth of chat,<br />
:Buried in the deep web.<br />
:But even if it lasts forever, we won't. When we're gone, who will remember us?<br />
:Who will remember this strange little world and the friendships we built here?<br />
:Nobody.<br />
:This place is irrelevant. Ephemeral. One day it will be forgotten.<br />
:And so will we<br />
:But at least it doesn't have fucking video ads.<br />
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{{comic discussion}}</div>141.101.98.213https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1293:_Job_Interview&diff=53278Talk:1293: Job Interview2013-11-21T07:44:45Z<p>141.101.98.213: </p>
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<div>Wouldn't this be a continuation of the story in "[http://xkcd.com/1032/ Networking]" [[User:Whiskey07|Whiskey07]] ([[User talk:Whiskey07|talk]]) 09:00, 20 November 2013 (UTC)<br />
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:I completely agree, Whisky. That comic is clearly a prelude to this. [[User:Grahame|Grahame]] ([[User talk:Grahame|talk]]) 07:35, 21 November 2013 (UTC)<br />
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Isn't it [[Beret Guy]] character, and not just "employer with a hat"? --[[User:JakubNarebski|JakubNarebski]] ([[User talk:JakubNarebski|talk]]) 10:02, 20 November 2013 (UTC)<br />
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Why is the soup coming out of the electrical outlet (OK, it is label "soup", but that still does not explain it) [[User:Spongebog|Spongebog]] ([[User talk:Spongebog|talk]])<br />
:Who said it was an electrical outlet? It's clearly a soup outlet, it's even labeled as such. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.208|141.101.98.208]] 16:23, 20 November 2013 (UTC)<br />
::My first thought was that this was a modern soup kitchen of some sort with the basics of public supplies. But I've never seen or heard of such a thing? Does anyone know if they exist? [[User:Grahame|Grahame]] ([[User talk:Grahame|talk]]) 01:31, 21 November 2013 (UTC)<br />
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"We can offer you a bunch of paychecks" - but not actual money? [[Special:Contributions/173.245.55.215|173.245.55.215]] 16:31, 20 November 2013 (UTC)<br />
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Anyone have an idea of what "There are ghosts here" means? --[[User:Dangerkeith3000|Dangerkeith3000]] ([[User talk:Dangerkeith3000|talk]]) 16:34, 20 November 2013 (UTC)<br />
:I assumed it was just part of a quirky interview. I feel it ties in to the later "interview from hell" stuff - it's not the sort of thing you want a job interviewer to raise in your interview. Even if the place does have ghosts, it's a terrible thing to mention. I think it just adds to the surrealism that others have mentioned and with which I agree. [[User:Grahame|Grahame]] ([[User talk:Grahame|talk]]) 01:31, 21 November 2013 (UTC)<br />
::I thought it was a reference to some buzz-word that Beret Guy misunderstood, such as virtualization or intangible benefits or high spirits. I just couldn't figure out for sure what the source was. [[Special:Contributions/199.27.128.85|199.27.128.85]] 04:34, 21 November 2013 (UTC)<br />
:Could it be a reference to the Snapchat mascot? [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.213|141.101.98.213]] 07:44, 21 November 2013 (UTC)<br />
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I think the joke here is just that this is an example of a "job interview from hell" or at least a very surreal/oddball job interview. Basically everything Beret Guy says or does is nonsensical or a non sequitur. E.g. "this real building I found" gives the impression that it may be a vacant building that he has somehow gained entrance to. It seems unlikely that a real company would make both apps and stickers for phones. Obviously you can't get soup out of a wall by plugging a cord into an electrical outlet. The humor derives from putting oneself in the position of the interviewee being confronted with this odd situation. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.55.217|173.245.55.217]] 18:33, 20 November 2013 (UTC)Pat<br />
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I suspect he is being a bit dadaist on this one. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.246.117|108.162.246.117]] 22:46, 20 November 2013 (UTC)<br />
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It is more accurate (theologically and biblically - assuming that the biblical account (which is the only one we have) is correct) to say that God allowed the trials but they were performed and initiated by Satan. (And to those who want to dispute it being a real story or question the accuracy of the Bible - that's not the point. The point is that it's the only account we have so let's be accurate about what the account portrays.)<br />
So I've changed the description to reflect the view that "God allowed" and "Satan did the horrible things" rather than that Job "was put through some horrendous ordeals by God to test his faith" which is partially true but technically inaccurate, but I kept that "God did it to test Job's faith". [[User:Grahame|Grahame]] ([[User talk:Grahame|talk]]) 01:31, 21 November 2013 (UTC)<br />
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Forgive my ignorance, but I don't understand the reference in the explanation to "the countless humorous signs near wall outlets and faucets." I haven't run into such signs (or didn't realize they were humorous). Can someone fill me in? {{unsigned|Amz}}</div>141.101.98.213