https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=152.23.97.150&feedformat=atomexplain xkcd - User contributions [en]2024-03-29T14:38:05ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1193:_Externalities&diff=322551193: Externalities2013-04-02T15:28:31Z<p>152.23.97.150: Another filled out form (christopher)</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1193<br />
| date = April 1, 2013<br />
| title = Externalities<br />
| image = externalities.png<br />
| titletext = Mouse over words and things to see where they come from.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
This comic isn't a static image - even the title text changes depending on which part of the image you're hovering over. The blank regions in the above image are dynamically generated from various sources.<br />
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*The university that is being recruited changes depending on which university is winning the hash finding competition in the fifth panel.<br />
*The company doing the recruiting is the first NASDAQ-100 company mentioned on a varying Wikipedia page (so far: Technology, Research, Sith, Jean Luc Picard, Aer Lingus, Human sexual activity, Auction, Sinking of the Titanic, Guards with the most complicated knives, Bizarro, Map, 24-hour analog dial, Berlin Hauptbahnhof, Centrifugal Force, McDuck, Maryland Route 147, Interplanetary Transfer Network). It has also shown <nowiki>[[]]</nowiki> as the source.<br />
**It has started using hints instead of titles, with another article linked somewhere else in the first panel. This article sometimes matches the hint.<br />
*The text in the second panel may vary: See [[1193: Externalities#Second Panel|this section]].<br />
*The text in the third panel may vary: See [[1193: Externalities#Third Panel|this section]].<br />
*The text in the fourth panel may vary: See [[1193: Externalities#Fourth Panel|this section]].<br />
*The text in the fifth panel changes, depending on which university is currently in third place in a hash finding competition. Clicking on the panel takes you to [http://almamater.xkcd.com/ a webpage] where people can enter their school's domain name and hash data, and ranks schools on how close their students can come to matching a Skein 1024 1024 hash value.<br />
*The text in the top half of the sixth panel may vary. See [[1193: Externalities#Sixth Panel|this section]]. The second half of the panel is always the same. <!-- So far --><br />
*The last panel varies with the amount donated to the Wikimedia Foundation via [https://donate.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:FundraiserLandingPage&country=HK&uselang=en&utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_source=fr-redir&utm_campaign=xkcd_april1 this link]. For past images, see [[1193: Externalities#Seventh Panel|this section]].<br />
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===First Panel===<br />
{{incomplete}}<br />
In some cases, Megan's reply seems to correspond to the company.<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable plainlinks table-padding"<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
:Hey, [university] students!<br />
:Have you applied to [company] yet?<br />
:Megan: The recruiter hasn't emailed me back in over three minutes.<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
:Hey, [university] students!<br />
:Have you applied to [company] yet?<br />
:Megan: The recruiter hasn't emailed me back in over an hour!<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
:Hey, [university] students!<br />
:Have you thought of a career at [company]?<br />
:Megan: I'm not that good at math.<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
:Hey, [university] students!<br />
:Have you thought of a career at [company]?<br />
:Megan: What do they even do?<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
:Hey, [university] students!<br />
:Have you thought of a career at [company]?<br />
:Megan: I don't like monopolies.<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
:Hey, [university] students!<br />
:Have you thought of a career at [company]?<br />
:Megan: Only in my darkest moments.<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
:Hey, [university] students!<br />
:Be part of the Apple experience!<br />
:Megan: I'm not really a fan of turtlenecks.<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
:Hey, [university] students!<br />
:Come work at Microsoft!<br />
:Megan: I only came to this tech talk for the xbox giveaway.<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
:Hey, [university] students!<br />
:Y U No Work Yahoo?<br />
:Megan: I like working from home!<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
:Hey, [university] students!<br />
:Become a partner at Starbucks!<br />
:Megan: But green's not my colour.<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
:Hey, [university] students!<br />
:Come work in the Amazon!<br />
:Megan: I don't have to actually move to South America, do I?<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
:Hey, [university] students!<br />
:Have you thought of a career at [company]?<br />
:Megan: Not after that presentation.<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
:Hey, [university] students!<br />
:Thought about working for Intel?<br />
:Megan: I'm not that great at division.<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
:Hey, [university] students!<br />
:Dude, you should work at Dell!<br />
:Megan: That catchphrase is so old.<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
:Ahoy, carnegie melonites!<br />
:Have you thought of a career at [company]?<br />
:Megan: Not after that presentation.<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
:Hey, [university] students!<br />
:Have you looked for a job at Kraft Foods?<br />
:Megan: I'm allergic to sugar<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
:Hey, [university] students!<br />
:How about working for Whole Foods?<br />
:Megan: Could I afford the food if I did?<br />
|}<br />
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===Second Panel===<br />
The text in the second panel is based on the company in the first panel:<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable plainlinks table-padding"<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
:When the Singularity happens, it will happen here.<br />
:Ponytail: [Company] has outgrown us.<br />
:Men: It is time.<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
:Think of ways to make things smaller and smaller!<br />
:Ponytail: I'm worried mine is too big.<br />
:Men: Yeahhh<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
:Think of ways to make things smaller and smaller!<br />
:Ponytail: But will it blend?<br />
:Men: Yeahhh<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
:You'll be part of a dynamic research team envisioning the future.<br />
:Ponytail: It probably looks cool.<br />
:Men: Yeahhh<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
:You'll be creating the future of commerce platforms!<br />
:Ponytail: More recommendations.<br />
:Men: Yep.<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
:You'll be an insignificant cog in our giant machine<br />
:Ponytail: We should improve Notepad<br />
:Men: Nah<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
:We can't tell you what you'll be working on.<br />
:Ponytail: [Confidential]<br />
:Men: [Redacted]<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
:You'll be an insignificant cog in our giant machine<br />
:Ponytail: Needs more Bob.<br />
:Men: Nah<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
:You'll help set the future of the company<br />
:Ponytail: Wait. You hired a college grad as the CFO?<br />
:Men: Yeahhh<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
:At Qualcomm, we know you're born mobile.<br />
:Ponytail: Born mobile!<br />
:Men: Texting!<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
:Short or tall, we've got a grande job for you!<br />
:Ponytail: How many job openings are there?<br />
:Men: Ele-venti or so.<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
:You'll help direct the future of nutrition<br />
:Ponytail: Microwaveable toast<br />
:Men: Delicious<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
:Help us find and provide the best healthy, local, and sustainable products.<br />
:Ponytail: Hey guys, how about kale cookies?<br />
:Men: Sounds great!<br />
|}<br />
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===Third Panel===<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable plainlinks table-padding"<br />
|-<br />
|We're a convenient four hour drive from New York City (15,000 hours by roomba)<br />
|-<br />
|Only a short commuter flight away!<br />
|-<br />
|Travel to us by roomba, we're *that* close!<br />
|-<br />
|We're so close you can get to us by roomba.<br />
|-<br />
|Free roomba rides every morning while you have coffee.<br />
|-<br />
|Your roomba comes in black & slate, or white & silver<br />
|-<br />
|Just a short roomba ride up the coast, try not to fall off.<br />
|-<br />
|We know what everyday life is like for your generation:<br />
|}<br />
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===Fourth Panel===<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable plainlinks table-padding"<br />
|-<br />
|Our recruiting team is on the lookup for promising young [university] graduates.<br />
|-<br />
|We hired a new recruiting startup to help us hire [university] students.<br />
|-<br />
|We borrowed the botanical gardens' net to catch promising recruits.<br />
|-<br />
|We prefer to recruit from [university] students, of course.<br />
|-<br />
|Our recruiters are on the hunt for unaware [university] graduates.<br />
|}<br />
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===Fifth Panel===<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable plainlinks table-padding"<br />
|-<br />
| <b>Name</b><br />
| <b>Email</b><br />
| <b>Education</b><br />
|-<br />
|Oliver Smoot<br />
|pgp encrypted<br />
|have you ever really looked at the fourier<br />
|-<br />
|Wheeeee<br />
|ford.com<br />
|stealing lunches from startups<br />
|-<br />
|leeroy jenkins<br />
|me@car<br />
|I can cut up melons<br />
|-<br />
|pittsburgh<br />
|me@car<br />
|I can cut up melons<br />
|-<br />
|SEGMENTATION FAULT<br />
|save trees<br />
|Contra dancing.<br />
|-<br />
|I'm applying<br />
|cam.gov<br />
|on going problems with birds<br />
|-<br />
|certainly<br />
|elephant<br />
|An excellent year in the Sahara<br />
|-<br />
|Stanford<br />
|ford.com<br />
|Stealing lunches from startups<br />
|-<br />
|Yes Please<br />
|@twitter<br />
|Are you Stanford?<br />
|-<br />
|Applying<br />
|For a job<br />
|I would like to work at you<br />
|-<br />
|Me olaf<br />
|You Helga<br />
|Hunting wooly mammoths<br />
|-<br />
|Oh!<br />
|IO<br />
|O HAI O<br />
|-<br />
|FOLLOWBACK<br />
|TOTALLY.EDU.US<br />
|CONVENIENT US DOMAIN REDIRECTS<br />
|-<br />
|Mancher<br />
|Outlook<br />
|Made a collage out of macaroni<br />
|-<br />
|Yes Please<br />
|ford.com<br />
|Are you Stanford?<br />
|-<br />
|ANN<br />
|SOUTH DETROIT<br />
|HUNT LIKE A WOLVERINE<br />
|-<br />
|christopher<br />
|POBox 12532<br />
|p.s. ill find my frog<br />
|}<br />
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The text at the top occasionally changes format, too.<br />
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* Possibly Stanford grads, if their form-filling startup works out.<br />
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===Sixth Panel===<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable plainlinks table-padding"<br />
|-<br />
|At [company], you'll work at a scale you won't find anywhere else<br />
|-<br />
|Explore the depths of expensive and undocumented tools!<br />
|-<br />
|At Apple, we believe in pushing the boundary of perfection.<br />
|-<br />
|At Microsoft, you just need to relax and embrace the machine <!-- no period --><br />
|-<br />
|Yahoo management aren't just suits. We code too!<br />
|-<br />
|At QUALCOMM Incorporated, you'll have the opportinity to work on cutting-edge projects.<br />
|-<br />
|At Amazon, you'll be shaving the most cutting-edge of yaks.<br />
|-<br />
|You get to bid first on any auction, and use other experimental tools!<br />
|-<br />
|At QUALCOMM, Device driver code quality is job #1<br />
|-<br />
|We're even working on some experimental biotechnology<br />
|}<br />
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===Seventh Panel===<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable plainlinks table-padding"<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:externality-dog1.png]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:externality-dog2.png]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:externality-dog3.png]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:externality-dog4.png]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:externality-dog5.png]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:externality-dog6.png]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:externality-dog7.png]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:externality-dog8.png]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:externality-dog9.png]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:externality-dog10.png]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:externality-dog11.png]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:externality-dog12.png]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:externality-dog13.png]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:externality-dog14.png]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:externality-dog15.png]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:externality-dog16.png]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:externality-dog17.png]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:externality-dog18.png]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:externality-dog19.png]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:externality-dog20.png]]<br />
|}<br />
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==Title Text==<br />
{{incomplete}}<br />
The title text documents the different sources of data in the comic. The different title texts are:<br />
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:Mouse over words and things to see where they come from. - for most of the comic.<br />
:Mouse over text for bottom panel:<br />
:The dog gains a pound for every $10 donated to the wikmedia foundation via this link. Currently at $15012.49 (note: at 11:38am Eastern)<br />
:…Currently at $26639.77 19:56 EDT<br />
:…Currently at $26806.99 20:13 EDT<br />
:…Currently at $27576.54 20:48 EDT<br />
:Google Inc. is the first NASDAQ-100 company mentioned on the wikipedia page <nowiki>[[Aer_Lingus]]</nowiki> (note: links to [[Wikipedia:Aer Lingus|Aer Lingus]])<br />
:This will be changed if a NASDAQ-100 company is mentioned earlier in the Wikipedia article on <nowiki>[[page]]</nowiki><br />
:This will be changed if a NASDAQ-100 company is mentioned earlier in the Wikipedia article on <nowiki>{{hint: }}</nowiki><br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:[The comic is dynamically generated from multiple sources.]<br />
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:[First panel [[1193: Externalities#First Panel|transcript varies.]]]<br />
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:[Second panel [[1193: Externalities#Second Panel|transcript varies.]]]<br />
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:[Third panel [[1193: Externalities#Third Panel|transcript varies.]]]<br />
:[Ponytail riding on a roomba.]<br />
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:[Fourth panel [[1193: Externalities#Fourth Panel|transcript varies.]]]<br />
:[A group of people waiting outside a door. One of them is holding a large net.]<br />
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:Or [university] graduates, provided any of them manage to fill out the application correctly.<br />
:Name: [random]<br />
:Email: [Third place university]<br />
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:[Sixth panel [[1193: Externalities#Sixth Panel|transcript varies.]]]<br />
:Cueball: What does "make dog" do?<br />
:Off-panel: Experimental dog generator. Don't click on it; the default size isn't set, so-<br />
:'''*click*'''<br />
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:''KZZZT''<br />
:BIP<br />
:Off-screen: Uh-oh.<br />
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:[Last panel's [[1193: Externalities#Seventh Panel|transcript varies.]]]<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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[[Category:Dynamic comics]]</div>152.23.97.150https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1190:_Time&diff=30949Talk:1190: Time2013-03-25T06:17:37Z<p>152.23.97.150: </p>
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<div>Pretty sure we're just getting trolled with this one [[Special:Contributions/99.108.190.136|99.108.190.136]] 04:48, 25 March 2013 (UTC)<br />
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Can't tell if this is emo xkcd or trolling xkcd. [[User:Alpha|Alpha]] ([[User talk:Alpha|talk]]) 04:53, 25 March 2013 (UTC)<br />
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Something seems a little fishy because the image url is different than normal. [[User:Bugefun|Bugefun]] ([[User talk:Bugefun|talk]]) 04:55, 25 March 2013 (UTC)<br />
:Maybe the comic slowly changes throughout the day. [[User:Alpha|Alpha]] ([[User talk:Alpha|talk]]) 04:56, 25 March 2013 (UTC)<br />
::Oh god, it does. [[User:Alpha|Alpha]] ([[User talk:Alpha|talk]]) 04:57, 25 March 2013 (UTC)<br />
:::When uploading different versions of the image, use the naming convention time[iterationNumber].png. We'll compile all the images into one and display them as per [[Traffic Lights]]. '''[[User:Davidy22|<u>{{Color|purple|David}}<font color=green size=3px>y</font></u><font color=indigo size=4px>²²</font>]]'''[[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>[talk]</tt>]] 05:05, 25 March 2013 (UTC)<br />
::::Alright, so the comic appears to be switching between two states here: between [[media:time2.png|this]] and [[media:time3.png|this]]. If nothing new happens, I'll get to clipping the comics together. '''[[User:Davidy22|<u>{{Color|purple|David}}<font color=green size=3px>y</font></u><font color=indigo size=4px>²²</font>]]'''[[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>[talk]</tt>]] 05:28, 25 March 2013 (UTC)<br />
:::::Whoop, nope, [[media:time4.png|this]] just came up. Is there more to come? '''[[User:Davidy22|<u>{{Color|purple|David}}<font color=green size=3px>y</font></u><font color=indigo size=4px>²²</font>]]'''[[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>[talk]</tt>]] 05:34, 25 March 2013 (UTC)<br />
::::::Alright, so a new one is posted every half-hour. Whoopee. '''[[User:Davidy22|<u>{{Color|purple|David}}<font color=green size=3px>y</font></u><font color=indigo size=4px>²²</font>]]'''[[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>[talk]</tt>]] 06:06, 25 March 2013 (UTC)<br />
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[[Special:Contributions/72.21.198.66|72.21.198.66]] 05:11, 25 March 2013 (UTC)It could be a reference to the old proverb " time and tide wait for none" Cueball and the girl could be waiting for the tide in the beach! (Just a guess)[[Special:Contributions/72.21.198.66|72.21.198.66]] 05:11, 25 March 2013 (UTC)<br />
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The picture does chance with time. The URL includes a changing timestamp that I can't decipher. Compare these two URLS (which have slightly different images:<br />
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/time/8eb156cce408df8bb83528382d6a2aa2ce6c74f3c573fd12b058cd1c56420672.png<br />
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/time/1e349a579b5f9b5ed487ddf7e88244b70330941ddedac9c6abf6ed2e3f589b97.png<br />
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Perhaps there is a way to hack the URL to view future images. [[Special:Contributions/199.30.248.121|199.30.248.121]] 05:29, 25 March 2013 (UTC)<br />
: I would also like to add that knowing randall, these are not the only images. For all we know, the image will still be changing in 5 years while a tree grows in front of them. My point is: Are the URLs hackable, or did he encrypt them? [[Special:Contributions/199.30.248.121|199.30.248.121]] 05:33, 25 March 2013 (UTC)<br />
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Likely there is a way to hack the URLs; they look like some sort of hash, probably a hashed timestamp. Of course, he could easily have added some salt to the hash, making it significantly *harder* to hack. But they're strings of a specific length, so it should be pretty easy to bruteforce it, fetch all the images, and then (maybe) reverse-engineer the sequence. *That* all depends on how many of them there are. [[Special:Contributions/76.90.249.178|76.90.249.178]] 05:44, 25 March 2013 (UTC)<br />
:Good god, do you see how many digits are *in* that hash? The sun'll have burned out by the time we've tested every possible combination of digits. '''[[User:Davidy22|<u>{{Color|purple|David}}<font color=green size=3px>y</font></u><font color=indigo size=4px>²²</font>]]'''[[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>[talk]</tt>]] 05:47, 25 March 2013 (UTC)<br />
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It seems that the image is updated every 1/2 hour. [[Special:Contributions/152.23.97.150|152.23.97.150]] 06:17, 25 March 2013 (UTC)</div>152.23.97.150