https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=162.158.126.134&feedformat=atomexplain xkcd - User contributions [en]2024-03-28T23:34:43ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2492:_Commonly_Mispronounced_Equations&diff=215410Talk:2492: Commonly Mispronounced Equations2021-07-22T11:58:48Z<p>162.158.126.134: </p>
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I think the wave equation is wrong based on units, but it's been a while. The wave speed ought to be squared. Of course, ''c'' could be a squared speed, but it's usually not. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.34.164|172.70.34.164]] 01:22, 22 July 2021 (UTC)<br />
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:I agree, normally it's written as C squared... The equations in order are 1: Gravitational Attraction, 2: Einstein's Mass / Energy Conversion, 3: Pythagorean Theorem (triangle side relations), 4: Area of a Circle, 5: Entropy equation, 6: Ideal Gas Law, 7: Euler's Identity, 8: Newtons Second law, 9: Wave equation, 10: The derivative of a function f, and, 11: The Quadratic Equation... I don't understand the linguistic rules being applied to the names, but they seem to be visual as much as anything [[Special:Contributions/108.162.237.66|108.162.237.66]] 02:04, 22 July 2021 (UTC)<br />
::You should turn that into a table in the explanation. We can have a column where we try to come up with the pronunciation rule. [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 04:10, 22 July 2021 (UTC)<br />
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The equation for the thing I have as what it was made by is <br />
L<br />
=<br />
i<br />
ψ<br />
¯<br />
γ<br />
μ<br />
∂<br />
μ<br />
ψ<br />
−<br />
e<br />
ψ<br />
¯<br />
γ<br />
μ<br />
(<br />
A<br />
μ<br />
+<br />
B<br />
μ<br />
)<br />
ψ<br />
−<br />
m<br />
ψ<br />
¯<br />
ψ<br />
1<br />
4<br />
F<br />
μ<br />
ν<br />
F<br />
μ<br />
ν<br />
.<br />
{\displaystyle {\mathcal {L}}=i{\bar {\psi }}\gamma ^{\mu }\partial _{\mu }\psi -e{\bar {\psi }}\gamma ^{\mu }(A_{\mu }+B_{\mu })\psi -m{\bar {\psi }}\psi -{\frac {1}{4}}F_{\mu \nu }F^{\mu \nu }.}<br />
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when copy-pasted from Wikipedia. {{w|Quantum electrodynamics#Equations_of_motion|here is the link:}} [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_electrodynamics#Equations_of_motion These are both the links.] <br />
For archival, this is the thing: LAGRONJ EYSIBARYMOODMOOSIOYLERSIBRYMOOAMOOBAMOOSIMASIBRSIQORTFAHMOOVYFAHMOOVY. <br />
[[User:4D4850|4D4850]] ([[User talk:4D4850|talk]]) 02:22, 22 July 2021 (UTC)<br />
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My friends and I actually pretty often say "PəV-nert" for the ideal gas law. First syllable is kind of vowel-less, sort of a schwa if anything. But also stressed? Didn't know you could stress a schwa but, guess I did.<br />
[[Special:Contributions/172.70.130.160|172.70.130.160]] 02:36, 22 July 2021 (UTC)<br />
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I think this is the XKCD that has made me laugh the most, out of all 2492.<br />
:I'd say it might be the one that made me laugh the most, out of all {{LATESTCOMIC}}. I won't, because it didn't, but I could. --[[User:4D4850|4D4850]] ([[User talk:4D4850|talk]]) 03:23, 22 July 2021 (UTC)<br />
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I tried to transcribe these pronunciations into IPA, because reading them like this is kind of ambiguous. I probably got a bunch of stuff wrong though.<br />
fəˈdʒæmɚ |<br />
ˈɛmkɑˌtu |<br />
ætˈbutkut |<br />
ˈæpɚˌtu |<br />
həˈsplɒgpi |<br />
ˈpævnɚt |<br />
ˈaɪpɪn |<br />
ˈfimɑ |<br />
dut kəˈduks |<br />
ˈfækslɪmˌoʊ ˈfæksəˌfɒx |<br />
zəˈbɔbə fækˈtoʊɑ |<br />
ˌɛpsɪˈhutəˌmu ˈdupsɪˌkwɔrps<br />
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Why is it a soft G in the gravity equation? [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 04:10, 22 July 2021 (UTC)<br />
:I believe it's a reference to the "gif" pronunciation debate. "Fuh-gam-er" is the obvious pronunciation, Randal is facetiously asserting "Fuh-jam-er" is correct.--[[Special:Contributions/108.162.250.130|108.162.250.130]] 05:00, 22 July 2021 (UTC)<br />
:I think it might be because the English letter "G" is pronounced "Gee" (i.e. "Jee"), which made its way into the pronunciation here.[[User:BenjaminTheBenevolent|BenjaminTheBenevolent]] ([[User talk:BenjaminTheBenevolent|talk]]) 10:27, 22 July 2021 (UTC)<br />
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The most similar time when equations are actually 'pronounced' a bit like this is the "soh cah toa" mnemonic for the trigonometric identities - should this be in the explanation? (the comic made at least me think that might be the original inspiration) [[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.204|141.101.99.204]] 06:42, 22 July 2021 (UTC)<br />
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:The circle area might be meant to read out like "upper two", referencing the square. I can't see the same for any of the others though. / [[Special:Contributions/162.158.183.157|162.158.183.157]] 06:52, 22 July 2021 (UTC)<br />
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I see nobody has attempted the Transcript yet. (Also I'm wondering how to 'properly' pronounce P-One V-One Over T-One Equals P-Two V-Two Over T-Two.) [[Special:Contributions/162.158.155.157|162.158.155.157]] 10:41, 22 July 2021 (UTC)<br />
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Sorry to come in as an amateur, but I think the equation pronounced Ha-SPLOG-pee is actually the equation for Shannon diversity. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.126.134|162.158.126.134]] 11:58, 22 July 2021 (UTC)</div>162.158.126.134https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2492:_Commonly_Mispronounced_Equations&diff=2153702492: Commonly Mispronounced Equations2021-07-22T01:23:22Z<p>162.158.126.134: </p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2492<br />
| date = July 22, 2021<br />
| title = Commonly Mispronounced Equations<br />
| image = commonly_mispronounced_equations.png<br />
| titletext = "Epsihootamoo doopsiquorps" --the Schrödinger equation for the hydrogen atom<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a MISSAID EQUATION. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
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{{comic discussion}}</div>162.158.126.134https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2478:_Alien_Visitors_2&diff=213851Talk:2478: Alien Visitors 22021-06-20T21:35:52Z<p>162.158.126.134: </p>
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Sorry for intruding, I am just delighted that I am early [[Special:Contributions/162.158.166.161|162.158.166.161]] 14:02, 18 June 2021 (UTC)<br />
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"Maybe we shouldn't stand right under it." This line might (inadvertently?) reference the common alien-movie fail in which massive spacecraft hover at low altitude over human populations without obliterating them and their infrastructure. It might also be bathroom humor. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.129.134|172.68.129.134]] 15:56, 18 June 2021 (UTC)<br />
:I'm with the original explanation. The aliens just don't seem very advanced, so they're worried that the spaceships are poorly constructed and pieces might fall off, or the entire ship might just drop. [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 16:19, 18 June 2021 (UTC)<br />
:You are probably correct with respect to Randall's intentions. The situation, though, brings to my mind Turtledove's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worldwar_series Worldwar series], in which "The Race" had very advanced technology (hence little risk of spaceships crashing on their own) but had, at least initially, a poor opinion about human technologies and their advancement. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.129.132|172.68.129.132]] 18:31, 18 June 2021 (UTC)<br />
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::Thanks for the reference, 172.68.129.132! I’m enjoying listening to the series for free through my public library account using Hoopla. Apparently the original e-books had atrocious copy editing so I get to miss out on that visual horror. :-). [[User:Dhugot|Dhugot]] ([[User talk:Dhugot|talk]]) 18:02, 19 June 2021 (UTC)<br />
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To the individual who made a callback to Capri Sun--bless you. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.130.83|172.70.130.83]] 19:11, 18 June 2021 (UTC)<br />
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:Need a category for this recurring comic: [[:Category:Alien Visitors]]. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.35.65|172.69.35.65]] 00:33, 19 June 2021 (UTC)<br />
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Doesn’t the United States still add lead to gasoline used for piston airplane engines, and also high octane race car fuel?[[Special:Contributions/162.158.62.55|162.158.62.55]] 03:28, 19 June 2021 (UTC)<br />
:Very limited niche use remains, phased out of major applications. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.206|141.101.98.206]] 08:52, 19 June 2021 (UTC)<br />
::Does 167,000 aircraft in the USA (plus more around the world) count as “limited niche use”? Assuming a super conservative estimate of an average of only 100 hours/year/airframe and an equally conservative burn rate of 10 gal/hr, that’s 167 million gallons of leaded gasoline burned per year. See https://www.faa.gov/news/fact_sheets/news_story.cfm?newsId=14754 for more info on the FAA’s continuing refusal to remove lead from avgas.[[Special:Contributions/172.70.110.44|172.70.110.44]] 04:46, 20 June 2021 (UTC)<br />
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::Although lead was originally added to gas in order to improve efficiency, it was retained in order to reduce refining expense. After refining crude oil, you get gasoline at a variety of octanes. The different octanes are blended to produce what you pay for (e.g. 87 for regular, 93 for premium). Lead is an octane-boosting additive, allowing manufacturers to ship sub-standard gas (that is a little below the rated octane), adding lead to bring it up to standard. Without lead, you need to blend in a higher proportion of higher-octane gas in order to get the required octane rating. Which is why, back when lead was being phased out, unleaded gas cost more than leaded. The effect of lead reducing engine knock is simply a result of the gas having a higher octane rating. High octane gas without lead (e.g. premium) has the same effect.<br />
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::Another interesting side point is that computer-controlled refineries have effectively reduced the quality of gas you get at the pump. There are serious legal penalties for selling gas with an octane rating below what is labeled, but no penalties for being higher. Back when refineries were not computer controlled, they were not precise enough to produce the exact blend required, so they would always err a little higher (e.g. selling 88 octane labeled as 87). But with modern systems, they can sell exactly what's labeled, so consumers don't get any free bonus octane anymore. [[User:Shamino|Shamino]] ([[User talk:Shamino|talk]]) 16:22, 19 June 2021 (UTC)<br />
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An honorary mention might be made to {{w|Thomas Midgley Jr.}}, who helped to make both TEL and CFCs widely used. (Though didn't get the chance to widely promote his bed-lift before it also proved unsafe.) [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.206|141.101.98.206]] 08:52, 19 June 2021 (UTC)<br />
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I don't think the Hindenburg exploded. It just burned.<br />
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One would question how benevolent these aliens are. They only offer inferior technology (pyramids, biplanes) which they could have ''trivially'' seen not to be useful, or they offer harmful technology like lead-based gasoline and inefficient fruit-presses. On the other hand they do not offer the one tech we don't have, e.g. still-standing flying saucers. Thus one may question their real motives... <Insert reference to V>. [[User:Ralfoide|Ralfoide]] ([[User talk:Ralfoide|talk]]) 17:53, 20 June 2021 (UTC)<br />
: Or maybe they're trying to ensure we have a well rounded tech growth rather than beelining to spaceflight. --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.126.134|162.158.126.134]] 21:35, 20 June 2021 (UTC)</div>162.158.126.134https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2470:_Next_Slide_Please&diff=2129242470: Next Slide Please2021-06-01T17:16:56Z<p>162.158.126.134: </p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2470<br />
| date = June 1, 2021<br />
| title = Next Slide Please<br />
| image = next_slide_please.png<br />
| titletext = "I have nothing to offer but blood--next slide, please--toil--next slide, please--tears, and--next slide, please--sweat."<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a SLIDESHOW WITH -- NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE -- FAMOUS QUOTES ON IT. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
This comic presumes that many famous quotes are actually excerpts from slideshow presentations, and the text they were reading was split across multiple slides. The person making the speech wasn't operating the slide projector, so they had to ask the operator to go to the next slide. The common way to ask this is to say "next slide, please", but these have been edited out of the historical transcripts. The comic imagines the places where the slide breaks might have been, and inserts that request.<br />
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Most of these quotes are drawn from speeches, which could conceivably have been accompanied by slides or other stage directions ("pause for laughter"), but the list grows more ridiculous as it continues by including works of literature, where the reader is the one who turns pages as necessary, and then speeches from periods of history which predated slide projectors. <br />
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The phrase "Next slide, please" is perhaps in a sweet-spot of utility and performance. A rehearsed presentation, with speaker and 'slide handler' working with a tight script, could probably do without off-stage prompting at all, or the better lecturers with an oft-repeated talk could set it all on timings knowing they can keep the changes synchronised with their speech, or vice-versa. But when a cue is necessary, an unambiguous signal should be used, and an audible 'clicker' (or a small and briefly flashed light) has been used historically, especially with pre-electronic slide-shows where the slide-operator at the back of an auditorium needed to clearly discern the intent of the person at the lectern.<br />
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Single words might be more efficient, such as "Next", "Slide" or "Please" on their own, but occasionally could crop up in the rest of their patter, unrelated to a desired change. (It is a comedy staple that a person who was without an expected 'clicker' would actually resort to ''saying'' "Click", with or without later confusion when they say something that sounds like they intended an advance.)<br />
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Two word signals (e.g. "Next slide", "Next, please" or "Slide, please") might suffice to be clear but sound a bit sharp, or even rude and condescending to the 'floor staff', devaluing the tacked on politeness. Overly long phrases, such as "Thank you, Mr Hargreaves, could you put the next image, if you would be so kind", are not unknown but indicative of an inexperienced yet amicable (or else supercilious) presenter, and would present greater distractions to the audience if used consistently for many instances of prompting.<br />
<br />
While still suffering from repetition, and the apparent sincerity of politeness may have worn thinner through overuse, it seems that these three words have been honed in on (at least in the anglosphere) as a commonly expected phrasing.<br />
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The further test of the orator's character is now when a change is missed, accidentally doubled, the prepared sequence is subtly digressed from the talk or an audience comment requires reversal to prior material. At this point communications between the podium and off-stage become vastly more improvisational, dependent upon the situation encountered. If the audience is 'lucky', the exchange necessitates a full dialogue, with different joys depending upon how much of the non-presenter's half of the discussion can be heard as resolution or resignment is attained. None of the comic's examples go this far but the possibilities of what they might have entailed, in each case, is easily imagined. <br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
!Quote<br />
!Attribution<br />
!Context<br />
|-<br />
| "Give me liberty or give me—Next slide, please—death!"<br />
| {{w|Patrick Henry}}, at the {{w|Second Virginia Convention}} on March 23, 1775, as part of the revolutionary war against {{w|Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain}}.<br />
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|-<br />
| "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down—Next slide, please—this wall."<br />
| {{w|Ronald Reagan}}, {{w|Berlin Wall Speech}} (1987).<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| "It was the best of times—Next slide, please—It was the worst of times."<br />
| {{w|A Tale of Two Cities}}, novel by {{w|Charles Dickens}}. <br />
| At the current pace, the intro would have 13 "Next slide, please" instances. <br />
|-<br />
| "We have nothing to fear but—Next slide, please—fear itself."<br />
| Inauguration of {{w|Franklin D. Roosevelt}} in 1933. <br />
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|-<br />
| "To be or—Next slide, please—not to be, that is the question."<br />
| From the play ''Hamlet'' by {{w|William Shakespeare}}, Act III, Scene i. <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art—Next slide, please—more lovely and—Next slide, please—more temperate."<br />
| Shakespeare's {{w|Sonnet 18}}. <br />
| A sonnet is a type of love poem, and it requires rhyming and pacing. The inclusion of "Next slide, please" is breaking the poetic flow, as well as unbalancing the length of lines, making it unpredictable when a rhyme is supposed to occur. <br />
|-<br />
| "We shall fight—Next slide, please—on the beaches, we shall fight on—Next slide, please—the landing grounds..."<br />
| {{w|Winston Churchill}}, ''{{w|We shall fight on the beaches}}'' speech.<br />
| 4 June 1940, after the disastrous first weeks of the {{w|battle of France}} Churchill had to acknowledge a military disaster but to convene confidence in victory and will to fight.<br />
|-<br />
| "Read my lips—Next slide, please—no new taxes."<br />
| {{w|George H. W. Bush}}, spoken at 1988 Republican National Convention<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| "That's one small step for man—Next slide, please—one giant leap for mankind."<br />
| {{w|Neil Armstrong}}, when he stepped off the {{w|Apollo 11}} lunar module and onto the surface of the Moon. <br />
| Normally would be proof of a fake moon landing, although Neil Armstrong strong insisted that the speech be made on location.{{fact}} The positioning of the "next slide, please" was placed at the intended comma, although there was also a small gap within "one giant" which could also be a potential placement in the audio clip. <br />
|-<br />
| "Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears! Next slide, please. I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him."<br />
| From the play ''{{w|Julius Caesar (play)|Julius Caesar}}'' by Shakespeare, Act III, Scene ii. <br />
| Takes place after Julius Caesar suffered a few stab wounds in Act III, scene i. If it were a presentation, the pictures would need to be created between scenes, although the play implies there would barely be enough time in response to a recent event. <br />
|-<br />
| "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of—Next slide, please—a good fortune, must be in want of—Next slide, please—a wife."<br />
| Intro to ''{{w|Pride and Prejudice}}'', written by {{w|Jane Austen}}.<br />
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|-<br />
| "Veni, vidi—Velim, pictura proxima—vici."<br />
| {{w|Julius Caesar}}, in a letter after defeating Pharnaces II (47 BC). Literally, "I came, I saw—Please, next picture—I conquered." - it seems to fit nicely into the alliteration.<br />
| Caesar used this phrase to refer to a swift, conclusive victory at the Battle of Zela.<br />
|-<br />
| "I have nothing to offer but blood--next slide, please--toil--next slide, please--tears, and--next slide, please--sweat." (title text)<br />
| Winston Churchill, '''{{w|Blood, toil, tears and sweat}}'' speech.<br />
| From 1940, shortly after he became the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom when asking for a vote of confidence in the new all-party (unity) cabinet.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
: [Text at the center:]<br />
: ''Did you know?''<br />
: ''Transcripts of famous quotes often''<br />
: ''leave out the slideshow instructions.''<br />
: ''Here’s the line actually sounded:''<br />
: [Below showing a list of quotations, with Ronald Reagan standing next to a slide showing the Berlin Wall to the right of the text.]<br />
: "Give me liberty or give me—Next slide, please—death!"<br />
: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down—Next slide, please—this wall."<br />
: "It was the best of times—Next slide, please—It was the worst of times."<br />
: "We have nothing to fear but—Next slide, please—fear itself."<br />
: "To be or—Next slide, please—not to be, that is the question."<br />
: "Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art—Next slide, please—more lovely and—Next slide, please—more temperate."<br />
: [Below showing another list of quotations, with Winston Churchill standing next to a slide showing a beach to the left of the text.]<br />
: "We shall fight—Next slide, please—on the beaches, we shall fight on—Next slide, please—the landing grounds..."<br />
: "Read my lips—Next slide, please—no new taxes."<br />
: "That's one small step for man—Next slide, please—one giant leap for mankind."<br />
: "Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears! Next slide, please. I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him."<br />
: "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of—Next slide, please—a good fortune, must be in want of—Next slide, please—a wife."<br />
: "Veni, vidi—Velim, pictura proxima—vici."<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
* The Blood, toil, tears and sweat speach was already the topic of [[1148: Nothing to Offer]]<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Ronald Reagan]]<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Winston Churchill]]</div>162.158.126.134https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2470:_Next_Slide_Please&diff=2129232470: Next Slide Please2021-06-01T17:09:34Z<p>162.158.126.134: </p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2470<br />
| date = June 1, 2021<br />
| title = Next Slide Please<br />
| image = next_slide_please.png<br />
| titletext = "I have nothing to offer but blood--next slide, please--toil--next slide, please--tears, and--next slide, please--sweat."<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a SLIDESHOW WITH -- NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE -- FAMOUS QUOTES ON IT. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
This comic presumes that many famous quotes are actually excerpts from slideshow presentations, and the text they were reading was split across multiple slides. The person making the speech wasn't operating the slide projector, so they had to ask the operator to go to the next slide. The common way to ask this is to say "next slide, please", but these have been edited out of the historical transcripts. The comic imagines the places where the slide breaks might have been, and inserts that request.<br />
<br />
Most of these quotes are drawn from speeches, which could conceivably have been accompanied by slides or other stage directions ("pause for laughter"), but the list grows more ridiculous as it continues by including works of literature, where the reader is the one who turns pages as necessary, and then speeches from periods of history which predated slide projectors. <br />
<br />
The phrase "Next slide, please" is perhaps in a sweet-spot of utility and performance. A rehearsed presentation, with speaker and 'slide handler' working with a tight script, could probably do without off-stage prompting at all, or the better lecturers with an oft-repeated talk could set it all on timings knowing they can keep the changes synchronised with their speech, or vice-versa. But when a cue is necessary, an unambiguous signal should be used, and an audible 'clicker' (or a small and briefly flashed light) has been used historically, especially with pre-electronic slide-shows where the slide-operator at the back of an auditorium needed to clearly discern the intent of the person at the lectern.<br />
<br />
Single words might be more efficient, such as "Next", "Slide" or "Please" on their own, but occasionally could crop up in the rest of their patter, unrelated to a desired change. (It is a comedy staple that a person who was without an expected 'clicker' would actually resort to ''saying'' "Click", with or without later confusion when they say something that sounds like they intended an advance.)<br />
<br />
Two word signals (e.g. "Next slide", "Next, please" or "Slide, please") might suffice to be clear but sound a bit sharp, or even rude and condescending to the 'floor staff', devaluing the tacked on politeness. Overly long phrases, such as "Thank you, Mr Hargreaves, could you put the next image, if you would be so kind", are not unknown but indicative of an inexperienced yet amicable (or else supercilious) presenter, and would present greater distractions to the audience if used consistently for many instances of prompting.<br />
<br />
While still suffering from repetition, and the apparent sincerity of politeness may have worn thinner through overuse, it seems that these three words have been honed in on (at least in the anglosphere) as a commonly expected phrasing.<br />
<br />
The further test of the orator's character is now when a change is missed, accidentally doubled, the prepared sequence is subtly digressed from the talk or an audience comment requires reversal to prior material. At this point communications between the podium and off-stage become vastly more improvisational, dependent upon the situation encountered. If the audience is 'lucky', the exchange necessitates a full dialogue, with different joys depending upon how much of the non-presenter's half of the discussion can be heard as resolution or resignment is attained. None of the comic's examples go this far but the possibilities of what they might have entailed, in each case, is easily imagined. <br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
!Quote<br />
!Attribution<br />
!Context<br />
|-<br />
| "Give me liberty or give me—Next slide, please—death!"<br />
| {{w|Patrick Henry}}, at the {{w|Second Virginia Convention}} on March 23, 1775, as part of the revolutionary war against {{w|Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain}}.<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down—Next slide, please—this wall."<br />
| {{w|Ronald Reagan}}, {{w|Berlin Wall Speech}} (1987).<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| "It was the best of times—Next slide, please—It was the worst of times."<br />
| {{w|A Tale of Two Cities}}, novel by {{w|Charles Dickens}}. <br />
| At the current pace, the intro would have 13 "Next slide, please" instances. <br />
|-<br />
| "We have nothing to fear but—Next slide, please—fear itself."<br />
| Inauguration of {{w|Franklin D. Roosevelt}} in 1933. <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| "To be or—Next slide, please—not to be, that is the question."<br />
| From the play ''Hamlet'' by {{w|William Shakespeare}}, Act III, Scene i. <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art—Next slide, please—more lovely and—Next slide, please—more temperate."<br />
| Shakespeare's {{w|Sonnet 18}}. <br />
| A sonnet is a type of love poem, and it requires rhyming and pacing. The inclusion of "Next slide, please" would break said poetic flow. <br />
|-<br />
| "We shall fight—Next slide, please—on the beaches, we shall fight on—Next slide, please—the landing grounds..."<br />
| {{w|Winston Churchill}}, ''{{w|We shall fight on the beaches}}'' speech.<br />
| 4 June 1940, after the disastrous first weeks of the {{w|battle of France}} Churchill had to acknowledge a military disaster but to convene confidence in victory and will to fight.<br />
|-<br />
| "Read my lips—Next slide, please—no new taxes."<br />
| {{w|George H. W. Bush}}, spoken at 1988 Republican National Convention<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| "That's one small step for man—Next slide, please—one giant leap for mankind."<br />
| {{w|Neil Armstrong}}, when he stepped off the {{w|Apollo 11}} lunar module and onto the surface of the Moon. <br />
| Normally would be proof of a fake moon landing, although Neil Armstrong strong insisted that the speech be made on location.{{fact}} The positioning of the "next slide, please" was placed at the intended comma, although there was also a small gap within "one giant" which could also be a potential placement in the audio clip. <br />
|-<br />
| "Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears! Next slide, please. I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him."<br />
| From the play ''{{w|Julius Caesar (play)|Julius Caesar}}'' by Shakespeare, Act III, Scene ii. <br />
| Takes place after Julius Caesar suffered a few stab wounds in Act III, scene i. If it were a presentation, the pictures would need to be created between scenes, although the play implies there would barely be enough time in response to a recent event. <br />
|-<br />
| "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of—Next slide, please—a good fortune, must be in want of—Next slide, please—a wife."<br />
| Intro to ''{{w|Pride and Prejudice}}'', written by {{w|Jane Austen}}.<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| "Veni, vidi—Velim, pictura proxima—vici."<br />
| {{w|Julius Caesar}}, in a letter after defeating Pharnaces II (47 BC). Literally, "I came, I saw—Please, next picture—I conquered." - it seems to fit nicely into the alliteration.<br />
| Caesar used this phrase to refer to a swift, conclusive victory at the Battle of Zela.<br />
|-<br />
| "I have nothing to offer but blood--next slide, please--toil--next slide, please--tears, and--next slide, please--sweat." (title text)<br />
| Winston Churchill, '''{{w|Blood, toil, tears and sweat}}'' speech.<br />
| From 1940, shortly after he became the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom when asking for a vote of confidence in the new all-party (unity) cabinet.<br />
|}<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
: [Text at the center:]<br />
: ''Did you know?''<br />
: ''Transcripts of famous quotes often''<br />
: ''leave out the slideshow instructions.''<br />
: ''Here’s the line actually sounded:''<br />
: [Below showing a list of quotations, with Ronald Reagan standing next to a slide showing the Berlin Wall to the right of the text.]<br />
: "Give me liberty or give me—Next slide, please—death!"<br />
: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down—Next slide, please—this wall."<br />
: "It was the best of times—Next slide, please—It was the worst of times."<br />
: "We have nothing to fear but—Next slide, please—fear itself."<br />
: "To be or—Next slide, please—not to be, that is the question."<br />
: "Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art—Next slide, please—more lovely and—Next slide, please—more temperate."<br />
: [Below showing another list of quotations, with Winston Churchill standing next to a slide showing a beach to the left of the text.]<br />
: "We shall fight—Next slide, please—on the beaches, we shall fight on—Next slide, please—the landing grounds..."<br />
: "Read my lips—Next slide, please—no new taxes."<br />
: "That's one small step for man—Next slide, please—one giant leap for mankind."<br />
: "Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears! Next slide, please. I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him."<br />
: "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of—Next slide, please—a good fortune, must be in want of—Next slide, please—a wife."<br />
: "Veni, vidi—Velim, pictura proxima—vici."<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
* The Blood, toil, tears and sweat speach was already the topic of [[1148: Nothing to Offer]]<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Ronald Reagan]]<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Winston Churchill]]</div>162.158.126.134https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2470:_Next_Slide_Please&diff=2128482470: Next Slide Please2021-05-31T23:11:49Z<p>162.158.126.134: /* Explanation */ final cleanup of by writing</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2470<br />
| date = June 1, 2021<br />
| title = Next Slide Please<br />
| image = next_slide_please.png<br />
| titletext = "I have nothing to offer but blood--next slide, please--toil--next slide, please--tears, and--next slide, please--sweat."<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a SLIDESHOW WITH -- NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE -- FAMOUS QUOTES ON IT. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
This comic presumes that many famous quotes are actually excerpts from slideshow presentations, and the text they were reading was split across multiple slides. The person making the speech wasn't operating the slide projector, so they had to ask the operator to go to the next slide. The common way to ask this is to say "next slide, please", but these have been edited out of the historical transcripts. The comic imagines the places where the slide breaks might have been, and inserts that request.<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
!Quote<br />
!Speaker<br />
!Context<br />
|-<br />
| "Give me liberty or give me -- Next slide, please -- Death!"<br />
| Attributed to Patrick Henry, at the Second Virginia convention on march 23, 1775, as part of the revolutionary war against Great Britain. <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| "Mr. Gorbachev, Tear down -- Next slide, please -- this wall."<br />
| Berlin wall Speech, Attributed to Ronal Reagan. <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| "It was the best of times -- Next slide, please -- It was the worst of times<br />
| A Tale of Two Cities. <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| "We have nothing to fear but -- Next slide, please -- fear itself."<br />
| Inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt, in 1933. <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| "To be or -- Next slide, please -- not to be, that is the question"<br />
| Hamlet, a Shakespeare play. <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art -- Next slide, please -- More lovely and -- Next slide, please -- more temperate."<br />
| William Shakespeare's Sonnet 18. The inclusion of "Next Slide, please" would break the poetic flow. <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| "We shall fight -- Next slide, please -- on the beaches, we shall fight on -- Next slide, please -- the landing grounds..."<br />
| Winston Churchill, World War II speech. <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| "Read my lips -- Next slide, please -- no new taxes."<br />
| George H. W. Bush, spoken at 1988 Republican National Convention, which was initially popular but a poor political choice.<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| "That's one small step for man -- Next slide, please -- one giant leap for mankind."<br />
| Neil Armstrong, when he landed Apollo 11 on the moon.<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| "Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears! Next slide, please. I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him."<br />
| One of Shakespeare's plays, a speech taking place after Julius Caesar had a few stab wounds. <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| " It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of -- Next slide, please -- a good fortune, must be in want of -- Next slide, please -- a wife."<br />
| Intro to Pride and Prejudice, written by Jane Austin<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| "Veni, Vidi -- Velim, Pictura Proxima -- Vici."<br />
| Caesar's famous line before entering Rome<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| "I have nothing to offer but blood--next slide, please--toil--next slide, please--tears, and--next slide, please--sweat."<br />
| Winston Churchill<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
<br />
{{comic discussion}}</div>162.158.126.134https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2470:_Next_Slide_Please&diff=2128472470: Next Slide Please2021-05-31T23:10:47Z<p>162.158.126.134: </p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2470<br />
| date = June 1, 2021<br />
| title = Next Slide Please<br />
| image = next_slide_please.png<br />
| titletext = "I have nothing to offer but blood--next slide, please--toil--next slide, please--tears, and--next slide, please--sweat."<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a SLIDESHOW WITH FAMOUS QUOTES ON IT. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
This comic presumes that many famous quotes are actually excerpts from slideshow presentations, and the text they were reading was split across multiple slides. The person making the speech wasn't operating the slide projector, so they had to ask the operator to go to the next slide. The common way to ask this is to say "next slide, please", but these have been edited out of the historical transcripts. The comic imagines the places where the slide breaks might have been, and inserts that request.<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
!Quote<br />
!Speaker<br />
!Context<br />
|-<br />
| "Give me liberty or give me -- Next slide, please -- Death!"<br />
| Attributed to Patrick Henry, at the Second Virginia convention on march 23, 1775, as part of the revolutionary war against Great Britain. <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| "Mr. Gorbachev, Tear down -- Next slide, please -- this wall."<br />
| Berlin wall Speech, Attributed to Ronal Reagan. <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| "It was the best of times -- Next slide, please -- It was the worst of times<br />
| A Tale of Two Cities. <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| "We have nothing to fear but -- Next slide, please -- fear itself."<br />
| Inaugeration of Franklin D. Roosevelt, in 1933. <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| "To be or -- Next slide, please -- not to be, that is the question"<br />
| Hamlet, a Shakespeare play. <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art -- Next slide, please -- More lovely and -- Next slide, please -- more temperate."<br />
| William Shakespeare's Sonnet 18. The inclusion of "Next Slide, please" would break the poetic flow. <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| "We shall fight -- Next slide, please -- on the beaches, we shall fight on -- Next slide, please -- the landing grounds..."<br />
| Winston Churchill, World War II speech. <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| "Read my lips -- Next slide, please -- no new taxes."<br />
| George H. W. Bush, spoken at 1988 Republican National Convention, which was initially popular but a poor political choice. {{cn}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| "That's one small step for man -- Next slide, please -- one giant leap for mankind."<br />
| Neil Armstrong, when he landed Apollo 11 on the moon.{{cn}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| "Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears! Next slide, please. I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him."<br />
| One of Shakespeare's plays, a speech taking place after Julius Caesar had a few stab wounds. <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| " It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of -- Next slide, please -- a good fortune, must be in want of -- Next slide, please -- a wife."<br />
| Intro to Pride and Prejudice, written by Jane Austin<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| "Veni, Vidi -- Velim, Pictura Proxima -- Vici."<br />
| Caesar's famous line before entering Rome<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| "I have nothing to offer but blood--next slide, please--toil--next slide, please--tears, and--next slide, please--sweat."<br />
| Wintson Churchill<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
<br />
{{comic discussion}}</div>162.158.126.134https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2470:_Next_Slide_Please&diff=2128462470: Next Slide Please2021-05-31T23:09:36Z<p>162.158.126.134: fix edit conflict</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2470<br />
| date = June 1, 2021<br />
| title = Next Slide Please<br />
| image = next_slide_please.png<br />
| titletext = "I have nothing to offer but blood--next slide, please--toil--next slide, please--tears, and--next slide, please--sweat."<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a SLIDESHOW WITH FAMOUS QUOTES ON IT. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
This comic presumes that many famous quotes are actually excerpts from slideshow presentations, and the text they were reading was split across multiple slides. The person making the speech wasn't operating the slide projector, so they had to ask the operator to go to the next slide. The common way to ask this is to say "next slide, please", but these have been edited out of the historical transcripts. The comic imagines the places where the slide breaks might have been, and inserts that request.<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
!Quote<br />
!Speaker<br />
!Context<br />
|-<br />
| "Give me liberty or give me -- Next slide, please -- Death!"<br />
| Attributed to Patrick Henry, at the Second Virginia convention on march 23, 1775, as part of the revolutionary war against Great Britain. <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| "Mr. Gorbachev, Tear down -- Next slide, please -- this wall."<br />
| Berlin wall Speech, Attributed to Ronal Reagan. <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| "It was the best of times -- Next slide, please -- It was the worst of times<br />
| A Tale of Two Cities. <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| "We have nothing to fear but -- Next slide, please -- fear itself."<br />
| Inaugeration of Franklin D. Roosevelt, in 1933. <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| "To be or -- Next slide, please -- not to be, that is the question"<br />
| Hamlet, a Shakespeare play. <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art -- Next slide, please -- More lovely and -- Next slide, please -- more temperate."<br />
| William Shakespeare's Sonnet 18. The inclusion of "Next Slide, please" would break the poetic flow. <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| "We shall fight -- Next slide, please -- on the beaches, we shall fight on -- Next slide, please -- the landing grounds..."<br />
| Winston Churchill, World War II speech. <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| "Read my lips -- Next slide, please -- no new taxes."<br />
| George H. W. Bush, spoken at 1988 Republican National Convention, which was initially popular but a poor political choice. {{cn}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| "That's one small step for man -- Next slide, please -- one giant leap for mankind."<br />
| Neil Armstrong, when he landed Apollo 11 on the moon.{{cn}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| "Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears! Next slide, please. I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him."<br />
| One of Shakespeare's plays, a speech taking place after Julius Caesar had a few stab wounds. <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| " It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of -- Next slide, please -- a good fortune, must be in want of -- Next slide, please -- a wife."<br />
| Intro to Pride and Prejudice, written by Jane Austin<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| "Veni, Vidi -- Velim, Pictura Proxima -- Vici."<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
<br />
{{comic discussion}}</div>162.158.126.134https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2470:_Next_Slide_Please&diff=2128452470: Next Slide Please2021-05-31T23:08:36Z<p>162.158.126.134: src, and this is an edit conflict.</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2470<br />
| date = June 1, 2021<br />
| title = Next Slide Please<br />
| image = next_slide_please.png<br />
| titletext = "I have nothing to offer but blood--next slide, please--toil--next slide, please--tears, and--next slide, please--sweat."<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a SLIDESHOW WITH FAMOUS QUOTES ON IT. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
This comic presumes that many famous quotes are actually excerpts from slideshow presentations, and the text they were reading was split across multiple slides. The person making the speech wasn't operating the slide projector, so they had to ask the operator to go to the next slide. The common way to ask this is to say "next slide, please", but these have been edited out of the historical transcripts. The comic imagines the places where the slide breaks might have been, and inserts that request.<br />
<br />
{|<br />
!Quote<br />
!Speaker<br />
!Context<br />
<br />
|}<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
!Quote<br />
!Explaination<br />
|-<br />
| "Give me liberty or give me -- Next slide, please -- Death!"<br />
| Attributed to Patrick Henry, at the Second Virginia convention on march 23, 1775, as part of the revolutionary war against Great Britain. <br />
|-<br />
| "Mr. Gorbachev, Tear down -- Next slide, please -- this wall."<br />
| Berlin wall Speech, Attributed to Ronal Reagan. <br />
|-<br />
| "It was the best of times -- Next slide, please -- It was the worst of times<br />
| A Tale of Two Cities. <br />
|-<br />
| "We have nothing to fear but -- Next slide, please -- fear itself."<br />
| Inaugeration of Franklin D. Roosevelt, in 1933. <br />
|-<br />
| "To be or -- Next slide, please -- not to be, that is the question"<br />
| Hamlet, a Shakespeare play. <br />
|-<br />
| "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art -- Next slide, please -- More lovely and -- Next slide, please -- more temperate."<br />
| William Shakespeare's Sonnet 18. The inclusion of "Next Slide, please" would break the poetic flow. <br />
|-<br />
| "We shall fight -- Next slide, please -- on the beaches, we shall fight on -- Next slide, please -- the landing grounds..."<br />
| Winston Churchill, World War II speech. <br />
|-<br />
| "Read my lips -- Next slide, please -- no new taxes."<br />
| George H. W. Bush, spoken at 1988 Republican National Convention, which was initially popular but a poor political choice. {{cn}}<br />
|-<br />
| "That's one small step for man -- Next slide, please -- one giant leap for mankind."<br />
| Neil Armstrong, when he landed Apollo 11 on the moon.{{cn}}<br />
|-<br />
| "Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears! Next slide, please. I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him."<br />
| One of Shakespeare's plays, a speech taking place after Julius Caesar had a few stab wounds. <br />
|-<br />
| " It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of -- Next slide, please -- a good fortune, must be in want of -- Next slide, please -- a wife."<br />
| Intro to Pride and Prejudice, written by Jane Austin<br />
|-<br />
| "Veni, Vidi -- Velim, Pictura Proxima -- Vici."<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
<br />
{{comic discussion}}</div>162.158.126.134https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:964:_Dorm_Poster&diff=211719Talk:964: Dorm Poster2021-05-10T18:45:23Z<p>162.158.126.134: Figurine looks like Trogdor</p>
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<div>I just noticed that he has the same poster, he (cueball) just turned it upside-down and drew a lens on it. [[Special:Contributions/66.217.162.41|66.217.162.41]] 02:53, 6 January 2013 (UTC)<br />
:The poster is '''''not''''' the same poster turned upside-down. If you look at the rainbow, the rainbow still matches up with the original poster on the left, meaning that if you turned the poster on the right "right-side up", the rainbow would be upside-down when compared to the one on the left.--[[Special:Contributions/108.162.238.155|108.162.238.155]] 06:56, 28 August 2014 (UTC)<br />
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Note also that cueball's side of the room is an inverse of the left side of the room in other ways. The left bed has linens, the right does not, the left side of the room is messy, the right is not, the person on the left is sitting at a desktop, cueball is standing at a laptop and so on.<br />
: Given that in the first panel the guy is looking at a piece of paper with the room number, and that the right side isn't just clean, it's devoid of any items save the desk and the bed (sans linen), I'd say it's likely the second guy has just moved in, and hasn't had a chance to cause a mess.-Pennpenn [[Special:Contributions/108.162.250.162|108.162.250.162]] 02:37, 19 November 2015 (UTC)<br />
:: Possibly, but it might also be that he's an ultra-minimalist obsessed with purity - he's working on his laptop before even finding a chair - and has created this new poster to purify the light and get rid of all those messy colors.[[Special:Contributions/141.101.107.42|141.101.107.42]] 17:37, 26 September 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Also worth mentioning that this album cover is a very popular - to the point of cliche - poster to have in a student dorm. [[Special:Contributions/31.221.45.4|31.221.45.4]] 14:26, 15 March 2013 (UTC)Chris C<br />
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Did anyone notice that the room number is 117? Does Randall play Halo? Or is that just a coincidence?<br />
[[User:NinjaWolf064|You just lost the game. NinjaWolf064]] ([[User talk:NinjaWolf064|talk]]) 05:50, 2 June 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Have to agree with NinjaWolf064 on this one. Or it's a reference to a hotel room in the Bourne Ultimatum film in the Tangier scene. [[User:Grif|Grif]] ([[User talk:Grif|talk]]) 00:12, 17 July 2019 (UTC)<br />
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The original vinyl sleeve actually looks like those two posters but backwards. The back of the jacket is split light being recombined by a prism and shot at an upwards angle into the prism on the front cover, where it is split again. Demonstrated here: http://mobile.collectorsfrenzy.com/gallery/230925609565.jpg [[Special:Contributions/68.170.77.75|68.170.77.75]] 20:25, 21 April 2013 (UTC)<br />
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Also, the other figure in the dorm seems to be the "total douchebag" with a goatee and glasses from http://www.xkcd.com/796/. I think this is his only other appearance, does this say something about Randall's view of Pink Floyd and their fans? {{unsigned ip|141.101.99.165}}<br />
: That goatee/glasses figure is also a psychologist in http://www.xkcd.com/435/ and a person riding the escalator in http://www.xkcd.com/954/. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.246.211|108.162.246.211]] 06:07, 13 July 2014 (UTC)<br />
[Cueball finds home.] <br />
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[View into the dorm room. Cueball II lives there.] <br />
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[Cueball sees his life unfolding.] <br />
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[Cueball fetches his clobber.] <br />
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[Cueball returns.] <br />
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[View into the dorm room. Cueball / Cueball : Ying / Ying. All is harmony.] <br />
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[[User:Weatherlawyer| I used Google News BEFORE it was clickbait]] ([[User talk:Weatherlawyer|talk]]) 21:07, 22 January 2015 (UTC)<br />
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The second prism is dispersing (un-dispersing?) light the wrong way, in that it is bending red light through a larger angle than purple. The first prism has it correct. As I'm kind of new here, appreciate any thoughts on whether this sort of thing belongs in the explanation, or trivia section, or it's fine just keeping it to the comments section. [[User:Redbelly98|Redbelly98]] ([[User talk:Redbelly98|talk]]) 00:18, 7 August 2018 (UTC)<br />
: The prism is also incorrectly flipped over on the back cover of the actual Pink Floyd album, so it seems likely that R.M. knew about the original album cover design when he drew this comic.[[Special:Contributions/108.162.241.202|108.162.241.202]] 18:42, 14 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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Anyone else think the figurine on top of the desk (left side, next to the water bottle) looks like Trogdor The Burninator?</div>162.158.126.134https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1838:_Machine_Learning&diff=2114291838: Machine Learning2021-05-01T18:57:30Z<p>162.158.126.134: /* Title text */ https://xkcd.com/326/</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1838<br />
| date = May 17, 2017<br />
| title = Machine Learning<br />
| image = machine_learning.png<br />
| titletext = The pile gets soaked with data and starts to get mushy over time, so it's technically recurrent.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{w|Machine learning}} is a method employed in automation of complex tasks. It usually involves creation of algorithms that deal with statistical analysis of data and pattern recognition to generate output. The validity/accuracy of the output can be used to give feedback to make changes to the system, usually making future results statistically better.<br />
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Cueball stands next to what looks like a pile of garbage (or compost), with a Cueball-like friend standing atop it. The pile has a funnel (labelled "data") at one end and a box labelled "answers" at the other. Here and there mathematical matrices stick out of the pile. As the friend explains to the incredulous Cueball, data enters through the funnel, undergoes an incomprehensible process of linear algebra, and comes out as answers. The friend appears to be a functional part of this system himself, as he stands atop the pile stirring it with a paddle. His machine learning system is probably very inefficient, as he is integral to both the mechanical part (repeated stirring) and the learning part (making the answers look "right").<br />
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The main joke is that, despite this description being too vague and giving no intuition or details into the system, it is close to the level of understanding most machine learning experts have of the many techniques in machine learning. 'Machine learning' algorithms that can be reasonably described as pouring data into linear algebra and stirring until the output looks right include support vector machines, linear regressors, logistic regressors, and neural networks. Major recent advances in machine learning often amount to 'stacking' the linear algebra up differently, or varying stirring techniques for the compost. <!--''(Replaced reference to neural networks, but still needs explanation of vector machines.)''--> <!-- Dear previous comment-leaver: having geeked out moderately hard on neural network trivia for the last year or so, I regret to inform you that Randall's description also applies to neural networks. Most 'big advances' in neural networks are just stacking the linear algebra differently or adding different functions between them, you're still just pouring data onto linear algebra and stirring until the answers look right. Am changing to reflect that.--><br />
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====Composting====<br />
This comic compares a machine learning system to a compost pile. {{w|Composting}} is the process of taking organic matter, such as food and yard waste, and allowing it to decompose into a form that serves as fertilizer. A common method of composting is to mound the organic matter in a pile with a certain amount of moisture, then "stirring" the pile occasionally to move the less-decomposed material from the top to the interior of the pile, where it will decompose faster. <br />
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In large-scale composting operations, the raw organic matter added to the pile is referred to as "input". This cartoon implies a play on the term "input", comparing a compost input to a data input.<br />
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====Title text====<br />
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A {{w|recurrent neural network}} is a neural network where the nodes affect one another in cycles, creating feedback loops in the network that allow it to change over time. To put it another way, the neural network has 'state', with the results of previous inputs affecting how each successive input is processed. In the title text, [[Randall]] is saying that the machine learning system is technically recurrent because it "changes" (i.e. gets mushy) over time.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
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[Cueball Prime holds a canoe paddle at his side and stands on top of a "big pile of linear algebra" containing a funnel labeled "data" and box labeled "answers". Cueball II stands to the left side of the panel.)]<br />
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Cueball II: <i>This</i> is your machine learning system?<br />
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Cueball Prime: Yup! You pour the data into this big pile of linear algebra, then collect the answers on the other side.<br />
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Cueball II: What if the answers are wrong?<br />
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Cueball Prime: Just stir the pile until they start looking right. <br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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[[Category:Multiple Cueballs]]<br />
[[Category:Artificial Intelligence]]<br />
[[Category:Math]]</div>162.158.126.134https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2451:_AI_Methodology&diff=2103762451: AI Methodology2021-04-17T12:58:39Z<p>162.158.126.134: Added reference to comic 2237</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2451<br />
| date = April 16, 2021<br />
| title = AI Methodology<br />
| image = ai_methodology.png<br />
| titletext = We've learned that weird spacing and diacritics in the methodology description are apparently the key to good research; luckily, we've developed an AI tool to help us figure out where to add them.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a BOT (91%). TRAINED BY AN ADVERSARIAL AI (72%). If you are knowledgeable about AI, please rewrite at least one paragraph for us. The current content was completely fudged by amateurs. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
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The joke in this comic is that the people are using AI without understanding how to. That classifier is trained on data that doesn't include the causes of the results, and then not testing it at all, producing a model that is both random and heavily overfitted. Such a model appears perfect but makes random predictions on new data. The flavor text is describing this happening, and how. For an introduction to machine learning, you can visit https://fast.ai/ .<br />
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This comic shows Cueball giving a presentation of some description. He is reassuring his audience of the validity of his research's methodology, which he says is "AI-based". There are many issues that can arise from an AI-based methodology, such as lingering influence from its training data or a bad algorithm reducing the quality of the investigation.<br />
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Cueball seeks to reassure his audience by quantifying the quality of his methodology. He does this by creating yet another AI to rank methodologies. This would not actually improve the confidence of any audience member, as any flaws of the methodology AI would likely be shared by the ranking AI, due to being created by the same team.<br />
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Furthermore, the ranking AI heavily favours the methodology of Cueball's AI, and may be biased. It shows a normal distribution, with a singular outlier to the far right with an arrow above. It can be inferred this data-point represents the AI's methodology. It is a significant outlier, and as such it is probably not an accurate representation of Cueball's AI. Alternatively, this could be taken as AI 'nepotism', where Cueball's methodology AI is more likely to select AI-based approaches over others. This type of algorithmic bias is mentioned in [[2237: AI Hiring Algorithm]].<br />
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The title text is likely a continuation of Cueball's dialogue, saying that when the classifying AI was shown good research methodology descriptions, the AI identified weird spacing and diacritics as the indicators of a good methodology. Cueball then used his AI to figure out where to put these into his own methodology description to improve his research report. Adding weird symbols into a text doesn't improve the quality of the text {{Citation needed}} and hence Cueball may be doing something very similar to p-hacking, where data is manipulated to decrease the p-number, which represents the likelihood the data is a fluke. P-hacking is mentioned in [[882: Significant]]<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
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:[Cueball stands in front of a projection on a screen and points with a stick to a histogram with a bell curve to the left and one bar to the far right marked with an arrow]<br />
:Cueball: Despite our great research results, some have questioned our AI-based methodology.<br />
:Cueball: But we trained a classifier on a collection of good and bad methodology sections, and it says ours is fine.<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
[[Category:Artificial Intelligence]]<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]</div>162.158.126.134https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2442:_Mask_Opinions&diff=209573Talk:2442: Mask Opinions2021-04-03T12:14:17Z<p>162.158.126.134: </p>
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for the title text, i am pretty sure that is the norm in Japan. but then again us Americans are dumb and prefer not having a slight annoyance to ourselves to protecting others from maybe fatal diseases. KKona . [[Special:Contributions/162.158.63.126|162.158.63.126]] 00:50, 27 March 2021 (UTC)Bumpf<br />
:Agreed! Considering the increasingly frequent (sometimes near-constant) low air quality & severe air quality days here in Denver, the only thing that'll stop me from wearing a mask in public at all times is heat stroke. It's ''very'' noticeable even after brief exercise, that I'm better off with the mask on, much of the year.<br />
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:Since it's finally been destigmatized by public awareness, I hope any little extra bits of hygiene catch on. Spend a day counting shared surfaces & you'll probably find several more reasons to wash your hands. 😬 <br />
:[[User:ProphetZarquon|ProphetZarquon]] ([[User talk:ProphetZarquon|talk]]) 05:34, 27 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
:I have my doubts. Politically, forcing the well people to wear masks and quarantine instead of forcing the sick people to has been a great boon to Democrats. Why would they ever want to change back, now that the population has gotten used to following government orders?[[User:Seebert|Seebert]] ([[User talk:Seebert|talk]]) 14:50, 29 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
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I hope we can go back to the even older norm of "stay home if you're feeling sick". [[User:Shamino|Shamino]] ([[User talk:Shamino|talk]]) 21:25, 27 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
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Agreed. Personally I'll be wearing a mask on the airplane and airports for many years to come. Its amazing how some sanitizer, washing, and masks are with reducing frequency of illness.<br />
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This comic could imply that Cueball and White Hat are related or part of the same Covid-19 bubble, since they are standing less than 6 feet apart. They may be out in a public space together. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.63.133|172.69.63.133]] 19:54, 28 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
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This discussion is incomplete because as of yet ''nobody has explained how to get a good seal around the bridge of your nose.'' I swear the only way I'll ever find out is to kidnap a healthcare professional and put them in a Jigsaw deathtrap where the only way to survive is to post an instructional video on youtube so everyone can finally find out their terrible mask secrets<br />
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== Does anyone know why this is incomplete? ==<br />
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Without information, nobody knows which part needs fixing. If anyone knows why this is incomplete, please post the reason here or, even better, in the incomplete tag. If nobody can provide a satisfactory answer, maybe we should consider removing the incomplete tag. '''Note that I am posting this exact same text on other comics of questionable incompleteness. It's not spamming, it's a conscious attempt to clean this category up.''' [[User talk:Quillathe Siannodel|<sup>{)|(}</sup>]][[User:Quillathe_Siannodel|Quill]][[User talk:Quillathe Siannodel|<sub>{)|(}</sub>]] 20:26, 29 March 2021 (UTC)<br />
: We usually keep the incomplete tag up for a few days after a comic is posted. If you feel that an explanation is complete, feel free to remove the tag. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.35.175|172.69.35.175]] 00:01, 30 March 2021 (UTC)</div>162.158.126.134https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2445:_Checkbox&diff=2095312445: Checkbox2021-04-02T14:02:40Z<p>162.158.126.134: </p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2445<br />
| date = April 1, 2021<br />
| title = Checkbox<br />
| image = checkbox.gif<br />
| titletext = Check check check ... chhecck chhecck chhecck ... check check check<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a CHECKBOX. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} <br />
This is an April Fools comic that looks similar to a loading screen. The actual comic (this “loading screen”) consists of a gif of a checkbox (hence the name). <br />
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The frame is replaced with an interactive panel. In the centre is a check box, which clears itself immediately when checked. In the bottom right is a mute button, which begins muted.<br />
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Under the checkbox is a scrolling visual representation of the timing and duration of clicks in the check box, which also produce matching beeping sounds when unmuted.<br />
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By varying between brief and long presses, and brief and long intervals between presses, it is possible to enter characters in Morse Code.<br />
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The title text hints at the use of Morse Code in the comic; interpreting the "check" as a Morse Code dot and the "chhecck" as a Morse Code dash gives ...---..., which is the Morse Code for "SOS", the international distress signal. Incidentally, inputting the SOS signal gives "YOU TOO?".<br />
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The check box then begins operating by itself, producing sounds which can be decoded as Morse Code. These responses are also printed in the browser's JavaScript console in both plain text and a textual representation of Morse code. If left alone, it would send the message CQ. <br />
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For the majority of inputs, the check box responds with a random selection from the following list:<br />
* COME AGAIN<br />
* HUH<br />
* NOT FOLLOWING<br />
* SAY AGAIN<br />
* TRY THAT AGAIN<br />
* WHAT<br />
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Some keywords, however, have special responses.<br />
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Help on the comic is ascribed to Max Goodhart, Patrick, Amber, Benjamin Staffin, Kevin Cotrone, and Michael Leuchtenburg.<br />
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===Special Responses===<br />
[.s are short presses, -s are long presses, and /s are spaces (just for readability)]<br />
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xkcd -> FILE NOT FOUND<br />
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xkcd -> A CROSS THREE LETTERS<br />
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HI -> HELLO! ANYBODY OUT THERE?<br />
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[.... ..]<br />
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HELLO -> HELLO TO YOU TOO!<br />
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[.... . .-.. .-.. ---]<br />
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HELP -> ENTER IMAGE NUMBER<br />
HELP -> YES PLEASE<br />
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[.... . .-.. .--.]<br />
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WHAT -> ECHO<br />
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[.-- .... .- -]<br />
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ECHO -> ECHO<br />
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[. -.-. .... ---]<br />
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CHECK -> MATE<br />
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[-.-. .... . -.-. -.-]<br />
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CHECKBOX -> RADIO BUTTON (and vice versa)<br />
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[-.-. .... . -.-. -.- -... --- -..-]<br />
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ILOVEYOU -> LESSTHANTHREE<br />
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[.. .-.. --- ...- . -.-- --- ..-]<br />
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E (''repeat n times'') -> E (''repeat n times'') (where n < 7. n=6 returns 'AAAAAA' instead)<br />
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[.]<br />
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T (''repeat n times'') -> T (''repeat n times'') (where n < 7)<br />
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[-]<br />
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E-> E ''then'' I -> EIEIO<br />
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I (''repeat n times'') -> I (''repeat n times'') (where n < 4. n=4 returns 'IV', which is probably the roman numeral for 4)<br />
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FLIPCOIN -> HEADS ''or'' TAILS<br />
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[..-. .-.. .. .--. -.-. --- .. -.]<br />
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LOOK AROUND -> NOT ENOUGH POWER<br />
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[.-.. --- --- -.- / .- .-. --- ..- -. -..]<br />
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SEE -> RED SOIL<br />
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[... . .]<br />
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WHO ARE YOU ''or'' WHAT IS YOUR NAME -> SOJOURNER<br />
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[.-- .... --- / .- .-. . / -.-- --- ..-]<br />
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SOJOURNER -> CFM (short for Confirm)<br />
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[... --- .--- --- ..- .-. -. . .-.]<br />
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ET -> PHONE HOME<br />
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[. -]<br />
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LS -> DID YOU MEAN DIR<br />
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DIR -> ENTER IMAGE NUMBER<br />
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(any number <=2445) -> (loads xkcd comic in new tab)<br />
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MAKE ME A SANDWICH -> NOT A CHANCE<br />
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[-- .- -.- . / -- . / .- / ... .- -. -.. .-- .. -.-. ….]<br />
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SUDO MAKE ME A SANDWICH -> NOT POSSIBLE HERE<br />
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[... ..- -.. --- / -- .- -.- . / -- . / .- / ... .- -. -.. .-- .. -.-. ....]<br />
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<nowiki />:) -> :D<br />
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[---... -.--.-]<br />
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<nowiki />:( -> :C<br />
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[---... -.--.]<br />
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<nowiki />;) -> :O<br />
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[-.-.-. -.--.-]<br />
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<nowiki />:O -> :X<br />
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[---... ---]<br />
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UWU -> OWO<br />
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[..- .-- ..-]<br />
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OWO -> UWU<br />
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[--- .-- ---]<br />
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UNIX -> (''Opens [https://uni.xkcd.com uni.xkcd.com]'')<br />
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GET YE FLASK -> YE WISH! IF THERE WAS A FLASK IN THIS GAME, WE'D KNOW ABOUT IT.<br />
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[--. . - / -.-- . / ..-. .-.. .- ... -.-]<br />
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YO -> YO<br />
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DROP TABLE -> HAHA NO<br />
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WHY -> TO STUDY THE RED PLANET<br />
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EAT -> I PHOTOSYNTHESIZE<br />
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[.. / .--. .... --- - --- ... -.-- -. - .... . ... .. --.. .]<br />
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BATTLE ''or'' FIGHT -> THROW<br />
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====Controls====<br />
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QUIET -> (turns the volume off)<br />
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[--.- ..- .. . -]<br />
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MUTE -> (turns the volume off)<br />
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[-- ..- - .]<br />
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BEEP -> (turns the volume on)<br />
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[-... . . .--.]<br />
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(see also QRS and QRQ)<br />
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====Q codes and radio shorthand====<br />
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_code<br />
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CQ -> CQD DE SOJ<br />
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[-.-. --.-]<br />
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SOS -> YOU TOO?<br />
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SOS -> OH NO<br />
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[... --- ...]<br />
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QRS -> (reduces playback speed)<br />
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[--.- .-. ...]<br />
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QRQ -> (increases playback speed)<br />
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[--.- .-. --.-]<br />
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QRA -> QRA SOJOURNER<br />
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[--.- .-. .-]<br />
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QRB -> QRB 264 MILLION KM<br />
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[--.- .-. -…]<br />
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QRH -> QRH 0.652 METERS<br />
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[--.- .-. ....]<br />
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QRG -> QRG PATHFINDER<br />
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[--.- .-. --.]<br />
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QRZ -> QRZ SOJOURNER<br />
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[--.- .-. --..]<br />
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QRT -> PLEASE DON'T GO<br />
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[--.- .-. -]<br />
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QTH -> QTH ARES VALLIS<br />
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[--.- - ....]<br />
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QSL -> QSL<br />
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[--.- ... .-..]<br />
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73 -> 73 KN<br />
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====FORTUNE====<br />
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F -> DID YOU MEAN FORTUNE<br />
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[..-.]<br />
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FORTUNE -> OPEN ME<br />
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OPEN -> ''returns one of the following fortunes''<br />
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[--- .--. . -.]<br />
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* NEVER FEAR THE END OF SOMETHING MARKS THE START OF SOMETHING NEW<br />
* YOUR DREAMS ARE NEVER SILLY DEPEND ON THEM TO GUIDE YOU<br />
* YOU WILL BE A GREAT SUCCESS BOTH IN THE BUSINESS WORLD AND SOCIETY<br />
* CHANGE IS HAPPENING IN YOUR LIFE SO GO WITH THE FLOW<br />
* YOUR MOODS SIGNAL A PERIOD OF CHANGE<br />
* YOUR MENTALITY IS ALERT PRACTICAL AND ANALYTICAL<br />
* YOU SHOULD PAY FOR THIS CHECK BE GENEROUS<br />
* EVERYWHERE YOU CHOOSE TO GO FRIENDLY FACES WILL GREET YOU<br />
* DILIGENCE AND MODESTY CAN RAISE YOUR SOCIAL STATUS<br />
* MANS MIND ONCE STRETCHED BY A NEW IDEA NEVER REGAINS ITS ORIGINAL DIMENSIONS<br />
* YOU ARE GENEROUS TO AN EXTREME AND ALWAYS THINK OF THE OTHER FELLOW<br />
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OPEN -> HUH (if after something other than "FORTUNE")<br />
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====ENCABULATOR====<br />
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STATUS -> RADIO ONLINE, MOTOR ONLINE, UNILATERAL PHASE DETRACTOR UNPOWERED, CARDINAL GRAMMETER UNSYNCHRONIZED<br />
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[... - .- - ..- ...]<br />
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YOUTUBE -> RXJKDH1KZ0W ''(Note: video ID for [https://youtu.be/RXJKdh1KZ0w Rockwell Retro Encabulator])''<br />
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[-.-- --- ..- - ..- -... .]<br />
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REPAIR, ENCABULATOR, FIX, ''or'' SYSTEM -> ENTERING ENCABULATOR RECOVERY SYSTEM. OPTIONS 1 INITIATE SIDE FUMBLING 2 ALIGN SPURVING BEARINGS 3 REVERSE TREMIE PIPE<br />
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[.-. . .--. .- .. .-.]<br />
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* 1 -> SIDE FUMBLING DETECTED. MODIAL INTERACTION UNSTABLE. RECOVERY TERMINATED.<br />
* 2 -> MODIAL INTERACTION INITIATED. OPTIONS 1 UNWIND LOTUS O DELTOID 2 INCREASE DEPLENERATION 3 CONNECT GIRDLESPRING ON DOWN END OF GRAMMETER 4 CONNECT SEVENTH CONDUCTOR TO GIRDLESPRING<br />
** 1 -> SIDE FUMBLING DETECTED. MODIAL INTERACTION UNSTABLE. RECOVERY TERMINATED.<br />
** 2 -> DEPLENERATION PREVENTED BY DINGLE ARM<br />
** 3 -> SIDE FUMBLING DETECTED. MODIAL INTERACTION UNSTABLE. RECOVERY TERMINATED.<br />
** 4 -> PANAMETRIC FAN ACTIVATED. MODIAL INTERACTION STABLE. DEFAULT CONFIGURATION MISSING. MANUALLY ENTER MARZELVANE TYPE TO COMPLETE RECOVERY<br />
*** HYDROCOPTIC -> RECOVERY SUCCESSFUL. REBOOT Y N?<br />
**** Y -> (''Opens [https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/sojourner_repaired.png sojourner_repaired.png]'')<br />
* 3 -> ERROR TREMIE PIPE NONREVERSIBLE<br />
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====MAZE====<br />
RETURN -> DID YOU MEAN ENTER<br />
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ENTER -> DID YOU MEAN ENTERMAZE<br />
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ENTER MAZE -> AN EMPTY ROOM<br />
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[. -. - . .-. / -- .- --.. .]<br />
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* LOOK -> AN EMPTY ROOM<br />
* HELP -> NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST GET<br />
* EXIT -> CFM (''Exits the maze'')<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+ Maze<br />
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|an open flame || a candle on a table || style="background-color: black;" |<br />
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| style="background-color: black;" | || an empty room (start) || style="background-color: black;" |<br />
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| style="background-color: black;" | || a hanging bell || an open book on a table (locked door)<br />
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Steps to complete (directions can be abbreviated as their first letter):<br />
# NORTH<br />
# GET CANDLE -> TAKEN<br />
# WEST<br />
# LIGHT CANDLE<br />
# EAST<br />
# SOUTH<br />
# SOUTH<br />
# RING BELL -> A DOOR OPENS<br />
# EAST<br />
# CLOSE BOOK -> CONGRATULATIONS YOU ESCAPE<br />
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====CROSSWORD====<br />
CROSSWORD -> NUMBERANDDIRECTION (starts a crossword, you can ask for hints like "1 down" or "2 across")<br />
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Appears to be today's (2021-04-01) New York Times Crossword: https://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/2021/04/libertarian-politico-johnson-thu-4-1-21.html<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+Solved Crossword<br />
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| m || y || g || o || d || style="background-color: black; | || d || e || v || style="background-color: black; | || style="background-color: black; | || style="background-color: black; | || e || l || f<br />
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| b || u || o || n || o || style="background-color: black; | || e || y || e || s || style="background-color: black; | || s || l || u || r<br />
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| a || m || o || c || o || style="background-color: black; | || c || r || a || p || style="background-color: black; | || l || m || a || o<br />
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| style="background-color: black; | || style="background-color: black; | || v || e || r || y || r || e || l || i || g || i || o || u || s<br />
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| s || e || e || style="background-color: black; | || m || u || y || style="background-color: black; | || style="background-color: black; | || r || a || m || style="background-color: black; | || style="background-color: black; | || style="background-color: black; |<br />
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| h || a || r || h || a || r || style="background-color: black; | || s || c || a || r || e || d || o || f<br />
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| e || s || s || e || n || t || i || a || l || l || y || style="background-color: black; | || a || r || i<br />
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| b || t || e || n || style="background-color: black; | || style="background-color: black; | || m || m || i || style="background-color: black; | || style="background-color: black; | || t || v || a || d<br />
|-<br />
| o || l || a || style="background-color: black; | || b || a || d || m || o || u || t || h || i || n || g<br />
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| p || a || s || s || e || d || b || y || style="background-color: black; | || n || o || o || d || g || e<br />
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| style="background-color: black; | || style="background-color: black; | || style="background-color: black; | || o || a || r || style="background-color: black; | || style="background-color: black; | || s || u || n || style="background-color: black; | || l || e || t<br />
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| 1 || MBA || MYGOD<br />
|-<br />
| 2 || YUM || <br />
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| 3 || GOOVERSEAS || <br />
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| 4 || ONCE || <br />
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| 5 || DOORMAN || <br />
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| 6 || DECRY || DEV<br />
|-<br />
| 7 || EYRE || <br />
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| 8 || VEAL || <br />
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| 9 || ELMO || ELF<br />
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| 10 || LUAU || <br />
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| 11 || FROS || <br />
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| 12 || || BUONO<br />
|-<br />
| 13 || || EYES<br />
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| 14 || SPIRAL || <br />
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| 15 || SLIME || SLUR<br />
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| 16 || || AMOCO<br />
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| 17 || || CRAP<br />
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| 18 || || LMAO<br />
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| 19 || || VERYRELIGIOUS<br />
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| 20 || YURT || <br />
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| 21 || GARY || <br />
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| 22 || SHEBOP || SEE<br />
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| 23 || EASTLA || <br />
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| 24 || || MUY<br />
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| 25 || || RAM<br />
|-<br />
| 26 || || HARHAR<br />
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| 27 || HEN || <br />
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| 28 || SAMMY || SCAREDOF<br />
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| 29 || CLIO || <br />
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| 30 || DAVIDLYNCH || <br />
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| 31 || ORANGE || <br />
|-<br />
| 32 || FIDGET || <br />
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| 33 || || ESSENTIALLY<br />
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| 34 || IMDB || <br />
|-<br />
| 35 || || ARI<br />
|-<br />
| 36 || || BTEN<br />
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| 37 || || MMI<br />
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| 38 || THO || TVAD<br />
|-<br />
| 39 || || OLA<br />
|-<br />
| 40 || BEAD || BADMOUTHING<br />
|-<br />
| 41 || ADREPS || <br />
|-<br />
| 42 || UNUM || <br />
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| 43 || TONIGHT || <br />
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| 44 || || PASSEDBY<br />
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| 45 || SONGZ || <br />
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| 46 || || NOODGE<br />
|-<br />
| 47 || || OAR<br />
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| 48 || SATYR || SUN<br />
|-<br />
| 49 || || LET<br />
|-<br />
| 50 || BBQS || BLENDEDFAMILY<br />
|-<br />
| 51 || LOUT || <br />
|-<br />
| 52 || ERIE || <br />
|-<br />
| 53 || DEPP || <br />
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| 54 || FLAB || <br />
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| 55 || LEIA || <br />
|-<br />
| 56 || || BORG<br />
|-<br />
| 57 || || PELT<br />
|-<br />
| 58 || || GENRE<br />
|-<br />
| 59 || RKO || <br />
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| 60 || ESE || <br />
|-<br />
| 61 || || QUIZ<br />
|-<br />
| 62 || || SPAY<br />
|-<br />
| 63 || || HICKS<br />
|-<br />
| 64 || || STE<br />
|-<br />
| 65 || || PBR<br />
|-<br />
| 66 || || TAHOE<br />
|}<br />
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===Rover Scene===<br />
After successfully repairing and rebooting Sojourner, a comic is opened which depicts it seeking out and finding its friends, Spirit, Opportunity, Curiosity, Perseverance, and Ingenuity. Curiosity and Perseverance are locked in a swordfight, and either Spirit or Opportunity is carried off by Ingenuity while the other speeds off a small mound of dirt.<br />
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===Special Console Commands===<br />
The page's JavaScript creates a global object <code>morse</code> with <code>encode</code> and <code>decode</code> methods. From the developer console, it is possible to write <code>morse.encode("A PHRASE")</code>, which will print the Morse code corresponding to the text provided, or <code>morse.decode("... --- ...")</code> which will translate the Morse code to text.<br />
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<code>BeepComic.hurryUp()</code> to get the reply immediately in the console.<br />
<code>BeepComic.send(...)</code> to send directly to SOJOURNER.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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[[Category:Interactive comics]]<br />
[[Category:April fools' comics]]</div>162.158.126.134https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2354:_Stellar_Evolution&diff=1971802354: Stellar Evolution2020-09-15T14:47:19Z<p>162.158.126.134: /* Explanation */ since somebody asked for it</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2354<br />
| date = September 2, 2020<br />
| title = Stellar Evolution<br />
| image = stellar_evolution.png<br />
| titletext = It may remain in equilibrium for some time, slowly growing, and then suddenly become significantly redder.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a RED SUPERGIANT LOBSTER. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
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This is a pun on the {{w|main sequence}}, the continuous and distinctive band of stars that appear on {{w|Hertzsprung–Russell diagram}}s. Stars on this band are known as main-sequence stars. These are the most numerous stars in the universe, and include the Earth's Sun. The main sequence forms a major part of a star's life cycle, with smaller stars spending more time on it, where they transform hydrogen to helium via nuclear fusion to generate energy and sustain themselves.<br />
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[[Miss Lenhart]] starts off apparently describing the main sequence. However, she veers off into the {{w|history of Maine}}, the most northeastern of the 48 contiguous US states. She mentions the separation of Maine from {{w|Massachusetts}} and its {{w|lobster fishing}} industry, similar to how, soon after the beginning of their lifespans, stars evolve from early stages (like T-Tauri stars) and go onto the main sequence, where they become stable and stay for a long time. She makes a play between "main" and the U.S. state of "{{w|Maine}}", which are {{w|homophones}}. The allusion to stars might also be a reference to the representation of individual states as stars on the {{w|Canton_(flag)|canton}} of the US flag.<br />
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=== Title text ===<br />
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The title text puns on either the state or the star slowly growing for a long time, before suddenly becoming "redder". In the case of the state, the population of Maine has been slowly but steadily growing over the last century, increasing from about 700,000 in 1900 to about 1,350,000 in 2020.[https://www.macrotrends.net/states/maine/population] Similarly, stars with a mass of 0.6–10 M☉ slowly grow while they are on the main sequence, then increase in size and leave the main sequence in the {{w|subgiant}} phase, before suddenly becoming red giants. <br />
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In American politics, "red" most recently refers to the Republican party (in multiple decades before 2001 they were blue and Democrats were red). As Maine has tended towards voting for that party (half the state voted for Trump in 2016) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_states_and_blue_states#Table_of_presidential_elections_by_states_since_1972 for recent presidential elections], it is said to have become "redder". Meanwhile, a main sequence star transitions eventually into a {{w|red giant}}, also becoming "redder". Alternatively, the color change could refer to lobsters; when one is cooked, it turns from a bluish-green to a bright red-orange. "Red" is unfortunately also used in the derogatory terms "rednecks" for rural lower income folks (Maine is a predominantly rural, lower income state), and "redskins" for indigenous folks (discussion of indigenous empowerment has been rising in Maine), and is the color used by a large well-known national street gang (not sure how to check this one).<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:[Miss Lenhart stands in front of a chalkboard. On the board are squiggly lines of text and a series of growing circles]<br />
:Miss Lenhart: After a star begins fusing hydrogen, it may reach a stable equilibrium in which it separates from Massachusetts and develops a thriving lobster industry.<br />
:Miss Lenhart: This is known as the Maine Sequence.<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Miss Lenhart]]<br />
[[Category:Astronomy]]<br />
[[Category:Puns]]<br />
[[Category:Animals]]<br />
[[Category:Food]]</div>162.158.126.134https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=463:_Voting_Machines&diff=196850463: Voting Machines2020-09-05T13:03:40Z<p>162.158.126.134: pluralized 'computer software contracts'</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 463<br />
| date = August 15, 2008<br />
| title = Voting Machines<br />
| image = voting_machines.png<br />
| titletext = And that's *another* crypto conference I've been kicked out of. C'mon, it's a great analogy!<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
In the 2008 Ohio primary elections, there were numerous problems with electronic voting machines, which eventually required many districts to revert to pen and paper. Premier Election Solutions, the company that handled the machines, [http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2008/08/ohio-voting-machines-contained.html blamed these problems] on {{w|McAfee}} anti-virus software.<br />
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It is not uncommon to see computer software contracts stipulating that the vendor will warrant that software and systems delivered will not contain any viruses or malicious code — a knee-jerk reaction to this is for novice management to include virus-scanning software for systems which otherwise are closed. From a computer programming standpoint, having anti-virus software on an electronic voting machine doesn't make sense because the machine shouldn't be accessing the Internet in a way that would leave it open to virus attacks. While there are a lot of ways that viruses can propagate, ultimately the computer still has to download an executable file and run it, which is something that ''no election machine should do'' in normal operation. Hence the question is whether the voting machine manufacturer has taken the proper precaution preventing any external access. <br />
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Ideally, voting machines (as well as ATMs and other single-purpose appliances) should be {{w|embedded system}}s, incapable of doing the things that might necessitate anti-virus software. However, in practice such devices are more commonly built as application programs running on ordinary Windows PCs (inside of custom-shaped cases), and they download software updates over the internet.<br />
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The comic makes an analogy to a teacher who reassures you that he always wears a condom when teaching. While a condom could be considered "protection", and therefore a good thing, common sense dictates that teachers should never end up in a situation where wearing a condom in school would be useful; this parallels the idea that while security in the form of anti-virus software on voting machines could also be considered protection and a good thing, it should never be required. The comment is more likely to make people worried about why the condom is there and what purpose it's serving. Similarly, informed people might worry why a voting machine is connecting to the internet.<br />
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In panel one, both the {{w|facepalm}} and [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/youre-doing-it-wrong "You're doing it wrong"] are {{w|Internet meme}}s, used to mock someone who made a foolish mistake.<br />
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The title text refers to [[153: Cryptography]]. Voting software is also feature in [[2030: Voting Software]].<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:Premier Election Solutions (formerly Diebold) has blamed Ohio voting machine errors on problems with the machines' McAfee antivirus software.<br />
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:[Cueball is sitting at a computer, facepalming.]<br />
:Cueball: Wait. "Antivirus software"? On voting machines? ''You're doing it wrong.''<br />
<br />
:[Cueball's friend enters the frame and speaks to Cueball.]<br />
:Friend: Why? Security is good, right?<br />
:Cueball: Of course. But, well—<br />
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:Cueball: Imagine you're at a parent-teacher conference, and the teacher reassures you that he always wears a condom while teaching.<br />
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:Friend: Ah. Strictly speaking, it's better than the alternative—<br />
:Cueball: —Yet someone is clearly doing their job horribly wrong.<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
[[Category:Computers]]<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]<br />
[[Category:Banned from conferences]]<br />
[[Category:Cryptography]]<br />
[[Category:Computers]]</div>162.158.126.134https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2355:_University_COVID_Model&diff=1968492355: University COVID Model2020-09-05T13:01:01Z<p>162.158.126.134: changed 'a other' to 'another'</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2355<br />
| date = September 4, 2020<br />
| title = University COVID Model<br />
| image = university_covid_model.png<br />
| titletext = I admit this is an exaggeration, since I can think of at least three parties I attended while doing my degree, and I'm probably forgetting several more.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a SET OF BOTS WITH A NON-GAUSSIAN COLLEGE-PARTY-COUNT-DISTRIBUTION HAVING 42 AND 0 AS NOTABLE DATAPOINTS. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
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Cueball begins telling Megan an anecdote about how a college decided to reopen "based on a COVID model developed by two physicists." (The incident in question is likely a reference to this [https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/202005/challenge.cfm article] and [https://twitter.com/yellingatwind/status/1301588828860235777 tweet] about the University of Illinois, that went viral with similar wording the day before the comic was published). Presumably, the model predicted that the university could allow students to return to campus while still keeping cases of COVID-19 under control, perhaps using some combination of reduced classroom and residence hall density, and by implementing policies against large social gatherings.<br />
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Before he can get further, Megan interrupts him with "Uh oh," perhaps worried that an epidemiological model created by people who aren't epidemiologists could be ineffective (much like how [[1570: Engineer Syllogism|stock-trading bots created by engineers weren't much good at making money on high-fees stock markets]]). Cueball then confirms her fears by saying that the model underestimated how many parties the students would hold, and so the actual number of cases on campus has turned out to be greater than even their worst-case prediction. Megan facetiously wonders how a physicist could have failed to know how much college kids party, implying that physicists do not attend many parties. Cueball, representing [[Randall]], a physics major, then retorts that he "was invited to ''multiple'' parties! And attended ''both'' of them!" implying that he was only invited to two parties in all of college (which typically lasts four years), a very low number {{Citation needed}}.<br />
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In the title text, Cueball (or perhaps Randall, no longer in-character) admits to attending at least a third party, and possibly a few more that have been forgotten. This demonstrate as an introverted physics major who [[:Category:Social interactions|struggles with social interactions]] <br />
that they think very little about parties. As many people go to college for the parties rather than the education, we can only imagine how severely his campus epidemiology model would underestimate the number of opportunities for the coronavirus to spread.<br />
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A nontrivial number of colleges followed this trajectory in 2020, such as the aforementioned [https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/09/03/909137658/university-with-model-testing-regime-doubles-down-on-discipline-amid-case-spike University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign].<br />
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A different comic with physicists modeling another field is [[793: Physicists]].<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
:[Cueball and Megan are talking to each other.]<br />
:Cueball: Apparently some university reopened based on a COVID model developed by two physicists.<br />
:Megan: Uh oh.<br />
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:[Cueball raises an arm slightly.]<br />
:Cueball: But even their worst-case model underestimated the number of student parties and they had to shut down.<br />
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:[Cueball holds up a finger.]<br />
:Megan: Can't understand why someone with a physics degree would be bad at judging how often college students get invited to parties.<br />
:Cueball: Excuse me, I was invited to '''''multiple''''' parties.<br />
:Cueball: <small>And attended ''both'' of them!</small><br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]<br />
[[Category:COVID-19]]<br />
[[Category:Physics]]</div>162.158.126.134https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=793:_Physicists&diff=196848793: Physicists2020-09-05T12:59:57Z<p>162.158.126.134: Fixed spelling of 'frictionless'</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 793<br />
| date = September 15, 2010<br />
| title = Physicists<br />
| image = physicists.png<br />
| titletext = If you need some help with the math, let me know, but that should be enough to get you started! Huh? No, I don't need to read your thesis, I can imagine roughly what it says.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
This comic shows a view that many physics students, upon first encountering a well-known problem, think that it is not a difficult problem, since they think they can fix it using an extremely simplified model. The obvious problem with this is that if it was that simple to solve the problem to a useful degree, there wouldn't be an entire department studying the problem. This attitude leads to great annoyance from those who have probably spent years and years working on the problem, hence the Cueball with balled up fists, implying that he wants to punch the physics major.<br />
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This argument is similar to the {{w|Spherical cow}}, an idea that basic models taught in early physics classes only work in frictionless vacuums, as shown in [[669: Experiment]]. <br />
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The title text takes the dismissive attitude to its logical extreme. The comment "liberal-arts majors can be annoying sometimes" seems to be referencing the stereotype that they're all elitist know-it-alls.<br />
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[[Cueball]] later behaves similarly in [[1831: Here to Help]].<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:[Cueball stands at a blackboard covered in equations and diagrams, an open laptop and scattered paper at his feet. His fists are balled in anger and there is a little angry squiggle over his head. A Cueball-like physicist stands behind him, arms out in a shrug.]<br />
:Physicist: You're trying to predict the behavior of <font color=gray><complicated system></font>? Just model it as a <font color=gray><simple object></font>, and then add some secondary terms to account for <font color=gray><complications I just thought of></font>.<br />
:Physicist: Easy, right?<br />
:Physicist: So, why does <font color=gray><your field></font> need a whole journal, anyway?<br />
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:[Caption below the panel:]<br />
:Liberal-arts majors may be annoying sometimes, but there's ''nothing'' more obnoxious than a physicist first encountering a new subject.<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]<br />
[[Category:Multiple Cueballs]]<br />
[[Category:Physics]]</div>162.158.126.134https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2341:_Scientist_Tech_Help&diff=195505Talk:2341: Scientist Tech Help2020-08-04T00:08:10Z<p>162.158.126.134: </p>
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First. [[User:Unpopular Opinions|Goodbye, world!]] ([[User talk:Unpopular Opinions|talk]]) 23:19, 3 August 2020 (UTC)<br />
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But more importantly, I added a transcript and added definitions for a Polaroid and Excel. Also, how should I deal with multiple Cueballs in the transcript? [[User:Unpopular Opinions|Goodbye, world!]] ([[User talk:Unpopular Opinions|talk]]) 23:35, 3 August 2020 (UTC)<br />
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I know of a team whose data was in the form of images - tens of thousands of them. Somehow during a pre-processing step they lost the exif data for the image files - which held the only digital link between the image file which had names assigned by the cameras like Img237856.png and their science which needed things like date and time of the image..... Fortunately the image itself had the date and time in a banner across the bottom 100 pixels. Managed to read the banner using OCR and tesseract. Not so very far off the thrust of this comic! [[Special:Contributions/162.158.126.134|162.158.126.134]] 00:08, 4 August 2020 (UTC)</div>162.158.126.134https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2301:_Turtle_Sandwich_Standard_Model&diff=1914772301: Turtle Sandwich Standard Model2020-05-01T20:30:02Z<p>162.158.126.134: </p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2301<br />
| date = May 1, 2020<br />
| title = Turtle Sandwich Standard Model<br />
| image = turtle_sandwich_standard_model.png<br />
| titletext = It's possible the bread and shell can be split into a top and bottom flavor, and some models additionally suggest Strange Bread and Charm Shells.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a TURTLE EATING A SANDWICH. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
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{{comic discussion}}</div>162.158.126.134https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2267:_Blockchain&diff=187194Talk:2267: Blockchain2020-02-13T00:42:45Z<p>162.158.126.134: </p>
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I wonder if this is inspired by Jimmy Wales mocking the idea that Wikipedia should use blockchain on Twitter the other day: [https://twitter.com/jimmy_wales/status/1226868636020805632] [[Special:Contributions/162.158.214.88|162.158.214.88]] 22:56, 12 February 2020 (UTC)<br />
:It might also be related to a 2018 paper by the NIST which included a flowchart to explain why you didn't need a blockchain [https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/ir/2018/NIST.IR.8202.pdf] (Flowchart on page 42) [[Special:Contributions/162.158.126.134|162.158.126.134]] 00:42, 13 February 2020 (UTC)</div>162.158.126.134https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2235:_Group_Chat_Rules&diff=1838612235: Group Chat Rules2019-11-29T19:17:49Z<p>162.158.126.134: /* Explanation */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2235<br />
| date = November 29, 2019<br />
| title = Group Chat Rules<br />
| image = group_chat_rules.png<br />
| titletext = There's no group chat member more enigmatic than the cool person who you all assume has the chat on mute, but who then instantly chimes in with no delay the moment something relevant to them is mentioned.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by MATHEMATICAL OBJECT WITH NO UNDERSTANDING OF JURISPRUDENCE. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
In this comic someone is outlining the rules of a group chat. The rules start off by addressing some common behaviours assicated with group chat, but then becomes increasingly bizarre, before finishing with an apology for "all of the notifications".<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
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:[A single panel comic, listing 10 "rules"]:<br />
:[Title at the top of the comic]:<br />
Rules for this group chat<br />
<br />
# Once you've sent a typing notification, you have to say ''something,'' c'mon.<br />
# Show you care by trimming the tracking junk off links you paste.<br />
# Do not talk about ''Fight Club'' (1999).<br />
# There are two types of chats: those with a relevant group name, and those where the name is random nonsense that changes regularly. Only the second kind are good.<br />
# Where mentioning it elsewhere, always just refer to it as "the group chat" to create an aura of exclusive mystery.<br />
# Robert's Rules of Order are optional but encouraged.<br />
# Periodically part of the group will split off to form a new chat with everyone minus one person. This is how group chats reproduce; don't draw attention to it.<br />
# Since there's no algorithmic feed, the responsibility for injecting lots of garbage no one asked for falls on you.<br />
# The enumeration, in these rules, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.<br />
# Sorry about all the notifications.<br />
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{{comic discussion}}</div>162.158.126.134