https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=162.158.92.96&feedformat=atomexplain xkcd - User contributions [en]2024-03-29T01:13:04ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2466:_In_Your_Classroom&diff=2123262466: In Your Classroom2021-05-22T08:58:00Z<p>162.158.92.96: edit to the public speaking row</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2466<br />
| date = May 21, 2021<br />
| title = In Your Classroom<br />
| image = in_your_classroom.png<br />
| titletext = Ontology is way off to the left and geography is way off to the right.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a QUASAR IN YOUR CLASSROOM. The table is still a work in progress. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
Randall has created a thought experiment and corresponding chart about school courses. The idea is, "the subject of the class appears in the classroom" and the chart compares how dangerous and how unusual that would be. <br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+Breakdown of Subjects<br />
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!Course Topic<br />
!Weirdness<br />
!Danger<br />
!Explanation<br />
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!scope=row|Atmospheric Physics<br />
|0%<br />
|0%<br />
|The presence of atmosphere in the classroom is quite common, as humans require the presence of an atmosphere to remain alive, and cannot learn while dead.{{Citation needed}}<br />
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!scope=row|Ethics<br />
|25%<br />
|0%<br />
|Ethical thinking and behavior are widely considered good and should normally be present in education, but are sadly not universal.<br />
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!scope=row|Education<br />
|0%<br />
|10%<br />
|Learning usually goes on in classrooms, so education as a concept is both being learned about and present in the form of learning itself.<br />
|-<br />
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!scope=row|Bibliography<br />
|25%<br />
|7%<br />
|A bibliography is a list of sources, and students should ideally learn to cite their sources. Presumably, this would be a bibliography at the end of a school paper about bibliographies.<br />
|-<br />
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!scope=row|Human Physiology<br />
|0%<br />
|20%<br />
|This comic assumes that there are humans learning in the classroom, which was true at the time this comic was published. However, as of 2038 the Earth has been overtaken and education is forbidden for mere mortals.{{Actual citation needed}}<br />
|-<br />
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!scope=row|Public Speaking<br />
|25%<br />
|15%<br />
|Some classes require students to present things in front of the class, which is likely a requirement in a public speaking class. Thus, public speaking itself would be present in the class.<br />
Some classes also have a teacher talking or presenting to the students from the front of the class, another form of public speaking.<br />
|-<br />
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!scope=row|Architecture<br />
|0%<br />
|30%<br />
|All buildings can be considered architecture, and most classes take place in buildings. This comic also refers to a class''room'', which is a room, and therefore considered architecture.<br />
|-<br />
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!scope=row|Library Science<br />
|25%<br />
|25%<br />
|Library science is concerned with the organization of knowledge, and is useful for finding information. Many classes require research papers that require the use of books and other sources of information to complete them.<br />
|-<br />
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!scope=row|Furniture Design<br />
|0%<br />
|40%<br />
|Most rooms have furniture,{{Citation needed}} so this would probably be present in a classroom<br />
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!scope=row|Culinary Arts<br />
|40%<br />
|30%<br />
|Most studies of culinary arts include the teacher and/or students preparing food using the tools and/or techniques that have been taught, so it would be fairly normal for food to be a result of classroom activities. How ''good'' it is, however, can be a mixed bag, especially for student cooking attempts.<br />
|-<br />
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!scope=row|Ergonomics<br />
|5%<br />
|45%<br />
|Ergonomic equipment and workspaces promote comfort and efficiency, while non-ergonomic ones may be unpleasant, unhealthy, or even immediately dangerous.<br />
|-<br />
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!scope=row|Botany<br />
|40%<br />
|40%<br />
|The near-neutral position of Botany (aka Plant Biology) obscures a wide range of possible outcomes, from the banal to the malignant. A teacher might have brought in a potted plant for decoration or show-n-tell, which would have zero weirdness and (if a non-allergenic species) zero danger. Or, a tree might have fallen through the roof, highly dangerous and weird, especially if it occurred during calm weather (weather likely to result in trees falling would probably have closed the school prior to treefall). This assumes that the event involves a vegetable and not an element of consumerism or purchasing.<br />
|-<br />
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!scope=row|20th Century Authors<br />
|65%<br />
|10%<br />
|A literature class would, normally, benefit greatly from an open discussion or interview with the author himself. Sadly such things are rare. Authors who were published in the 20th century would mostly be in retirement age in 2021, so securing an interview with them could be somewhat difficult.<br />
|-<br />
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!scope=row|Exobiology<br />
|100%<br />
|0%<br />
|Exobiology is the study of extraterrestrial life. This would mean that an alien life-form was in the classroom.<br />
|-<br />
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!scope=row|21st Century Authors<br />
|60%<br />
|20%<br />
|21st century authors have the advantage (over 19th and 20th century authors) of being alive and active at the time this comic was published. However, few of those born during the century have had time to achieve professional success, while those who have published in the 21st century mostly await final literary judgement on their work. Those authors with sufficient notoriety to be welcome in a classroom might charge appearance fees that schools cannot afford, and might, regardless of money, only agree to appear via virtual conference - hence, an elevated weirdness score. Dangers of an actual physical appearance include COVID risk and possible clashes between an author's activist stance and school policies.<br />
|-<br />
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!scope=row|19th Century Authors<br />
|100%<br />
|15%<br />
|Like other authors, the class would benefit from having an actual author show up, but this would be extremely weird since no 19th century author is still alive.<br />
|-<br />
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!scope=row|Paleontology<br />
|100%<br />
|25%<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
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!scope=row|Robotics<br />
|55%<br />
|30%<br />
|A course on robotics would often be expected to have some form of working models of the robots being discussed.<br />
|-<br />
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!scope=row|Martian Soil Chemistry<br />
|100%<br />
|35%<br />
|Martian soil only reaches Earth in small amounts, so it would be unusual to find a meaningful amount anywhere.<br />
|-<br />
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!scope=row|Tourism<br />
|75%<br />
|40%<br />
|Tourists coming into an active classroom would be quite unusual. It could refer to the students leaving to become tourists in another location.<br />
|-<br />
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!scope=row|Child Psychology<br />
|60%<br />
|45%<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
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!scope=row|Entomology<br />
|15%<br />
|55%<br />
|Insects in the classroom.<br />
|-<br />
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!scope=row|Occupational Therapy<br />
|10%<br />
|62%<br />
|Injury, illness or mental health problem that hinder your participation in life/school. Many students who have significant physical injuries and conditions that require occupational therapy would generally not engage in those activities during a class.<br />
|-<br />
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!scope=row|Hydraulic Engineering<br />
|40%<br />
|62%<br />
|Likely in the form of flooding or plumbing problems.<br />
|-<br />
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!scope=row|Pest Control<br />
|25%<br />
|70%<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
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!scope=row|Foodborne Illness<br />
|15%<br />
|80%<br />
|Sometimes students in a culinary arts class do not properly observe hygiene standards and the food they present would lead to illness in those that consume the food. Thankfully, this is rare if the teacher is paying enough attention to proceedings.<br />
|-<br />
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!scope=row|Criminal Law<br />
|45%<br />
|85%<br />
|This might happen if a crime occurs in the class.<br />
|-<br />
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!scope=row|Physiology of Stress<br />
|0%<br />
|90%<br />
|This would be a sign of stress severe enough to affect bodily functions, likely to an unhealthy extent.<br />
|-<br />
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!scope=row|Oncology<br />
|25%<br />
|100%<br />
|Someone in the room likely has cancer.<br />
|-<br />
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!scope=row|Ornithology<br />
|60%<br />
|55%<br />
|Birds in the classroom?<br />
|-<br />
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!scope=row|Animation<br />
|100%<br />
|56%<br />
|Examples of animated works might be displayed to the students in an animation class.<br />
|-<br />
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!scope=row|Petroleum Geology<br />
|65%<br />
|60%<br />
|Crude oil coming up through the floor of the classroom would be ''very'' weird.<br />
|-<br />
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!scope=row|Highway Engineering<br />
|75%<br />
|65%<br />
|A highway being built through an active classroom would be very unusual and not that safe.<br />
|-<br />
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!scope=row|Toxicology<br />
|55%<br />
|75%<br />
|Someone in the room has been exposed to a toxic substance.<br />
|-<br />
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!scope=row|Hematology<br />
|75%<br />
|70%<br />
|Hematology is the study of blood. Given that there should be blood in each of the students present{{Citation needed}}, we should probably assume Randall means "large quantities of blood outside of one's body", which would indeed be both bad and weird.<br />
|-<br />
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!scope=row|Hostage Negotiation<br />
|70%<br />
|85%<br />
|Reasons as to why there would be hostage negotiations taking place at a school have horrifying implications for the students and teacher.<br />
|-<br />
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!scope=row|History of Siege Warfare<br />
|100%<br />
|80%<br />
|This would mean that the students would be trapped in the building until they ran out of resources, possibly dying of thirst and starvation (depending on whether or not the opposing army destroyed the school's water lines).<br />
|-<br />
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!scope=row|Trauma Surgery<br />
|55%<br />
|95%<br />
|Trauma surgery is an incredibly painful procedure, and difficult to look at for many. It would undoubtedly be disturbing to the class, especially if the patient was one of them.<br />
|-<br />
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!scope=row|Volcanology<br />
|75%<br />
|95%<br />
|Having a live volcano in one's classroom is both very dangerous and very weird, as volcanoes take very long times to form. Note this also applies to [[1611: Baking Soda and Vinegar | baking soda and vinegar volcanoes that are offshoots of much larger vinegar hotspots]].<br />
|-<br />
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!scope=row|Quasar Astronomy<br />
|75%<br />
|100%<br />
|Quasars are distant astronomical objects that release large amounts of energy. Not only would the power of a quasar destroy the classroom (as well as the building the classroom is in, the town the school is in, and the entire planet Earth,) quasars are too large to fit inside any known classroom. For example, [ULAS J1342+0928](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ULAS_J1342%2B0928) has a mass of 8*10^8 solar masses. This means the event horizon of the black hole is almost 16 AU in radius, and this size does not include the accretion disk. <br />
|-<br />
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!scope=row|Ontology (Title Text)<br />
|<0%<br />
|?<br />
|Ontology is the philosophical study of existence and being. Since there must be ''something'' learning in the classroom, it is unsurprising that ontology is a normal subject to appear in the classroom.<br />
|-<br />
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!scope=row|Geography (Title Text)<br />
|>100%<br />
|?<br />
|Logistics aside, having a planet's terrain in one's classroom would almost certainly be a distraction to the learning environment.<br />
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|}<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
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:[Caption above scatter plot with labeled axes]<br />
:Caption: The thing you study just showed up in your classroom! That's...<br />
:Upper y-axis label: Good<br />
:Lower y-axis label: Bad<br />
:Upper x-axis label: Normal<br />
:Lower x-axis label: Weird<br />
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:[First quadrant (left to right, top to bottom):]<br />
:20th century authors<br />
:Exobiology<br />
:21st century authors<br />
:19th century authors<br />
:Robotics<br />
:Paleontology<br />
:Martian soil chemistry<br />
:Child psychology<br />
:Tourism<br />
:[Second quadrant]<br />
:Atmospheric physics<br />
:Ethics<br />
:Education<br />
:Bibliography<br />
:Human physiology<br />
:Public speaking<br />
:Architecture<br />
:Library science<br />
:Furniture design<br />
:Culinary arts<br />
:Ergonomics<br />
:Botany<br />
:[Third quadrant]<br />
:Entomology<br />
:Occupational therapy<br />
:Hydraulic engineering<br />
:Pest control<br />
:Foodborne illness<br />
:Criminal law<br />
:Physiology of stress<br />
:Oncology<br />
:[Fourth quadrant]<br />
:Ornithology<br />
:Animation<br />
:Petroleum geology<br />
:Highway engineering<br />
:Toxicology<br />
:Hematology<br />
:Hostage negotiation<br />
:History of siege warfare<br />
:Trauma surgery<br />
:Volcanology<br />
:Quasar astronomy<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
[[Category:Charts]]</div>162.158.92.96https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2445:_Checkbox&diff=212213Talk:2445: Checkbox2021-05-20T11:30:56Z<p>162.158.92.96: my progress in the Escape game</p>
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If left alone, the morse code produced spells "WHAT" (.-- .... .- -) [[User:Ezist|Ezist]] ([[User talk:Ezist|talk]]) 22:50, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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I'm early enough that there isn't a summary yet, and I'm not confident enough to start one, so I'll just drop my thoughts. If you click the checkbox repeatedly, at some point it starts playing Morse code. Presumably, there are a whole lot of different sequences. So far, I've gotten .- - .-- .... (which translates to ATWS; no idea what that means) and ..... (just 5, I think). Meanwhile, the mouseover text is ... --- ..., which is SOS. Any thoughts? What other sequences are there? Or am I totally missing something? (Edit conflict. Looks like Ezist has another one.) [[User:Aerin|Aerin]] ([[User talk:Aerin|talk]]) 22:56, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
: I got something like ATWS at first, but that's just cause I misheard one of the letters, and misinterpreted where the word started/ended. [[User:Ezist|Ezist]] ([[User talk:Ezist|talk]]) 23:03, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
:: Oh yes, you're right - what I was hearing ''was'' just WHAT. When I put it into a translator, I must have mistyped .... (H) as ... (S). [[User:Aerin|Aerin]] ([[User talk:Aerin|talk]]) 23:58, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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Wait, sorry, I'm back. It apparently has to do with user input. No idea what I pressed to get those results lol. [[User:Aerin|Aerin]] ([[User talk:Aerin|talk]]) 22:57, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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Just a note, but a Morse code legend as well as translations of your input and the website's output are available in the console in browser DevTools. Helpful for those that don't know Morse. [[User:Toadtoad|Toadtoad]] ([[User talk:Toadtoad|talk]])<br />
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It looks like Samuel Morse died on April 2, 1872, so that might be why this comic appears today. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.212.218|162.158.212.218]] 23:07, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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"Hi" returns [.... . .-.. .-.. --- -.-.-- / .- -. -.-- -... --- -.. -.-- / --- ..- - / - .... . .-. . ..--..] "HELLO! ANYBODY OUT THERE?" [[User:Piano|Piano]] ([[User talk:Piano|talk]]) 23:09, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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a sequence of repeating "T", or at least more than one "E" [ - - - ] or [ . . . ] will respond back the same sequence, just one "E" will give "WHAT" [[Special:Contributions/172.68.25.253|172.68.25.253]] 23:18, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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"QTH" gives "QTH ARES VALLIS". "QTH" is a code used to ask for position, and Ares Vallis [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ares_Vallis is a place on Mars.] [[User:Ezist|Ezist]] ([[User talk:Ezist|talk]]) 23:27, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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"CHECK" replies "MATE." "CHECKMATE" and "MATE" each reply "WHAT." [[Special:Contributions/162.158.126.146|162.158.126.146]] 23:34, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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The js: has anyone tried viewing the JS? There seems to be a file that is just filled with undecipherable Morse. Can anyone interpret this? Just press f12 and look for comic.js or morse.js [[Special:Contributions/162.158.62.161|162.158.62.161]] 23:35, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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I tried decoding it. Certainly looks like something binary encoded into text. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.183.153|162.158.183.153]] 23:36, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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Adding onto that, what does the ';D' in .split(';D') (at the very end of morse.js) do? AFAIK it's not a special character in JS<br />
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morse.js decodes comic.js into the following script: [https://pastebin.com/XcHV4Z5h] (Also, pretty sure the .split(';D') is just an emoji - it results only in an array of 1 element, so no splitting really occurred.) [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.78|108.162.219.78]] 23:52, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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running window.BeepComic.hurryUp() in console gives you immediate response in logs, without waiting for all the beeping to cease<br />
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Ah so that's where that script comes from [[Special:Contributions/162.158.183.153|162.158.183.153]] 23:40, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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`BeepComic.send(morse.encode('sudo make me a sandwich'))` <-- convenience, in addition to the hurryUp --rcombs<br />
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Does someone else get this uuid DB334AAB-92A1-11EB-8001-8C16454FB02A? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.238.228|162.158.238.228]] 23:42, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
: Yep, that's what I get too. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.132.239|172.68.132.239]] 00:29, 2 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
:: What did you enter to get a UUID? I tried decoding what you posted at [https://www.uuidtools.com/api/decode/DB334AAB-92A1-11EB-8001-8C16454FB02A this link], then tried looking up the MAC address that was encoded in it. I'm not sure what to make of [https://maclookup.app/search/result?mac=8c%3A16%3A45%3A4f%3Ab0%3A2a the result], but perhaps it has something to do with a chip on the Sojourner. [[User:Kjmitch|Kjmitch]] ([[User talk:Kjmitch|talk]]) 04:48, 2 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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Audio does not work on Safari as of right now - however, inputting `const AudioContext = webkitAudioContext;` into the browser console before unmuting will allow audio to work on Safari. May want to note this as a 'fix' for the experience? --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.63.6|162.158.63.6]] 23:44, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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In addition to muting/unmuting, BEEP and MUTE reply CQM (I can't find a reference to what that means). [[Special:Contributions/162.158.126.146|162.158.126.146]] 23:51, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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The statements at line 458 of the gist mentioned earlier seem interesting.<br />
handleAction(text) {<br />
if (text.startsWith('//')) {<br />
this.client.open(text.substr(2));<br />
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: Nevermind, it was just how the response to "dir" opened links) [[Special:Contributions/172.68.189.101|172.68.189.101]] 23:52, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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Parsed the JS (morse obfuscation, weird) and cut this small bit out:<br />
e = await fetch(`/2445/morse/.../${morse.encode('pog')}`);<br />
f = await e.text();<br />
[state, ...respMorse] = f.split('/');<br />
morse.decode(respMorse.join('/'));<br />
Use this if you'd like to play around with inputs. (replace pog, obviously) :) [[User:Ezist|Ezist]] ([[User talk:Ezist|talk]]) 23:53, 1 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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No need to document UniXKCD here, there's already [[UniXKCD|a page for that]]. --rcombs<br />
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Here's all the two character inputs: https://pastebin.com/5JhsVwM1 [[Special:Contributions/162.158.238.244|162.158.238.244]] 00:16, 2 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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I got a different response for FORTUNE, it just tells me "OPEN ME" maybe Fortune gives multiple possible answers depending on luck, IP or something else, like a fortune cookie can have different answers inside it? [[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.81|141.101.104.81]] 00:19, 2 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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For me FORTUNE responds with "OPEN ME", then I send OPEN, it responds with "YOUR DREAMS ARE NEVER SILLY DEPEND ON THEM TO GUIDE YOU" [[Special:Contributions/141.101.96.40|141.101.96.40]] 00:31, 2 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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For me CHECKBOX responds with RADIO BUTTON and vice versa. Also, putting in a number doesn't seem to redirect me, but 11 does respond with "HUH"--[[User:Yodofrna|Yodofrna]] ([[User talk:Yodofrna|talk]]) 00:46, 2 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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For me YOUTUBE provides what appears to be a URL, but it's so long I'm having a hard time transcribing it [[User:Dextrous Fred|Dextrous Fred]] ([[User talk:Dextrous Fred|talk]]) 00:49, 2 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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YOUTUBE -> RXJKDH1KZ0W = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXJKdh1KZ0w [[Special:Contributions/162.158.238.245|162.158.238.<br />
245]] 00:51, 2 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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FORTUNE is a reference to the Unix 'fortune' program, but responses seem to be consistent for each user and not randomized like the Unix version. Use of a VPN confirms that responses are randomized by IP address. Sending OPEN only returns a fortune if it is sent immediately following FORTUNE. [[User:LordPants|LordPants]] ([[User talk:LordPants|talk]]) 00:53, 2 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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One possible ending: HYDROCOPTIC -> Y -> https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/sojourner_repaired.png [[Special:Contributions/162.158.238.244|162.158.238.244]] 00:54, 2 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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It appears that unknown inputs produce WHAT, NOT FOLLOWING, SAY AGAIN, TRY THAT AGAIN, COME AGAIN, HUH depending on some properties of the input text. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.96.40|141.101.96.40]] 00:57, 2 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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FORTUNE gave me "DO NOT LET AMBITIONS OVERSHADOW SMALL SUCCESS". Should we add something on the page to list all the fortunes we've found?<br />
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XKCD now returns "A CROSS THREE LETTERS". What could that mean? [[Special:Contributions/172.68.132.239|172.68.132.239]] 01:22, 2 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
: SOS returns OH NO now as well [[Special:Contributions/172.68.189.107|172.68.189.107]] 01:27, 2 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
: I got this too, can't seem to get it again. Strange. [[User:Ezist|Ezist]] ([[User talk:Ezist|talk]]) 01:28, 2 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
:"A CROSS THREE LETTERS" could be 'mix'? (Or 'cut' but that seems less likely... Has anyone tried responding MIX when it gives the crossword clue. <br />
:[[User:ProphetZarquon|ProphetZarquon]] ([[User talk:ProphetZarquon|talk]]) 18:31, 3 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
: Note that "A CROSS THREE LETTERS" describes "xkcd" perfectly: a cross, followed by three letters... [[User:John.Adriaan|John.Adriaan]] ([[User talk:John.Adriaan|talk]]) 00:39, 6 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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This isn't as convenient as the other in-browser console solutions, but I had fun quickly whipping up a script for NodeJS to query the Morse server and quickly get a response. https://github.com/realToadtoad/xkcd-checkbox-query [[User:Toadtoad|Toadtoad]] ([[User talk:Toadtoad|talk]])<br />
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In the png you get when you succeed in repairing Sojourner, there's a typo [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.50|108.162.219.50]] 02:43, 2 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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I wonder what happens if you try to send it AT-style modem commands? Seems like it might do something, but I don't have the time/patience to experiment with that. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.215.248|108.162.215.248]] 02:55, 2 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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A blog post on creating the code for this comic: https://chromakode.com/post/checkbox [[User:Ad1217|Ad1217]] ([[User talk:Ad1217|talk]]) 05:25, 2 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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It doesn't work as described, fo be. Does it depend on the browser? I'm using Chrome.<br />
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[I don't see 'Loading...' or any other text, or a mute button; I do see dots and dashes, but get no sound(s).]<br />
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[[Special:Contributions] 06:57, 2 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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To activate the sound, you must click the unmute button on the bottom right corner.<br />
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Note that those with a keyboard may press space as well to send the code. May be easier to control than a touchy laptop trackpad [[Special:Contributions/162.158.187.75|162.158.187.75]] 10:31, 2 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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== Scripts ==<br />
If your clicking abilities have dwindled since the invention of the vocal telephone, you may use this roughly written script in the webconsole as an aid<br />
--- self edit: now that others pointed out BeepComic, I simplified it a bit. ---<br />
<pre><br />
(async ()=>{<br />
let delay<br />
const asleep = async (dur) => new Promise(res=>setTimeout(res,dur))<br />
const send = async (...msgs) => {<br />
for await (const msg of msgs) {<br />
await BeepComic.send(morse.encode(msg))<br />
await asleep(delay)<br />
}<br />
}<br />
// Break the immersion<br />
BeepComic.hurryUp();<br />
// How long to wait for server to reply, in ms. increase for laggy networks<br />
delay = 300<br />
// Say things, in order<br />
await send('fortune','open')<br />
})()<br />
</pre> Feel free to fix/clean/shorten/move the script. I put it in a topic to encourage keeping it at the bottom of discussion. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.237.46|108.162.237.46]] 10:17, 2 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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JavaScript to be pasted in the browser console. Adds a text box below the comic, in which you can write text and press enter to send it. Responses can be read from the JS console. [[User:Ad1217|Ad1217]] ([[User talk:Ad1217|talk]]) 14:53, 2 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
<pre><br />
BeepComic.hurryUp();<br />
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var input = comic.parentNode.insertBefore(document.createElement('input'), comic.nextSibling);<br />
input.addEventListener("keydown", e => {<br />
if (e.keyCode == 13) {<br />
BeepComic.send(morse.encode(e.target.value));<br />
e.target.value = '';<br />
}<br />
}, false);<br />
</pre><br />
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<pre><br />
import requests<br />
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URL = r"https://xkcd.com/2445/morse/...%s/%s"<br />
enc_map = {"0":"-----","1":".----","2":"..---","3":"...--","4":"....-","5":".....","6":"-....","7":"--...","8":"---..","9":"----.","A":".-","B":"-...","C":"-.-.","D":"-..","E":".","F":"..-.","G":"--.","H":"....","I":"..","J":".---","K":"-.-","L":".-..","M":"--","N":"-.","O":"---","P":".--.","Q":"--.-","R":".-.","S":"...","T":"-","U":"..-","V":"...-","W":".--","X":"-..-","Y":"-.--","Z":"--..",".":".-.-.-",",":"--..--","?":"..--..","'":".----.","!":"-.-.--","/":"-..-.","(":"-.--.",")":"-.--.-","&":".-...",":":"---...",";":"-.-.-.","=":"-...-","+":".-.-.","-":"-....-","_":"..--.-",'"':".-..-.","$":"...-..-","@":".--.-."," ": "/"}<br />
dec_map = dict([(y,x) for x,y in enc_map.items()])<br />
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to_morse = lambda text: " ".join(enc_map[i] for i in text if i in enc_map)<br />
from_morse = lambda text: "".join(dec_map[i] for i in text if i in dec_map)<br />
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def get_resp(text, key):<br />
url = URL%(("/" if len(key) else "") + to_morse(key), to_morse(text))<br />
c = requests.get(url).content.decode('utf-8')<br />
c = from_morse(c.split(' '))<br />
return c[:36], c[37:]<br />
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k = ""<br />
while True:<br />
k,r = get_resp(input("YOU : "), k)<br />
print("SOJOURNER:", r)<br />
</pre> Python script to interact directly with SOJOURNER<br />
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If you try to read the book in the maze, it says "Your eyes swim". [[User:Sarah the Pie(yes, the food)|Sarah the Pie(yes, the food)]] ([[User talk:Sarah the Pie(yes, the food)|talk]]) 16:13, 2 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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What’s the proper way to add an alternate mobile version of this comic? Not sure about phones, but I read this on my tablet and had a completely different version of the comic than appeared here.<br />
[[User:Dystopianist|Dystopianist]] ([[User talk:Dystopianist|talk]]) 03:00, 3 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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"Sudo make me a sandwich" works in the linked Unix console and gets "Okay" as a response. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.22.48|172.69.22.48]] 08:06, 4 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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The frame is replaced with an interactive panel.<br />
No, it isn't. Other than loading the page, what else do I have to do to make this work? <br />
Latest Chrome on OSX/ Big Sur and Windows 10. --[[User:Misterstick|Misterstick]] ([[User talk:Misterstick|talk]]) 10:35, 4 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
*To answer my question, not load the mobile version of the page. Duh. --[[User:Misterstick|Misterstick]] ([[User talk:Misterstick|talk]]) 10:37, 4 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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Edit: Deleted comment. Sorry for the accidental spam. [[User talk:Quillathe Siannodel|<sup>{)|(}</sup>]][[User:Quillathe_Siannodel|Quill]][[User talk:Quillathe Siannodel|<sub>{)|(}</sub>]] 18:17, 6 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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== Escape Station game ==<br />
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Entering "START GAME" starts the game and gets the prompt "PLAY ESCAPE STATION? Y / N / OR ENTER CODE". From this point on the normal commands don't work. and the unkown command response is replaced by "INVALID COMMAND". Entering "N" cancel the game start ("ANOTHER TIME THEN"), I don't know what code(s) to enter. And entering "Y" starts the game ("YOU WAKE IN A WHITE BED IN A WHITE ROOM EXITS ARE OUT").<br />
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During the game it seems there are three game actions before the player drifts back to sleep and the station explodes, I haven't found commands that prevent station explosion, change the player status, prevent yawning or change the game score. The response on all game actions is followed by a yawming message and the text "EXITS ARE OUT"<br />
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Here are the commands I found so far :<br />
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* "HELP" -> "COMMON COMMANDS ARE LOOK INVENTORY OUT EXAMINE SOMETHING PRESS BUTTON GET SOMETHING FIRE SOMETHING QUIT" (does not count as a game action)<br />
* "LOOK" -> "YOU ARE IN A WHITE BED IN A WHITE ROOM [..]"<br />
*"LOOK" -> "YOU ARE IN A WHITE BED IN A WHITE ROOM [..]"<br />
*"EXAMINE BED" -> "IT IS WHITE WARM AND COMFY YOU YAWN [..]"<br />
*"OUT" -> "THE DOOR IS TOO FAR AWAY [..]"<br />
*"GET UP" -> "YOU DO NOT SEE THAT HERE YOU ARE IN A WHITE BED IN A WHITE ROOM [..]"<br />
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*(at first game action) -> YOU ARE YAWNING <br />
*(at second game action) -> YOU YAWN DEEPLY<br />
*(at third game action)-> "YOU DRIFT BACK TO SLEEP A METEOR DESTROYS THE STATION YOU DIE WITH A SCORE OF 0 PLAY AGAIN Y / N"<br />
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List of interesting commands that didn't work : "LOOK [directions]", "INVENTORY", "INVENTORY OUT", "EXAMINE ROOM", "EXAMINE WALL", "PRESS BUTTON", "FIRE", "FIRE GUN".<br />
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[[User:Book|Book]] ([[User talk:Book|talk]]) 00:25, 29 April 2021 (UTC)<br />
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It looks like the the command SIT UP will progress you in the game with the response "YOU KICK THE BLANKETS AWAY AND CLAIM AN UNDESIRED VICTORY OVER SLEEP EXITS ARE OUT"--[[Special:Contributions/172.68.57.179|172.68.57.179]] 13:52, 7 May 2021 (UTC)<br />
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My current progress:<br />
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SIT UP to get out of bed.<br />
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You can use LOOK to look around in places, EXAMINE <something> to take a closer look at stuff, GET <something> to take items, INVENTORY to check what you are carrying, HELP lists common commands.<br />
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The game is a bit buggy, sometimes you get a save point with a password, if the game glitches out type QUIT and START GAME and enter that password. So far I've gotten "WAFFLEHOUSEFRIES", "GARBAGERAMAN" and "KRAFTDINNER".<br />
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Go OUT and enter the LIFT.<br />
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Go to the lab (PRESS YELLOW BUTTON in lift), GET the bottle from the table, OPEN BOX to receive a goo cannon, don't take the book as that will kill you as soon as you exit the lab.<br />
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Get back to the lift, go to the shuttle bay (brown button in lift), GET SONIC PULSER and LARGE BLUE LASER from theworkbench, don't go in to the RIGHT lifepod as that kills you. You can enter the SHUTTLE, SIT COUCH to sit in the pilot's couch, EXAMINE DISPLAY, couldn't figure out anything else to do inside. Supposedly the shuttle's computer "accepts verbal commands", couldn't figure out any. <br />
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Get back to the lift, go to the cantina floor (purple button), immediately FIRE SONIC PULSER (or you die), enter CANTINA, FIRE SONIC PULSER again (or you die, probably), GET RUBBER BALL, EXAMINE TABLE, EXAMINE BODIES, GET BADGE. At this point you'll get the save point KRAFTDINNER upon exiting the cantina.<br />
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Now you can access the red floor, but there's a deadly alien there, you can escape back into the LIFT, couldn't figure out what else you can do.<br />
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Firing the GOO CANNON or LARGE BLUE LASER insta-kills you everywhere I tried so far, including on the red floor with the alien. Maybe there's a way to read the book in the lab to learn how to use the goo cannon without dying?<br />
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You can OPEN BOTTLE to take the space pills in the inventory, but so far the game said that "this is not the time or place for space drugs" anywhere I tried.<br />
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The BLUE floor seems to be impassable, you can only get back into the lift.<br />
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The ORANGE floor kills you.<br />
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From here on I'm guessing you're supposed to either find a way to deal with the alien on the bridge on red floor, figure out how to open the blast doors of the left lifepod in the bay (brown floor), or figure out how to work the shuttle. Please post if you make more progress.<br />
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-[[Special:Contributions/162.158.92.96|162.158.92.96]] 11:30, 20 May 2021 (UTC)</div>162.158.92.96https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2452:_Aviation_Firsts&diff=2105782452: Aviation Firsts2021-04-20T13:27:09Z<p>162.158.92.96: /* Transcript */ formatting</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2452<br />
| date = April 19, 2021<br />
| title = Aviation Firsts<br />
| image = aviation_firsts.png<br />
| titletext = Mile High Club membership [✓] [ ] Discovery of parts of Amelia Earhart's skeleton [ ] [ ] Mid-flight incident that results in safe landing on the Hudson River [✓] [ ]<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a DRONE ON MARS. Put a table detailing all the events of the achievement checklist with an Earth and Mars column. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
This comic is made in light of recent events of the [https://twitter.com/NASAPersevere/status/1384209173924089863 Ingenuity probe's first flight on Mars]. Now that Ingenuity has completed its first flight, it marks the first controlled powered flight on Mars. The previous categories were completed by the first space probes to reach and then land on Mars, while the remaining have only been completed on Earth, and grow steadily more bizarre and more specific, extending to the title text.<br />
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===Cultural references===<br />
* The {{w|Hughes H-4 Hercules}} (the "Spruce Goose") was a prototype wooden airplane, known for being the largest flying boat ever constructed. The Hercules was designed by aviation pioneer (and, latterly, famed recluse) Howard Hughes. The design was intended as a lightweight transoceanic transport for the the military, but the prototype (built out of wood because of aluminium shortages during the 1940s) was not completed until well after the end of the Second World War and only actually flew a single time in 1947.<br />
* In 1971, Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 was famously hijacked by a man who bought a ticket under the pseudonym {{w|D. B. Cooper|"Dan Cooper"}} (but popularly known as D. B. Cooper). After being given a $200,000 ransom by the plane's crew, Cooper then proceeded to parachute jump out of the plane using the rear {{w|airstair}} and was never confirmed to have been heard from again; many experts agree that the parachute jump was very risky and it's unlikely that Cooper even survived. (Cooper was previously mentioned in [[1400: D.B. Cooper]] and [[1501: Mysteries]].)<br />
* The "{{w|mile high club}}" is a slang term for people who have had sexual intercourse while onboard an airplane in flight. Although the notion of {{w|sex in space}} is understood to be severely hampered by the total lack of gravity, it's not known whether Mars's low gravity (compared to Earth) would make it similarly challenging to have intercourse on or near the planet's surface.<br />
* {{w|Amelia Earhart}} was a female aviator who, along with her navigator {{w|Fred Noonan}}, went missing over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 while attempting a global circumnavigation flight and has never been found. While there's some possibility that some of Earhart and Noonan's remains will eventually be discovered somewhere on the Pacific coastline, the notion of them somehow ending up on the surface of Mars is practically impossible outside the remit of certain conspiracy theories. (Earhart was previously mentioned in [[1501: Mysteries]], [[950: Mystery Solved]], and [[2197: Game Show]].)<br />
* The {{w|US Airways Flight 1549|Miracle on the Hudson}} was a 2009 aviation incident in which a US Airways airliner struck a flock of geese shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport in New York City. Despite the plane losing all its engine power as a result of the bird strike, Captain Chesley Sullenberger successfully crash-landed in the nearby Hudson River with minimal injuries to the passengers onboard. Of course, it would be highly impractical for a powered flight that encounters a problem in the sky above Mars to then fly all the way to Earth just for an emergency landing.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
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<u>Earth</u> <u>Mars</u><br />
Flight <big>[✓]</big> <big>[✓]</big><br />
Landing <big>[✓]</big> <big>[✓]</big><br />
Controlled landing <big>[✓]</big> <big>[✓]</big><br />
Controlled powered flight <big>[✓]</big> <big>[✓]</big><br />
Loop <big>[✓]</big> <big>[ ]</big><br />
In-flight meal <big>[✓]</big> <big>[ ]</big><br />
Planetary circumnavigation <big>[✓]</big> <big>[ ]</big><br />
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Enormous wooden aircraft <big>[✓]</big> <big>[ ]</big><br />
built by a reclusive billionaire<br />
that flies exactly once<br />
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Hijacking by someone dubbed <big>[✓]</big> <big>[ ]</big><br />
"D.B. Cooper" who demands<br />
money and then jumps out<br />
mid-flight to an unknown fate<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
[[Category:Mars rovers]]<br />
[[Category:Charts]]<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring real people]]<br />
[[Category:Sex]]</div>162.158.92.96https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1573:_Cyberintelligence&diff=1010901573: Cyberintelligence2015-09-04T06:46:40Z<p>162.158.92.96: title text: more probable references /* Explanation */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1573<br />
| date = September 4, 2015<br />
| title = Cyberintelligence<br />
| image = cyberintelligence.png<br />
| titletext = We had gathered that raw information, but had yet to put it all together.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|}}<br />
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This comic plays on the fact that some organization appears to be spending obscene amounts of money on their "cyber intelligence" budget, yet all that research appears not to have informed then that the prefix "cyber-" fell out of fashion years ago.<br />
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The title text continues the joke by implying the organization learned about the demise of "cyber-" yet failed to process or analyze that data. It may also be a reference to the previous comic, which was a link to a survey for xkcd readers.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript}}<br />
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{{comic discussion}}</div>162.158.92.96