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<div>Anyone else reminded of the MALP from Stargate? Portal to another world, the probe is similar in design, etc [[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.228|141.101.99.228]] 19:14, 25 December 2013 (UTC)<br />
:Exactly what I thought [[Special:Contributions/108.162.229.48|108.162.229.48]] 16:47, 16 May 2015 (UTC)<br />
::The probe is similar to the Mars rovers Randall drew several times after this comic, and the naming is similar to Curiosity which was Lucy's problem rather than Megan's Prudence. But interesting with the probe through portal. Have moved this down to the bottom as it has nothing to do with explaining the comic. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 15:02, 18 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::The design looks nothing like a MALP, and it requires a cable to work. I bet Monroe didn't even consider it. --[[User:Rhmcoff|Rhmcoff]] ([[User talk:Rhmcoff|talk]]) 03:33, 26 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
:I'm actually watching stargate right now as I read this! I agree, very MALP like!05:04, 2 June 2017 (UTC)<br />
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I'm curious to see what people think would happen in this scenario time-wise. In the book, time passes at a very different rate in Narnia than in the "real world" - in fact, at one point, the four protagonists grow to become adults in Narnia, yet when they accidentally return to the real world through the wardrobe, only a few minutes have passed. So if that detail is consistent here, Megan using a probe to observe Narnia from the "real world" side of the wardrobe should either cause a time paradox, or she should see things happening extremely fast through the probe. [[User:KieferSkunk|KieferSkunk]] ([[User talk:KieferSkunk|talk]]) 21:25, 25 June 2015 (UTC)<br />
:Mentioned the time problems in the explanation for the comic that used this fact. I belive that CS Lewis only intended to write the first book to begin with. The ending does't fit well with the behaviour of Narnia time in the next three Prince Caspian books. And hence the other books does paint a different picture of how Narnia time works, and this inconsistency makes the question hard to answer --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 15:02, 18 January 2017 (UTC)</div>172.68.141.172https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1845:_State_Word_Map&diff=1406421845: State Word Map2017-06-02T04:38:39Z<p>172.68.141.172: /* Explanation */ Added google map that inspired comic</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1845<br />
| date = June 2, 2017<br />
| title = State Word Map<br />
| image = state_word_map.png<br />
| titletext = The top search for every state is PORN, except Florida, where it's SEX PORN.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
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Similar in spirit to [[1138: Heatmap]], this comic pokes fun at many maps that attempt to use data to discern unique characteristics about various sub-regions, in this case {{w|U.S. state|American states}}. This map was certainly inspired by [https://twitter.com/GoogleTrends/status/869624196921303040 this map] posted on twitter by google trends the day before the comic was posted.<br />
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This map does not say anything real, but says: You can make these maps say whatever you want by adjusting the methodology. Half of the time you're just amplifying random noise because the underlying data doesn't change that much from one state to another. But whatever. Nobody checks this stuff. Just pick whatever normalization lets you make fun of Florida.<br />
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The joke is that none of these states actually say these words, and Randall has just done exactly what he says he can do (make fun of Florida by putting whatever he wants.) He also has not obtained the data from anywhere, just 'Something Something'.<br />
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The comic continues to make fun of Florida in the title text by saying that Florida searches for sex poem instead of porn, when porn is already about sex.<br />
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{{w|Florida}} is often the butt of many jokes, including the {{w|Florida Man}} meme and many mocking jibes regarding its {{w|2000 United States presidential election recount in Florida|historically-messy electoral history}}. [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OnlyInFlorida See TV Tropes for examples of the "Only in Florida" phenomenon.]<br />
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'''Most-Used Word in Each State'''<br />
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'''Based on Something Something Search Data'''<br />
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You can make these maps say whatever you want by adjusting the methodology. Half the time you're just amplifying random noise. Because the underlying data doesn't vary that much from one state to another. But whatever. Nobody checks this stuff. Just pick whatever normalization lets you make fun of {{w|Florida}}.<br />
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{{comic discussion}}</div>172.68.141.172https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1839:_Doctor_Visit&diff=140171Talk:1839: Doctor Visit2017-05-23T14:05:51Z<p>172.68.141.172: Biological USB cables</p>
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This comic seems relatively simpler to explain. [[User:Nialpxe|Nialpxe]] ([[User talk:Nialpxe|talk]]) 06:38, 19 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
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I don't have the desire to edit this at the moment. However, it should be mentioned that when studied and considered critically the human body is actually quite resilient. We are merely used to thinking of "strong" and "tough" as properties of metal, which to someone unfamiliar with the materials which make up Human organs may associate them as being squishy and therefore weak. The human eye itself is perhaps vulnerable as it is a delicate instrument but it is not weak. Moreover the human body is self-renewing and of a far higher quality of function and design than any technology we have created. --[[User:Lackadaisical|Lackadaisical]] ([[User talk:Lackadaisical|talk]]) 13:16, 19 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
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: Anyone who thinks metals are strong and tough should talk with dentists about length of warranty on dental crowns. But yes, the main advantage of human body is the self-repair capability. (Note that I have cables which works for years, but maybe I don't manipulate them so often.) -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 22:41, 19 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
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;30% Cereal<br />
Am I the only one who doesn't get that one?<br />
[[Special:Contributions/172.68.51.34|172.68.51.34]] 10:08, 19 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
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I'm pretty sure the 30% cereal is a reference that the human body is made of 70% of water. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.62.117|162.158.62.117]] 10:46, 19 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
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But blood has around 90% of water. Can a blood test tell how much water Cueball has ? {{unsigned ip|141.101.99.173}}<br />
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This possibly has to do with the fact that numerous things produced by the body, such as hair, are partly produced from consumed high fructose corn syrup which is found in cereal and countless other foods as a sweetener. {{Citation needed}} [[Special:Contributions/108.162.221.226|108.162.221.226]] 12:37, 19 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
:I always thought that HFCS tasted like hair. Now I know what it's made of! *spits out beverage* (Just kidding. They don't use HFCS in my country.) [[User:Nialpxe|Nialpxe]] ([[User talk:Nialpxe|talk]]) 12:48, 19 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
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It seems that Randall recently read the book "Antifragile" by N. Taleb :) {{unsigned ip|162.158.210.4}}<br />
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I think it refers to that 70% of a human is water, I guess. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.46.70|162.158.46.70]] 13:39, 19 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
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That kinda reminds me of those [[:Category:Code_Quality|Code quality]] strips. The overall tone in all of those is "How did you manage to get it working?!" [[Special:Contributions/162.158.91.11|162.158.91.11]] 14:36, 19 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
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I was reading the 30% cereal comment as a play on the 'you are what you eat' idea. Three meals per day plus some snacks would make breakfast (cereal) about 30% of the diet. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.75.118|162.158.75.118]] 15:28, 19 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
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I think this strip makes a lot more sense if you replace Ponytail with Zoidburg. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.62.225|162.158.62.225]] 19:44, 19 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Am I the only one that thought "bread" referred to carbohydrates, and everything they break down into? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.122.66|162.158.122.66]] 04:22, 20 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Anyone else think this has to do with Trump's latest stupid comment about the body having finite energy like a battery and it being a bad idea to exercise? [[Special:Contributions/172.68.133.42|172.68.133.42]] 05:33, 22 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
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I thought that too, about the "finite amount of energy" comment from djt, but Randall mostly seems to avoid political commentary. [[User:PocketBrain|PocketBrain]] ([[User talk:PocketBrain|talk]]) 12:39, 22 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Am I the only one that thinks that Ponytail might not be human - Referencing "my USB cables" bring part of herself that she needs to replace regularly from carrying out normal human activities? This would also explain her surprise at how the human body functions [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.250|141.101.98.250]] 16:25, 22 May 2017 (UTC)<br />
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You know what we need? Biological self healing USB cables. Problem solved. 14:05, 23 May 2017 (UTC)</div>172.68.141.172https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1392:_Dominant_Players&diff=1399861392: Dominant Players2017-05-18T01:01:56Z<p>172.68.141.172: /* Chess (women) */ grammar fix</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1392<br />
| date = July 9, 2014<br />
| title = Dominant Players<br />
| image = dominant_players.png<br />
| titletext = When Vera Menchik entered a 1929 tournament, a male competitor mocked her by suggesting that a special 'Vera Menchik Club' would be created for any player who lost to her. When the tournament began, he promptly became the first member of said club, and over the years it accumulated a large and illustrious roster.<br />
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*A [http://xkcd.com/1392/large larger version] of this image can be found by clicking the image at xkcd.com - the comic's page can also be accessed by clicking on the comic number above.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
The comic shows the rise and fall of players' strengths in two games, {{w|basketball}} and {{w|chess}}. For chess, there is an overall chart, and a women's chart. <br />
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For basketball, it uses the {{w|player efficiency rating}} (PER), the [http://knickerblogger.net/a-laymans-guide-to-advanced-nba-statistics/ most commonly used player statistic]. Note that that player efficiency ratings and similar "aggregate scores" are the subject of much discussion in basketball due to {{w|Player efficiency rating#Problems with PER|known deficiencies}}.<br />
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For chess, it uses the {{w|Elo rating}}. Elo was adopted by the World Chess Federation, FIDE, in 1970, so the rating is extrapolated backwards in time (among other using [https://chessprogramming.wikispaces.com/Kenneth+Wingate+Regan Kenneth Regan's] computer analysis - as written in the Chess panel) and are thus shown as dashed lines prior to 1970. Interestingly Elo ratings {{w|Elo rating#Elo ratings beyond chess|have been adapted to basketball}}, but the PER is more commonly used to rank basketball players.<br />
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The charts show the players career paths as a function of time with the rating on the y-axis. There is no [[#Scales of the axis|scale on the y-axis]].<br />
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[[#Player inclusion criteria|Included]] are mainly players that could be said to have been among the dominating players at some time in their career. If a player has been the best player over a longer time period (a seriously dominating player) then their career path will be drawn in red, the rest are in gray. There can be more than one red path at a time, but only because the dominating player has played before or after they became dominating. It seems like it has to be at least five years, as there are at least two players that have been no. 1 for four years, without being upgraded to a red curve. The only ones that have managed this with three years or less (on the chart) are those that begin the chart, and thus could have been no. 1 a few years before. This can all be seen in the '''[[#Data tables|data tables]]''' below.<br />
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The title text mentions {{w|Vera Menchik}} who is also the first female chess player listed at the left of the bottom panel. In January 1926 she won the first Girls' Open Championship at the Imperial Club in London, but as can be seen in the last panel she was killed near the end of World War II, 38-year-old, while still holding the title of women's world champion. She, her sister, and mother were killed in a {{w|V-1 flying bomb}} attack which destroyed their home in 1944. <br />
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The title text mentions her specifically because of the club named after her:{{w|Vera_Menchik#The_.22Vera_Menchik_Club.22|The "Vera Menchik Club"}}. When in 1929, Menchik entered the {{w|Carlsbad 1929 chess tournament|Carlsbad}}, Viennese master, usually a tournament only for male chess players, one of the other chess players, {{w|Albert Becker (chess player)|Albert Becker}}, ridiculed her entry by proposing that any player whom Menchik defeated in tournament play should be granted membership into the Vera Menchik Club. In the same tournament, Becker himself became the first member of the "club", much to his ridicule. It should be noted that she did end in last place vs. his fifth place, but that must just have made the defeat even tougher to take for Albert.<br />
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Albert was the first, but far from the last male chess player to enter the Vera Menchik Club, no less than 19 other male chess players, with wiki pages, are listed on Wikipedia, amongst them {{w|Max Euwe}} who went on to become World Chess Champion (1935–37). So it can for sure be said that the club accumulated a large and illustrious roster.<br />
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One and a half year later a comic, named after {{w|Magnus Carlsen}}, was released [[1628: Magnus]]. This comics also compares chess players (Magnus) to other (sporting) events. Magnus was ranked no. 1 on the chess world rank when both comics were released.<br />
here is a best player [lebron james details][https://www.celebs-networth.com/lebron-james-net-worth-how-much-is-lebron-james-worth/ link title]<br />
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==Basketball vs chess==<br />
Basketball is one of the fastest sports in the world, with some of the tallest people in the world among the players. Chess, on the other hand, will by many not even be considered a sport. Although a general good condition of the body may help you think clearly, you by no means need to be an athlete to do well in chess. You do, however, expect a rather high IQ among the best performers. This is not necessary to become a great basketball player (although here it is not in the way either). Another very important difference is that basketball is a team sport, whereas chess is one of the most individual sports you can imagine.<br />
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So why compare to so different sports? And why the [[#References on the career paths|funny remarks]] for the basketball players against the more serious for the chess players? Maybe [[Randall]] wishes to make fun of basketball and the fact that several of the best of these at some time during their careers choose to be in a movie or documentary. Or that they return after they retired. The remarks for the chess players is more about who loses and wins matches.<br />
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It could also be to show how different the players' career paths are. Basketball players peak early in their career, then have at most a decade at the top of their game (and as the best), and if they are lucky they get close to a career of two decades. Chess players can dominate for two decades, and have careers that last more than three decades. Also they often continue to improve a long time after they became no 1.<br />
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For the reason mentioned here there are 7 red basketball players from 1950-2014, whereas there are only 5 male and 3 female red players for the two chess panels. (And then one extra each for the Chess panels from before 1950). See the [[#Data tables|data tables]] below.<br />
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Except for women's chess between 1944 till 1957 and for chess until 1947 there are always at least two players' career paths at any given time. So at least no. 1 and no. 2 are shown. But at some point in time there can be as many as 7 basketball players, 8 chess players and 8 women chess players' career paths for a given year.<br />
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In [[544: Pep Talk]] a group of chess players tries (and fails) to be competitive in the NBA, also because they are coached by someone with no understanding of basketball...<br />
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===Chess vs chess (women)===<br />
Why is chess divided in an overall (with only one woman included) and basketball not? First of all, there is very little focus on women's basketball (as for most women's sport). This may be the same for chess, but at least here the physical strength advantage for men is no direct advantage. Thus a great woman chess player may play just as interesting chess as a man. Whereas women would typically have no chance if playing on a basketball team with men. But why are women then not represented better on the overall chess ranking? This is explained and may be another reason it is included. In the ''Chess (women)'' panel it says: ''For a long time, sexism, a lack of role models, and institutional hostility largely kept women from pursuing serious chess careers. With the expansion of women's tournaments and prizes starting in the 1970s, this has begun to change''. So now at least one woman has shown that her skills is enough to compete with the best men. With the long careers chess players usually have, then maternity leave can destroy a woman's chance at reaching the ultimate top. This could be the case for the number one woman who now has two children.<br />
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==References on the career paths==<br />
*There are several references at given times of a career path. These can either be noted with:<br />
**A node on the path. An arrow will point to the note and state a fact.<br />
**Dashed path, not including chess player paths from before 1970 where they were all dashed as explained above. For basketball, an arrow will point to the dashed part and state a fact.<br />
**The {{w|Starburst (symbol)|starbursts}} at the beginning or end of a path. A fact will be stated next to the node. These are references to a player disappearing (or reappearing) in unusual circumstances in either Chess panel.<br />
*Some of these are intended to provide context (such as "Loses to Deep Blue"), while others are tangents or jokes.<br />
*These references are listed below in order of appearance. If it is a dashed line or a starburst it will be mentioned:<br />
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*{{W|Wilt Chamberlain}} – "Becomes the first and so far only player to score {{w|Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game|100 points in a game}}". (In 1962)<br />
*{{w|Jerry West}} – "The Guy in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NBALogo.svg The NBA logo]" from 1969: read 5th paragraph in this {{w|National Basketball Association#Celtics' dominance, league expansion, and competition|wiki section}}<br />
*{{w|Kareem Abdul-Jabbar}} – "{{w|Airplane (film)|Airplane}}": A comedy film from 1980 where he played the co-pilot Roger Murdock.<br />
*{{w|Magic Johnson}} – "{{w|Magic Johnson#HIV announcement and Olympics (1991–92)|HIV announcement}}". This part of his path is dashed. The line is dashed from 1991 to 1995 - where the fear of AIDS forced him to retire.<br />
**He {{w|Magic Johnson#Return to the Lakers as coach and player (1994, 1996)|returned to play once more}} in the season from 1995-1996<br />
*{{w|Michael Jordan}} – "{{w|Michael Jordan#First retirement and baseball career (1993–1994)|Baseball career}}". This part of his path is dashed. From 1993–1994 he played Baseball - i.e. his first retirement.<br />
*Michael Jordan – "{{w|Space Jam}}". (An animated comedy film from 1996 starring {{w|Bugs Bunny}} and Jordan - who was the only live character during most of the movie)<br />
*Michael Jordan – "{{w|Michael Jordan#Second retirement (1999–2001)|Second retirement}}". This part of his path is dashed. (He retired again from 1999–2001.)<br />
**He then {{w|Michael Jordan#Washington Wizards comeback (2001–2003)|came back}} to play two more years from 2001–2003.<br />
*{{w|LeBron James}} – "{{w|The Decision (TV special)|The Decision}}," a television special from 2010 about a heavily hyped decision as to which team he would play for the next season.<br />
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*{{w|José Raúl Capablanca|José Capablanca}} – "Terrifying chess God". An arrow points to the left of the panel with his name and the note beneath it. He was considered one of the greatest chess players of all time. As he died in 1942 this lies just outside of the chart. Anyway he had his best years all the way back in 1921-1927 where he was world chess champion<br />
*{{w|Alexander Alekhine}} – This is the first starburst. There is no text except his name. He {{w|Alexander Alekhine#His final year|died in 1946}} in Portugal.<br />
*{{w|Bobby Fischer}} – "Vanished..." The second Starburst. (He did not actually vanish, but he did {{w|Bobby Fischer#Sudden obscurity|stop playing competitively}} for about 20 years starting in 1972.) This is probably a reference to the 1993 film {{w|Searching for Bobby Fischer}}, which is not actually about Fischer, but about a player who partly models his career on Fischer's. The name ''Searching for Bobby Fischer'' may lead people to believe Fischer literally vanished, but that is not the case.<br />
*Bobby Fischer – "...Reappeared then vanished again. He had problems." This is written below a double starburst with a short line between. This is another reference to Fischer - there is no name or clear correlation, except the text that relates to the first reference. He {{w|Bobby Fischer#1992 Spassky rematch|resumed playing competitively}} in 1992 for a match. ''{{w|Bobby Fischer#Life as an émigré|He had problems}}'' is a simplistic description of issues and controversies in Fischer's later life, including an arrest warrant because he violated a U.S. embargo against Yugoslavia, unpaid taxes, controversy about his statements on {{w|Antisemitism|anti-semitism}}, and mental problems. The U.S. eventually revoked his passport, and he was jailed for eight months in Japan. He then received Icelandic citizenship, and lived out the rest of his life there.<br />
*{{w|Garry Kasparov}} – "Loses to {{w|Deep Blue (chess computer)|Deep Blue}}". In 1997 Deep Blue became the first computer to {{w|Deep Blue versus Garry Kasparov#1997 rematch|beat the current chess world champion}}<br />
*{{w|Judit Polgar}} – "(see below)". The text in the brackets is written beneath her name. She is the strongest woman chess player ever and can be seen rising from the gender-defined ranks of women's chess (below). She is the only women shown on this part of the chart. Below in the womans chart, there are several notes - see below.<br />
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*{{w|Vera Menchik}} – "Died in a missile attack on London". This is the Last starburst. She was killed in 1944 by an early guided missile - a {{w|V-1 flying bomb}} - launched by the Germans in {{w|World War II}}. For some reason her path does not seems to be dashed, as it should have been before 1970, but it may be simply because the dashes were obscured by her name. She is also mentioned in the title text, see above in the [[#Explanation|Explanation]].<br />
*{{w|Sonja Graf}} – "Rating particularly uncertain". This is written above her name, with an arrow pointing there. As a matter of fact, she was clearly the second best woman and her path should be parallel to Menchik's from 1930's. The path is already dashed indicating that it is a rough estimate, but there was probably very little data for woman chess players before 1960 explaining the note.<br />
*{{w|Kira Zvorykina}} – "Kira Zvorykina (born 1919) continued playing in tournaments into the 21st century". Zvorykina was never very high on the list, but can be seen twice centered on 1960 and 1980. She played her [http://ratings.fide.com/individual_calculations.phtml?idnumber=13500392&rating_period=2008-01-01&t=0 last game] rated by the {{w|World Chess Federation}} in October 2007 aged 88. She was still alive when this comic was released. Zvoryinka passed away in September 2014.<br />
**She is the only player in all three panels whose path falls below the panel only to enter again later. This second entry is labeled with her last name - Zvorykina - on top of the path. <br />
*Judit Polgar, {{w|Susan Polgar}} and {{w|Sofia Polgar}} – "Sisters". These three chess playing sisters are linked by a thin dashed line, snaking between their names on the chart. Judit is the youngest, Susan the oldest. Judit has now overtaken her sisters, Sofia never reaching the other two sisters level.<br />
*Judit Polgar – "{{w|Judit Polgar#Making history|Wins a game against Kasparov}}, making her the first woman to beat the world #1". It took some attempts and some {{w|Judit Polgar#Kasparov touch-move controversy|controversy}} before she managed to beat Kasparov in 2002, in a tournament that was played under rapid rules with 25 minutes per game and a 10-second bonus per move.<br />
*Judit Polgar – "Becomes first woman to rank in the overall top 10". She is so far the only woman to break into the top 10 in the {{w|FIDE World Rankings}}. She ranked as high as {{w|Judit Polgar#Combining family and chess|eighth in the world}} in 2005.<br />
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==Scales of the axis==<br />
The '''x-axis''' is divided in decades from 1950 until 2010. In the Basketball section the curves begins to appear right after 1950. For both chess panels there are curves further back than 1950 (with even a reference to a player from before 1940). For all three panels the paths continue up till present day (2014).<br />
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In all cases there is no scale on the '''y-axis''' with the rating, thus it is difficult to find the absolute scale. It is also difficult to compare between the two chess panels. The scale on the two chess panels are, however, the same, as can be seen by comparing the curve of Judit Polgar on each chart. This curve is exactly the same, with the same elevation between the point where her curve enters the Chess panel up to the top point. This also means that any women player whose curve rises above this entry point (around 1989) should also be visible in the Chess chart. See below for inclusion criteria.<br />
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==Player inclusion criteria==<br />
In general not all possible players are included in these charts. For instance it is mentioned that Judit Polgar was the first woman ranked in the over all top 10. But only six players are shown on the over all chart around 2005, where she was ranked 8th. So some male players, better than her at that time, have not been included. This is a general trend for all three charts.<br />
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From the Woman's panel below it is also clear that some of the other women would be ranked high enough to be visible on the upper chart as mentioned in the [[#Scales of the axis|Scales]] section above. But still only Judit is shown there. 9 out of 12 of the women that are on the chart after 1989 would be visible if included in the overall chart. However, none of them could be called dominant when comparing to the best men in the same time period. And thus they are not included. Maybe the same could be said about Judth, but then she is included for scale, and because she is so good that she can compete with, and sometimes beat, the best.<br />
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Some NBA players (like {{w|Tim Duncan}}, {{w|Charles Barkley}}, {{w|Oscar Robertson}}, {{w|Kobe Bryant}}, and {{w|Chris Paul}}) have been left out of the chart in favor of players with lower career and yearly efficiency ratings.<br />
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Similarly can be mentioned for instance the no. 1 ranked chess player {{w|Veselin Topalov}} from Bulgaria, who was ranked first both in 20062007 and in 2008-2010 for a total of less than two years. And there are likely several others ([[#Where is Viswanathan Anand|see below]]).<br />
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An example of the above for Basketball would be the 2008–2009 season which was unique in that it was the only season in which more than one player posted an efficiency ratings of over 30.0 on the Player efficiency rating (see at the bottom of {{w|Player efficiency rating#Reference guide|this section}} on Wikipedia). In that season three players broke this barrier: LeBron James (31.76), {{w|Dwyane Wade}} (30.46), and Chris Paul (30.04). LeBron is shown to top that season, But Dwayne is far below (thus the scale does not fit?) and Chris is not on the list at all (i.e. he was not deemed to be a dominant player).<br />
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So is this [[Randall|Randall's]] subjective list of players that he has deemed to be ''Dominant Players'' and not a full list of the best ranked players during the time period? Of course it is his choice which players he put into the list, but missing players (when worse has been included earlier) can be explained if the missing players never were among the most dominant player over a length of time. It is not a list of the best players of all time, or of a single season, but a chart of the dominant players over a longer time period.<br />
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If a player only has had a very short time where their careers peaked - they should not be included. Also if there most of the time where at least two others that were more dominant than they ever where - they should not be included. To tell if this explains all the excluded players mentioned/referenced above, that would take some investigation. An investigation we can assume Randall has taken upon himself before posting this comic. This of course will still make it his subjective list.<br />
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For basketball any given player will at least have been the 2nd best (of those included) at some (longer) period of their career. And to become selected for a red curve, they need to be the best for at least five years - the first players curve is no. 1 less than five year, but he could have been no. 1 also before 1951.<br />
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The same is valid for the Chess players (again the first players curve is red, but stops just as it enters the panel). Only exception is Judit Polgar. She is never better than 3rd of those selected. And she was never better than 8th in the world. So her inclusion is a mentioned probably only to compare her with the men.<br />
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For the woman chess players there are the same criteria for red, except that Sonja Graf is not red although she is the only chess player on the list for more than a decade. Maybe you need to be better than someone else to become red? There are also included several women who never reaches 2nd place on the chart. Three of these reaches 3rd place and two only 4th. One of these, Anna Muzychuk, is still on the rise, so she might be on the chart, because she could possibly become first or second if she can continue to improve. The other, Sofia Polgar, is included to show that all three Polgar sisters are chess masters.<br />
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===Where is Viswanathan Anand===<br />
None of the above can explain why former World Champion Chess Grandmaster {{w|Viswanathan Anand}} has not been included in the Chess Chart. Anand is one of six players in history to break the 2800 mark on the FIDE rating list. He occupied the number one position in several rating lists between 2007 and 2011. The reason could possible be because Randall may be a huge fan of Magnus Carlsen, and thus biased against Anand - there is some evidence for this in [[1287: Puzzle]]. In the title text of that comic it seems that Randall makes fun of Anand in a match against Magnus. The interpretation of the comic and its comment, however, appear to be a double-edged matter of debate. However, since the release of [[1628: Magnus]], named after Magnus, there can be no doubt that Randall is a fan of Magnus.<br />
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Anand can for instance be found in the {{w|Chessmetrics}} devised by statistician {{w|Jeff Sonas}}. In the [http://www.chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/Summary.asp graph from 1995-2005] of Sonas famous research from 2005, Anand becomes the best during 2004. It can, however, also be seen that Randall does not agree with Sonas - this is very clear in this [http://www.chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/Summary.asp?Params=194020SSSSS3S000000000000111000000000000010100 graph from 1940-1960]. Here Mikhail Botvinnik clearly plays way better than Alexander Alekhine in 1946, where Alexander dies. This is not shown like this in the comic. Maybe the death of Alexander becomes the more interesting in the comic, if you believed he was the best at the time. Note that all nine (male) names listed in the comics chart between the lines at 1950 and 2000 are included in this [http://www.chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/Summary.asp?Params=195050SSSSS3S000000000000111000000000000010100 graph from 1950-2000]. In this chart it is clear that Bobby Fischer was by far the best in the years before he disappeared. However, he was caught by {{w|Anatoly Karpov}} just before which is not shown in the comic. On the other hand, he seems to have reached a significant higher rating than Kasparov ever did, which is also not the case in the comic.<br />
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==Entwined career paths==<br />
Chess players {{w|Vladimir Kramnik}} and {{w|Levon Aronian}}, who have faced each other on multiple occasions in the 2010s, are shown as having their career paths entwined. It is a general trend observed every time two players paths cross each other more than once. The one on top the first time, will be below the second time and so forth. It is just more clear with these two than anywhere else. In two cases these crossing path occurs with so long time between the first appearance, that the names is written twice on the path. In the Chess panel it is {{w|Mikhail Tal}} and {{w|Boris Spassky}} and for the Chess (women) panel it is {{w|Pia Cramling}} and {{w|Xie Jun}}. This can make it difficult to get an overview of how few chess players there are compared to basketball players.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:'''Dominant players '''<br />
:over time<br />
:[Below this heading there are three panels with charts showing different players career paths - that is their rating a function of the year. Most of the paths are grey, but some are red (there will be a note for these). Some parts of several paths are dashed. Somewhere on each path the players name will be written curving along so it follows the path. Several places an event or some information is noted and points to a given time on the path. If it is not clear where it belongs an arrow will point to the correct place. Each chart has a heading and for the two last charts there is an explanation. There is no scale on the y-axis (rating) but the x-axis (time) has the years given in ten years interval. A thin line indicates these decades. The years are all written at the top, except the first for the first chart, which is written below, and this year is missing in the bottom chart.]<br />
:[Below the transcript for each chart will follow this order: Heading/sub heading, explanation, time scale, player names with any information for this player, in the order their name appear on the time scale.]<br />
:[Basketball chart:]<br />
:'''Basketball (NBA/ABA)'''<br />
:Player Efficiency Rating<br />
:1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010<br />
:[Red] George Mikan<br />
:[Red] Bob Pettit<br />
:Neal Johnston [Neil misspelled.]<br />
:Elgin Baylor<br />
:[Red] Wilt Chamberlain<br />
::Becomes the first and so far only player to score 100 points in a game<br />
:Jerry West<br />
::The Guy in the NBA logo<br />
:[Red] Kareem Abdul Jabbar [Missing hyphen between the two last names.]<br />
::Airplane<br />
:Bob Mcadoo<br />
:Julius Irving [Erving misspelled.]<br />
:Moses Malone<br />
:Magic Johnson<br />
::HIV announcement [A part of the path is dashed after this.]<br />
:[Red] Michael Jordan<br />
::Baseball career [A part of the path is dashed after this.]<br />
::Space Jam<br />
::Second retirement [A part of the path is dashed after this.]<br />
:Larry Bird<br />
:Karl Malone<br />
:David Robinson<br />
:[Red] Shaquille O'Neal<br />
:Kevin Gariett<br />
:[Red] LeBron James<br />
::The Decision<br />
:Dwyane Wade<br />
:Kevin Durant<br />
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:[Chess chart.]<br />
:'''Chess'''<br />
:Elo Rating<br />
:The modern Elo rating system dates back to about 1970.<br />
:Computer analysis (like Kenneth Regan's) lets us rate historical players, but this has only been done rigorously for a few tournaments.<br />
:Dashed lines are rough estimates only.<br />
:[All paths are dashed up until the late nineteen sixties:]<br />
:1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010<br />
:[The first player has no path, as his time was before 1940. An arrow points toward the left to these earlier times:]<br />
:José Capablanca<br />
::Terrifying chess God<br />
:[Red] Alexander Alekhine [His path ends in a starburst.]<br />
:[Red] Mikhail Botvinnik<br />
:Tigran Petrosian<br />
:David Bronstein<br />
:Mikhail Tal<br />
::Mikhail Tal [his name is written twice on the path, the second time above Boris Spassky when their paths intertwine.]<br />
:[Red] Bobby Fischer<br />
::Vanished… [Text under a starburst.]<br />
::Reappeared then vanished again. He had problems. [Text under two starbursts connected with a path. This appears much later than the first starburst.]<br />
:Boris Spassky<br />
::Boris Spassky [his name is written twice on the path, the second time below Mikhail Tal when their paths intertwine.]<br />
:Victor Korchnoi<br />
:[Red] Anatoly Karpov<br />
:[Red] Garry Kasparov<br />
::Loses to Deep Blue<br />
:Judit Polgar<br />
::(See below) [The text is written beneath her name.]<br />
:Vladimir Kramnik<br />
:Levon Aronian<br />
:[Red] Magnus Carlsen<br />
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:[Chess (women) chart:]<br />
:'''Chess (women)'''<br />
:Elo Rating<br />
:For a long time, sexism, a lack of role models, and institutional hostility largely kept women from pursuing serious chess careers.<br />
:With the expansion of women's tournaments and prizes starting in the 1970s, this has begun to change.<br />
:[All paths are dashed up until the late nineteen sixties.]<br />
:1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010<br />
:[Red] Vera Menchik<br />
::Died in a missile attack on London [next to a starburst.]<br />
:Sonja Graf<br />
::Rating particularly uncertain<br />
:Olga Rubtsova<br />
:Elisaveta Bykova<br />
:Kira Zvorykina<br />
::Kira Zvorykina (born 1919) continued playing in tournaments into the 21st century [Text above Elisvetas path, no arrows.]<br />
::Zvorykina [Written on top of the path when her path reappears much later.]<br />
:Alexander Nicolau<br />
:[Red] Nona Gaprindashvili<br />
:Alla Kushnir<br />
:[Red] Maia Chiburdanidze<br />
:Pia Cramling<br />
::Pia Cramling [her name is written twice on the path, the second time below the path of Xie Jun after their paths have intertwined.]<br />
:Xie Jun<br />
::Xie Jun [her name is written twice on the path, the second time above the path of Pia Cramling after their paths have intertwined.]<br />
:Susan Polgar<br />
:Sofia Polgar<br />
:[Red] Judit Polgar<br />
::Sisters [The three Polgars are linked by a thin dashed line, snaking between their names.]<br />
::Wins a game against Kasparov, making her the first woman to beat the world #1<br />
::Becomes first woman to rank in the overall top 10<br />
:Antoaneta Stefanova<br />
:Anna Muzychuk<br />
:Koneru Humpy [In western style the name should be Humpy Koneru, but the comics version is the native form.]<br />
:Hou Yifan<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
*The [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/archive/4/45/20140710201235!dominant_players.png original comic] said about Kira Zvorykina "Continued playing in tournaments into the 20th century". The 20th century is the 1900s in which Zvorkina was born (on September 29, 1919 according to Wikipedia). Randall has corrected the notation to say "into the 21st century."<br />
*The names of three NBA players have been misspelled: {{w|Neil Johnston}} (misspelled as "Neal"), Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (missing hyphen), and {{w|Julius Erving}} (misspelled "Irving".)<br />
*The order of the names of an Indian chess playing woman has been given in the native version in the comic, where the western version would use the reverse as here: {{w|Humpy Koneru}}.<br />
===Data tables===<br />
*Below are three sortable tables, with the original order as the players name appear in the transcript i.e. chronological.<br />
*One of the objectives of the tables is to make it clear what is the criteria for a player obtaining a red path. Thus there is an x for red path and an x for being no. 1 on the charts. Also the number if years a player has been no. 1 is given.<br />
*All data in these tables are taken from the comic - except the names - they are taken from Wikipedia. See trivia items above.<br />
*The total years as no. 1 is not the same in each table, as those players entering the panels from outside (before 1942), do not get a length of time as being no. 1. For basketball the chart first begins in 1951 (together with the rating system?)<br />
**Since the years as no. 1 has been roughly estimated from the charts (with a ruler) the sum total can also not be expected to fit with the first entry and today (and they miss with at least a couple of years each), as all years have been rounded to the nearest whole year.<br />
*In the comments column, there is references to the relevant section in the explanation if there are any notes/references in the comic for the player. Also references are made to the trivia section for errors etc. Other comments are for special observations regarding said player.<br />
**So use the comments if you have any interesting but short note to add for a given player.<br />
**In case of longer info: If they are regarding the table, write them in bullets below the relevant table (and make a note on the players comments), or add it to the trivia section above.<br />
**More general things or info on [[#Player inclusion criteria|players missing from the comic]] should be added to the explanation above.<br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|+Dominant players in Basketball (NBA/ABA)<br />
!Player name<br />
!x if Red<br />
!x if no. 1<br />
!Years as no. 1<br />
!Best placement<br />
!Comments<br />
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|{{w|George Mikan}}||x||x||3||1||His path begins in 1951 where the chart begins<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Bob Pettit}}||x||x||5||1||<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Neil Johnston }}||||||0||2||His path begins in 1951 where the chart begins. [[#Trivia|Name misspelled]] in comic<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Elgin Baylor}}||||||0||2||<br />
|-<br />
|{{w| Wilt Chamberlain}}||x||x||11||1||[[#Basketball|There is a note]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Jerry West}}||||||0||2||[[#Basketball|There is a note]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Kareem Abdul-Jabbar}}||x||x||10||1||[[#Basketball|There is a note]]. Also the [[#Trivia|hyphen has been left out]] in the comic<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Bob McAdoo}}||||||0||2||<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Julius Erving}}||||x||1||1||[[#Trivia|Name misspelled]] in comic<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Moses Malone}}||||x||3||1||<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Magic Johnson}}||||||0||2||[[#Basketball|There is a note]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Michael Jordan}}||x||x||8||1||[[#Basketball|There are three notes]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Larry Bird}}||||x||2||1||<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Karl Malone}}||||||0||2||<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|David Robinson (basketball)|David Robinson}}||||x||4||1||<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Shaquille O'Neal}}||x||x||6||1||<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Kevin Garnett}}||||x||2||1||<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|LeBron James}}||x||x||8||1||[[#Basketball|There is a note]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Dwyane Wade}}||||x||1||1||<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Kevin Durant}}||||x||1||1||He became no 1 in 2013 and still is<br />
|-<br />
|20 players - Total: ||7||14||65||1-2||<br />
|}<br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|+ Chess<br />
!Player name<br />
!x if Red<br />
!x if no. 1<br />
!Years as no. 1<br />
!Best placement<br />
!Comments<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|José Capablanca}}||||x||||1||[[#Chess|There is a note]]. He is outside the panel<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Alexander Alekhine}}||x||x||||1||Path begins outside panel and ends in a starburst<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Mikhail Botvinnik}}||x||x||17||1||No 1 over two separate periods<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Tigran Petrosian}}||||||0||2||<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|David Bronstein}}||||x||2||1||<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Mikhail Tal}}||||x||4||1||Name written twice on the path<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Bobby Fischer}}||x||x||8||1||[[#Chess|There are two notes]] in connection with three starbursts<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Boris Spassky}}||||||0||2||Name written twice on the path<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Victor Korchnoi}}||||||0||2||<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Anatoly Karpov}}||x||x||11||1||<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Garry Kasparov}}||x||x||23||1||[[#Chess|There is a note]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Judit Polgar}}||||||0||3||[[#Chess|There is a note]]. Only woman in this chart.<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Vladimir Kramnik}}||||x||2||1||<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Levon Aronian}}||||||0||2||<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Magnus Carlsen}}||x||x||6||1||He became no 1 in 2008 and still is<br />
|-<br />
|15 players - Total: ||6||10||73||1-3||Only with a 3rd place as the best is Judit from the women's chart<br />
|}<br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|+ Chess (women)<br />
!Player name<br />
!x if Red<br />
!x if no. 1<br />
!Years as no. 1<br />
!Best placement<br />
!Comments<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Vera Menchik}}||x||x||||1||[[#Chess (women)|There is a note]]. Path begins outside panel and ends in a starburst. Note that she is also mentioned in the title text.<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Sonja Graf}}||||x||13||1||[[#Chess (women)|There is a note]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Olga Rubtsova}}||||x||1||1||<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Elisaveta Bykova}}||||||0||2||<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Kira Zvorykina}}||||||0||3||[[#Chess (women)|There are two notes]], see also [[#Trivia|Trivia]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Alexandra Nicolau}}||||||0||3||<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Nona Gaprindashvili}}||x||x||19||1||<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Alla Kushnir}}||||||0||2||<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Maia Chiburdanidze}}||x||x||9||1||<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Pia Cramling}}||||||0||2||Name written twice on the path<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Xie Jun}}||||||0||2||Name written twice on the path<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Susan Polgar}}||||||0||2||[[#Chess (women)|There is a note]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Sofia Polgar}}||||||0||4||[[#Chess (women)|There is a note]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Judit Polgar}}||x||x||26||1||[[#Chess (women)|There are three notes]]. She became no 1 in 1989 and still is<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Antoaneta Stefanova}}||||||0||3||<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Anna Muzychuk}}||||||0||4||<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Humpy Koneru}}||||||0||2||[[#Trivia|Alternate version of name]] used in comic<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Hou Yifan}}||||||0||2||<br />
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|18 players - Total: ||4||6||68||1-4||One no. 4 is a sister the other is still active<br />
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[[Category:Comics featuring real people]]</div>172.68.141.172https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1479:_Troubleshooting&diff=139768Talk:1479: Troubleshooting2017-05-13T03:53:52Z<p>172.68.141.172: </p>
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<div>You could also move the off-screen window back in view by Alt+Space, M to initiate window move, then press any arrow key and your mouse will then be able to move the window back into view. {{unsigned ip|108.162.249.223}}<br />
:That's a solution that also relies on obscure knowledge (that modal dialogs have a Move command and the hotkey necessary to access it), so it isn't any better than the solution provided in the strip. '''AND''' it requires that the user know where offscreen the dialog is located. Mistakenly believing it is, for example, to the right of the visible screen and therefore moving it left will only make the problem worse it the unseen window is in actuality to the left already. Given the 75% or better odds that the user will guess wrong where the dialog lies, using the Move command would be a notably worse choice then changing screen resolution.- Equinox [[Special:Contributions/199.27.128.120|199.27.128.120]] 16:25, 28 January 2015 (UTC)<br />
::Actually this does work for all Windows machines and something I've done repeatedly (it's a lot faster than waiting for your video card to repeatedly reconfigure the screen). Once you hit Alt-Space M followed by ANY arrow key, the window will actually be stuck to your mouse pointer; you click it to "drop" the window back onto the page. And yes, the idea that a keyboard arrow key will cause it to be mouse-driven makes no sense [[User:Odysseus654|Odysseus654]] ([[User talk:Odysseus654|talk]]) 17:50, 28 January 2015 (UTC)<br />
::: Exactly. Anyone with windows can test this. Still works in 8, it's been around since XP at least. {{unsigned ip|108.162.242.7}}<br />
:::: Since at least 3.0 (and possibly earlier), when using a desktop computer with only a keyboard was a very real possibility. (Also, the window decorations in 3.0 and 3.1 suggested the keyboard shortcuts: Alt-Space activated the window menu represented by the long bar, Alt-Minus activated the window menu represented by the short bar in multiple document interface applications.) --[[Special:Contributions/199.27.133.101|199.27.133.101]] 07:46, 29 January 2015 (UTC)<br />
::::: And, once again, as Equinox noted up above, ALL THIS DISCUSSION is dependent on uncommon/obscure knowledge. We can argue until we're blue in the face about which is "quickest", but none of them are more than marginally better than the other, just different workarounds for the same problem that shouldn't be there anyway, which is the whole joke. At the end of the day, the technique you use depends on which bit of obscure knowledge you've randomly come across, not on which is the best method. {{unsigned ip|108.162.249.155}}<br />
:I actually just use windowsbutton+Left or Right. Helps when a non responsive fullscreen game covers up the task manager. I can just move it to my other monitor. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.238.157|108.162.238.157]] 20:46, 5 July 2015 (UTC)<br />
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As a matter of fact this is a common problem if you often use a dual screen setup with a laptop when you use it on the move without the second screen. If you just want to close the windows, a Esc on a alert windows or alt+F4 (or your system equivalent)will usually solve this problem. For resizeable windows, Windows offers the Win+left/right combination to move a window to specific parts of the screen. I don7t think you really need to change the resolution for this all the time, it's clearly overkill. [[User:Meneldal|Meneldal]] ([[User talk:Meneldal|talk]]) 06:40, 28 January 2015 (UTC)meneldal<br />
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:On a dual screen setup you can use 'Win key + Shift + Left/Right key' to shift the window left or right between monitors. --[[User:Pudder|Pudder]] ([[User talk:Pudder|talk]]) 09:37, 28 January 2015 (UTC)<br />
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::Note that the Win-left/right and Win-Shift-left/right key combinations are only supported in Windows 7 or later versions. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.55.27|173.245.55.27]] 13:17, 28 January 2015 (UTC)<br />
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Yes, I'm also familiar with this kind of thing (the strip, I mean, not specifically the last comment). The general form is that a casual (or even expert!) user expects something from the interface but some historic programmer (of UI or application) has caused the 'obvious' continuity to fail, either by ommission (e.g. checking the placement bounds of a popover window) or by being ''too'' clever in some manner. The 'stupid knowledge expert' has encountered the problem enough times to: a) find a common root to the issues, and b) stumble upon a solution. (Like the "unstick the Windows-key flag" solution to suddenly getting Run dialogues, Explorer windows and sudden minimising-all to Desktop, seemingly randomly.) [[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.120|141.101.99.120]] 08:29, 28 January 2015 (UTC)<br />
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It amazes me how many people assume Microsoft Windows. If you aren't using MS-Windows, the key combinations suggested in the discussion so far are useless. If you are using the X Window System, you might also be seeing a system modal dialog instead of an application modal dialog, in which case, you won't be able anything but talk to that window. (System modal dialogs are usually used for very transient things like popup menus.) Using X, the "cleanup" behavior also depends on the window manager, and neither X or the window manager are part of the operating system (that abomination is now pretty much just an MS-Windows thing). --[[User:Divad27182|Divad27182]] ([[User talk:Divad27182|talk]]) 10:39, 28 January 2015 (UTC)<br />
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: People tend to assume Windows because in the majority of cases that assumption is correct. In the minority of cases where the user isn't on Windows, those asking the question nearly always mention the fact in their question, or direct their question at an OS-specific topic/forum/website. --[[User:Pudder|Pudder]] ([[User talk:Pudder|talk]]) 11:21, 28 January 2015 (UTC)<br />
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: Mac OS X also uses a baked-in window manager. There are a bunch of apps on OS X that brand themselves as `alternative WMs', but they're usually just a contrived way of tiling windows across the screen somehow (using the built-in WM). Wanting to use a proper tiling WM was what originally drove me to GNU/Linux, long live i3wm! Anyway, this comic could possibly be construed as being related to xkcd.com/934/, which complains about browsers implementing internal WMs in the alt-text. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.103|141.101.99.103]] 11:45, 28 January 2015 (UTC)<br />
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: An OS-X modal dialog is always a sheet attached to the relevant window, so it cannot run astray. If a window does somehow go astray, then the Mission Control zoomout of all windows will still bring it back within reach. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.52.149|173.245.52.149]] 06:38, 6 February 2015 (UTC)<br />
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:I think the first option (ALT-SPACE to access the window menu, M for the move option, arrow key, mouse movement) has a near-equivalent in pretty much any OS. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.55.27|173.245.55.27]] 13:21, 28 January 2015 (UTC)<br />
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: True, I have a vague feeling Ms Windows would prevent this in normal situation, whereas in X Window System this would be quite expected. Also, still problems with multimonitor in 2015: full screen programs want to open in the main monitor regardless the monitor their window is in and some programs open their dialogs in the left most monitor no matter what, which is a pain if that said monitor is a CRT projector that takes several minutes to warm up... {{unsigned ip|141.101.80.5}}<br />
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Someone competent in web programming, please write an explanation of the title text [[User:Nyq|Nyq]] ([[User talk:Nyq|talk]]) 13:58, 28 January 2015 (UTC)<br />
:If I'm not mistaken (and I'm not an expert), a Chrome App is some sort of program (eg Flash based) that runs in the normal "browser space" - the area where you normally see web pages, and which can use Chrome features and controls. A Chrome Extension is a a program which runs in the background and can act on the browser space or the browser itself (eg open your downloads folder in a new tab with one click of a button). Extensions can also use Chrome features and controls. Sound about right? [[User:Jarod997|Jarod997]] ([[User talk:Jarod997|talk]]) 14:34, 28 January 2015 (UTC)<br />
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Most likely he is on a laptop with an NVidia gpu which in recent driver versions often believe something is connected to the VGA port when this is not the case. The desktop will then think this area is valid, and allow windows to be opened there, in fact it is likely to be opened there because that part of the desktop is clean for windows and looks optimal for placing a new one. At least that is what has been happening to me for the last few months until I forced the VGA port off rather than wait for NVidia to fix their drivers or rolling them back to versions that would misrender recent games (both Windows and Linux drivers did this).[[Special:Contributions/108.162.254.98|108.162.254.98]] 15:41, 28 January 2015 (UTC)<br />
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Goddamned this sort of thing happens on my dual monitor setup all the time. The external will be at 1366x768, and stuff will be cut off. I change it to something else, and then revert the changes and it's perfect. I keep a shortcut to the Display settings on my desktop just because of this now. And in other, similarly stupid Windows-issue related news, it's 2009+6 and [http://superuser.com/questions/61833/windows-7-taskbar-icon-highlight-sticks this crap] still isn't fixed. [[User:Schiffy|<font color="000999">Schiffy</font>]] ([[User_talk:Schiffy|<font color="FF6600">Speak to me</font>]]|[[Special:Contributions/Schiffy|<font color="FF0000">What I've done</font>]]) 16:22, 28 January 2015 (UTC)<br />
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The Chrome developer site [https://developer.chrome.com/webstore/apps_vs_extensions] gives a breakdown on how Chrome apps and extensions are different. Apparently, you can have a Chrome app and a Chrome extension that do similar things, but the extension lacks the user interface, etc., and some of the more interactive features of the app. [[User:Aquarello7|Aquarello7]] ([[User talk:Aquarello7|talk]]) 16:54, 28 January 2015 (UTC)<br />
:yeah, I'm not sure what the comparison is - I wonder what an example of a product that is both an app and an extension (that aren't COMPLETELY different, that is) - something like a url shortener or twitter assistant come to mind as possibilities, but even a novice user would likely not have trouble distinguishing between an extension (something embedded in the page, a context menu option, or a shortcut through the omnibox) and an app (full page, possibly even separate window type thing) once the differences were described - though I think you can accomplish window creation in an extension, it's not designed for it, so for a developer to make an extension that can "create" a window and ALSO make an app to do the same thing seems strange and exceptional - not common enough for there to be a joke about it. I'm slightly confused. -- [[User:Brettpeirce|Brettpeirce]] ([[User talk:Brettpeirce|talk]]) 18:35, 28 January 2015 (UTC)<br />
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Of course, their are legitimate reasons why an application may want to display itself fully or partially off screen. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.50.92|173.245.50.92]] 21:29, 28 January 2015 (UTC)<br />
:This is even the basis for the best pranks (works even better if you disable some shortcuts to make it harder to close). But unless you get the keyboard interrupts, windows+D will solve the modal issue anyway[[User:Meneldal|Meneldal]] ([[User talk:Meneldal|talk]]) 02:32, 29 January 2015 (UTC)meneldal<br />
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A long time ago, when the interweb was young (think Win95/98+Napster era), this sort of 'new window creation' was common for ad popups. Create a window with the title just outside the scrren border and giggle as the user tried to delete it. I wrote a small utility back then that actually found and killed these. I used to get a lot of them. I can't seem to remember why.[[Special:Contributions/199.27.128.176|199.27.128.176]] 05:18, 29 January 2015 (UTC)<br />
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This is one of the best comic explanations I've ever read on this wiki. Very nice job. [[User:Zowayix|Zowayix]] ([[User talk:Zowayix|talk]]) 15:45, 30 January 2015 (UTC)<br />
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FYI: Window creation on Windows OS is perfectly fine when it comes to positioning the window. If I say width=320 and left=-640 that's what I expect to happen! It's bad software and not bad OS when windows appear on strange coordinates. {{unsigned ip|162.158.87.23}}<br />
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I just submitted a change[https://crbug.com/643123] to Chrome that works around a dialog bug in macOS 10.12 Sierra. I was reminded of this. {{unsigned ip|162.158.166.43}}<br />
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I am reminded of the constant problems I encounter when using Windows that are just stupid and drive me crazy! For example, just today I encountered (for not the first time) windows refusing to let me delete an empty folder as it was "in use" by the exact same windows explorer I was using to delete it! It turned out to be a thumbs.db problem, as it always seems to be, and was even harder to fix than usual, not helped by Microsoft making gpedit only available for the overpriced windows home pro edition! I even recently had to help my computer science teacher figure out this exact same problem. There seem to be a lot of things like this in windows that just defy common sense, such as (also today) the windows "waiting for programs to quit to shutdown" dialog being held up by "shutdown". What sort of system would think it needed to close the process "shutdown" before it could shutdown?! It also is frequently held up by windows explorer when it's not even being actively used. <br />
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Another infuriating thing was that after a power outage when windows started up and went to it's system repair mode, it said "no keyboard detected, press any key to continue startup" or something to that effect. I, using a Bluetooth keyboard, was unable to tell it to continue startup, as apparently it hadn't loaded Bluetooth drivers yet, resulting in me having to go buy a USB keyboard just to get it to finish booting!! Meanwhile my Mac mini work with the Bluetooth keyboards even when reformatting the drive, let alone after a restart! I have almost no problems of this sort when using a mac, which makes it all the more frustrating when I have to use windows. I am not trying to start a debate or anything, just remarking on how I totally sympathize with this comic, and it reminded me of my own frustrations with Windows. Anyway, </rant> 03:53, 13 May 2017 (UTC)</div>172.68.141.172https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1705:_Pok%C3%A9mon_Go&diff=138826Talk:1705: Pokémon Go2017-04-16T17:47:47Z<p>172.68.141.172: Removed offensive comment not contributing to discussion at all</p>
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I think the pets in title text are meant as real life pets such as dogs - otherwise "pokémon" would probably be used, not "pets". [[Special:Contributions/141.101.95.129|141.101.95.129]] 07:52, 11 July 2016 (UTC)<br />
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I downloaded it and pointed at my girlfriend's ass. There was a Poliwrath sitting on it glaring at me. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.214.150|162.158.214.150]]<br />
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Limited edition Randall Pokemon?!?!? I gotta catch them all! {{unsigned ip|162.158.214.149}}<br />
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Davidy22 is a nofunallowed and deletes the barrier that separates nonsensical shitposting from relevant discussion. Therefore: SHOULD DAVIDY22 BE SENTENCED TO LIFE IN DEATH? The rules are EZ. Either vote "Yes!" to make Davidy22 have to catch all the pokemon therefore sacrificing his life, or vote "I'm Stupid" if you're an asshole and nobody likes you and you don't want to see him punished. PROTIP! Deleting this means you're buttmad and you're literally worse than hitler. #legit #truefacts #NickRidgway #EndicaVII #TheDreamKing #DreamWithin [[Special:Contributions/173.245.50.64|173.245.50.64]]<br />
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:"I'm Stupid". {{Color|#707|David}}<font color=#070 size=3>y</font><font color=#508 size=4>²²</font> performs a valuable volunteer service around here and we should be glad to have him. [[User:Jkshapiro|Jkshapiro]] ([[User talk:Jkshapiro|talk]]) 01:52, 12 July 2016 (UTC)<br />
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:Boy, I didn't even leave for very long. Title was literally pointless, so I removed it. Avoid using headers like that, and I'm already playing pokemon go '''[[User:Davidy22|<u>{{Color|#707|David}}<font color=#070 size=3>y</font></u><font color=#508 size=4>²²</font>]]'''[[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>[talk]</tt>]] 03:18, 12 July 2016 (UTC)<br />
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:I bet this person is mad that Pokemon GO is stealing potential sales from the game they totally discovered on accident, and definitely have no part in its development at all. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.215.156|108.162.215.156]] 11:50, 12 July 2016 (UTC)<br />
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Now I don't play the game myself but I have doubts that the images are placed over the front camera image. Shouldn't it say rear camera image? Or are the Pokémon displayed next to your face? [[User:Tharkon|Tharkon]] ([[User talk:Tharkon|talk]]) 16:04, 12 July 2016 (UTC)<br />
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:Just changed the word. Thanks for pointing it out. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.215.156|108.162.215.156]] 04:54, 13 July 2016 (UTC)<br />
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Why isn't this explanation in the site's RSS feed? --[[Special:Contributions/173.245.50.60|173.245.50.60]] 22:29, 12 July 2016 (UTC)</div>172.68.141.172https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=66:_Abusive_Astronomy&diff=13856066: Abusive Astronomy2017-04-09T19:54:58Z<p>172.68.141.172: Alternate explanation of title text.</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 66<br />
| date = February 20, 2006<br />
| title = Abusive Astronomy<br />
| image = abusive_astronomy.jpg<br />
| titletext = Medium: Pencil on paper<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
An asterism is a pattern of stars which form some sort of perceived shape in the night sky. Some of these are patterns used to name regions of the sky, as constellations. Modern astronomy organizes the sky into 88 constellations, but different cultures saw different patterns in the same night sky, going back at least as far as the Babylonians and there are many other patterns and grouping of stars. The {{w|Pleiades}}, {{w|Orion's belt}} and the {{w|Big Dipper}} are among the most common asterisms that we recognize today and are among the first taught to people with an interest in astronomy. The Pleiades is an open star cluster in the constellation of Taurus, it is a group of stars which formed from the same nebula, and are moving together. Orion's belt consists of three stars which appear close in the sky, but are in fact at great distance from each other. The Big Dipper is part of the constellation Ursa Major. It can be used to help find the north pole star {{w|Polaris}} which is an aid to night-time navigation.<br />
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During planetarium tours, the tour guide will point out popular constellations and stars, sometimes they will ask a question to get the audience involved in the presentation. Usually these people are big on showing the wonder of the galaxy and are all smiles, but people have bad days. The comic is presenting an especially aggressive way of introducing the night sky. <br />
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When astronomers in the Northern Hemisphere are showing stars to people, there will frequently be someone who points to the Pleiades and says, "There's the Big Dipper!" (both appear as a trapezium of stars, with a handle, though the Pleiades is much smaller). This gets frustrating about the 100th time that you encounter this error. So, this comic could show someone releasing their frustration on the misinformed public by pointing out that what they just pointed at is actually the Pleiades. Then, pointing out that you can always locate the Pleiades by following the line of the stars in the belt of Orion. Then, pointing out the REAL Big Dipper.<br />
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In the title text, [[Randall]] explains that he drew this comic as a line drawing on white paper, using only a pencil. The image was later inverted for publication. At the very bottom of the [http://www.xkcd.com/about/ about] page on xkcd Randall answers the question ''What is your favorite astronomical entity?'' with ''{{w|The Pleiades}}''.<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
As noted in the title text, the drawing for this comic was originally done in pencil, then inverted. Here is a re-inverted version of the file, to show (approximately) what the original drawing looked like.<br />
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[[File:Abusive_Astronomy_Inverted.jpeg|center|Inverted version of the comic.]]<br />
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Alternatively, Randall may be using sarcasm when saying the medium is pencil on paper, since it would be incredibly impractical and nearly impossible to draw the uniform black background while leaving white gaps for stars (assuming it was not inverted).<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:Identifying star clusters:<br />
:[Image of a star cluster.]<br />
:This is the <u>Pleiades</u>, asshole.<br />
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:Orion's Belt:<br />
:[Image of Orion's Belt.]<br />
:Only a moron couldn't find it.<br />
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:This is the <u>Big</u> <u>Dipper</u>:<br />
:[Image of the Big Dipper.]<br />
:What the hell is <u>wrong</u> with you?<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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[[Category:Astronomy]]<br />
[[Category:Comics with inverted brightness]]</div>172.68.141.172https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1457:_Feedback&diff=1375451457: Feedback2017-03-19T05:10:30Z<p>172.68.141.172: /* Explanation */ added likely cell network mentioning</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
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| date = December 8, 2014<br />
| title = Feedback<br />
| image = feedback.png<br />
| titletext = A new study finds that if you give rats a cell phone and a lever they can push to improve the signal, the rats will chew on the cell phone until it breaks and your research supervisors will start to ask some questions about your grant money.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
This comic is a joke about the psychological theory that animals conditioned using seemingly random rewards and punishments promotes superstitious behavior, and then extrapolates this theory to humans and Wi-Fi or (more likely) Cellular signal integrity.<br />
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Often when connecting to unfamiliar Wi-Fi networks or when in a poorly covered area of a cell network, the signal displayed by the connecting device varies wildly, especially as distance increases. Poor wireless signal and drops in connection can be extremely frustrating, and hence [[Cueball]] has likely tried a variety of methods to improve the signal. As a result of his desperation, he replicates scenarios that are unlikely methods to increase his signal, but in some way mirror conditions where he has been successful finding a signal in the past. His past conditions have somehow led him to having the superstition that holding a pineapple while standing on top of a chair may resolve the problem. Likely, the signal increased at random while he was standing on a chair holding the pineapple, and he erroneously concluded that the chair and pineapple ''caused'' the signal strength increase. It is almost inconceivable that this technique could have any positive effect on the signal{{Citation needed}}. This is related to the idea in comic [[552: Correlation]].<br />
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[[Megan]] questions his ridiculous behavior, but it seems Cueball has become extremely erratic due to the inconsistent signal strength.<br />
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The title text refers to a fictive study that apparently examined the behavior of rats in response to signal strength on a cellphone. It is a reference to {{w|B. F. Skinner}}'s experiments. In these experiments, rats and, more frequently cited, pigeons are taught superstitious behavior by being rewarded at random intervals. In this new experiment the rats naturally could not understand the concept of signal strength, so they chewed up the cellphone, leading to the research supervisors questioning the validity of the study and questioning whether the grant money for the study was well used.<br />
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==Skinner's real experiment==<br />
Skinner placed a series of hungry pigeons in a cage attached to an automatic mechanism that delivered food to the pigeon "at regular intervals with no reference whatsoever to the bird's behavior." He discovered that the pigeons associated the delivery of the food with whatever chance actions they had been performing as it was delivered, and that they subsequently continued to perform these same actions.<br />
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One bird was conditioned to turn counter-clockwise about the cage, making two or three turns between reinforcements. Another repeatedly thrust its head into one of the upper corners of the cage. A third developed a 'tossing' response, as if placing its head beneath an invisible bar and lifting it repeatedly. Two birds developed a pendulum motion of the head and body, in which the head was extended forward and swung from right to left with a sharp movement followed by a somewhat slower return. Skinner suggested that the pigeons behaved as if they were influencing the automatic mechanism with their "rituals" and that this experiment shed light on human behavior.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:Megan: Why are you standing on a chair holding a pineapple?<br />
:Cueball: ''I wasn't getting good reception but now I am!''<br />
:The erratic feedback from a randomly-varying wireless signal can make you crazy.<br />
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[[Category:Smartphones]]</div>172.68.141.172https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1809:_xkcd_Phone_5&diff=1368841809: xkcd Phone 52017-03-10T16:26:08Z<p>172.68.141.172: explain slogan</p>
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| date = March 10, 2017<br />
| title = xkcd Phone 5<br />
| image = xkcd_phone_5.png<br />
| titletext = The phone will be collected by the toll operators and mailed back to you within 4-6 weeks.<br />
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Today's cartoon is the fifth [[:Category:xkcd Phones|xkcd Phone]] with many questionably-useful features:<br />
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|'''Bluetooth speaker'''<br />
| This is the only potentially useful feature of this phone as while a bluetooth speaker built in to the device would be no more useful for playing music from it than any other speaker it would enable other devices to play through your phone.<br />
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|'''Stained-glass display'''<br />
| Prevents seeing certain colors by tinting the display.<br />
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|'''Gallium chassis remains solid up to 85&deg;F'''<br />
| Many high-end electronic devices have chassis made of alloys of light metals such as magnesium or titanium. Besides being lightweight and of superior quality and durability than ordinary sheet steel or cheap plastic, these are often perceived as bragging points by the users, boasting about 'rare' metal chassis.<br />
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{{w|Gallium}} is a not-so-well known metal that has a very low melting point of 85°F (or 29.7°C), being one of only four metals (the other being mercury, rubidium and caesium) that are liquid near room temperature. Its melting point is lower than a healthy person's body temperature. Having a gallium smartphone chassis would be therefore very impractical because it will melt in user's bare hand and would require using some kind of insulating gloves. Besides it would have to be stored in a cool place and the internal electronics should have really good cooling, otherwise either the external or internal heat would melt the chassis.<br />
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|'''Soundproof'''<br />
| Presumably this means that speakers and microphone may not work.<br />
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|'''Can feel pain'''<br />
| This could mean either the phone feels pain inflicted upon it or feels the user's pain. Which meaning may become apparent when the chassis melts on contact with exposed skin and the phone is left with open wounds.<br />
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|'''E-Z Pass partnership'''<br />
|{{w|E-Z Pass}} is an account you put money into and you put a transmitter in your windshield so when you go through a toll booth you don't have to stop and pay by hand. However, this proposition is absurd, because you would lose the phone and still have to stop to pay the toll. The title text says that the phone will be returned to you after 4–6 weeks, which slightly mitigates the first problem, but you would still lose the phone for a month.<br />
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|'''Foldable (once)'''<br />
|Presumably you can "fold" it by snapping it in half but you can only do his once because the phone wont work otherwise. It may refer to the fact that a later version of iPhone had a weak spot that lead it to easily folding and breaking. The "(once)" part may refer to a joke by Jeff Dunham on his Meet Melvin act, where he asks the puppet if it can stop a speeding bullet, to which the puppet says "Once".<br />
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|'''Screen transfers images to skin'''<br />
| This could either mean the image displayed on the screen or potentially whatever the stained glass image itself is.<br />
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|'''Retina storage'''<br />
| This is a play on the name of apple's prized "Retina Display". The joke may be in reference to apple's possession of a trademark for the word "retina" in regards to computer equipment, which is made to seem absurd by the unusual use. It is not made clear whose retinas are meant to be stored. Could also be a reference to retinally implanted computers.<br />
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|'''Background task automatically catches and eats Pokémon'''<br />
| Likely reference to {{w|Pokémon Go}}, an augmented reality game where the goal to go to specific locations and play a mini-game in order to catch virtual creatures called pokemon. This phone apparently does it automatically, which is considered cheating. However, it also eats them, which is something that is not part of the game and wouldn't be desirable.<br />
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|'''Supercuts partnership'''<br />
| {{w|Supercuts}} is an American hair salon chain that provides hair cuts and styling. The implication here is that the user can get a haircut by sticking their hair in the charging slot.<br />
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|'''Squelch knob'''<br />
|Squelch is a feature of two-way radios (CB, ham, etc) which quiets background noise when no signal is present. For a smartphone, perhaps this knob could control the "signal-to-noise" ratio of your Facebook feed or other social media platforms. It also takes the place of the headphone jack.<br />
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|'''IBM buckling-spring Home button'''<br />
|IBM buckling-spring keyboards are favorites of geeks for the feeling of quality and auditory feedback (keys click loudly) they provide. The iPhone's Home button provides little to no such satisfaction when pressed.<br />
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|'''Cot-caught merger switch'''<br />
| This is a reference to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cot%E2%80%93caught_merger cot-caught merger], a linguistic change happening among English speakers, particularly in some parts of North America and the British Isles, which causes caught (previously pronounced "kawt") to be pronounced the same as cot (pronounced "kot").<br />
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|'''60x optical zoom camera'''<br />
|A powerful optical zoom is usually a desirable feature for cameras. However, as shown in the comic, it results in very bulky lens. For that reason, such lens are rarely used in smartphones, though there are some devices like the Samsung Galaxy Camera that have a similar design.<br />
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|'''Loran navigation'''<br />
| Once developed for sea shipping, it enables navigation by land-based radio transmitters and is accurate to about 300 meters.<br />
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|'''28-factor authentication'''<br />
| An authentication factor is a way of proving ones identity. There are [http://www.nikacp.com/images/10.1.1.200.3888.pdf 3 generally recognized forms]: something you know, something you have, and something you are. It can be a password, a fingerprint, a physical key, etc.... Secure applications may include two or more factors, a common example is the "PIN and chip" system used with credit cards, where you need both the card and secret code to authorize a transaction. Many online services now provide two-factor authentication to protect against password-based attacks. 28-factor authentication would likely be very secure in theory but also so impractical that it would be unusable.<br />
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|'''Hook shot'''<br />
| The Legend of Zelda weapon/tool, used to bring items to Link or bring Link closer to a goal.<br />
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The slogan "We're trying to catch up to Apple but refuse to skip numbers" is likely a reference to Samsung releasing the Note 7 after the Note 5, with no Note 6 in between, in an attempt to catch up to Apple's numbering, which was already to the iPhone 7, and when other companies have done similarly.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
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:[An image of a smartphone featuring large camera lens is shown. Clockwise from the top the labels read:]<br />
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:Bluetooth speaker<br />
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:Stained-glass display<br />
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:Gallium chassis remains solid up to 85&deg;F<br />
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:Soundproof<br />
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:Can feel pain<br />
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:E-Z Pass partnership: phone can be dropped into coin basket to pay tolls<br />
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:Foldable (once)<br />
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:Screen transfers images to skin<br />
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:Retina storage<br />
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:Background task automatically catches and eats Pokemon<br />
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:Supercuts partnership: trims hair fed into charging port<br />
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:Squeltch knob<br />
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:IBM buckling-spring Home button<br />
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:Cot-caught merger switch<br />
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:60x optical zoom camera<br />
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:Loran navigation<br />
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:28-factor authentication<br />
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:Hook shot<br />
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:[Below the phone:]<br />
:Introducing<br />
:<big><big>The XKCD Phone 5</big></big><br />
:We're trying to catch up to Apple but refuse to skip numbers<sup>®</sup>™<br />
{{comic discussion}}<br />
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<div>Most depressing XKCD ever? [[Special:Contributions/71.201.53.130|71.201.53.130]] 14:24, 22 August 2013 (UTC)<br />
:Every time when I see this comic I'm close before some tear drops running out of my eyes ;( --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 21:42, 9 December 2013 (UTC)<br />
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Waitwaitwait. So the guy was in the building all along, witnessing the suicide/self-harm, and he failed to stop a woman from apparently successfully knocking herself out? 16:19, 24 May 2014 (UTC) {{unsigned ip|141.101.88.205}}<br />
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I thought Cueball was choking her![[Special:Contributions/108.162.238.169|108.162.238.169]]<br />
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I thought maybe it was about Randall's wife. Just like some of the comics feature her implicitly, I thought maybe this one did. {{unsigned ip|108.162.216.20}}<br />
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I think the explanation is a bit off. Sometimes getting someone into a hospital is helping. I've had to call 911 to get friends help. Things usually got bad for a while after that. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.124|108.162.216.124]] 21:46, 26 April 2015 (UTC)<br />
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The first time I saw this one, it was some 2 or 3 days after I had to call the police for a friend who was attempting suicide. It hit way, way too close to home, to the point where I wanted to cry. I ended up just getting up right then and going for a long walk in the woods to clear my head. 7:24, 2 July 2015 (UTC) {{unsigned ip|173.59.1.79}}<br />
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To 108.162.216.20, he married in 2011... this comic was made in 2008. Unfortunately, we may never know who he is referring to. {{unsigned ip|141.101.84.114}}<br />
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Am I the only one who feels that the point is he tried to talk to someone to cheer them up, but the woman was so distraught by what cueball said, it lead to self harm? {{unsigned ip|107.136.89.38}}<br />
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When you care for someone, especially a significant other, your natural instinct as a decent human being is to provide help and support when they are in distress or upset. But with issues like depression, tendencies toward self-harm, or even general anxiety, your attempt to help provides no benefit or much more likely makes things worse. You being so close to that person makes it that much harder for them to be helped by you, and it often isn't your place to assume the role of therapist or counselor no matter how much you want to. No matter how much you think that person should be happy, you can't assume responsibility for it and no amount of convincing or reassuring is going to help that. When things get really bad, professional medical help and distance are the only thing that will keep that person safe. I cry when I read this. I've sat and held the hand of a close friend while he was handcuffed by campus police for his own safety and was escorted to a hospital for treatment. It takes a long time to heal that divide - and its the most frustrating thing in the world to know the best thing you can do is step away for a while. If you ever feel the need to comfort a spouse, a child, a friend who is so overwhelmed with existence that they aren't sure they want to live anymore, you'll understand this panel.</div>172.68.141.172