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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2068<br />
| date = November 5, 2018<br />
| title = Election Night<br />
| image = election_night.png<br />
| titletext = "Even the blind—those who are anxious to hear, but are not able to see—will be taken care of. Immense megaphones have been constructed and will be in use at The Tribune office and in the Coliseum. The one at the Coliseum will be operated by a gentleman who draws $60 a week from Barnum & Bailey's circus for the use of his voice."<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Please only mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
This comic compares media coverage on election results in 1896 and 2018.<br />
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While elections and voting have been a public staple for generations, election coverage by the media can result in [voter fatigue|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_fatigue]. While voter fatigue is considered a major criticism of things like [first past the post|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting] voting systems, media outlets will also contribute. Here, Randall is taking a unique opportunity to point out that unlike our recollection of history (which is usually modified by the [misinformation effect|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misinformation_effect], where we perceive the past as being easier and find a source to blame for the election night jitters) that in fact, in the past, a bombardment of fireworks every hour was used to convey the hour-by-hour play of the election night, a significantly more jarring effect that couldn't even be turned off. We have progressed, in some ways, to a more opt-in system, rather than the [opt-out|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opt-out] system of the past, where you had to leave Chicago to avoid the news.<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
This is the first appearance of [[Top Hat Guy]].<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
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:[Megan and Cueball face each other while talking on the left of the panel]<br />
:Megan: Ugh, I'm just going to hide out for election night. We'll know the results the next day anyway. The drama is so unnecessary.<br />
:Cueball: Yeah. The internet and the 24-hour news have turned elections into a continuous, inescapable media onslaught.<br />
:[A man in a top hat appears on the right side of the panel with a "Poof"]<br />
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:[Panel with just the man in a top hat, holding a newspaper]<br />
:Man in a top hat: Hi! I'm a time traveler from 1896. Let me tell you about '''''our''''' election night coverage.<br />
:Man in a top hat: *Ahem*<br />
:Man in a top hat: From the ''Chicago Tribune''<br />
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:[Zoom in on head of the man in a top hat]<br />
:Man in a top hat: "Once every hour from the roof of the Great Northern Hotel a series of bombs, which will ascend for several thousand feet, will be fired. Two colors will be used, blue and red."<br />
:Man in a top hat: "Blue to indicate McKinley's election, red to indicate Bryan's election."<br />
:Man in a top hat: "The bombardment of the skies will commence at 7 o'clock and will be repeated hourly."<br />
:[Grey citation]: Chicago Tribune, Oct 30th & Nov 1st, 1896<br />
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:[Megan and Cueball on the left looking at the man in the top hat on the right]<br />
:Megan: Yeah, well, we have a ''needle,'' though.<br />
:Man in a top hat: A needle.<br />
:Megan: It jiggles!<br />
:Man in a top hat: Sounds awful.<br />
:Cueball: Listen, you had to be there.<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]<br />
[[Category:Elections]]<br />
[[Category:Time travel]]</div>172.68.46.5https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2068:_Election_Night&diff=1655082068: Election Night2018-11-05T17:52:04Z<p>172.68.46.5: /* Explanation */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2068<br />
| date = November 5, 2018<br />
| title = Election Night<br />
| image = election_night.png<br />
| titletext = "Even the blind—those who are anxious to hear, but are not able to see—will be taken care of. Immense megaphones have been constructed and will be in use at The Tribune office and in the Coliseum. The one at the Coliseum will be operated by a gentleman who draws $60 a week from Barnum & Bailey's circus for the use of his voice."<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Please only mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
This comic compares media coverage on election results in 1896 and 2018.<br />
<br />
While elections and voting have been a public staple for generations, election coverage by the media can result in [voter fatigue|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_fatigue]. While voter fatigue is considered a major criticism of things like [first past the post|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting] voting systems, media outlets will also contribute. Here, Randall is taking a unique opportunity to point out that unlike our recollection of history is usually modified by the [misinformation effect|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misinformation_effect], where we perceive the past as being easier and find a source to blame for the election night jitters. In fact, in the past, a bombardment of fireworks every hour was used to convey the hour-by-hour play of the election night, a way more jarring effect that couldn't even be turned off. We have progressed, in some ways, to a more opt-in system, rather than the [opt-out|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opt-out] system of the past, where you had to leave Chicago to avoid the news.<br />
<br />
==Trivia==<br />
This is the first appearance of [[Top Hat Guy]].<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
<br />
:[Megan and Cueball face each other while talking on the left of the panel]<br />
:Megan: Ugh, I'm just going to hide out for election night. We'll know the results the next day anyway. The drama is so unnecessary.<br />
:Cueball: Yeah. The internet and the 24-hour news have turned elections into a continuous, inescapable media onslaught.<br />
:[A man in a top hat appears on the right side of the panel with a "Poof"]<br />
<br />
:[Panel with just the man in a top hat, holding a newspaper]<br />
:Man in a top hat: Hi! I'm a time traveler from 1896. Let me tell you about '''''our''''' election night coverage.<br />
:Man in a top hat: *Ahem*<br />
:Man in a top hat: From the ''Chicago Tribune''<br />
<br />
:[Zoom in on head of the man in a top hat]<br />
:Man in a top hat: "Once every hour from the roof of the Great Northern Hotel a series of bombs, which will ascend for several thousand feet, will be fired. Two colors will be used, blue and red."<br />
:Man in a top hat: "Blue to indicate McKinley's election, red to indicate Bryan's election."<br />
:Man in a top hat: "The bombardment of the skies will commence at 7 o'clock and will be repeated hourly."<br />
:[Grey citation]: Chicago Tribune, Oct 30th & Nov 1st, 1896<br />
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:[Megan and Cueball on the left looking at the man in the top hat on the right]<br />
:Megan: Yeah, well, we have a ''needle,'' though.<br />
:Man in a top hat: A needle.<br />
:Megan: It jiggles!<br />
:Man in a top hat: Sounds awful.<br />
:Cueball: Listen, you had to be there.<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]<br />
[[Category:Elections]]<br />
[[Category:Time travel]]</div>172.68.46.5https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2065:_Who_Sends_the_First_Text%3F&diff=1649552065: Who Sends the First Text?2018-10-29T17:49:09Z<p>172.68.46.5: /* Explanation */ ce</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2065<br />
| date = October 29, 2018<br />
| title = Who Sends the First Text?<br />
| image = who_sends_the_first_text.png<br />
| titletext = I sort of wish my texting app showed the percentage next to each person, but also sort of don't want to know.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Please only mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
{{w|Text messaging}} is a back-and-forth communication via SMS between 2 users. In this comic, Randall shows a line graph of "who sends the first text more often?" This is meant to show who Randall initiates conversations with, and who initiates conversations with him.<br />
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Maintaining a friendship or relationship (whether intimate, friendship, casual, or business) typically requires communication; often that communication takes place when two individuals are not in the same location by means of an exchange of text messages. A normal balanced relationship typically involves both parties involved to have an approximately equal interest in making conversations happen, as measured in this case by "who sends the first text". The person who desires that a particular communication take place typically will send a text message, and once the other person responds the conversation happens, and the relationship progresses. If neither person initiates, the relationship will likely suffer.<br />
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While this graph shows the majority of his relationships involve friends whereby both sides are prone to initiating conversations, the graph also shows some groups that are a little more at the extremes, some where Randall texts a lot but they typically don't initiate text conversations to him, and some where others text him a lot but he rarely initiates text conversations with them.<br />
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On the left side of the graph are people with whom Randall initiates conversations with "100% of the time". On the right side of the graph are those who initiate conversations with Randall.<br />
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The chart is separated into 5 blocks. The two blocks on the left are those who are "just politely putting up with [Randall]". This is implied that they may not be close friends with Randall, but Randall still wants to be friends with them. Their reluctance to initiate conversation with Randall is shown by the fact that Randall usually sends the first text to them.<br />
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The largest block, in the middle, is "friends". These friends range from Randall initiating a lot, to them initiating a lot. There is a healthy range of who initiates first.<br />
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The next block to the right, is for "that really nice friend who keeps inviting me to things even though I flake consistently". This means that Randall promises to go to events that this friend invites him to, but does not always follow through. This friend is still persistent in inviting Randall. Additionally, Randall could be less close to this person, based on him not categorizing this person under "friends".<br />
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The final block is "automated alerts and political campaigns". Understandably, as these are automated systems, Randall would not initiate "conversation" with them.<br />
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In the title text, Randall wishes that he would know the percentage of "who sends the first text more often", for each person that he texts. But he is also wary of the potential implications of finding out this information.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
A line graph with a segmented bar underneath it, and ranges from 100% on the left side, to 50/50 in the middle, and back to 100% on the right side. The left extreme is labeled "I text first 100% of the time" whereas the right extreme is labeled "They text first 100% of the time". The bar is divided into five sections:<br />
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The first bar on the end labeled "I text first 100% of the time" covers the 100%-96% range, and is labeled "...DEFINITELY just politely putting up with me".<br />
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The second bar on the end labeled "I text first 100% of the time" covers the 96%-81% range, and is labeled "people who I think of as friends but secretly worry that they're just politely putting up with me".<br />
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The third bar it the largest, ranging from 81% on the side of "I text first 100% of the time" to around 83% on the side labeled "They text first 100% of the time" is simply labeled "Friends".<br />
<br />
The fourth bar, from around 83%-97% on the side of "They text first 100% of the time" is labeled "That really nice friend who keeps inviting me to things even though I flake constantly".<br />
<br />
The last bar, from around 97%-100% on the side of "They text first 100% of the time" is labeled "Automated alerts and political campaigns".<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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[[Category:Charts]]</div>172.68.46.5https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2065:_Who_Sends_the_First_Text%3F&diff=1649542065: Who Sends the First Text?2018-10-29T17:48:00Z<p>172.68.46.5: /* Explanation */ fix</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2065<br />
| date = October 29, 2018<br />
| title = Who Sends the First Text?<br />
| image = who_sends_the_first_text.png<br />
| titletext = I sort of wish my texting app showed the percentage next to each person, but also sort of don't want to know.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Please only mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
{{w|Text messaging}} is a back-and-forth communication via SMS between 2 users. In this comic, Randall shows a line graph of "who sends the first text more often?" This is meant to show who Randall initiates conversations with, and who initiates conversations with him.<br />
<br />
Maintaining a friendship or relationship (whether intimate, friendship, casual, or business) typically requires communication; often that communication takes place when two individuals are not in the same location by means of an exchange of text messages. A normal balanced relationship typically involves both parties involved to have an approximately equal interest in making conversations happen, as measured in this case by "who sends the first text". The person who desires that a particular communication take place typically will send a text message, and once the other person responds the conversation happens, and the relationship progresses. If neither person initiates, the relationship will likely suffer.<br />
<br />
While this graph shows the majority of his relationships involve friends whereby both sides are prone to initiating conversations, the graph also shows some groups that are a little more at the extremes, some where Randall texts a lot but they typically don't initiate text conversations to him, and some where others text him a lot but he rarely initiates text conversations with them.<br />
<br />
On the left side of the graph are people with whom Randall initiates conversations with "100% of the time". On the right side of the graph are those who initiate conversations with Randall.<br />
<br />
The chart is separated into 5 blocks. The two blocks on the left are those who are "just politely putting up with [Randall]". This is implied that they may not be close friends with Randall, but Randall still wants to be friends with them. Their reluctance to initiate conversation with Randall is shown by the fact that Randall usually sends the first text to them.<br />
<br />
The largest block, in the middle, is "friends". These friends range from Randall initiating a lot, to them initiating a lot. There is a healthy range of who initiates first.<br />
<br />
The next block to the right, is for "that really nice friend who keeps inviting me to things even though I flake consistently". This means that Randall promises to go to events that this friend invites him to, but does not always follow through. This friend is still persistent in inviting Randall. Additionally, Randall could be less close to this person, based on him on categorizing this conversation under "friends".<br />
<br />
The final block is "automated alerts and political campaigns". Understandably, as these are automated systems, Randall would not initiate "conversation" with them.<br />
<br />
In the title text, Randall wishes that he would know the percentage of "who sends the first text more often", for each person that he texts. But he is also wary of the potential implications of finding out this information.<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
A line graph with a segmented bar underneath it, and ranges from 100% on the left side, to 50/50 in the middle, and back to 100% on the right side. The left extreme is labeled "I text first 100% of the time" whereas the right extreme is labeled "They text first 100% of the time". The bar is divided into five sections:<br />
<br />
The first bar on the end labeled "I text first 100% of the time" covers the 100%-96% range, and is labeled "...DEFINITELY just politely putting up with me".<br />
<br />
The second bar on the end labeled "I text first 100% of the time" covers the 96%-81% range, and is labeled "people who I think of as friends but secretly worry that they're just politely putting up with me".<br />
<br />
The third bar it the largest, ranging from 81% on the side of "I text first 100% of the time" to around 83% on the side labeled "They text first 100% of the time" is simply labeled "Friends".<br />
<br />
The fourth bar, from around 83%-97% on the side of "They text first 100% of the time" is labeled "That really nice friend who keeps inviting me to things even though I flake constantly".<br />
<br />
The last bar, from around 97%-100% on the side of "They text first 100% of the time" is labeled "Automated alerts and political campaigns".<br />
<br />
{{comic discussion}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Charts]]</div>172.68.46.5https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2062:_Barnard%27s_Star&diff=1645712062: Barnard's Star2018-10-22T18:19:58Z<p>172.68.46.5: /* Transcript */ fix</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2062<br />
| date = October 22, 2018<br />
| title = Barnard's Star<br />
| image = barnards_star.png<br />
| titletext = "Ok, team. We have a little under 10,000 years before closest approach to figure out how to destroy Barnard's Star." "Why, does it pose a threat to the Solar System?" "No. It's just an asshole."<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Please edit the explanation below and only mention here why it isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
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[[File:Near-stars-past-future-en.svg|thumb|300px|Distances to the nearest stars from 20,000 years ago until 80,000 years in the future]]<br />
{{w|Barnard's Star}} is a very-low-mass red dwarf about 6 light-years away from Earth in the constellation of {{w|Ophiuchus}}. It is the fourth-nearest known individual star to the {{w|Sun}} (after the three components of the Alpha Centauri system) and the closest star in the Northern Celestial Hemisphere. It is a {{w|Red dwarf}} with a mass of 0.144 Solar masses and it is 7–12 billion years old. Because of this low mass the gravitational force in the core is much lower and thus the fusion rate is far smaller than in the core of the Sun. In fact this star is so dim, even though it's one of the nearest, it can't be seen by the naked eye. The low fusion rate also means that the lifespan of small stars is much longer. While the Sun might last about 10 billion years and huge stars only a few hundred million years, a small Red dwarf has a lifespan of about a trillion years.<br />
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Barnard's Star is the star with the greatest apparent motion in the sky. Apparent motion is motion in the sky other than that caused by earth's rotation. Barnard's star is both very close to the sun (as these things go) and moving at a speed of more than 140 km/s toward the Sun. It will make its closest approach to the Sun in approximately 10,000 years, at a distance within about 3.75 light-years.<br />
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The image on the right shows different stars near the Sun over 100,000 years and it can be seen that none of them are getting closer than 3 light-years. This is a safe distance to our Solar System and the stars will not influence the orbits of the planets or smaller bodies. It's also obvious that much closer approaches never have happened since the Solar System formed 4.5 billion years ago because otherwise the nearly circular orbits of the planets in the same plane wouldn't be possible.<br />
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The title text emphasises that this close approach will not be any hazard to the Solar System, but someone is envious of the long lifetime of Barnard's Star and annoyed by its unpleasant behavior.<br />
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=Transcript=<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
:[A black sky is shown with a yellow spot near the bottom, left from the center. Three smaller red spots at the diagonal from top left to bottom right indicate a moving star over time. Above these red spots lines are connected to a text which starts and ends with many A, first growing, and at the end getting smaller:]<br />
:...AAAAHHi Sun! I was here billions of years before you formed and will shine for trillions of years after you dieEEEEEAAA...<br />
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:[Caption below the frame:]<br />
:Sometimes, I wonder what Barnard's Star is saying to the Sun as it performs its 20,000-year-long high-speed flyby.<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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[[Category:Comics with color]]<br />
[[Category:Astronomy]]</div>172.68.46.5https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2062:_Barnard%27s_Star&diff=1645392062: Barnard's Star2018-10-22T16:18:17Z<p>172.68.46.5: /* Explanation */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2062<br />
| date = October 22, 2018<br />
| title = Barnard's Star<br />
| image = barnards_star.png<br />
| titletext = "Ok, team. We have a little under 10,000 years before closest approach to figure out how to destroy Barnard's Star." "Why, does it pose a threat to the Solar System?" "No. It's just an asshole."<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Please edit the explanation below and only mention here why it isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
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Bernard's Star is mean.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
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{{comic discussion}}</div>172.68.46.5https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2061:_Tectonics_Game&diff=164484Talk:2061: Tectonics Game2018-10-20T04:12:38Z<p>172.68.46.5: /* A Actual Game */</p>
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Wrote my first transcript. Hopefully it isn't terrible, haha. [[User:IYN|IYN]] ([[User talk:IYN|talk]]) 17:13, 19 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Not bad, but please do not remove the incomplete tag too soon. Even my smaller changes don't convince me right now that it's complete. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 17:34, 19 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
:There's no explanation ''OR'' transcript for the Title-text, yet. Sooo... <br />
:[[User:ProphetZarquon|ProphetZarquon]] ([[User talk:ProphetZarquon|talk]]) 18:41, 19 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
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I know very little about stars. Can anyone explain what the type in the title text is? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.63.70|162.158.63.70]] 18:23, 19 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
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The nice thing about this game is you could represent the Earth by a 1000-pixel wide map, and it would take over a decade before anyone could tell whether you'd actually implemented anything. -- [[User:Dtgriscom|Dtgriscom]] ([[User talk:Dtgriscom|talk]]) 20:53, 19 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== A Actual Game ==<br />
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Here is a section for people who are looking into actually developing a game. (With time warp obviously.)<br />
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Seriously though, this could actually be a fun (and educational) simulator, similar to KSP. --[[Special:Contributions/172.69.142.10|172.69.142.10]] 02:31, 20 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
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My wife is trying to physically restrain me from immediately starting to write this game...int main ( int arggggg...ow...get off [[User:SteveBaker|SteveBaker]] ([[User talk:SteveBaker|talk]]) 16:52, 19 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
:If the comment section of this comic is anything to go by, you could sell it for a buck a pop and get...I dunno...$12 at least? [[User:GreatWyrmGold|GreatWyrmGold]] ([[User talk:GreatWyrmGold|talk]]) 19:01, 19 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
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Who wants to help me make this? [[User:Blacksilver|Blacksilver]] ([[User talk:Blacksilver|talk]]) 17:24, 19 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
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With a sufficiently large time warp, this actually sounds like it would be pretty fun. [[User:Ahiijny|Ahiijny]] ([[User talk:Ahiijny|talk]]) 18:20, 19 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
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Hey, guys reading your comments I can see several people, including myself, might be interested in making a game like this. Perhaps we should coordinate efforts to make one? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.246.100|162.158.246.100]] 23:15, 19 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
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I came here specifically to see if this game existed and I'm irritated it doesn't yet. People with better coding and geological skills than me, you have an interested party.<br />
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I'm fully on board. If and when this thing hypothetically gets popular, I'll be like, "Hey, I was there!" [[Special:Contributions/172.68.46.5|172.68.46.5]] 04:12, 20 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
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== Other Real Time Games ==<br />
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This is for discussion of other real time games. (I.E. Desert Bus) --[[Special:Contributions/172.69.142.10|172.69.142.10]] 02:34, 20 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
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I have this horrible urge to find the Desert Bus source code and mod it to make "Desert Bus 2: Walt Disney Land to Walt Disney World" [[Special:Contributions/172.68.90.88|172.68.90.88]] 21:53, 19 October 2018 (UTC)SiliconWolf<br />
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It's like playing Desert Bus for the rest of your life... :) [[Special:Contributions/162.158.63.154|162.158.63.154]] 18:23, 19 October 2018 (UTC) Scott<br />
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:I thought it appropriate to add Desert Bus to the main description as a real world example of a tedious real-time game that goes to a ridiculous extreme... though much less extreme and ridiculous than the one in the comic. [[User:N0lqu|-boB]] ([[User talk:N0lqu|talk]]) 21:17, 19 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
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Does anyone else remember the old DOS game: 688 Attack Sub? Where it felt like you were waiting forever for your torpedo to hit? I liked that they told you that, in the real world, it's much slower than it is in the game.[[Special:Contributions/172.68.65.6|172.68.65.6]] 18:46, 19 October 2018 (UTC)</div>172.68.46.5https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2057:_Internal_Monologues&diff=1639562057: Internal Monologues2018-10-10T16:05:20Z<p>172.68.46.5: /* Explanation */ copyedit</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2057<br />
| date = October 10, 2018<br />
| title = Internal Monologues<br />
| image = internal_monologues.png<br />
| titletext = Haha, just kidding, everyone's already been hacked. I wonder if today's the day we find out about it.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by an internal monologue. Please edit the thoughts below until complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
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=== Botany ===<br />
Most of the mass of trees is extracted from the air.<br />
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=== Physics ===<br />
{{w|Gravity}} is one of the four fundamental forces of physics, and is involved in "pulling objects together" over large distances. Cueball is noticing that he can feel this attraction.<br />
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=== Computer Security ===<br />
Anyone well versed in computer security understands just how insecure the systems that we depend on actually are.<br />
In the title text it is noted possibility that systems are already hacked without our knowledge.<br />
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=== Graphic Design ===<br />
{{w|Graphic designer}}s recognize fonts and design elements, and see how they come together. In this comic, the graphic designer wonders how the ''{{w|Law and Order}}'' font was chosen for a particular storefront's sign. ''Law and Order'' is a police procedural created by Dick Wolf in 1990, which has had many various spinoffs. The font used for the title sequence of ''Law and Order'' is called {{w|Friz Quadrata}}, and is also the font used for the signage of the New York Police Department headquarters<br />
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=== Medicine ===<br />
Doctors are well versed in human anatomy, and are likely to think about what is inside of people more than the average person would.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
:'''Internal Monologues'''<br />
:from various fields<br />
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:[Five characters are shown, with their monologues inside thought bubbles, and their respective fields shown below.]<br />
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:Megan: I can't get over the fact that trees are made of air.<br />
:Botany<br />
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:Cueball (looking at a phone): It's so weird that I can feel the Earth and my phone being pulled together.<br />
:Physics<br />
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:Shoulder length hair woman: I wonder if today will be the day everyone gets hacked and it all finally collapses.<br />
:Computer security<br />
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:Hairy: I wonder how that store ended up with the Law & Order font for their sign.<br />
:Graphic design<br />
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:Ponytail: We're all acting normal even though we're full of blood and bones and poop.<br />
:Medicine<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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[[Category:Comics featuring Blondie]]</div>172.68.46.5https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2054:_Data_Pipeline&diff=1636082054: Data Pipeline2018-10-03T15:57:31Z<p>172.68.46.5: </p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2054<br />
| date = October 3, 2018<br />
| title = Data Pipeline<br />
| image = data_pipeline.png<br />
| titletext = "Is the pipeline literally running from your laptop?" "Don't be silly, my laptop disconnects far too often to host a service we rely on. It's running on my phone."<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
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[Cueball is standing with a open laptop, showing it to Ponytail and White Hat]<br />
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Cueball: Check it out - I made a full automated data pipeline that collects and processes all the information we need.<br />
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Ponytail: Is it a giant house of card built from random scripts that will all completely collapse the moment any input does anything weird?<br />
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Cueball: It... ''might'' not be.<br />
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Ponytail: I guess that's someth-<br />
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Cueball: Whoops, just collapsed. Hang on , I can patch it.<br />
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{{comic discussion}}</div>172.68.46.5https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2053:_Incoming_Calls&diff=163560Talk:2053: Incoming Calls2018-10-02T16:51:25Z<p>172.68.46.5: </p>
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The "other scammers" section is far too small. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.166|108.162.216.166]] 16:54, 1 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
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We have two title texts explanations. With slightly conflicting information. Combine and brush up or should we just do one or the other for now? I like the CBS source in the first so I think we should absolutely preserve that at least. [[User:Lukeskylicker|Lukeskylicker]] ([[User talk:Lukeskylicker|talk]]) 17:15, 1 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
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He forgot bill collectors. {{unsigned ip|162.158.63.52}}<br />
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As the link from the first title text explanation points out, they don't *need* your credit card or social security number as many phone companies, especially mobile companies, will allow a third party to add charges to your phone bill if you've agreed to pay the money. With that in mind, I don't think the second explanation flies. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.186.90|162.158.186.90]] 17:42, 1 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
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This only makes sense if it’s proportional or percentage based. But then that makes one wonder if some of this might be because the number of calls dropped over time. {{unsigned|Mr.Dude}}<br />
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There's a contradiction between "it's safe to assume that calls from his family didn't decrease over the years", and "Over time, Randall's friends and family have been less likely to make phone calls to him, likely due to the use of text messages and other messaging apps.". I'd suggest rephrasing the first part to say "it's possible the calls from family didn't decrease over the years, in which case they only make up a smaller fraction as the number of total calls increases since 1990.", or simply "some of the categories like family calls appear to be occurring less often but may only be decreasing in frequency in proportion to total calls" [[Special:Contributions/162.158.142.28|162.158.142.28]] 21:10, 1 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
:I know for me personally family calls have decreased as texting and other messaging apps have become more common, and the same might have happened for him. It is clear that this graph excludes texting as by the present the only friend calling is that one friend that hates texting. That person may be the best way to figure out if the absolute volume of calls has increased...it appears the volume of total calls has increased, at least recently, as that one friend originally took up a larger proportion of the vertical space (of course the frequency of correspondence with that friend may also have changed).[[Special:Contributions/172.68.46.5|172.68.46.5]] 16:51, 2 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
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At least not being British he missed the PPI calls. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.154.235|162.158.154.235]] 21:16, 1 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
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The trick is not always just to get you thinking you're talking to a real person. More likely it is to get a recording of you saying "yes", which can be used maliciously.--[[Special:Contributions/162.158.94.20|162.158.94.20]] 08:19, 2 October 2018 (UTC)</div>172.68.46.5https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1926:_Bad_Code&diff=1489901926: Bad Code2017-12-09T04:07:21Z<p>172.68.46.5: Altered on the assumption that this wiki does NOT accept meta-references to bad coding. If this is changed back, I will not repeat.</p>
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| date = December 8, 2017<br />
| title = Bad Code<br />
| image = bad_code.png<br />
| titletext = "Oh my God, why did you scotch-tape a bunch of hammers together?" "It's ok! Nothing depends on this wall being destroyed efficiently."<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a bad coder, very incomplete, added (possibly excessive) explanation for load-bearing wall. Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
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[[Ponytail]] has caught [[Cueball]] in the act of writing some messy code - code in the form of a spreadsheet formula, which in turn produces another program in a language called {{w|Haskell (programming language)|Haskell}}.<br />
It is explained that ''this'' code will in turn interpret ''more'' source code, specifically markup in {{w|HTML}}.<br />
After Cueball excuses his bad code by stating that "nothing depends on this" (meaning that no other projects rely on this code being good to operate properly), Ponytail uses the analogy of breaking a non-load-bearing wall to ridicule Cueball's excuse.<br />
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A load-bearing wall is the wall that supports main structure of the building. Damaging it may cause serious issues. Typically, not all walls in the building are load-bearing; as such, they can be destroyed fairly safely, because "a building doesn't depend on it". However, supporting the building is just ''one'' of the functions on which having an intact wall ''depends''; walls serve many other important purposes, from creating opaque and soundproof barriers (necessary for privacy purposes, particularly for bedrooms and bathrooms), to containing and protecting water pipes and electrical wiring. Thus Ponytail's analogy does not bear much relation to Cueball's code, which really does have no consequence beyond upsetting Ponytail.<br />
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Immediately after, Ponytail appears to have realized that she's only ''inspired'' Cueball to go ahead and break the wall, instead of swaying him away from writing ugly code. If left unchecked, this will only end in tragedy. [[905: Homeownership|Hilarious, knee-slapping tragedy.]]<br />
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This is most likely a continuation of the [[:Category:Code Quality|Code Quality]] series, but it differs slightly. For one thing, all of the previous strips were name "Code Quality <number>", with the exception of the first, which was just named "Code Quality". Also note that, unlike the previous Code Quality strips, Ponytail does not start using similes like "This is like being in a house built by a child using nothing but a hatchet and a picture of a house". It's also the longest explanation of Cueball's code by Cueball himself.<br />
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The title text suggests that Cueball's approach to breaking the wall, scotch-taping a bunch of hammers together, is as good as his code. And his excuse is similar.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:[Cueball is at his desk in a swivel chair, using his computer. Ponytail walks towards him.]<br />
:Ponytail: That's the ugliest mess of code I've ever seen! What on earth are you working on?<br />
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:[Cueball swivels his chair to face Ponytail in a frameless panel.]<br />
:Cueball: It's nothing weird this time, I swear.<br />
:Cueball: It just looks bad because it's a spreadsheet formula.<br />
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:[Cueball is facing his computer again.]<br />
:Cueball: ...which assembles a Haskell function.<br />
:Ponytail: Uhhh.<br />
:Cueball: ...for parsing HTML.<br />
:Ponytail: ...oh my God.<br />
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:[Ponytail is pointing away from the scene.]<br />
:Cueball: It's ok! Nothing depends on this.<br />
:Ponytail: That wall isn't load-bearing. Does that mean we can just throw hammers at it?<br />
:Cueball: ...I mean...<br />
:Ponytail: Wait. Crap.<br />
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[[Category:Computers]]</div>172.68.46.5https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1551:_Pluto&diff=1376051551: Pluto2017-03-20T21:09:36Z<p>172.68.46.5: grammar in first paragraph</p>
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| number = 1551<br />
| date = July 14, 2015<br />
| title = Pluto<br />
| image = pluto.png<br />
| titletext = After decades of increasingly confused arguing, Pluto is reclassified as a "dwarf Pluto."<br />
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When the image is clicked the corresponding [http://www.nasa.gov/feature/new-horizons-spacecraft-displays-pluto-s-big-heart-0 NASA post] opens up.<br />
==Explanation==<br />
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This comic was posted on Tuesday, July 14, 2015, in honor of the {{w|New Horizons}} deep space probe making its flyby at {{w|Pluto}}, thus breaking the typical Monday/Wednesday/Friday cycle for the [[xkcd]] comics. Also on this day he released the first [[what if?]] in over three months, and it was called [http://what-if.xkcd.com/137/ New Horizons]. Luckily it did not end up back on Earth, as depicted in [[1532: New Horizons]], released 1½ month before closest approach.<br />
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[[Randall]] has taken one of the probes images of Pluto, and outlined humorous examples of {{w|Pareidolia|pareidolia}} on top of it.<br />
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It can be compared to preliminary descriptions by geologists, e.g. [http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2015/07140911-new-horizons-best-look-at.html?referrer=http://t.co/ExQJ6cKS1Q New Horizons' best look at Pluto before close approach|The Planetary Society].<br />
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The comic probably winks at {{w|Percival Lowell}} whose observatory photographed Pluto in 1915 "known" as Planet X. Unfortunately Percival Lowell is most famous for are his drawings of the {{w|Martian canal|Canals on Mars}} which are widely misunderstood as channels based on wrong translations from Italian to other languages.<br />
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The title text refers to the debate as to whether Pluto should be classified as a full or dwarf planet. This debate was particularly brought into the public eye, and came to be seen as a matter of controversy, following the 2006 {{w|IAU definition of planet}}. The text may imagine that this debate winds on, with definitions being created and revised until a ridiculous state is reached whereby Pluto has a special class of celestial body named after it called a 'Pluto', but fails to fulfill the arbitrary criteria set up for it, and hence is called a 'dwarf Pluto'.<br />
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There actually exist the terms {{w|Plutoid}} and {{w|Plutino}}, that relate directly to groups that Pluto belongs to, but see those pages for details of their use and usage.<br />
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===Details on Randall's discoveries===<br />
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;Candy shell<br />
Suggests Pluto is a confection, like [http://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/Minmus Minmus]. May also be a reference to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_%28chocolate_bar%29 Mars] candy bar.<br />
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;JPEG plumes<br />
The {{w|JPEG}} image format has the common issue of slightly distorting an image with {{w|Compression artifact}}s. The artifacts shown here do not appear in the official version of this image, but all data sent from New Horizons is compressed and artifacts are common — the full resolution images will be submitted to earth over the next 16 months. There have been tweets about people seeing plumes associated with active volcanoes and the like, which were explained as being artifacts.<br />
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;Frontal bone<br />
Interpreting Pluto as a head, the {{w|frontal bone}} could be the light-colored region next to the darker top, just above the north pole facing to us. <br />
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;Grease stains<br />
The area above Pluto's north pole is attributed to grease.<br />
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;Bugs<br />
Could refer to possible extraterrestrial life on Pluto in the form of {{w|insects}}, or "bugs". In the animated TV series ''Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles'', an adaptation of Robert Heinlein's novel ''Starship Troopers'', the first battles with the alien "Bugs" took place on Pluto. Maybe it also refers to a software bug at the probe.<br />
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;Bullet holes<br />
A string of small round features which Randall suggests were the result of Pluto getting shot repeatedly, probably by meteorites.<br />
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;New Netherlands<br />
Reference to the what if?, [https://what-if.xkcd.com/54/ Drain the Oceans: Part II], about draining the Earth's oceans onto Mars. In the previous what if?, [https://what-if.xkcd.com/53/ Drain the Oceans], the Netherlands took over the Earth once their problem with the risk of flooding disappeared. And then they continued to issued forth from the portal that drained the oceans on Earth pouring them onto Mars, to claim Mars as New Netherlands. Presumably something similar happened on Pluto. This was already again references in both an entry in the table and in the title text of [[1555: Exoplanet Names 2]].<br />
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;Disputed territory<br />
Since the base photograph is identified as "today's ''New Horizons'' image," this indicates that a section of Pluto has immediately become the subject of some controversy, possibly a territorial claim or one of several references to the fact that Pluto was demoted from full planet status in 2006.<br />
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;Snake pit<br />
A generic map hazard.<br />
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;{{w|Pareidolia|Full text of the Wikipedia article on pareidolia}}<br />
Pareidolia is the human brain's tendency to see patterns where they don't exist. While probably a reference to Pluto's heart, the joke is also recursive: You'd be seeing the text of a Wikipedia article explaining to you that you couldn't actually be seeing the text of a Wikipedia article.<br />
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;Tadpole<br />
One of a number of pareidolic features Randall has outlined.<br />
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;Kuiper Belt loops<br />
The {{w|Kuiper belt}} is a region in our solar system that contains an unknown amount of icy bodies, one known is Pluto. Randall jokingly refers to Kuiper Belt as the same kind of belt that's used to fasten clothing, and identifies features on Pluto's surface as loops for the belt.<br />
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;Serenity<br />
An outline of the ''Firefly''-class spaceship ''Serenity'', which was the titular vessel from the 2002 TV series ''{{w|Firefly (TV series)|Firefly}}''. One of a number of pareidolic features Randall has outlined.<br />
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;Dinosaur<br />
Nobody can see a dinosaur unless Randall did do this painting on Pluto's surface. And a complex comic needs at least one dinosaur.<br />
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;The good part<br />
A section of Pluto that is objectively better than the rest.<br />
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;Moon bud<br />
This could be interpreted as a moon growing/emerging out of pluto, as a bud is "a compact knob-like growth". A round growth is seen at the location marked, resembling a small, emerging moon.<br />
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;Ghost<br />
A reference to the classic video game ''{{w|Pacman}}'', wherein the primary antagonists are one of four Ghosts. The Ghost on Pluto appears to have a mouth, however, unlike most depictions of the ''Pacman'' Ghosts. One of a number of pareidolic features Randall has outlined.<br />
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;Pluto dinosaur extinction crater<br />
Suggests Pluto had dinosaurs and lost them the same way Earth did.<br />
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;{{w|The Heart (Pluto)|Heart}}<br />
One of a number of pareidolic features Randall has outlined, and the only one (currently) also informally named as such by NASA.<br />
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;Coronary artery disease<br />
Also known as {{w|ischemic heart disease}}, which causes degradation of heart tissue. The region identified in the comic looks less 'healthy' (is darker and more ragged) compared to the rest of the 'Heart', which Randall suggests is caused by the disease.<br />
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;Mount Mons<br />
Referring to the general practice of naming extraterrestrial mountains {{w|Mons (planetary nomenclature)|"X Mons"}} (e.g. {{w|Olympus Mons}}, a mountain on Mars and the largest mountain in the Solar System), as well as naming terrestrial mountains "Mount X". Since "mons" is Latin for "mountain", the feature's suggested name translates as "Mount Mountain".<br />
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;Charging socket<br />
A terrain feature suitable for connecting an outside source of electricity for the benefit of implied internal batteries. Compare "dock connector," below.<br />
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;Cracks (beginning to hatch)<br />
Implying that Pluto is some manner of giant egg. Possibly a reference to the ''Doctor Who'' episode ''Kill the Moon'', in which the Moon is revealed to be an egg from which a monster is hatching. A 2014 article from ''The Onion'', [http://www.theonion.com/article/moon-finally-hatches-36414 "Moon Finally Hatches,"] makes the same joke. Also possibly a reference to ''The Light Fantastic'', a ''Discworld'' novel in which similar objects are revealed to be the eggs of the world turtle. A similar idea appeared in Jack Williamson's 1934 short story "Born of the Sun".<br />
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;Plug (inflating/deflating)<br />
Balls often have a "plug" or opening to insert a needle to inflate or deflate them.<br />
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;Scars from predator attacks<br />
Since it's all-caps, we can't tell if "PREDATOR" is a proper noun, but this is possibly a reference to the movie series ''{{w|Predator (franchise)|Predator}}'', about a race of aliens who hunt other beings for sport. Alternatively, a planetary predator (such as comic book villain {{w|Galactus}}) may have previously scarred Pluto.<br />
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;Reset button<br />
The structure indicated is a small black dot (at least at this distance this picture was taken). Reset buttons on home electronics are often small buttons or holes used to reset the software of the electronic device.<br />
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;Megaman<br />
One of a number of pareidolic features Randall has outlined, this one in the shape of a {{w|Mega_Man_(character)|popular video game protagonist.}}<br />
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;Debate Hole - Where we're putting all the people still arguing about Pluto's planet status<br />
Pluto was reclassified as a {{w|dwarf planet}} rather than a {{w|planet}} following the latter term's controversial {{w|IAU definition of planet|redefinition in 2006 by the International Astronomical Union}}. Arguments about the classification continue to pop up. The same argument is referenced in the title text. The name implies a proposal to put all the people still arguing about it in this hole on Pluto. This proposal further implies that the continued debate is very annoying by 2015, except perhaps to the debaters themselves.<br />
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;Area missed during ironing<br />
The area indicated is near the {{w|Terminator (solar)|terminator}} and shows some intriguing topographic relief. <br />
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;Probably Benign<br />
A {{w|neoplasm}} or tumor is an abnormal growth of tissue. Randall is suggesting that the abnormal region near the heart has been evaluated by a doctor and determined to be {{w|Benign tumor|benign}}.<br />
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;Chocolate frosting<br />
Suggests the discrepancy in color over Pluto's surface may be a function of what cake frosting was used where. This area is the "dark spot" at the head of the "whale" (http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/07/14/science/space/pluto-flyby.html). The so-called "whale's tail" (http://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/find-heart-whale-new-horizons-picture-pluto-n388816), is on the other hemisphere and is not visible in this image, it lies east about 90 degrees from the chocolate frosting/dark spot here.<br />
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;Vanilla frosting<br />
As above, suggests the discrepancy in color over Pluto's surface may be a function of what cake frosting was used where.<br />
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;Border of pride lands<br />
A reference to the Disney animated feature ''The Lion King.'' In the movie, the Pridelands is the bright and prosperous region ruled by the Lion King while a dark territory beyond its border is controlled by hyenas.<br />
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;Hyena country<br />
A continuation of the ''Lion King'' reference above.<br />
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;Dock connector<br />
From the point of view of the photograph, this feature of Pluto is at the planet's "bottom," where iPod dock connectors are. Compare "charging socket," above.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:'''PLUTO'''<br />
:Some of the features already identified in today's ''New Horizons'' image<br />
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:[Many marks on the image of Pluto follow:]<br />
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:Candy shell<br />
:Frontal bone<br />
:Grease stains<br />
:Bugs<br />
:JPEG plumes<br />
:Full text of the wikipedia article on pareidolia<br />
:Bullet holes<br />
:New Netherlands<br />
:Disputed territory<br />
:Snake pit<br />
:Tadpole<br />
:Pluto dinosaur extinction crater<br />
:Kuiper beltloops<br />
:Serenity<br />
:Ghost<br />
:Dinosaur<br />
:The good part<br />
:Moon bud<br />
:Scars from predator attacks<br />
:Reset button<br />
:Megaman<br />
:Charging socket<br />
:Cracks (beginning to hatch)<br />
:Plug (inflating/deflating)<br />
:Heart<br />
::Mount Mons<br />
::Coronary artery disease<br />
:Debate hole<br />
::Where we're putting all the people still arguing about Pluto's planet status<br />
:Chocolate frosting<br />
:Probably benign<br />
:Vanilla frosting<br />
:Dock connector<br />
:Border of pride lands<br />
:Hyena country<br />
:Area missed during ironing<br />
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:Image credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI - click for original<br />
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[[Category:The Lion King]]</div>172.68.46.5https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1688:_Map_Age_Guide&diff=137569Talk:1688: Map Age Guide2017-03-20T07:03:30Z<p>172.68.46.5: Added to Discussion: comment on Question Date Range</p>
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Well, I have no clue how to upload the image, it just displays the title text.[[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.91|108.162.216.91]] 12:47, 1 June 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Done. Guess the bot failed because there is a larger one when you click the image on xkcd? --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 13:08, 1 June 2016 (UTC)<br />
::The BOT didn't fail. The was an 404 error, the picture wasn't available at the first time. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 14:03, 1 June 2016 (UTC)<br />
I feel like the title seriously lacks the word "political", there's all sorts of nice things with dating non-modern world maps. -- [[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.104|141.101.104.104]] 13:34, 1 June 2016 (UTC)<br />
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It doesn't just cover political maps -- there is a section on telling when you are with physical maps via the presence or absence of bodies of water. In fact, there are four or five main branches: fictional maps, topographical maps, not a map, and political maps (which have two branches, based on the naming of Istanbul (was Constantinople) [[Special:Contributions/108.162.237.174|108.162.237.174]] 13:42, 1 June 2016 (UTC)<br />
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I like how that this flow chart also describes what I've drawn[[Special:Contributions/162.158.26.220|162.158.26.220]] 14:05, 1 June 2016 (UTC)<br />
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The 1992-1996 range (top right corner) could be narrowed down further with the independence of Eritrea 1993. Am I getting something wrong or did Randall actually overlook this? :-) [[Special:Contributions/162.158.85.141|162.158.85.141]] 14:49, 1 June 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Or the splitting of Czechoslovakia, also in 1993... There are probably others for different time ranges, too. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.95.25|141.101.95.25]] 16:28, 1 June 2016 (UTC)<br />
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Noone else has started work on this and I'm bored so... (feel free to reorder and/or add more detail where appropriate)<br />
Relevant Events <br />
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'''Is there a big lake in Southern California? (Created by Mistake)''' <br />
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salton_Sea Salton Sea] A previously dry lakebed accidentally flooded in 1905 while attempting to increase irrigation to the area from the Colorado River<br />
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Vietnam unification: the two Vietnams were not united in 1975. Although the communist victory took place with the capture of Saigon in April of that year, the state of South Vietnam continued to exist, under the rule of the Provisional Revolutionary Government, until 1976. The two nations were formally united as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on July 2, 1976. Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provisional_Revolutionary_Government_of_the_Republic_of_South_Vietnam [[Special:Contributions/162.158.75.100|162.158.75.100]] 14:28, 7 November 2016 (UTC)<br />
'''How far East do the American Prairies reach?'''<br />
The Northwest Territory was incorporated in pieces ~1820s, there may be something more relavent to draw the line at Indiana though.<br />
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'''Is there a big lake in the middle of Ghana? (Created on Purpose)'''<br />
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Volta Lake Volta]<br />
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'''The US's southern border looks'''<br />
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadsden_Purchase Gadsden Purchase]<br />
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'''Rhodesia?''' The dates down the chain suggest this is about [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodesia_(region) Rhodesia the Region] not [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodesia Rhodesia the Unrecognized state] nor [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Rhodesia Southern Rhodesia] the British Colony {{unsigned ip|162.158.214.218}}<br />
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:We are talking about physical/stellite maps at this point of the chart. Incorporation is not relevant. This is about the movement or size change of the American prairies. Climate change, perhaps. Haven't found anything relevant on that, though. Maybe it is about untouched land, as in not having settlements. -- [[Special:Contributions/162.158.85.183|162.158.85.183]] 16:05, 1 June 2016 (UTC)<br />
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Should the relevant links above be added directly to the transcript, or to a separate section? --[[Special:Contributions/172.68.29.127|172.68.29.127]] 14:29, 1 June 2016 (UTC)<br />
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:The transcript is only for faithful transcription of the comic. It exists for users who would otherwise be unable to view the regular comic, and should contain nothing but the contents of the comic. Links go in the explanation, if relevant. '''[[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>]] 18:56, 1 June 2016 (UTC)<br />
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Istanbul is not the capital of Turkey! (It's Ankara) [[Special:Contributions/162.158.86.131|162.158.86.131]] 14:41, 1 June 2016 (UTC)<br />
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Maybe a better way of organizing this is chronologically, i.e., show the state of the world each year.<br />
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From the left and roughly in chronological order (only partial, might add more later):<br />
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'The Holy Roman Empire?'<br />
1806 - Dissolution of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire Holy Roman Empire] by Emperor Francis II<br />
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'Do Any of These Exist?'<br />
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1867 - British North America act passed, marking Canadian independence <br />
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- Alaskan Purchase by US from Russian Empire<br />
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- Meiji Restoration (in 1869, Emperor Meiji moves to Edo, which is renamed Tokyo)<br />
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'Texas is...'<br />
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independent - 1836? 35? 34? Texas Revolution<br />
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'Florida is part of...'<br />
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The US: 1818 - US basically controls East Florida after [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seminole_Wars#Jackson_invades_Florida First Seminole War] (Spain officially cedes the territory in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adams%E2%80%93On%C3%ADs_Treaty Adams–Onís Treaty of 1819].<br />
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'Venezuela and or Ecuador?'<br />
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1830 - Both Venezuela and Ecuador become independent as the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Colombia Republic of Gran Colombia] dissolves in late 1830, early 1831.<br />
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'Does Russia border the Sea of Japan?'<br />
1858 - China cedes territory to Russia under the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Aigun Treaty of Aigun], bordering the Sea of Japan (sort of? There's also the Treaty of Beijing)<br />
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'South Africa?'<br />
1910 - the Union of South Africa created, thanks to the South Africa Act 1909 enacted by British parliament<br />
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'Is Bolivia landlocked?'<br />
1884 - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Valparaiso Treaty of Valparaiso] signed ceding Bolivian territory to to Chile, leaving Bolivia landlocked (see also [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Pacific War of the Pacific]<br />
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'Buda and Pest or Budapest?'<br />
1873 - Buda and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pest,_Hungary Pest] merge to become Budapest<br />
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'Is Norway part of Sweden?'<br />
1905 - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_union_between_Norway_and_Sweden Sweden-Norway dissolved], Norway becomes an independent monarchy<br />
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'Rhodesia?' <br />
Rhodesia was named [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_rule_in_Rhodesia under the British South Africa Company in 1895]<br />
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'Austria-Hungary?'<br />
1918 - Austria-Hungary officially separates into Austria and Hungary<br />
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'Albania?'<br />
1912 - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albanian_Declaration_of_Independence Albania declares independence] from the Ottoman Empire<br />
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'Leningrad?'<br />
1924 - Petrograd ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Petersburg Saint Petersburg]) changes its name to Leningrad<br />
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You know there are times where I suspect he's just making some of his comics intentionally hard to explain or very ambiguous just to watch us do somersaults trying to describe them and make it clear, not necessarily for this comic but definitely with some of them it just seems that way. I don't know if he does or not, or how much he even pays attention to this wiki, just a thought. Of course maybe he does just because we're prime nerd sniping material. [[User:Lackadaisical|Lackadaisical]] ([[User talk:Lackadaisical|talk]]) 16:00, 1 June 2016 (UTC)<br />
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I'm pretty sure 'is it larger than a breadbox' is a reference to 20 questions. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.77|108.162.216.77]] 16:11, 1 June 2016 (UTC)<br />
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:From the Wikipedia page for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breadbox 'Breadbox']: "The most common reference to breadboxes is the phrase "Is it bigger than a breadbox?" when trying to guess what some surprise object may be. This question was popularized by Steve Allen on the American game show What's My Line? where he initially asked the question on 18 January 1953. It remains a popular question in the parlor game 20 Questions." [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.16|141.101.98.16]] 17:48, 1 June 2016 (UTC)<br />
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Note that it is very hard to even ''find'' Jan Mayen on an actual world map (even a political one), never mind figure out which country it belongs to. So anyone actually following these questions might (in some cases) get derailed fairly easily. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.81.77|141.101.81.77]] 18:20, 1 June 2016 (UTC)<br />
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::You will only get there if you can't find Istanbul/Constantinople, you can't find the Ottoman Empire, you can't find North Korea, and Soviet Russia can't find you. Note that the "no" box actually says "not yet". If you can find any of those four, you will never reach the Jan Mayen box. You will also never answer "yes" to the Jan Mayen box, as that would contradict the Soviet Union and North Korea not existing. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.9|108.162.219.9]] 20:34, 1 June 2016 (UTC)<br />
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::I tried to explain that a response of "What?" is interpreted to be unable to find Norway, not Jan Mayen, for this reason and that the name didn't exist until 1620, but then I couldn't eliminate that the map is from 1299 or earlier, because the kingdom of Norway is not that old. As for the "Yes" response, for a short period between November 1 and December 28, 1922, neither the Soviet Union nor the Ottoman Empire existed, and Norway had already received jurisdiction over Jan Mayen then.--[[User:Troy0|Troy0]] ([[User talk:Troy0|talk]]) 07:16, 2 June 2016 (UTC)<br />
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::I stumbled on this when trying to apply the test to the Yakko's World map (which is normally mid-1990 - total of Yemens and Germanys is 3; of course, that's because there's 2 Yemens and 1 Germany, and the intended date was probably in 1991). As it happens, the Soviet Union is labelled "Russia", Korea is shown as unified, and Istanbul is not labelled at all but the country is Turkey, so we get to the Jan Mayen question. (I hadn't looked at thar map precisely enough to figure out if Jan Mayen is there at all, but it must be Norwegian if it does appear. However, even if we answer "yes", it would not be possible to reach the 1990 option anyway [we get 1954-57, in fact]. OTOH, if we accept that the Soviet Union is there, we correctly reach the Micronesia question, and the mid-1990 option is close enough to that to be able to guess correctly.) [[Special:Contributions/141.101.80.30|141.101.80.30]] 13:56, 3 June 2016 (UTC)<br />
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Update picture, please: The "giant French blob" "yes" option points to the correct box (Pakistan) on xkcd.com but not on this page (Bangladesh), and the incorrect version leaves out approximately 1930-1960. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.9|108.162.219.9]] 20:34, 1 June 2016 (UTC)<br />
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I fleshed out the Narnian section with links to the original illustrated maps from several books (but this gets weird in a hurry because there is no consistency of illustrations across the various editions of the books). I think it deserves to be mentioned in the article (although I did not try) that Randall is being slightly disingenuous with the history of maps of Narnia. For instance, there is no published map with sufficient detail to determine if Beruna has a ford or a bridge, neither can I find a map that includes Aslan's Country. On the other hand, it is also not an accurate history of the geopolitics of Narnia; for instance, Calormen existed during the time of the first three books even if it wasn't listed on any of the authorized maps. Also, it is the first time I have helped to edit an article, so I apologize for the quirkiness (especially the reliance on non-wikipedia links). [[User:Mwdaly|Mwdaly]] ([[User talk:Mwdaly|talk]]) 02:55, 2 June 2016 (UTC)<br />
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The introduction to the Narnia section reminds me of Douglas Adams' discussion of the difficulties of tense formation in time travel [http://hitchhikers.wikia.com/wiki/Time_Traveler's_Handbook_of_1001_Tense_Formations], differences between writing/publication order and reading order are very like time travel. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.70.217|141.101.70.217]] 16:24, 4 June 2016 (UTC)<br />
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Any particular reason the Crimea description was edited to be so much more condemning of Russia? I could understand if it was originally written that way, but it was changed essentially to put Russia's actions in a negative light. Is that something that needs to be done? {{unsigned ip|108.162.237.174}}<br />
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Istanbul '''->''' The Soviet Union exists '''->''' West Africa is ''not'' a giant French blob '''->''' Only one Vietnam '''->''' Jimmy Carter is fine... I think? The only animals on my map are Poseidon and a seahorse '''->''' Sinai is mostly Egyptian... <br />
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Bangladesh exists, and below Victoria is Tanzania; so where's the second Vietnam I've failed to locate on my map? [[User:Mr FJ|Mr FJ]] ([[User talk:Mr FJ|talk]]) 20:44, 1 June 2016 (UTC)<br />
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:Your map is optimistic in suggesting there is only one Vietnam, as 1968 was in the heart of the Vietnam War. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.123|141.101.98.123]] 22:42, 1 June 2016 (UTC)<br />
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Perhaps this should refer to Sandy Island. [http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/nov/22/sandy-island-missing-google-earth] [[Special:Contributions/141.101.70.217|141.101.70.217]] 16:18, 4 June 2016 (UTC)<br />
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Appearantly the year of an event is included in intervals after the event, but not in those prior. How do we handle it? [[User:Troy0|Troy0]] ([[User talk:Troy0|talk]]) 03:46, 2 June 2016 (UTC)<br />
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Going on the path '''neither''' - '''no ottoman empire''' - '''no soviet union''' - '''no north korea''' - '''jan mayen is norwegian''' I will get results that all belong to a time were the soviet union existed. Am I doing it wrong?--[[Special:Contributions/162.158.92.175|162.158.92.175]] 08:01, 2 June 2016 (UTC)<br />
:This path implies a time interval between November 1 and December 28, 1922, so it is unclear why it is linked to the Istanbul Division, which is 1928 or later.--[[User:Troy0|Troy0]] ([[User talk:Troy0|talk]]) 08:28, 2 June 2016 (UTC)<br />
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I just tried this out on an old Danish world atlas (''Lademann Verdensatlas'' with most English names also included). And although I could not determine the capital of Micronesia, I found out that it was still called Upper Volta not Burkino faso and thus the map should be from 1982-1984. First then did I check the release date for this map and true enough it was from 1982! Cool. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 08:41, 2 June 2016 (UTC)<br />
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A map [http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47db-b011-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99#/] in the New York Public library, dated 1840, is given a date of 1818-1830. Notably this map has Texas as part of Mexico (though mentioned as in captials indicating a district within Mexico. It is also missing independent Paraguay, Ecuador and Venezuela. [[User:Zeimusu|Zeimusu]] ([[User talk:Zeimusu|talk]]) 10:04, 3 June 2016 (UTC)<br />
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Apparently most Mars maps were made in 1922-1932. No Istanbul/Constantinople, no Ottoman Empire, Soviet Union exists (e.g. Mars 3 and Mars 6), no Saudi Arabia... --[[Special:Contributions/173.245.52.62|173.245.52.62]] 11:18, 2 June 2016 (UTC)<br />
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I have been evaluating world globes (subset of maps of course) for several years, and find this quite amusing. A note of interest: Apparently Randall knows that maps often do include copyright or other dates, while globes with very few exceptions do not include a date. There are other guides to finding the date of presentation of a globe of course, which may or may not pin the date down more precisely. [[User:Pault151|Pault151]] ([[User talk:Pault151|talk]]) 05:38, 3 June 2016 (UTC)<br />
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Hugo Giraudel made a command line version of this: https://github.com/HugoGiraudel/map-dater (full disclosure: I helped) [[User:Haroenv|Haroenv]] ([[User talk:Haroenv|talk]]) 16:24, 13 June 2016 (UTC)<br />
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Starting at the Istanbul Division, the Question Date Range no longer fits the definition at the top of the table, and now includes the effects of the Prior Date Range. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.46.5|172.68.46.5]] 07:03, 20 March 2017 (UTC)</div>172.68.46.5https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1774:_Adjective_Foods&diff=132744Talk:1774: Adjective Foods2016-12-20T17:05:04Z<p>172.68.46.5: </p>
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Nobody has edited since I started this? Wow. I must have been ''early''. [[User:Jacky720|That's right, Jacky720 just signed this]] ([[User talk:Jacky720|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Jacky720|contribs]]) 15:23, 19 December 2016 (UTC)<br />
:Nice to see somebody helping out! Thanks! [[User:Jacky720|That's right, Jacky720 just signed this]] ([[User talk:Jacky720|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Jacky720|contribs]]) 15:41, 19 December 2016 (UTC)<br />
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This looks just like all the food in my supermarket. I'm not even sure if I'm buying food or the best adjectives sometimes XD [[User:Fox Holmes|While most people have mass on Saturday, I have mine relative to my inertia]] ([[User talk:Fox Holmes|talk]]) 15:59, 19 December 2016 (UTC)<br />
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The can of Lite is a real thing, of course, and trademarked, which is why other beers can call themselves "light" but not "Lite". [https://www.beeradvocate.com/mag/2627/lite-beer-vs-light-beer/ This article has more on that.] [[Special:Contributions/162.158.75.4|162.158.75.4]] 16:05, 19 December 2016 (UTC)<br />
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Italics is totally fine, and Glazed and Lite ''are'' in white. [[User:Jacky720|That's right, Jacky720 just signed this]] ([[User talk:Jacky720|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Jacky720|contribs]]) 16:13, 19 December 2016 (UTC)<br />
:First off, I would like to apologize, my reason for changing the text to normal could be seen as inflammatory, and that was not my intention. As for my actual reason, it's that while you may be able to read it fine, many people can't read text like that. In the comic, it's large and capital letters, but the wiki has small text. Adding all that guff makes it hard to read. For example, my mom has awful eyes, and text like that would be virtually unreadable to her. It was not for my sake, but rather for the sake of others. [[User:Fox Holmes|While most people have mass on Saturday, I have mine relative to my inertia]] ([[User talk:Fox Holmes|talk]]) 16:18, 19 December 2016 (UTC)<br />
::It's not hard to increase the font size on a computer -- just ctrl and + (or ctrl and =). ctrl and - to turn it back down. The transcript is mainly there for search engines anyway, I imagine; after all, the comic is directly above it on the same page.[[Special:Contributions/108.162.237.178|108.162.237.178]] 17:29, 19 December 2016 (UTC)<br />
:::it isn't hard to increase font size, but that's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about how busy the text is. There is no reason for it to have that much. It distracts from the real purpose and decreases readability. Also, they want it edited as well. Note the box above the transcript about format. This is not about you. It needs to change for other people who cannot read this stuff as well. What makes you think everyone knows how to increase font size? I honestly didn't until now. You need to do something about it, I'll do it for you, which you may not like.[[User:Fox Holmes|While most people have mass on Saturday, I have mine relative to my inertia]] ([[User talk:Fox Holmes|talk]]) 17:48, 19 December 2016 (UTC)<br />
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Is "artisenal" even a word? Is that a purposeful misspelling of "artisanal"? (Like "lite" is a purposeful misspelling of "light".) [[User:Imperpay|Imperpay]] ([[User talk:Imperpay|talk]]) 16:42, 19 December 2016 (UTC)<br />
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The "artisenal" error has now been fixed in the updated comic. [http://xkcd.com/1774/]. --[[User:Esterhazy|Esterhazy]] ([[User talk:Esterhazy|talk]]) 17:42, 19 December 2016 (UTC)<br />
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The 'p' by a "kosher mark" indicates that it is kosher for Passover. It will say 'pareve' outright if the food is pareve. --Hamotron[[Special:Contributions/172.68.54.28|172.68.54.28]] 18:24, 19 December 2016 (UTC)<br />
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Who cares what foods ''might'' be in each of the packages? It has nothing to do with the comic and are generally speculation anyway. I'd disagree with most of what's written, but it doesn't matter. I would argue for removing the entire table/section. [[User:SeanAhern|SeanAhern]] ([[User talk:SeanAhern|talk]]) 18:58, 19 December 2016 (UTC)<br />
:I'd generally agree. If we are to list them, the 'sack' should probably designate it as 'Flour or meal,' as cereals are sometimes steel-cut, but not usually stone-ground, and stone-ground wheat is flour. Also, while there are lots of kosher foods here, I've never seen kosher eggs. Rule seems to be it must come from a live kosher chicken, but I think all chickens are kosher while they are alive, & 'kosher chicken' refers to the manner of their slaughter. [[User:Miamiclay|Miamiclay]] ([[User talk:Miamiclay|talk]]) 23:07, 19 December 2016 (UTC)<br />
:I don't think you are meant to be able to tell what is in the package as some of it makes no sense. Why would "cage free" be applied to flour or wheat? That is typically applied to chickens and their eggs to indicate the chicken/hen isn't trapped in a cage. But I have never heard of someone grinding a chicken. The only thing I can think of all those adjectives actually referring to would be ground up chicken such as for fertilisers. I think it is just a collection of adjectives which make no sense.[[Special:Contributions/108.162.249.160|108.162.249.160]] 00:00, 20 December 2016 (UTC)<br />
Hear, hear; in fact I think the explanation should note that part of the joke is that no product could be described as cage free and stone-ground. similarly, fire-roasted and flamb&eacute; are inconsistent. Also, smoked, sun-dried, <em>and</em> barrel-aged are very nearly mutually inconsistent. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.79.29|162.158.79.29]] 01:41, 20 December 2016 (UTC)<br />
:: Disagree, fois gras could be made from cage free ducks and then ground with stone implements. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.221.64|108.162.221.64]] 14:36, 20 December 2016 (UTC)<br />
:: It could refer to some baked good that uses stone-ground flour and eggs from cage-free chickens.[[Special:Contributions/172.68.46.5|172.68.46.5]] 17:05, 20 December 2016 (UTC)<br />
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"Stune-ground" might reffer to a "Ground stone" so its probably Flour. (PS hope i edit this correctly)<br />
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