https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=173.245.56.66&feedformat=atomexplain xkcd - User contributions [en]2024-03-28T17:18:40ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1363:_xkcd_Phone&diff=66623Talk:1363: xkcd Phone2014-05-02T21:11:16Z<p>173.245.56.66: Added possible interpretation of "may control God"</p>
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<div>I really dislike the tone of the explanation. I mean it's so negative about the features! Not that they are all useful, but isn't this a wiki and should be neutral? It takes also the fun out of it. I would like a screaming while falling phone and the relativity thing would be great for teaching relativity! [[User:RecentlyChanged|RecentlyChanged]] ([[User talk:RecentlyChanged|talk]])<br />
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Where can i get one of these? :D [[User:UniTrader|UniTrader]] ([[User talk:UniTrader|talk]]) 04:11, 2 May 2014 (UTC)<br />
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I'm pretty sure the "scream when falling" thing and the "flightaware" stuff can be done somehow with Tasker. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.103.206|141.101.103.206]] 04:23, 2 May 2014 (UTC)<br />
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I suspect it was either Black Hat or Beret Guy, but I'm not sure which. A collaboration? [[Special:Contributions/173.245.54.45|173.245.54.45]] 04:47, 2 May 2014 (UTC)<br />
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This sounds like something straight out of aperture. {{unsigned ip|108.162.221.55}}<br />
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;Simulates alternate speeds of light<br />
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Yes, useless as a feature on all the time; but it would be a cool app. [[User:Markhurd|Mark Hurd]] ([[User talk:Markhurd|talk]]) 05:57, 2 May 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Absolutely. Where can I get an app like that?[[Special:Contributions/108.162.225.157|108.162.225.157]] 06:22, 2 May 2014 (UTC)<br />
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Travelling at above the simulated speed of light should give an imaginary time dilation, not a negative time dilation.<br />
gamma = 1/sqrt{1-v^2/c^2}<br />
Thus, after such travel, the value of the clock would be a complex number. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.35|108.162.219.35]] 15:42, 2 May 2014 (UTC)<br />
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'''Changed the speed of light to 2.99x10^8'''<br />
:You guys should probably clarify that the relativisic affects actually depend on how long your trip is or how long you wait to sync your phone. For relativity to be observable on a 12 hour trip, Minimum speed for a phone would have to be 300 m/s or 3000 m/s for the clock to measure even a microsecond/millisecond difference in time. This is well known thanks to the certain [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_dilation#Velocity_and_gravitational_time_dilation_combined-effect_tests time dilation experiments with planes]. Your GPS chip helps account for an error of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Error_analysis_for_the_Global_Positioning_System#Relativity 7 to 47 microseconds per day]. My point is in terms of time dilation, relativity mattering depends on how long a trip or waiting for synchronization is. By synching, I literally mean with the atomic time clock or with a GPS satellite. The synchronization of your phone with satellites is actually a couple of hundred microseconds, so normally even a light changing clock might not have as noticable changes as you might think. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.238.225|108.162.238.225]] 13:49, 2 May 2014 (UTC) --[[Special:Contributions/108.162.238.225|108.162.238.225]] 13:49, 2 May 2014 (UTC)<br />
Yeah sorry forgot to login. does anyone know how to do the indices formatting other than eg 2.99x10(littlex) rather then 2.99x10^x? [[User:Jonv4n|Jonv4n]] ([[User talk:Jonv4n|talk]]) 06:29, 2 May 2014 (UTC)<br />
: Whas<sup>sup</sup>? [[Special:Contributions/141.101.89.220|141.101.89.220]] 07:43, 2 May 2014 (UTC)<br />
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'''Phone may attract/trap insects; this is normal.'''<br />
Funnier if you take it as a reference to the [http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2014/04/07/mazda_issues_recall_because_spiders_invade_fuel_tank_causing_fire_risk.html spider problems] Mazda keeps on having... <br />
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About the attracting insects ... I would expect this to be normal feature in night. Trapping, however ... -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 09:08, 2 May 2014 (UTC)<br />
: There are other indications that the phone is at least partly biological, this being the strongest evidence of that. Insects could be the power source for the biological part(s). [[Special:Contributions/173.245.54.45|173.245.54.45]] 14:07, 2 May 2014 (UTC)<br />
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'''Siri'''<br />
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Could the Siri bit be a reference to Portal? When I first read it, I remembered this GLaDOS quote: "Your Aperture Science Weighted Companion Cube will never threaten to stab you, and in fact cannot speak. If your Weighted Companion Cube does speak, please disregard its advice." Could be completely wrong; just a thought. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.54.51|173.245.54.51]] 10:09, 2 May 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Perhaps Siri is beling likened to the "ATMOS" device in the Doctor Who episode "The Sontaran Stratagem" [[User:Esp666|Esp666]] ([[User talk:Esp666|talk]]) 11:20, 2 May 2014 (UTC)<br />
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Lamest. Comic. Ever. And I'm not just saying that because he doesn't mention the Ubuntu Touch OS. ''– [[User:Tbc|tbc]] ([[User talk:Tbc|talk]]) 12:22, 2 May 2014 (UTC)''<br />
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'''Realistic case'''<br />
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Car telephones and the first cellphones were rather expensive, at least in Germany fake "realistic cases" were sold without any working electronics in it. Usage was to impress silly friends.<br />
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I thought this was aimed at the iPhone. Apparently these have an elegant case, but I have never actually seen one. Everyone I know covers their iPhone with some hideous plastic monstrosity, since the design is not practical.--[[Special:Contributions/108.162.218.59|108.162.218.59]] 14:10, 2 May 2014 (UTC)<br />
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Could possibly be a reference to the "Realistic" brand, which was used on various products sold by Radio Shack (U.S. electronics retail chain) from 1954 to some time in the '90s.[[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.76|108.162.219.76]] 16:14, 2 May 2014 (UTC)<br />
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'''Screaming when in free fall: my first Android app!'''<br />
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I love the bit about screaming when in free fall: that was the first Android app I hacked together back in 2009 (based on the tricorder app). [[User:Nealmcb|Nealmcb]] ([[User talk:Nealmcb|talk]]) 13:49, 2 May 2014 (UTC)<br />
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'''Title Text'''<br />
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Hover-over title text was truncated; love it.<br />
14:43, 2 May 2014 (UTC)[[User:Pocono Chuck|Pocono Chuck]] ([[User talk:Pocono Chuck|talk]])<br />
: you must have an really old firefox browser -- you should update !!! [[Special:Contributions/199.27.130.210|199.27.130.210]] 16:23, 2 May 2014 (UTC)<br />
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'''Price includes 2-year Knicks contract.''' ... but a contract with the Knicks would only appeal to pro basketball players.<br />
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Nonsense. Lots of "regular" folks would buy this phone it it meant they got to play in the NBA. [[Special:Contributions/199.27.128.84|199.27.128.84]] 16:26, 2 May 2014 (UTC)<br />
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"Your mobile world just went digital" is an inversion of the marketing-speak that was common when what we'd now regard as smartphones first began to be adopted by the mainstream (iPhone/G1 era, since Symbians, Blackberries, and early WinMo tended to be business or enthusiast devices). People already ubiquitously e-mailed, browsed the Web, etc...what was presented as 'new' was that you could now do it from your phone. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.54.58|173.245.54.58]] 19:09, 2 May 2014 (UTC)<br />
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I think the "Under certain circumstances, wireless transmitter may control God" statement might be a reference to how transmitting devices have to comply with FCC regulation and not interfere with aircraft or government communications. Perhaps this phone is intended to be noncompliant so as to control high-level electronics, even at supernatural levels. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.56.66|173.245.56.66]] 21:11, 2 May 2014 (UTC)Dbrak<br />
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'''Frictionless''' <br />
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You could hold a frictionless phone just by hooking your little finger under the bottom edge, regardless of friction gravity will hold it into your hand. Just like you could leave it in a bowl without it jumping out. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.229.72|108.162.229.72]] 19:12, 2 May 2014 (UTC)<br />
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;Why the hell this funny phone isn't available at the xkcd store?<br />
I would buy if the price would be in the range of other articles there. Just for fun...--[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 19:30, 2 May 2014 (UTC)</div>173.245.56.66https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1344:_Digits&diff=63122Talk:1344: Digits2014-03-21T12:08:54Z<p>173.245.56.66: </p>
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<div>If you want a multiplayer version of the game, go to 2048.mx. (No one ever shows up and it's lonely here.)<br><br />
[[User:ImVeryAngryItsNotButter|ImVeryAngryItsNotButter]] ([[User talk:ImVeryAngryItsNotButter|talk]]) 16:54, 19 March 2014 (UTC)<br />
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Interestingly, the comic number is 1344, and the 2 4-tiles can be combined to give an 8-tile {{unsigned ip|108.162.225.141}}<br />
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The title text... I guess that's just seeing how regular Tetris would play out on a cityscape? And not a special version of Tetris that used building looking pieces (I guess regular Tetris doesn't look very city-ish to me)<br />
[[User:Kirkjerk|Kirkjerk]] ([[User talk:Kirkjerk|talk]]) 11:42, 19 March 2014 (UTC)<br />
:http://shirt.woot.com/derby/entry/2869/chicago-skyline-tetris-redux [[Special:Contributions/173.245.50.84|173.245.50.84]] 12:42, 19 March 2014 (UTC)<br />
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8224 is also (16*16*32)+32 and was a common number to see as a programming error on PDP11's in the 1980's when a (16 bit) integer of zero was stored as two spaces (ascii=32) rather than two nulls (ascii=0) {{unsigned ip|141.101.70.205}}<br />
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Dammit, thanks to this comic, I found out this game exists. Now I can't stop playing it! Thanks a lot, Randall! [[Special:Contributions/173.245.56.66|173.245.56.66]] 12:08, 21 March 2014 (UTC)</div>173.245.56.66https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:95:_The_Sierpinski_Penis_Game&diff=62941Talk:95: The Sierpinski Penis Game2014-03-18T21:21:38Z<p>173.245.56.66: /* Missing triangles */</p>
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<div>== Missing triangles ==<br />
Any idea why there are some (at least 3) small triangles missing? --[[Special:Contributions/212.255.96.151|212.255.96.151]] 18:46, 7 July 2013 (UTC)<br />
:Where?--[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 21:46, 12 July 2013 (UTC)<br />
::Starting from the center going left, right or down these three are missing: LLLRD, LLRLD, RLRDR. But actually, infinitely many triangles are missing *g*. --[[User:Chtz|Chtz]] ([[User talk:Chtz|talk]]) 22:38, 12 July 2013 (UTC)<br />
There's actually an extra triangle as well that doesn't fit the pattern. It's DDLRLL.{{unsigned|24.207.62.236}}<br />
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I don't think this article meets standards of neutrality. Calling the penis game "infantile" is insensitive to those exploring their sexuality and does not reflect the nuances of the penis community. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.56.66|173.245.56.66]] 21:21, 18 March 2014 (UTC)</div>173.245.56.66https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:95:_The_Sierpinski_Penis_Game&diff=62940Talk:95: The Sierpinski Penis Game2014-03-18T21:21:07Z<p>173.245.56.66: Added a neutrality-related comment in jest</p>
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<div>== Missing triangles ==<br />
Any idea why there are some (at least 3) small triangles missing? --[[Special:Contributions/212.255.96.151|212.255.96.151]] 18:46, 7 July 2013 (UTC)<br />
:Where?--[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 21:46, 12 July 2013 (UTC)<br />
::Starting from the center going left, right or down these three are missing: LLLRD, LLRLD, RLRDR. But actually, infinitely many triangles are missing *g*. --[[User:Chtz|Chtz]] ([[User talk:Chtz|talk]]) 22:38, 12 July 2013 (UTC)<br />
There's actually an extra triangle as well that doesn't fit the pattern. It's DDLRLL.{{unsigned|24.207.62.236}}<br />
I don't think this article meets standards of neutrality. Calling the penis game "infantile" is insensitive to those exploring their sexuality and does not reflect the nuances of the penis community. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.56.66|173.245.56.66]] 21:21, 18 March 2014 (UTC)</div>173.245.56.66https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1304:_Glass_Trolling&diff=593861304: Glass Trolling2014-02-04T22:21:34Z<p>173.245.56.66: /* Explanation */ Fixed syntactical and grammatical errors and revised for clarity</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1304<br />
| date = December 16, 2013<br />
| title = Glass Trolling<br />
| image = glass_trolling.png<br />
| titletext = Plus, when someone finally grabs your glasses and stomps on them, it costs way less than $1,500 to replace them.<br />
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{{w|Google Glass}} is a set of glasses frames worn like typical glasses that features an optical display and internet connectivity. It responds to voice commands starting with [https://support.google.com/glass/answer/3079305 "OK ''glass''"], for example to initiate video recording or to check tomorrow's weather. Strangers and other people surrounding the user would often find it annoying to hear someone talking to "himself", or to ''Glass''.<br />
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[[Cueball]] is checking tomorrow's weather and says "OK, ''glass''" while he is only wearing regular glasses. Apparently this is even more annoying to the bystander than if Cueball actually would wear a ''Glass''.<br />
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In the title text, a bystander is eventually fed up with the annoyance and smashes the glasses to the ground. If they were an actual ''Google Glass'', they would have cost a fortune to replace; regular glasses are much less costly.<br />
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The "OK, ''Glass''" keyword is not useless outside of ''Glass''; In the ''Android/iOS'' app ''Google Now'', "OK, ''Glass''" is also valid instead of "OK, ''Google''" to initiate a voice command. While Cueball may be using this app, it is not necessarily the case, given that the caption states that Cueball enjoys prefacing everything with the phrase.<br />
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This is another strip in the [[My Hobby]] series.<br />
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:My Hobby:<br />
:Cueball: Ok, Glass, check tomorrow's weather.<br />
:Cueball: Ooh, snow!<br />
:Off-frame-bystander: Oh my god, it's somehow even ''more'' annoying than if you had it.<br />
:Saying "Ok, Glass" before everything while wearing regular glasses.<br />
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By the end, it's really starting to sound like a text-based fantasy adventure game, or possibly a game of D&D. This adds an additional level of humour: using Google Maps to navigate around virtual worlds.<br />
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I particularly liked the "Go pi miles", and the "Careful" instructions in the Google Maps "Action" column on the right. ''--[[User:MisterSpike|MisterSpike]] ([[User talk:MisterSpike|talk]]) 18:58, 26 June 2013 (UTC)''<br />
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:Yes it is very much like old text games. [[Special:Contributions/184.66.160.91|184.66.160.91]] 04:18, 7 July 2013 (UTC)<br />
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The Spectral Wolf plays a role in World of Warcraft, but as I am not a WoW player, I don't feel qualified to update the explanation. Any WoWians want to add a paragraph on the Spectral Wolf?[[User:Nsimonetti|NikoNarf]] ([[User talk:Nsimonetti|talk]]) 19:17, 14 November 2013 (UTC)<br />
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I'm not sure what is meant by the use of the term "Straw Man" instead of scarecrow or some other spooky or Halloween-themed equivalent. Perhaps it is a reference to the fallacy, but the fallacy is unassociated with "waking" unless maybe it's loosely related to the aggression that generally accompanies the attack of a straw man.</div>173.245.56.66https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=530:_I%27m_An_Idiot&diff=52887530: I'm An Idiot2013-11-16T20:33:33Z<p>173.245.56.66: /* Explanation */ Incomplete: does not explain IRC, SSH, "say", or any solutions to setting volume via command line.</p>
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[[Cueball]], locked out of his dorm/apartment, is trying to get his roommate's attention. Being the typical xkcd computer geek, he tries various ways of reaching her, by calling her cell phone, {{w|IRC}}, the window, and SSH'ing into a Mac computer to make it shout at her. [[Ponytail]] informs him of the most obvious solution — the doorbell.<br />
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:[Ponytail approaches Cueball, who is sitting on porch steps, laptop in lap and backpack open.]<br />
:Ponytail: Should I ask?<br />
:Cueball: I'm locked out, and I'm trying to get my roommate to let me in.<br />
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:[Unplugged cell phone on table.]<br />
:Cueball: First I tried her cell phone, but it's off.<br />
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:[Cueball sitting on steps, laptop in lap and gesturing.]<br />
:Cueball: Then I tried IRC, but she's not online.<br />
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:[Cueball standing in front of house and looking up at window.]<br />
:Cueball: I couldn't find anything to throw at her window,<br />
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:[Living room with couch easy chair and computer set up.]<br />
:Cueball: So I SSH'd into the Mac Mini in the living room and got the speech synth to yell at her for me.<br />
:Computer: Hey I'm locked out downstairs<br />
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:[Megan sitting at table with laptop open.]<br />
:Cueball: But I think I left the volume way down, so I'm reading the OS X docs to learn to set the volume via command line.<br />
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:[Ponytail facing Cueball, who is still sitting on the porch with his laptop.]<br />
:Ponytail: Ah.<br />
:Ponytail: I take it the doorbell doesn't work?<br />
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:[Ponytail remains in place, Cueball tilts head back slightly, as if staring in realization.]<br />
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