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{{comic | {{comic | ||
| number = 271 | | number = 271 | ||
− | | date = June | + | | date = June 6, 2007 |
| title = Powers of One | | title = Powers of One | ||
| image = powers_of_one.png | | image = powers_of_one.png | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | This is a parody of the short documentary {{w|Powers of Ten (film)|"Powers of 10 | + | This is a parody of the short documentary {{w|Powers of Ten (film)|"Powers of 10"}}: the original one can be found at http://www.powersof10.com/film.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fKBhvDjuy0] |
− | + | Like in the documentary, the comic features a man and a woman on a blanket, during a picnic. Then, the zoom level of the image should change... but, while in the documentary it changes by 10 times at regular intervals (hence the name "Powers of 10": 1x, 10x, 100x ...), in the comic powers of 1 are used: since every power of 1 is always 1, the image doesn't change at all. | |
− | The title text | + | So, a series of identical images is shown. |
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+ | The title text says that this idea may seem profound, (or "{{w|Zen}}", which is commonly used in American slang to mean "profound") but quickly loses any pretensions to actually being profound when you take a second look. | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | + | :[A sequence, presumably continuing endlessly in both directions, of identical images of a couple lying on a chequered blanket, with a picnic basket, on grass. Each image has a rule at the bottom giving measurements in meters, with the scale in terms of 1 to a particular power. The powers visible are the -1th (part), 0th-2nd, and 3rd (part).] | |
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− | :[A sequence, presumably continuing endlessly in both directions, of identical images of a couple lying on a chequered blanket, with a picnic basket, on grass. Each image has a rule at the bottom giving measurements in meters, with the scale in terms of 1 to a particular power. The powers visible are the - | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
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