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| title = The Important Field | | title = The Important Field | ||
| image = the important field.png | | image = the important field.png | ||
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| titletext = I hear in some places, you need to fill one form of ID to buy a gun, but two to pay for it by check. It's interesting to see who has what incentives to care about what mistakes. | | titletext = I hear in some places, you need to fill one form of ID to buy a gun, but two to pay for it by check. It's interesting to see who has what incentives to care about what mistakes. | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | This comic is a joke about data validation. One form of validation is where a program asks the user to provide multiple inputs to confirm that they entered their data correctly. In the comic, the program only asks for validation for the man's email address when a more important item of data -the missile target- is also entered, but not validated by duplicate entry. | |
− | + | The title text is also an illustration of a mistake going undetected, albeit only a grammatical one (not nearly as catastrophic as, say, a missle landing on an unintended destination.) | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[ | + | :[Man sitting at computer.] |
− | :Computer: Welcome to the missile launch | + | :Computer: Welcome to the missile launch interface! |
− | :''Click'' | + | :[''Click''] |
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:Computer: Enter the target's coordinates. | :Computer: Enter the target's coordinates. | ||
− | :''Type Type'' | + | :[''Type Type''] |
− | + | :Computer: Enter you email address for our records. | |
− | + | :[''Type Type''] | |
− | :Computer: Enter | ||
− | :''Type Type'' | ||
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:Computer: Enter your email again, to ensure you typed it correctly. | :Computer: Enter your email again, to ensure you typed it correctly. | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Sarcasm]] | [[Category:Sarcasm]] | ||
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