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Maplestrip: /* Explanation */ Adding separate interpretation of the titular "problem." At least one comment noted the same concept, but it had not been expanded upon. Restructuring a bit to work it in organically.

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‎Explanation: Adding separate interpretation of the titular "problem." At least one comment noted the same concept, but it had not been expanded upon. Restructuring a bit to work it in organically.

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 The problem is perhaps an allusion to the {{w|Travelling salesman problem|travelling salesman problem}}, as the directed arrows and graph nodes might appear as a possible path of the salesperson between the cities. The computational difficulty of the travelling salesman problem might echo with the difficulties that the author has with trying to figure out the underlying reason for naming the OS X versions in particular order. The chart thus looks like a parody on the scientific presentation.
-Alternatively, the OS X Problem refers to Apple running out of sufficiently cool and powerful cat names. After Mountain Lion, Apple would have had to significantly downgrade their naming scheme on one of the two axes. In reality, Apple moved away from cat names altogether. OS X v10.8 "Mountain Lion" was followed by releases named after Californian landmarks: v10.9 "Mavericks", named after a {{w|Mavericks, California|surf spot}}, followed by v10.10 "Yosemite", named after a {{w|Yosemite National Park|national park}}, and so on.
+Alternatively, the OS X Problem refers to Apple running out of sufficiently cool and powerful cat names. After Mountain Lion, Apple would have had to significantly downgrade their naming scheme on one of the two axes. In reality, Apple moved away from cat names altogether. OS X v10.8 "Mountain Lion" was followed by releases named after Californian landmarks: v10.9 "Mavericks", named after a {{w|Mavericks, California|surf spot}}, v10.10 "Yosemite", named after a {{w|Yosemite National Park|national park}}, and so on.
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 The problem is perhaps an allusion to the {{w|Travelling salesman problem|travelling salesman problem}}, as the directed arrows and graph nodes might appear as a possible path of the salesperson between the cities. The computational difficulty of the travelling salesman problem might echo with the difficulties that the author has with trying to figure out the underlying reason for naming the OS X versions in particular order. The chart thus looks like a parody on the scientific presentation.
-Alternatively, the OS X Problem refers to Apple running out of sufficiently cool and powerful cat names. After Mountain Lion, Apple would have had to significantly downgraded their naming scheme on one of the two axes. In reality, Apple moved away from cat names altogether. OS X v10.8 "Mountain Lion" was followed by releases named after Californian landmarks: v10.9 "Mavericks", named after a {{w|Mavericks, California|surf spot}}, followed by v10.10 "Yosemite", named after a {{w|Yosemite National Park|national park}}, and so on.
+Alternatively, the OS X Problem refers to Apple running out of sufficiently cool and powerful cat names. After Mountain Lion, Apple would have had to significantly downgrade their naming scheme on one of the two axes. In reality, Apple moved away from cat names altogether. OS X v10.8 "Mountain Lion" was followed by releases named after Californian landmarks: v10.9 "Mavericks", named after a {{w|Mavericks, California|surf spot}}, followed by v10.10 "Yosemite", named after a {{w|Yosemite National Park|national park}}, and so on.
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 [[:Category:Bobcats|Bobcats]] are a running XKCD joke, so their inclusion is to be expected. The genus ''Puma'' here only lists synonyms for the puma (see {{w|cougar}}) instead of {{w|Puma_(genus)|the actual genus}}. Of course, the three OS X versions named by three of these synonyms are not the same.
-Since this comic was published, Apple has stopped naming versions of OS X after big cats, and now names them after Californian landmarks. OS X v10.8 "Mountain Lion" was followed by v10.9 "Mavericks", named after a {{w|Mavericks, California|surf spot}}, followed by v10.10 "Yosemite", named after a {{w|Yosemite National Park|national park}}, and so on.
+===The "problem"===
-The title of the chart depicted on the comic ("OS X problem") is perhaps an allusion to the {{w|Travelling salesman problem|travelling salesman problem}}, as the directed arrows and graph nodes might appear as a possible path of the salesperson between the cities. The computational difficulty of the travelling salesman problem might echo with the difficulties that the author has with trying to figure out the underlying reason for naming the OS X versions in particular order. The chart thus looks like a parody on the scientific presentation.
+The problem is perhaps an allusion to the {{w|Travelling salesman problem|travelling salesman problem}}, as the directed arrows and graph nodes might appear as a possible path of the salesperson between the cities. The computational difficulty of the travelling salesman problem might echo with the difficulties that the author has with trying to figure out the underlying reason for naming the OS X versions in particular order. The chart thus looks like a parody on the scientific presentation.
 In the title text, a Smilodon fatalis is a saber-tooth cat, a Dracorex hogwartsia is a dinosaur whose skull looks like that of a fairy tale dragon, and a Stygimoloch spinifer is one of the last dinosaurs before the K-T (Cretaceous-Paleogene) extinction about 66 million years ago. Notably, it's possible both Stygimoloch and Dracorex are in fact juvenile members of the genus Pachycepholosaurus who were wrongly identified as a separate species, meaning two of Randall's top four coolest extinct animal names would no longer be recognized. All of the animals mentioned in the title text are now extinct.