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Reverted edit 387746 by Anonymous1279358478 to 322890

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 ==Explanation==
-[[Cueball]] expresses himself as  a {{w|Poisson distribution}}, which shows the probability of a given number of events occurring in a fixed interval of time or space. The X axis typically represents the "number of events" while the Y axis is a decimal representing the probability (e.g., 0.5 for 50% probability) a given number of events will occur in that fixed interval of time or space. It is commonly represented by a bar graph or a scatter graph (sometimes with a line connection to show a trend, even though there is no actual value for non-integers).
+[[Cueball]] expresses himself as a {{w|Poisson distribution}}, which shows the probability of a given number of events occurring in a fixed interval of time or space. The X axis typically represents the "number of events" while the Y axis is a decimal representing the probability (e.g., 0.5 for 50% probability) a given number of events will occur in that fixed interval of time or space. It is commonly represented by a bar graph or a scatter graph (sometimes with a line connection to show a trend, even though there is no actual value for non-integers).
-What's important to note for this  comic is that this distribution only has data points on non-negative integers and is not continuous through decimal numbers or (as the image text tells us) negative numbers because events can't occur 0.3 of a time, or &minus;2 times. After implying that the concept of a person being a mathematical distribution is irrational, [[Black Hat]] suggests he is "less than zero". Since the Poisson distribution doesn't exist or has no value at negative values, Cueball no longer exists to Black Hat and thus either leaves or disappears magically. Cueball repeating his claim may also be a reference to the fact that the Poisson point process is memoryless. [[Randall Munroe|Randall]] was still experimenting with character design, as Cueball has a face in the first two frames.
+What's important to note for this comic is that this distribution only has data points on non-negative integers and is not continuous through decimal numbers or (as the image text tells us) negative numbers because events can't occur 0.3 of a time, or &minus;2 times. After implying that the concept of a person being a mathematical distribution is irrational, [[Black Hat]] suggests he is "less than zero". Since the Poisson distribution doesn't exist or has no value at negative values, Cueball no longer exists to Black Hat and thus either leaves or disappears magically. Cueball repeating his claim may also be a reference to the fact that the Poisson point process is memoryless. [[Randall Munroe|Randall]] was still experimenting with character design, as Cueball has a face in the first two frames.
 In the title text, as in some other early comics, [[Randall Munroe|Randall]] explains the joke rather than adding to it.
 ==Transcript==
-:[Cueball is talking to Black Hat. Cueball has his mouth  wide open and has both of his arms up.]
+:[Cueball is talking to Black Hat. Cueball has his mouth wide open and has both of his arms up.]
 :Cueball: I'm a poisson distribution!
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 ==Trivia==
-* This comic and [[5: Blown apart]] were posted for  the  first time on the [[:Category:First day on xkcd.com|first day of xkcd.com]]. Both of these comics were exclusively published on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] and were never shared on [[LiveJournal]].
+* This comic and [[5: Blown apart]] were posted for the first time on the [[:Category:First day on xkcd.com|first day of xkcd.com]]. Both of these comics were exclusively published on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] and were never shared on [[LiveJournal]].
 * This comic was [[:Category:Sunday comics|released on a Sunday]].

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 ==Trivia==
-* This comic and [[5: Blown apart]] were posted for  the first time on the [[:Category:First day on xkcd.com|first day of xkcd.com]]. Both of these comics were exclusively published on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] and were never shared on [[LiveJournal]].
+* This comic and [[5: Blown apart]] were posted for  the  first time on the [[:Category:First day on xkcd.com|first day of xkcd.com]]. Both of these comics were exclusively published on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] and were never shared on [[LiveJournal]].
 * This comic was [[:Category:Sunday comics|released on a Sunday]].

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 ==Trivia==
-* This comic and [[5: Blown apart]] were posted for the first time on the [[:Category:First day on xkcd.com|first day of xkcd.com]]. Both of these comics were exclusively published on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] and were never shared on [[LiveJournal]].
+* This comic and [[5: Blown apart]] were posted for  the first time on the [[:Category:First day on xkcd.com|first day of xkcd.com]]. Both of these comics were exclusively published on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] and were never shared on [[LiveJournal]].
 * This comic was [[:Category:Sunday comics|released on a Sunday]].

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 ==Transcript==
-:[Cueball is talking to Black Hat. Cueball has his mouth wide open and has both of his arms up.]
+:[Cueball is talking to Black Hat. Cueball has his mouth  wide open and has both of his arms up.]
 :Cueball: I'm a poisson distribution!

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 ==Explanation==
-[[Cueball]] expresses himself as a {{w|Poisson distribution}}, which shows the probability of a given number of events occurring in a fixed interval of time or space. The X axis typically represents the "number of events" while the Y axis is a decimal representing the probability (e.g., 0.5 for 50% probability) a given number of events will occur in that fixed interval of time or space. It is commonly represented by a bar graph or a scatter graph (sometimes with a line connection to show a trend, even though there is no actual value for non-integers).
+[[Cueball]] expresses himself as  a {{w|Poisson distribution}}, which shows the probability of a given number of events occurring in a fixed interval of time or space. The X axis typically represents the "number of events" while the Y axis is a decimal representing the probability (e.g., 0.5 for 50% probability) a given number of events will occur in that fixed interval of time or space. It is commonly represented by a bar graph or a scatter graph (sometimes with a line connection to show a trend, even though there is no actual value for non-integers).
 What's important to note for this  comic is that this distribution only has data points on non-negative integers and is not continuous through decimal numbers or (as the image text tells us) negative numbers because events can't occur 0.3 of a time, or &minus;2 times. After implying that the concept of a person being a mathematical distribution is irrational, [[Black Hat]] suggests he is "less than zero". Since the Poisson distribution doesn't exist or has no value at negative values, Cueball no longer exists to Black Hat and thus either leaves or disappears magically. Cueball repeating his claim may also be a reference to the fact that the Poisson point process is memoryless. [[Randall Munroe|Randall]] was still experimenting with character design, as Cueball has a face in the first two frames.

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 {{comic discussion}}
-[[Category:First day on xkcd]]
+[[Category:First day on xkcd.com]]
 [[Category:Checkered paper]]
 [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]

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 ==Trivia==
 * This comic and [[5: Blown apart]] were posted for the first time on the [[:Category:First day on xkcd|first day of xkcd.com]]. Both of these comics were exclusively published on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] and were never shared on [[LiveJournal]].
-* This and [[5: Blown apart]] were the first comics to be [[:Category:Sunday comics|released on a Sunday]].
+* This comic and [[5: Blown apart]] were [[:Category:Sunday comics|released on a Sunday]].
 {{comic discussion}}