2194: How to Send a File - Revision history

FaviFake: The category was empty after I removed it from the templates that used it (because it's not hidden (so users see it), it's useless, and can be added back in 2 seconds.) — It's not for hyperlinked xkcd comic images. Someone added it to these 2 by mistake

2025-04-29T15:40:16Z

The category was empty after I removed it from the templates that used it (because it's not hidden (so users see it), it's useless, and can be added back in 2 seconds.) — It's not for hyperlinked xkcd comic images. Someone added it to these 2 by mistake

172.70.58.79: Undo revision 375493 by FaviFake (talk)

2025-04-28T18:00:30Z

Undo revision 375493 by FaviFake (talk)

FaviFake at 15:50, 28 April 2025

2025-04-28T15:50:36Z

FaviFake at 17:27, 25 February 2025

2025-02-25T17:27:45Z

CalibansCreations: /* Explanation */

2025-02-25T11:16:03Z

‎Explanation

CategoryGeneral: Again it's on the book cover

2024-10-26T09:25:58Z

Again it's on the book cover

CategoryGeneral: Book cover

2024-10-26T09:24:55Z

Book cover

172.71.134.216: Changed "threats" to "threatens", "books" to "book's" and removed a random space.

2024-04-29T15:42:08Z

Changed "threats" to "threatens", "books" to "book's" and removed a random space.

FaviFake at 09:03, 24 July 2023

2023-07-24T09:03:26Z

FaviFake: Fixed category name (it was a redirect)

2023-05-29T17:16:23Z

Fixed category name (it was a redirect)

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 ==Explanation==
-Similar to [[2190: Serena Versus the Drones]], this is another teaser ad for Randall's new (at the time the comic came out) book, ''[[How To]]'', due to be released a week from this comic's release, on September 3, 2019. This also prompted a [[Header text#2019-08-27_-_Out_in_a_week|change]] to the [[Header text|header text]].
+Similar to [[2190: Serena Versus the Drones]], this is another teaser ad for Randall's new (at the time the comic came out) book, ''[[How To]]'', due to be released a week from this comic's release, on September 3, 2019. This also prompted a [[Header text#2019-08-27_-_Out_in_a_week|change]] to the [[Header text|header text]]. The comic shows an image from of one of the chapters, and <s>containing</s> [[Header text#2014-07-23_-_what_if.3F_book_tour|being]] [https://blog.xkcd.com/2019/08/26/how-to-send-a-file/ a link to] a larger piece of that chapter, or perhaps the entire chapter.
-The comic shows an image from of one of the chapters, and <s>containing</s> [[Header text#2014-07-23_-_what_if.3F_book_tour|being]] [https://blog.xkcd.com/2019/08/26/how-to-send-a-file/ a link to] a larger piece of that chapter, or perhaps the entire chapter.
+This comic discusses transferring files, previously discussed in [[949: File Transfer]] and in the ''[[what if? (blog)|what if?]]'' article ''{{what if|31|FedEx Bandwidth}}''.. The snippet from his book that is shown in this comic shows scissors cutting off the (top) screen of a laptop, presumably as a way to give the "bottom" portion to someone for file transfer. While it is true most laptops house their hard drive in the bottom half of the machine, you would probably never need to prove it in a destructive manner. Tearing the screen off any given laptop is not a good idea.{{Citation needed}}
 It has not been unknown, in times past, for someone to take their 'computer' somewhere to be repaired and arrive with just the monitor (and perhaps the keyboard and mouse) unplugged from the 'box' (desktop or possibly under-desk tower case). This is because the owner has considered the latter to be little more than the 'disk drive' thing that reads the occasional floppy-disk, rather than being often the ''only'' absolutely necessary piece of equipment needed to be looked at – the cumbersome CRT screen may well be far less necessary to take to a computer repairer, despite it being where "all my files" are commonly seen. The comic example may parody the above example with a more updated twist, but does also overlook that a number of slimline devices have touchscreen technology, and all the most important bits are included within the part with the screen, yet may also have a 'bottom half' keyboard that is optional and indeed removable (scissors not required!) while not actually including any of the relevant data.
-The chapter linked to shows other methods of getting your files to another person and, in fact, explicitly states that breaking a computer to send files is not a good idea.
+The chapter linked to shows other methods of getting your files to another person and, in fact, explicitly states that breaking a computer to send files is not a good idea. The title text hints at other amazing content in the upcoming book, including discussion of butterfly migration (does it cause predictable tornadoes in Kansas? Can they carry coconuts to England?). It also threatens that using the book's idea for file transfer will make sure you will never see those files again, i.e. they will be lost for good if you try the book's method at home.
 The chapter preview, that the comic links to, discusses using butterflies as a method of sending files from one person to another on the form of flash media attached to butterflies, or encoded in DNA, and goes pretty in depth into these particular methods of data transmission as opposed to the more traditional methods that are detailed in traditional computer science books.

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 The comic shows an image from of one of the chapters, and <s>containing</s> [[Header text#2014-07-23_-_what_if.3F_book_tour|being]] [https://blog.xkcd.com/2019/08/26/how-to-send-a-file/ a link to] a larger piece of that chapter, or perhaps the entire chapter.
-This comic discusses transferring files, previously discussed in [[949: File Transfer]] and in [https://what-if.xkcd.com/31/ what if 31]. The snippet from his book that is shown in this comic shows scissors cutting off the (top) screen of a laptop, presumably as a way to give the "bottom" portion to someone for file transfer. While it is true most laptops house their hard drive in the bottom half of the machine, you would probably never need to prove it in a destructive manner. Tearing the screen off any given laptop is not a good idea.{{Citation needed}}
+This comic discusses transferring files, previously discussed in [[949: File Transfer]] and in {{what if|31|what if 31}}. The snippet from his book that is shown in this comic shows scissors cutting off the (top) screen of a laptop, presumably as a way to give the "bottom" portion to someone for file transfer. While it is true most laptops house their hard drive in the bottom half of the machine, you would probably never need to prove it in a destructive manner. Tearing the screen off any given laptop is not a good idea.{{Citation needed}}
 It has not been unknown, in times past, for someone to take their 'computer' somewhere to be repaired and arrive with just the monitor (and perhaps the keyboard and mouse) unplugged from the 'box' (desktop or possibly under-desk tower case). This is because the owner has considered the latter to be little more than the 'disk drive' thing that reads the occasional floppy-disk, rather than being often the ''only'' absolutely necessary piece of equipment needed to be looked at – the cumbersome CRT screen may well be far less necessary to take to a computer repairer, despite it being where "all my files" are commonly seen. The comic example may parody the above example with a more updated twist, but does also overlook that a number of slimline devices have touchscreen technology, and all the most important bits are included within the part with the screen, yet may also have a 'bottom half' keyboard that is optional and indeed removable (scissors not required!) while not actually including any of the relevant data.

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 ==Explanation==
-Similar to [[2190: Serena Versus the Drones]], this is another teaser ad for Randall's new (at the time the comic came out) book, ''[[How To]]'', due to be released a week from this comic's release, on September 3, 2019. This also prompted a [[xkcd_Header_text#2019-08-27_-_Out_in_a_week|change]] to the [[xkcd Header text]].
+Similar to [[2190: Serena Versus the Drones]], this is another teaser ad for Randall's new (at the time the comic came out) book, ''[[How To]]'', due to be released a week from this comic's release, on September 3, 2019. This also prompted a [header_text#2019-08-27_-_Out_in_a_week|change]] to the [[header text]].
-The comic shows an image from of one of the chapters, and <s>containing</s> [[xkcd_Header_text#2014-07-23_-_what_if.3F_book_tour|being]] [https://blog.xkcd.com/2019/08/26/how-to-send-a-file/ a link to] a larger piece of that chapter, or perhaps the entire chapter.
+The comic shows an image from of one of the chapters, and <s>containing</s> [[header_text#2014-07-23_-_what_if.3F_book_tour|being]] [https://blog.xkcd.com/2019/08/26/how-to-send-a-file/ a link to] a larger piece of that chapter, or perhaps the entire chapter.
 This comic discusses transferring files, previously discussed in [[949: File Transfer]] and in [https://what-if.xkcd.com/31/ what if 31]. The snippet from his book that is shown in this comic shows scissors cutting off the (top) screen of a laptop, presumably as a way to give the "bottom" portion to someone for file transfer. While it is true most laptops house their hard drive in the bottom half of the machine, you would probably never need to prove it in a destructive manner. Tearing the screen off any given laptop is not a good idea.{{Citation needed}}