Talk:1376: Jump - Revision history

Hitstun: Overthinking acceleration vs speed

2021-09-30T22:45:28Z

Overthinking acceleration vs speed

Hitstun: Re-signing my post while actually logged in this time

2021-09-30T22:41:08Z

Re-signing my post while actually logged in this time

172.70.82.53: hitstun's first post on explain xkcd (I'm another Wolfenstein Enemy Territory trickjumper); also added search links to kavol's response

2021-09-30T22:27:19Z

hitstun's first post on explain xkcd (I'm another Wolfenstein Enemy Territory trickjumper); also added search links to kavol's response

162.158.68.71 at 19:51, 8 May 2016

2016-05-08T19:51:14Z

Kynde at 23:54, 22 March 2016

2016-03-22T23:54:30Z

Raydleemsc at 04:47, 14 May 2015

2015-05-14T04:47:51Z

Kynde at 20:24, 9 June 2014

2014-06-09T20:24:53Z

141.101.105.59 at 09:54, 8 June 2014

2014-06-08T09:54:06Z

141.101.105.208: +reference to Karel Čapek

2014-06-05T07:53:30Z

+reference to Karel Čapek

141.101.88.222 at 02:35, 5 June 2014

2014-06-05T02:35:25Z

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−	This is actually a great, concise tutorial for flying in dreams. Practice jumping and not landing, and then you can invent skills to speed up, change direction, phase through solid objects, or add more style. [https://www.reddit.com/r/FloatingIsFun/comments/py3tvh/xkcd_jump_by_randall_munroe/ Have fun with it] and [https://www.reddit.com/r/FloatingIsFun/ get inspired!] Cueball will be fine. He's levitating at a set height above the terrain that slightly increases ~~when he accelerates~~. If he thinks too much about how this works, he'll doubt himself and fall in the water. Also, happy 16th anniversary, xkcd! [[User:Hitstun\|Hitstun]] ([[User talk:Hitstun\|talk]]) 22:41, 30 September 2021 (UTC)	+	This is actually a great, concise tutorial for flying in dreams. Practice jumping and not landing, and then you can invent skills to speed up, change direction, phase through solid objects, or add more style. [https://www.reddit.com/r/FloatingIsFun/comments/py3tvh/xkcd_jump_by_randall_munroe/ Have fun with it] and [https://www.reddit.com/r/FloatingIsFun/ get inspired!] Cueball will be fine. He's levitating at a set height above the terrain that slightly increases with his speed. If he thinks too much about how this works, he'll doubt himself and fall in the water. Also, happy 16th anniversary, xkcd! [[User:Hitstun\|Hitstun]] ([[User talk:Hitstun\|talk]]) 22:41, 30 September 2021 (UTC)

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−	This is actually a great, concise tutorial for flying in dreams. Practice jumping and not landing, and then you can invent skills to speed up, change direction, phase through solid objects, or add more style. [https://www.reddit.com/r/FloatingIsFun/comments/py3tvh/xkcd_jump_by_randall_munroe/ Have fun with it] and [https://www.reddit.com/r/FloatingIsFun/ get inspired!] Cueball will be fine. He's levitating at a set height above the terrain that slightly increases when he accelerates. If he thinks too much about how this works, he'll doubt himself and fall in the water. Also, happy 16th anniversary, xkcd! [[~~Special~~:~~Contributions/172.70.82.53~~\|~~172.70.82.53~~]]	+	This is actually a great, concise tutorial for flying in dreams. Practice jumping and not landing, and then you can invent skills to speed up, change direction, phase through solid objects, or add more style. [https://www.reddit.com/r/FloatingIsFun/comments/py3tvh/xkcd_jump_by_randall_munroe/ Have fun with it] and [https://www.reddit.com/r/FloatingIsFun/ get inspired!] Cueball will be fine. He's levitating at a set height above the terrain that slightly increases when he accelerates. If he thinks too much about how this works, he'll doubt himself and fall in the water. Also, happy 16th anniversary, xkcd! [[User:Hitstun\|Hitstun]] ([[User talk:Hitstun\|talk]]) 22:41, 30 September 2021 (UTC)

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 :PS, for the record ''my'' "flying dreams" are different, being more the "feet pressing/thrusting against the air" kind, trajectory controllable by leaning backwards and forwards, as if on an 'invisible airworthy Segway', and altitude by using more or less 'push'.  Well, it makes sense to me when I'm dreaming, when I'm quite adept at it. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.88.222|141.101.88.222]] 02:35, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
-FTR, the first slide immediately reminded me of "Muž, který dovedl lítat" (The Man Who Knew How To Fly) by Karel Čapek (1938). Just go DuckDuck (or Google if you prefer), there are even (at least) two animated cartoons inspired by that. --kavol, [[Special:Contributions/141.101.105.208|141.101.105.208]] 07:53, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
+FTR, the first slide immediately reminded me of "Muž, který dovedl lítat" (The Man Who Knew How To Fly) by Karel Čapek (1938). Just [https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=%22Mu%C5%BE%2C+kter%C3%BD+dovedl+l%C3%ADtat%22+%28The+Man+Who+Knew+How+To+Fly%29+by+Karel+%C4%8Capek+%281938%29 go DuckDuck] (or [https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22Mu%C5%BE%2C%20kter%C3%BD%20dovedl%20l%C3%ADtat%22%20(The%20Man%20Who%20Knew%20How%20To%20Fly)%20by%20Karel%20%C4%8Capek%20(1938) Google] if you prefer), there are even (at least) two animated cartoons inspired by that. --kavol, [[Special:Contributions/141.101.105.208|141.101.105.208]] 07:53, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
 Anyone else notice that the hover text given in this xkcd's [http://www.xkcd.com/1376/info.0.json info.0.json] is actually slightly different from the actual hover text?
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	FTR, the first slide immediately reminded me of "Muž, který dovedl lítat" (The Man Who Knew How To Fly) by Karel Čapek (1938). Just go DuckDuck (or Google if you prefer), there are even (at least) two animated cartoons inspired by that. --kavol, [[Special:Contributions/141.101.105.208\|141.101.105.208]] 07:53, 5 June 2014 (UTC)		FTR, the first slide immediately reminded me of "Muž, který dovedl lítat" (The Man Who Knew How To Fly) by Karel Čapek (1938). Just go DuckDuck (or Google if you prefer), there are even (at least) two animated cartoons inspired by that. --kavol, [[Special:Contributions/141.101.105.208\|141.101.105.208]] 07:53, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
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		+	Anyone else notice that the hover text given in this xkcd's [http://www.xkcd.com/1376/info.0.json info.0.json] is actually slightly different from the actual hover text?
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 :perhaps because the letters are separated out(?)... it would look a little weird to me for them not to be all caps - all XKCD comics are in all caps (it's the font), so that's not a differentiating factor -- [[User:Brettpeirce|Brettpeirce]] ([[User talk:Brettpeirce|talk]]) 13:11, 2 June 2014 (UTC)
 :Correct - since it is not a single word but individual words they should all be capital. All sentences here in the transcripts are written with capital letters - so as these letters each represents an individual sentence they should begin with a capital letter. [[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 13:54, 2 June 2014 (UTC)
 It's a dream of every wolfenstein enemy-territory player ;-) Theres a bug where you can get a lot of speed be running and jumping around.
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 A minor thing, but I think that "...unless one considers the possibility that Cueball's 'gliding' will continue in a straight line in relation to the Earth's surface." would be better re-written using the term "tangent".  And would help later on in the explanation (regarding the Earth's surface bending away, etc).  [[Special:Contributions/141.101.88.222|141.101.88.222]] 02:29, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
 :PS, for the record ''my'' "flying dreams" are different, being more the "feet pressing/thrusting against the air" kind, trajectory controllable by leaning backwards and forwards, as if on an 'invisible airworthy Segway', and altitude by using more or less 'push'.  Well, it makes sense to me when I'm dreaming, when I'm quite adept at it. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.88.222|141.101.88.222]] 02:35, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
 FTR, the first slide immediately reminded me of "Muž, který dovedl lítat" (The Man Who Knew How To Fly) by Karel Čapek (1938). Just go DuckDuck (or Google if you prefer), there are even (at least) two animated cartoons inspired by that. --kavol, [[Special:Contributions/141.101.105.208|141.101.105.208]] 07:53, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

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 :In the last century a lot of us have flown (assisted). Of course, our obsession with the idea of flying is much older than our actual taking to the skies, by several millennia. (Unless, "Aliens!") But, could it simply be because all that there was to see at night was the sky? If you woke up in the middle of the night, stared at the stars for a few minutes and went back to sleep, would that make you want to travel upwards towards them in your dreams? [[Special:Contributions/103.22.201.239|103.22.201.239]] 05:51, 3 June 2014 (UTC)
 ::Our ancestors may not be able to fly, but they certainly known a lot about elevated positions. They might envied the birds for long time. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 10:31, 4 June 2014 (UTC)
 Why is "GLIDE" in all-caps in the transcript?  The whole comic is in all-caps.  [[Special:Contributions/108.162.237.218|108.162.237.218]] 12:32, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

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 :Everybody knows that this slow gliding would only work in a dream. The correct speed at sea level would be 7.91 km/s and this comic isn't talking about this high velocities anyway. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 22:22, 3 June 2014 (UTC)
 ::True enough [[Special:Contributions/141.101.81.206|141.101.81.206]] 10:11, 4 June 2014 (UTC)
 There are similarities to the story of flying Robert http://www.sagen.at/texte/maerchen/maerchen_deutschland/hoffmann/fliegender_robert_1.html , a story from "der Struwwelpeter", german classic for children. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.97.220|141.101.97.220]] 07:08, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

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	I guess the "G L I D E" could be a reference to Fight Club scene. The one with the Penguin during one of Tylor's support groups. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.88.214\|141.101.88.214]] 09:03, 2 June 2014 (UTC)		I guess the "G L I D E" could be a reference to Fight Club scene. The one with the Penguin during one of Tylor's support groups. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.88.214\|141.101.88.214]] 09:03, 2 June 2014 (UTC)
		+	>In Fight Club, it's "Slide", though.[[Special:Contributions/141.101.105.59\|141.101.105.59]] 09:54, 8 June 2014 (UTC)

	The statement someone added, saying that if gravity had ceased he'd leave the earth's orbit due to the lack of the Sun's gravity, is incorrect; the Sun's gravitational force at the Earth is far lower than the Earth's gravity, so the loss would not be noticeable until well after he'd ended up in space. As such, I removed that statement. {{unsigned ip\|108.162.219.15}}		The statement someone added, saying that if gravity had ceased he'd leave the earth's orbit due to the lack of the Sun's gravity, is incorrect; the Sun's gravitational force at the Earth is far lower than the Earth's gravity, so the loss would not be noticeable until well after he'd ended up in space. As such, I removed that statement. {{unsigned ip\|108.162.219.15}}

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	A minor thing, but I think that "...unless one considers the possibility that Cueball's 'gliding' will continue in a straight line in relation to the Earth's surface." would be better re-written using the term "tangent". And would help later on in the explanation (regarding the Earth's surface bending away, etc). [[Special:Contributions/141.101.88.222\|141.101.88.222]] 02:29, 5 June 2014 (UTC)		A minor thing, but I think that "...unless one considers the possibility that Cueball's 'gliding' will continue in a straight line in relation to the Earth's surface." would be better re-written using the term "tangent". And would help later on in the explanation (regarding the Earth's surface bending away, etc). [[Special:Contributions/141.101.88.222\|141.101.88.222]] 02:29, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
	:PS, for the record ''my'' "flying dreams" are different, being more the "feet pressing/thrusting against the air" kind, trajectory controllable by leaning backwards and forwards, as if on an 'invisible airworthy Segway', and altitude by using more or less 'push'. Well, it makes sense to me when I'm dreaming, when I'm quite adept at it. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.88.222\|141.101.88.222]] 02:35, 5 June 2014 (UTC)		:PS, for the record ''my'' "flying dreams" are different, being more the "feet pressing/thrusting against the air" kind, trajectory controllable by leaning backwards and forwards, as if on an 'invisible airworthy Segway', and altitude by using more or less 'push'. Well, it makes sense to me when I'm dreaming, when I'm quite adept at it. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.88.222\|141.101.88.222]] 02:35, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
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		+	FTR, the first slide immediately reminded me of "Muž, který dovedl lítat" (The Man Who Knew How To Fly) by Karel Čapek (1938). Just go DuckDuck (or Google if you prefer), there are even (at least) two animated cartoons inspired by that. --kavol, [[Special:Contributions/141.101.105.208\|141.101.105.208]] 07:53, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

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	A minor thing, but I think that "...unless one considers the possibility that Cueball's 'gliding' will continue in a straight line in relation to the Earth's surface." would be better re-written using the term "tangent". And would help later on in the explanation (regarding the Earth's surface bending away, etc). [[Special:Contributions/141.101.88.222\|141.101.88.222]] 02:29, 5 June 2014 (UTC)		A minor thing, but I think that "...unless one considers the possibility that Cueball's 'gliding' will continue in a straight line in relation to the Earth's surface." would be better re-written using the term "tangent". And would help later on in the explanation (regarding the Earth's surface bending away, etc). [[Special:Contributions/141.101.88.222\|141.101.88.222]] 02:29, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
		+	:PS, for the record ''my'' "flying dreams" are different, being more the "feet pressing/thrusting against the air" kind, trajectory controllable by leaning backwards and forwards, as if on an 'invisible airworthy Segway', and altitude by using more or less 'push'. Well, it makes sense to me when I'm dreaming, when I'm quite adept at it. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.88.222\|141.101.88.222]] 02:35, 5 June 2014 (UTC)