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AdmiralMemo: Does she know she made 2 clicks?

2024-09-24T08:51:25Z

Does she know she made 2 clicks?

Kapten-N at 12:20, 11 September 2024

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Kapten-N at 12:18, 11 September 2024

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162.158.178.18 at 15:44, 23 November 2016

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173.245.54.35 at 14:17, 6 January 2016

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Hkmaly at 19:22, 2 January 2016

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Trlkly: missing something

2015-12-24T22:01:21Z

missing something

Bon at 06:35, 24 December 2015

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162.158.152.227 at 04:04, 24 December 2015

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162.158.152.227 at 03:55, 24 December 2015

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	Thus, chimney is the only "logical" option out of the alternatives provided.		Thus, chimney is the only "logical" option out of the alternatives provided.
	[[User:Kapten-N\|Kapten-N]] ([[User talk:Kapten-N\|talk]]) 12:20, 11 September 2024 (UTC)		[[User:Kapten-N\|Kapten-N]] ([[User talk:Kapten-N\|talk]]) 12:20, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
		+	: Another factor is if she knows how many clicks she did. If she knows it's 2 clicks away from where it is supposed to be, then she has a 50/50 shot of getting it back to where it was (or turning it further instead). We've got a 50% chance of getting back to chimney, a 25% chance of toilet, and a 25% chance of bathroom mirror. [[User:AdmiralMemo\|Admiral Memo]] ([[User talk:AdmiralMemo\|talk]]) 08:51, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

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 That leaves the chimney and open window. Today, most houses no longer have chimneys, as we no longer keep our homes warm with fireplaces. However, historically all houses had them. Also, open windows are rare in winter because it lets out the warmth.
 Thus, chimney is the only "logical" option out of the alternatives provided.
-[[User:Kapten-N|Kapten-N]] ([[User talk:Kapten-N|talk]]) 12:18, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
+[[User:Kapten-N|Kapten-N]] ([[User talk:Kapten-N|talk]]) 12:20, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

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	I'm not sure I'm posting this in the right place, so please correct it if it's wrong. I think the title 'SOUNDS DOG MAKE' and the list of options between square brackets is evoking a config file from Dwarf Fortress, in which things are describe just like so... -- [[Special:Contributions/173.245.54.35\|173.245.54.35]] 14:17, 6 January 2016 (UTC)		I'm not sure I'm posting this in the right place, so please correct it if it's wrong. I think the title 'SOUNDS DOG MAKE' and the list of options between square brackets is evoking a config file from Dwarf Fortress, in which things are describe just like so... -- [[Special:Contributions/173.245.54.35\|173.245.54.35]] 14:17, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
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		+	I believe the correct setting could be reached through a process of elimination.
		+	Let's begin by removing the pores of the skin, because that would require Santa to enter you first to then leave you, also it's disgusting.
		+	Then we can look at what houses historically had. Toilets, faucets, showers, heating are all out. Only apartments and houses without a garden have mail slots and only non-apartment houses which has at some point had a cat has a cat flap.
		+	That leaves the chimney and open window. Today, most houses no longer have chimneys, as we no longer keep our homes warm with fireplaces. However, historically all houses had them. Also, open windows are rare in winter because it lets out the warmth.
		+	Thus, chimney is the only "logical" option out of the alternatives provided.
		+	[[User:Kapten-N\|Kapten-N]] ([[User talk:Kapten-N\|talk]]) 12:18, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

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	:It actually shows how powerful Santa is: he is able to enter through chimney even into houses which do NOT have a chimney. (For example, see {{w\|The Santa Clause}}, where Santa enters the chimney, then the central heating transforms to fireplace and Santa enters that way.) -- [[User:Hkmaly\|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly\|talk]]) 19:22, 2 January 2016 (UTC)		:It actually shows how powerful Santa is: he is able to enter through chimney even into houses which do NOT have a chimney. (For example, see {{w\|The Santa Clause}}, where Santa enters the chimney, then the central heating transforms to fireplace and Santa enters that way.) -- [[User:Hkmaly\|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly\|talk]]) 19:22, 2 January 2016 (UTC)
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		+	:The pores option is actually impossible to reach, as two clicks + two clicks will only get one as far as "toilet" or "bathroom mirror". [[Special:Contributions/162.158.178.18\|162.158.178.18]] 15:44, 23 November 2016 (UTC)

	[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxh-Hjj8T9o Swearing dogs are definitely a thing]. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.54.28\|173.245.54.28]] 05:59, 23 December 2015 (UTC)		[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxh-Hjj8T9o Swearing dogs are definitely a thing]. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.54.28\|173.245.54.28]] 05:59, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

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	You guys are missing something. If the universe was altered, then the dial was changed to Santa going down the chimney. So either the clicks changed it back, the universe was altered to where it was always pointing the chimney, or she guessed chimney as being the right one. [[User:Trlkly\|Trlkly]] ([[User talk:Trlkly\|talk]]) 22:01, 24 December 2015 (UTC)		You guys are missing something. If the universe was altered, then the dial was changed to Santa going down the chimney. So either the clicks changed it back, the universe was altered to where it was always pointing the chimney, or she guessed chimney as being the right one. [[User:Trlkly\|Trlkly]] ([[User talk:Trlkly\|talk]]) 22:01, 24 December 2015 (UTC)
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		+	I'm not sure I'm posting this in the right place, so please correct it if it's wrong. I think the title 'SOUNDS DOG MAKE' and the list of options between square brackets is evoking a config file from Dwarf Fortress, in which things are describe just like so... -- [[Special:Contributions/173.245.54.35\|173.245.54.35]] 14:17, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

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 Pores of your skin?! As utterly horrifying as it sounds, it's probably the most effective of the bunch, considering that all the others might not exist/be blocked in some manner and in some houses. [[User:Bon|Bon]] ([[User talk:Bon|talk]]) 06:27, 23 December 2015 (UTC)
 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxh-Hjj8T9o Swearing dogs are definitely a thing]. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.54.28|173.245.54.28]] 05:59, 23 December 2015 (UTC)
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 I added to the 'speed of light' universal constant explanation, because it's "the speed that things ''like'' light go", and thus acts as an effectively unobtainable speed limit to everything ''not'' like light, rather than light's own specific speed-limit.  Having a lower 'c' would not allow any more faster-than-c travel than we might already discover is possible.  Also I find 'absolute zero' to be a wholey dubious candidate as a constant.  Kelvin (and Rankine) gets set at a 'zero' that seems to be the point of absence of temperature/heat/energy (yes, I know they're not strictly the same, with temperature being the most incorrect term of them all, but I'm grouping them as common equivalent terms to a layperson) and, like Celsius (and Fahrenheit), has a unit spread according to an anthropocentricly decided 'range' and subdivisions.  Other constants that affect the behaviour of water (or brine+ice/body temperature), including the atmospheric pressure we live under, would change the absolute value of the non-absulute measures but not change the zero value of the absolute measures.  IYSWIM... [[Special:Contributions/162.158.152.227|162.158.152.227]] 03:55, 24 December 2015 (UTC)
 The second explanation for why they cannot remember will make sense if you keep in mind that they would probably remember the ACTION of changing the dial. Even if they believe the dial is now in the correct position according to what they know (Considering that the universe has changed), they can still remember changing it, as indicated by them asking "what was the dial set to before?" [[User:Bon|Bon]] ([[User talk:Bon|talk]]) 06:35, 24 December 2015 (UTC)
 You guys are missing something. If the universe was altered, then the dial was changed to Santa going down the chimney. So either the clicks changed it back, the universe was altered to where it was always pointing the chimney, or she guessed chimney as being the right one. [[User:Trlkly|Trlkly]] ([[User talk:Trlkly|talk]]) 22:01, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

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	The second explanation for why they cannot remember will make sense if you keep in mind that they would probably remember the ACTION of changing the dial. Even if they believe the dial is now in the correct position according to what they know (Considering that the universe has changed), they can still remember changing it, as indicated by them asking "what was the dial set to before?" [[User:Bon\|Bon]] ([[User talk:Bon\|talk]]) 06:35, 24 December 2015 (UTC)		The second explanation for why they cannot remember will make sense if you keep in mind that they would probably remember the ACTION of changing the dial. Even if they believe the dial is now in the correct position according to what they know (Considering that the universe has changed), they can still remember changing it, as indicated by them asking "what was the dial set to before?" [[User:Bon\|Bon]] ([[User talk:Bon\|talk]]) 06:35, 24 December 2015 (UTC)
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		+	You guys are missing something. If the universe was altered, then the dial was changed to Santa going down the chimney. So either the clicks changed it back, the universe was altered to where it was always pointing the chimney, or she guessed chimney as being the right one. [[User:Trlkly\|Trlkly]] ([[User talk:Trlkly\|talk]]) 22:01, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

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	I added to the 'speed of light' universal constant explanation, because it's "the speed that things ''like'' light go", and thus acts as an effectively unobtainable speed limit to everything ''not'' like light, rather than light's own specific speed-limit. Having a lower 'c' would not allow any more faster-than-c travel than we might already discover is possible. Also I find 'absolute zero' to be a wholey dubious candidate as a constant. Kelvin (and Rankine) gets set at a 'zero' that seems to be the point of absence of temperature/heat/energy (yes, I know they're not strictly the same, with temperature being the most incorrect term of them all, but I'm grouping them as common equivalent terms to a layperson) and, like Celsius (and Fahrenheit), has a unit spread according to an anthropocentricly decided 'range' and subdivisions. Other constants that affect the behaviour of water (or brine+ice/body temperature), including the atmospheric pressure we live under, would change the absolute value of the non-absulute measures but not change the zero value of the absolute measures. IYSWIM... [[Special:Contributions/162.158.152.227\|162.158.152.227]] 03:55, 24 December 2015 (UTC)		I added to the 'speed of light' universal constant explanation, because it's "the speed that things ''like'' light go", and thus acts as an effectively unobtainable speed limit to everything ''not'' like light, rather than light's own specific speed-limit. Having a lower 'c' would not allow any more faster-than-c travel than we might already discover is possible. Also I find 'absolute zero' to be a wholey dubious candidate as a constant. Kelvin (and Rankine) gets set at a 'zero' that seems to be the point of absence of temperature/heat/energy (yes, I know they're not strictly the same, with temperature being the most incorrect term of them all, but I'm grouping them as common equivalent terms to a layperson) and, like Celsius (and Fahrenheit), has a unit spread according to an anthropocentricly decided 'range' and subdivisions. Other constants that affect the behaviour of water (or brine+ice/body temperature), including the atmospheric pressure we live under, would change the absolute value of the non-absulute measures but not change the zero value of the absolute measures. IYSWIM... [[Special:Contributions/162.158.152.227\|162.158.152.227]] 03:55, 24 December 2015 (UTC)
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		+	The second explanation for why they cannot remember will make sense if you keep in mind that they would probably remember the ACTION of changing the dial. Even if they believe the dial is now in the correct position according to what they know (Considering that the universe has changed), they can still remember changing it, as indicated by them asking "what was the dial set to before?" [[User:Bon\|Bon]] ([[User talk:Bon\|talk]]) 06:35, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

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	It should be pointed out that if the change of the dial, as per the second option, changes the past of the universe to match, that there's nothing to indicate that the comic was not also affected. In fact, this makes sense as the gap at the top between options is indicative of dial styles that block the dial (such as with dials that have a maximum and minimum)because, as such, it makes sense that if ponytail slipped and pushed it, it would go as far as it could in the direction she fell into. This would indicate, with the two clicks, that the dial was originally on kitchen faucet. --[[User:Joshupetersen\|Joshupetersen]] ([[User talk:Joshupetersen\|talk]]) 19:25, 23 December 2015 (UTC)		It should be pointed out that if the change of the dial, as per the second option, changes the past of the universe to match, that there's nothing to indicate that the comic was not also affected. In fact, this makes sense as the gap at the top between options is indicative of dial styles that block the dial (such as with dials that have a maximum and minimum)because, as such, it makes sense that if ponytail slipped and pushed it, it would go as far as it could in the direction she fell into. This would indicate, with the two clicks, that the dial was originally on kitchen faucet. --[[User:Joshupetersen\|Joshupetersen]] ([[User talk:Joshupetersen\|talk]]) 19:25, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

−	I added to the 'speed of light' universal constant explanation, because it's "the speed that things ''like'' light go", and thus acts as an effectively unobtainable speed limit to everything ''not'' like light, rather than light's own specific speed-limit. Having a lower 'c' would not allow any more faster-than-c travel than we might already discover is possible. Also I find 'absolute zero' to be a wholey dubious candidate as a constant. Kelvin (and Rankine) gets set at a 'zero' that seems to be the point of absence of temperature/heat/energy (yes, I know they're not strictly the same, but I'm grouping them) and, like Celsius (and Fahrenheit), has a unit spread according to an anthropocentricly decided 'range' and subdivisions. Other constants that affect the behaviour of water (or brine+ice/body temperature), including the atmospheric pressure we live under, would change the absolute value of the non-absulute measures but not change the zero value of the absolute measures. IYSWIM... [[Special:Contributions/162.158.152.227\|162.158.152.227]] 03:55, 24 December 2015 (UTC)	+	I added to the 'speed of light' universal constant explanation, because it's "the speed that things ''like'' light go", and thus acts as an effectively unobtainable speed limit to everything ''not'' like light, rather than light's own specific speed-limit. Having a lower 'c' would not allow any more faster-than-c travel than we might already discover is possible. Also I find 'absolute zero' to be a wholey dubious candidate as a constant. Kelvin (and Rankine) gets set at a 'zero' that seems to be the point of absence of temperature/heat/energy (yes, I know they're not strictly the same, with temperature being the most incorrect term of them all, but I'm grouping them as common equivalent terms to a layperson) and, like Celsius (and Fahrenheit), has a unit spread according to an anthropocentricly decided 'range' and subdivisions. Other constants that affect the behaviour of water (or brine+ice/body temperature), including the atmospheric pressure we live under, would change the absolute value of the non-absulute measures but not change the zero value of the absolute measures. IYSWIM... [[Special:Contributions/162.158.152.227\|162.158.152.227]] 03:55, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

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	It should be pointed out that if the change of the dial, as per the second option, changes the past of the universe to match, that there's nothing to indicate that the comic was not also affected. In fact, this makes sense as the gap at the top between options is indicative of dial styles that block the dial (such as with dials that have a maximum and minimum)because, as such, it makes sense that if ponytail slipped and pushed it, it would go as far as it could in the direction she fell into. This would indicate, with the two clicks, that the dial was originally on kitchen faucet. --[[User:Joshupetersen\|Joshupetersen]] ([[User talk:Joshupetersen\|talk]]) 19:25, 23 December 2015 (UTC)		It should be pointed out that if the change of the dial, as per the second option, changes the past of the universe to match, that there's nothing to indicate that the comic was not also affected. In fact, this makes sense as the gap at the top between options is indicative of dial styles that block the dial (such as with dials that have a maximum and minimum)because, as such, it makes sense that if ponytail slipped and pushed it, it would go as far as it could in the direction she fell into. This would indicate, with the two clicks, that the dial was originally on kitchen faucet. --[[User:Joshupetersen\|Joshupetersen]] ([[User talk:Joshupetersen\|talk]]) 19:25, 23 December 2015 (UTC)
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		+	I added to the 'speed of light' universal constant explanation, because it's "the speed that things ''like'' light go", and thus acts as an effectively unobtainable speed limit to everything ''not'' like light, rather than light's own specific speed-limit. Having a lower 'c' would not allow any more faster-than-c travel than we might already discover is possible. Also I find 'absolute zero' to be a wholey dubious candidate as a constant. Kelvin (and Rankine) gets set at a 'zero' that seems to be the point of absence of temperature/heat/energy (yes, I know they're not strictly the same, but I'm grouping them) and, like Celsius (and Fahrenheit), has a unit spread according to an anthropocentricly decided 'range' and subdivisions. Other constants that affect the behaviour of water (or brine+ice/body temperature), including the atmospheric pressure we live under, would change the absolute value of the non-absulute measures but not change the zero value of the absolute measures. IYSWIM... [[Special:Contributions/162.158.152.227\|162.158.152.227]] 03:55, 24 December 2015 (UTC)