Talk:1747: Spider Paleontology - Revision history

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	If the future ball doesn't have even a ''concept'' of spiderwebs even as something that's probably a myth, then this suggests that not only have no large pieces of one been preserved from our time, but neither has a #1 issue of Spider-Man. How long would it take for the ravages of time to defeat the ingenuity of collectors and the investment market? [[User:Promethean\|Promethean]] ([[User talk:Promethean\|talk]]) 04:02, 10 October 2024 (UTC)		If the future ball doesn't have even a ''concept'' of spiderwebs even as something that's probably a myth, then this suggests that not only have no large pieces of one been preserved from our time, but neither has a #1 issue of Spider-Man. How long would it take for the ravages of time to defeat the ingenuity of collectors and the investment market? [[User:Promethean\|Promethean]] ([[User talk:Promethean\|talk]]) 04:02, 10 October 2024 (UTC)
		+	:You're obviously not assuming that they're ''really'' obsessive collectors. You think they'd leave their precious collections stored where ''any'' future civilisation might just randomly trip up over their vault of memorabilia and ''take it out of the protective sleaves with their grubby pseudopods''... [[Special:Contributions/172.69.195.24\|172.69.195.24]] 10:01, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

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	Within a few weeks before this comic, ''Nature'' published a study claiming that rather than roaring, many dinosaurs may have cooed and/or quacked. I wonder if this sort of new information inspired Randall to wonder what other facts about dinosaurs we don't yet know. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.48.64\|173.245.48.64]] 21:56, 18 October 2016 (UTC)		Within a few weeks before this comic, ''Nature'' published a study claiming that rather than roaring, many dinosaurs may have cooed and/or quacked. I wonder if this sort of new information inspired Randall to wonder what other facts about dinosaurs we don't yet know. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.48.64\|173.245.48.64]] 21:56, 18 October 2016 (UTC)
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		+	If the future ball doesn't have even a ''concept'' of spiderwebs even as something that's probably a myth, then this suggests that not only have no large pieces of one been preserved from our time, but neither has a #1 issue of Spider-Man. How long would it take for the ravages of time to defeat the ingenuity of collectors and the investment market? [[User:Promethean\|Promethean]] ([[User talk:Promethean\|talk]]) 04:02, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

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	Actually not all spiders spin webs, Wolf spiders chase their prey. So 'Future Guy' could get equally confused but limited observations of just one type. [[User:RIIW - Ponder it\|RIIW - Ponder it]] ([[User talk:RIIW - Ponder it\|talk]]) 17:45, 17 October 2016 (UTC)		Actually not all spiders spin webs, Wolf spiders chase their prey. So 'Future Guy' could get equally confused but limited observations of just one type. [[User:RIIW - Ponder it\|RIIW - Ponder it]] ([[User talk:RIIW - Ponder it\|talk]]) 17:45, 17 October 2016 (UTC)
		+	:Lots of spiders do not spin webs, but they do all use silk for something. I'm pretty sure the Sphere would have been equally freaked out by a bolas spider (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolas_spider). [[User:Nitpicking\|Nitpicking]] ([[User talk:Nitpicking\|talk]]) 03:20, 18 October 2022 (UTC)

	Anyone think this is the character from the Steroids comic? Looks fairly similar. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.237.88\|108.162.237.88]] 16:08, 17 October 2016 (UTC)		Anyone think this is the character from the Steroids comic? Looks fairly similar. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.237.88\|108.162.237.88]] 16:08, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

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 Good as a joke, but note that the visitor from future is speaking English. The idea that English will remain but knowledge about webs vanishes ... seriously? Did no one though about spiders used to download parts of world wide web in future? -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 13:47, 18 October 2016 (UTC)
 :Considering this comic is about time travel, I somehow doubt Randall was setting out to be scientifically accurate [[Special:Contributions/162.158.142.219|162.158.142.219]] 16:17, 18 October 2016 (UTC)
 ::He's Randall, isn't he? -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 23:42, 18 October 2016 (UTC)

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 Anyone think this is the character from the Steroids comic? Looks fairly similar. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.237.88|108.162.237.88]] 16:08, 17 October 2016 (UTC)
 :It does seem to be the same basic design, but not identical. Of course, the whatever-it-is seen here is not even depicted consistently from panel to panel, so the differences from #1173 don't mean it's a different character, either. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.74.53|162.158.74.53]] 19:22, 17 October 2016 (UTC)
 Possibly related: Where do Dinosaurs go when it rains? - https://xkcd.com/1434/ [[Special:Contributions/108.162.242.134|108.162.242.134]] 17:48, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

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 I think it the first XKCD I don't get :P [[Special:Contributions/162.158.50.34|162.158.50.34]] 13:02, 17 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I don't believe you, no-one except Randall Himself is that smart ;-) Anyways, hope the explanation I added helps some [[Special:Contributions/162.158.92.191|162.158.92.191]] 13:40, 17 October 2016 (UTC)
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 did anyone notice that the time traveller says "your planet's spiders". It's possible that a far distant future human is living on a different planet, but it's odd phrasing. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.241.124|108.162.241.124]] 20:03, 18 October 2016 (UTC)
 :What makes you think the time traveller is human? -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 23:42, 18 October 2016 (UTC)

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	Good as a joke, but note that the visitor from future is speaking English. The idea that English will remain but knowledge about webs vanishes ... seriously? Did no one though about spiders used to download parts of world wide web in future? -- [[User:Hkmaly\|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly\|talk]]) 13:47, 18 October 2016 (UTC)		Good as a joke, but note that the visitor from future is speaking English. The idea that English will remain but knowledge about webs vanishes ... seriously? Did no one though about spiders used to download parts of world wide web in future? -- [[User:Hkmaly\|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly\|talk]]) 13:47, 18 October 2016 (UTC)
	:Considering this comic is about time travel, I somehow doubt Randall was setting out to be scientifically accurate [[Special:Contributions/162.158.142.219\|162.158.142.219]] 16:17, 18 October 2016 (UTC)		:Considering this comic is about time travel, I somehow doubt Randall was setting out to be scientifically accurate [[Special:Contributions/162.158.142.219\|162.158.142.219]] 16:17, 18 October 2016 (UTC)
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		+	did anyone notice that the time traveller says "your planet's spiders". It's possible that a far distant future human is living on a different planet, but it's odd phrasing. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.241.124\|108.162.241.124]] 20:03, 18 October 2016 (UTC)