Talk:1889: xkcd Phone 6 - Revision history

Xnerkcd at 07:03, 13 April 2025

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172.70.35.70 at 21:19, 12 October 2021

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108.162.237.58 at 21:00, 24 April 2021

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108.162.210.224: high thread count vs processing cores

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high thread count vs processing cores

172.68.65.18 at 14:33, 18 September 2017

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162.158.155.32 at 10:16, 18 September 2017

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162.158.89.205 at 09:35, 18 September 2017

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162.158.89.205: /* Extra screen */ new section

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‎Extra screen: new section

These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For at 04:10, 18 September 2017

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162.158.74.201: Upvote 26=Z

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Upvote 26=Z

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	There are already phones with a small rectangular extra screen, although on the top instead of the bottom. e.g. LG V10, LG X screen. It is used for additional buttons and always-on notifications there. I think the first Samsung phones with edged screen also used this as a second screen with addition controls. A Screen on the bottom wouldnt be much worse.--[[Special:Contributions/162.158.89.205\|162.158.89.205]] 09:33, 18 September 2017 (UTC)		There are already phones with a small rectangular extra screen, although on the top instead of the bottom. e.g. LG V10, LG X screen. It is used for additional buttons and always-on notifications there. I think the first Samsung phones with edged screen also used this as a second screen with addition controls. A Screen on the bottom wouldnt be much worse.--[[Special:Contributions/162.158.89.205\|162.158.89.205]] 09:33, 18 September 2017 (UTC)
	: I second this interpretation. There is a play on words with "extra screen" meaning either "an additional screen" or "more screen" [[Special:Contributions/172.68.65.18\|172.68.65.18]] 14:33, 18 September 2017 (UTC)		: I second this interpretation. There is a play on words with "extra screen" meaning either "an additional screen" or "more screen" [[Special:Contributions/172.68.65.18\|172.68.65.18]] 14:33, 18 September 2017 (UTC)
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		+	'''Fonts developed by NASA'''
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		+	Is it relevant that Munroe actually <i>works</i> at NASA? Because then that could just mean that he developed the fonts, which is not that surprising. --[[User:Xnerkcd\|<b><i>xnerkcd</b></i>]] ([[User talk:Xnerkcd\|talk]]) 07:03, 13 April 2025 (UTC)

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 For 'Never Needs Sharpening' I thought it was an implication that the screen that goes past the edge is sharp, but does not need the user to sharpen it. A sharp screen that extends past the edge is, naturally, an extremely inconvenient feature. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.76.28|141.101.76.28]] 21:10, 14 September 2017 (UTC)
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 "Never Needs Sharpening," while applicable to pencils, is more likely a reference to those crappy knives often hocked in infomercials.  See the TvTropes entry of the same name: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NeverNeedsSharpening [[Special:Contributions/172.68.133.222|172.68.133.222]] 16:38, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
-The promotional material for [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1809 xkdc Phone 5] said they refused to skip numbers!--[[User:Laverock|Laverock]] ([[User talk:Laverock|talk]]) 17:18, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
+The promotional material for [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1809 xkcd Phone 5] said they refused to skip numbers!--[[User:Laverock|Laverock]] ([[User talk:Laverock|talk]]) 17:18, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
 Did anyone else notice that the title text contradicts with one of the main design features of the phone? Having a front camera in the middle of the screen specifically for video calling, then claiming that the phone never transmits images of the user's face (or even restricting the phone's software/hardware such that it cannot transmit images of the user's face) is somewhat of a contradiction. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.154.61|162.158.154.61]] 17:20, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

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	The war of nonconsecutive numbering goes back to 1999 at least, as Slackware jumped from Version 4.0 to 7.0 because other distros had been iterating version numbers quicker, and Patrick Volkerding wanted to catch up: http://www.slackware.com/faq/do_faq.php?faq=general#0 [[Special:Contributions/162.158.34.76\|162.158.34.76]] 12:48, 14 September 2017 (UTC)		The war of nonconsecutive numbering goes back to 1999 at least, as Slackware jumped from Version 4.0 to 7.0 because other distros had been iterating version numbers quicker, and Patrick Volkerding wanted to catch up: http://www.slackware.com/faq/do_faq.php?faq=general#0 [[Special:Contributions/162.158.34.76\|162.158.34.76]] 12:48, 14 September 2017 (UTC)
		+	:Agree that this was most certainly a reference to slack. While it may be true that no one is doing consecutive versions anymore, the wording couldn't possibly feel more like a jab at slack (who's wording couldn't possibly be more obviously a jab at the other distros) [[Special:Contributions/108.162.237.58\|108.162.237.58]] 21:00, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

	isn't "dishwasher safe" another waterproofing joke? one of the the reasons that Apple gave for removing all the ports (apart from "because we hate you") was to allow the phones to be sealed and therefore properly waterproof. the whole 1m/30mins thing is put into the shade by 50 degrees for 3 hours, no? --[[User:Misterstick\|Misterstick]] ([[User talk:Misterstick\|talk]]) 13:12, 14 September 2017 (UTC)		isn't "dishwasher safe" another waterproofing joke? one of the the reasons that Apple gave for removing all the ports (apart from "because we hate you") was to allow the phones to be sealed and therefore properly waterproof. the whole 1m/30mins thing is put into the shade by 50 degrees for 3 hours, no? --[[User:Misterstick\|Misterstick]] ([[User talk:Misterstick\|talk]]) 13:12, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

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 (e.g. 4-Core + hyper-threading (x2) = 8 CPU-Threads)
 --[[Special:Contributions/172.68.51.136|172.68.51.136]] 18:45, 14 September 2017 (UTC)
 '''Pre-seasoned '''

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	There are already phones with a small rectangular extra screen, although on the top instead of the bottom. e.g. LG V10, LG X screen. It is used for additional buttons and always-on notifications there. I think the first Samsung phones with edged screen also used this as a second screen with addition controls. A Screen on the bottom wouldnt be much worse.--[[Special:Contributions/162.158.89.205\|162.158.89.205]] 09:33, 18 September 2017 (UTC)		There are already phones with a small rectangular extra screen, although on the top instead of the bottom. e.g. LG V10, LG X screen. It is used for additional buttons and always-on notifications there. I think the first Samsung phones with edged screen also used this as a second screen with addition controls. A Screen on the bottom wouldnt be much worse.--[[Special:Contributions/162.158.89.205\|162.158.89.205]] 09:33, 18 September 2017 (UTC)
		+	: I second this interpretation. There is a play on words with "extra screen" meaning either "an additional screen" or "more screen" [[Special:Contributions/172.68.65.18\|172.68.65.18]] 14:33, 18 September 2017 (UTC)

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-Is this template still that funny that it's worth to mention it more often then the existing numbers of Google Chrome versions? I say this isn't funny anymore for a long time. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 21:31, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
+Is this template still that funny that it's worth to mention it more often then the existing numbers of Google Chrome versions? I say this isn't funny anymore for a long time{{Citation needed}}. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 21:31, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
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 Is also used for Steaks (and some other ingredients) sold already seasoned. (Bot is less compliant with solar heating) --[[Special:Contributions/172.68.51.136|172.68.51.136]] 18:49, 14 September 2017 (UTC)
-==  Extra screen  ==
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-There are already phones with a small rectangular extra screen, although on the top instead of the bottom. e.g. LG V10, LG X screen. It is used for additional buttons and always-on notifications there. A Screen on the bottom wouldnt be much worse.--[[Special:Contributions/162.158.89.205|162.158.89.205]] 09:33, 18 September 2017 (UTC)
+There are already phones with a small rectangular extra screen, although on the top instead of the bottom. e.g. LG V10, LG X screen. It is used for additional buttons and always-on notifications there. I think the first Samsung phones with edged screen also used this as a second screen with addition controls. A Screen on the bottom wouldnt be much worse.--[[Special:Contributions/162.158.89.205|162.158.89.205]] 09:33, 18 September 2017 (UTC)

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	Is also used for Steaks (and some other ingredients) sold already seasoned. (Bot is less compliant with solar heating) --[[Special:Contributions/172.68.51.136\|172.68.51.136]] 18:49, 14 September 2017 (UTC)		Is also used for Steaks (and some other ingredients) sold already seasoned. (Bot is less compliant with solar heating) --[[Special:Contributions/172.68.51.136\|172.68.51.136]] 18:49, 14 September 2017 (UTC)
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		+	== Extra screen ==
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		+	There are already phones with a small rectangular extra screen, although on the top instead of the bottom. e.g. LG V10, LG X screen. It is used for additional buttons and always-on notifications there. A Screen on the bottom wouldnt be much worse.--[[Special:Contributions/162.158.89.205\|162.158.89.205]] 09:33, 18 September 2017 (UTC)

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	Maybe "SPF 30" refers to how easily the phone becomes sunburned, rather than to how much protection the phone provides to you. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.63.16\|162.158.63.16]] 15:40, 13 September 2017 (UTC)		Maybe "SPF 30" refers to how easily the phone becomes sunburned, rather than to how much protection the phone provides to you. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.63.16\|162.158.63.16]] 15:40, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
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		+	"... the phone cannot be ... inserted ... [in]to something else." Is it wrong that I know a website that disproves this? [[User:These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For\|These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For]] ([[User talk:These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For\|talk]])

	"Never Needs Sharpening," while applicable to pencils, is more likely a reference to those crappy knives often hocked in infomercials. See the TvTropes entry of the same name: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NeverNeedsSharpening [[Special:Contributions/172.68.133.222\|172.68.133.222]] 16:38, 13 September 2017 (UTC)		"Never Needs Sharpening," while applicable to pencils, is more likely a reference to those crappy knives often hocked in infomercials. See the TvTropes entry of the same name: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NeverNeedsSharpening [[Special:Contributions/172.68.133.222\|172.68.133.222]] 16:38, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

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	26 could refer to the number of letters in the alphabet. The 26th letter is "Z," which seems appropriate given that the previous "number" shown is "X," as if to suggest that "Y" was skipped in a sense, or that the numbering system suddenly decided to jump to the last number in a sequence for no reason. --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.78.40\|162.158.78.40]] 19:39, 14 September 2017 (UTC)		26 could refer to the number of letters in the alphabet. The 26th letter is "Z," which seems appropriate given that the previous "number" shown is "X," as if to suggest that "Y" was skipped in a sense, or that the numbering system suddenly decided to jump to the last number in a sequence for no reason. --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.78.40\|162.158.78.40]] 19:39, 14 September 2017 (UTC)
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		+	: This explanation makes the most sense. iPhone X pronounced "ten" could be followed by Y, then Z. Twisting this, it becomes iPhone 26 pronounced "zee". [[Special:Contributions/162.158.74.201\|162.158.74.201]] 12:52, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

	Shroud of turin style facial transfer means you'd have to press the phone against your face until somehow an impression of your face was registered, in the same way as an imprint of oils(?) from a face is left on the turin shroud. This is more amusing, and ridiculous, than the current explanation. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.233\|141.101.99.233]] 05:13, 14 September 2017 (UTC)		Shroud of turin style facial transfer means you'd have to press the phone against your face until somehow an impression of your face was registered, in the same way as an imprint of oils(?) from a face is left on the turin shroud. This is more amusing, and ridiculous, than the current explanation. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.233\|141.101.99.233]] 05:13, 14 September 2017 (UTC)