Talk:2708: Mystery Asterisk Destination - Revision history

YourAlterEgo: Posting of physical location of asterisk

2023-05-01T18:49:50Z

Posting of physical location of asterisk

172.71.134.192: Dagger symbol comment

2022-12-09T23:19:39Z

Dagger symbol comment

172.71.182.155 at 22:57, 9 December 2022

2022-12-09T22:57:43Z

162.158.166.172 at 13:17, 9 December 2022

2022-12-09T13:17:34Z

162.158.166.173 at 13:16, 9 December 2022

2022-12-09T13:16:41Z

172.69.134.160: Weird memory

2022-12-09T02:56:23Z

Weird memory

172.68.34.79 at 01:30, 9 December 2022

2022-12-09T01:30:48Z

172.71.150.2 at 16:13, 8 December 2022

2022-12-08T16:13:57Z

172.71.254.33 at 14:51, 8 December 2022

2022-12-08T14:51:47Z

Kynde at 14:02, 8 December 2022

2022-12-08T14:02:23Z

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	I always thought it would be funny if, deep through a chain of bibliographies, there was an ancient physics textbook with "*complex conjugate †conjugate transpose" in it		I always thought it would be funny if, deep through a chain of bibliographies, there was an ancient physics textbook with "*complex conjugate †conjugate transpose" in it
	also, [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendell_H._Furry this] is the guy who introduced the dagger notation for the conjugate transpose		also, [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendell_H._Furry this] is the guy who introduced the dagger notation for the conjugate transpose
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		+	For physical location, the mystery asterisk has been printed and posted on the wall of the Unalaska, Alaska, Planning Office at approximately 166.5379386°W 53.8731971°N.

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	Isn't the hover text wrong? It seems like he means either "dagger symbol with an unmatched footnote" or "dagger symbol with no matched footnote." Am I missing something here? [[Special:Contributions/172.69.134.131\|172.69.134.131]] 13:41, 8 December 2022 (UTC)		Isn't the hover text wrong? It seems like he means either "dagger symbol with an unmatched footnote" or "dagger symbol with no matched footnote." Am I missing something here? [[Special:Contributions/172.69.134.131\|172.69.134.131]] 13:41, 8 December 2022 (UTC)
		+	:It could be intentional. The implication could be that if there was an unmatched footnote (an extra footnote), then the dagger symbol would be referencing it. So if there are no unmatched footnotes, then the dagger symbol has a different purpose as described.--[[Special:Contributions/172.71.134.192\|172.71.134.192]] 23:19, 9 December 2022 (UTC)

	Now I have a really bad time... Because I cannot think of any categories for this comic, and that bothers me like an unanswered footnote asterix* ;-) --[[User:Kynde\|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde\|talk]]) 14:02, 8 December 2022 (UTC)		Now I have a really bad time... Because I cannot think of any categories for this comic, and that bothers me like an unanswered footnote asterix* ;-) --[[User:Kynde\|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde\|talk]]) 14:02, 8 December 2022 (UTC)

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	Mary's little lamb / Upon the grass did frisk. / But Mary was afraid / Her little * /		Mary's little lamb / Upon the grass did frisk. / But Mary was afraid / Her little * /
	[[Special:Contributions/162.158.166.173\|162.158.166.173]] 13:16, 9 December 2022 (UTC)		[[Special:Contributions/162.158.166.173\|162.158.166.173]] 13:16, 9 December 2022 (UTC)
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		+	I always thought it would be funny if, deep through a chain of bibliographies, there was an ancient physics textbook with "*complex conjugate †conjugate transpose" in it
		+	also, [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendell_H._Furry this] is the guy who introduced the dagger notation for the conjugate transpose

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 I remember Robert Anton Wilson giving a reading in at a Santa Cruz bookstore back in the 90s where he had some 1790s Catholic conspiracy theorist who went on at length about how the French revolutionists had been sending coded messages with asterisks in public documents. There were so many examples given. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.134.160|172.69.134.160]] 02:56, 9 December 2022 (UTC)
-Mary's little lamb
+Mary's little lamb / Upon the grass did frisk. / But Mary was afraid / Her little * /
 [[Special:Contributions/162.158.166.173|162.158.166.173]] 13:16, 9 December 2022 (UTC)

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	I remember Robert Anton Wilson giving a reading in at a Santa Cruz bookstore back in the 90s where he had some 1790s Catholic conspiracy theorist who went on at length about how the French revolutionists had been sending coded messages with asterisks in public documents. There were so many examples given. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.134.160\|172.69.134.160]] 02:56, 9 December 2022 (UTC)		I remember Robert Anton Wilson giving a reading in at a Santa Cruz bookstore back in the 90s where he had some 1790s Catholic conspiracy theorist who went on at length about how the French revolutionists had been sending coded messages with asterisks in public documents. There were so many examples given. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.134.160\|172.69.134.160]] 02:56, 9 December 2022 (UTC)
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		+	Mary's little lamb
		+	Upon the grass did frisk.
		+	But Mary was afraid
		+	Her little *
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	This comic has resolved so much social anxiety I had! All those Kindle Unlimited stories and webnovels that had missing footnotes have now been solved! Thanks XKCD!!!		This comic has resolved so much social anxiety I had! All those Kindle Unlimited stories and webnovels that had missing footnotes have now been solved! Thanks XKCD!!!
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		+	I remember Robert Anton Wilson giving a reading in at a Santa Cruz bookstore back in the 90s where he had some 1790s Catholic conspiracy theorist who went on at length about how the French revolutionists had been sending coded messages with asterisks in public documents. There were so many examples given. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.134.160\|172.69.134.160]] 02:56, 9 December 2022 (UTC)

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	I would like to re-emphasize that missing footnotes happen ALL THE TIME with junk mail. Drives me crazy.		I would like to re-emphasize that missing footnotes happen ALL THE TIME with junk mail. Drives me crazy.
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		+	This comic has resolved so much social anxiety I had! All those Kindle Unlimited stories and webnovels that had missing footnotes have now been solved! Thanks XKCD!!!

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	Now I have a really bad time... Because I cannot think of any categories for this comic, and that bothers me like an unanswered footnote asterix* ;-) --[[User:Kynde\|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde\|talk]]) 14:02, 8 December 2022 (UTC)		Now I have a really bad time... Because I cannot think of any categories for this comic, and that bothers me like an unanswered footnote asterix* ;-) --[[User:Kynde\|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde\|talk]]) 14:02, 8 December 2022 (UTC)
	:There is at least one other comic about footnotes, so we could make a Category:Footnotes --[[Special:Contributions/172.71.254.33\|172.71.254.33]] 14:51, 8 December 2022 (UTC)		:There is at least one other comic about footnotes, so we could make a Category:Footnotes --[[Special:Contributions/172.71.254.33\|172.71.254.33]] 14:51, 8 December 2022 (UTC)
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		+	I would like to re-emphasize that missing footnotes happen ALL THE TIME with junk mail. Drives me crazy.

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	Now I have a really bad time... Because I cannot think of any categories for this comic, and that bothers me like an unanswered footnote asterix* ;-) --[[User:Kynde\|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde\|talk]]) 14:02, 8 December 2022 (UTC)		Now I have a really bad time... Because I cannot think of any categories for this comic, and that bothers me like an unanswered footnote asterix* ;-) --[[User:Kynde\|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde\|talk]]) 14:02, 8 December 2022 (UTC)
		+	:There is at least one other comic about footnotes, so we could make a Category:Footnotes --[[Special:Contributions/172.71.254.33\|172.71.254.33]] 14:51, 8 December 2022 (UTC)

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	Isn't the hover text wrong? It seems like he means either "dagger symbol with an unmatched footnote" or "dagger symbol with no matched footnote." Am I missing something here? [[Special:Contributions/172.69.134.131\|172.69.134.131]] 13:41, 8 December 2022 (UTC)		Isn't the hover text wrong? It seems like he means either "dagger symbol with an unmatched footnote" or "dagger symbol with no matched footnote." Am I missing something here? [[Special:Contributions/172.69.134.131\|172.69.134.131]] 13:41, 8 December 2022 (UTC)
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		+	Now I have a really bad time... Because I cannot think of any categories for this comic, and that bothers me like an unanswered footnote asterix* ;-) --[[User:Kynde\|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde\|talk]]) 14:02, 8 December 2022 (UTC)