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42.book.addict at 17:04, 10 September 2025

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Psychoticpotato at 20:47, 6 May 2024

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172.69.195.173 at 22:16, 21 November 2023

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ModelD at 13:27, 21 November 2023

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172.71.178.68 at 14:38, 19 November 2023

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172.70.85.208 at 14:32, 19 November 2023

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NiceGuy1 at 04:19, 19 November 2023

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TenGolf MathHacker at 15:12, 15 November 2023

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172.71.102.143 at 08:42, 15 November 2023

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NeatNit: devastation and relativity

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devastation and relativity

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 :: If you'd prefer to excise the "Trivia", then I suggest transfer the gist (not header) here to Talk as a quote/indent, so future readers know what we're talking about, and leave this part of the fuss intact. (Same for any other such 'corrected' anomolies you can find needing sorting out in other comics, albeit their Talk elements are probably thankfully unaugmented by this particular metaⁿ-discussion.)
 :: I'm sure if you edit it all how you want to, though, it'll all be critically assessed by every other editor who cares (myself, I care little about this particular issue, just 'best wiki-keeping practices' in general, not liking to lose information that has been 'true') and modified/whatevered at ''their'' whim, just as we gladly honour/humour your own edits.... ;) [[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.208|172.70.85.208]] 14:32, 19 November 2023 (UTC)
-:: Meant to add: the "evidence" for it is in the following comments, editors who witnessed this. Which is good enough for me to be a fact (and not even a {{template|fact}}). [[Special:Contributions/172.71.178.68|172.71.178.68]] 14:38, 19 November 2023 (UTC) (aka 172.70.85.208, above, in case that has changed)
+:: Meant to add: the "evidence" for it is in the following comments, editors who witnessed this. Which is good enough for me to be a fact (and not even a <nowiki>{{template|fact}}</nowiki>). [[Special:Contributions/172.71.178.68|172.71.178.68]] 14:38, 19 November 2023 (UTC) (aka 172.70.85.208, above, in case that has changed)
 Is it just me or are these size errors becoming more common? What going wrong in the infra?
 [[Special:Contributions/172.69.62.90|172.69.62.90]] 22:57, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

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	I just tripped over the 90º24’ line. What is with these new strings? [[User:TenGolf MathHacker\|TenGolf MathHacker]] ([[User talk:TenGolf MathHacker\|talk]]) 15:12, 15 November 2023 (UTC)		I just tripped over the 90º24’ line. What is with these new strings? [[User:TenGolf MathHacker\|TenGolf MathHacker]] ([[User talk:TenGolf MathHacker\|talk]]) 15:12, 15 November 2023 (UTC)
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		+	Black Hat definitely didn't pause his clock. Wait... maybe he was in the rocket, trying to break the line. [[User:Psychoticpotato\|Psychoticpotato]] ([[User talk:Psychoticpotato\|talk]]) 20:47, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

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 :I think it's just the angle. If viewed from the side (instead of diagonally above as in the image), I think they would appear more equidistant. Or maybe they're based on a different projection entirely, that wouldn't be out of character for Randall either. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.46.254|172.70.46.254]] 12:08, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
 :: No, the northern Tropic is missing. After Arctic it shows the Equator, there should be a Tropic in between. [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 04:19, 19 November 2023 (UTC)
-::I'm not seeing the problem, I guess?  The northern Tropic passes through northern Africa; that's not the equator.  The equator passes through the *middle* of Africa (south of India, through Indonesia and the Philippines, etc.), so from the north pole the drawing does show the Arctic Circle, then the Tropic of Cancer, then the equator, then the Tropic of Capricorn way down at the bottom.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropics#/media/File:World_map_indicating_tropics_and_subtropics.png
+::I'm not seeing the problem, I guess?  The northern Tropic passes through northern Africa; that's not the equator.  The equator passes through the *middle* of Africa (south of India, through Indonesia and the Philippines, etc.), so from the north pole the drawing does show the Arctic Circle, then the Tropic of Cancer, then the equator, then the Tropic of Capricorn way down at the bottom.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropics#/media/File:World_map_indicating_tropics_and_subtropics.png {{unsigned|ModelD|13:27, 21 November 2023}}
 Even if the lines were actual physical strings/ropes, they appear to be lying right on the earths surface instead of being suspended in mid air. So how would a rocket accidentally get snagged on one? You'd have to purposefully shove the rocket between the earth and the line before launch. [[User:Bischoff|Bischoff]] ([[User talk:Bischoff|talk]]) 08:39, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

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 :I think it's just the angle. If viewed from the side (instead of diagonally above as in the image), I think they would appear more equidistant. Or maybe they're based on a different projection entirely, that wouldn't be out of character for Randall either. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.46.254|172.70.46.254]] 12:08, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
 :: No, the northern Tropic is missing. After Arctic it shows the Equator, there should be a Tropic in between. [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 04:19, 19 November 2023 (UTC)
 Even if the lines were actual physical strings/ropes, they appear to be lying right on the earths surface instead of being suspended in mid air. So how would a rocket accidentally get snagged on one? You'd have to purposefully shove the rocket between the earth and the line before launch. [[User:Bischoff|Bischoff]] ([[User talk:Bischoff|talk]]) 08:39, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

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 :: If you'd prefer to excise the "Trivia", then I suggest transfer the gist (not header) here to Talk as a quote/indent, so future readers know what we're talking about, and leave this part of the fuss intact. (Same for any other such 'corrected' anomolies you can find needing sorting out in other comics, albeit their Talk elements are probably thankfully unaugmented by this particular metaⁿ-discussion.)
 :: I'm sure if you edit it all how you want to, though, it'll all be critically assessed by every other editor who cares (myself, I care little about this particular issue, just 'best wiki-keeping practices' in general, not liking to lose information that has been 'true') and modified/whatevered at ''their'' whim, just as we gladly honour/humour your own edits.... ;) [[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.208|172.70.85.208]] 14:32, 19 November 2023 (UTC)
+:: Meant to add: the "evidence" for it is in the following comments, editors who witnessed this. Which is good enough for me to be a fact (and not even a {{template|fact}}). [[Special:Contributions/172.71.178.68|172.71.178.68]] 14:38, 19 November 2023 (UTC) (aka 172.70.85.208, above, in case that has changed)
 Is it just me or are these size errors becoming more common? What going wrong in the infra?
 [[Special:Contributions/172.69.62.90|172.69.62.90]] 22:57, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

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 The 'standard' and '2x' sized images had unexpected sizes, so a Trivia section has been automatically generated, and an imagesize parameter has been added (at half size) to render the image consistently with other comics on this website. --[[User:TheusafBOT|TheusafBOT]] ([[User talk:TheusafBOT|talk]]) 22:56, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
 : I see no evidence of this, so the Trivia section should probably be removed. The comic appears standard sized on XKCD (both in the page and if opening the direct link), and the link in the Trivia also leads to a standard size image. [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 04:19, 19 November 2023 (UTC)
 Is it just me or are these size errors becoming more common? What going wrong in the infra?

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 The 'standard' and '2x' sized images had unexpected sizes, so a Trivia section has been automatically generated, and an imagesize parameter has been added (at half size) to render the image consistently with other comics on this website. --[[User:TheusafBOT|TheusafBOT]] ([[User talk:TheusafBOT|talk]]) 22:56, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
 Is it just me or are these size errors becoming more common? What going wrong in the infra?
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 :That is actually a good question. Seems like an error. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 08:01, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
 : I would assume the lines that are shown are intended to be the equator, tropics, and arctic circle (antarctic being hidden out of view), being the most commonly known lines of latitude.[[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.151|172.70.85.151]] 12:04, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
 :I think it's just the angle. If viewed from the side (instead of diagonally above as in the image), I think they would appear more equidistant. Or maybe they're based on a different projection entirely, that wouldn't be out of character for Randall either. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.46.254|172.70.46.254]] 12:08, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
 Even if the lines were actual physical strings/ropes, they appear to be lying right on the earths surface instead of being suspended in mid air. So how would a rocket accidentally get snagged on one? You'd have to purposefully shove the rocket between the earth and the line before launch. [[User:Bischoff|Bischoff]] ([[User talk:Bischoff|talk]]) 08:39, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

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	This looks devastating for western Europe and western Africa. --[[User:NeatNit\|NeatNit]] ([[User talk:NeatNit\|talk]]) 22:39, 14 November 2023 (UTC)		This looks devastating for western Europe and western Africa. --[[User:NeatNit\|NeatNit]] ([[User talk:NeatNit\|talk]]) 22:39, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
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		+	I just tripped over the 90º24’ line. What is with these new strings? [[User:TenGolf MathHacker\|TenGolf MathHacker]] ([[User talk:TenGolf MathHacker\|talk]]) 15:12, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

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	:Maybe it was a submarine launched rocket.[[Special:Contributions/172.70.86.53\|172.70.86.53]] 12:06, 14 November 2023 (UTC)		:Maybe it was a submarine launched rocket.[[Special:Contributions/172.70.86.53\|172.70.86.53]] 12:06, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
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		+	:It's obviously North Korean. Russia disclaims any involvement. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.102.143\|172.71.102.143]] 08:42, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

	I think the "about 2 in the title text references the Windows approximate download times dialogs - GreyFox [[Special:Contributions/172.71.150.133\|172.71.150.133]] 18:31, 14 November 2023 (UTC)		I think the "about 2 in the title text references the Windows approximate download times dialogs - GreyFox [[Special:Contributions/172.71.150.133\|172.71.150.133]] 18:31, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

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	I think the "about 2 in the title text references the Windows approximate download times dialogs - GreyFox [[Special:Contributions/172.71.150.133\|172.71.150.133]] 18:31, 14 November 2023 (UTC)		I think the "about 2 in the title text references the Windows approximate download times dialogs - GreyFox [[Special:Contributions/172.71.150.133\|172.71.150.133]] 18:31, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
		+	:It's not. They were about to say an absolute time, e.g. "by approximately 12:00" but they realized absolute time is paused so they gave a relative time instead. --[[User:NeatNit\|NeatNit]] ([[User talk:NeatNit\|talk]]) 22:39, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
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		+	This looks devastating for western Europe and western Africa. --[[User:NeatNit\|NeatNit]] ([[User talk:NeatNit\|talk]]) 22:39, 14 November 2023 (UTC)