Talk:2968: University Age - Revision history

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	Harvard University is now the oldest university under U.S. jurisdiction, but it wasn't always -- from 1898 to 1946, when the Philippines was a U.S. territory, the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, which is older, held that distinction. Harvard regained that title when the Philippines became independent in 1946. Maybe Cueball should focus his efforts on lobbying Congress and state legislatures to transfer the town where the rival university is located to another state. (And, if he really wanted to stick it to the other university, to a state where there is an even older university.) --[[Special:Contributions/172.69.59.211\|172.69.59.211]] 23:15, 11 August 2024 (UTC)		Harvard University is now the oldest university under U.S. jurisdiction, but it wasn't always -- from 1898 to 1946, when the Philippines was a U.S. territory, the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, which is older, held that distinction. Harvard regained that title when the Philippines became independent in 1946. Maybe Cueball should focus his efforts on lobbying Congress and state legislatures to transfer the town where the rival university is located to another state. (And, if he really wanted to stick it to the other university, to a state where there is an even older university.) --[[Special:Contributions/172.69.59.211\|172.69.59.211]] 23:15, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
		+	:Harvard is 140 years older than the US is, by some measures. Could make for some other interesting variations on the "oldest in..." question. (And reminds me of the old chestnut of the US tourist to Britan looking round Oxford... or maybe it's Cambridge, it works for both... asking a porter "Is this college is pre-war?" / "Which war? This college is pre-''America''!") [[Special:Contributions/162.158.33.216\|162.158.33.216]] 23:37, 11 August 2024 (UTC)

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	I find it weird that Cueball calls his rival university also increasing its age to be "terrible news". Disappointing, yes, but not terrible. Suppose that Cueball had made his goal to have the largest student body, the largest faculty, the largest library, or the largest endowment of any university in the state. He might have succeeded in outdoing his rival's former standard but nobody would have been shocked to find that the rival university had also grown as well. --[[Special:Contributions/172.69.6.221\|172.69.6.221]] 20:16, 11 August 2024 (UTC)		I find it weird that Cueball calls his rival university also increasing its age to be "terrible news". Disappointing, yes, but not terrible. Suppose that Cueball had made his goal to have the largest student body, the largest faculty, the largest library, or the largest endowment of any university in the state. He might have succeeded in outdoing his rival's former standard but nobody would have been shocked to find that the rival university had also grown as well. --[[Special:Contributions/172.69.6.221\|172.69.6.221]] 20:16, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
	:I don't know about that. Imagine the analogue of "We managed to increase our footfall by 50%, but everyone else ''also'' increased their footfall by 50%, so all our efforts are effectively treading water, and maybe we'd have increased even without trying..." Terrible news, in that the stretch-goal turns out to be worthless. (Unless you can actually prove that ''not'' having stretched for the goal would have sent them relatively further back down the rankings. In which case, well done for maintaining position against the passive trend downward.) [[Special:Contributions/172.68.205.134\|172.68.205.134]] 21:05, 11 August 2024 (UTC)		:I don't know about that. Imagine the analogue of "We managed to increase our footfall by 50%, but everyone else ''also'' increased their footfall by 50%, so all our efforts are effectively treading water, and maybe we'd have increased even without trying..." Terrible news, in that the stretch-goal turns out to be worthless. (Unless you can actually prove that ''not'' having stretched for the goal would have sent them relatively further back down the rankings. In which case, well done for maintaining position against the passive trend downward.) [[Special:Contributions/172.68.205.134\|172.68.205.134]] 21:05, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
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		+	Harvard University is now the oldest university under U.S. jurisdiction, but it wasn't always -- from 1898 to 1946, when the Philippines was a U.S. territory, the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, which is older, held that distinction. Harvard regained that title when the Philippines became independent in 1946. Maybe Cueball should focus his efforts on lobbying Congress and state legislatures to transfer the town where the rival university is located to another state. (And, if he really wanted to stick it to the other university, to a state where there is an even older university.) --[[Special:Contributions/172.69.59.211\|172.69.59.211]] 23:15, 11 August 2024 (UTC)

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	I find it weird that Cueball calls his rival university also increasing its age to be "terrible news". Disappointing, yes, but not terrible. Suppose that Cueball had made his goal to have the largest student body, the largest faculty, the largest library, or the largest endowment of any university in the state. He might have succeeded in outdoing his rival's former standard but nobody would have been shocked to find that the rival university had also grown as well. --[[Special:Contributions/172.69.6.221\|172.69.6.221]] 20:16, 11 August 2024 (UTC)		I find it weird that Cueball calls his rival university also increasing its age to be "terrible news". Disappointing, yes, but not terrible. Suppose that Cueball had made his goal to have the largest student body, the largest faculty, the largest library, or the largest endowment of any university in the state. He might have succeeded in outdoing his rival's former standard but nobody would have been shocked to find that the rival university had also grown as well. --[[Special:Contributions/172.69.6.221\|172.69.6.221]] 20:16, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
		+	:I don't know about that. Imagine the analogue of "We managed to increase our footfall by 50%, but everyone else ''also'' increased their footfall by 50%, so all our efforts are effectively treading water, and maybe we'd have increased even without trying..." Terrible news, in that the stretch-goal turns out to be worthless. (Unless you can actually prove that ''not'' having stretched for the goal would have sent them relatively further back down the rankings. In which case, well done for maintaining position against the passive trend downward.) [[Special:Contributions/172.68.205.134\|172.68.205.134]] 21:05, 11 August 2024 (UTC)

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	I have good news for Cueball: when he took over, their rival was 0.94% older. Now it's only 0.92% older. After the 10-year plan finishes, the gap will have closed to 0.88%! The gap is closing slower than he hoped, but with dedicated work, he'll get there. {{unsigned ip\|172.70.80.48\|16:39, 7 August 2024}}		I have good news for Cueball: when he took over, their rival was 0.94% older. Now it's only 0.92% older. After the 10-year plan finishes, the gap will have closed to 0.88%! The gap is closing slower than he hoped, but with dedicated work, he'll get there. {{unsigned ip\|172.70.80.48\|16:39, 7 August 2024}}
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		+	I find it weird that Cueball calls his rival university also increasing its age to be "terrible news". Disappointing, yes, but not terrible. Suppose that Cueball had made his goal to have the largest student body, the largest faculty, the largest library, or the largest endowment of any university in the state. He might have succeeded in outdoing his rival's former standard but nobody would have been shocked to find that the rival university had also grown as well. --[[Special:Contributions/172.69.6.221\|172.69.6.221]] 20:16, 11 August 2024 (UTC)

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	[[User:Yorkshire Pudding\|Yorkshire Pudding]] ([[User talk:Yorkshire Pudding\|talk]]) 09:55, 8 August 2024 (UTC)		[[User:Yorkshire Pudding\|Yorkshire Pudding]] ([[User talk:Yorkshire Pudding\|talk]]) 09:55, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

−	I have good news for Cueball: when he took over, their rival was 0.94% older. Now it's only 0.92% older. After the 10-year plan finishes, the gap will have closed to 0.88%! The gap is closing slower than he hoped, but with dedicated work, he'll get there.	+	I have good news for Cueball: when he took over, their rival was 0.94% older. Now it's only 0.92% older. After the 10-year plan finishes, the gap will have closed to 0.88%! The gap is closing slower than he hoped, but with dedicated work, he'll get there. {{unsigned ip\|172.70.80.48\|16:39, 7 August 2024}}

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 [[1477]] anyone? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.41.131|162.158.41.131]] 03:29, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
 :Not relevant in my opinion. In [[1477: Star Wars]] Cueball is surprised by how fast time seems to flow past him. Not surprised that everything ages at the same rate as the Cueball in this comic. There are more than 40 comics relating to [[:Category:Time|time]] on explain xkcd... [[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 06:50, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
 Was there a USA political debate this week that I didn't hear about? About. Hear of it's existence. I Assuredly didn't hear it. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.175.121|172.70.175.121]] 06:27, 6 August 2024 (UTC)

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 :::From the deletions at [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2968:_University_Age&diff=prev&oldid=348220], "The particular years referenced in the comic (218 years before 2024 would require a university founded in 1806) do not appear to match with any institution of higher learning in the United States. However, there is a very close near-twin that this might refer to - Miami University was founded in 1809, making it 215 years old, and Ohio University was founded in 1804, making it 220 years old."
 :::Of course, those are in different states. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.245.100|108.162.245.100]] 01:15, 7 August 2024 (UTC)
 :Wouldn't it be more sensible (or less un-sensible...) to dig down your own one, instead of artificially elevating the other one? --[[User:Lupo|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo|talk]]) 07:13, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

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	The way I read the "overtaking our rival by 3" part was that part of the "intensive program" was the sabotage of the other university, effectively ending its aging. This would then be the terrible news to share. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.166.219\|172.71.166.219]] 14:02, 6 August 2024 (UTC)		The way I read the "overtaking our rival by 3" part was that part of the "intensive program" was the sabotage of the other university, effectively ending its aging. This would then be the terrible news to share. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.166.219\|172.71.166.219]] 14:02, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
		+	:But that wouldn't be "unfortunate" for Cueball. It would be a win. And there would be no point in the redoubled efforts announced in the title text if they had already successfully destroyed their rival - what would they be doing for the next 10 years if the goal was already achieved? No, the terrible news is the failure to overtake the age of the other university.
		+	[[User:Yorkshire Pudding\|Yorkshire Pudding]] ([[User talk:Yorkshire Pudding\|talk]]) 09:55, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

	I have good news for Cueball: when he took over, their rival was 0.94% older. Now it's only 0.92% older. After the 10-year plan finishes, the gap will have closed to 0.88%! The gap is closing slower than he hoped, but with dedicated work, he'll get there.		I have good news for Cueball: when he took over, their rival was 0.94% older. Now it's only 0.92% older. After the 10-year plan finishes, the gap will have closed to 0.88%! The gap is closing slower than he hoped, but with dedicated work, he'll get there.

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	The way I read the "overtaking our rival by 3" part was that part of the "intensive program" was the sabotage of the other university, effectively ending its aging. This would then be the terrible news to share. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.166.219\|172.71.166.219]] 14:02, 6 August 2024 (UTC)		The way I read the "overtaking our rival by 3" part was that part of the "intensive program" was the sabotage of the other university, effectively ending its aging. This would then be the terrible news to share. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.166.219\|172.71.166.219]] 14:02, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
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		+	I have good news for Cueball: when he took over, their rival was 0.94% older. Now it's only 0.92% older. After the 10-year plan finishes, the gap will have closed to 0.88%! The gap is closing slower than he hoped, but with dedicated work, he'll get there.