Talk:2978: Stranded - Revision history

RG at 06:32, 14 May 2026

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RG at 06:32, 14 May 2026

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162.158.155.191 at 00:07, 1 September 2024

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NiceGuy1 at 04:46, 31 August 2024

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NiceGuy1 at 04:45, 31 August 2024

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Barmar at 22:12, 30 August 2024

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172.69.134.97: perspective turnaround

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perspective turnaround

172.70.86.174 at 09:14, 30 August 2024

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172.69.195.231 at 08:50, 30 August 2024

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172.70.160.231 at 08:01, 30 August 2024

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	'''''Strongly''''' reminded of Big Bang Theory, when Howard went to space, the trip home got similarly delayed and he started freaking out. :) [[User:NiceGuy1\|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1\|talk]]) 04:45, 31 August 2024 (UTC)		'''''Strongly''''' reminded of Big Bang Theory, when Howard went to space, the trip home got similarly delayed and he started freaking out. :) [[User:NiceGuy1\|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1\|talk]]) 04:45, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

−	An actually citation in an explain XKCD article? Impossible!	+	An actually citation in an explain XKCD article? Impossible! [[User:RG\|RG]] ([[User talk:RG\|talk]]) 06:32, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

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	'''''Strongly''''' reminded of Big Bang Theory, when Howard went to space, the trip home got similarly delayed and he started freaking out. :) [[User:NiceGuy1\|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1\|talk]]) 04:45, 31 August 2024 (UTC)		'''''Strongly''''' reminded of Big Bang Theory, when Howard went to space, the trip home got similarly delayed and he started freaking out. :) [[User:NiceGuy1\|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1\|talk]]) 04:45, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
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 When I wrote the initial transcript, I just said a "planet" was visible through the window. I didn't want to say it was Earth because the landmasses shown don't look like any Earth continents. [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 22:12, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
 :AFAIK mankind/NASA doesn't have a space station orbiting any other planet, and this comic isn't joining some science fiction universe. :) There's "cautious" then there's "overly cautious", :) Randall being too lazy/not bothered to pick actual landmasses isn't grounds for uncertainty. :) [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 04:45, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
 '''''Strongly''''' reminded of Big Bang Theory, when Howard went to space, the trip home got similarly delayed and he started freaking out. :) [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 04:45, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

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 When I wrote the initial transcript, I just said a "planet" was visible through the window. I didn't want to say it was Earth because the landmasses shown don't look like any Earth continents. [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 22:12, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
-:AFAIK mankind/NASA doesn't have a space station orbiting any other planet, and this comic isn't joining some science fiction universe. :) There's "cautious" then there's "verily cautious", :) Randall being too lazy/not bothered to pick actual landmasses isn't grounds for uncertainty. :) [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 04:45, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
+:AFAIK mankind/NASA doesn't have a space station orbiting any other planet, and this comic isn't joining some science fiction universe. :) There's "cautious" then there's "overly cautious", :) Randall being too lazy/not bothered to pick actual landmasses isn't grounds for uncertainty. :) [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 04:45, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
 '''''Strongly''''' reminded of Big Bang Theory, when Howard went to space, the trip home got similarly delayed and he started freaking out. :) [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 04:45, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

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	When I wrote the initial transcript, I just said a "planet" was visible through the window. I didn't want to say it was Earth because the landmasses shown don't look like any Earth continents. [[User:Barmar\|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar\|talk]]) 22:12, 30 August 2024 (UTC)		When I wrote the initial transcript, I just said a "planet" was visible through the window. I didn't want to say it was Earth because the landmasses shown don't look like any Earth continents. [[User:Barmar\|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar\|talk]]) 22:12, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
		+	:AFAIK mankind/NASA doesn't have a space station orbiting any other planet, and this comic isn't joining some science fiction universe. :) There's "cautious" then there's "verily cautious", :) Randall being too lazy/not bothered to pick actual landmasses isn't grounds for uncertainty. :) [[User:NiceGuy1\|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1\|talk]]) 04:45, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
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		+	'''''Strongly''''' reminded of Big Bang Theory, when Howard went to space, the trip home got similarly delayed and he started freaking out. :) [[User:NiceGuy1\|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1\|talk]]) 04:45, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

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	This turnaround of perspectives also showed up in the title text of [[2287: Pathogen_Resistance]]. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.134.97\|172.69.134.97]] 19:06, 30 August 2024 (UTC)		This turnaround of perspectives also showed up in the title text of [[2287: Pathogen_Resistance]]. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.134.97\|172.69.134.97]] 19:06, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
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		+	When I wrote the initial transcript, I just said a "planet" was visible through the window. I didn't want to say it was Earth because the landmasses shown don't look like any Earth continents. [[User:Barmar\|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar\|talk]]) 22:12, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

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	::Ah ok, but still. To paraphrase Hitchhiker's "2 years is a long time to get stranded anywhere, especially somewhere as mind-bogglingly dull as the Earth". Change the variables and you get the point. At least they're probably fine [[Special:Contributions/172.71.22.167\|172.71.22.167]] 21:15, 29 August 2024 (UTC)		::Ah ok, but still. To paraphrase Hitchhiker's "2 years is a long time to get stranded anywhere, especially somewhere as mind-bogglingly dull as the Earth". Change the variables and you get the point. At least they're probably fine [[Special:Contributions/172.71.22.167\|172.71.22.167]] 21:15, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
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		+	This turnaround of perspectives also showed up in the title text of [[2287: Pathogen_Resistance]]. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.134.97\|172.69.134.97]] 19:06, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

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 :::Note the corner-greeble's short tranverse curves that hint more at a low camera angle and a 90-degree angle (slightly flush 45-degree 'flat'ish attachment) rather than high angle and a 270-degree one (would have to wrap around as a corner protector).
 :::But, as with all ambiguous perspectives, may depend on which way your eye 'snaps' to understanding it the first time. I had to 'unfocus/refocus’ to comprehend the opposite to my first impression (then I just needed to 'blink', mentally, to pop my internal visualisation across the divide). I probably picked up on the wall-features' innate angled perspective and that then let the rest fall into place. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.160.231|172.70.160.231]] 08:01, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
 This is basically the plot of Seveneves [[Special:Contributions/162.158.33.196|162.158.33.196]] 08:58, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

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	:they’ve had rigorous training, exercise for at least 2 hours a day on the ISS, and 8 months is nowhere close to the 437 day record for the longest stay in space [[User:42.book.addict\|42.book.addict]] ([[User talk:42.book.addict\|talk]]) 20:41, 29 August 2024 (UTC)		:they’ve had rigorous training, exercise for at least 2 hours a day on the ISS, and 8 months is nowhere close to the 437 day record for the longest stay in space [[User:42.book.addict\|42.book.addict]] ([[User talk:42.book.addict\|talk]]) 20:41, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

−	Ah ok, but still. To paraphrase Hitchhiker's "2 years is a long time to get stranded anywhere, especially somewhere as mind-bogglingly dull as the Earth". Change the variables and you get the point. At least they're probably fine [[Special:Contributions/172.71.22.167\|172.71.22.167]] 21:15, 29 August 2024 (UTC)	+	::Ah ok, but still. To paraphrase Hitchhiker's "2 years is a long time to get stranded anywhere, especially somewhere as mind-bogglingly dull as the Earth". Change the variables and you get the point. At least they're probably fine [[Special:Contributions/172.71.22.167\|172.71.22.167]] 21:15, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

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 :Not as bad as "Hollywood"-type submersible picture-windows, of course. You have to resist no more than one atmosphere of pressure, outwards, in space. You have to resist multiple atmosphere's of pressure, ''inwards'', at depth. A hemispherical bubble-end (or a symmetric slice of one) could be adopted from deep-sea applications, but the window would have to bulge inwards for best strength and safety purposes against the outwards pressure, making a more awkward method of viewing at all angles (and possibly distorting astronomical photographs in ways that reduce their convenient usefulness). [[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.218|141.101.99.218]] 12:04, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
 ::My point was that in the picture, I think there are 2 bulkheads - the main greebled wall facing us that contains the large oval window (the backdrop of a stage, if you like), and a small part of a second wall at an angle to the first visible at the right edge of the frame (stage left). We can assume that the narrow strip between the two is some kind of corner reinforcement, and there’s a rectangular greeble that changes shape as it goes around that corner, indicating this is probably not just some kind of vertical conduit. However, there is no 3rd bulkhead to stage right… the window is embedded in the main backdrop. My lazy viewing wants to interpret the large round window as being circular, in the stage right bulkhead - but there is no stage right bulkhead, we only have visibility of the backdrop and a fraction of stage left. Therefore, the original description of an oval window is spot-on… but deliberately or otherwise, the artist is messing with my head. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.18|172.70.85.18]] 07:01, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
 This is basically the plot of Seveneves [[Special:Contributions/162.158.33.196|162.158.33.196]] 08:58, 29 August 2024 (UTC)