Talk:55: Useless - Revision history

42.book.addict at 19:17, 19 September 2025

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193.207.152.151 at 09:54, 8 September 2025

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MeZimm at 16:01, 25 February 2025

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172.70.126.87 at 20:34, 1 March 2022

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TheTimeBandit at 21:55, 30 October 2017

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173.245.50.108 at 00:35, 24 September 2017

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173.245.56.27: Added comment on specific reading of comic

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Added comment on specific reading of comic

160.5.148.8 at 07:59, 10 October 2013

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Quicksilver at 20:11, 25 August 2013

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Dgbrt: The hell, sign your posts!

2013-08-25T19:51:10Z

The hell, sign your posts!

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 Unfortunately, I don't know much about the Fourier transform, so I'm at a loss for describing it in layman's terms. Anyone wanna lend a hand?
-[[Special:Contributions/204.16.25.236|204.16.25.236]] 16:59, 13 February 2013 (UTC)MagnusVortex
+[[Special:Contributions/204.16.25.236|204.16.25.236]] 16:59, 13 February 2013 (UTC) MagnusVortex
 :I think the better reading is:
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 :Randall Munroe would likely consider the possibility of multiple interpretations of the last one to be a feature, not a bug.
 :I worry that most xkcd readers would not realize that Munroe is posing specific questions.
-:&mdash;DrDnar [[Special:Contributions/173.245.56.27|173.245.56.27]] 22:52, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
+:&mdash; DrDnar [[Special:Contributions/173.245.56.27|173.245.56.27]] 22:52, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
 I believe the last one is:<br>
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 For those of you who have used Mathematica, if you replace the heart with "Indeterminate", you'll find yourself in a similar situation: essentially all functions of Indeterminate yield Indeterminate. It can be frustrating. --[[User:Quicksilver|Quicksilver]] ([[User talk:Quicksilver|talk]]) 20:11, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
 It is clear that the author has yet to study non-linear dynamics as this approach has already been covered in

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 I feel like there's a pun within the alt-text: "Even the Identity matrix doesn't work normally" but I'm not sure I "get" the pun. It could simply be a reference to the fact that love tends to change who you are, in marriage the idea of two becoming one, or it could be referencing the Identity (0) directly. Even the Identity formula doesn't output zero. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.50.108|173.245.50.108]] 00:35, 24 September 2017 (UTC) Sam
 These observations should have been enough of a warning to those of us who don't have "other approches" figures out to just stay away... it wasn't in my case. I regret that.--[[User:TheTimeBandit|TheTimeBandit]] ([[User talk:TheTimeBandit|talk]]) 21:55, 30 October 2017 (UTC)
 Ok, I know this comic was posted 16 years ago and someone who was born the day it was published would be in high school today. [[:Category:Comics_to_make_one_feel_old|(Feel old?)]] However, it looks like no one has mentioned it til now, that this comic is almost a direct rebuttal to the previous comic, [[54: Science]]. [[User:MeZimm|MeZimm]] ([[User talk:MeZimm|talk]]) [[Special:Contributions/172.70.126.87|172.70.126.87]] 20:34, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

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	These observations should have been enough of a warning to those of us who don't have "other approches" figures out to just stay away... it wasn't in my case. I regret that.--[[User:TheTimeBandit\|TheTimeBandit]] ([[User talk:TheTimeBandit\|talk]]) 21:55, 30 October 2017 (UTC)		These observations should have been enough of a warning to those of us who don't have "other approches" figures out to just stay away... it wasn't in my case. I regret that.--[[User:TheTimeBandit\|TheTimeBandit]] ([[User talk:TheTimeBandit\|talk]]) 21:55, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

−	Ok, I know this comic was posted 16 years ago and someone who was born the day it was published would be in high school today. [[:Category:Comics_to_make_one_feel_old\|(Feel old?)]] However, it looks like no one has mentioned it til now, that this comic is almost a direct rebuttal to the previous comic, [[54: Science]]. ~~--mezimm~~ [[Special:Contributions/172.70.126.87\|172.70.126.87]] 20:34, 1 March 2022 (UTC)	+	Ok, I know this comic was posted 16 years ago and someone who was born the day it was published would be in high school today. [[:Category:Comics_to_make_one_feel_old\|(Feel old?)]] However, it looks like no one has mentioned it til now, that this comic is almost a direct rebuttal to the previous comic, [[54: Science]]. [[User:MeZimm\|MeZimm]] ([[User talk:MeZimm\|talk]]) [[Special:Contributions/172.70.126.87\|172.70.126.87]] 20:34, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

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	These observations should have been enough of a warning to those of us who don't have "other approches" figures out to just stay away... it wasn't in my case. I regret that.--[[User:TheTimeBandit\|TheTimeBandit]] ([[User talk:TheTimeBandit\|talk]]) 21:55, 30 October 2017 (UTC)		These observations should have been enough of a warning to those of us who don't have "other approches" figures out to just stay away... it wasn't in my case. I regret that.--[[User:TheTimeBandit\|TheTimeBandit]] ([[User talk:TheTimeBandit\|talk]]) 21:55, 30 October 2017 (UTC)
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		+	Ok, I know this comic was posted 16 years ago and someone who was born the day it was published would be in high school today. [[:Category:Comics_to_make_one_feel_old\|(Feel old?)]] However, it looks like no one has mentioned it til now, that this comic is almost a direct rebuttal to the previous comic, [[54: Science]]. --mezimm [[Special:Contributions/172.70.126.87\|172.70.126.87]] 20:34, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

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	I feel like there's a pun within the alt-text: "Even the Identity matrix doesn't work normally" but I'm not sure I "get" the pun. It could simply be a reference to the fact that love tends to change who you are, in marriage the idea of two becoming one, or it could be referencing the Identity (0) directly. Even the Identity formula doesn't output zero. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.50.108\|173.245.50.108]] 00:35, 24 September 2017 (UTC) Sam		I feel like there's a pun within the alt-text: "Even the Identity matrix doesn't work normally" but I'm not sure I "get" the pun. It could simply be a reference to the fact that love tends to change who you are, in marriage the idea of two becoming one, or it could be referencing the Identity (0) directly. Even the Identity formula doesn't output zero. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.50.108\|173.245.50.108]] 00:35, 24 September 2017 (UTC) Sam
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		+	These observations should have been enough of a warning to those of us who don't have "other approches" figures out to just stay away... it wasn't in my case. I regret that.--[[User:TheTimeBandit\|TheTimeBandit]] ([[User talk:TheTimeBandit\|talk]]) 21:55, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

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		+	I feel like there's a pun within the alt-text: "Even the Identity matrix doesn't work normally" but I'm not sure I "get" the pun. It could simply be a reference to the fact that love tends to change who you are, in marriage the idea of two becoming one, or it could be referencing the Identity (0) directly. Even the Identity formula doesn't output zero. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.50.108\|173.245.50.108]] 00:35, 24 September 2017 (UTC) Sam

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	[[Special:Contributions/204.16.25.236\|204.16.25.236]] 16:59, 13 February 2013 (UTC)MagnusVortex		[[Special:Contributions/204.16.25.236\|204.16.25.236]] 16:59, 13 February 2013 (UTC)MagnusVortex
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		+	:I think the better reading is:
		+	:*What is the root of love? (i.e. Where does love come from?)
		+	:*What are the signs of love? (Sine is a periodic function, and laypeople would confuse sin(heart) with sinning against love)
		+	:*How do you derive love?
		+	:*How do you identify love? (i.e. How do you know when you've fallen in love? How do you know when someone truly loves you?)
		+	:The last one is a bit harder to interpret. Possible interpretations include:
		+	:*What is the frequency/wavelength of love?
		+	:*How often do you fall in love?
		+	:*How do you transform love?
		+	:*What is the spectrum of love? (gay, straight, bi, asexual, &c.)
		+	:*How do you find love analytically?
		+	:Randall Munroe would likely consider the possibility of multiple interpretations of the last one to be a feature, not a bug.
		+	:I worry that most xkcd readers would not realize that Munroe is posing specific questions.
		+	:—DrDnar [[Special:Contributions/173.245.56.27\|173.245.56.27]] 22:52, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
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	I believe the last one is:<br>		I believe the last one is:<br>

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	For those of you who have used Mathematica, if you replace the heart with "Indeterminate", you'll find yourself in a similar situation: essentially all functions of Indeterminate yield Indeterminate. It can be frustrating. --[[User:Quicksilver\|Quicksilver]] ([[User talk:Quicksilver\|talk]]) 20:11, 25 August 2013 (UTC)		For those of you who have used Mathematica, if you replace the heart with "Indeterminate", you'll find yourself in a similar situation: essentially all functions of Indeterminate yield Indeterminate. It can be frustrating. --[[User:Quicksilver\|Quicksilver]] ([[User talk:Quicksilver\|talk]]) 20:11, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
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		+	It is clear that the author has yet to study non-linear dynamics as this approach has already been covered in
		+	Strogatz, S. H. (1988) Love affairs and differential equations. ''Math. Magazine'' '''61''',35.
		+	Strogatz, S. H. (1994) Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos: With Applications to Physics, Biology, Chemistry and Engineering. (Perseus Books, Reading, Massachusetts)
		+	One is forced to conclude that love is chaotic.
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		+	-Boyd [[Special:Contributions/160.5.148.8\|160.5.148.8]] 07:59, 10 October 2013 (UTC)

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−	For those of you who have used Mathematica, if you replace the heart with "Indeterminate", you'll find yourself in a similar situation: essentially all functions of Indeterminate yield Indeterminate. It can be frustrating.~~{{unsigned~~\|Quicksilver}}	+	For those of you who have used Mathematica, if you replace the heart with "Indeterminate", you'll find yourself in a similar situation: essentially all functions of Indeterminate yield Indeterminate. It can be frustrating. --[[User:Quicksilver\|Quicksilver]] ([[User talk:Quicksilver\|talk]]) 20:11, 25 August 2013 (UTC)

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−	For those of you who have used Mathematica, if you replace the heart with "Indeterminate", you'll find yourself in a similar situation: essentially all functions of Indeterminate yield Indeterminate. It can be frustrating.	+	For those of you who have used Mathematica, if you replace the heart with "Indeterminate", you'll find yourself in a similar situation: essentially all functions of Indeterminate yield Indeterminate. It can be frustrating.{{unsigned\|Quicksilver}}