Talk:926: Time Vulture - Revision history

Elektrizikekswerk at 12:31, 3 June 2024

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SilverTheTerribleMathematician at 10:57, 10 December 2022

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162.158.107.221 at 18:08, 7 January 2020

2020-01-07T18:08:34Z

Vince7778: Problem with time vulture?

2017-01-05T23:03:49Z

Problem with time vulture?

Kynde at 21:12, 20 December 2015

2015-12-20T21:12:40Z

Kynde at 21:11, 20 December 2015

2015-12-20T21:11:12Z

Kynde at 21:06, 20 December 2015

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Davidy22 at 03:26, 8 June 2015

2015-06-08T03:26:27Z

LuigiBrick at 20:35, 7 June 2015

2015-06-07T20:35:49Z

Mumiemonstret at 10:10, 19 March 2015

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	It’s a lot less obvious of a “citation needed” joke when the explanation accurately points out that MOST people think they’ll die (at least before eternal life). [[User:SilverTheTerribleMathematician\|SilverTheTerribleMathematician]] ([[User talk:SilverTheTerribleMathematician\|talk]]) 10:57, 10 December 2022 (UTC)		It’s a lot less obvious of a “citation needed” joke when the explanation accurately points out that MOST people think they’ll die (at least before eternal life). [[User:SilverTheTerribleMathematician\|SilverTheTerribleMathematician]] ([[User talk:SilverTheTerribleMathematician\|talk]]) 10:57, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
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		+	I just shortened the explanation considerably. I guess it's fa beyond the point of explaining the comic by giving tips as for how to evade such a creature by boarding a plane unless you die in the line of the security checks at the airport. I mean... really? [[User:Elektrizikekswerk\|Elektrizikekswerk]] ([[User talk:Elektrizikekswerk\|talk]]) 12:31, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

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	The problem with the time vulture is that it'll have to move at very fast speeds - in its perspective - to keep up with its prey. Assuming Cueball will die right as the advent calendar ends in [[1577: Advent]], that means he will have 16800 days to live, or 1,451,520,000 seconds. If, from the vulture's perspective, it takes 5 seconds from this time for Cueball to die, the speed of time according to the vulture is 290,304,000 times ours. If the average human walks at 5 km/h, the vulture will see it as walking at 300 million times that speed, which is 1,451,520,000 km/h... So the vulture will have to fly at those speeds, not to mention accelerating that fast. [[User:Vince7778\|Vince7778]] ([[User talk:Vince7778\|talk]]) 23:03, 5 January 2017 (UTC)		The problem with the time vulture is that it'll have to move at very fast speeds - in its perspective - to keep up with its prey. Assuming Cueball will die right as the advent calendar ends in [[1577: Advent]], that means he will have 16800 days to live, or 1,451,520,000 seconds. If, from the vulture's perspective, it takes 5 seconds from this time for Cueball to die, the speed of time according to the vulture is 290,304,000 times ours. If the average human walks at 5 km/h, the vulture will see it as walking at 300 million times that speed, which is 1,451,520,000 km/h... So the vulture will have to fly at those speeds, not to mention accelerating that fast. [[User:Vince7778\|Vince7778]] ([[User talk:Vince7778\|talk]]) 23:03, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
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		+	It’s a lot less obvious of a “citation needed” joke when the explanation accurately points out that MOST people think they’ll die (at least before eternal life). [[User:SilverTheTerribleMathematician\|SilverTheTerribleMathematician]] ([[User talk:SilverTheTerribleMathematician\|talk]]) 10:57, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

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	The logical way to kill this off would be with a shotgun. Problem solved...? Unless the Time Vulture recognises shotguns as a threat. I am glad this thing doesn't exist. {{unsigned\|LuigiBrick}}		The logical way to kill this off would be with a shotgun. Problem solved...? Unless the Time Vulture recognises shotguns as a threat. I am glad this thing doesn't exist. {{unsigned\|LuigiBrick}}
	:I'm quite sure a bullet would just pass through it, since it doesn't follow normal time. Also I'm sure it can start speeding time up the instant the prey dies. Else they would never have evolved. Why do you say it doesn't exist. I have seen one over every living creature I know. Most people just call it the shadow of Death ;-) You have to squint and look at it the right way to realize that it looks like an eagle. People have this impression it looks like a skeleton, but as [[Terry Pratchett]]'s Disc world death makes it clear, it is not Death or time vultures that kill people they are just there when it happens. (Whether it is guns, people, diseases, wars or old age that kill people depends on the time and the peoples luck ;-) --[[User:Kynde\|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde\|talk]]) 21:06, 20 December 2015 (UTC)		:I'm quite sure a bullet would just pass through it, since it doesn't follow normal time. Also I'm sure it can start speeding time up the instant the prey dies. Else they would never have evolved. Why do you say it doesn't exist. I have seen one over every living creature I know. Most people just call it the shadow of Death ;-) You have to squint and look at it the right way to realize that it looks like an eagle. People have this impression it looks like a skeleton, but as [[Terry Pratchett]]'s Disc world death makes it clear, it is not Death or time vultures that kill people they are just there when it happens. (Whether it is guns, people, diseases, wars or old age that kill people depends on the time and the peoples luck ;-) --[[User:Kynde\|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde\|talk]]) 21:06, 20 December 2015 (UTC)
		+	::The way I see it is that the vulture doesn't flow through time differently, but merely speeds up it's internal clock. It sees everything speeding by, but we don't. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.107.221\|162.158.107.221]] 18:08, 7 January 2020 (UTC)

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	There has been a [[explain_xkcd:Community_portal/Proposals#Merge_Cueball_.26_Rob\|community portal discussion]] of what to call Cueball and what to do in case with more than one Cueball. I have added this comic to the Category:Multiple Cueballs. In this comic it cannot be said clearly that any of them is more correctly called Cueball than the other. But typically the one named Cueball is either the protagonist or at least the one with the interesting parts and in this comic it would be the one with all the knowledge of time vultures. It may thus be OK to list him as Cueball. So when I changed most of this explanation, adding a ton more information, I also changed this so he would be the one referenced as Cueball (as it is easier to explain when one of them has a name). Then I also made a note that the other guy also looks like Cueball. --[[User:Kynde\|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde\|talk]]) 21:11, 20 December 2015 (UTC)		There has been a [[explain_xkcd:Community_portal/Proposals#Merge_Cueball_.26_Rob\|community portal discussion]] of what to call Cueball and what to do in case with more than one Cueball. I have added this comic to the Category:Multiple Cueballs. In this comic it cannot be said clearly that any of them is more correctly called Cueball than the other. But typically the one named Cueball is either the protagonist or at least the one with the interesting parts and in this comic it would be the one with all the knowledge of time vultures. It may thus be OK to list him as Cueball. So when I changed most of this explanation, adding a ton more information, I also changed this so he would be the one referenced as Cueball (as it is easier to explain when one of them has a name). Then I also made a note that the other guy also looks like Cueball. --[[User:Kynde\|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde\|talk]]) 21:11, 20 December 2015 (UTC)
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		+	The problem with the time vulture is that it'll have to move at very fast speeds - in its perspective - to keep up with its prey. Assuming Cueball will die right as the advent calendar ends in [[1577: Advent]], that means he will have 16800 days to live, or 1,451,520,000 seconds. If, from the vulture's perspective, it takes 5 seconds from this time for Cueball to die, the speed of time according to the vulture is 290,304,000 times ours. If the average human walks at 5 km/h, the vulture will see it as walking at 300 million times that speed, which is 1,451,520,000 km/h... So the vulture will have to fly at those speeds, not to mention accelerating that fast. [[User:Vince7778\|Vince7778]] ([[User talk:Vince7778\|talk]]) 23:03, 5 January 2017 (UTC)

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−	There has been a [[explain_xkcd:Community_portal/Proposals#Merge_Cueball_.26_Rob\|community portal discussion]] of what to call Cueball and what to do in case with more than one Cueball. I have added this comic to the Category:Multiple Cueballs. In this comic it cannot be said clearly ~~thgat one~~ of them is more Cueball than the other~~, but~~ typically the one named Cueball is the one with the interesting parts and in this comic it would be the one with all the knowledge of time vultures. It may thus be OK to ~~listed~~ him as Cueball. So when I changed most of this explanation, I also changed ~~him to~~ be the one referenced as Cueball (as it is easier to explain when one of them has a name). Then also made a note that the other guy also looks like Cueball. --[[User:Kynde\|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde\|talk]]) 21:11, 20 December 2015 (UTC)	+	There has been a [[explain_xkcd:Community_portal/Proposals#Merge_Cueball_.26_Rob\|community portal discussion]] of what to call Cueball and what to do in case with more than one Cueball. I have added this comic to the Category:Multiple Cueballs. In this comic it cannot be said clearly that any of them is more correctly called Cueball than the other. But typically the one named Cueball is either the protagonist or at least the one with the interesting parts and in this comic it would be the one with all the knowledge of time vultures. It may thus be OK to list him as Cueball. So when I changed most of this explanation, adding a ton more information, I also changed this so he would be the one referenced as Cueball (as it is easier to explain when one of them has a name). Then I also made a note that the other guy also looks like Cueball. --[[User:Kynde\|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde\|talk]]) 21:11, 20 December 2015 (UTC)

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	The logical way to kill this off would be with a shotgun. Problem solved...? Unless the Time Vulture recognises shotguns as a threat. I am glad this thing doesn't exist. {{unsigned\|LuigiBrick}}		The logical way to kill this off would be with a shotgun. Problem solved...? Unless the Time Vulture recognises shotguns as a threat. I am glad this thing doesn't exist. {{unsigned\|LuigiBrick}}
	:I'm quite sure a bullet would just pass through it, since it doesn't follow normal time. Also I'm sure it can start speeding time up the instant the prey dies. Else they would never have evolved. Why do you say it doesn't exist. I have seen one over every living creature I know. Most people just call it the shadow of Death ;-) You have to squint and look at it the right way to realize that it looks like an eagle. People have this impression it looks like a skeleton, but as [[Terry Pratchett]]'s Disc world death makes it clear, it is not Death or time vultures that kill people they are just there when it happens. (Whether it is guns, people, diseases, wars or old age that kill people depends on the time and the peoples luck ;-) --[[User:Kynde\|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde\|talk]]) 21:06, 20 December 2015 (UTC)		:I'm quite sure a bullet would just pass through it, since it doesn't follow normal time. Also I'm sure it can start speeding time up the instant the prey dies. Else they would never have evolved. Why do you say it doesn't exist. I have seen one over every living creature I know. Most people just call it the shadow of Death ;-) You have to squint and look at it the right way to realize that it looks like an eagle. People have this impression it looks like a skeleton, but as [[Terry Pratchett]]'s Disc world death makes it clear, it is not Death or time vultures that kill people they are just there when it happens. (Whether it is guns, people, diseases, wars or old age that kill people depends on the time and the peoples luck ;-) --[[User:Kynde\|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde\|talk]]) 21:06, 20 December 2015 (UTC)
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		+	There has been a [[explain_xkcd:Community_portal/Proposals#Merge_Cueball_.26_Rob\|community portal discussion]] of what to call Cueball and what to do in case with more than one Cueball. I have added this comic to the Category:Multiple Cueballs. In this comic it cannot be said clearly thgat one of them is more Cueball than the other, but typically the one named Cueball is the one with the interesting parts and in this comic it would be the one with all the knowledge of time vultures. It may thus be OK to listed him as Cueball. So when I changed most of this explanation, I also changed him to be the one referenced as Cueball (as it is easier to explain when one of them has a name). Then also made a note that the other guy also looks like Cueball. --[[User:Kynde\|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde\|talk]]) 21:11, 20 December 2015 (UTC)

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 :::Does anyone know if Randell is a  Who fan? {{unsigned ip|108.162.221.56}}
 From the vulture's viewpoint, the carcass will rot (or be buried) in seconds. Hope it can speed up its internal clock when needed. [[User:Mumiemonstret|Mumiemonstret]] ([[User talk:Mumiemonstret|talk]]) 10:10, 19 March 2015 (UTC)
 The logical way to kill this off would be with a shotgun. Problem solved...? Unless the Time Vulture recognises shotguns as a threat. I am glad this thing doesn't exist. {{unsigned|LuigiBrick}}

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	From the vulture's viewpoint, the carcass will rot (or be buried) in seconds. Hope it can speed up its internal clock when needed. [[User:Mumiemonstret\|Mumiemonstret]] ([[User talk:Mumiemonstret\|talk]]) 10:10, 19 March 2015 (UTC)		From the vulture's viewpoint, the carcass will rot (or be buried) in seconds. Hope it can speed up its internal clock when needed. [[User:Mumiemonstret\|Mumiemonstret]] ([[User talk:Mumiemonstret\|talk]]) 10:10, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

−	The logical way to kill this off would be with a shotgun. Problem solved...? Unless the Time Vulture recognises shotguns as a threat. I am glad this thing doesn't exist.	+	The logical way to kill this off would be with a shotgun. Problem solved...? Unless the Time Vulture recognises shotguns as a threat. I am glad this thing doesn't exist. {{unsigned\|LuigiBrick}}

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	From the vulture's viewpoint, the carcass will rot (or be buried) in seconds. Hope it can speed up its internal clock when needed. [[User:Mumiemonstret\|Mumiemonstret]] ([[User talk:Mumiemonstret\|talk]]) 10:10, 19 March 2015 (UTC)		From the vulture's viewpoint, the carcass will rot (or be buried) in seconds. Hope it can speed up its internal clock when needed. [[User:Mumiemonstret\|Mumiemonstret]] ([[User talk:Mumiemonstret\|talk]]) 10:10, 19 March 2015 (UTC)
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		+	The logical way to kill this off would be with a shotgun. Problem solved...? Unless the Time Vulture recognises shotguns as a threat. I am glad this thing doesn't exist.

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	:::Does anyone know if Randell is a Who fan? {{unsigned ip\|108.162.221.56}}		:::Does anyone know if Randell is a Who fan? {{unsigned ip\|108.162.221.56}}
		+	From the vulture's viewpoint, the carcass will rot (or be buried) in seconds. Hope it can speed up its internal clock when needed. [[User:Mumiemonstret\|Mumiemonstret]] ([[User talk:Mumiemonstret\|talk]]) 10:10, 19 March 2015 (UTC)