Difference between revisions of "Talk:723: Seismic Waves"

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What about '''twitterer'''? '''Twitter user''' and '''tweeter''' are better alternatives for OCs. Might be a reference to (this:)). Well, '''Twitter user''' is too long when tweeting during an earthquake (and the tweet may exceed the 140), and '''tweeter''' might be in reference to this: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tweeter Tweeter] {{unsigned ip|172.68.144.109}}
 
What about '''twitterer'''? '''Twitter user''' and '''tweeter''' are better alternatives for OCs. Might be a reference to (this:)). Well, '''Twitter user''' is too long when tweeting during an earthquake (and the tweet may exceed the 140), and '''tweeter''' might be in reference to this: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tweeter Tweeter] {{unsigned ip|172.68.144.109}}
  
The link in this comic is broken.21:53, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
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The link in this comic is broken.{{unsigned ip|108.162.245.253|21:53, 25 June 2024 (UTC)}} (You may have used five tildes, not four...)
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:The USGS ENS one from the title-text works for me. Unless you mean another. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.194.96|172.69.194.96]] 23:16, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

Latest revision as of 23:16, 25 June 2024

Twitter user RobM163 exists and was created along with this comic (presumably by Randall). He tweeted a few times about various disasters on April 5th, 2010, and later on the 22nd about Iceland's not being a great tourist destination (due to Eyjafjallajökull). [Whoa, I care about stuff 3 years old! Ah well.] --Quicksilver (talk) 02:43, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

RobM163's first post was the day before the xkcd comic. Z (talk) 17:14, 7 June 2014 (UTC)

But, if the earthquake damages the area's communications infrastructures... 108.162.250.210 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)

All the way here in 2016 it seems worth mentioning: the ubiquity of smartphones means peer-to-peer chat is positioned to survive this type of service disruption. It seems only a matter of time that getting online from a disaster zone will mostly depend on there being a smartphone chain leading to the closest public AP outside the blackout zone. Elvenivle (talk) 06:57, 9 February 2016 (UTC)

What about twitterer? Twitter user and tweeter are better alternatives for OCs. Might be a reference to (this:)). Well, Twitter user is too long when tweeting during an earthquake (and the tweet may exceed the 140), and tweeter might be in reference to this: Tweeter 172.68.144.109 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)

The link in this comic is broken. 108.162.245.253 (talk) 21:53, 25 June 2024 (UTC) (please sign your comments with ~~~~) (You may have used five tildes, not four...)

The USGS ENS one from the title-text works for me. Unless you mean another. 172.69.194.96 23:16, 25 June 2024 (UTC)