Talk:1798: Box Plot
No Valentine's comic this year? (Or could it be later this week?) 162.158.154.163 16:27, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
- Trump killed Valentine's Day for Randall. 162.158.74.219 17:54, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
I thought this may also be similar to a bycicle pump because it doesn't explode it just enlarges. Wasn't there a comic similar to this where someone blows into a laptop power cord and it blows up like a balloon.XFez (talk) 18:54, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
- Yes: https://xkcd.com/1395/ 108.162.216.100 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
- Good call 1395: Power Cord should be mentioned. --Kynde (talk) 21:01, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
I’m surprised this was Cueball, not Beret Guy. 108.162.216.100 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
- It could be that inflating/manipulating data is not supernatural. 162.158.154.163 19:37, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
There's also a blasting machine in Floor, /735 141.101.88.148 22:11, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
Could whoever writes the transcripts, please keep them more concise? I am visually impaired and rely on transcripts to "get" the comics, but I find that detailed descriptions of how things are drawn make the joke harder, not easier, to understand. Most transcripts are great, with just the information needed to get it, but some are way too detailed—and this one is pushing it to the extreme. Does anyone really want to know the exact size of each box, or how many lines are drawn around Cueball's shoulders to indicate movement? I'd be much happier with something like "Cueball climbs on top of the second box and pushes the whisker as if it were a pump. The box inflates as if air had been pumped into it." I don't want to know precisely how this information is conveyed, I just want to laugh like you guys with a good joke without getting lost in details. That said, many many thanks to those who write the transcripts! Zetfr 23:11, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
- That is one very detailed transcript. Cardboardmech (talk) 14:00, 14 February 2017 (UTC)
Its not mentioned in the explanation (and i dont feel confident enough to add it), but these plots are occasionally referred to by statistical types as "dynamite plots" (as some statistical folk dont like them), which is what i believe the title text may be a reference to. --Takigama (talk) 02:08, 14 February 2017 (UTC)
Box plots also resemble candle stick plots that are widely used in stock trading charts. It could be a reference to inflated stock prices172.68.62.22 05:57, 14 February 2017 (UTC)
- If so Cueball did a pretty bad job. The open, close, and low are all at the same value and the high is lower. I think you’re reaching a bit too far with that. --162.158.78.154 06:14, 14 February 2017 (UTC)
I just had an funny thought: What if this comic is Randall's response to the recent "trend" of trying to see a connection to Trumps's election to his comics? (@Kynde: That comment is not meant to be that serious ;) ) Elektrizikekswerk (talk) 14:13, 14 February 2017 (UTC)
Pretty sure there is an Indiana Jones comic about data and artifacts we should maybe include that.XFez (talk) 14:59, 14 February 2017 (UTC)
This feels like one of the most detailed explanations on explainxkcd I've seen for a normal-size comic. 141.101.98.208 15:33, 14 February 2017 (UTC)
