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| title = Externalities | | title = Externalities | ||
| image = externalities.png | | image = externalities.png | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
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*The university that is being recruited changes depending on which university is winning the hash finding competition in the fifth panel. | *The university that is being recruited changes depending on which university is winning the hash finding competition in the fifth panel. | ||
*The company doing the recruiting is randomly selected from a pool of companies. It was formerly the first NASDAQ-100 company mentioned on a varying Wikipedia page. | *The company doing the recruiting is randomly selected from a pool of companies. It was formerly the first NASDAQ-100 company mentioned on a varying Wikipedia page. | ||
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===Hashing Competition=== | ===Hashing Competition=== | ||
− | For the two days until comic 1194 appeared, a competition was underway to see who could come closest to breaking a | + | For the two days until comic 1194 appeared, a competition was underway to see who could come closest to breaking a [[wikipedia:Skein_%28hash_function%29|Skein hash]]. The first text line of the first panel contains a link to http://almamater.xkcd.com. This page contained the text: |
− | :Currently looking for Skein 1024 1024 input matching | + | :Currently looking for Skein 1024 1024 input matching 5b4da95f5fa08280fc9879df44f418c8f9f12ba424b7757de02bbdfbae0d4c4fdf9317c80cc5fe04c6429073466cf29706b8c25999ddd2f6540d4475cc977b87f4757be023f19b8f4035d7722886b78869826de916a79cf9c94cc79cd4347d24b567aa3e2390a573a373a48a5e676640c79cc70197e1c5e7f902fb53ca1858b6 |
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− | On this page, users were invited to enter "Your school's domain name" | + | On this page, users were invited to enter "Your school's domain name"—presumably intended to be their college alma mater. (At least in the beginning, only a few top-level domains were accepted.) If the user entered an acceptable domain (by xkcd's rules, which apparently changed during the 48 hours of the competition), he could then enter data values one at a time. For each data value entered, xkcd returned a hash value and the number of bits by which it differed from the target value. The object was to achieve the lowest possible number of differing bits, ideally zero. |
− | A ranking page showed the lowest value achieved for each domain name entered, but not the data that achieved it. The first name on the list was substituted in various panels, and the third-place school showed in panel five. No data values were reported by xkcd, but various results were posted by users of the xkcd forums and on other websites, leading to copycat submissions, so that occasionally large numbers of institutions would show the same moderately low value. | + | A ranking page showed the lowest value achieved for each domain name entered, but not the data that achieved it. The first name on the list was substituted in various panels, and the third-place school showed in panel five. No data values were reported by xkcd, but various results were posted by users of the xkcd forums and on other websites, leading to copycat submissions, so that occasionally large numbers of institutions would show the same moderately low value. |
After the end of the contest, the data submission page vanished, replaced by the final list of rankings, which shows that Carnegie Mellon University achieved the best score with 384 bits incorrect out of 1024. The rankings only show a few hundred out of the several thousand domains submitted—presumably Randall chose to chop the copycat submissions off the end of the list, retaining only honestly obtained results. | After the end of the contest, the data submission page vanished, replaced by the final list of rankings, which shows that Carnegie Mellon University achieved the best score with 384 bits incorrect out of 1024. The rankings only show a few hundred out of the several thousand domains submitted—presumably Randall chose to chop the copycat submissions off the end of the list, retaining only honestly obtained results. | ||
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− | :Hey, [university] students | + | :Hey, [university] students! |
:Come find your future at Baidu! | :Come find your future at Baidu! | ||
:Megan: But nothing about Tiananmen Square. | :Megan: But nothing about Tiananmen Square. | ||
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{| class="wikitable table-padding" | {| class="wikitable table-padding" | ||
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− | | | + | |We're a convenient four hour drive from New York City (15,000 hours by roomba) |
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− | | | + | |Only a short commuter flight away! |
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− | | | + | |Travel to us by roomba, we're *that* close! |
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− | | | + | |We're so close you can get to us by roomba. |
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− | | | + | |Free roomba rides every morning while you have coffee. |
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− | | | + | |Your roomba comes in black & slate, or white & silver |
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− | | | + | |Just a short roomba ride up the coast, try not to fall off. |
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− | | | + | |We know what everyday life is like for your generation: |
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{| class="wikitable sortable plainlinks table-padding" | {| class="wikitable sortable plainlinks table-padding" | ||
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− | | | + | |Our recruiting team is on the lookup for promising young [university] graduates. |
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− | | | + | |We hired a new recruiting startup to help us hire [university] students. |
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− | | | + | |We borrowed the botanical gardens' net to catch promising recruits. |
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− | | | + | |We prefer to recruit from [university] students, of course. |
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− | | | + | |Our recruiters are on the hunt for unaware [university] graduates. |
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− | | | + | |Or students from [university], if they're clever with their applications |
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− | | | + | |Possibly [university] grads, if their form-filling startup works out. |
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− | | | + | |Or [university] graduates, provided any of them manage to fill out the application correctly. |
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− | | | + | |Or [university] graduates, if they manage to fill out the application correctly. |
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!Email | !Email | ||
!Education | !Education | ||
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|MIT | |MIT | ||
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|pgp encrypted | |pgp encrypted | ||
|have you ever really looked at the fourier | |have you ever really looked at the fourier | ||
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|me@car | |me@car | ||
|I can cut up melons | |I can cut up melons | ||
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|CMU | |CMU | ||
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|I would like to work at you | |I would like to work at you | ||
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|Me olaf | |Me olaf | ||
|You Helga | |You Helga | ||
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|IO | |IO | ||
|O HAI O | |O HAI O | ||
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|TOTALLY.EDU.US | |TOTALLY.EDU.US | ||
|CONVENIENT US DOMAIN REDIRECTS | |CONVENIENT US DOMAIN REDIRECTS | ||
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|SOUTH DETROIT | |SOUTH DETROIT | ||
|HUNT LIKE A WOLVERINE | |HUNT LIKE A WOLVERINE | ||
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|POBox 12532 | |POBox 12532 | ||
|p.s. ill find my frog | |p.s. ill find my frog | ||
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|Oxford | |Oxford | ||
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|Riding the L all night long | |Riding the L all night long | ||
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|Kat | |Kat | ||
|Oh dear | |Oh dear | ||
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|Any | |Any | ||
|I'm feeling lucky | |I'm feeling lucky | ||
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|UIC | |UIC | ||
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|Forget it | |Forget it | ||
|Riding the L all night long | |Riding the L all night long | ||
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{| class="wikitable table-padding" | {| class="wikitable table-padding" | ||
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− | | | + | |At [company], you'll work at a scale you won't find anywhere else |
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− | | | + | |Explore the depths of expensive and undocumented tools! |
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− | | | + | |At Apple, we believe in pushing the boundary of perfection. |
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− | | | + | |At Microsoft, you just need to relax and embrace the machine <!-- no period --> |
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− | | | + | |Yahoo management aren't just suits. We code too! |
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− | | | + | |At [company], you'll have the opportinity to work on cutting-edge projects. |
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− | | | + | |At Amazon, you'll be shaving the most cutting-edge of yaks. |
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− | | | + | |You get to bid first on any auction, and use other experimental tools! |
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− | | | + | |At QUALCOMM, Device driver code quality is job #1 |
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− | | | + | |Make use of our powerful in-house game creation tools. |
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− | | | + | |We're even working on some experimental biotechnology |
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The title text documents the different sources of data in the comic. The different title texts are: | The title text documents the different sources of data in the comic. The different title texts are: | ||
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− | |Most of the comic | + | |Most of the comic.||Mouse over words and things to see where they come from. |
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− | |Most of the | + | |Most of the text in the first panel.||Happy April 1st, Everyone! |
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− | | | + | |Fifth panel.||[University] has the third best hash. See the full standings at http://almamater.xkcd.com/best.csv |
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− | | | + | |Last panel.||The dog gains a pound for every $10 donated to the wikimedia foundation via this link. Currently at [amount donated] |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[ | + | :[The comic is dynamically generated from multiple sources.] |
− | :[ | + | :[First panel [[1193: Externalities#First Panel|transcript varies.]]] |
− | :[ | + | :[Second panel [[1193: Externalities#Second Panel|transcript varies.]]] |
− | :[ | + | :[Third panel [[1193: Externalities#Third Panel|transcript varies.]]] |
− | : | + | :[Ponytail riding on a roomba.] |
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− | :[ | + | :[Fourth panel [[1193: Externalities#Fourth Panel|transcript varies.]]] |
− | : | + | :[A group of people waiting outside a door. One of them is holding a large net.] |
− | :[ | + | :Or [university] graduates, provided any of them manage to fill out the application correctly. |
− | + | :Name: [random] | |
− | + | :Email: [Third place university] | |
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:Cueball: What does "make dog" do? | :Cueball: What does "make dog" do? | ||
− | :Off- | + | :Off-panel: Experimental dog generator. Don't click on it; the default size isn't set, so- |
:'''*click*''' | :'''*click*''' | ||
− | + | :''KZZZT'' | |
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− | + | :Off-screen: Uh-oh. | |
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+ | :[Last panel's [[1193: Externalities#Seventh Panel|transcript varies.]]] | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Hairy]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Hairy]] | ||
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