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:Certainty that this is a clockwise polar plot, not a Cartesian one, as a function of time: | :Certainty that this is a clockwise polar plot, not a Cartesian one, as a function of time: | ||
:[There is a graph. The Y axis is marked out from 0% to 100%. The X axis is unmarked. A red line starts at 50% and traces out a roughly parabolic trend downwards along the X axis.] | :[There is a graph. The Y axis is marked out from 0% to 100%. The X axis is unmarked. A red line starts at 50% and traces out a roughly parabolic trend downwards along the X axis.] | ||
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+ | ==Trivia== | ||
+ | *It may also be a reference to the story of {{w|René Descartes|Descartes}}' discovery of the {{w|Cartesian coordinate system|cartesian plane}}, when he realized that he could pinpoint the location of bugs on his ceiling using numbers. | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} |