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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | [[Cueball]] recounts the last message sent | + | [[Cueball]] recounts the last message sent by the French Navy upon retiring {{W|morse code}}. |
− | The poetic, and potentially angsty-sounding nature of the message reminds him of the on-line journal website {{W|LiveJournal}}, which was popular until the late | + | The poetic, and potentially angsty-sounding nature of the message reminds him of the on-line journal website {{W|LiveJournal}}, which was popular until the late 00s (it was launched in 1999), and stereotypically used by angst-ridden teenagers to post song lyrics, poems, or cryptic messages to express their emotions and possibly fish for attention. Since Cueball never uses his LiveJournal account any more, he wonders if he can find the password again. He might be considering posting the final Morse Code message as his own last and final message on his LiveJournal. |
The popularity of the site died down considerably with the arrival of social networking sites like {{W|MySpace}}, {{W|Facebook}}, {{W|Google Plus}} and the advent of microblogging platforms like {{W|Twitter}} and {{W|Tumblr}}. LiveJournal has also lost a lot of users since a Russian company bought them out; Russian dissidents used LiveJournal to present their opinions, and the Russian government used to retaliate by creating "denial of service" attacks which make LiveJournal unusable for all its users, sometimes for days. Nowadays (May 2014) LiveJournal is still quite popular among Russian-speaking people, including dissenters, but its administration was forced to show {{w|HTTP 451}} error in some cases (e. g., when a user with a Russian IP is trying to read {{w|Alexei Navalny}} blog) with new laws. Thus when [[Megan]] is upset with his desire to let LiveJournal die out like the Morse Code, Cueball describes it as "a nice place to go for some peace and quiet". | The popularity of the site died down considerably with the arrival of social networking sites like {{W|MySpace}}, {{W|Facebook}}, {{W|Google Plus}} and the advent of microblogging platforms like {{W|Twitter}} and {{W|Tumblr}}. LiveJournal has also lost a lot of users since a Russian company bought them out; Russian dissidents used LiveJournal to present their opinions, and the Russian government used to retaliate by creating "denial of service" attacks which make LiveJournal unusable for all its users, sometimes for days. Nowadays (May 2014) LiveJournal is still quite popular among Russian-speaking people, including dissenters, but its administration was forced to show {{w|HTTP 451}} error in some cases (e. g., when a user with a Russian IP is trying to read {{w|Alexei Navalny}} blog) with new laws. Thus when [[Megan]] is upset with his desire to let LiveJournal die out like the Morse Code, Cueball describes it as "a nice place to go for some peace and quiet". | ||
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:Cueball: When the French navy retired morse code in 1997, they broadcast a final message: "Calling all. This is our last cry before our eternal silence." | :Cueball: When the French navy retired morse code in 1997, they broadcast a final message: "Calling all. This is our last cry before our eternal silence." | ||
− | :Cueball: I wonder if I can find my Livejournal login. | + | :Cueball: I wonder if I can find my Livejournal login. |
− | :Megan: Hey, I ''like'' Livejournal. | + | :Megan: Hey, I ''like'' Livejournal. |
:Cueball: It's a nice place to go for some peace and quiet, I suppose. | :Cueball: It's a nice place to go for some peace and quiet, I suppose. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
− | [[Randall]] is no stranger to LiveJournal. xkcd started on LiveJournal [ | + | [[Randall]] is no stranger to LiveJournal. xkcd even started on LiveJournal before xkcd.com was created [http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/]. |
The Morse code for the final message "this is our final cry on 500 khz before eternal silence" is: | The Morse code for the final message "this is our final cry on 500 khz before eternal silence" is: | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
− | *[ | + | * [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-53668116.html An obituary for Morse code] |
− | *<span class="plainlinks">[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/500_kHz_%28maritime_et_a%C3%A9ronautique%29?uselang=en#Nuit_du_31.C2.A0janvier.C2.A01997_au_1er.C2.A0f.C3.A9vrier.C2.A01997.2C Transcript of communications of the french station that night]</span> | + | * <span class="plainlinks">[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/500_kHz_%28maritime_et_a%C3%A9ronautique%29?uselang=en#Nuit_du_31.C2.A0janvier.C2.A01997_au_1er.C2.A0f.C3.A9vrier.C2.A01997.2C Transcript of communications of the french station that night]</span> |
− | *[ | + | * [http://www.onlineconversion.com/morse_code.htm Convert text to morse code and vice versa] |
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
[[Category:Social networking]] | [[Category:Social networking]] |