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| title = A/B | | title = A/B | ||
| image = a_b.png | | image = a_b.png | ||
− | | titletext = We wrote our site in Linear A rather than | + | | titletext = We wrote our site in Linear A rather than Askara Kawi because browser testing showed that Crete script rendered faster than Java script. |
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | {{w|A/B testing}} | + | {{incomplete|Written in MYCENEAN GREEK. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} |
+ | {{w|A/B testing}} refers to any {{w|Scientific control|controlled experiment}} where test subjects are split into two groups (the titular A and B) to compare their reactions to a product, and the product with a slight variation, most often used for market research. For example, a website might appear the same to different users except for a different font, so that the operators of the site can determine how the font affects the user's interaction with the site (time spent on it, clicks, purchases, etc). | ||
− | {{w|Linear A}} is an as-of-yet undeciphered writing system of the ancient | + | {{w|Linear A}} Linear A is an as-of-yet undeciphered writing system of the ancient Minoan civilization. It appears similar to the deciphered Linear B writing system, but if the pronunciation rules of Linear B are applied to Linear A, it produces a language unrelated to any known language. |
− | {{w|Linear B}} | + | {{w|Linear B}} is a syllabic script that was used for writing Mycenaean Greek, the earliest attested form of Greek. |
− | + | The comic jokingly suggests that the choice of writing system could be decided through A/B testing. The test subject apparently can read either Linear A or Linear B, but not the alternative, which the title text suggests is {{w|Kawi script|Askara Kawi}}, a writing system used on the island of Java (today part of Indonesia). This suggest the subject is Greek, and Askara Kawi is {{w|Greek to me|greek to him}}. | |
− | The title text | + | The title text also reveals the reason why the writing systems are being tested on a computer: they are not being used to encode the information presented to the user (i.e. {{w|natural language}}), but the code which defines how or what is presented to the user (i.e. {{w|programming language}}). |
− | + | Askara Kawi was chosen as the control group because, apparently, knowing it was a script (i.e. a writing system) from the island of Java, it was misinterpreted as what it meant to use {{w|JavaScript}}, which is a common way to encode dynamic content on webpages. | |
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− | + | Linear A and Linear B are also script engines used in the Opera browser | |
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− | == | + | ==Transcript== |
− | + | {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | |
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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