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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | This comic is [[:Category:Book promotion|yet another]] fun way to promote [[Randall|Randall's]] new book, ''[[How To]]'', released on September 3, 2019, reminding people to buy it as a {{w|Christmas present}} that could be given to a friend or family member. Giving Christmas presents is a way to celebrate the holiday of | + | {{incomplete|Created by a CHIMNEYBOT. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} |
+ | This comic is [[:Category:Book promotion|yet another]] fun way to promote [[Randall|Randall's]] new book, ''[[How To]]'', released on September 3, 2019, reminding people to buy it as a Christmas present. Randall's book is used an example of a {{w|Christmas present}} that could be given to a friend or family member. Giving Christmas presents is a traditional way to celebrate the holiday of Christmas, on December 25 of each year. | ||
− | The entire comic links to https://xkcd.com/how-to/, a description of his book and ways to order it. As always | + | The entire comic links to https://xkcd.com/how-to/, a description of his book and ways to order it. As always the [[xkcd_Header_text#2014-07-23_-_what_if.3F_book_tour|entire picture is a link]], even though he has made the link text blue as if it was a clickable link. Of course it will also work if you actually click on the link. At least in this comic he does state that you can click anywhere on the comic, and if that doesn't work he also gives the link. Many people would probably still click on the blue link line, having not read his text. But the object of getting them to the [https://xkcd.com/how-to/ xkcd page about How To] would have been obtained. |
− | The rest of the comic discusses how to "deliver" this Christmas present. As mentioned in the comic, the "traditional" way that parents teach their kids about Christmas and Christmas gift giving is with the story of {{w|Santa Claus}}, a man who lives on the North Pole, who delivers gifts each Christmas Eve by riding a sleigh pulled by reindeer. He is usually depicted entering a house to deliver gifts by going down the home's chimney. Every year, the {{w|NORAD Tracks Santa|North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) tracks Santa}} as he delivers gifts around the world. Although we take that story for granted, it is no less ridiculous than the alternatives this comic explores, and in fact considerably more so | + | The rest of the comic discusses how to "deliver" this Christmas present. As mentioned in the comic, the "traditional" way that parents teach their kids about Christmas and Christmas gift giving is with the story of {{w|Santa Claus}}, a man who lives on the North Pole, who delivers gifts each Christmas Eve by riding a sleigh pulled by reindeer. He is usually depicted entering a house to deliver gifts by going down the home's chimney. Every year, the {{w|NORAD Tracks Santa|North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) tracks Santa}} as he delivers gifts around the world. Although we take that story for granted, it is no less ridiculous than the alternatives this comic explores, and in fact considerably more so. |
As mentioned in the comic, fireplaces (and chimneys) are becoming less common in the United States, so Randall (drawn as Cueball) proposes 3 options for how to deliver his new book as a present: | As mentioned in the comic, fireplaces (and chimneys) are becoming less common in the United States, so Randall (drawn as Cueball) proposes 3 options for how to deliver his new book as a present: | ||
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'''Option 3''': Intercept a different package. | '''Option 3''': Intercept a different package. | ||
This option is to intercept an order of a different book, and replace the pages of the book with Randall's book (which Black Hat is shown doing). As the recipient, Cueball, remarks, this is similar to {{w|Spoofing attack|content spoofing}} / content injection, where information passed over the Internet is replaced before being delivered to the user. In this "real-life" case, the book's content has been "injected" and replaced with a different book. | This option is to intercept an order of a different book, and replace the pages of the book with Randall's book (which Black Hat is shown doing). As the recipient, Cueball, remarks, this is similar to {{w|Spoofing attack|content spoofing}} / content injection, where information passed over the Internet is replaced before being delivered to the user. In this "real-life" case, the book's content has been "injected" and replaced with a different book. | ||
− | An off-screen person mentions {{w|HTTPS}}, or Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure, an extension of regular HTTP, used for secure communication. Cueball and this person believe that "paper" needs HTTPS, so that Cueball's original book can be "securely delivered" without being intercepted by third parties such as Black Hat. | + | An off-screen person mentions {{w|HTTPS}}, or Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure, an extension of the regular HTTP protocol, used for secure communication. Cueball and this person believe that "paper" needs HTTPS, so that Cueball's original book can be "securely delivered" without being intercepted by third parties such as Black Hat. |
This could also relate to {{w|code injection}}, where malicious code is injected into a program. An example of code injection is with the famous comic, [[327: Exploits of a Mom]], where Mrs. Roberts deletes the school's database tables. | This could also relate to {{w|code injection}}, where malicious code is injected into a program. An example of code injection is with the famous comic, [[327: Exploits of a Mom]], where Mrs. Roberts deletes the school's database tables. | ||
− | The house is very detailed and in the windows are both a cat (typical click bait) and a | + | The house is very detailed and in the windows are both a cat (typical click bait) and a disheveled looking Pikachu, the most famous Pokémon. Maybe it looks like that because it is about to get a book thrown at it through the window. |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:Randall: Here are a few options! | :Randall: Here are a few options! | ||
− | :[The last segment has a large panel taking up the bottom half of the comic. At the bottom of this panel there are even two smaller comics which lie over this panel and break the bottom border of the panel. They relate to the information in the large panel. In the middle of this panel is a detailed drawing of a house. The tiles of the roof are all individually drawn (8 rows with about 23 tiles each for a total about 180 tiles). To the right on the roof top is a chimney indicated with a dotted line, showing where it is not present. The front of the house has two small windows | + | :[The last segment has a large panel taking up the bottom half of the comic. At the bottom of this panel there are even two smaller comics which lie over this panel and break the bottom border of the panel. They relate to the information in the large panel. In the middle of this panel is a detailed drawing of a house. The tiles of the roof are all individually drawn (8 rows with about 23 tiles each for a total about 180 tiles). To the right on the roof top is a chimney indicated with a dotted line, showing where it is not present. The front of the house has two small windows tot he left, a door with door knob, in the middle of the house, with a two steps stair in front of it and a large window with three segments to the right. All three windows have curtains visible and are divided in two, a top and a bottom part On the top of the middle segment there is a handle for opening the windows, all five segments of them. In the window to the left sits a cat and in the central segment of the large window to the right sits Pikachu. The foundation of the house is drawn as 4 rows of bricks to the left (about 12 in each row) and three to the right (about 16 in each row, for 48 on both sides for a total of about 96). ] |
:[To the left on the side of the house is a line indicating a ventilation shaft. Three arrows end there. They are coming from a bunch of particles of a disintegrating black book with part of a title still readable. Other text is visible, but not readable. Only the first word of the title can be read, but even here the last letter is already partly dissolved. The book is hanging above the grass on the ground below it to the left of the house. Above the book is a section of text marked with a large white number 1 inside a black circle. Beneath the book this text continues. Bordering this text is a one panel comic belonging to this text segment.] | :[To the left on the side of the house is a line indicating a ventilation shaft. Three arrows end there. They are coming from a bunch of particles of a disintegrating black book with part of a title still readable. Other text is visible, but not readable. Only the first word of the title can be read, but even here the last letter is already partly dissolved. The book is hanging above the grass on the ground below it to the left of the house. Above the book is a section of text marked with a large white number 1 inside a black circle. Beneath the book this text continues. Bordering this text is a one panel comic belonging to this text segment.] | ||
− | :'''1''' Even without chimneys, houses | + | :'''1''' Even without chimneys, houses aren’t airtight. If you vaporize the gift, parts of it will enter the house through the intake vents… |
:Book: How | :Book: How | ||
:...And it will ''stay'' there. | :...And it will ''stay'' there. | ||
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:<small>Source: DOI 10.3155/1047-3289.58.4.502</small> | :<small>Source: DOI 10.3155/1047-3289.58.4.502</small> | ||
− | :[The one panel comic is on top of the large panel beneath the door to the house, but about three times as wide. In the panel | + | :[The one panel comic is on top of the large panel beneath the door to the house, but about three times as wide. In the panel Megan is reacting to the statement 1 and Cueball also reacts by walking away from her.] |
:Megan: Seven ''decades?!'' | :Megan: Seven ''decades?!'' | ||
:Cueball: BRB, I need to go vacuum. | :Cueball: BRB, I need to go vacuum. | ||
:Megan: Houses are ''disgusting'' | :Megan: Houses are ''disgusting'' | ||
− | :[To the right of the house a gift wrapped present is flying towards the large window, with five lines indicating its speed and direction. Beneath the book is a line indicating the ground away from the house. There is a large segment of text surrounding the book on the three sides away | + | :[To the right of the house a gift wrapped present is flying towards the large window, with five lines indicating its speed and direction. Beneath the book is a line indicating the ground away from the house. There is a large segment of text surrounding the book on the three sides away not toward the house. Above the present next to the not present chimney is a large white number 2 inside a black circle. Then follows text which goes out to the edge of the panel, and this text continue down to the level of the book where it then only continues to the right of the speed lines. And then finally two lines of text are beneath the book above the ground next to the house.] |
− | :'''2''' The critical momentum necessary for a projectile to break glass is around 4 kg*m/s. (40 for ½" | + | :'''2''' The critical momentum necessary for a projectile to break glass is around 4 kg*m/s. (40 for ½" Plywood.) |
:<small>Source: fema.gov/previous-missile-impact-test-wood-sheathing</small> | :<small>Source: fema.gov/previous-missile-impact-test-wood-sheathing</small> | ||
:This means you can deliver a book-sized gift by hurling it at a window at 25+ mph | :This means you can deliver a book-sized gift by hurling it at a window at 25+ mph | ||
:Speed = book mass/ 4 kg*m/s = 25 mph | :Speed = book mass/ 4 kg*m/s = 25 mph | ||
− | :But if they’ve put up | + | :But if they’ve put up Plywood shutters, you’ll need 250 mph + delivery speeds. |
− | :[Finally beneath the house and text segment 2, there is a large white number 3 inside a black circle | + | :[Finally beneath the house and text segment 2, there is a large white number 3 inside a black circle below Pikachu and just next to the right top of the one panel comic. Next to this is the final text segment in this panel. Beneath this text is yet another comic, this time in five panels referring to the text, where the panels also break the lower border of the large panel.] |
:'''3''' Wait until they order a different book, then intercept the package, open the binding, and replace the pages with the ones from yours. | :'''3''' Wait until they order a different book, then intercept the package, open the binding, and replace the pages with the ones from yours. | ||
− | :[The five panel comic is on top of the large panel but beneath the text segment 3. | + | :[The five panel comic is on top of the large panel but beneath the text segment 3. It shows Black Hat opening a box with one hand while having his own book under the other arm. In the second panel the book cover is open; the pages have been removed and are interchanged with those from Black Hat’s book, two arrows indicating the switch. Then Black Hat carries the now closed packet. The packet is left at the bottom of a three step stair which Cueball descends. Finally Cueball is standing next to the open box reading the book. He speaks and an off-panel voice replies from a starburst on the right side of this last panel of the entire comic.] |
− | + | :Cueball: …Ugh, real-life content injection. | |
− | + | :Off panel voice: We need HTTPS for paper. | |
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− | :Off | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
− | *The equation in the comic is | + | *The equation in the comic is wrong! |
**Speed = book mass/ 4 kg*m/s = 25 mph | **Speed = book mass/ 4 kg*m/s = 25 mph | ||
***The units of this formula is not m/s but s/m. | ***The units of this formula is not m/s but s/m. | ||
**It should be 4 kg*m/s /book mass | **It should be 4 kg*m/s /book mass | ||
− | ***Assuming the book weighs about 0.8lbs (360 g) this would give a speed of 11 | + | ***Assuming the book weighs about 0.8lbs (360 g) this would give a speed of 11,1 m/s = 40 km/hour = 24,86 mph = 25 mph. |
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Christmas]] | [[Category:Christmas]] | ||
[[Category:Physics]] | [[Category:Physics]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Science]] | ||
[[Category:Hurricanes]] | [[Category:Hurricanes]] | ||
[[Category:Pokémon]] | [[Category:Pokémon]] | ||
[[Category:Animals]] | [[Category:Animals]] | ||
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