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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | {{incomplete|Created by A WIKIPEDIA CRAWL INEVITABLY REACHING "PHILOSOPHY". Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | |
+ | Wikipedia is a website that is notorious for having many links to other pages, which may result in a "wiki walk", a dilemma for [[Randall]] that has been discussed previously in [[214: The Problem with Wikipedia]] (and separately with TV Tropes in [[609: Tab Explosion]]). | ||
− | + | The idea is that by dropping a series of interesting links, one could stop someone else's movement (provided that they are also easily distracted) as they take the time to go through them all. This is analogous to the {{w|caltrops}} mentioned in the title; caltrops are small, spiked implements that are scattered on a road to slow down someone pursuing you. Hence the title of ''Wikipedia Caltrops''. | |
− | + | [[Cueball|Cueball's]] car has a collection of Wikipedia links spilling out of the trunk. meant to stop [[Hairy]] who's in the pursuing car. This will work, if, and only if, Hairy is as easily distracted as Randall. | |
− | The | + | The links include: |
* {{w|1808 mystery eruption}}: A conjectured volcanic eruption | * {{w|1808 mystery eruption}}: A conjectured volcanic eruption | ||
* {{w|1916 Cumberland vs. Georgia Tech football game}}: The most uneven college football game in history | * {{w|1916 Cumberland vs. Georgia Tech football game}}: The most uneven college football game in history | ||
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* {{w|Bald-hairy}}: A Russian political theory about state leaders' hairstyles | * {{w|Bald-hairy}}: A Russian political theory about state leaders' hairstyles | ||
* {{w|Boeing YAL-1}}: A laser weapon mounted on a military aircraft | * {{w|Boeing YAL-1}}: A laser weapon mounted on a military aircraft | ||
− | * {{w|Bubbly Creek}}: A stretch of river in Chicago featured in | + | * {{w|Bubbly Creek}}: A stretch of river in Chicago featured in The Jungle |
* {{w|Burned house horizon}}: An area where Neolithic people burned their settlements | * {{w|Burned house horizon}}: An area where Neolithic people burned their settlements | ||
* {{w|Defence Scheme No. 1}}: A 1920s plan for Canada to attack the USA | * {{w|Defence Scheme No. 1}}: A 1920s plan for Canada to attack the USA | ||
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* {{w|Fastest animals#Invertebrates}}: Very fast insects, and some squid | * {{w|Fastest animals#Invertebrates}}: Very fast insects, and some squid | ||
* {{w|Flying ice cube}}: An effect in molecular dynamics simulations | * {{w|Flying ice cube}}: An effect in molecular dynamics simulations | ||
− | * {{w|Future of Earth#Introversion}}: A | + | * {{w|Future of Earth#Introversion}}: A theory that the continents will all drift back together |
* {{w|Hairy Hands}}: A ghost story in Dartmoor, England | * {{w|Hairy Hands}}: A ghost story in Dartmoor, England | ||
* {{w|January 0}}: December 31st in some software programs | * {{w|January 0}}: December 31st in some software programs | ||
* {{w|List of fictional colors}}: Impossible colours in fiction | * {{w|List of fictional colors}}: Impossible colours in fiction | ||
* {{w|List of unexplained sounds}}: Mostly detected by NOAA, includes the Bloop | * {{w|List of unexplained sounds}}: Mostly detected by NOAA, includes the Bloop | ||
− | * {{w|Talk:List of U.S. states and territories by elevation | + | * {{w|Talk:List of U.S. states and territories by elevation#Delaware - Ebright Azimuth}}: A user argues the highest point in Delaware isn't Ebright Azimuth, but a trailer park |
* {{w|Mosquito laser}}: A proposed device for killing mosquitoes | * {{w|Mosquito laser}}: A proposed device for killing mosquitoes | ||
* {{w|Pheasant Island}}: An island shared equally between France and Spain | * {{w|Pheasant Island}}: An island shared equally between France and Spain | ||
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* {{w|Walkalong glider}}: A type of unpowered model aircraft | * {{w|Walkalong glider}}: A type of unpowered model aircraft | ||
− | Mentioned in the title text, a "{{w|Czech hedgehog}}" is an anti-tank obstacle made of metal, | + | Mentioned in the title text, a "{{w|Czech hedgehog}}" is an anti-tank obstacle made of metal, and would be an effective roadblock, however a sign describing it would not impede most traffic, only for those distracted as easily as Randall. |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Cueball drives a car, followed by another car driven by Hairy. Cueball is leaning on the open window looking back as | + | :[Cueball drives a car, followed by another car driven by Hairy. Cueball is leaning on the open window looking back as many large paper slips with Wikipedia links are flying out of the open trunk of the car. They extend to the front of Hairy's car, obscuring that all the way up to Hairy's position in the car. None of the links can be read in full, and only on a few can parts of the actual link be seen. And many only part of the pages title.] |
:a.org/wiki/Elsagate | :a.org/wiki/Elsagate | ||
:wiki/Bubbly_Creek | :wiki/Bubbly_Creek | ||
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:Unexplained_sounds | :Unexplained_sounds | ||
:Talk:List_of_U.S._states_and_ | :Talk:List_of_U.S._states_and_ | ||
− | + | :::Ebright_Azimuth | |
:Mosquito_laser | :Mosquito_laser | ||
:January_0 | :January_0 | ||
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[[Category:Wikipedia]] | [[Category:Wikipedia]] | ||
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