365: Slides
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 Title text: Did you know they can actually physically throw you out of SIGGRAPH? |
Explanation
The expression "bear with me for a moment" usually implies that what you are talking about is not random—the connection is to be explained later. This is not the case in the comic: Cueball is showing random slides which have no connection to each other.
The title text refers to SIGGRAPH, an annual computer graphics conference held since 1974. In 541: TED Talk it is said that Randall has been banned from SIGGRAPH, and we can infer from this comic that he was physically thrown out of it. Another (very implausible) possibility is that Randall is making the joke that people who attend computer graphics conferences are stereotypically not very athletic and therefore unlikely to be able to physically throw someone.
Transcript
- Cueball: That chart explained the quantum hall effect. Now, if you'll bear with me a moment, this next graph shows rainfall over the amazon basin...
- If you keep saying "bear with me a moment" people will take a while to figure out that you're just showing them random slides.
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I believe that the title text actually implies that the conference in the comic is SIGGRAPH. 184.41.49.246 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
And what? The organization and/or the venue the convention is being held in haven't hired security guards who ARE able to throw you out?121.222.232.156 07:45, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
The conference in the comic is SIGGRAPH (Special Interest Group in Graphics). Cueball/Randall has taken the name to mean that the conference audience would be interested in graphs. 141.101.98.46 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
"It is said" that he is banned from SIGGRAPH, and this comic provides all the additional evidence necessary to infer he was physically removed? I didn't think the purpose of this wiki was to spread damaging rumors. Gmcgath (talk) 11:49, 16 November 2016 (UTC)
Doesn't the title text say that Cueball was physically thrown out of SIGGRAPH? Shouldn't the explanation explain that? 625571b7-aa66-4f98-ac5c-92464cfb4ed8 (talk) 05:57, 8 March 2017 (UTC)
