https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Conservation&feed=atom&action=historyConservation - Revision history2024-03-28T10:58:07ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Conservation&diff=321124&oldid=prevFaviFake at 09:57, 18 August 20232023-08-18T09:57:28Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This comic was created by [[Randall Munroe|Randall]] after a special request from {{w|IBM}}'s [http://asmarterplanet.com A Smarter Planet blog] (now defunct, [https://web.archive.org/web/20161119052748/http://asmarterplanet.com archive]). The website now redirects to IBM's Think blog's homepage. This and the other [[:Category:A Smarter Planet|A Smarter Planet]] comic, [[Prescriptions]], are not part of the regular numbered series of comics, but both of them used to be featured on [https://xkcd.com/asmarterplanet xkcd.com/asmarterplanet] (now defunct, [https://web.archive.org/web/20190102070937/https://xkcd.com/asmarterplanet/ archive]).</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This comic was created by [[Randall Munroe|Randall]] after a special request from {{w|IBM}}'s [http://asmarterplanet.com A Smarter Planet blog] (now defunct, [https://web.archive.org/web/20161119052748/http://asmarterplanet.com archive]). The website now redirects to IBM's Think blog's homepage. This and the other [[:Category:A Smarter Planet|A Smarter Planet]] comic, [[Prescriptions]], are not part of the regular numbered series of comics, but both of them used to be featured on [https://xkcd.com/asmarterplanet xkcd.com/asmarterplanet] (now defunct, [https://web.archive.org/web/20190102070937/https://xkcd.com/asmarterplanet/ archive])<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. Each comic linked to their respective blog posts on IBM's site</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* An archived version of the original blog post on ''Building a Smarter Planet'' can be found [https://web.archive.org/web/20161013103936/http://asmarterplanet.com/blog/2009/06/building-a-smarter-planet-for-squirrels.html here].</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Explanation==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Explanation==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Two special </del>[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">:Category:A Smarter Planet|A Smarter Planet</del>]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">comics were </del>created by [[Randall]] after a special request from {{w|IBM}}'s blog [http://asmarterplanet.com<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">/ </del>A Smarter Planet]<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">.  They </del>are not part of the regular numbered series of comics <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">for xkcd's home site. But they are featured (</del>both of them <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">at the same page) </del>on <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">xkcd under </del>[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">http</del>://<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">www</del>.xkcd.com/asmarterplanet// <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">asmarterplanet]</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Each comic links to their respective posts on the A Smarter Planet blog</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The other Smarter Planet comic is [[Prescriptions]</del>].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">This comic and </ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Prescriptions</ins>]] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">was </ins>created by [[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Randall Munroe|</ins>Randall]] after a special request from {{w|IBM}}'s <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[http://asmarterplanet.com A Smarter Planet </ins>blog<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">] (now defunct, </ins>[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">https://web.archive.org/web/20161119052748/</ins>http://asmarterplanet.com <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">archive]). The website now redirects to IBM's Think blog's homepage. This and the other [[:Category:A Smarter Planet|</ins>A Smarter Planet]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">] comic, [[Prescriptions]], </ins>are not part of the regular numbered series of comics<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, but </ins>both of them <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">used to be featured </ins>on [<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">https</ins>://<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">xkcd</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">com/asmarterplanet </ins>xkcd.com/asmarterplanet<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">] (now defunct, [https:</ins>//<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">web.archive</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">org/web/20190102070937/https://xkcd</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">com/asmarterplanet/ archive</ins>]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">)</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It was once said that America's forests were so dense and continuous that "a squirrel could go from the Atlantic to the Mississippi without touching the ground." As this is no longer true, anyone mentioning this today would use the phrase to highlight the fact that deforestation is such a problem that this once common aphorism is anachronistic. Cueball, however, interprets this literally to mean that squirrels not being able to travel without touching the ground is a problem - rather than the more general problem the aphorism was meant to illustrate. As a result of his misinterpretation, he invents the Aerial Squirrel Transit Pod, which technically solves the problem of squirrel transportation, but does nothing to solve the problem of deforestation.{{Citation needed}} Obviously, the people at the conference are surprised by this, and ask Cueball to back up. This is yet another instance of people announcing odd things at conferences, a recurring theme in xkcd.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>It was once said that America's forests were so dense and continuous that "a squirrel could go from the Atlantic to the Mississippi without touching the ground." As this is no longer true, anyone mentioning this today would use the phrase to highlight the fact that deforestation is such a problem that this once common aphorism is anachronistic. Cueball, however, interprets this literally to mean that squirrels not being able to travel without touching the ground is a problem - rather than the more general problem the aphorism was meant to illustrate. As a result of his misinterpretation, he invents the Aerial Squirrel Transit Pod, which technically solves the problem of squirrel transportation, but does nothing to solve the problem of deforestation.{{Citation needed}} Obviously, the people at the conference are surprised by this, and ask Cueball to back up. This is yet another instance of people announcing odd things at conferences, a recurring theme in xkcd.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:[Cueball, holding a microphone to his mouth and a pointing stick down in his other hand, is speaking from a podium to a large audience (consisting of lots of Cueball-like heads, with a two fully drawn Cueball-like guys sitting in the front row. Above him and across the audience hangs a banner with a large text in two lines:]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:[Cueball, holding a microphone to his mouth and a pointing stick down in his other hand, is speaking from a podium to a large audience (consisting of lots of Cueball-like heads, with a two fully drawn Cueball-like guys sitting in the front row. Above him and across the audience hangs a banner with a large text in two lines:]</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:Cueball: I dream of bringing back those days.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:Cueball: I dream of bringing back those days.</div></td></tr>
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