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I got to a white panel and there was nothing. Everything was white and zooming in or out didn't change it. Not sure if it was a bug or intended. -- [[User:Irino|Irino]] ([[User talk:Irino|talk]]) 07:15, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
 
I got to a white panel and there was nothing. Everything was white and zooming in or out didn't change it. Not sure if it was a bug or intended. -- [[User:Irino|Irino]] ([[User talk:Irino|talk]]) 07:15, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
: That happens to me when I click on the image in Chrome. Not sure why. [[User:Castriff|Jimmy C]] ([[User talk:Castriff|talk]]) 21:35, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
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* That happens to me when I click on the image in Chrome. Not sure why. [[User:Castriff|Jimmy C]] ([[User talk:Castriff|talk]]) 21:35, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
  
 
Yet another comic that doesn't work well on mobile. I'll probably compile a list of comics that are broken in some way for mobile... Er. Soon-ish. -RTR [[Special:Contributions/108.162.246.232|108.162.246.232]] 07:45, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
 
Yet another comic that doesn't work well on mobile. I'll probably compile a list of comics that are broken in some way for mobile... Er. Soon-ish. -RTR [[Special:Contributions/108.162.246.232|108.162.246.232]] 07:45, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
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:Neither on Firefox 31.0. Zooming until the first level of pictures, I see them appearing. But when they are larger than ~20 pixels they start to disappear. They only reappear intermittently when I pan or zoom. When I zoom in further, only images on the left side appear intermittently. This shows the grid is built from left to right, then top to bottom, and it just stops randomly. --[[User:Zom-B|Zom-B]] ([[User talk:Zom-B|talk]]) 20:32, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
 
:Neither on Firefox 31.0. Zooming until the first level of pictures, I see them appearing. But when they are larger than ~20 pixels they start to disappear. They only reappear intermittently when I pan or zoom. When I zoom in further, only images on the left side appear intermittently. This shows the grid is built from left to right, then top to bottom, and it just stops randomly. --[[User:Zom-B|Zom-B]] ([[User talk:Zom-B|talk]]) 20:32, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
 
:I'm having different problems with both Firefox 31.0 and 32.0 on Windows. When zooming in, all pixels (including white parts of the image) resolve to images with black background, so I never see the "white" ones (except for the initial "turtles" one). Anyone having the same problem? IE11 works for me. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.186|141.101.99.186]] 21:52, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
 
:I'm having different problems with both Firefox 31.0 and 32.0 on Windows. When zooming in, all pixels (including white parts of the image) resolve to images with black background, so I never see the "white" ones (except for the initial "turtles" one). Anyone having the same problem? IE11 works for me. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.186|141.101.99.186]] 21:52, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
::I also have this issue, using Firefox 31.0 on Windows 7. It's also very slow/laggy doing the fade transitions between pixels and the images. {{unsigned ip|141.101.98.191}}
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::I also have this issue, using Firefox 31.0 on Windows 7. It's also very slow/laggy doing the fade transitions between pixels and the images.  
  
 
This date of this comic (Sept 3rd 2014) coincided with the date of Randall's book, What-If. This book is shown or referenced in a number of the frames.--[[User:Pudder|Pudder]] ([[User talk:Pudder|talk]]) 09:57, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
 
This date of this comic (Sept 3rd 2014) coincided with the date of Randall's book, What-If. This book is shown or referenced in a number of the frames.--[[User:Pudder|Pudder]] ([[User talk:Pudder|talk]]) 09:57, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
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I don't know why the article says that the comic doesn't work in Safari on Mac OS X.  It's working just fine here on Safari 7.0.6.  I think if someone is going to make such claims, they should be careful to note which version of the software they're working with so others can compare appropriately. [[User:Yaztromo|Yaztromo]] ([[User talk:Yaztromo|talk]]) 23:33, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
 
I don't know why the article says that the comic doesn't work in Safari on Mac OS X.  It's working just fine here on Safari 7.0.6.  I think if someone is going to make such claims, they should be careful to note which version of the software they're working with so others can compare appropriately. [[User:Yaztromo|Yaztromo]] ([[User talk:Yaztromo|talk]]) 23:33, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
:Works for me on Safari 8.0 on my Mac--[[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.192|108.162.216.192]] 19:35, 4 September 2014 (UTC)
 
 
How do you get all these 'interesting' panels? No matter how much I scroll and pan I only get the space objects (including the Earth with 'BOOK LAUNCH' inscription), atoms and the MU panel (but never got either HOLISM or REDUCTIONISM). Firefox 26. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.254.29|108.162.254.29]] 07:43, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
 
:That's the same bug as I described above (141.101.99.186). I couldn't get the comic to work properly with Firefox, so you'll probably have to try another browser... hope Randall will get these bugs fixed. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.239|141.101.99.239]] 17:55, 12 September 2014 (UTC)
 
  
 
;Adjacency list for the graph
 
;Adjacency list for the graph
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; Quarks and strings?
 
; Quarks and strings?
 
Once when zooming I have found something that looked roughly like quark model of nucleon (below MU), then a loop - perhaps a string from the string theory --[[User:JakubNarebski|JakubNarebski]] ([[User talk:JakubNarebski|talk]]) 10:53, 4 September 2014 (UTC)
 
Once when zooming I have found something that looked roughly like quark model of nucleon (below MU), then a loop - perhaps a string from the string theory --[[User:JakubNarebski|JakubNarebski]] ([[User talk:JakubNarebski|talk]]) 10:53, 4 September 2014 (UTC)
 
: The image certainly looks like a loop or a string but Randall has a very low opinion of string theory.
 
09:57, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
 
  
 
;Interactive graph
 
;Interactive graph
 
Hello, I've uploaded an interactive version of the graph [http://velt.info/xkcdpixels here] [[User:Raphv|Raphv]] ([[User talk:Raphv|talk]]) 15:16, 4 September 2014 (UTC)
 
Hello, I've uploaded an interactive version of the graph [http://velt.info/xkcdpixels here] [[User:Raphv|Raphv]] ([[User talk:Raphv|talk]]) 15:16, 4 September 2014 (UTC)
 
Hey has anyone seen the panel with black hat? He's standing next to a fire fighter and a burning vehicle saying, "to be fair, what else do you expect to come out of a "fire hydrant"?" I found it in one if the bird panels, next to a turtle panel. {{unsigned ip|103.22.201.207}}
 
 
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;"scroll to zoom" is wrong and misleading
 
 
This may be nitpicking, but Randall's words "scroll to zoom" are misleading.
 
* When I visited http://xkcd.com/1416/ first on my smartphone, I scrolled the page and nothing zoomed.
 
* Next, when I visited http://xkcd.com/1416/ on my PC, I scrolled the page and nothing zoomed.
 
* Only when on the PC I use the mouse wheel, nothing scrolled but the image zoomed.
 
 
The text should really be "Use mouse wheel to zoom".
 
 
[http://xkcd.com/1373/ When someone posts a comic, I can't pay attention to the content if the words are misleading].
 
 
What do you think ? --[[User:MGitsfullofsheep|MGitsfullofsheep]] ([[User talk:MGitsfullofsheep|talk]]) 11:08, 6 September 2014 (UTC)
 
 
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;Has not worked since day 2
 
 
Whichever browser I try, the lower levels do not load and the first image just fades to white. They did load on launch day, but not anymore.[[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.240|141.101.98.240]] 14:47, 16 September 2014 (UTC)
 
 
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Is the Mario scene referring to the Carl Sagan line about how "a still more glorious dawn awaits," as well as Super Mario Galaxy? - [[Special:Contributions/173.245.54.186|173.245.54.186]] 21:37, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
 
 
Mikemk added "The plate on the turtle is Greek mythology, far before the 18th century". I can't actually find anything about a World Turtle from Greek mythology ({{w|Chelone (Greek mythology)|Chelone}} was just an ordinary-sized turtle who did not support the world), but I've added a mention of other ancient myths. I propose to remove Mikemk's addition to the "Incomplete" tag in a few days, if nobody objects. [[User:Cosmogoblin|Cosmogoblin]] ([[User talk:Cosmogoblin|talk]]) 12:31, 9 July 2015 (UTC)
 
 
In my ongoing war against the "Incomplete" tag, I've added a great deal of detailed explanation to various panels.  '''I''' think it's fine now, but it could really do with a review by somebody else!  In particular, it would be great if somebody more familiar than myself with the terms could check through what I've written for Mu, Holism and Reductionism. [[User:Cosmogoblin|Cosmogoblin]] ([[User talk:Cosmogoblin|talk]]) 18:28, 14 July 2015 (UTC)
 
 
Isn't the last panel of the "Needs More Struts" series showing the Earth and Moon, not the Earth and the rocket? {{unsigned|Comment Police}}
 
 
I've got a book called "Turtles All The Way Down". [[User:QATEKLYXM|Klyxm]] ([[User talk:QATEKLYXM|talk]]) 06:48, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
 
 
So, I've been trying to scroll on a Mac (I don't have a mouse available), but it just zooms in a bit, then stops. How am I supposed to get this to work?[[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.150|108.162.216.150]] 18:05, 20 November 2019 (UTC)
 
:Two things: One, it sometimes works now, and two, I fixed the comment (it was unsigned).[[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.150|108.162.216.150]] 18:05, 20 November 2019 (UTC)
 

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