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:::After the transcript came out two comics later (as now explained in the new trivia section) it is clear that it is not Megan but a male TV host, and thus he almost certainly represents Brian Cox who looks like this (his hair would look just like Megan's in xkcd) and this fits with his way of explaining things. I have changed the entire explanation from Megan and her she, to the host and him he etc. May have overlooked some parts. (Note that Megan is still in the comic in the background of panel 2). Also the fact that there where new episodes of Stargazing Live last month supports this. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 14:00, 22 February 2016 (UTC) | :::After the transcript came out two comics later (as now explained in the new trivia section) it is clear that it is not Megan but a male TV host, and thus he almost certainly represents Brian Cox who looks like this (his hair would look just like Megan's in xkcd) and this fits with his way of explaining things. I have changed the entire explanation from Megan and her she, to the host and him he etc. May have overlooked some parts. (Note that Megan is still in the comic in the background of panel 2). Also the fact that there where new episodes of Stargazing Live last month supports this. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 14:00, 22 February 2016 (UTC) | ||
− | I also thought this might be poking fun at the "Celebrity" presenters of TV astronomy programs. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.106.173|141.101.106.173]] 13:16, 17 February 2016 (UTC) | + | I also thought this might be poking fun at the "Celebrity" presenters of TV astronomy programs. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.106.173|141.101.106.173]] 13:16, 17 February 2016 (UTC) |
I believe the title text may be referring to the fact that several people think that the sun is the brightest star simply because it's the closest to us, completely disregarding absolute magnitude? I'd change the explanation if I knew how. --[[Special:Contributions/108.162.245.181|108.162.245.181]] 06:39, 17 February 2016 (UTC) | I believe the title text may be referring to the fact that several people think that the sun is the brightest star simply because it's the closest to us, completely disregarding absolute magnitude? I'd change the explanation if I knew how. --[[Special:Contributions/108.162.245.181|108.162.245.181]] 06:39, 17 February 2016 (UTC) | ||
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:I have tried to make some explanation of the title text. Maybe someone can improve with a better explanation? --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 14:00, 22 February 2016 (UTC) | :I have tried to make some explanation of the title text. Maybe someone can improve with a better explanation? --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 14:00, 22 February 2016 (UTC) | ||
− | Regarding the Incomplete reasoning: "There may be another joke here. What about the branches in the title text. Is there some well known reference to such a tree. Sound like something with parallel universes and infinite possibilities?"... I must disagree, there's no other joke here. The word "branch" here isn't referring to any tree, but rather the ongoing logical possibilities of a conversation. If you take a video game where you can chose what you say in a conversation (or the choose-your-own-comic xkcd that came out a while ago), and map out all the options, it would look like a "tree", selecting THIS option leads to a new set of options, each of which will lead to ITS own set of options. In the aforementioned comic, selecting "Let me refresh" in the first panel leads to a different set of options for the second panel than if you had selected something else for the first panel. You are now following the "Let me refresh" branch of the conversation. That's all "branch" means in the title, it's referring to the conversation which would result from this, which would "branch off" of such a declaration. - NiceGuy1[[Special:Contributions/198.41.235.215|198.41.235.215]] 06:22, 20 February 2016 | + | Regarding the Incomplete reasoning: "There may be another joke here. What about the branches in the title text. Is there some well known reference to such a tree. Sound like something with parallel universes and infinite possibilities?"... I must disagree, there's no other joke here. The word "branch" here isn't referring to any tree, but rather the ongoing logical possibilities of a conversation. If you take a video game where you can chose what you say in a conversation (or the choose-your-own-comic xkcd that came out a while ago), and map out all the options, it would look like a "tree", selecting THIS option leads to a new set of options, each of which will lead to ITS own set of options. In the aforementioned comic, selecting "Let me refresh" in the first panel leads to a different set of options for the second panel than if you had selected something else for the first panel. You are now following the "Let me refresh" branch of the conversation. That's all "branch" means in the title, it's referring to the conversation which would result from this, which would "branch off" of such a declaration. - NiceGuy1[[Special:Contributions/198.41.235.215|198.41.235.215]] 06:22, 20 February 2016 (UTC) |
:I have tried to make some explanation of the title text. Maybe someone can improve with a better explanation? --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 14:00, 22 February 2016 (UTC) | :I have tried to make some explanation of the title text. Maybe someone can improve with a better explanation? --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 14:00, 22 February 2016 (UTC) | ||
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:Thanks for the heads-up! '''[[User:Davidy22|<u>{{Color|#707|David}}<font color=#070 size=3>y</font></u><font color=#508 size=4>²²</font>]]'''[[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>[talk]</tt>]] 02:27, 21 February 2016 (UTC) | :Thanks for the heads-up! '''[[User:Davidy22|<u>{{Color|#707|David}}<font color=#070 size=3>y</font></u><font color=#508 size=4>²²</font>]]'''[[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>[talk]</tt>]] 02:27, 21 February 2016 (UTC) | ||
::Now the change has been noted in the trivia section --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 14:00, 22 February 2016 (UTC) | ::Now the change has been noted in the trivia section --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 14:00, 22 February 2016 (UTC) | ||
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