Comments for explain xkcd

Comment on Frogger by jollyrogerwilco

jollyrogerwilco — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:04:24 +0000

Berg, I guess you just watched “Inception”, eh?

Comment on Frogger by Cauliflower

Cauliflower — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:26:05 +0000

Ah! But what we don’t see with the overhead image, due to a lack of shading, is the slope of the grassy area. Perhaps the gradient of the area to the left of the truck is too great for the truck to swerve onto…. Leave no stone unturned…

Comment on Frogger by Shlamko

Shlamko — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:55:43 +0000

Over-analyzing much, aren’t you?

Comment on Dependencies by jmite

jmite — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:45:16 +0000

Actually, he refers to Ubuntu as “Windows Vista with a few custom themes,” that “Ubuntu 6.10 and Firefox 2.0 have left my computer a complete mess,” and that zealous autoconfig, which he mocks, “I hear this is an option in the latest Ubuntu release”

Comment on Period Speech by Barazon

Barazon — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:57:09 +0000

The word ‘grok’ comes from the book “Stranger in a Strange Land”, by Robert A. Heinlein, originally published in 1961. At its most basic it means ‘to understand’, but a deeper meaning would be almost oriental in flavor: that you are at one with his jive.

Forsooth comes from Middle English (c. 1000-1470 C.E. (C.E. = A.D. but more politically correct)), meaning ‘in truth’, or ‘indeed’.

Comment on Green Flash by a guy

a guy — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:55:54 +0000

you all missed the point. the joke here is that there really is no green flash. It’s just a ploy to get him to stare at the sun so that when he smashes him with a green bottle to steal his car, he wont be paying attention. The ‘flash’ is the last thing he sees: a green bottle.

In reality though the green flash is an actual phenomenanon.

Comment on Frogger by uctriton00

uctriton00 — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:28:26 +0000

Berg berg berg, berg is the word

Comment on Frogger by Tom

Tom — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:36:37 +0000

Agreed! Fully informative and amusing. Nice job.

Comment on Frogger by CS Weenie

CS Weenie — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:37:44 +0000

Different guy, that’s why. Jeff is taking a break I suppose and Berg stepped up and has been giving good breakdowns for the last few weeks.

Comment on Frogger by Artie

Artie — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:31:03 +0000

I must say you have really been stepping up the analysis of late – very enjoyable and good work!

It seems you have seen the movie Inception recently?