Talk:387: Advanced Technology

2013-02-11T15:08:55Z

117.194.199.173:

:"OOH! Von Neumann and Harvard machines! My favorite subject! How did you know?" - Lcarsos
:[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eymlZTeCGms/ ...because you just told me, moderator!]] [[User:Greyson|Greyson]] ([[User talk:Greyson|talk]]) 18:53, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

It seems to me that Cueball is examining Megan's abdomen (where her uterus, the "factory" itself, is contained), rather than her crotch as stated by the Explain XKCD description. It's not just the logic, but also the shape of Cueball's head (which may just be an artifact of the drawing process). Does anyone agree, or is it probably just me? [[User:JET73L|JET73L]] ([[User talk:JET73L|talk]]) 17:14, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

:It's there in the official transcript.[[Special:Contributions/117.194.199.173|117.194.199.173]] 15:08, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

666: Silent Hammer

2013-02-11T14:56:43Z

117.194.199.173:

{{comic
| number =666
| date =November 23, 2009
| title =Silent Hammer
| image =silent_hammer.png
| titletext ='I bet he'll keep quiet for a couple weeks and then-- wait, did you nail a piece of scrap wood to my antique table a moment ago?'
}}

==Explanation==
A skeptic is someone who doesn't believe in, or at least strongly doubts the possibility of, supernatural occurrences such as poltergeists or aliens. [[Black Hat]] has created a set of tools that work in complete silence so that he can go to his house late at night, do some rearranging of walls and moving of windows, just to screw with him in typical Black Hat fashion.

==Transcript==
:[Black Hat is hammering something on a table.]
:Cueball: What--
:Black Hat: Silent hammer. I've made a set of silent tools.
:Cueball: Why?
:Hammer: ''whoosh whoosh whoosh''

:Black Hat: Stealth carpentry. Breaking into a house at night and moving windows, adjusting walls, etc.
:[He takes his silent hammer over to a tool bench with other things on it. Two boxes underneath are labeled "Drills" and "Non-Drills."]

:Black Hat, narrating: After a week or so of questioning his own sanity, the owner will stay up to watch the house at night. I'll make scratching noises in the walls, pipe in knockout gas, move him up to his bed, and never bother him again.
:[The events he's describing are shown in two mini-panels below.]

:Cueball, off-panel: Nice prank, I guess, but what's the point?
:Black Hat: Check out the owner's card, on the table.
:Cueball, off-panel: Chair of the American Skeptics Society? Oh, god.
:Black Hat: Yeah, this doesn't end well for him.

{{comic discussion}}
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Talk:387: Advanced Technology

666: Silent Hammer