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<p>67.171.37.107: /* Explanation */ fix punctuation</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1163<br /> | date = January 21, 2013<br /> | title = Debugger<br /> | image = debugger.png<br /> | titletext = It can take a site a while to figure out that there's a problem with their 'report a bug' form.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> [[Cueball]] mentions to [[Megan]] that he can't understand how his mind works, the same mind he uses to understand how things work, and he's not sure if this is a problem. In other words, if he can't understand how his mind works, then how can he tell that it does in fact work and that his perception of reality is accurate? Ordinarily he would use his mind to figure it out, but if his mind really doesn't work, then he'll probably never determine that his mind doesn't work. Understandably, he's a little unsure of how he should feel about this.<br /> <br /> The title text alludes to the problem that if a website's &quot;report a bug&quot; page is buggy or broken to such a degree that it prevents the actual reporting of a bug, specifically that the &quot;report a bug&quot; page is buggy, then it can take time before the website's administrators realises, if they do at all, as unless they test it themselves, the site's administration are relying on users to use the page to report the problem. Which the users can't. This is somewhat analogous to the &quot;brain&quot; dilemma in the main comic, in that they ponder problems occuring in the the normal method of determining that there is a problem.<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :Cueball: I don't understand how my brain works.<br /> :Cueball: But my brain is what I rely on to understand how things work.<br /> :Megan: Is that a problem?<br /> :Cueball: I'm not sure how to tell.<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]<br /> [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]<br /> [[Category:Programming]]<br /> [[Category:Philosophy]]</div>

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