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1513: Code Quality
2016-06-29T21:09:34Z
<p>173.245.55.63: /* emoji */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1513<br />
| date = April 17, 2015<br />
| title = Code Quality<br />
| image = code quality.png<br />
| titletext = I honestly didn't think you could even USE emoji in variable names. Or that there were so many different crying ones.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
This comic is about the apprehension of asking for help from an expert who is a friend. Often we fear that we will be judged and they will think less of us, which is what occurs in this comic.<br />
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[[Ponytail]] is about to look at some {{w|source code}} [[Cueball]] has written, and he is warning her that he is self-taught so his code probably won't be written the way she is used to.<br />
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In spite of Ponytail's initial (polite) optimism, she comments in three increasingly harsh similes (and a fourth in the title text). The comic was later followed in [[1695: Code Quality 2]], where Cueball is never shown on screen but only replies off-screen to four more even harsher comments (plus a fifth in the title text), taking the total of her abusive comments up to nine!<br />
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First, she suggests that reading his code is like being in a house built by a child, using a small axe to put together what he thought was a house based on a picture. She is saying that the code shows a lack of command of the language being programmed. This is like the common expression "if the only tool you have is a hammer, you'll treat everything as if it were a nail". New programmers make use the same techniques repeatedly, making them fit for situations that they are not intended for.<br />
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Second, she suggests that it looks like a salad recipe, written by a corporate lawyer on a phone with autocorrect that only corrected things to formulas from Microsoft Excel. She is saying that the code is verbose and the corrections that were done are illogical. This presumably relates to the developer not being an expert in their craft, and fixing the problems as they come up instead of reexamining the problem and solving it in a better way.<br />
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Third, she describes it as a transcript of a couple arguing at {{w|IKEA}}, which was then randomly edited until the computer compiled it with no errors. She is saying that the intent of the code is unclear due to the seemingly random use of the language. This is very similar to an infinite amount of monkeys bashing away on typewriters for an infinite amount of time eventually producing the complete works of Shakespeare. (A couple's argument may be even less coherent at Ikea than at the average store, since Ikea products have idiosyncratic names that are difficult to pronounce or transcribe for anyone who doesn't speak Swedish.) This might happen if the code was written so bad that it does not compile, and people edited the code until it compiles so they can see what the code accomplishes. That Cueball's code is in this bad a shape indicates he really hasn't learned the programming language; he just happens to have a program that works in some shape or fashion. <br />
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Finally, Cueball makes the rather weak assurance that he will read "a style guide", which articulates the intended use of the language. It seems clear from Ponytail's commentary that his {{w|Software quality|code quality}} would benefit from far more training in computer programming.<br />
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The title text refers to {{w|emoji}}. Ponytail's comment implies that some of Cueball's variables contained emoji, perhaps in an effort to capture the emotional content of the arguments which show through the requirements document.<br />
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===emoji===<br />
Many crying-face emoji are possible if variables can include full Unicode (e.g., 😢,😭,😂,😪,😥,😰,😿,😹). In some programming languages it would be impossible to use them in variable names, as the symbols would break the language's syntax rules. Exceptions to this include {{w|Go (programming language)|Go}}, {{w|Swift (programming language)|Swift}}, {{w|Perl|Perl}} ([http://perldoc.perl.org/5.24.0/perlunicode.html]), and {{w|Java (programming language)|Java}} ([http://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se7/html/jls-3.html#jls-3.8], [http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/Character.html#isUnicodeIdentifierPart%28int%29]), but most languages with compilers that support Unicode characters can include this kind of emoji, even for languages that predate Unicode like {{w|C++}} and {{w|Lisp_(programming_language)|Lisp}}<br />
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===Programming Style===<br />
Although few programming languages require a perfectly rigid style, so long as the code is syntactically accurate, most programmers follow some sort of {{w|Programming style|style}} to make the code easier to read. This includes indenting lines to show levels and using descriptive variable identifiers with special capitalization, (e.g., {{w|camelCase}}, capitalizing each word except for the first in a sentence, or {{w|snake_case}}, separating lowercase words with underscores).<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:[Cueball showing Ponytail his laptop.]<br />
:Cueball: Keep in mind that I'm self-taught, so my code may be a little messy.<br />
:Ponytail: Lemme see - I'm sure it's fine.<br />
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:[Ponytail sits at desk, Cueball stand behind her.]<br />
:Ponytail: ...Wow. This is like being in a house built by a child using nothing but a hatchet and a picture of a house.<br />
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:[Ponytail sits at desk, Cueball stand behind her.]<br />
:Ponytail: It's like a salad recipe written by a corporate lawyer using a phone autocorrect that only knew Excel formulas.<br />
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:[Ponytail sits at desk, Cueball stand behind her.]<br />
:Ponytail: It's like someone took a transcript of a couple arguing at IKEA and made random edits until it compiled without errors.<br />
:Cueball: '''''Okay,''''' I'll read a style guide.<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
*Emoji can be simulated using {{w|ASCII}} characters, but their roots are mostly separate from ASCII {{w|emoticon}}s. Most languages will allow variable names to include underscores, so some sad face ASCII emoticon will be legal variable names, such as <code>T_T</code>, <code>p_q</code>, <code>ioi</code> etc., but such things rarely show up in software variables. Many more can be made possible using [http://hexascii.com/sad-emoticons/ UTF-8 characters].<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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[[Category:Comics sharing name|Code Quality 01]]<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]]<br />
[[Category:Programming]]<br />
[[Category:Computers]]<br />
[[Category:Language]]</div>
173.245.55.63
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1663:_Garden/Images&diff=117616
1663: Garden/Images
2016-04-12T20:36:59Z
<p>173.245.55.63: request creation of talk page</p>
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<div>Sorry to post this here, but I'm unable to "add a comment" at the bottom of the page because [[Talk:1663:_Garden/Images]] does not exist, and:<br />
<blockquote>"You do not have permission to create discussion pages, for the following reason:<br />You do not have permission to create pages."</blockquote><br />
Can someone that has permission create it?<br />
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__TOC__<br />
*Here are all the images used in the interactive comic [[1663: Garden]] with links to their location on xkcd.<br />
**Screen shot can be found here: [[1663: Garden/Screen-shots]].<br />
**Links to users gardens (i.e. NOT permalinks) can be found here [[1663: Garden/Users gardens]].<br />
*The background screen also has it own image, see [[#Background image|below]].<br />
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==Images of items==<br />
*Below are all the [[#Images|images]] found under http://xkcd.com/1663/art/ of items that can appear in the comic<br />
*And below those are [[#Links to images|list of these links]] with the names. <br />
**Both list are sorted alphabetically (and numerically). <br />
**The links also appear in front of each image (but without the name to number the images and save space.<br />
**'''Note''': smaller versions of all these pictures can be found on xkcd by deleting the "2x-" from the filename like this:<br />
***[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-woman-1a.png 2x-woman 1a]<br />
***[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/woman-1a.png woman 1a]<br />
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===Images===<br />
*Here are all the images (with the link to their location on xkcd in front of each image). <br />
**There are 237 images here, (one link was dead), but two of these are not unique. See [[#Links_to_images|details below]].<br />
[http://linden.xkcd.com/art/2x-armadillo-l.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Armadillo L.png]], [http://linden.xkcd.com/art/2x-armadillo-r.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Armadillo R.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-balloon.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Balloon.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-balloon-huge.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Balloon Huge.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-balloon-segment.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Balloon Segment.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-bee-1.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Bee 1.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-bee-2.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Bee 2.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-bee-3.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Bee 3.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-bee-4.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Bee 4.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-bee-5.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Bee 5.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-bee-6.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Bee 6.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-beehive-base.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Beehive-base.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-beehive-entrance-a.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Beehive entrance a.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-beret-shrub.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Beret shrub.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-bird-1.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Bird 1.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-bird-2.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Bird 2.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-bird-3.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Bird 3.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-bird-4.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Bird 4.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-bird-5.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Bird 5.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-bird-riser.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Bird riser.png]], [http://linden.xkcd.com/art/2x-bird-riser-root.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Bird riser root.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-bird-standing.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Bird standing.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-birdbath.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Birdbath.png]], [http://linden.xkcd.com/art/2x-boat-1-l.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Boat 1 L.png]], [http://linden.xkcd.com/art/2x-boat-1-r.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Boat 1 R.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-branch-1.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Branch 1.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-branch-2.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Branch 2.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-branch-3.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Branch 3.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-branch-4.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Branch 4.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-branch-5.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Branch 5.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-branch-6.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Branch 6.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-branch-7.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Branch 7.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-branch-8.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Branch 8.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-branch-9.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Branch 9.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-branch-10.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Branch 10.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-branch-11.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Branch 11.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-branch-12.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Branch 12.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-branch-13.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Branch 13.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-branch-14.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Branch 14.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-branch-15.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Branch 15.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-branch-16.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Branch 16.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-branch-17.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Branch 17.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-branch-18.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Branch 18.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-branch-19.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Branch 19.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-branch-20.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Branch 20.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-branch-21.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Branch 21.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-branch-22.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Branch 22.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-branch-23.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Branch 23.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-branch-24.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Branch 24.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-cactus-1.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Cactus 1.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-cactus-2.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Cactus 2.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-cairn-base-1.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Cairn Base 1.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-cairn-base-2.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Cairn Base 2.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-cairn-base-3.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Cairn Base 3.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-cairn-base-4.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Cairn Base 4.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-cairn-base-5.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Cairn Base 5.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-cairn-mid-1.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Cairn Mid 1.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-cairn-mid-2.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Cairn Mid 2.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-cairn-mid-3.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Cairn Mid 3.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-cairn-mid-4.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Cairn Mid 4.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-cairn-mid-5.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Cairn Mid 5.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-cairn-top-1.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Cairn Top 1.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-cairn-top-2.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Cairn Top 2.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-cairn-top-3.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Cairn Top 3.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-cairn-top-4.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Cairn Top 4.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-cairn-top-5.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Cairn Top 5.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-cat-balanced.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Cat Balanced.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-cat-ground.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Cat Ground.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-deer-1.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Deer 1.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-deer-2.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Deer 2.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-desk-1.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Desk 1.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-desk-lamp.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Desk lamp.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-duck-1.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Duck 1.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-fig-1.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Fig 1.png]], [http://linden.xkcd.com/art/2x-fish-1.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Fish 1.png]], [http://linden.xkcd.com/art/2x-fish-2.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Fish 2.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-flower-base.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Flower base.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-flower-bloom1.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Flower bloom 1.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-flower-bloom2.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Flower bloom 2.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-flower-bloom3.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Flower bloom 3.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-flower-bloom4.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Flower bloom 4.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-flower-bloom5.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Flower bloom 5.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-flower-bloom6.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Flower bloom 6.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-flower-bloom7.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Flower bloom 7.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-flower-hilt1.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Flower hilt 1.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-flower-hilt2.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Flower hilt 2.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-flower-segment1.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Flower segment 1.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-flower-segment2.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Flower segment 2.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-flower-segment3.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Flower segment 3.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-flower-segment4.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Flower segment 4.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-flying-fig.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Flying fig.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-giant-planter.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Giant Planter.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-grass-1.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Grass 1.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-grass-2.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Grass 2.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-grass-3.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Grass 3.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-grass-4.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Grass 4.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-grass-5.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Grass 5.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-grass-6.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Grass 6.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-grass-7.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Grass 7.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-grass-8.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Grass 8.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-grass-9.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Grass 9.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-handfig-1.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Handfig 1.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-handfig-2.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Handfig 2.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-hat-1a.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Hat 1a.png]], <br />
[http://linden.xkcd.com/art/2x-heron-l.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Heron L.png]], [http://linden.xkcd.com/art/2x-heron-r.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Heron R.png]], <br />
[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-important-bun.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Important bun.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-lamp-crossbar-left.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Lamp crossbar left.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-lamp-crossbar-right.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Lamp crossbar right.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-lamppost-1.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Lamppost 1.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-lamp-topper.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden lamp-topper.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-1.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Leaves 1.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-2.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Leaves 2.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-3.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Leaves 3.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-4.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Leaves 4.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-5.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Leaves 5.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-6.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Leaves 6.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-7.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Leaves 7.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-8.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Leaves 8.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-9.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Leaves 9.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-10.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Leaves 10.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-11.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Leaves 11.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-12.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Leaves 12.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-13.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Leaves 13.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-14.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Leaves 14.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-15.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Leaves 15.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-16.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Leaves 16.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-17.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Leaves 17.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-18.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Leaves 18.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-19.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Leaves 19.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-20.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Leaves 20.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-21.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Leaves 21.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-22.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Leaves 22.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-23.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Leaves 23.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-24.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Leaves 24.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-25.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Leaves 25.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-26.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Leaves 26.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-27.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Leaves 27.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-28.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Leaves 28.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-29.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Leaves 29.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-30.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Leaves 30.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-left-platform.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Left platform.png]], [http://linden.xkcd.com/art/2x-linsang-1.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Linsang 1.png]], <br />
[http://linden.xkcd.com/art/2x-linsang-2.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Linsang 2.png]], [http://linden.xkcd.com/art/2x-linsang-3.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Linsang 3.png]], [http://linden.xkcd.com/art/2x-linsang-4.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Linsang 4.png]], [http://linden.xkcd.com/art/2x-linsang-5.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Linsang 5.png]], [http://linden.xkcd.com/art/2x-linsang-6.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Linsang 6.png]], [http://linden.xkcd.com/art/2x-linsang-7.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Linsang 7.png]], [http://linden.xkcd.com/art/2x-linsang-8.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Linsang 8.png]], [http://linden.xkcd.com/art/2x-linsang-9.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Linsang 9.png]], [http://linden.xkcd.com/art/2x-linsang-10.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Linsang 10.png]], [http://linden.xkcd.com/art/2x-linsang-11.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Linsang 11.png]], [http://linden.xkcd.com/art/2x-linsang-12.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Linsang 12.png]], <br />
[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-man-1a.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Man 1a.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-man-2a.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Man 2a.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-null.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Null.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-null-continue-air.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Null continue air.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-obelisk.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Obelisk.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-octopus.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Octopus.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-octopus-hat-capable.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Octopus hat capable.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-owl.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Owl.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-platform-1.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Platform 1.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-platform-column-1.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden PlatformColumn 1.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-platform-column-2.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden PlatformColumn 2.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-platform-column-3.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden PlatformColumn 3.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-pot-1.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Pot 1.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-pot-2.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Pot 2.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-pot-3.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Pot 3.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-reeds-1.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Reeds 1.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-reeds-2.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Reeds 2.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-reeds-3.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Reeds 3.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-reeds-4.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Reeds 4.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-reeds-5.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Reeds 5.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-reeds-6.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Reeds 6.png]], [Do not exist], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-reeds-8.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Reeds 8.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-reeds-9.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Reeds 9.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-reeds-10.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Reeds 10.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-reeds-11.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Reeds 11.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-reeds-12.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Reeds 12.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-reeds-13.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Reeds 13.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-right-platform.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Right platform.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-rover.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Rover.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-sale-sign.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Sale sign.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-saucer.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Saucer.png]], [http://linden.xkcd.com/art/2x-shark-fin-l.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Shark fin L.png]], [http://linden.xkcd.com/art/2x-shark-fin-r.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Shark fin R.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-shrub-1.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Shrub 1.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-shrub-2.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Shrub 2.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-shrub-3.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Shrub 3.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-shrub-4.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Shrub 4.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-shrub-5.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Shrub 5.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-shrub-6.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Shrub 6.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-shrub-7.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Shrub 7.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-shrub-8.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Shrub 8.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-shrub-9.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Shrub 9.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-shrub-10.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Shrub 10.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-shrub-11.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Shrub 11.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-snake-1.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Snake 1.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-snake-2.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Snake 2.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-starplant.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Star Plant.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-stiltwalker.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Stilt walker.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-stone-platform-1wide.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Stone Platform 1 Wide.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-sword-fig.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Sword fig.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-table-1.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Table 1.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-tall-platform.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Tall platform.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-talltrunk-1.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Tall trunk 1.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-talltrunk-2.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Tall trunk 2.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-talltrunk-3.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Tall trunk 3.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-talltrunk-4.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Tall trunk 4.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-tentacle-1.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Tentacle 1.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-tentacle-2.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Tentacle 2.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-tentacle-3.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Tentacle 3.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-tentacle-4.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Tentacle 4.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-tentacle-5.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Tentacle 5.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-tentacle-6.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Tentacle 6.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-trunk-1.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Trunk 1.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-trunk-2.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Trunk 2.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-trunk-3.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Trunk 3.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-trunk-4.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Trunk 4.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-trunk-5.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Trunk 5.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-trunk-6.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Trunk 6.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-trunk-7.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Trunk 7.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-trunk-8.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Trunk 8.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-tulip-1.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Tulip 1.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-tulip-2.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Tulip 2.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-turtle-1.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Turtle 1.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-turtle-2.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Turtle 2.png]], [http://linden.xkcd.com/art/2x-wading-bird-l.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Wading bird L.png]], [http://linden.xkcd.com/art/2x-wading-bird-r.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Wading bird R.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-waterbird-1.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Water bird 1.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-waterbird-2.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Water bird 2.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-wavyplant-1.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Wavy plant 1.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-wavyplant-2.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Wavy plant 2.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-wavyplant-3.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Wavy plant 3.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-wavyplant-4.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Wavy plant 4.png]], [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-woman-1a.png]:&nbsp;[[File:Garden Woman 1a.png]]<br />
<br />
===Links to images===<br />
====Details====<br />
*Here are the current list of know links to possible images which may appear in the garden. <br />
**There are '''241 images links''' here below as of 2016-04-12. <br />
***'''Please update this number''' when adding more image, and '''see the image section below''' as well.<br />
***Some of these images are white "invisible" lifter images that can make birds etc seem to fly, or just a few dots!<br />
**It seems like there are only '''238 unique links''' at the moment, as mentioned below:<br />
***Two of the leaf images are identical:<br />
****[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-17.png Leaves 17]<br />
****[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-22.png Leaves 22]<br />
***Same goes for the two octopuses but one of them must behave differently in the game as it is the one that can have a hat.<br />
****[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-octopus.png Octopus]<br />
****[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-octopus-hat-capable.png Octopus hat capable]<br />
***There is an image that do not exist (anymore) even though the ones with numbers below and above do exist?<br />
****[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-reeds-6.png Reeds 6]<br />
****[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-reeds-7.png Reeds 7] - do not exist (anymore?)<br />
****[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-reeds-8.png Reeds 8]<br />
<br />
====How to find new links====<br />
*Go to a garden that has items not in this sections yet.<br />
**Change address from the normal format: http://xkcd.com/1663/#ID to<br />
**http://linden.xkcd.com/?debug#ID<br />
***Try this [http://linden.xkcd.com/?debug#6eb32976-fafc-11e5-8014-42010a8e0006 example].<br />
**Go to the console (for instance in Firefox press F12 and then find the console tap).<br />
***Here the names of each image item is listed (and how many of each are in the image)<br />
***So for instance if the [http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-lamp-topper.png lamp at the top of a pole] was what you searched for, then find a name on the list that fits this.<br />
****In the example above there is indeed a file called lamp-topper.png. <br />
****Then change the address for one of the existing images like http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-balloon.png, by changing balloon with lamp-topper to http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-lamp-topper.png<br />
*Remember to download the image and upload it above.<br />
<br />
====List with links====<br />
*[http://linden.xkcd.com/art/2x-armadillo-l.png Armadillo L]<br />
*[http://linden.xkcd.com/art/2x-armadillo-r.png Armadillo R]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-balloon.png Balloon]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-balloon-huge.png Balloon huge]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-balloon-segment.png Balloon segment]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-balloon-segment-short.png Balloon segment short]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-bee-1.png Bee 1]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-bee-2.png Bee 2]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-bee-3.png Bee 3]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-bee-4.png Bee 4]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-bee-5.png Bee 5]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-bee-6.png Bee 6]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-beehive-base.png Beehive base]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-beehive-entrance-a.png Beehive entrance a]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-beehive-section.png Beehive section]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-beret-shrub.png Beret shrub]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-bird-1.png Bird 1]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-bird-2.png Bird 2]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-bird-3.png Bird 3]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-bird-4.png Bird 4]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-bird-5.png Bird 5]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-bird-riser.png Bird riser]<br />
*[http://linden.xkcd.com/art/2x-bird-riser-root.png Bird riser root]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-bird-standing.png Bird standing]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-birdbath.png Birdbath]<br />
*[http://linden.xkcd.com/art/2x-boat-1-l.png Boat 1 L]<br />
*[http://linden.xkcd.com/art/2x-boat-1-r.png Boat 1 R]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-branch-1.png Branch 1]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-branch-2.png Branch 2]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-branch-3.png Branch 3]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-branch-4.png Branch 4]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-branch-5.png Branch 5]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-branch-6.png Branch 6]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-branch-7.png Branch 7]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-branch-8.png Branch 8]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-branch-9.png Branch 9]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-branch-10.png Branch 10]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-branch-11.png Branch 11]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-branch-12.png Branch 12]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-branch-13.png Branch 13]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-branch-14.png Branch 14]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-branch-15.png Branch 15]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-branch-16.png Branch 16]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-branch-17.png Branch 17]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-branch-18.png Branch 18]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-branch-19.png Branch 19]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-branch-20.png Branch 20]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-branch-21.png Branch 21]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-branch-22.png Branch 22]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-branch-23.png Branch 23]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-branch-24.png Branch 24]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-cactus-1.png Cactus 1]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-cactus-2.png Cactus 2]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-cairn-base-1.png Cairn Base 1]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-cairn-base-2.png Cairn Base 2]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-cairn-base-3.png Cairn Base 3]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-cairn-base-4.png Cairn Base 4]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-cairn-base-5.png Cairn Base 5]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-cairn-mid-1.png Cairn Mid 1]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-cairn-mid-2.png Cairn Mid 2]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-cairn-mid-3.png Cairn Mid 3]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-cairn-mid-4.png Cairn Mid 4]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-cairn-mid-5.png Cairn Mid 5]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-cairn-top-1.png Cairn Top 1]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-cairn-top-2.png Cairn Top 2]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-cairn-top-3.png Cairn Top 3]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-cairn-top-4.png Cairn Top 4]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-cairn-top-5.png Cairn Top 5]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-cat-balanced.png Cat Balanced]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-cat-ground.png Cat Ground]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-deer-1.png Deer 1]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-deer-2.png Deer 2]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-desk-1.png Desk 1]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-desk-lamp.png Desk lamp]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-duck-1.png Duck 1]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-fig-1.png Fig 1]<br />
*[http://linden.xkcd.com/art/2x-fish-1.png Fish 1]<br />
*[http://linden.xkcd.com/art/2x-fish-2.png Fish 2]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-flower-base.png Flower base]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-flower-bloom1.png Flower bloom 1]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-flower-bloom2.png Flower bloom 2]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-flower-bloom3.png Flower bloom 3]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-flower-bloom4.png Flower bloom 4]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-flower-bloom5.png Flower bloom 5]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-flower-bloom6.png Flower bloom 6]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-flower-bloom7.png Flower bloom 7]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-flower-hilt1.png Flower hilt 1]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-flower-hilt2.png Flower hilt 2]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-flower-segment1.png Flower segment 1]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-flower-segment2.png Flower segment 2]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-flower-segment3.png Flower segment 3]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-flower-segment4.png Flower segment 4]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-flower-segment5.png Flower segment 5]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-flower-segment6.png Flower segment 6]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-flower-segment7.png Flower segment 7]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-flower-segment8.png Flower segment 8]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-flower-segment9.png Flower segment 9]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-flower-segment10.png Flower segment 10]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-flower-segment11.png Flower segment 11]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-flower-segment12.png Flower segment 12]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-flying-fig.png Flying fig]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-flying-fish-1.png Flying fish 1]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-flying-fish-2.png Flying fish 2]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-giant-planter.png Giant Planter]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-grass-1.png Grass 1]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-grass-2.png Grass 2]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-grass-3.png Grass 3]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-grass-4.png Grass 4]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-grass-5.png Grass 5]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-grass-6.png Grass 6]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-grass-7.png Grass 7]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-grass-8.png Grass 8]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-grass-9.png Grass 9]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-handfig-1.png Handfig 1]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-handfig-2.png Handfig 2]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-hat-1a.png Hat 1a]<br />
*[http://linden.xkcd.com/art/2x-heron-l.png Heron L]<br />
*[http://linden.xkcd.com/art/2x-heron-r.png Heron R]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-important-bun.png Important bun]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-lamp-crossbar-left.png Lamp crossbar left]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-lamp-crossbar-right.png Lamp crossbar right]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-lamppost-1.png Lamppost 1]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-lamp-topper.png Lamp topper]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-1.png Leaves 1]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-2.png Leaves 2]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-3.png Leaves 3]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-4.png Leaves 4]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-5.png Leaves 5]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-6.png Leaves 6]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-7.png Leaves 7]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-8.png Leaves 8]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-9.png Leaves 9]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-10.png Leaves 10]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-11.png Leaves 11]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-12.png Leaves 12]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-13.png Leaves 13]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-14.png Leaves 14]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-15.png Leaves 15]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-16.png Leaves 16]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-17.png Leaves 17]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-18.png Leaves 18]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-19.png Leaves 19]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-20.png Leaves 20]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-21.png Leaves 21]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-22.png Leaves 22]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-23.png Leaves 23]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-24.png Leaves 24]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-25.png Leaves 25]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-26.png Leaves 26]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-27.png Leaves 27]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-28.png Leaves 28]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-29.png Leaves 29]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-leaves-30.png Leaves 30]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-left-platform.png Left platform]<br />
*[http://linden.xkcd.com/art/2x-linsang-1.png Linsang 1] <br />
*[http://linden.xkcd.com/art/2x-linsang-2.png Linsang 2]<br />
*[http://linden.xkcd.com/art/2x-linsang-3.png Linsang 3]<br />
*[http://linden.xkcd.com/art/2x-linsang-4.png Linsang 4]<br />
*[http://linden.xkcd.com/art/2x-linsang-5.png Linsang 5]<br />
*[http://linden.xkcd.com/art/2x-linsang-6.png Linsang 6]<br />
*[http://linden.xkcd.com/art/2x-linsang-7.png Linsang 7]<br />
*[http://linden.xkcd.com/art/2x-linsang-8.png Linsang 8]<br />
*[http://linden.xkcd.com/art/2x-linsang-9.png Linsang 9]<br />
*[http://linden.xkcd.com/art/2x-linsang-10.png Linsang 10]<br />
*[http://linden.xkcd.com/art/2x-linsang-11.png Linsang 11]<br />
*[http://linden.xkcd.com/art/2x-linsang-12.png Linsang 12]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-man-1a.png Man 1a]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-man-2a.png Man 2a]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-null.png Null]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-null-continue.png Null continue]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-null-continue-air.png Null continue air]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-obelisk.png Obelisk]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-octopus.png Octopus]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-octopus-hat-capable.png Octopus hat capable]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-owl.png Owl]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-platform-1.png Platform 1]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-platform-column-1.png PlatformColumn 1]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-platform-column-2.png PlatformColumn 2]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-platform-column-3.png PlatformColumn 3]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-pot-1.png Pot 1]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-pot-2.png Pot 2]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-pot-3.png Pot 3]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-reeds-1.png Reeds 1]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-reeds-2.png Reeds 2]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-reeds-3.png Reeds 3]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-reeds-4.png Reeds 4]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-reeds-5.png Reeds 5]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-reeds-6.png Reeds 6]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-reeds-7.png Reeds 7] - do not exist (anymore?)<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-reeds-8.png Reeds 8]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-reeds-9.png Reeds 9]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-reeds-10.png Reeds 10]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-reeds-11.png Reeds 11]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-reeds-12.png Reeds 12]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-reeds-13.png Reeds 13]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-right-platform.png Right platform]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-rover.png Rover]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-sale-sign.png Sale sign]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-saucer.png Saucer]<br />
*[http://linden.xkcd.com/art/2x-shark-fin-l.png Shark fin L]<br />
*[http://linden.xkcd.com/art/2x-shark-fin-r.png Shark fin R]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-shrub-1.png Shrub 1]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-shrub-2.png Shrub 2]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-shrub-3.png Shrub 3]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-shrub-4.png Shrub 4]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-shrub-5.png Shrub 5]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-shrub-6.png Shrub 6]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-shrub-7.png Shrub 7]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-shrub-8.png Shrub 8]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-shrub-9.png Shrub 9]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-shrub-10.png Shrub 10]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-shrub-11.png Shrub 11]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-snake-1.png Snake 1]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-snake-2.png Snake 2]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-starplant.png Star Plant]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-stiltwalker.png Stilt walker]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-stone-platform-1wide.png Stone Platform 1 Wide]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-sword-fig.png Sword fig]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-table-1.png Table 1]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-tall-platform.png Tall platform]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-talltrunk-1.png Tall trunk 1]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-talltrunk-2.png Tall trunk 2]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-talltrunk-3.png Tall trunk 3]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-talltrunk-4.png Tall trunk 4]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-tentacle-1.png Tentacle 1]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-tentacle-2.png Tentacle 2]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-tentacle-3.png Tentacle 3]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-tentacle-4.png Tentacle 4]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-tentacle-5.png Tentacle 5]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-tentacle-6.png Tentacle 6]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-trunk-1.png Trunk 1]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-trunk-2.png Trunk 2]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-trunk-3.png Trunk 3]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-trunk-4.png Trunk 4]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-trunk-5.png Trunk 5]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-trunk-6.png Trunk 6]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-trunk-7.png Trunk 7]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-trunk-8.png Trunk 8]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-tulip-1.png Tulip 1]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-tulip-2.png Tulip 2]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-turtle-1.png Turtle 1]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-turtle-2.png Turtle 2]<br />
*[http://linden.xkcd.com/art/2x-wading-bird-l.png Wading bird L]<br />
*[http://linden.xkcd.com/art/2x-wading-bird-r.png Wading bird R]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-waterbird-1.png Water bird 1]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-waterbird-2.png Water bird 2]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-wavyplant-1.png Wavy plant 1]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-wavyplant-2.png Wavy plant 2]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-wavyplant-3.png Wavy plant 3]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-wavyplant-4.png Wavy plant 4]<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-woman-1a.png Woman 1a]<br />
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==Background image==<br />
*This is the background image from the start of the comic upon which everything else grows:<br />
*[http://xkcd.com/1663/art/2x-background.png Background]:<br />
[[File:Garden Background.png]]<br />
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173.245.55.63
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1278:_Giraffes&diff=103760
1278: Giraffes
2015-10-21T18:12:38Z
<p>173.245.55.63: </p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1278<br />
| date = October 16, 2013<br />
| title = Giraffes<br />
| image = giraffes.png<br />
| titletext = If you fund my Kickstarter...<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{w|Genetic engineering}} is the scientific approach towards altering and modifying the {{w|genome}} of organisms. In the process, DNA material is extracted from a source organism and then inserted into the genome of a host organism. It is thus possible to create {{w|Hybrid (biology)|hybrids}} between species that would not crossbreed naturally. The technique is also applied in order to expedite the sometimes lengthy process of {{w|selective breeding}}.<br />
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The comic suggests the creation of genetically modified {{w|Giraffe|giraffes}}. Following the [[:Category:Dinosaurs|recurring theme]] in the comics that dinosaurs and dinosaur-like traits make life more interesting, [[Randall]] expresses his desire to see genetic engineers insert DNA from extinct {{w|Sauropoda|sauropods}} into the giraffe's genome, resulting in giraffes with very large and thick tails.<br />
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The idea of extracting and reproducing DNA material of dinosaurs appears most prominently in the 1993 motion picture ''{{w|Jurassic Park (film)|Jurassic Park}}''. The concept is regarded by scientists as rather implausible because DNA disintegrates soon after the death of the organism (read: [http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/279/1748/4724 around 500 years]) and would not be preserved in fossils.<br />
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Furthermore, the science of genetic engineering is not yet able to accomplish major alterations in complex genomes. While mice and other small vertebrates have successfully been modified for research purposes, the daily use of genetic engineering is limited to plants and {{w|Unicellular organism|monads}}. That besides, the less closely related the starting species are to each other, the more difficult it would be to successfully combine them. So while the field of genetic engineering is always advancing, combining the body of a modern-day mammal with the tail of a dinosaur will remain a pipe dream for a long time yet.<br />
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In general, genetic engineering is a highly controversial topic with regards to the responsibility of science. While some praise the scientific progress and welcome the possibilities it brings, others fear that genetic science might enable man to alter the ways of nature and to presume the role of an almighty creator. The creation of hybrid animals (so called ''{{w|Chimera (genetics)|Chimeras}}'') is often regarded as the ultimate {{w|hubris}} and the climax of moral decay. Some countries have therefore installed strong legal restrictions for the modification of genetic material extracted from humans and animals.<br />
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The title text refers to {{w|Kickstarter}}, a funding platform for creative projects. Any person who wants to start a creative project, but lacks the resources to do so, can create a Kickstarter campaign where donors can contribute donations. Usually, the owner of the Kickstarter promises exclusive benefits to donors of certain tiers. For example, the title text could well be finished to say ''If you fund my Kickstarter with a donation of $20 or more, I will give you exclusive access to my weekly blog on the development stages of the giraffosaurus. If you donate $100 or more, you can receive a life-sized cardboard cut-out of the giraffosaurus. Donations of $10,000 or more will earn your name in a raffle for ownership of the first three giraffosaurus.''<br />
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While dinosaurs are a recurring trope since the beginning of xkcd, giraffes have been featured in some of the more recent [http://what-if.xkcd.com/44/ what-if] articles as a measurement of height.<br />
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Interestingly enough, there seems to have been a species of sauropod dinosaur that bore a certain likeness to the modern giraffe and has therefore been christened ''{{w|Giraffatitan}}''.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:My Hobby:<br />
:[Silhouette of a giraffe with a sauropod's tail.]<br />
:Convincing genetic engineers that giraffes would look better if they had sauropod tails<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
[[Category:My Hobby]]<br />
[[Category:Dinosaurs]]<br />
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[[Category:Giraffes]]</div>
173.245.55.63
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1593:_Play-By-Play&diff=103759
1593: Play-By-Play
2015-10-21T17:57:53Z
<p>173.245.55.63: </p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1593<br />
| date = October 21, 2015<br />
| title = Play-By-Play<br />
| image = play_by_play.png<br />
| titletext = The thrower started hitting the bats too much, so the king of the game told him to leave and brought out another thrower from thrower jail.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
[[Beret Guy]] comments on a {{w|Baseball|baseball}} game in a way that demonstrates that he has never seen one previously. Moreover, his naïve way of speaking reveals that he is not aware of his lack of knowledge and does not consider it possible that, as is probably the case, his audience is much more familiar with this sport and its rules. His unworldly way of talking makes one even wonder if he has any notion of the way people experience sports at all.<br />
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While the text sounds like it was done in the same style as [[1133: Up Goer Five|Up-Goer Five]], it does not comply with Randall's rules for Thing Explainer. Running the text of the comic through simplewriter shows that this comic uses words that are not among the 1,000 most commonly used words in the English language. The non-complying words are "Bat," "Shelves" "Wow," "Rude," "Teammates," "Pillow," "Yikes," and "Hopefully." <br />
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This comic may also be seen as a commentary on the fact that the final trailer for Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens was shown at halftime during Monday Night Football on the Monday just prior to this comic's publication. A commonly held prejudice is that those who are interested in sports (whether it's baseball, football, or whatever) and would be watching professional football on Monday night is a different population from the group that would be excited about seeing the trailer for a science fiction film as soon as humanly possible. This comic seems to be poking fun at science fiction fans, who are often experts in the details and esoterica of fictional worlds, and how they would react to a sports game they have no practical experience with. <br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Text<br />
! Explanation<br />
|-<br />
|"We're on part 5 of a hitting game."<br />
|Part of baseball is hitting the ball with the {{w|Baseball bat|bat}}. A game is divided into 9 rounds, or {{w|Inning|innings}}.<br />
|-<br />
|"The next guy has a big bat, so he'll probably hit the ball real far."<br />
|Every hitter uses a bat that fits his physique (within certain {{w|Baseball_bat#Baseball_bat_regulations|limits}}). Carrying a larger bat does not automatically mean successfully batting the ball far.<br />
|-<br />
|"Wait - he missed!" "Oh good, they're letting him try again."<br />
|The {{w|Pitcher|pitcher}} tries to throw (or pitch) the ball in such a way as to make it hard for the hitter to hit the ball, but still have the ball go through the {{w|Strike zone|strike zone}}. (A swing and a miss is counted as a strike, regardless of whether the ball passes the strike zone.) A hitter is out when he accumulates three strikes (a {{w|Strikeout|strikeout}}); thus, swinging and getting a foul (which is when the ball is hit but goes in the wrong direction) will not get a hitter out if he has not accumulated two strikes already, and in this case he will be allowed to "try again".<br />
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|"The people sitting on the chair shelves are yelling at this guy but he's ignoring them."<br />
|Cheering and heckling is so commonplace that the players on the field are unlikely to react to it. "Chair shelves" refers to {{w|bleacher}}s.<br />
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|"This thrower is good! He keeps making people leave by throwing balls at them."<br />
|The pitcher strikes out every hitter, who then has to leave the batting area and gets replaced by another hitter (until three outs after which the teams switch sides). Or, he keeps {{w|Base on Balls|walking}} hitters, making them leave the batting area and go to first base.<br />
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|"It's just him, though. None of his teammates are joining in."<br />
|The other players of the team do not pitch, they wait until the batter successfully hits the ball into the field.<br />
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|"That guy just ran to the second pillow when no one was looking!!"<br />
|Any {{w|Baserunning|baserunner}} (a player standing at a {{w|Baseball field|base}} waiting to run to the next base) can attempt to run to the next base when the pitcher is delivering a pitch (called {{w|Stolen base|stealing a base}}). The pitcher can throw the ball to a defense player to {{w|Tag out|tag out}} the runner before he reaches the next base. Thus, an attempt to steal a base is most successful if no one notices.<br />
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|"Everyone's real mad but I guess they checked the rules and there's nothing that says he can't do that."<br />
|Successfully stealing a base, an infrequent event, usually receives a lot of cheers, especially if the offensive team is the home team. This may be a reference to [[1552: Rulebook]].<br />
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|Title text: "The thrower started hitting the bats too much, so the king of the game told him to leave and brought out another thrower from thrower jail."<br />
|A pitcher throwing pitches that get hit too often is undesirable, and will be substituted by a {{w|Relief pitcher|relief pitcher}} who will come out of the {{w|Bullpen|bullpen}} (the area next to the playing field where relief pitchers warm up; the "thrower jail") to join the game. Substitution decisions are made by the manager of the team (the "king of the game", though this name wrongfully suggests that one "king" controls both teams).<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:[Beret guy is sitting with headphones with a microphone on, looking out of the frame, hands resting on a table.]<br />
:Beret Guy: For those just joining us, hi! We're on part 5 of a hitting game.<br />
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:[Zoom out with Beret guy shown from the side sitting at a desk.]<br />
:Beret Guy: The next guy has a big bat, so he'll probably hit the ball real far.<br />
:Beret Guy: Wait - he missed!<br />
:Beret Guy: Oh good, they're letting him try again.<br />
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:[Zoom in again on Beret Guy still seen from the side.]<br />
:Beret Guy: The people sitting on the chair shelves are yelling at this guy but he's ignoring them. Wow.<br />
:Beret Guy: Rude.<br />
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:[Beret guy looks straight out.]<br />
:Beret Guy: This thrower is good! He keeps making people leave by throwing balls at them.<br />
:Beret Guy: It's just him, though. None of his teammates are joining in.<br />
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:[Beret guy turns his head to the side.]<br />
:Beret Guy: ''That guy just ran to the second pillow when no one was looking!!''<br />
:Beret Guy: Everyone's real mad but I guess they checked the rules and there's nothing that says he can't do that.<br />
:Beret Guy: Yikes. Hopefully they can fix that once this game is over.<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
* Even though Beret Guy speaks in simple words, his speech fails the [http://xkcd.com/simplewriter/ Thing Explainer word checker] due to the words "bat", "shelves", "wow", "rude", "teammates", "pillow", "rules", "yikes", and "hopefully".<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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[[Category:Comics featuring Beret Guy]]<br />
[[Category:Baseball]]<br />
[[Category:Simplified language]]</div>
173.245.55.63
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1580:_Travel_Ghost&diff=102453
Talk:1580: Travel Ghost
2015-09-25T21:50:51Z
<p>173.245.55.63: Reminds me of a movie...</p>
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<div>Racing Ghosts is a refference to Mario Kart [[User:ẞ qwertz|ẞ qwertz]] ([[User talk:ẞ qwertz|talk]]) 12:50, 21 September 2015 (UTC)<br />
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: This seems like a bit of a stretch to me. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.55.118|173.245.55.118]] 13:35, 21 September 2015 (UTC)<br />
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:: It's not a reference to Mario Kart specifically (lots of racing games have ghosts), but that's basically what this is doing - translating the concept of racing ghosts to the real world.--[[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.70|108.162.216.70]] 13:50, 21 September 2015 (UTC)<br />
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::: Well, there are some fitness running apps that support a ghost runner mode, so you run against your best time and get updates if you are in front or behind of your „ghost“. Without actually being able to prove it, I believe (and always assumed) this idea is actually inspired from racing games like Mario Kart. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.115.36|162.158.115.36]] 13:56, 21 September 2015 (UTC)<br />
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: Also, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_attack#Video_games [[User:SirKitKat|sirKitKat]] ([[User talk:SirKitKat|talk]]) 14:11, 21 September 2015 (UTC)<br />
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So in the title text, is he being replaced with the ghost who always <i>*ahem*</i> comes last? --[[User:SaturNine|SaturNine]] ([[User talk:SaturNine|talk]]) 12:53, 21 September 2015 (UTC)<br />
:I agree. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.50.154|173.245.50.154]] 13:36, 21 September 2015 (UTC)<br />
:: Women prefer men that are stuck in traffic?? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.90.235|162.158.90.235]] 19:17, 21 September 2015 (UTC)<br />
::: Nah - just someone who takes the "scenic" route. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.215.17|108.162.215.17]] 19:50, 21 September 2015 (UTC)<br />
:::: I love that this could be a reference to the move Ghost. Great. -[[User:Jeff|<b><font color="orange">Jeff</font></b>]] ([[User talk:Jeff|talk]]) 19:51, 21 September 2015 (UTC)<br />
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Is this the first time Cueballs children were shown? [[User:ẞ qwertz|ẞ qwertz]] ([[User talk:ẞ qwertz|talk]]) 17:22, 21 September 2015 (UTC)<br />
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I don't know if it's worth mentioning that this appears to be a width-first (route-)search algorithm. A memory-heavy but guaranteed 'perfect' solver of best routing, at every point of choice (from the very first, how you start the journey), all possible/practical travel options are explored (including taking a journey in the 'wrong' direction, or waiting for the non-stop train that is not the first to arrive, to take advantage of connections with faster transport links), in parallel according to the total time (or other measure of efficiency) yet taken on each iteration. Unless any 'ghost' arrives at a node that has already been visited by a 'ghost', when it need not continue. Eventually, the most efficient son-of-a-son-of-a-son...-of-a-son-of-a-ghost will reach the destination, indicating the 'correct' answer. At least within the limits of the split-and-propogate algorithm, and the amount of parallelisation available to devote to the problem. (See also the multiple-overlayed 'searches' performed by two-minutes-of-Nicholas Cage, in the near-climactic scene in {{w|Next_(2007_film)|the film 'Next' (beware spoilers!)}}.) [[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.12|141.101.99.12]] 22:38, 21 September 2015 (UTC)<br />
:Are you aware if such an app exists in real life? I'd be interested in trying to program one (albeit with less tangible ghosts). [[User:LowHangingFruit|LowHangingFruit]] 14:19, 22 September 2015 (UTC)<br />
:: This is an extremely easy algorithm to program (I have taught it while teaching AP (high school) computer science), however it isn't an algorithm that will likely be useful to you since it has exponential time complexity. In other words, if there are more than a trivial number of possibilities to be examined, finding the solution through this algorithm would not finish before you were dead. For those of you who are about to say that if we could run a huge bunch of these possibilities in parallel: merging the results, memory management, context switching, and similar things, even if they could be done in constant time would still mean a constant amount of time for each of an exponential set of possibilities. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.173|108.162.219.173]] 22:29, 22 September 2015 (UTC)tomb<br />
::: Can anyone give me a (couple) Wikipedia articles to read, so I can understand this comment? I'm really interested. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.92.206|162.158.92.206]] 18:53, 23 September 2015 (UTC)<br />
::::Well, {{w|Breadth-first search}}ing is probably your first step, then hit the appropriate sidebar for other methods. ('m a particular fan of the {{w|A_Star|A* (A-Star)}} method, myself, but that's more probably due to my Dwarf Fortress addiction... ;) [[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.12|141.101.99.12]] 14:29, 25 September 2015 (UTC)<br />
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Will his children have half-siblings that are fathered by the ghost that has replaced him in the bedroom? Or are ghosts infertile?[[Special:Contributions/108.162.215.170|108.162.215.170]] 04:07, 22 September 2015 (UTC)<br />
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Doesn't light do this according to some theory, sending out "investigation waves / photons" to determine the quickest way to get anywhere? I'm no expert on this, just some food for thought...<br />
[[Special:Contributions/162.158.90.249|162.158.90.249]] 11:57, 22 September 2015 (UTC)<br />
:Not really - or at least not real. There may be some "potential photons" in some attempts to describe some quantum-based theory ... but there will certainly be no investigation photons after wave collapse. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 12:12, 22 September 2015 (UTC)<br />
::"Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real." - Niels Bohr. (Whether or not he's ultimately right, it's an explanation.)[[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.12|141.101.99.12]] 13:48, 22 September 2015 (UTC)<br />
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If the simulations explore all travel possibilities, how long will it be until bike ghost gets run off the road by bus ghost? Or flattened by texting driver ghost? [[Special:Contributions/198.41.238.33|198.41.238.33]] 12:30, 22 September 2015 (UTC)<br />
:This reminds me of an Android (and probably iOS) game "Does Not Commute" which takes the classic 'ghost competitor' behaviour (note: 108.162.226.149, below, that it's a common thing) and makes them solid. You run (different) 'missions'/commutes across the playing arena with a succession of new vehicles, each time finding that all your ''previous'' commutes are happening, simultaneously, creating obstacles and hazards. You can collide with (or end up being run into by) another vehicle, replaying the path you set it upon in a previous round, and this causes you to rebound. (But there's no 'kickback' when contact is made with your prior 'self', which sticks solidly to its pre-played path. Thus no need to deal with contradictions and temporal paradoxes by deflecting a past-self thus potentially changing the entire arena (for good or bad) for every other attempt you made, trying to avoid everything else.) Worth a dabble, perhaps, but don't get addicted to it! [[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.12|141.101.99.12]] 13:48, 22 September 2015 (UTC)<br />
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There's actually a very similar mechanism in the game Canvas Rider, where the best times on a track (it's a bike racing game with stick figures) can be clicked and a ghost that takes the same path with the same speed as those people appears and moves while you do. In fact, they actually look somewhat similar to the ghost in panel 4. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.226.149|108.162.226.149]] 13:17, 22 September 2015 (UTC)<br />
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I strongly suspect this also references the concept of the Oracle machine as it relates to the NP hardness of the traveling salesman problem. TSP is in the complexity class NP Complete, and part of the most common proof that it is NP hard involves showing that it reduces to a polynomial time algorithm (and hence potentially practically computed) if there exists an oracle that can tell you if a route is optimal (the fastest) in constant time. I have never edited here before and don't know all the etiquette, so I leave it to a more experienced editor to consider this in the main article. The "ghost" would then be related to the Oracle because many real world "oracles" (as in fortune tellers or weird tripping priestesses of Apollo) claim to get answers by talking to ghosts. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.173|108.162.219.173]] 22:17, 22 September 2015 (UTC) tomb<br />
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I'm also thinking there may be a worthwhile pun in there about the movie {{w|Ghost Dad}}, though I haven't found a suitable setup for that punchline. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.55.63|173.245.55.63]] 21:50, 25 September 2015 (UTC)</div>
173.245.55.63
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1582:_Picture_a_Grassy_Field&diff=102452
1582: Picture a Grassy Field
2015-09-25T21:30:07Z
<p>173.245.55.63: /* Explanation */ Fixing typo (mediation → meditation)</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1582<br />
| date = September 25, 2015<br />
| title = Picture a Grassy Field<br />
| image = picture_a_grassy_field.png<br />
| titletext = Wait, I can fix this. Picture another field. In the middle sits the only creature the first creature is afraid of. Now just-- wait, where did THAT one go?<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
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In this comic [[Megan]] asks [[Cueball]] to picture himself in a grassy field. It is a standard technique to begin a visualization by asking the person to imagine that they are in some calm environment (could be for any kind of {{w|meditation}}/{{w|mindfulness}} like for instance {{w|yoga}}). A [https://www.google.com/search?q=imagine+grassy+field&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 grassy field] could have been replaced by a [https://www.google.com/search?q=imagine+you+are+on+a+beach&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 beach] at the sea, or a [https://www.google.com/search?q=imagine+you+are+in+a+forrest&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 forest] with sunbeams coming down through the trees...<br />
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Proceeding with the visualization Megan asks Cueball to imagine a creature with the power to be able to escape from any visualized scene, and then tries to convince him that this creature has indeed escaped from his current visualization as it indeed would be able to do. She then proceeds by apologizing for this, but then tells him (warns him) that it from now on might appear in Cueball's daydreams, so he should begin looking out for it. This proves that she is not at all sorry, but did this intentionally to try and mess with Cueball's head. (The idea of the possibility of escaping an imagined situation was already used in [[248: Hypotheticals]]).<br />
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This comic may be a reference to {{w|René Descartes}}' {{w|Ontological_argument#Ren.C3.A9_Descartes|Ontological Argument}} for the existence of God.<br />
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Informally Descartes ontological argument proceeds as follows,:<br />
:"I can imagine a perfect being called God."<br />
:"But if it didn't also exist it wouldn't be perfect."<br />
:"Therefore God exists."<br />
Both this comic and the ontological argument take an imagined being and then have that being transcend or escape the imagination due to its imagined qualities.<br />
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In the title text Megan proposes a solution to get rid of the creature in Cueball's daydream, namely by picturing the only creature that the first fears. However if this new (maybe quite scary) creature should be able to pursue the original creature, then it would also have to be able to move through visualized scenes just as easily. And this is what Megan pretends happens again. So now the problem is that Cueball has two creatures on the loose in his daydreams. And even if the second scares the first away, he would then still have the new one to worry about.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:[Megan and Cueball are walking together.]<br />
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:Megan: Picture a grassy field.<br />
:Megan: In the center sits a small, pale, big-eyed creature with the power to escape from any visualized scene and move freely through the brain that imagined it.<br />
:Megan: It glances around nervously and-<br />
:Megan: -whoops, where'd it go?<br />
:Megan: Sorry about that! Keep an eye out for it in your daydreams.<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]</div>
173.245.55.63
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1555:_Exoplanet_Names_2&diff=98287
Talk:1555: Exoplanet Names 2
2015-07-24T05:43:01Z
<p>173.245.55.63: </p>
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<div>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znxFrgql5dc "This Land"] is a ''Firefly'' reference. [[User:Keavon|Keavon]] ([[User talk:Keavon|talk]]) 05:11, 24 July 2015 (UTC)<br />
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.. I almost feel like that titletext gives enough reason for there to be (some) pages about the [[what_if?|''What If?'']] series, but ehhhh... [[User:Pixali|<font color="008000">Pixali</font>]] ([[User talk:Pixali|<font color="004b00">talk</font>]]|[[Special:Contributions/Pixali|<font color="004b00">contribs</font>]]) 05:02, 24 July 2015 (UTC)<br />
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What is with Kepler-283? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.214.137|108.162.214.137]] 05:09, 24 July 2015 (UTC)<br />
:283b is the phonetic spelling for Uranus (your-a-nus) and 283c is the phonetic spelling for Uranus (your-ay-nus) [[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.77|141.101.104.77]] 05:33, 24 July 2015 (UTC)<br />
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== Novella ==<br />
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I'm not 100% sure what "Novella" refers to, aside from the dictionary definition of the word (and if that's the case I'm unsure of the context), but in case it's not widely-known on this wiki, I want to suggest the possibility that it's a tribute to the Novella brothers, who are among the co-hosts of the popular science podcast The Skeptic's Guide to the Universe. - [[Special:Contributions/108.162.241.175|108.162.241.175]] 04:43, 24 July 2015 (UTC)<br />
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:Seems like a cool podcast, sadly I don't have time to listen to 10 years Witt of podcasts. Any specific ones I should listen to and where should I start for new ones?</div>
173.245.55.63
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1396:_Actors&diff=72308
1396: Actors
2014-07-25T09:58:45Z
<p>173.245.55.63: We shall not speak of he who must not be named.</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1396<br />
| date = July 18, 2014<br />
| title = Actors<br />
| image = actors.png<br />
| titletext = Once again topping the list of tonight's hottest rising stars in Hollywood is ξ Persei!<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
This comic plays on different meanings of the word "hottest". In the opening question, "Who are today's 10 hottest actors?" the word "hottest" would typically refer to an actor's popularity, success, demand or attractiveness. Cueball and Megan interpret the word "hottest" as asking them to the list the 10 actors who have the highest surface temperature, and we see them measuring "Justin's" (possibly referring to, {{w|Justin Long|Long}}, {{w|Justin Theroux|Theroux}}, or {{w|Justin Timberlake|Timberlake}} or any of the several other ''Justin''s in show business[http://www.imdb.com/search/name?count=100&gender=male&name=justin&sort=starmeter,asc]) surface temperature using an {{w|infrared thermometer}} (the thermometer typically has a laser pointer to know the approximate location where the radiometric temperature comes from). The measured temperature of 81.5 is presumably reported in degrees {{w|Fahrenheit}}, corresponding to 27.5&nbsp;{{w|°C}}. This temperature is below the {{w|Human_body_temperature|average human internal body temperature}} of 98.6&nbsp;{{w|°F}}/37&nbsp;{{w|°C}} as skin is cooler; Megan also believes that another object (Justin's shirt) was also measured within the infrared thermometer field of view, lowering the reported measurement. With such a measurement of ''hotness'', the hottest actor on any given day would probably be whoever is exercising, or sick with a fever. Or, an animal actor, of a species with a higher body temperature than humans. ({{w|Category:Films about birds}})<br />
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Randall here excludes the fact that accurately deriving surface temperature from bright (radiance) temperature requires knowing the emissivity of the object. Since not all objects radiate with the same efficiency, two objects with the same surface temperature will emit different thermal radiance, but if emissivity is not taken into account they will report different surface temperatures. <br />
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The title-text references the temperatures of Hollywood's rising stars, this time interpreting ''stars'' as actual stars, not famous people. In this case, the star {{w|Xi Persei|ξ Persei}} in the Perseus constellation (which is located in, and responsible for the fluorescence of, an object called the {{w|California Nebula}}), one of the hottest stars (35,000 {{w|kelvin}}s, {{w|Sun}}: 5,800&nbsp;K) visible to the naked eye. The star also has similar declination (+35° 47′) as the latitude of Hollywood (34° N) so it is literally rising there every night. They are shooting stars with a laser beam and mid-July is the start of the shooting stars known as the {{w|Perseids}} that appear in the Perseus constellation.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:Opening Question: Who are today's 10 hottest actors?<br />
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:[Cueball is holding a clipboard, taking notes, while Megan aims an infrared thermometer off screen.]<br />
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:Megan: 81.5, but I think it got part of his shirt. [Megan yells] ''HEY JUSTIN — HOLD STILL!''<br />
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:Closing: ''We grab an infrared thermometer and find out!''<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]<br />
[[Category:Astronomy]]<br />
[[Category:Language]]</div>
173.245.55.63
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1267:_Mess&diff=71732
Talk:1267: Mess
2014-07-15T17:41:15Z
<p>173.245.55.63: Added comment.</p>
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<div>I do this on purpose whenever people are likely to come over. I mostly clean my house except for a little thing and apologize for the mess. [[Special:Contributions/62.159.14.62|62.159.14.62]] 11:29, 20 September 2013 (UTC)<br />
*Remind me never to come visit you.[[Special:Contributions/184.57.72.181|184.57.72.181]] 12:40, 20 September 2013 (UTC)<br />
::Never come visit him/her. Is that enough of a reminder? --[[Special:Contributions/24.145.230.197|24.145.230.197]] 05:48, 22 September 2013 (UTC)<br />
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"There is a common psychological phenomenon which causes people to mentally magnify their own flaws, while failing to notice the flaws of others." '''Tell that to my ex-wife!''' --[[User:Dangerkeith3000|Dangerkeith3000]] ([[User talk:Dangerkeith3000|talk]]) 15:03, 20 September 2013 (UTC)<br />
*There is a common psychological phenomenon which causes future ex-wives to mentally magnify their spouse's flaws while failing to notice their own or the flaws of others. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.55.63|173.245.55.63]] 17:41, 15 July 2014 (UTC)<br />
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This comic wierdly mirrors (in contrast) a recently broadcast radio programme (which I doubt Randall will have heard, it being UK's BBC Radio 4 "Thinking Allowed", I think it was, with a segment regarding how normal people react to those not acting 'properly' to social norms) in which the phenomena was mentioned. A lady hostess who unselfconsciously apologises for "not having dusted" (despite dust being possibly shed skin cells and such, it's considered "clean mess"), for her visitor, is then utterly mortified when said visitor breaks the rules and also 'helpfully' points out a coffee-ring stain (considered "dirty mess", for some reason) upon a surface. Doubtless the traditional light and largely insignificant layering of dust possibly somehow prevents highlighting any ''geniuinely'' missed spots (if one had actually dusted ''most'' of the room), yet distinct stains and marks (and dust layers with obvious finger-marks in?) ought to have been cleaned or even prevented in the first place.<br />
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(For the record, my own home is a "working mess", much to the chagrin of my mother when she visits. It could definitely be tidier, and there's absolutly no way to convincingly apologise for its state. I consider the whole place to be my "shed", in the grand tradition of "shedology". Mind you, this attitude of mine arises out of the tendency for me to ''lose'' so many things when I deliberately tidy up/pack away "projects in progress" for such esteemed visitors. Better that I can find everything when I need to, IMO. This ''mostly'' works better than with the alternative, under a sometimes Holmesian 'stratified' surface-based filing system.) [[Special:Contributions/178.105.138.196|178.105.138.196]] 15:42, 20 September 2013 (UTC)<br />
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:tl;dr--[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 22:09, 20 September 2013 (UTC)<br />
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I was reminded of..<br />
http://www.theonion.com/articles/man-puts-glass-of-water-on-bedside-table-in-case-h,33751/ {{unsigned ip|173.14.162.93}}<br />
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People call a clean house messy as a way to seem superior to their guests. They clean it before the guest gets here then say that because they know the guest has not cleaned. [[Special:Contributions/184.66.160.91|184.66.160.91]] 17:37, 22 September 2013 (UTC)<br />
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"There is a common psychological phenomenon which causes people to mentally magnify their own flaws, while failing to notice the flaws of others." How is this phenomenon called? [[Special:Contributions/79.227.152.95|79.227.152.95]] 09:36, 23 September 2013 (UTC)<br />
:false humility [[User:Grahame|Grahame]] ([[User talk:Grahame|talk]]) 05:44, 18 October 2013 (UTC)Grahame<br />
:No, more like self doubt, which is the exact opposite. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.58|108.162.219.58]] 09:50, 4 February 2014 (UTC)<br />
I think you mean "What is this called?" I don't know, I've been trying to research it for the last five minutes and it's never the first result on google. Must not exist. [[Special:Contributions/72.94.35.160|72.94.35.160]] 02:37, 25 September 2013 (UTC)</div>
173.245.55.63
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:276:_Fixed_Width&diff=71731
Talk:276: Fixed Width
2014-07-15T17:37:24Z
<p>173.245.55.63: Added comment.</p>
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<div>All these statements would have been aligned, too:<br />
No this is for real<br />
I love you so much!<br />
I really love you!!<br />
It’s the real thing<br />
You can believe it!<br />
I love you!!!!!!!!!<br />
I love you. Really.<br />
Definitely for real<br />
This is an odd one, because Emily presented two alternatives, both of the same length. Both choices would have retained the pattern.--[[Special:Contributions/46.142.61.98|46.142.61.98]] 09:21, 3 September 2012 (UTC)madd<br />
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:No it isn't - 'rob' is two characters shorter than 'emily', so his answers have two be two characters longer. So Emily's answers won't do. [[User:Kaa-ching|Kaa-ching]] ([[User talk:Kaa-ching|talk]]) 09:49, 9 September 2012 (UTC)<br />
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::Nope. 'for real' and 'just sex' (assuming the use of a monospace font, which appears to be the case) are the same length. As 'definitely just sex' allows the lines to match up, 'definitely for real' should also. -- 22:50, 19 September 2012 (UTC)<br />
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:::This is because 'for real' and 'just sex' are both being said by Rob to complete his 19-character message. All of Emily's messages are 17 characters long, because her name is two shorter. [[Special:Contributions/101.162.138.9|101.162.138.9]] 17:02, 8 April 2013 (UTC)<br />
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:...other alternatives:<br />
Just sex?Ridiculous<br />
Justsex?Ridiculous!<br />
Just sex? No way!!!<br />
This isn't just sex<br />
This is for serious<br />
I want to marry you<br />
This is not for sex<br />
:[[User:Greyson|Greyson]] ([[User talk:Greyson|talk]]) 21:01, 14 December 2012 (UTC)<br />
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I don't understand this statement: "Rob then attempts to justify what he said which, possibly by design, is the normal text alignment for making text being even on both the left and right sides of a page." Does it need clarifying, or am I just confused? [[User:St.nerol|St.nerol]] ([[User talk:St.nerol|talk]]) 22:18, 22 November 2012 (UTC)<br />
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::He's referring to the implied pun on the word "justified", which can mean "done for a good or legitimate reason" or "having been adjusted so that print forms a straight line on one or both margins." I'll clarify it. [[User:Jerodast|- jerodast]] ([[User talk:Jerodast|talk]]) 13:33, 3 December 2012 (UTC)<br />
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The "alternative replies" suggested above are hilarious because they betray that their suggesters probably can't relate to compulsions well. To begin with, they begin with capital letters, while the comic lines don't! This is inconsistency. And then, they include trailing punctuation, repeated punctuation, spacing mistakes... [[Special:Contributions/141.101.89.225|141.101.89.225]] 18:50, 26 February 2014 (UTC)<br />
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Maybe it's not worth mentioning, Rob doesn't start the conversation intending to synch line-lengths. His first comment "<rob> hi" is the same length as "<emily> ", so she can't possibly reply with the same length. His second comment is conversational too, but his third is probably lined up on purpose. I figure it's also worth noting to alternative-seekers, especially if he was compulsively making the line lengths match, he probably didn't give himself very much time to reply, and "definitely just sex" was the first thing that came to mind. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.55.63|173.245.55.63]] 17:37, 15 July 2014 (UTC)</div>
173.245.55.63
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:412:_Startled&diff=70509
Talk:412: Startled
2014-06-28T16:15:52Z
<p>173.245.55.63: Added comment.</p>
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<div>What is there to explain here? [[User:Alpha|Alpha]] ([[User talk:Alpha|talk]]) 04:02, 23 February 2013 (UTC)<br />
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:Looks like an analogy to some animal. --[[User:Kronf|Kronf]] ([[User talk:Kronf|talk]]) 14:55, 2 August 2013 (UTC)<br />
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It is a little wierd that it comes in between the third and fourth in the [[Journal]] series where he is shown to be pretty badass. However, he loses the hat in [[377: Journal 2]] and then regains it in [[405: Journal 3]] because - as he says: ''I LIKE my hat'' and then we see in his next apperance here how he can use the hat in an emergency... In the next Black hat comic [[432: Journal 4]] after this one he is depressed and has to seek out the woman of his life already in the next published commic: [[433: Journal 5]]. It thus seems weird with this one to interupt the journal flow? Unless it was to show he has a human side... [[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 19:08, 1 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Sorry, I did remove your edit. Please focus on explanations and not references to other comics here. We do have categories here to cover that. A simple close connection to an other comic can be mentioned at the trivia section. I'm sorry, but the explain section should explain the comic itself. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 23:28, 2 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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Is there a list of comics with little or no alttext like this one? [[Special:Contributions/173.245.55.63|173.245.55.63]] 16:15, 28 June 2014 (UTC)</div>
173.245.55.63
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1385:_Throwing_Rocks&diff=70230
Talk:1385: Throwing Rocks
2014-06-23T15:27:15Z
<p>173.245.55.63: Added comment.</p>
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<div>Current explanation says the rock in the second panel is seen "possibly sinking the boat." Whoever typed this apparently didn't notice the undisturbed leaf boat, floating approximately 2 feet away from the splash. - [[Special:Contributions/108.162.240.36|108.162.240.36]] 04:38, 23 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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My boat sunk! THANKS, OBAMA! - [[Special:Contributions/173.245.56.153|173.245.56.153]] 05:32, 23 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
:SURE... BLAME OBAMA WHEN IT WAS BUSH WHO STARTED IT. ''(Sorry! Couldn't resist.)'' [[Special:Contributions/103.22.201.239|103.22.201.239]] 11:15, 23 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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Did we already know both Beret Guy and Megan are left handed? [[User:Wrybred|Wrybred]] ([[User talk:Wrybred|talk]]) 12:20, 23 June 2014 (UTC)wrybred<br />
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Vinland != America <br />
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Since "Leaf" Ericson is a pun on Leif, I think Vinland is a pun for Finland, but with the prefix "Vin" from "Vine". All of these puns make sense since the boat is made from a leaf.<br />
:Try reading the wikipedia entry for Vinland. That makes a lot more sense. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.240.30|108.162.240.30]] 15:18, 23 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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Is it just me or does this sound a lot like the game discordian game "Sink"? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.240.30|108.162.240.30]] 15:15, 23 June 2014 (UTC)<br />
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The explanation says Megan's comment is in contrast, I felt it was more of a comparison or a parallel. News articles go away once they're a week old in some places, various comments could be seen as thrown rocks or stones. Am I the only one who read it this way? [[Special:Contributions/173.245.55.63|173.245.55.63]] 15:27, 23 June 2014 (UTC)</div>
173.245.55.63
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:642:_Creepy&diff=67121
Talk:642: Creepy
2014-05-12T03:12:47Z
<p>173.245.55.63: Correcting wrong information</p>
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<div>Is the real-life example unwarranted? [[User:Greyson|Greyson]] ([[User talk:Greyson|talk]]) 15:26, 19 November 2012 (UTC)<br />
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:Admirably done. I like the link. In future, though, the wiki-engine doesn't know what single returns means, so if you want a paragraph break hit enter twice. [[User:Lcarsos|lcarsos]]<span title="I'm an admin. I can help.">_a</span> ([[User talk:Lcarsos|talk]]) 16:07, 19 November 2012 (UTC)<br />
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A hint for girls, we all have the SAME fears, don't be afraid to find out who we are on the inside :) - [[User:E-inspired|E-inspired]] ([[User talk:E-inspired|talk]]) 04:46, 3 March 2013 (UTC)<br />
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:Uh...men typically don't have to worry about getting harassed, assaulted, or killed like women do. At least not to the same degree. Your nervousness about being turned down is not the same as the woman's fear of being attacked. [[Special:Contributions/15.211.201.83|15.211.201.83]] 20:57, 14 June 2013 (UTC)<br />
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::Thank you for making this comment. It perfectly outlines the exact type of conceited, one sided views that are being used by tumblr feminists in their crusade for "safety" and "equality". The idea that men are all some sort of all powerful being, incapable of being abused or raped is not only factually wrong, but actually perpetuates the abuses against them as more and more men stop coming forward for fear of looking weak. You speak as if you have knowledge in this field, but that just can't be the case. If you did, you would be much better educated as to the real breakdowns of sexual violence per gender, and know just how ridiculous your claims are. [[Special:Contributions/205.211.113.69|205.211.113.69]] 20:11, 12 August 2013 (UTC)<br />
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:What girl wants to be with a guy who is so introspective and nervous that he can't talk to girls? A hint for guys, grow a pair. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.58|108.162.219.58]] 02:29, 24 January 2014 (UTC)<br />
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It seems pretty obvious to me that the comic intends to point out the paralyzing paranoia men can have about interacting with women, and the description as it is seems to refuse to explain the comic out of sheer disagreement. {{unsigned ip|207.98.247.127}}<br />
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The comments here, with the call for men to "grow a pair" combined with the (false) claim that women are at greater danger of being attacked than men (seemingly offered as justification for unreasonable female caution or hostility toward men), are a perfect illustration of why this anomie exists.[[Special:Contributions/173.245.50.71|173.245.50.71]] 03:05, 30 March 2014 (UTC)<br />
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...What? The claim that women are in greater danger of being attacked than men is NOT false. In 2010, Women were 21 times more likely to be the victim of sexual crimes than men, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics (0.1 cases per 1000 males, and 2.1 cases per 1000 females per year). Not only that, but the vast majority of cases of male sexual assault victims were assaulted by another male. Debate on the subject is fine, but let's at least get our facts straight. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.55.63|173.245.55.63]] 03:12, 12 May 2014 (UTC)Greg</div>
173.245.55.63
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:what_if%3F&diff=65389
Talk:what if?
2014-04-14T16:31:48Z
<p>173.245.55.63: /* Discussion regarding What-if 91 */</p>
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<div>[[Special:Contributions/108.233.66.118|108.233.66.118]] 21:11, 16 April 2013 (UTC)so is anybody weirded out by last week's post on the worst thing pressure cookers can do, followed by yesterday's terror attacks using pressure cookers?[[Special:Contributions/108.233.66.118|108.233.66.118]] 21:11, 16 April 2013 (UTC)<br />
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Do we want to add some references to the different What-If articles? Obviously putting up an explanation would be a bit of a waste since Randall goes into a lot of detail himself on any given subject. Some good things to mention might be the title-text on each image, mentions of recurring themes, and maybe some thought about the original subject mentioned (such as the "Space Oddity" music video that was the subject of a recent article). [[Special:Contributions/76.106.251.87|76.106.251.87]] 17:11, 30 May 2013 (UTC)<br />
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:"What if" is not {{w|Creative Commons}} related, so respect Randall's copyright. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 18:05, 30 May 2013 (UTC)<br />
::Sorry. Didn't realize that reviewing a creative work fell into copyright issues. No disrespect intended, only ignorance. [[Special:Contributions/76.106.251.87|76.106.251.87]] 19:16, 30 May 2013 (UTC)<br />
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:I agree that "what if?" is not ''clearly'' under CC-BY-NC-2.5, but the link next to the Copyright goes to xkcd itself, which clearly does say it is. [[User:Markhurd|Mark Hurd]] ([[User talk:Markhurd|talk]]) 13:40, 12 August 2013 (UTC)<br />
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::Agreed. What-if appears to fall under the general xkcd copyright- it says "Copyright ©2012-13 xkcd." with the link pointing to general xkcd copyright info. "http://xkcd.com/license.html" also says that "you are free to copy and reuse any of my drawings (noncommercially) as long as you tell people where they're from." which includes what-if drawings, and I'm not sure if just part of a work could be copyrighted without Randall explicitly saying so. I also think it would be a good idea to have articles on the what-ifs for more information not stated in the what-if itself. {{unsigned ip|109.144.146.171}}<br />
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:IANAL, so I will leave the copyright issues unaddressed as I respond to the original question in the affirmative: yes, we should have a page for each What-if article. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.55.63|173.245.55.63]] 15:54, 14 April 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== Logo/Header ==<br />
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I'm convinced there is some sort of specific joke in the "What If" logo, but I'm failing to grasp it.<br />
Knowing Randall, there has to be something funny about using a crane to lower a T-rex into the Sarlacc. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.49.90|173.245.49.90]] 11:53, 3 February 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== Discussion regarding [http://what-if.xkcd.com/91/ What-if 91] ==<br />
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I believe that Randall missed an opportunity to discuss means of harnessing thermal energy. See, original question specified HOT water!<br />
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Shall we forgive him this oversight and carry out some analysis to determine the harness-able energy content of hot water from the bathtub faucet in an average American apartment building?<br />
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:TODO: discuss Sterling engines or other strategies here. (That means you! :) )<br />
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:I believe that even when you "run out of hot water", the incoming water will still have energy added since the gas or electric water heater will be running non-stop, turning cold water into slightly-less-cold water. Since slightly-less-cold water is still colder than the ambient temperature in the apartment, I'm not sure how to harness the energy added by the water heater... But neither am I sure that "you can't". TODO: Can someone confirm that you can't?<br />
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Shall we then turn the dial up a notch, [http://what-if.xkcd.com/35/ What-if 35 style], and imagine how the scenario changes if the apartment building has a water heater that is perfectly capable of keeping the hot faucet piping hot, even if you run it 24/7?<br />
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: Suppose the super water heater turns 15C input water (cold) into 50C output water (hot). I think that means that the water heater adds 35 calories (not kilocalories) of energy per milliliter. I played with this expression in Google Calculator "(35/1000) calories per ml * 1 liter / 1 second" and determined that 1. Google uses kilocalories for "calories", thus the /1000 part... and 2. it takes ~150 watts to turn a liter of cold water into a liter of hot water in *one second*.<br />
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: Let's stop this for now and see if anyone is interested in participating. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.55.63|173.245.55.63]] 16:28, 14 April 2014 (UTC)</div>
173.245.55.63
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:what_if%3F&diff=65388
Talk:what if?
2014-04-14T16:28:33Z
<p>173.245.55.63: </p>
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<div>[[Special:Contributions/108.233.66.118|108.233.66.118]] 21:11, 16 April 2013 (UTC)so is anybody weirded out by last week's post on the worst thing pressure cookers can do, followed by yesterday's terror attacks using pressure cookers?[[Special:Contributions/108.233.66.118|108.233.66.118]] 21:11, 16 April 2013 (UTC)<br />
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Do we want to add some references to the different What-If articles? Obviously putting up an explanation would be a bit of a waste since Randall goes into a lot of detail himself on any given subject. Some good things to mention might be the title-text on each image, mentions of recurring themes, and maybe some thought about the original subject mentioned (such as the "Space Oddity" music video that was the subject of a recent article). [[Special:Contributions/76.106.251.87|76.106.251.87]] 17:11, 30 May 2013 (UTC)<br />
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:"What if" is not {{w|Creative Commons}} related, so respect Randall's copyright. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 18:05, 30 May 2013 (UTC)<br />
::Sorry. Didn't realize that reviewing a creative work fell into copyright issues. No disrespect intended, only ignorance. [[Special:Contributions/76.106.251.87|76.106.251.87]] 19:16, 30 May 2013 (UTC)<br />
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:I agree that "what if?" is not ''clearly'' under CC-BY-NC-2.5, but the link next to the Copyright goes to xkcd itself, which clearly does say it is. [[User:Markhurd|Mark Hurd]] ([[User talk:Markhurd|talk]]) 13:40, 12 August 2013 (UTC)<br />
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::Agreed. What-if appears to fall under the general xkcd copyright- it says "Copyright ©2012-13 xkcd." with the link pointing to general xkcd copyright info. "http://xkcd.com/license.html" also says that "you are free to copy and reuse any of my drawings (noncommercially) as long as you tell people where they're from." which includes what-if drawings, and I'm not sure if just part of a work could be copyrighted without Randall explicitly saying so. I also think it would be a good idea to have articles on the what-ifs for more information not stated in the what-if itself. {{unsigned ip|109.144.146.171}}<br />
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:IANAL, so I will leave the copyright issues unaddressed as I respond to the original question in the affirmative: yes, we should have a page for each What-if article. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.55.63|173.245.55.63]] 15:54, 14 April 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== Logo/Header ==<br />
<br />
I'm convinced there is some sort of specific joke in the "What If" logo, but I'm failing to grasp it.<br />
Knowing Randall, there has to be something funny about using a crane to lower a T-rex into the Sarlacc. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.49.90|173.245.49.90]] 11:53, 3 February 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== Discussion regarding [http://what-if.xkcd.com/91/ What-if 91] ==<br />
<br />
I believe that Randall missed an opportunity to discuss means of harnessing thermal energy. See, original question specified HOT water!<br />
<br />
Shall we forgive him this oversight and carry out some analysis to determine the harness-able energy content of hot water from the bathtub faucet in an average American apartment building?<br />
<br />
:TODO: discuss Sterling engines or other strategies here. Well, what are you waiting for? :)<br />
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:I believe that even when you "run out of hot water", the incoming water will still have energy added since the gas or electric water heater will be running non-stop, turning cold water into slightly-less-cold water. Since the water in the mains presumably colder than the ambient temperature in the apartment, I'm not sure how to harness the energy of slightly-less-cold water...<br />
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Shall we then turn the dial up a notch, [http://what-if.xkcd.com/35/ What-if 35 style], and imagine how the scenario changes if the apartment building has a water heater that is perfectly capable of keeping the hot faucet piping hot, even if you run it 24/7?<br />
<br />
: Suppose the super water heater turns 15C input water (cold) into 50C output water (hot). I think that means that the water heater adds 35 calories (not kilocalories) of energy per milliliter. I played with this expression in Google Calculator "(35/1000) calories per ml * 1 liter / 1 second" and determined that 1. Google uses kilocalories for "calories", thus the /1000 part... and 2. it takes ~150 watts to turn a liter of cold water into a liter of hot water in *one second*.<br />
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: Let's stop this for now and see if anyone is interested in participating. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.55.63|173.245.55.63]] 16:28, 14 April 2014 (UTC)</div>
173.245.55.63
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:what_if%3F&diff=65380
Talk:what if?
2014-04-14T15:54:51Z
<p>173.245.55.63: </p>
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<div>[[Special:Contributions/108.233.66.118|108.233.66.118]] 21:11, 16 April 2013 (UTC)so is anybody weirded out by last week's post on the worst thing pressure cookers can do, followed by yesterday's terror attacks using pressure cookers?[[Special:Contributions/108.233.66.118|108.233.66.118]] 21:11, 16 April 2013 (UTC)<br />
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Do we want to add some references to the different What-If articles? Obviously putting up an explanation would be a bit of a waste since Randall goes into a lot of detail himself on any given subject. Some good things to mention might be the title-text on each image, mentions of recurring themes, and maybe some thought about the original subject mentioned (such as the "Space Oddity" music video that was the subject of a recent article). [[Special:Contributions/76.106.251.87|76.106.251.87]] 17:11, 30 May 2013 (UTC)<br />
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:"What if" is not {{w|Creative Commons}} related, so respect Randall's copyright. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 18:05, 30 May 2013 (UTC)<br />
::Sorry. Didn't realize that reviewing a creative work fell into copyright issues. No disrespect intended, only ignorance. [[Special:Contributions/76.106.251.87|76.106.251.87]] 19:16, 30 May 2013 (UTC)<br />
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:I agree that "what if?" is not ''clearly'' under CC-BY-NC-2.5, but the link next to the Copyright goes to xkcd itself, which clearly does say it is. [[User:Markhurd|Mark Hurd]] ([[User talk:Markhurd|talk]]) 13:40, 12 August 2013 (UTC)<br />
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::Agreed. What-if appears to fall under the general xkcd copyright- it says "Copyright ©2012-13 xkcd." with the link pointing to general xkcd copyright info. "http://xkcd.com/license.html" also says that "you are free to copy and reuse any of my drawings (noncommercially) as long as you tell people where they're from." which includes what-if drawings, and I'm not sure if just part of a work could be copyrighted without Randall explicitly saying so. I also think it would be a good idea to have articles on the what-ifs for more information not stated in the what-if itself. {{unsigned ip|109.144.146.171}}<br />
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:IANAL, so I will leave the copyright issues unaddressed as I respond to the original question in the affirmative: yes, we should have a page for each What-if article. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.55.63|173.245.55.63]] 15:54, 14 April 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== Logo/Header ==<br />
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I'm convinced there is some sort of specific joke in the "What If" logo, but I'm failing to grasp it.<br />
Knowing Randall, there has to be something funny about using a crane to lower a T-rex into the Sarlacc. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.49.90|173.245.49.90]] 11:53, 3 February 2014 (UTC)</div>
173.245.55.63
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1350:_Lorenz&diff=64973
1350: Lorenz
2014-04-09T16:38:33Z
<p>173.245.55.63: new record!</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1350<br />
| date = April 1, 2014<br />
| title = Lorenz<br />
| image = lorenz.png<br />
| titletext = Every choice, no matter how small, begins a new story<br />
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'''NOTE: The above is the first panel of an interactive comic.'''<br />
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{{incomplete|All images has not been described under themes (and may never be if Randall creates new)}}<br />
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For a collection of images that appear in this comic, see [[1350: Lorenz/Images]]. These will also be described below under themes.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
This is an interactive and dynamic comic with a possible first picture shown on top of this page. The picture is always the same but the order of the sentences A/B/C/D is done by random. The result of all the interactions by the people would lead to a {{w|Crowdsourcing|crowd-sourced content}}. In honor of {{w|April Fools' Day}} the comic was posted a day early, on Tuesday instead of the usual Wednesday. This also means that if anyone feels this comic is too silly... Randall can call ''April fool''.<br />
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The title 'Lorenz' is referring to {{w|Edward Norton Lorenz}} who among other subjects was famous for {{w|Chaos theory}} and the {{w|Butterfly effect}}. <br />
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The title text is a reference to that the story line of this comic does include all of the user submitted dialogue and updates over time based on statistics of users clicks and hence will in nature be chaotic. In this manner it is a reference to the butterfly effect, a phrase coined by Edward Lorenz to describe how a small initial change can lead to wide variations in outcome in a chaotic system.<br />
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This comic is an example of a {{w|Choose Your Own Adventure}} story as mentioned in the title text.<br />
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===Functionality and bugs===<br />
The reader is initially presented with only one panel where Knit Cap Girl (Megan?) is sitting in front of her computer. The reader is given multiple choices concerning what exactly Knit Cap Girl (Megan?) is thinking. Upon choosing any option, a second panel appears, to give continuity to the story. Each new panel may have a new set of options or just the button "Continue" to see the next panel without making any choice in particular. Eventually, one may reach a dead end in which the story is interrupted and reader is presented with a text box to suggest how it should continue. Some of the suggestions given should eventually become available as new options.<br />
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It appears that new panels may be generated by Randall in near real time as user suggestions to dialog is submitted. The dialogue options are likely based on click-through rates and hence will change over day based on which choices are clicked most using {{w|A/B_testing|A/B measurement techniques}}. This will mean that the most popular choices for dialogue line will prevail as the statistics build up. In some cases, dialogue line options do not depend on the continuity of the storyline followed, suggesting that some parts of the story are planned. For example, do several of the storylines involve one of the two main characters waking up and for instance telling the other character, “I had the strangest dream…” or even reliving the dream again. This may be due to common submissions across storylines as well.<br />
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Normally, there is a total of 4 options to make: a/b/c/d. Their order changes constantly. Sometimes, there are 3 or fewer options, with the text box to suggest an alternative option. Sometimes, a given panel actually has 5 or more available options, although even in this case only 4 options appear at a time. Refreshing the comic changes randomly which of the available options are visible and which are hidden. As of April 2nd 2014, the existence of 5 or more options seems to occur only in a few rare cases, including the first panel itself.<br />
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Each panel has a "permalink" button which generates a unique URL for all the choices made by the reader — so a reader can save the chosen choices to compare them to other ways going through the selections. On the final panel the reader can enter an own statement, which is shown on screen but can't be saved by a permalink. The reader has to do a screen shot by himself.<br />
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{{w|HTTP cookie|Cookies}} and {{w|Javascript}} are required to see this page properly. Without cookies, the next panel will not render; attempting to load the page in the UNIXKCD terminal or loading the page without Javascript will just get you the [[1349|previous comic]].<br />
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====Buttons====<br />
Instead of clicking with the mouse you can move more quickly through the panels using the keyboard:<br />
* Up/Down - navigate options<br />
* Enter/Right - choose option after navigating with Up/Down<br />
* Left - go back one panel<br />
* a/b/c/d - choose any option directly<br />
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====Bugs====<br />
Since this interactive comic relies on many servers in the background to provide the response to the reader's actions there are some problems reported here:<br />
*In the worst case the entire comic doesn't render at all as expected — it just shows the previous comic [[1349: Shouldn't Be Hard]].<br />
*When selecting a sentence A/B/C/D the server does not respond on that selection.<br />
*The servers responsible to provide the pictures are down.<br />
*In the first week after the comic was released, if a response lead to a panel where two characters speak at the same time, it was impossible to proceed past the first speech bubble. This was subsequently fixed.<br />
As a consequence of these bugs many readers do not understand how this interactive comic works.<br />
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===Themes===<br />
====Computer====<br />
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! The beginning<br>[[Image:lorenz - computer.png]]<br />
| Knit Cap Girl sits at her laptop saying/thinking something. You choose what from four options and thus starts the interactive and dynamic comic. Originally on April the 1st there where only four choices, but this has increased since. But you always have four to choose from when you begin.<br />
|-<br />
! Computer problems<br>[[Image:lorenz - laptop 1.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - laptop 2.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - laptop 3.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - laptop 4.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - laptop 5.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - laptop 6.png]]<br />
| Knit Cap Girl's laptop has an unspecified problem. Hairy walks in and they attempt to fix it by connecting his laptop with hers. There are two outcomes possible:<br />
* He fails so badly that they end up randomly floating in the ocean (with or without circling sharks - a reference to [[349: Success]] see below.)<br />
* It doesn't work so now Knit Cap Girl tries to write something on Hairy's laptop from a paper (a manual?) she holds in her hand. This also fails and the story continues with a blowtorch scene - see below:<br />
|-<br />
! Blowtorch<br>[[Image:lorenz - laptop 7.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - laptop 8.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - laptop 9.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - laptop 10.png]]<br>[[Image:lorenz - laptop 11.png]]<br />
| Knit Cap Girl becomes so upset with her laptop that she decides to melt it using a blowtorch - a clear reference to the comic from the day before this one: [[1349: Shouldn't Be Hard]]. After this they walk out of the building.<br />
|}<br />
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====Political debate====<br />
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! Debate<br>[[image:lorenz - debate laptop.png]]<br>[[image:lorenz - debate 1.png]]<br>[[image:lorenz - debate 2.png]]<br>[[image:lorenz - debate 5.png]]<br>[[image:lorenz - debate 4.png]]<br>[[image:lorenz - debate 3.png]]<br>[[image:lorenz - visit.png]]<br />
| Knit Cap Girl uses har laptop to watch a debate online between the Politician 1 (on the left) and the Politician 2 ([[Cueball]], on the right), the subject and the actual conversation of which varies according to the storyline. Eventually one of two things can happen:<br />
* They fight each other, the Politician 2 using a lightsaber and the Politician 1 using his bare fists<br />
* Politician 1 is going down on one knee - either to pray or as in a suggestion to ask the other to marry him...<br />
Subjects debated could be user suggestions but below are one of those from April the 1st:<br />
*Politician 1 accuses Politician 2 of having never liked Firefly.<br />
*Politician 1 vows to end the "war on Christmas" if elected.<br />
*Politician 1 praises his adversary and supports his economic plan.<br />
*Politician 1 questions Politician 2's project of tying multiple birds to a car as fuel replacement, which would require some method to make the birds take off in unison. The solutions mentioned for this topic are given here as an example:<br />
**Opening and closing an umbrella near them (a reference to {{W|Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade}}).<br />
**Using a predatory bird to the car to scare them<br />
**Putting resources in the hands of bird educators for the purpose of training them<br />
**Employing fiscal hawks. <br />
If the Politician 1 points out some problem with the reasoning, often the solution proposed by the Politician 2 would be doing the same in a larger scale or saying he completely agrees with everything the other says...<br />
In the end, Hairy walks in to Knit Cap Girl and points out something happening near which may or may not involve birds (or what ever was the subject) which could be a direct result of Politician 2's project. Again all this could be user input!<br />
The last image where Hairy walks in have been used also in other story lines<br />
|}<br />
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====Miscellaneous====<br />
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! Walking out of the building<br>[[image:lorenz - away.png]]<br />
| They may just walk away to new events or they encounter either:<br />
*A rocket<br />
*A hole in the ground<br />
See below.<br />
|-<br />
! Space rocket<br>[[Image:lorenz - rocket 1.png]]<br />
| There is a rocket on the ground just outside of the building. The rocket either:<br />
*Fails to launch and the two characters comes out again<br />
*Takes off (with a screenshot from Kerbal Space Program) as it goes off into space - see below<br />
|-<br />
! Relativistic encounter <br> [[Image:lorenz - rocket 16.png]]<br />
| The space rocket meets another space rocket that asks a question about relativity, the same one that appeared in [[Choices: Part 2]]. The other space rocket will shoot and destroy the main rocket if the question isn't answered satisfactory. Otherwise the two rockets fly past each other.<br />
|-<br />
! Space planet<br>[[image:lorenz - rocket 21.png]]<br />
| Eventually the space rocket meets a guy on a very tiny planet which most likely is a reference to {{w|The Little Prince}}. This could also be a reference to the asteroid 4942 Munroe, then it would be Randall on the rock.<br />
|-<br />
! Dreams<br>[[File:lorenz - wake up 1.png]]<br />
| Sometimes, Knit Cap Guy or Hairy find themselves waking from a dream, suggesting that all prior events were just part of they dreaming. This may happen after either:<br />
*They fall in the big hole outside Knit Cap Guy's house<br />
*The rocket is shot down by the other spacecraft.<br />
*Knit Cap Guy also wakes up after watching the debate. <br />
Often, the dream loops upon itself, as a character wakes up multiple times in the same storyline.<br />
When Knit Cap Guy wakes it is with the head to the left and the cap lying on the end of the bed. Hairy has his head to the right.<br />
|-<br />
! Salesman<br>[[image:lorenz - sale 1.png]]<br />
| Hairy meets [[White Hat]], a salesman with a small stand. Often this happens after waking from a dream.<br />
|-<br />
! Arguing<br>[[image:lorenz - discuss.png]]<br />
| The two characters argue with each other<br />
|-<br />
! Thinking<br>[[image:lorenz - thinking.png]]<br />
| One of the characters take a panel or two to think about something.<br />
|-<br />
! Dinosaur Comics<br>[[image:lorenz - dinosaur 1.png]]<br />
| The green T-rex from {{w|Dinosaur Comics}} (a clip-art-based webcomic that uses the same artwork with different captions for every strip.) interrupts the story and proceeds to talk about his tiny arms or other subjects. In the end, he stamps on the house the main characters are in. Often, the characters wake up from a dream.<br />
|}<br />
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====Geography====<br />
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! Ocean<br>[[image:lorenz - shark zero.png]]<br>[[image:lorenz - shark one.png]]<br>[[image:lorenz - sharks.png]]<br>[[image:lorenz - squids.png]]<br>[[image:lorenz - blood.png]]<br />
| Knit Cap Girl and Hairy are floating in the ocean, with or without sharks. A clear reference to [[349: Success]]. Sharks have been the subject of several other comics. <br />
Three giant squids appear and a lone shark seems disturbed. Maybe the squids killed the sharks leaving the blood in the last of these images?<br />
|-<br />
! Beach<br>[[image:lorenz - hairy swims away.png]]<br>[[image:lorenz - beach.png]]<br />
|Knit Cap Girl and Hairy starts to swim out of the shark free ocean and finally reaches a beach - see [[349: Success]].<br />
|-<br />
! Hole in the ground<br>[[Image:lorenz - gap.png]]<br />
| Hairy spots a hole in the ground and leans over it to make a comment<br />
|-<br />
! Huge hole on the lawn<br>[[image:lorenz - hole.png]]<br />
| There is a huge hole in the ground just outside of the building. The two characters always end up falling into it and awakening from a dream.<br />
|-<br />
! Tree<br>[[image:lorenz - tree.png]]<br />
| The characters walk past a tree.<br />
|}<br />
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====Boomerang====<br />
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! Boomerang<br>[[image:lorenz - boomerang 1.png]]<br />
| Knit Cap Girl finds a boomerang on the ground and throws it. <br />
This part of the story ends with either:<br />
*The boomerang crashing into something off panel - someone may shout back - see [http://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:fc34f46a-ba98-11e3-8008-002590d77bdd this example].<br />
*Hitting the space rocket from another story branch - see [http://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:ea25460c-baf3-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd this example].<br />
*Knit Cap Girl getting hit in the face with the boomerang rebound<br />
*Knit Cap Girl fails to catch the boomerang and the rebound hit Hairy in the face off screen and he then enters the frame in the next image<br />
*Knit Cap Girl putting the boomerang down on the ground and walking away<br />
Boomerangs are also featured in: [[445]], [[475]], [[939]]<br />
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====Pokémon====<br />
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! Pokémon<br>[[File:lorenz - pikachu theft.png]]<br />
| Some of the storylines involve Pokémon battles featuring Pikachu, a very popular Pokémon. The battles are drawn in the style of the video games. (A trainer in the left-bottom corner facing the foe in the right-top corner, with a narration box below the scene and the trainer's Pokéballs visible, although some elements are missing, such as the level, gender and HP bar.) <br />
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Pikachu uses a number of different moves, though these are mostly made up and are not from the Pokémon games. Pikachu's moves are almost invariably remarked by the narrator as "It's not very effective...", but "It's super effective!" is also possible to appear. In the video games, a move is "not very effective" when the opponent's type resists the attacking move's type and "super effective" when the opponent's type is weak to the attacking move's type. Normally after a few failed attempts, there is an uncomfortable silence as the Pikachu says "Um..." and Knit Cap Girl and Hairy walk away. Pikachu is left in the grass and has time to make his final remarks as the two leave him. Rarely, a suggested move knocks Pikachu out. <br />
<br />
One narration line is "Where's Twitch when I need help?", a reference to {{w|Twitch Plays Pokémon}} which was also covered by comic [[1333: First Date]]. <br />
<br />
Another narration line is: "Google Maps didn't warn me of this.", a reference to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YMD6xELI_k Google Maps: Pokémon Challenge].<br />
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Pikachu's moves:<br />
* Abandonment - Pikachu disappears completely.<br />
* Anguish - Pikachu is sad.<br />
* Ant Colony - Pikachu is covered in ants.<br />
* Cute Face<br />
* Crowdsource<br />
* The Discrete Metric<br />
* Ethylene Dichloride - Nothing seems to happen, but Ethylene Dichloride is a toxic chemical, so there may be future consequences for the characters. After using it, ("not very effective") Pikachu remarks about the move:<br />
** I used to be better at chemistry.<br />
** This is still better than all the lightning crap.<br />
* Extrude - Pikachu's head moves away from his body as his neck becomes long and malleable.<br />
* Faceless - Pikachu's face disappears.<br />
* Friendship - Pikachu is on Knit Cap Girl's head, signifying they are now friends. Friendship, though not a move, is a game mechanic in the video games.<br />
* Granite - Pikachu is atop a block of granite.<br />
* Graph Theory<br />
* Ink Cloud - Pikachu is covered in ink. In the storyline Pikachu uses it, there is the option to "gather" the ink.<br />
* Radicality - Pikachu is on a skateboard.<br />
* Struggle - In one storyline, after Pikachu uses a number of moves, it says: "Now I only have Struggle left. Tie?" In the Pokémon games, when a Pokémon runs out of PP (Power Points, the energy required to use each of its moves) for all its moves, it may only use Struggle, a weak move, indefinitely reusable, that harms not only the opponent but the user as well.<br />
* Theft - Pikachu wears Knit Cap Girl's hat. Pikachu seems to be using "Thief", a similarly-named actual move from the games, that is used to steal the foe's item and use it as its own.<br />
* Uplift - Pikachu's head goes upward, separated from its body, showing a long, thick cable still connecting the head and the body.<br />
<br />
Other remarks from Pikachu or about Pikachu:<br />
* http://xkcd.com/1350/#p:e8cf1df0-bbd4-11e3-802e-002590d77bdd<br />
** Pikachu: Aren't you going to catch me? It's not difficult, I promise... Please? [Knit Cap Girl and Hairy ignore him and go away)<br />
*** Please! Jigglypuff keeps on drawing on my face!<br />
*** You were walking in tall grass! You asked for it!<br />
*** Please... Tame me! I want to party on days other than Thursday.<br />
**** [Hairy remarks] Y'know, if we catch a Pikachu, we would never [sic] to pay our electric bills again.<br />
<br />
Pokémon mentioned other than Pikachu:<br />
* Charizard (In one storyline, "Go Charizard" is one usable move in battle)<br />
* Jigglypuff<br />
|}<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:[The comic starts with a single panel presenting four options by random order among these below.]<br />
<br />
:*These stupid tiles... I'll just play one more game.<br />
:*Oh. Hey. There's some kind of political thing going on. <br />
:*Refresh... No new email... Refresh... No new tweets... Refresh...<br />
:*Let's see if BSD is any easier to install nowadays.<br />
:*Hurry! We're in talks with Facebook.<br />
:*Gravity. Lots of it.<br />
<br />
:[The reader can choose an option and the text appears at the panel.]<br />
<br />
:[The next panels are shown after each selection until it comes to an end where the reader can suggest the last line spoken.]<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
*Although impossible to finish it has been tried to make a complete '''[[1350: Lorenz/Transcript|interactive transcript]]'''.<br />
*'''The all time longest comics by panel - top three'''. <br />
**Please only include clearly different storylines:<br />
*# [http://xkcd.com/1350/#p:ffa26ce0-bade-11e3-8001-94de80a03a29 77 panels] - Space/dinosaur double dream, boomerang, and exploding rocket.<br />
*# [http://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:ea25460c-baf3-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd 39 panels] - Politics, dream and boomerang.<br />
*# [http://xkcd.com/1350/#p:6490cc4a-b9f0-11e3-8009-002590d77bdd 30 panels] - Space travel to Little Prince.<br />
**There may be now upper boundary! <br />
**But this is then the list of the longest comics with most panels as found so far.<br />
**If you beat a record please post the '''permalink''' here.<br />
**Please note themes included in comic. <br />
**Please move beaten records down and delete the fourth.<br />
*'''Longest by themes''' - click to expand:<br />
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*Include only more than one if the story is clearly different from from the record.<br />
*#Space: <br />
*##[http://xkcd.com/1350/#p:ffa26ce0-bade-11e3-8001-94de80a03a29 77 panels] - double dream etc.<br />
*##[http://xkcd.com/1350/#p:6490cc4a-b9f0-11e3-8009-002590d77bdd 30 panels] - reaching the Little Prince:<br />
*#Multiple dreams:<br />
*##[http://xkcd.com/1350/#p:ffa26ce0-bade-11e3-8001-94de80a03a29 77 panels] - Two dreams one by each charachter,after space and dinosaur attack.<br />
*##[http://xkcd.com/1350/#p:ba285dea-baa3-11e3-801c-002590d77bdd 28 panels] - One dream with hole that returns to starting point - does the dream continue?<br />
*##? - Two dreams - same characters/same dream<br />
*##? - More than two dreams<br />
*#Boomerang:<br />
*##[http://xkcd.com/1350/#p:ffa26ce0-bade-11e3-8001-94de80a03a29 77 panels] - double dream etc.<br />
*##[http://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:ea25460c-baf3-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd 39 panels] - Starting with politic debate in a dream.<br />
*#Dinosaur:<br />
*##[http://xkcd.com/1350/#p:ffa26ce0-bade-11e3-8001-94de80a03a29 77 panels] - double dream etc.<br />
*#Political debate:<br />
*##[http://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:ea25460c-baf3-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd 39 panels] but also dream and boomerang.<br />
*#Pokémon: <br />
*##[http://xkcd.com/1350/#p:9a86363c-bb53-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd 26 panels] - blowtorch moving past pokémon twice<br />
*##[http://xkcd.com/1350/#p:8737f5b4-ba92-11e3-8008-002590d77bdd 22 panels] - moving past Pokémon.<br />
*#Sharks<br />
*##[http://xkcd.com/1350/#p:30f53d98-bbb3-11e3-801c-002590d77bdd 13 panels] - reaching beach<br />
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*'''Longest by starting point''' - click to expand:<br />
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*#These stupid tiles... I'll just play one more game: [http://xkcd.com/1350/#p:ffa26ce0-bade-11e3-8001-94de80a03a29 77 panels]<br />
*#Oh. Hey. There's some kind of political thing going on: [http://www.xkcd.com/1350/#p:ea25460c-baf3-11e3-8001-002590d77bdd 39 panels]<br />
*#Let's see if BSD is any easier to install nowadays: [http://xkcd.com/1350/#p:ba285dea-baa3-11e3-801c-002590d77bdd 28 panels]<br />
*#Refresh... No new email... Refresh... No new tweets... Refresh...: [http://xkcd.com/1350/#p:6427a624-ba05-11e3-8017-002590d77bdd 14 panels]<br />
*#Hurry! We're in talks with Facebook: [http://xkcd.com/1350/#p:441ba2fe-bc03-11e3-8034-002590d77bdd 13 panels]<br />
*#Gravity. Lots of it: ?<br />
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*In one [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/File:lorenz_-_wake_up_7.png panel] Hairry is drawn in bed ''without'' his hair.<br />
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==Where's the discussion block?==<br />
It was getting large, so the discussion block has been moved. You can still discuss this comic here: [[Talk:1350: Lorenz]]<br />
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Talk:270: Merlin
2014-04-02T12:51:30Z
<p>173.245.55.63: Added comment</p>
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<div>Immediately after watching Memento, I spliced it together in chronological order and watched it again. Definitely straightforward, and much more boring that way. [[User:Wotpsycho|Wotpsycho]] ([[User talk:Wotpsycho|talk]]) 02:48, 17 May 2013 (UTC)<br />
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If this Merlin experiences time backwards, then he should remember watching the film before doing so (as he will do it later). [[Special:Contributions/173.245.55.63|173.245.55.63]] 12:51, 2 April 2014 (UTC)</div>
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