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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | {{incomplete|The file explains are better now, but still need work.}} | |
+ | Cueball is digging through a pile of old files, which the comic represents as literally digging into the depths of his filesystem. The files are in concentric layers because each directory contains files moved over from an older system, so his "Documents" folder contains an "Old Desktop" folder from an older computer, the "Old Desktop" contains files recovered from the drive crash of the system before that, which had its own "My Documents" folder, which contained files saved from a [[wikipedia:Zip Disk|Zip Disk]] in high school. The result is that files from all the way back in high school have survived to his present-day machine. He discovers several files he is embarrassed about, including a poetry file that surprises him, since he does not remember writing poetry, and an "[[wikipedia:Animorphs|Animorphs]] Novel" mentioned in the title text, most likely a fan fiction of the Animorphs series, although possibly a copy of one of the original books. | ||
− | [ | + | This comic came out the day after [http://news.sky.com/story/1248397/andy-warhol-originals-found-on-floppy-disk Sky News published the story] of original {{w|Andy Warhol}} artwork, created in 1985 on an {{w|Amiga 1000}}, was recovered from recently found floppy disks. |
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The folders and files in detail: | The folders and files in detail: | ||
− | + | *'''Documents''' (47 GB) - A large folder containing many of [[Cueball]]'s personal files. | |
− | '''Documents''' (47 GB) | + | **''misc.txt'' - A miscellaneous {{w|text file}} of unknown size. Quite likely, no one except Cueball will know what's in it. |
− | *''misc.txt'' | + | **''Video projects'' - Video files can take up a lot of space, and likely make up a significant chunk of that 47 GB. |
− | + | *'''Old desktop''' (12 GB) - A backup from a former computer. | |
− | *''Video projects'' | + | **''Facebook pics'' - Because {{w|Facebook}} started in 2004, his old computer must have been functional by that time. |
− | + | **''Pics from other camera'' - No mention about the content, only the creator will remember. | |
− | '''Old desktop''' (12 GB) | + | **''Temp'' - Old temporary files. Quite likely, even Cueball won't know what's in here. |
− | *''{{w|Facebook}} | + | **''Misc PDFs'' - {{w|Portable Document Format|PDF files}} are often used for documentation on programs, but this could be also a collection of digitized books or other scanned documents. |
− | * | + | **''MP3'' - Probably mostly music. {{w|MP3}} is a widely-used format for digital audio files. |
− | *''Temp'' | + | *'''Recovered from drive crash''' (4 GB) - When a {{w|Hard disk drive|hard drive crashes}}, sometimes part of that content can be recovered. |
− | + | **''Temp'' - More old temporary files. | |
− | *''{{w|MP3}} | + | **''Work misc'' - Only the creator does maybe understand what's inside of this folder. |
− | + | **''Audio books'' - {{w|Audiobook|Audio books}} are recordings of a text being read. | |
− | '''Recovered from drive crash''' (4 GB) | + | *'''My Documents''' (570 MB) - This is a typical {{w|Microsoft Windows}} for your own documents. |
− | *''Temp'' | + | **''Downloads'' - A common default location for downloaded files. Its content can be anything. |
− | *''Work misc'' | + | **''Kazaa shared'' - {{w|Kazaa}} was a peer-to-peer file sharing program, defunct in August 2012. The "shared" folder was open to other people on the internet for downloading. |
− | *''{ | + | **''AYB'' - {{w|All your base are belong to us|All Your Base}} is an internet meme based on a famously bad translation of the video game ''{{w|Zero Wing}}''. Probably a reference to [[286: All Your Base]]. |
− | + | **''EV Override'' - {{w|Escape Velocity Override}} is an {{w|Apple Macintosh}} video game, released in 1998. | |
− | '''My Documents''' (570 MB) | + | **''Angband'' - [http://rephial.org/ Angband] is a game named after a fictional stronghold created by {{w|J. R. R. Tolkien}}. |
− | + | **''GIFs'' - {{w|GIF}} is an old image format widely used for small, animated images. | |
− | *''{{w| | + | **''FIGHT CLUB.wmv'' - ''{{w|Fight Club}}'' is a movie from 1999. Nobody knows if this download was legal. As feature movies are typically compressed to 700 megabyte or more when shared over the Internet, it seems Cueball's file is either compressed in some obscure, irregular format or not the Brad Pitt movie - either way strongly in keeping with the original movie's themes of subversion. |
− | *'' | + | **''Elasto Mania'' - {{w|Elasto Mania}} is a physics-simulation game released in 2000. It claims to show real physics on this game, but there is still a dispute on this. |
− | + | **''AIM Direct Connect files'' - This may have to do with files transferred via {{w|AOL Instant Messenger}}. | |
− | *'' | + | **''4chan'' - {{w|4chan}} is web forum where users can upload content like pictures anonymously. |
− | + | **''ICQ logs'' - {{w|ICQ}} is an instant messaging program introduced in 1996. It is no longer used much in North America. | |
− | *''{ | + | *'''High school Zip disk''' (94 MB) - This refers to the {{w|Zip drive}}, the most popular form of {{w|superfloppy}}, introduced in 1994 with a capacity of 100 MB. These have long since given way to writable CDs/DVDs and {{w|USB flash drive}}s. These files are from when [[Cueball]] was in {{w|high school}} (i.e., a teenager) or earlier. |
− | + | **''Korn MIDI'' - {{w|Korn}} is an American {{w|nu metal}} band formed in 1993. {{w|MIDI}} is a music format used by synthesizers and early computer games, which can not really produce the sound of that metal band very well. | |
− | *''{{w| | + | **''Photos3'' - This is a folder of old photos from when Cueball was in high school. |
− | + | ***''Prom'' - A {{w|prom}} is a kind of semi-formal dance held every year by students at most US high schools. These photos were presumably taken at one. | |
− | *''{{w| | + | **''lovenote.txt'' - An old text file of a {{w|love letter}}, probably to a classmate in high school. |
− | + | **''Gorilla.bas'' - {{w|Gorillas (video game)|Gorillas}} is a video game first distributed with MS-DOS 5 and published in 1991 by IBM. The suffix "bas" indicates a {{w|BASIC}} program; the game was included with copies of QBasic (see below). | |
− | + | **''Dream.txt'' - Some private dreams. | |
− | *'' | + | **''James.txt'' - Who is James? Is our user addicted to him? Perhaps [[James]] is a friend of Randall, and the same as the one who came up with [http://explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/107 xkcd #107]? |
− | *'' | + | **''AOL'' - {{w|AOL}} is an early online and internet service, founded in 1985 and popular in the 1990s. |
− | + | ***''Citadel'' - {{w|Citadel (software)|Citadel}} was a {{w|BBS}} and email platform that was widely used in the 1980s and early '90s. | |
− | *'' | + | **''QBasic'' - {{w|QBasic}} is an old MS-DOS program (an {{w|Integrated development environment|IDE}}), released by {{w|Microsoft}} in 1991, which was used to write and run computer programs in the BASIC language. |
− | + | **''NYET'' - ''NYET'' was a {{w|Tetris}}-like game for MS-DOS, released in 1988. | |
− | *'' | + | **''Jokes.txt'' - An old text file of jokes. |
− | + | *'''AAAFILES''' (9.4 MB) - some of [[Cueball]]'s oldest documents, likely prefixed with "AAA" to put the folder at the top of an alphabetically-sorted list. | |
− | *''{{w|AOL}} | + | *'''TXT''' (850 K) - old text files, which include the poetry he didn't remember writing. |
− | **''{{w|Citadel (software)|Citadel}} | ||
− | *''{{w|QBasic}} | ||
− | *''NYET'' | ||
− | *''Jokes.txt'' | ||
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− | '''AAAFILES''' (9.4 MB) | ||
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− | '''TXT''' (850 K) | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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− | :Megan: You OK down there? | + | :Megan (on top of stack of files): You OK down there? |
:'''Documents''' (47 GB) | :'''Documents''' (47 GB) | ||
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::NYET | ::NYET | ||
::Jokes.txt | ::Jokes.txt | ||
− | :'''AAAFILES''' (9.4 MB) | + | :[Cueball deep inside] |
− | :'''TXT''' (850 K) | + | ::'''AAAFILES''' (9.4 MB) |
− | + | ::'''TXT''' (850 K) | |
+ | :Cueball (deep inside): ''Oh my god. I wrote '''poetry'''.'' | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
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