1110: Click and Drag - Revision history

Davidy22: Reverted edits by 72.219.142.167 (talk) to last revision by Markhurd

2013-05-05T02:13:12Z

Reverted edits by 72.219.142.167 (talk) to last revision by Markhurd

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72.219.142.167 at 01:35, 5 May 2013

2013-05-05T01:35:29Z

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Markhurd: clean up, typos fixed: stair-cases → staircases

2013-04-22T16:45:15Z

clean up, typos fixed: stair-cases → staircases

23.17.151.235 at 22:17, 12 April 2013

2013-04-12T22:17:19Z

23.17.151.235: /* Viewers */

2013-04-12T02:35:48Z

‎Viewers

23.17.151.235: /* Viewers */

2013-04-12T01:23:08Z

‎Viewers

23.17.151.235: An improvement of the "recommended" one

2013-04-12T01:22:34Z

An improvement of the "recommended" one

Rkmvgv: /* Technology */

2013-04-07T08:30:29Z

‎Technology

Frankie: rearrange sections (long list last)

2013-03-29T00:06:17Z

rearrange sections (long list last)

Davidy22 at 13:40, 2 March 2013

2013-03-02T13:40:57Z

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 *The populated area is 81 frames wide (33 West - 48 East) and 32 frames tall (13 North - 19 South)
 *According to [[Randall]] in #xkcd on the night this was released, a full size image of this comic, leaving out the blanks would be 60 gigapixels, a true single rectangular image would be close to a terapixel. The online version is 1 gigapixel without the blanks and 10 gigapixel as rectangular image (2048x2048x225 = 943,718,400 and 2048x2048x2592 = 10,871,635,968).
-*Based on the height of figures as well as the "two mile" figure given on the left-hand side, the scale should be approximately 32 pixels per 5 feet, making the entire map 25920 feet wide (4.9 miles or 7.9 kilometers) by 10240 feet tall (1.9 miles or 3.1 kilometers). If it were an overhead area, it would be about 9.5 square miles (6093 acres or 24.7 square km), roughly the size of Block Island, Rhode Island, USA. Just the POPULATED area (225 tiles with something drawn on them) would be 529 acres, or 0.826 square miles-- about the size of Princeton University.
+*Based on the height of figures as well as the "two mile" figure given on the left-hand side, the scale should be approximately 32 pixels per 5 feet, making the entire map 25920 feet wide (4.9 miles or 7.9 kilometers) by 10240 feet tall (1.9 miles or 3.1 kilometers). If it were an overhead area, it would be about 9.5 square miles (6093 acres or 24.7 square km), roughly the size of Block Island, Rhode Island, USA. Just the POPULATED area (225 tiles with something drawn on them) would be 529 acres, or 0.826 square miles — about the size of Princeton University.
 *If the 2048x2048 PNGs were to be printed out as a single poster at 300 dpi, the poster would be 15.36 yards (14.05 meters) long and 6.07 yards (5.55 meters) tall. Most of the detail would be invisible, as these PNGs are optimized for ~72 dpi screens.
 *There is one (dark dark) green pixel in {{1110|9|s|7|e}} at 1643,1165. The remainder is all grayscale.
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 |-
 |{{1110|1|n|3|w}}
-|The west wall of a large building which stair-cases narrower as it rises.
+|The west wall of a large building which staircases narrower as it rises.
 |-
 |{{1110|14|s|3|w}}
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 |-
 |{{1110|6|n|27|e}}
-|This appears to be the former record-holder for the tallest man-made structure, the {{w|KVLY-TV mast}} in {{w|North Dakota}}. It was surpassed by the {{w|Burj Khalifa}} (829.84 m (2,723 ft)) located in Dubai (also included in the comic).
+|This appears to be the former record-holder for the tallest man-made structure, the {{w|KVLY-TV mast}} in {{w|North Dakota}}. It was surpassed by the {{w|Burj Khalifa}} (829.84&nbsp;m (2,723&nbsp;ft)) located in Dubai (also included in the comic).
 ;Transcript
 :[Top of a radio tower. There are four guy-wires that connect to the tower, two on each side. A woman is standing on the top, holding onto the antenna for stability.]

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 *http://xkcd-map.rent-a-geek.de/ '''[recommended]''' (zoom controls, scroll-zoom, click-and-drag, hash permalinks, full-screen)
-*http://victorz.ca/xkcd_map/ (improvement of above: zoom controls, scroll-zoom, click-and-drag, hash permalinks, full-screen, content highlighted, less memory, less bandwidth, more CPU)
+*http://victorz.ca/xkcd_map/ '''[better than recommended]''' (improvement of above: zoom controls, scroll-zoom, click-and-drag, hash permalinks, full-screen, content highlighted, less memory, less bandwidth, more CPU, goes to infinity)
 *http://clickanddrag.azurewebsites.net/ (zoom controls, scroll-zoom, click-and-drag)
 *http://sumamimasen.com/xkcd/1110/ (native zoom, keyboard controls, Flash-only)

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 *http://xkcd-map.rent-a-geek.de/ '''[recommended]''' (zoom controls, scroll-zoom, click-and-drag, hash permalinks, full-screen)
-*http://victorz.ca/xkcd_map/ (improvement of above: zoom controls, scroll-zoom, click-and-drag, hash permalinks, full-screen, with content highlighted in black or white like the last one)
+*http://victorz.ca/xkcd_map/ (improvement of above: zoom controls, scroll-zoom, click-and-drag, hash permalinks, full-screen, content highlighted, less memory, less bandwidth, more CPU)
 *http://clickanddrag.azurewebsites.net/ (zoom controls, scroll-zoom, click-and-drag)
 *http://sumamimasen.com/xkcd/1110/ (native zoom, keyboard controls, Flash-only)

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 *http://xkcd-map.rent-a-geek.de/ '''[recommended]''' (zoom controls, scroll-zoom, click-and-drag, hash permalinks, full-screen)
-*http://http://victorz.ca/xkcd_map/ (improvement of above: zoom controls, scroll-zoom, click-and-drag, hash permalinks, full-screen, with content highlighted in black or white like the last one)
+*http://victorz.ca/xkcd_map/ (improvement of above: zoom controls, scroll-zoom, click-and-drag, hash permalinks, full-screen, with content highlighted in black or white like the last one)
 *http://clickanddrag.azurewebsites.net/ (zoom controls, scroll-zoom, click-and-drag)
 *http://sumamimasen.com/xkcd/1110/ (native zoom, keyboard controls, Flash-only)

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 *http://xkcd-map.rent-a-geek.de/ '''[recommended]''' (zoom controls, scroll-zoom, click-and-drag, hash permalinks, full-screen)
 *http://clickanddrag.azurewebsites.net/ (zoom controls, scroll-zoom, click-and-drag)
 *http://sumamimasen.com/xkcd/1110/ (native zoom, keyboard controls, Flash-only)

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 |{{w|Radio Telescope}}
+|{{1110|1|n|25|w}}
+|[[File:1110-radio-telescope.png]]
 |-
 |{{w|Satellite Dish}}
+|{{1110|1|n|1|w}}
+|[[File:1110-satellite-dish.png]]
 |-
 |{{w|GPS}}

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 To experience the interactivity, visit the [http://xkcd.com/1110/ original comic].
 ==Explanation==
 This comic is a take on how vast and rich the world is, and on the thrill of exploring it. The world can be described as sad, as well as it can be described as wonderful, even if this seems a bit contradictory, just because there are so many different things happening in it.
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 The fact that we only see a small part of the landscape at once refers to the idea that we cannot in real life comprehend the whole world altogether, but only what is around us and/or in the range of our understanding at the time. The click-and-drag process, in which it is impossible to go as fast as we would want to, also draws a parallel with the fact that exploration is always done gradually, step by step, and trying something (i.e. here dragging in a certain direction) always has a cost. This click-and-drag exploration reproduces the thrill of discovering new horizons, getting lost sometimes, finding unexpected things, seeing beauty, humor, desolation or happiness here and there... which can easily captivate an xkcd reader for a looong time (and as such qualifies as [[356: Nerd Sniping|nerd sniping]]).
 ==Transcript==
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 :Cueball [narration]: I just didn't expect it to be so ''BIG''.
 :[Scene opens up. You see Cueball is about a tree's-height from the ground. To the right there is a tall tree with no leaves on it and a broken limb.]
 ==List of details and references==
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 {{comic discussion}}

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 | title     = Click and Drag
 | image     = click_and_drag.png
 | titletext = Click and drag.
 }}
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 __TOC__
-== Explanation ==
+==Explanation==
 This comic is a take on how vast and rich the world is, and on the thrill of exploring it. The world can be described as sad, as well as it can be described as wonderful, even if this seems a bit contradictory, just because there are so many different things happening in it.
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-== References by Category ==
+==References by Category==
-=== Vehicles ===
+===Vehicles===
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-=== Man-made Structures ===
+===Man-made Structures===
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-=== Technology ===
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-=== Games ===
+===Games===
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-=== Movies ===
+===Movies===
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-=== Television Shows ===
+===Television Shows===
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-=== Books ===
+===Books===
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-=== Music ===
+===Music===
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 |}
-=== Radio Programs ===
+===Radio Programs===
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-=== Flora and Fauna ===
+===Flora and Fauna===
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-=== People ===
+===People===
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-=== Places ===
+===Places===
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-== Whole Image ==
+==Whole Image==
-[[File:1110 full tiny2.png|none|frame|Whole Image at 0.5% Zoom. The part visible at the beginning is marked red.]]
+==Viewers==
-−
 == Viewers ==
 Though you can download the full view, the easiest way to browse it is through a [[wikipedia:Zooming user interface|Zooming user interface]].
-* http://xkcd.com/1110/ (native zoom, click-and-drag)
+*http://xkcd.com/1110/ (native zoom, click-and-drag)
-* http://xkcd-map.rent-a-geek.de/ '''[recommended]''' (zoom controls, scroll-zoom, click-and-drag, hash permalinks, full-screen)
+*http://xkcd-map.rent-a-geek.de/ '''[recommended]''' (zoom controls, scroll-zoom, click-and-drag, hash permalinks, full-screen)
-* http://clickanddrag.azurewebsites.net/ (zoom controls, scroll-zoom, click-and-drag)
+*http://clickanddrag.azurewebsites.net/ (zoom controls, scroll-zoom, click-and-drag)
-* http://sumamimasen.com/xkcd/1110/ (native zoom, keyboard controls, Flash-only)
+*http://sumamimasen.com/xkcd/1110/ (native zoom, keyboard controls, Flash-only)
-* http://xkcdmap.webege.com/ Google-maps-style navigation and zooming, with tiles with content highlighted in black or white, allows easy finding of interesting tiles with small things hidden in the ground and sky
+*http://xkcdmap.webege.com/ Google-maps-style navigation and zooming, with tiles with content highlighted in black or white, allows easy finding of interesting tiles with small things hidden in the ground and sky
-−
-== Trivia ==
 *The click-and-drag portion of this comic is divided up into 2592 sections of 2048x2048 pixels.
 *There are 225 separate 2048x2048 PNG files (plus the PNG container with the first panels). The other 2337 sections are simply filled black (in the south) or white (in the north) with HTML.
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 {{comic discussion}}
 [[Category:Comics featuring Black Hat]]
 [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]