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| + | Uh, yeah.I avoid going insane by right-clicking every link I fancy and opeinng it in a new tab, and then when I finish that article, moving to the next tab, and of course that one has several interesting articles to add to the queue, and the next thing I know two hours have passed and I have sixty tabs open on my Firefox window.But it's interesting. |
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| − | | date = July 31, 2006
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| − | | title = Substitute
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| − | | image = substitute.png
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| − | | titletext = YOU THINK THIS IS FUNNY?
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| − | ==Explanation==
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| − | If anything, this comic references the 1993 movie {{w|Jurassic Park (film)|Jurassic Park}}, like in [[87: Velociraptors]]. The movie deals with a mad billionaire opening an animal zoo. Not so bad, but the animals in question are not your ordinary lions or elephants, but dinosaurs and the like, brought back to life by said billionaire through his DNA-cloning company. Of course, everything goes haywire, and several of the meat-eating creatures, among which the {{w|velociraptor}}s mentioned in the image, try to devour every human in the theme park. Said velociraptors possess a certain intelligence for hunting out their prey.
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| − | [[Cueball]] is asked to substitute for [[Miss Lenhart]] in math class. The test he devises contains three questions, which have the recurring theme of humans running from said velociraptors. As Randall himself says in the comic: “This material is more vital than anything you've ever learned,” the joke being that Randall is somehow fearful that such a thing could happen.
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| − | Velociraptors, and in particular, the irrational fear of being attacked by them in the modern world, [[:Category:Velociraptors|appear several times]] in [[xkcd]].
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| − | Answers to the first two questions can be found in [http://fora.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=120&start=40 this topic] on the forum board, by the way.
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| − | ==Transcript==
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| − | :[In a class room, the board says "Math" on the top-left corner, and "Mr. Munroe" in the middle. A stick figure is standing in front of it, speaking to the class.]
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| − | :Teacher: Miss Lenhart couldn't be here today, so she asked me to substitute.
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| − | :Teacher: I've put out your tests. Please get started.
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| − | :[A student in the first row raises the exam paper and says.]
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| − | :Student: Mr. Munroe, Miss Lenhart never taught us this.
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| − | :Teacher: That's because Miss Lenhart doesn't understand how important certain kinds of math are.
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| − | :Student: But this just looks --
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| − | :Teacher: This material is more vital than anything you've ever learned
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| − | :Student: But --
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| − | :Teacher: No buts.
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| − | :Teacher: This is a matter of life and death.
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| − | :[Excerpt from the exam paper.]
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| − | :Name: _________
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| − | :[A stick figure is standing, hands over head. A velociraptor is running towards it.]
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| − | :1. The velociraptor spots you 40 meters away and attacks, accelerating at 4 m/s^2 to its top speed of 25 m/s. When it spots you, you begin to flee, quickly reaching your top speed of 6 m/s. How far can you get before you're caught and devoured?
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| − | :2. You're at the center of a 20m equilateral triangle with a raptor at each corner. The top raptor has a wounded leg and is limited to a top speed of 10 m/s.
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| − | :[A stick figure is shown in the above situation. The picture has a legend "(Not to scale)".]
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| − | :The raptors will run toward you. At what angle should you run to maximize the time you stay alive?
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| − | :3. Raptors can open doors, but they are slowed by them. Using the floor plan on the next page, plot a route through the building, assuming raptors take 5 minutes to open the first door and halve the time for each subsequent door. Remember, raptors run at 10 m/s and they do not know fear.
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| − | {{comic discussion}}
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| − | [[Category:Comics featuring Miss Lenhart]]
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| − | [[Category:Comics featuring Randall Munroe]]
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| − | [[Category:Velociraptors]]
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| − | [[Category:Comics with color]]
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