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What is that truncated word supposed to be after salad? Salad compost? Salad component? You don't win friends with salad compared to a BBBQ? [[Special:Contributions/128.49.161.70|128.49.161.70]] 20:33, 11 September 2013 (UTC)
 
What is that truncated word supposed to be after salad? Salad compost? Salad component? You don't win friends with salad compared to a BBBQ? [[Special:Contributions/128.49.161.70|128.49.161.70]] 20:33, 11 September 2013 (UTC)
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I think it's "computers," beginning the next reassuring expression. [[Special:Contributions/69.245.155.187|69.245.155.187]] 01:16, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
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It’s shurely no coincidence that megan makes a python script: http://xkcd.com/353/ --[[Special:Contributions/84.191.162.233|84.191.162.233]] 09:15, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
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Haha. https://www.khanacademy.org/cs/sentence-generator/2038602492 [[Special:Contributions/203.188.230.100|203.188.230.100]] 10:38, 15 September 2013 (UTC)
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http://chessprogramming.wikispaces.com/Shih-Chieh+Huang {{unsigned ip|82.15.102.182}}
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Actually, the screen saver being obsolete is not true. I have an LCD monitor here that has a faint, but still distinctly visible Windows XP taskbar with a very blurry clock when displaying black. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_persistence
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[[User:Lennartgoosens|Lennartgoosens]] ([[User talk:Lennartgoosens|talk]]) 22:57, 5 October 2013 (UTC)
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:You can simply set a timeout for the display to turn off to avoid this (the same timeout as you would set for a screensaver). I have clarified that in the explanation. [[User:Sten|'''S<small>TEN</small>''']] <small>([[User talk:Sten|talk]])</small> 01:06, 4 November 2013 (UTC)
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The screensaver is not obsolete; the years-old Dell that has been running it (and possibly being amused by it) is obsolete. No other reading of the title text can be justified.  [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.58|108.162.219.58]] 09:33, 4 February 2014 (UTC)
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I don't see why computers can "never" do certain things. I mean, humans can do those things, so its just a sensory inputs and processing, and the structure that gets built to understand it. The first step though, is to figure out why we do those things so we can replicate it elsewhere. -Pennpenn [[Special:Contributions/108.162.249.205|108.162.249.205]] 03:07, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

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Does anyone know of any specific Go program/progress this comic is referring to? Nothing on Slashdot prior to the comic, so unless it's just looking forward I don't know of any current events it's referring to. 192.55.54.36 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)

No specific program that can compete with Dan players yet. But when the problem was started in the 80s, computers couldn't even agree the game was over without giving up a good sum of points. 10 years ago, the best supercomputer was outclassed by a trainee. But now, all the current algorithms can match a decent player. The Deep Blue of Go will probably come within 5 years.96.251.85.48 18:12, 11 September 2013 (UTC)


Panel 2 seems to be set up as a reference to 894: Progeny. 100.40.49.22 07:01, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

It seems that there's been progress since 1002: Game AIs 188.221.199.135 09:06, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

I am reminded of Isaac Asimov's comment: "It always amuses me to hear some perfectly ordinary human being say that a computer 'can't compose a symphony', as though he himself could." SteveMB (talk) 10:25, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

The tooltip text is a reminder that PCs become to be obsolete as well, I think. 217.31.207.1 11:33, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Is the Dell Inspiron supposed to be quietly amusing humans, which it might be, or itself? I don't think it can be amusing itself. Jb (talk) 15:44, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

I think that the screensaver thing is in itself a reference to futility, as screensavers are getting more obsolete with every flatscreen there is - although people are still using them to no avail. 213.55.184.130 16:02, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Screensavers are more of a security tool now, as they can be set up to require login credentials to resume work. Gardnertoo (talk) 16:49, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

What is that truncated word supposed to be after salad? Salad compost? Salad component? You don't win friends with salad compared to a BBBQ? 128.49.161.70 20:33, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

I think it's "computers," beginning the next reassuring expression. 69.245.155.187 01:16, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

It’s shurely no coincidence that megan makes a python script: http://xkcd.com/353/ --84.191.162.233 09:15, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Haha. https://www.khanacademy.org/cs/sentence-generator/2038602492 203.188.230.100 10:38, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

http://chessprogramming.wikispaces.com/Shih-Chieh+Huang 82.15.102.182 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)

Actually, the screen saver being obsolete is not true. I have an LCD monitor here that has a faint, but still distinctly visible Windows XP taskbar with a very blurry clock when displaying black. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_persistence Lennartgoosens (talk) 22:57, 5 October 2013 (UTC)

You can simply set a timeout for the display to turn off to avoid this (the same timeout as you would set for a screensaver). I have clarified that in the explanation. STEN (talk) 01:06, 4 November 2013 (UTC)

The screensaver is not obsolete; the years-old Dell that has been running it (and possibly being amused by it) is obsolete. No other reading of the title text can be justified. 108.162.219.58 09:33, 4 February 2014 (UTC)

I don't see why computers can "never" do certain things. I mean, humans can do those things, so its just a sensory inputs and processing, and the structure that gets built to understand it. The first step though, is to figure out why we do those things so we can replicate it elsewhere. -Pennpenn 108.162.249.205 03:07, 20 January 2015 (UTC)