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| :It's clearly a Unix shell file glob. [[User:Jeremyp|Jeremyp]] ([[User talk:Jeremyp|talk]]) 09:54, 14 July 2014 (UTC) | | :It's clearly a Unix shell file glob. [[User:Jeremyp|Jeremyp]] ([[User talk:Jeremyp|talk]]) 09:54, 14 July 2014 (UTC) |
| ::This form of wildcard is used in the Windows command prompt as well, and is very well known for Windows users. I obviously can't speak for the full XKCD audience, but limiting the scope of that wildcard to Unix seems unnecessarily exclusive. (Wouldn't it be sufficient to just refer to it as a "wildcard" as a generic concept? I mean, You Know You're a Geek When...) [[User:KieferSkunk|KieferSkunk]] ([[User talk:KieferSkunk|talk]]) 20:12, 14 July 2014 (UTC) | | ::This form of wildcard is used in the Windows command prompt as well, and is very well known for Windows users. I obviously can't speak for the full XKCD audience, but limiting the scope of that wildcard to Unix seems unnecessarily exclusive. (Wouldn't it be sufficient to just refer to it as a "wildcard" as a generic concept? I mean, You Know You're a Geek When...) [[User:KieferSkunk|KieferSkunk]] ([[User talk:KieferSkunk|talk]]) 20:12, 14 July 2014 (UTC) |
− | :::Having grown up on MS-DOS, I second this. I remember typing '''DIR/a:h/s *.exe''' or something similar to search for games hidden by other students on my school's computers. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.62.62|173.245.62.62]] 11:18, 15 July 2014 (UTC)
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− | I figured that the asterisk was used to replace the letter 'A' in the name of the character so that Randall was not using a copyrighted/licensed name and was therefore safe from possible legal action for unauthorized use.[[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.80|108.162.216.80]] 08:30, 27 September 2014 (UTC)
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− | *Superm..?n (or, Superm.{1,2}n, Superm(a|oo)n, etc....) [[User:KangaroOS|Kangaro]][[User talk:KangaroOS|OS]] 10:58, 31 March 2016 (UTC)
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− | Came back to this comic through a link from another explanation, and sad that no one specifically mentioned Super''moron''. I wouldn't want to meet ''that'' person. '''--BigMal''' // [[Special:Contributions/162.158.75.10|162.158.75.10]] 18:55, 18 December 2017 (UTC)
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| Do we have the required information to calculate what percentage of people would have better than 107% of the average human strength, assuming a normal bell distribution? [[Special:Contributions/103.22.201.239|103.22.201.239]] 07:15, 15 July 2014 (UTC) | | Do we have the required information to calculate what percentage of people would have better than 107% of the average human strength, assuming a normal bell distribution? [[Special:Contributions/103.22.201.239|103.22.201.239]] 07:15, 15 July 2014 (UTC) |
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− | Though it's quoted from a [http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2014/10jul_supermoons/ stupid NASA press release,] "14% bigger and 30% brighter than other full moons" is misleading, as ''Sky and Telescope'' has been [http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/observing-news/the-march-19th-supermoon-hardly-super/ pointing out] [http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/observing-news/the-myth-of-the-supermoon/ for years,] and in fact they told [http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/supermoon-overplayed-by-news-media/ this same exact Superman joke] about it back in 2012. 1.14 is the ratio between perigee size and apogee size. (Even then there are different numbers floating around. If you look at the numbers in [http://science.nasa.gov/media/medialibrary/2008/12/09/09dec_fullmoon_resources/Ayiomamitis1.jpg this graphic] it's either 1.124 or 1.134, in the same image describing the same event.) Perigee size versus ''average'' size would be more relevant. This is why Randall's joke is that Superman is 7% stronger than an average man. In the S&T article it was 8% stronger. [[User:Pesthouse|Pesthouse]] ([[User talk:Pesthouse|talk]]) 18:51, 15 July 2014 (UTC)
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− | :Also... "14% Bigger"? Is that (apparent) diameter or area? (i.e. based upon the change in radians subtended to the eye or ''ste''radians, likewise.) Hopefully says something, in the sources, but it's a commonly disputable weasel-statistic (plus 14% bigger than 14% smaller doesn't return to the same size, so choose the right comparison but twist it and the unaware/charlatan statistics-vendor can give misleading figures). Talking generically, of course, as a pitfall we should not fall into, in everyday life. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.192|141.101.99.192]] 11:56, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
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