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== Spelling and Commentary ==
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There are a couple spelling mistakes.  'hos' in the first sentence, 'cold' instead of 'could'.  Probably more.
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Instead of correcting the spelling, I was wondering about the tone of the explanation.  Specifically, shouldn't this be written in a more neutral tone without the side commentary? 
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Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the contribution.  Just curious.
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[[Special:Contributions/108.162.221.101|108.162.221.101]] 11:36, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
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If he has hair, shouldn't he be called Hairy by definition?
 
If he has hair, shouldn't he be called Hairy by definition?
 
Sidenote:  Did I really just use the word whence?[[Special:Contributions/199.27.130.228|199.27.130.228]] 05:57, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
 
Sidenote:  Did I really just use the word whence?[[Special:Contributions/199.27.130.228|199.27.130.228]] 05:57, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
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I don't see how this comic is about <strike>sarcasm</strike> or language.  It ''contains'' language, but it isn't ''about'' language.<br>'''Update''': Oh, right, the title text ends with a sarcastic comment.[[Special:Contributions/173.245.56.158|173.245.56.158]] 06:17, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
 
I don't see how this comic is about <strike>sarcasm</strike> or language.  It ''contains'' language, but it isn't ''about'' language.<br>'''Update''': Oh, right, the title text ends with a sarcastic comment.[[Special:Contributions/173.245.56.158|173.245.56.158]] 06:17, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
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:I'm not convinced that the character in the title text is being sarcastic.  Randall uses that kind of "would be X and totally not Y" talk in other comics and in his What-Ifs.  In the times I've seen it, the character speaking it comes off as hilariously naive as opposed to sarcastic. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.237.161|108.162.237.161]] 04:35, 30 April 2015 (UTC)
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I think that the character should be [[Hairy]], as the name is "used by xkcd explainers to describe male characters with hair and no other distinguishing features."--[[User:17jiangz1|17jiangz1]] ([[User talk:17jiangz1|talk]]) 07:31, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
 
I think that the character should be [[Hairy]], as the name is "used by xkcd explainers to describe male characters with hair and no other distinguishing features."--[[User:17jiangz1|17jiangz1]] ([[User talk:17jiangz1|talk]]) 07:31, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
 
:Well then lets call him Hairy then - see discussion above though... --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 07:44, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
 
:Well then lets call him Hairy then - see discussion above though... --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 07:44, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
  
 
I would like to be the first to point out similarities between this comic and [[349: Success]]. He starts with hitting snooze (easy) then needs to switch applications (not really worse yet, bear with me), remove battery (losing whatever is unsaved in RAM), bricking the phone (losing it, though maybe just until he has time to reinstall the OS) and finally is willing to fill the flat with mercury vapours (which is a major health hazard). [[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.136|141.101.104.136]] 11:32, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
 
I would like to be the first to point out similarities between this comic and [[349: Success]]. He starts with hitting snooze (easy) then needs to switch applications (not really worse yet, bear with me), remove battery (losing whatever is unsaved in RAM), bricking the phone (losing it, though maybe just until he has time to reinstall the OS) and finally is willing to fill the flat with mercury vapours (which is a major health hazard). [[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.136|141.101.104.136]] 11:32, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
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== Air Vent ==
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I am not so sure that metallic mercury is "extremely toxic"; of course, some mercury-containing compounds are. "Extremely expensive"? Yes, compared to what one usually throws into an air vent, but many metals are far more expensive per kg than mercury.
 
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[[User:Jkrstrt|Jkrstrt]] ([[User talk:Jkrstrt|talk]]) 15:15, 29 April 2015 (UTC) 
 
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:For sure, but in the amounts they would need it would be quite an expense, not to say heavy burden to get back home with. The vapours from the mercury would be flowing into the apartment from the vent and it is not something you wish to get inside. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 16:00, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
 
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Is having an air vent in your floor something common? o.o [[User:Pinkishu|Pinkishu]] ([[User talk:Pinkishu|talk]]) 09:28, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
 
Is having an air vent in your floor something common? o.o [[User:Pinkishu|Pinkishu]] ([[User talk:Pinkishu|talk]]) 09:28, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
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:And pouring mercury will dissolve some of the metals in the phone. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.94|141.101.104.94]] 10:01, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
 
:And pouring mercury will dissolve some of the metals in the phone. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.94|141.101.104.94]] 10:01, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
 
::Not necessarily if it actually floats on-top. But I'm questioning if a smartphone lies flat on a surface, would the mercury then actually get beneath it? I would not be surprised if it would make it stick to this surface. Of course if you put the phone on top of a pool of mercury, it would not think. Not much would! But this is a different story. Hopefully they just move out instead ;-) Or maybe get really awake and start to think. Will add this last part to the explain --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 10:21, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
 
::Not necessarily if it actually floats on-top. But I'm questioning if a smartphone lies flat on a surface, would the mercury then actually get beneath it? I would not be surprised if it would make it stick to this surface. Of course if you put the phone on top of a pool of mercury, it would not think. Not much would! But this is a different story. Hopefully they just move out instead ;-) Or maybe get really awake and start to think. Will add this last part to the explain --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 10:21, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
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:::I think that long before mercury (significantly) disolves metal in the phone, it would already have shorted out various bare metalic wires (as per water, only better).  The question is whether the miniscus effect of the mercury allows the mercury to enter the casing quite as easily as water.
 
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:::As to the possibility of a flat phone being held down by the mercury you pour over it, I think that's unlikely.  Maybe a limpet-like (flanged outwards) case flush to a flat surface could exclude the liquid metal from getting under the edges of the phone to allow a suction effect to counteract buoyancy, but that's not a common shape for phone cases which are rarely even sharp-edged perpendicularly to the faces.  Mercurial pressure would end up edging under the more realistic curved edges and remove any residual 'stiction'.
 
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:::(I also read the "make this situation better not worse" as a continuation of the former text, not a response by the other speaker.  It's a common meme for a single person to suggest a monomaniacal plan of action with escalatingly ridiculousness, and then to cap it off with "And I see absolutely ''no'' problems with that..." whilst forgoing traditional emoticon indicators of humour, to continue the 'deadpan serious' tone.)[[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.186|141.101.98.186]] 16:43, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
 
  
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I think [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forced-air "Forced-air Central Heating"] is a better explanation for Hairy's vent than [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underfloor_air_distribution "Underfloor air distribution"]. Forced-air heat/cooling is very common in the US, and the Wikipedia entry has a good picture of a floor vent. --[[Special:Contributions/199.27.128.211|199.27.128.211]] 16:41, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
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== Noise and battery ==
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Just open the vent!  [[Special:Contributions/173.245.50.64|173.245.50.64]] 23:39, 25 September 2015 (UTC)
 
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I remember that the explanation included a bit about how it was fortunate that they did not attempt to detonate a nuclear bomb and use its EMP to disable the phone. Not related to the comic, but I thought it was funny. I'm adding it back in. [[User:R3TRI8UTI0N|R3TRI8UTI0N]] ([[User talk:R3TRI8UTI0N|talk]]) 00:52, 31 March 2023 (UTC)
 
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How much effective are today's phones in making noise? If they use the same circuits as for playing music (which I suspect most do), I don't think they will be able to do it for weeks, even in airplane mode ... -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 11:30, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
 
How much effective are today's phones in making noise? If they use the same circuits as for playing music (which I suspect most do), I don't think they will be able to do it for weeks, even in airplane mode ... -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 11:30, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
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There are a couple spelling mistakes.  'hos' in the first sentence, 'cold' instead of 'could'.  Probably more.
 
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Instead of correcting the spelling, I was wondering about the tone of the explanation.  Specifically, shouldn't this be written in a more neutral tone without the side commentary? 
 
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Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the contribution.  Just curious.
 
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[[Special:Contributions/108.162.221.101|108.162.221.101]] 11:36, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
 
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:Please just correct spelling if you find errors. Not everyone who contributes are native English speakers. So bear with them and help by just correcting spelling and grammar. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 13:37, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
 
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"Quiet please make it stop" - Mass Effect 2 Overlord DLC [[Special:Contributions/172.70.251.16|172.70.251.16]] 15:22, 7 October 2022 (UTC)
 
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At least on my IPhone, alarms automatically stop playing sound after like 5 minutes [[User:Firestar233|Firestar233]] ([[User talk:Firestar233|talk]]) 19:33, 16 June 2023 (UTC)
 
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As far as I can work out, on iPhone, alarms stop after 15 minutes for 90 seconds, then start again (this cycle continues indefinitely). I don't know about other phones - they might stop for good after a certain amount of time, or they might just continue continuously until they are stopped by something. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.74.119|162.158.74.119]] 01:12, 9 December 2023 (UTC)
 
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:I have my 'dumbphone' set with several alarms (five minute intervals, quarter past the hour to half past, different tones. If I totally ignore one (or more) without acknowledging/snoozing it, it'll go for about two minutes (while I'm busy elsewhere in the house, not realising that it's vibrating away on the table I charge it on) and then recur about six minutes after the original time anyway. Meaning that when I finally realise that I've got my sequence of alarms going, I'll frequently cancel one alarm in the sequence and then (within a minute) have to cancel a second, and maybe even a third a minute or so after that. (Never timed it, but this would be consistent.)
 
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:On my tablet(/smartphone, but never used as a phone) the one alarm I've bothered to set up on that [i]generally[/i] doesn't sound at all (when I reduce the volume of the device, I inevitably get it into Do Not Disturb mode) so often I'll discover the alarm (more or les concident with the final dumbphone alarm, but the clocks drift slightly) has happened and I've got a "Missed alarm" notification on the dropdown of the OS interface.
 
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:...yes, it sounds a strange setup to use (or ignore!), but it works for me. ;) [[Special:Contributions/162.158.74.49|162.158.74.49]] 18:56, 9 December 2023 (UTC)
 

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