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Talk:104: Find You

2014-05-02T02:09:15Z

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Why does the image show upside down?
[[User:Erenan|Erenan]] ([[User talk:Erenan|talk]]) 12:32, 1 August 2012 (EDT)
:No idea, I tried to upload a new version that shows right-side up on my computer and it is still upside down. --[[User:Jeff|Jeff]] ([[User talk:Jeff|talk]]) 12:52, 1 August 2012 (EDT)
::I've corrected it now. Had to resave the file and then upload again. --[[User:Jeff|Jeff]] ([[User talk:Jeff|talk]]) 12:54, 1 August 2012 (EDT)
Could this comic refer back to 98: Fall Apart?[[Special:Contributions/24.121.109.157|24.121.109.157]] 03:34, 15 April 2013 (UTC)
There is nothing in the text to indicate that the loved one is a 'she' (or a 'he' for that matter) [[Special:Contributions/108.162.225.128|108.162.225.128]] 02:09, 2 May 2014 (UTC)

1355: Airplane Message

2014-04-15T03:15:28Z

108.162.225.128: /* Trivia */

{{comic
| number = 1355
| date = April 14, 2014
| title = Airplane Message
| image = airplane_message.png
| titletext = PHARAOH IRY-HOR, FROM THE 3100s BC, IS THE FIRST HUMAN WHOSE NAME WE KNOW.
}}

==Explanation==
Large banners are sometimes flown behind airplanes to advertise a product or event to a large number of people. Here, [[Randall]] suggests replacing the ad with some interesting facts. This one would let people, who see the banner, learn something new and interesting about the world, rather than trying to sell them something. He presents two possible facts: {{w|Adriamycin}}, a cancer therapy, and {{w|Iry-Hor}}, the oldest human we know by name.

The {{w|chemotherapy}} drug {{w|doxorubicin}}, trade name Adriamycin, is based on a strain of the bacterium ''{{w|Streptomyces peucetius}}'', first isolated from a soil sample taken at {{w|Castel del Monte, Apulia|Castel del Monte}} in {{w|Andria}}, Italy.

As mentioned at the title text Iry-Hor was an ancient, {{w|Dynasty 0|predynastic}} pharaoh of ancient Egypt — no earlier documents exist today.

==Transcript==
:There is a plane with a banner behind
:Banner: Adriamycin, one of our most potent chemotherapy drugs, comes from the dirt from an Italian castle.

:My hobby: Breaking into airplane hangars and replacing the ads on their giant banners with cool facts.

==Trivia==
*This is one of several comics dealing with cancer and its treatment. [[Randall]]'s fiancée (now his wife) [http://blog.xkcd.com/2011/06/30/family-illness/ was diagnosed] with Stage III breast cancer in October of 2010, and it has been a [[:Category:Cancer|recurring topic]] ever since.
*This comic is part of the My Hobby [[:Category:My Hobby|recurring topic]]

{{comic discussion}}

[[Category:My Hobby]]
[[Category:Cancer]]

1355: Airplane Message

2014-04-15T03:14:29Z

108.162.225.128: /* Trivia */

{{comic
| number = 1355
| date = April 14, 2014
| title = Airplane Message
| image = airplane_message.png
| titletext = PHARAOH IRY-HOR, FROM THE 3100s BC, IS THE FIRST HUMAN WHOSE NAME WE KNOW.
}}

==Explanation==
Large banners are sometimes flown behind airplanes to advertise a product or event to a large number of people. Here, [[Randall]] suggests replacing the ad with some interesting facts. This one would let people, who see the banner, learn something new and interesting about the world, rather than trying to sell them something. He presents two possible facts: {{w|Adriamycin}}, a cancer therapy, and {{w|Iry-Hor}}, the oldest human we know by name.

The {{w|chemotherapy}} drug {{w|doxorubicin}}, trade name Adriamycin, is based on a strain of the bacterium ''{{w|Streptomyces peucetius}}'', first isolated from a soil sample taken at {{w|Castel del Monte, Apulia|Castel del Monte}} in {{w|Andria}}, Italy.

As mentioned at the title text Iry-Hor was an ancient, {{w|Dynasty 0|predynastic}} pharaoh of ancient Egypt — no earlier documents exist today.

==Transcript==
:There is a plane with a banner behind
:Banner: Adriamycin, one of our most potent chemotherapy drugs, comes from the dirt from an Italian castle.

:My hobby: Breaking into airplane hangars and replacing the ads on their giant banners with cool facts.

==Trivia==
*This is one of several comics dealing with cancer and its treatment. [[Randall]]'s fiancée (now his wife) [http://blog.xkcd.com/2011/06/30/family-illness/ was diagnosed] with Stage III breast cancer in October of 2010, and it has been a [[:Category:Cancer|recurring topic]] ever since.
*This comic is part of a recurring My Hobby [[:Category:My Hobby|recurring topic]]

{{comic discussion}}

[[Category:My Hobby]]
[[Category:Cancer]]

Talk:68: Five Thirty

2014-04-09T10:26:40Z

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Do we need to attempt to explain any of them? --[[User:Quicksilver|Quicksilver]] ([[User talk:Quicksilver|talk]]) 14:33, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
:Sure, the name of this site is explainxkcd.--[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 19:33, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
:: Well then this sort of thing merits an incomplete tag, not pages for which the grammar is slightly off! There should be a tag for explanations that do not explain enough (Incomplete) that is separate from that for copy-edits and such. Blow me if many pages marked Incomplete are far more complete than this one. --[[User:Quicksilver|Quicksilver]] ([[User talk:Quicksilver|talk]]) 21:39, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
Here's my attempt at a partial explanation: I always thought panel 10 (if you read it left to right, top to bottom) was making a joke on how both of the things said were irrational, "My hair is bleeding" for the obvious reasons, and "√3" as it's an irrational number. Panel 9 could be the guy's friend trying to cut his hair with bullets because it's more "manly" than going to the barber. [[User:RoseEmanuel|RoseEmanuel]] ([[User talk:RoseEmanuel|talk]])

Just pointing out that when discussing the eighth (as well as the second, fifth, and eleventh) panel, it makes no diference whether you'r reading left to right or right to left (as long as your going side to side, top to bottom). if going top to bottom, side to side, this is true for the fifth through eighth panels.[[Special:Contributions/108.162.249.114|108.162.249.114]]

Is it just me or couldn't the title "Comics from 5:30" also be deemed a panel (considering it's boxed in)? In which case I really have no idea what Mr Munroe's preferences are... [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.163|141.101.98.163]]

Does Mr.Munroe (or Dr.Munroe?) ever watch this? I bet he's smiling at his own genius (well deserved, of course) of making his fans quarrel over the random ideas he had. Just like black hat. (I do want to conspire and say he has an account with a pseudonym just to throw us off, if we ever came close to the truth. )
And yes, I do wear tin foil hats too. Duh! /s [[Special:Contributions/173.245.55.67|173.245.55.67]] 21:22, 8 April 2014 (UTC)BK201

The first stick figure in Panel #5 seems to have three arms --gg109 [[Special:Contributions/108.162.225.128|108.162.225.128]] 10:26, 9 April 2014 (UTC)