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Talk:1481: API

2015-02-02T11:26:38Z

108.162.254.126: Those shouldn't be links.

It seems like the current explanation is completely wrong. The XML file with data and information about it's layout is just /X?HTML/.[[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.77|141.101.104.77]] 06:45, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

And title text is about leap seconds. Sorry, I don't have time to edit the explanation myself. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.77|141.101.104.77]] 06:47, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

My initial reading was that the "spatial arrangement" refered to the CSS file rather than to any in-text arrangement, though now I'm not quite sure. [[Special:Contributions/199.27.133.35|199.27.133.35]] 07:33, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

: Yep, I'm also for this CSS interpretation, but I'm not so doubtfully about it... :) [[Special:Contributions/188.114.101.18|188.114.101.18]] 07:57, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

I'll add that title text to my API docs. It's hillarious. :D [[User:Bentinata|Bentinata]] ([[User talk:Bentinata|talk]]) 07:35, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

Since when are TLS keys required for http://anything? Is this a mistake, or is it some subtle reference to embedded objects sometimes using https://? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.254.126|108.162.254.126]] 11:25, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

Talk:1481: API

2015-02-02T11:25:46Z

108.162.254.126:

Talk:979: Wisdom of the Ancients

2014-12-10T12:23:08Z

108.162.254.126: More proof: xkcd did not exist on May 23, 2003; broken <a> tags all over; the Last-Modified header yields the comic publication date.

"There was uh, a thing called a segfault that made my computer like, all blurry and stuff." '''[[User:Davidy22|Davidy22]]'''[[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>[talk]</tt>]] 06:58, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

That was one reason why [http://stackoverflow.com/ StackOverflow] came to life: main authors fed up with (mis)using forums for query & answer site --[[User:JakubNarebski|JakubNarebski]] ([[User talk:JakubNarebski|talk]]) 23:03, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

Just two googling steps brought me here:
http://www.mirrorsoferis.com/forum/thread05232003a.html
Relevant for "Trivia"? Even the year fits! [[Special:Contributions/108.162.230.89|108.162.230.89]] 11:28, 12 September 2014 (UTC)
:From the HTML source:
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:Cute theory, though. -[[Special:Contributions/108.162.254.126|108.162.254.126]] 12:23, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

439: Thinking Ahead

2014-02-20T19:42:32Z

108.162.254.126: /* Transcript */

{{comic
| number = 439
| date = June 20, 2008
| title = Thinking Ahead
| image = thinking ahead.png
| titletext = Did he just go crazy and jump out the window?
}}

==Explanation==
[[Cueball]] spots a woman while shopping. She is picking out produce, and quotes a line of dialogue from {{w|Firefly}} originally said by River Tam (Summer Glau): "My food is problematic." Cueball, also having seen Firefly, notices this, and wants to flirt with with her. But then Cueball's internal monologue kicks in and he starts panicking, wondering how he'd deal with starting a relationship with this woman when he's moving in the fall, as well as how things are going to work out with [[Megan]] should things work out with this girl. He panics, needs a way out and jumps out the window.

The title text refers to yet another Firefly line, this one said by Wash (Alan Tudyk): "Did he just go crazy and fall asleep?"

==Transcript==
:[My Problem: Thinking Ahead.]
:Cueball: She's cute.
:Woman: This food is problematic.
:Cueball: Oh man, she's quoting Firefly.
:Cueball: It's the perfect opening. But wait. I'm moving in the fall. If we hit it off, how will I deal with that?
:Cueball: I don't want to ask her to derail her plans. And with things unresolved with Megan, can I really commit enough to make that kind of decision?
:Cueball: Oh God.
:Cueball: Gotta get out.
:Cueball: The window.
:[Cueball jumping through a window]
:'''CRASH'''

==Trivia==
*[[Randall]] did mention the name Megan at his original transcript.

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