Talk:1690: Time-Tracking Software

2016-06-07T06:49:37Z

162.158.86.35:

Notice that the last successful helicopter prison escape was exactly two years ago.. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.86.35|162.158.86.35]] 06:49, 7 June 2016 (UTC)

I don't know how to interpret the "This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it." on the List of sexually active popes wiki page.
[[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.224|141.101.104.224]] 10:19, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
:They're asking you to become a pope, and be sexually active. Then you can get arrested, and do a helicopter prison escape to start the 'List of helicopter prison escapes involving sexually active popes.' {{unsigned ip|162.158.26.140}}
:It's because we can't know for sure if every single pope is secretly sexually active or if it's just limited to the ones caught red-handed. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.5|141.101.98.5]] 11:35, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
:Another interpretation: seduce the pope. --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.85.99|162.158.85.99]] 15:39, 6 June 2016 (UTC)

Those ''estimated'' percentages have a strangely high degree of precision, I'd think limiting them to whole number percentages would do. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.58|141.101.98.58]] 11:48, 6 June 2016 (UTC)

Replacing lightsabers in Star Wars movies may be a reference to this amusing video of the sword fight in The Princess Bride where swords are replaced with light sabers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYVQooRSlzg {{unsigned ip|173.245.52.69}}

The Jack and Diane remix with one line repeated may be a reference to svantana's brilliant re-do of a Human League number: http://svantana.bandcamp.com/track/you-were-workin-as-a-waitress-in-a-cocktail-bar [[Special:Contributions/108.162.245.109|108.162.245.109]] 13:31, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
**This is the greatest thing in the history of all remixes. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.54.49|173.245.54.49]] 03:01, 7 June 2016 (UTC)

Look what {{w|List of helicopter prison escapes involving sexually active popes|some loser tried to actually make}}, to no one's surprise..... [[User:Schiffy|Schiffy]] ([[User_talk:Schiffy|Speak to me]]|[[Special:Contributions/Schiffy|What I've done]]) 17:07, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
:Anyone took a copy before the page was deleted? {{unsigned ip|108.162.229.49}}
::I just took a look on the Wayback Machine, and unfortunately the first and only archive is after the deletion. If anyone knows of any other archive websites....-[[Special:Contributions/108.162.215.69|108.162.215.69]] 05:30, 7 June 2016 (UTC)

1663: Garden

2016-04-04T22:06:49Z

162.158.86.35: /* Trivia */ corrected year.

{{comic
| number = 1663
| date = April 4, 2016
| title = Garden
| image = garden.png 
| titletext = Relax.
}}
*'''Note''' this is an interactive comic. Go to xkcd to try it out.
*'''Post new images''' etc. in this page [[1663: Garden/Images]]!

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|And will be so for a long time...}}
This is this year's [[:Category:April fools' comics|April fools' comic]] in celebration of {{w|April Fools' Day}}. Due to technical problems (or to make fools of his fans?) the comic did not go live until Sunday evening (after midnight) so there was no Friday release, and this may be the Monday release instead of the planned comic (as to not take attention from this.) So in this way there were only two comics last week, the first time since xkcd went live on xkcd.com.

If you leave the lights on and wait (or relax) then the plants in your '''garden''' start to grow slowly. The plants appear one at a time slowly, but only a few of them actually grow. There is a large tree that does, but most other plants just appear. Some of the plants sway in the breeze.

Also animals and characters including [[Megan]], [[Ponytail]] and [[Cueball]] may appear. See examples here [[1663: Garden/Images]].

Every so often the image will refresh. You can change the number of lights, their position, direction, beam width and the color temperature from red to yellow to white to blue. How much this affects the growth is hard to say, but there seems to be some correlation.

If this comic is scientifically accurate, that correlation will be based on {{w|photosynthetically active radiation}}
===Functionality===
*The lamp(s)
**It can be moved and turned.
**The light's color can be changed from yellow to red and back to blue.
***Change is achieved by rotating the smaller dot around the selected light.
****The colours of light seem to range through Cyan to Yellow to Magenta, rather than Blue, Green and Red
**The light's focus can be altered to a narrow beam by dragging the triangle away from the bulb,
*The icons:
**By clicking the icon with a lamp and a + in the top right corner a new lamp is added.
***Up to two more lamps can be added for three in total.
***When there are three the icon becomes faded out.
**By clicking the large X icon something may be deleted
***When anything is selected the X becomes red. For instance when a lamp is selected.
***By clicking the icon the selected lamp can be deleted.
***The same can be done for any item appearing (growing or otherwise) by selecting the item and clicking the X.
****An item selected gets a red circle around it
***The X has the same effect as pushing the delete button on the keyboard.
***Some items (the large tree) can be deleted in minor parts taking a branch or a section with leaves off without deleting the entire tree.
*Saving images.
**The image as seen with the light, but without the lamps themselves and the two icons can be saved by right clicking in the image.
***At least for Edge, Firefox and Chrome, but not for all IE versions.
**The URL is dynamic, so one permalinks by copying the URL.
***See this [http://www.xkcd.com/#0d11a2c8-fa8f-11e5-8001-42010a8e000e example], which should result in the scenario
***Shown in this [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/7/7f/1663_garden_tree_turtle_birdbath.png screenshot].

==Transcript==
:[There is a web applet with up to three adjustable lights over a patch of dirt. Two buttons in the top right corner let you add another light, or remove objects. If you wait, something (a plant, an animal, ...) will grow.]

==Trivia==
On Friday, April 1st, 2016, the website [http://web.archive.org/web/20160401204749/https://xkcd.com/ began displaying] a message where "XKCD updates every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday" usually is:

The xkcd April 1st comic is currently experiencing technical
difficulties.
Please stand by!

The next day, the following message [http://web.archive.org/web/20160402144823/http://xkcd.com was displayed]:

The xkcd April 1st comic is currently experiencing technical
difficulties.
Status update: Please stand by.
Status update: This is fine. Everything is fine.
Status update: Everything is on fire.
Status update: Searching for calendar systems in which Saturday is April 1st.

On April 3rd, the message [http://web.archive.org/web/20160403234504/https://xkcd.com/ changed] to:

The Friday xkcd comic is currently experiencing technical difficulties
[Editor's note: Everything is on fire] and has been delayed until
Sunday night.

On April 4th, the message [http://web.archive.org/web/20160404185353/http://www.xkcd.com/#96d6515a-fa96-11e5-8001-42010a8e000f changed] to:
'''Protip:''' If you don't like how your garden is growing, you can click to
prune it.
You can copy the URL to share your garden. From other browsers, it
will be view-only.

{{comic discussion}}
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