https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=172.69.34.129 2026-06-25T16:40:44Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.30.0 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=3029:_Sun_Avoidance&diff=360413 2024-12-27T19:55:12Z

<p>172.69.34.129: /* Explanation */ LLM AI SLOP has more explanatory value in its little finger than humans have</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 3029<br /> | date = December 25, 2024<br /> | title = Sun Avoidance<br /> | image = sun_avoidance_2x.png<br /> | imagesize = 311x403px<br /> | noexpand = true<br /> | titletext = C'mon, ESA Solar Orbiter team, just give the Parker probe a LITTLE nudge at aphelion. Crash it into the sun. Fulfill the dream of Icarus. It is your destiny.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Created by a SANTA BOT FLYING TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN (SKILL ISSUE). Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> The comic humorously ranks space missions based on their ability to &quot;avoid&quot; the Sun, presenting it as a &quot;Sun Avoidance Skill Leaderboard.&quot; Most space missions remain relatively far from the Sun, with distances in the tens of millions of kilometers. However, the {{w|Parker Solar Probe}} is listed at the bottom of the leaderboard because it has come significantly closer to the Sun than any other spacecraft, at just 6.17 million kilometers. The joke lies in framing this incredible scientific achievement as a &quot;failure&quot; in avoiding the Sun.<br /> <br /> The missions listed include notable solar and planetary exploration spacecraft like {{w|Mariner 10}}, {{w|Helios 1}}, {{w|BepiColombo}}, {{w|MESSENGER}}, and {{w|Solar Orbiter}}. These missions, designed to study the Sun or its surroundings, are ranked by their closest approaches to the Sun. The comic highlights the vast difference between the Parker Solar Probe and all other missions, emphasizing its unprecedented proximity to the Sun as part of its mission to study the solar corona and solar wind.<br /> <br /> The inclusion of &quot;All Other Expeditions in Human History&quot; at the top of the leaderboard adds to the humor by lumping together all non-Sun-focused missions, which obviously maintain much greater distances from the Sun. The comic concludes with a sarcastic congratulation to the Parker Solar Probe for its &quot;worst job avoiding the Sun,&quot; humorously subverting the intention and achievement of the mission.<br /> <br /> The title text further expands on the joke by mockingly framing the Parker Solar Probe's proximity to the Sun as a skill-based failure. It suggests that its operators have demonstrated the &quot;worst Sun avoidance skill&quot; ever. This playful jab contrasts with the reality that the Parker Solar Probe's engineers and scientists intentionally designed the spacecraft to approach the Sun closer than ever before, enduring extreme heat and radiation to gather groundbreaking scientific data.<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[A table is shown with three columns, all with underlined headers. Above these there is a header for the entire table.]<br /> :Sun Avoidance Skill Leaderboard<br /> :&lt;u&gt;Rank&lt;/u&gt; &lt;u&gt;Mission&lt;/u&gt; &lt;u&gt;Sun Nearest Miss&lt;/u&gt;<br /> <br /> :[The top of the table is not filled out regularly. It starts with giving the first number in the first column. But then instead of text in the next two columns there is a pair of large square brackets that covers about four lines with text in between that do not align with the table lines. In the first column beneath the first number along the bracket to the right there are three vertical, three horizontal and three vertical ellipses to indicate that the large bracket covers more than just the 4 first lines. At the bottom of the bracket the first visible digit of a larger number is shown. It is clearly cut of so the first number is partly outside the left frame edge. After the bracket ends, the next seven lines are normal tekst in all three columns. The numbers continues to increase from the first at the bottom of the bracket, but as for that number the first columns number is always cut partly off across the first visible digit to the left. The first digit can be read though, and in one of the middle lines, one more significant digit is partly visible at the front of the number due to non-proportional spacing, this new number itself being cut off instead of the now fully visible digit partly visible in the other rows]<br /> :1.<br /> :⋮ <br /> :…&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;[All other expeditions in human history]<br /> :⋮ <br /> :4303857.<br /> :4303858.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Mariner-10&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;69.0 million km <br /> :4303859.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Helios 1&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;46.4 million km<br /> :4303860.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;BepiColombo&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;45.8 million km<br /> :24303861.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Messenger&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;45.3 million km<br /> :4303862.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Solar Orbiter&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;43.8 million km<br /> :4303863.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Helios 2&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;43.3 million km<br /> :4303864.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Parker&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;6.17 million km<br /> <br /> :[Caption below the panel:]<br /> :Congratulations to the Parker Solar Probe for setting a new record for &quot;Worst Job Avoiding the Sun.&quot;<br /> <br /> ==Trivia==<br /> *This comic was released on Christmas Day of 2024, but makes no reference to Christmas. <br /> **This year marks the first time in xkcd's 20 year history (of releasing comics around Christmas), that there have been no [[:Category:Christmas|Christmas comics]] released during those days. <br /> **Also all nine times before this year, when a release day fell on Christmas Day, that comic has always been about Christmas.<br /> *If [[Randall]] found the accomplishments of the Parker Solar Probe more interesting than Christmas itself that might explain why this comic was released on Christmas Day instead. <br /> **It is not the first space exploration accomplishment mentioned during Christmas, however, in the previous case [[2559: December 25th Launch]] from 2021, the comic was give seasonal spin. &lt;!-- consider links, e.g. to James Webb Advent Calendar? NO not relevant as it was released on December 3rd. But I just added the 2559: December 25th Launch which was just such a case like this one. --Kynde--&gt;<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Space probes]]</div>

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172.69.34.129 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2046:_Trum-&diff=350317 2024-09-11T15:35:01Z

<p>172.69.34.129: </p> <hr /> <div>&lt;!--Please sign your posts with ~~~~ and don't delete this text. New comments should be added at the bottom.--&gt;<br /> <br /> This is not that weird. If names were random then it would be a 1 in 26^4 = 456976 chance of a particular president matching another for the first 4, but this is a &quot;Birthday Problem&quot; with 44 presidents, so the probability of any two presidents sharing the first 4 characters is 1-(456976!/(456976^44 (456976 - 44)!)), which wolfram alpha is giving as 0.206% {{unsigned ip|141.101.99.185}}<br /> :Yes, but we already &quot;fulfilled our obligation&quot; after the sixth president :) [[User:Zachweix|Zachweix]] ([[User talk:Zachweix|talk]]) 15:59, 14 September 2018 (UTC)<br /> :That would be the lower boundary, because you assume all letters are equally likely to occur. Some n-grams will have a higher probability than others. E.g. it is far less likely for the second letter to be a Q than to be a U,so a better estimate would involve Markov chains including the probability of all letters on a certain position, given the previous letters etc.[[Special:Contributions/141.101.76.58|141.101.76.58]] 05:46, 15 September 2018 (UTC)<br /> ::Q doesn't work because he's related to his father John Adams. The criteria that they be totally unrelated is to restore it to the realm of pure chance. [[User:N0lqu|-boB]] ([[User talk:N0lqu|talk]]) 17:24, 14 September 2018 (UTC)<br /> An approximation to the correct probability would be to do 44^2/(2 x 26^4) which would give about 0.2% chance of this happening. So fairly weird, but as the comic suggests, many things about this presidency are weirder than 0.2%. {{unsigned ip|162.158.155.194}}<br /> :I love that we are now having a mathematical discussion about how weird things are in the presidency. [[User:Zachweix|Zachweix]] ([[User talk:Zachweix|talk]]) 15:58, 14 September 2018 (UTC)<br /> <br /> Should we mention Andrew Johnson and LBJ, perhaps in a &quot;Trivia&quot; section? Obviously Johnson is a very common surname, but they're still unrelated presidents that share the first (and only) 7 characters of their last name. (Are there other pairs of presidents that share at least the 3 first letters of their surnames besides AJ/LBJ and HST/DJT?)<br /> [[Special:Contributions/172.69.62.160|172.69.62.160]] 16:25, 14 September 2018 (UTC)<br /> :They ARE related, distantly. https://www.geni.com/path/Lyndon-B-Johnson-36th-President-of-the-United-States+is+related+to+Andrew-Johnson-17th-President-of-the-USA?from=6000000002045454764&amp;to=361204095530004567 [[User:SDSpivey|SDSpivey]] ([[User talk:SDSpivey|talk]]) 19:18, 14 September 2018 (UTC)<br /> ::I think 28 degrees of separation is distant enough to consider them unrelated. [[User:N0lqu|-boB]] ([[User talk:N0lqu|talk]]) 20:01, 14 September 2018 (UTC)<br /> ::No, they are not related. It says &quot;Andrew Johnson, 17th President of the USA is Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President of the United States' fifth cousin 10 times removed's 6th great nephew!&quot; In other words, Andrew Johnson and Lyndon Johnson are both related to Lyndon Johnson's fifth cousin 10 times removed, but they are not related to each other. They do not share a common ancestor. Saying that Andrew Johnson and Lyndon Johnson are related is like saying that your parents are related to each other because both of them are related to you (your mother is your father's child's mother).[[Special:Contributions/173.245.48.171|173.245.48.171]] 05:33, 18 September 2018 (UTC)<br /> ...And, upon reflection, I just realized Harding shares the first 3 letters with the Presidents Harrison, so that's one(?) more example. {{unsigned ip|162.158.186.246}}<br /> <br /> So we discount Presidents Adams, Bush, Cleveland, Harrison and Rosevelt as being related, or being the same person. <br /> We have the following common starts: Bu (3 names), Cl, Ha (3 names), Ta, Har, Trum and Johnson. Also A, B, C, F, G, H, J, M, P, R, T and W. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.154.241|162.158.154.241]] 16:49, 14 September 2018 (UTC)<br /> <br /> If you count Buren as opposed to Van Buren then you have 4 starting Bu and 2 starting Bur [[Special:Contributions/162.158.155.146|162.158.155.146]] 16:52, 14 September 2018 (UTC)<br /> <br /> Tyler and Taylor is weirdly close, in a &quot;look elsewhere effect&quot; kind of way. Although the fact that you elected a president whose name means &quot;fart&quot; in British English has got to be weirder. {{unsigned ip|162.158.155.158}}<br /> <br /> What about Benjamin FrankClinton? [[User:VanityCase|VanityCase]]<br /> <br /> '''Shouting about Trump'''<br /> <br /> I'm really with you... But an explanation has to be done politely. This Wiki focuses on explaining the comic, any personal opinions should be considered carefully. And I admit that I also cannot easily withstand. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 20:25, 14 September 2018 (UTC)<br /> <br /> Only 39 unique names for 45 presidencies (44 presidents).<br /> Over a third (14/39) of the names end with the letter N. [[User:Patmiller|Patmiller]] ([[User talk:Patmiller|talk]]) 20:36, 14 September 2018 (UTC)<br /> <br /> Is this factoid worth adding to the trivia section? Trump is the only president whose entire last name is needed for disambiguation. In other words, except for identical last names, every other president can be identified with just some of the first letters of the last name (some needing only the single first letter, and even Truman, the next “worst” case, needing only Truma to disambiguate from Trump.[[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.214|108.162.219.214]] 03:49, 16 September 2018 (UTC)<br /> <br /> Interestingly, both TRUM* presidents were fond of the phrase &quot;son-of-a-b****&quot; (Truman used it to describe Oppenheimer). {{unsigned ip|172.68.189.19}}<br /> :Nonsense! And please sign your comments. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 19:56, 18 September 2018 (UTC)<br /> <br /> I hope you don't mind, I don't feel like &quot;Mr Trump has some scandals&quot; really explains why he's unusual. Lots of politicians have scandals and I don't think listing that fact really captures what makes him weird as a president so I added a couple of facts that help better explain what makes him weird. {{unsigned ip|108.162.238.161}}<br /> :Your feelings are irrelevant. And how weird he really is we can't judge... --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 21:45, 19 November 2018 (UTC)<br /> ::But you're missing my argument. Scandals aren't what makes him weird. He's weird for lots of reasons but not that. We can improve upon the explanation using neutral facts that better explain why he's unusual. You're being obstructionist.<br /> <br /> When Cueball says &quot;True&quot; at the end, this also begins with three of the same letters, and sounds like the beginning of the name &quot;Truman&quot;. I feel that this adds to the humour and was probably done on purpose by the creator. [[User:Whyohwhyohwhy|Whyohwhyohwhy]] ([[User talk:Whyohwhyohwhy|talk]]) 14:09, 23 October 2022 (UTC)<br /> <br /> If Harris is elected in 2024, there will be a 6-letter prefix used in two last names of presidents: H-A-R-R-I-S - Kamala Harris and Benjamin Harrison. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.34.129|172.69.34.129]] 15:35, 11 September 2024 (UTC)</div>

172.69.34.129 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2969:_Vice_President_First_Names&diff=348295 2024-08-07T16:43:15Z

<p>172.69.34.129: /* Explanation */ links</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 2969<br /> | date = August 7, 2024<br /> | title = Vice President First Names<br /> | image = vice_president_first_names_2x.png<br /> | imagesize = 364x556px<br /> | noexpand = true<br /> | titletext = [Political pundit on the ScrabbleTV News channel] &quot;After four years of defying orthographic pressure, Joe ceded the top of the ticket to Kamala, who--after considering Josh, Mark, Andy, Roy, and Pete--picked Tim.&quot;<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Created by a BOT WITH A SHORT NAME - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> Randall implies that having an American {{w|Vice President of the United States|Vice President}} with a short first name is some sort of electoral precedent that was established in the 80s.<br /> <br /> This commonly takes the form of using the shortened form of their first name (as with Joseph Robinette 'Joe' Biden). Politicians can also use a more casual name by employing their middle name (as with {{w|Mitt Romney|Willard Mitt Romney}}). Even when they're not shortened to four or fewer letters, names can be made more casual in other ways (as with {{w|Bernie Sanders|Bernard 'Bernie' Sanders}}). As well, some politicians were commonly called by short nicknames even if they did not run under those names (Dwight 'Ike' Eisenhower).<br /> <br /> As the 2024 election had not yet been run when this comic was made, both the Republican and Democratic tickets are present for 2024. Either party winning would still confirm the theory. <br /> <br /> This comic was published one day after {{w|Kamala Harris}} (who replaced Biden as presidential candidate) chose {{w|Tim Walz}} as her running mate for the {{w|2024 United States presidential election|2024 presidential election}}.<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable&quot;<br /> |+ Presidential Ticket Names<br /> ! Year !! President !! Vice-President<br /> |-<br /> | 2024 || Donald ({{w|Donald Trump|Trump}}‎)&lt;br /&gt;Kamala ({{w|Kamala Harris|Harris}}) || '''JD''' (''James David'' {{w|JD Vance|Vance}}, né James Donald Bowman)‎&lt;br /&gt;'''Tim''' (''Timothy'' {{w|Tim Walz|Walz}})<br /> |-<br /> | 2020 || '''Joe''' (''Joseph'' Robinette {{w|Joe Biden|Biden}} Jr.) || Kamala (Harris)<br /> |-<br /> | 2016 || Donald (Trump)‎ || '''Mike''' (''Michael'' {{w|Mike Pence|Pence}})<br /> |-<br /> | 2012&lt;br /&gt;2008 || Barack ({{w|Barack Obama|Obama}} II)‎ || '''Joe''' (''Joseph'' Robinette Biden, Jr.)<br /> |-<br /> | 2004&lt;br /&gt;2000 || George (Walker {{w|George W. Bush|Bush}}) || '''Dick''' (''Richard'' {{w|Dick Cheney|Cheney}})<br /> |-<br /> | 1996&lt;br /&gt;1992 || '''Bill''' (''William'' {{w|Bill Clinton|Clinton}}, né W. J. Blythe III) || '''Al''' (''Albert'' {{w|Al Gore|Gore}} Jr.)<br /> |-<br /> | 1988 || George (Herbert Walker {{w|George H. W. Bush|Bush}})‎ || '''Dan''' (James ''Danforth'' {{w|Dan Quayle|Quayle}} )<br /> |-<br /> | 1984&lt;br /&gt;1980 || Ronald ({{w|Ronald Reagan|Reagan}})‎ || George (Herbert Walker Bush)<br /> |-<br /> | 1976 || ‎Jimmy (''James'' {{w|Jimmy Carter|Carter}} Jr.) || Walter ({{w|Walter Mondale|Mondale}})<br /> |-style=&quot;background-color:lightgray&quot;<br /> | 1974 || ‎Gerald (Rudolph {{w|Gerald Ford|Ford}} Jr, né Leslie Lynch King Jr.) || Nelson ({{w|Nelson Rockefeller|Rockefeller}})*<br /> |-style=&quot;background-color:lightgray&quot;<br /> | 1973 || ‎Richard ({{w|Richard Nixon|Nixon}}) || Gerald (Rudolph Ford Jr.)*<br /> |-<br /> | 1972&lt;br /&gt;1968 || ‎Richard (Nixon) || Spiro ({{w|Spiro Agnew|Agnew}})<br /> |-<br /> | 1964 || Lyndon (Baines {{w|Lyndon B. Johnson|Johnson}}) || Hubert ({{w|Hubert Humphrey|Humphrey}} Jr.)<br /> |-style=&quot;background-color:lightgray&quot;<br /> | 1963 || Lyndon (Baines Johnson)† || ''vacant''<br /> |-<br /> | 1960 || '''John''' (Fitzgerald {{w|John F. Kennedy|Kennedy}}) || Lyndon (Baines Johnson)<br /> |-<br /> | 1956&lt;br /&gt;1952 || Dwight (David {{w|Dwight D. Eisenhower|Eisenhower}}, né David Dwight Eisenhower) || Richard (Nixon)<br /> |}<br /> <br /> :Darkened rows show transitions not made via an {{w|List of United States major party presidential tickets|electoral 'ticket'}}.<br /> ::''* Replacements made in response to political scandal''<br /> ::''† Accession to Presidency due to assassination, VP position left unfilled until next election (not shown in comic)''<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> {{incomplete transcript|Tables are bad? Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> :[A table is shown in a panel. Names of &quot;Four letters or fewer&quot; are shown in the comic on a yellow background (bolded in the table below).]<br /> :{| class=&quot;wikitable&quot;<br /> ! !! President !! VP<br /> |-<br /> | 2024 ||? Kamala&lt;br /&gt;? Donald || '''Tim ?&lt;br /&gt;JD ?'''<br /> |-<br /> | 2020 || '''Joe''' || Kamala<br /> |-<br /> | 2016 || Donald‎ || '''Mike'''<br /> |-<br /> | 2008 || Barack‎ || '''Joe'''<br /> |-<br /> | 2000 || George || '''Dick'''<br /> |-<br /> | 1992 || '''Bill''' || '''Al'''<br /> |-<br /> | 1988 || George || '''Dan'''<br /> |-<br /> | 1980 || Ronald‎ || George<br /> |-<br /> | 1976 || ‎Jimmy || Walter<br /> |-<br /> | 1974 || ‎Gerald || Nelson<br /> |-<br /> | 1973 || ‎Richard || Gerald<br /> |-<br /> | 1968 || ‎Richard || Spiro<br /> |-<br /> | 1964 || Lyndon || Hubert<br /> |-<br /> | 1960 || '''John''' || Lyndon<br /> |-<br /> | 1952 || Dwight || Richard<br /> |}<br /> <br /> :[Caption below the panel:]<br /> :Since the 1980s, a political consensus has emerged: vice presidents should have short first names.<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Comics with color]]<br /> [[Category:Politics]]<br /> [[Category:Elections]]<br /> [[Category:Comics featuring politicians]]</div>

172.69.34.129 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2969:_Vice_President_First_Names&diff=348288 2024-08-07T16:38:54Z

<p>172.69.34.129: /* Explanation */ fix</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 2969<br /> | date = August 7, 2024<br /> | title = Vice President First Names<br /> | image = vice_president_first_names_2x.png<br /> | imagesize = 364x556px<br /> | noexpand = true<br /> | titletext = [Political pundit on the ScrabbleTV News channel] &quot;After four years of defying orthographic pressure, Joe ceded the top of the ticket to Kamala, who--after considering Josh, Mark, Andy, Roy, and Pete--picked Tim.&quot;<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Created by a BOT WITH A SHORT NAME - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> Randall implies that having an American {{w|Vice President of the United States|Vice President}} with a short first name is some sort of electoral precedent that was established in the 80s.<br /> <br /> This commonly takes the form of using the shortened form of their first name (as with Joseph Robinette 'Joe' Biden). Politicians can also use a more casual name by employing their middle name (as with Willard Mitt Romney). Even when they're not shortened to four or fewer letters, names can be made more casual in other ways (as with Bernard 'Bernie' Sanders). As well, some politicians were commonly called by short nicknames even if they did not run under those names (Dwight 'Ike' Eisenhower).<br /> <br /> As the 2024 election had not yet been run when this comic was made, both the Republican and Democratic tickets are present for 2024. Either party winning would still confirm the theory. <br /> <br /> This comic was published one day after {{w|Kamala Harris}} (who replaced Biden as presidential candidate) chose {{w|Tim Walz}} as her running mate for the {{w|2024 United States presidential election|2024 presidential election}}.<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable&quot;<br /> |+ Presidential Ticket Names<br /> ! Year !! President !! Vice-President<br /> |-<br /> | 2024 || Donald ({{w|Donald Trump|Trump}}‎)&lt;br /&gt;Kamala ({{w|Kamala Harris|Harris}}) || '''JD''' (''James David'' {{w|JD Vance|Vance}}, né James Donald Bowman)‎&lt;br /&gt;'''Tim''' (''Timothy'' {{w|Tim Walz|Walz}})<br /> |-<br /> | 2020 || '''Joe''' (''Joseph'' Robinette {{w|Joe Biden|Biden}} Jr.) || Kamala (Harris)<br /> |-<br /> | 2016 || Donald (Trump)‎ || '''Mike''' (''Michael'' {{w|Mike Pence|Pence}})<br /> |-<br /> | 2012&lt;br /&gt;2008 || Barack ({{w|Barack Obama|Obama}} II)‎ || '''Joe''' (''Joseph'' Robinette Biden, Jr.)<br /> |-<br /> | 2004&lt;br /&gt;2000 || George (Walker {{w|George W. Bush|Bush}}) || '''Dick''' (''Richard'' Bruce {{w|Dick Cheney|Cheney}})<br /> |-<br /> | 1996&lt;br /&gt;1992 || '''Bill''' (''William'' Jefferson {{w|Bill Clinton|Clinton}}, né W. J. Blythe III) || '''Al''' (''Albert'' Arnold {{w|Al Gore|Gore}} Jr.)<br /> |-<br /> | 1988 || George (Herbert Walker {{w|George H. W. Bush|Bush}})‎ || '''Dan''' (James ''Danforth'' {{w|Dan Quayle|Quayle}} )<br /> |-<br /> | 1984&lt;br /&gt;1980 || Ronald (Wilson {{w|Ronald Reagan|Reagan}})‎ || George (Herbert Walker Bush)<br /> |-<br /> | 1976 || ‎Jimmy (''James'' Earl {{w|Jimmy Carter|Carter}} Jr.) || Walter (Frederick &quot;Fritz&quot; {{w|Walter Mondale|Mondale}})<br /> |-style=&quot;background-color:lightgray&quot;<br /> | 1974 || ‎Gerald (Rudolph {{w|Gerald Ford|Ford}} Jr, né Leslie Lynch King Jr.) || Nelson (Aldrich {{w|Nelson Rockefeller|Rockefeller}})*<br /> |-style=&quot;background-color:lightgray&quot;<br /> | 1973 || ‎Richard (Milhous {{w|Richard Nixon|Nixon}}) || Gerald (Rudolph Ford Jr.)*<br /> |-<br /> | 1972&lt;br /&gt;1968 || ‎Richard (Milhous Nixon) || Spiro (Theodore {{w|Spiro Agnew|Agnew}})<br /> |-<br /> | 1964 || Lyndon (Baines {{w|Lyndon B. Johnson|Johnson}}) || Hubert (Horatio {{w|Hubert Humphrey|Humphrey}} Jr.)<br /> |-style=&quot;background-color:lightgray&quot;<br /> | 1963 || Lyndon (Baines Johnson)† || ''vacant''<br /> |-<br /> | 1960 || '''John''' (Fitzgerald {{w|John F. Kennedy|Kennedy}}) || Lyndon (Baines Johnson)<br /> |-<br /> | 1956&lt;br /&gt;1952 || Dwight (David {{w|Dwight D. Eisenhower|Eisenhower}}, né David Dwight Eisenhower) || Richard (Milhous Nixon)<br /> |}<br /> <br /> :Darkened rows show transitions not made via an {{w|List of United States major party presidential tickets|electoral 'ticket'}}.<br /> ::''* Replacements made in response to political scandal''<br /> ::''† Accession to Presidency due to assasination, VP position left unfilled until next election (not shown in comic)''<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> {{incomplete transcript|Tables are bad? Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> :[A table is shown in a panel. Names of &quot;Four letters or fewer&quot; are shown in the comic on a yellow background (bolded in the table below).]<br /> :{| class=&quot;wikitable&quot;<br /> ! !! President !! VP<br /> |-<br /> | 2024 ||? Kamala&lt;br /&gt;? Donald || '''Tim ?&lt;br /&gt;JD ?'''<br /> |-<br /> | 2020 || '''Joe''' || Kamala<br /> |-<br /> | 2016 || Donald‎ || '''Mike'''<br /> |-<br /> | 2008 || Barack‎ || '''Joe'''<br /> |-<br /> | 2000 || George || '''Dick'''<br /> |-<br /> | 1992 || '''Bill''' || '''Al'''<br /> |-<br /> | 1988 || George || '''Dan'''<br /> |-<br /> | 1980 || Ronald‎ || George<br /> |-<br /> | 1976 || ‎Jimmy || Walter<br /> |-<br /> | 1974 || ‎Gerald || Nelson<br /> |-<br /> | 1973 || ‎Richard || Gerald<br /> |-<br /> | 1968 || ‎Richard || Spiro<br /> |-<br /> | 1964 || Lyndon || Hubert<br /> |-<br /> | 1960 || '''John''' || Lyndon<br /> |-<br /> | 1952 || Dwight || Richard<br /> |}<br /> <br /> :[Caption below the panel:]<br /> :Since the 1980s, a political consensus has emerged: vice presidents should have short first names.<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Comics with color]]<br /> [[Category:Politics]]<br /> [[Category:Elections]]<br /> [[Category:Comics featuring politicians]]</div>

172.69.34.129 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2963:_House_Inputs_and_Outputs&diff=347233 2024-07-25T17:29:52Z

<p>172.69.34.129: /* Explanation */ design and intention is that the driveway is usually connected to at least one route to sidewalks</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 2963<br /> | date = July 24, 2024<br /> | title = House Inputs and Outputs<br /> | image = house_inputs_and_outputs_2x.png<br /> | imagesize = 740x684px<br /> | noexpand = true<br /> | titletext = People think power over ethernet is so great, and yet when I try to do water over ethernet everyone yells at me.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Created by a possible reference to [[1037: Umwelt]] in panel 16 - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> This is another comic in a series depicting {{w|confusion matrix|confusion matrices}}, similar to [[2420: Appliances]], [[2813: What To Do]] and [[1890: What to Bring]]. It is arranged as a table of five columns of conduits to and from a house, by five rows of resources and people, each of which typically enter, exit or both enter ''and'' exit the house via a least one of the identified conduits. The table cells have a green background for compatible methods of transit and a red tint is used for the more problematic pairings. Each panel can be read as &quot;[row label] [entering and/or exiting] the house via the [column label]&quot;, for example, &quot;Fresh water entering the house via the well&quot;.<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable&quot; style=&quot;background-color: lightpink;&quot;<br /> ! !! Well !! Garage !! Power lines !! Front door !! Septic tank<br /> |-<br /> ! Fresh water (Input)<br /> |style=&quot;background-color: palegreen;&quot;| The purpose of a well is usually to pump fresh water into the home, primarily for drinking or washing. It may be unnecessary in many places if a reliable {{w|water supply network}} is available. || Long gone are the days of {{w|Labours_of_Hercules#Fifth:_Augean_stables|having to clean up after your primary mode of transportation}}, for most people. || Water either shouldn't, or cannot be carried through electrical lines. || Many people prefer to control the amount of water they get, and the water may damage things inside the house. || Most people don't want anything they drink to contain (or go through pipes that have contained) sewage.<br /> |-<br /> ! Cars (Input/Output)<br /> | Most cars manufactured in recent years can't fit inside a well.<br /> |style=&quot;background-color: palegreen;&quot;| Garages are in fact built for the storage of cars and other similarly-sized vehicles. Placing a car in one will both help protect it from the elements and make it easier to access from inside your own home. || As of yet, cars cannot be transferred through power lines and require roads to travel on. However, this could significantly reduce travel costs. || Most cars can’t fit through doors, apart from the garage door. || Comedian {{w|Garrison Keillor}}'s 2008 ''More News from Lake Wobegon'' includes a story where an old septic tank is discovered to actually be a buried car.[https://theseriouscomedysite.com/comedy-cd-or-download/garrison-keillor-more-news-from-lake-wobegon/]<br /> |-<br /> ! Electricity (Input)<br /> | This would contaminate your water supply. || In the United States, lightning is responsible for causing around 24,600 structure fires annually, resulting in $8 to $10 billion in losses. <br /> |style=&quot;background-color: palegreen;&quot;| Power lines are designed to facilitate the connection of individual homes to the broader local power network. Randall does not identify that electricity can also be an output: e.g. houses with solar panels regularly export electricity too. || {{w|Benjamin Franklin}} supposedly independently{{acn}} re-invented {{w|Prokop Diviš}}'s {{w|lightning rod}} to prevent lightning strike damage to structures. || As Knit Cap demonstrates, this would not be the most convenient idea.<br /> |-<br /> ! People (Input/Output)<br /> |style=&quot;background-color: lightpink&quot;| This cell depicts a view from inside a well, a very dangerous place for most people.{{Citation needed}} As a [[:Category:Comics with inverted brightness|dark scene]], it is drawn &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: black; color: lightpink;&quot;&gt;red-on-black&lt;/span&gt;. The motif resembles poster art for the 2002 horror movie remake ''{{w|The Ring (2002 film)|The Ring}}'', which involves a girl left to die in a well becoming a vengeful ghost (also referenced in [[396: The Ring]]).<br /> |style=&quot;background-color: palegreen;&quot;| A person can enter and exit their home through a garage door, provided the garage has an internal door to the rest of the home. Not the best way to welcome guests though. || Overhead power lines to homes are generally not strong enough to climb, and attempting to do so incurs a very serious risk of electrocution. <br /> |style=&quot;background-color: palegreen;&quot;| The front door of a home is designed for entry and exit of humans and similarly sized items. || In general, people find crawling through waste unwanted. Also, the septic tank is not connected to the street.<br /> |-<br /> ! Sewage (Output)<br /> | Sewage in drinking water can cause disease. It is/was the main cause for most {{w|cholera}} epedemics.<br /> |colspan=3| Sewage spills are smelly, disgusting, hard to clean, and can destroy carpets, floors, and drywall.<br /> |style=&quot;background-color: palegreen;&quot;| A {{w|septic tank}} is an underground chamber through which wastewater flows for basic {{w|sewage treatment}}.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> The title text references {{w|Power over Ethernet|power over ethernet (PoE)}}, first implemented in the early 2000s, which passes electric power along with data on twisted-pair Ethernet cabling. This is a welcome development, as it removes the need for many lower-power network-connected devices to have independent power supplies, usually simplifying their installation and relocation. While networked water delivery (&quot;running water&quot;) is also a welcome development, doing so over ethernet cables would be disastrous, risking the destruction of linked electronic devices (nearly all of which are water-intolerant) while not providing enough water for 'normal' use. Randall would get off easy if he were merely to be yelled at.<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> :[A 5x5 grid of squares. The columns are labeled: Well, Garage, Power lines, Front door, Septic tank. Each row's label has an arrow and a house next to it. The rows are: Fresh water (horizontal arrow towards house), Cars (two-directional horizontal arrow and house), Electricity (horizontal arrow into house), People (two-directional horizontal arrow and house), Sewage (vertical arrow out of bottom of house).]<br /> <br /> :Well, Fresh water: [green]<br /> ::Voice from house: Mmm! Refreshing!<br /> <br /> :Garage, Fresh water: [red]<br /> ::''Fwoosh''<br /> <br /> :Power lines, Fresh water: [red]<br /> <br /> :Front door, Fresh water: [red]<br /> ::Voice from house: Stop it!<br /> ::''Fwoosh!''<br /> <br /> :Septic tank, Fresh water: [red]<br /> ::Voice from house: Eww.<br /> <br /> :Well, Cars: [red]<br /> <br /> :Garage, Cars: [green]<br /> <br /> :Power lines, Cars: [red]<br /> <br /> :Front door, Cars: [red]<br /> ::Voice from car: Do you think I scratched the paint?<br /> <br /> :Septic tank, Cars: [red]<br /> <br /> :Well, Electricity: [red]<br /> ::Cueball's laptop: ⚠Low battery<br /> <br /> :Garage, Electricity: [red]<br /> ::''BOOM''<br /> <br /> :Power lines, Electricity: [green]<br /> <br /> :Front door, Electricity: [red]<br /> ::''BOOM''<br /> <br /> :Septic tank, Electricity: [red]<br /> ::Knit Cap: Why won't my console turn on?<br /> <br /> :Well, People: [red (and black)]<br /> <br /> :Garage, People: [green]<br /> ::Cueball: Bye!<br /> <br /> :Power lines, People: [red]<br /> ::Cueball: Bye!<br /> <br /> :Front door, People: [green]<br /> ::Cueball: Bye!<br /> <br /> :Septic tank, People: [red]<br /> ::Cueball: Bye!<br /> <br /> :Well, Sewage: [red]<br /> ::Voice from house: ''Why do I keep getting sick???<br /> <br /> :Garage, Sewage: [red]<br /> ::Cueball: Oh no.<br /> <br /> :Power lines, Sewage: [red]<br /> ::Cueball: Eww.<br /> <br /> :Front door, Sewage: [red]<br /> ::Cueball: Oh ''no''.<br /> <br /> :Septic tank, Sewage: [green]<br /> ::''Flush''<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Comics with color]]<br /> [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]<br /> [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]<br /> [[Category:Comics featuring Knit Cap]]<br /> [[Category:Confusion matrices]]<br /> [[Category:Multiple Cueballs]]<br /> [[Category:Charts]]</div>

172.69.34.129 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2950:_Situation&diff=345129 2024-06-26T20:46:31Z

<p>172.69.34.129: suggested an addition</p> <hr /> <div>&lt;!--Please sign your posts with ~~~~ and don't delete this text. New comments should be added at the bottom.--&gt;<br /> For reference, the bridge in question is the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. [[User:Trimeta|Trimeta]] ([[User talk:Trimeta|talk]]) 18:57, 24 June 2024 (UTC)<br /> :Noting that in all cases ''except'' the Tacoma Narrows, the design flaws were but a part of the issue, with operational decisions at the time playing a big part in the designed-in risks becoming reasons for an actual incident. The bridge could never have been &quot;run safely&quot;, once built, unlike trying to ignore bunker fires whilst speeding through iceberg-alley or conducting stress tests in parallel with other non-standard procedures or just not refusing to conduct flights under certain weather conditions. Yes, the other things, by skipping the 'bad end' they actually had, would still be susceptible to future incidents (lessons not now having been properly learnt, or even known to be learnable, so still liable to being mishandled).<br /> :But the only thing that could have saved the Tacoma bridge was to have been so much more alert (and less 'amused') by Galloping Gerti and immediately rushed into developing the better analytical models that could lead to an expensive in-situ retrofit (as with the Millenium Bridge, across the Thames, though that didn't have unavoidable wind issues and ''could'' be managed 'at leisure', whilst being made safer). And, without the rather spectacular demonstration of failure, it was probably not on the cards to 'not do nothing', even if it wasn't already too late to avert history in any reasonable way.<br /> :It's human hubris/failings (at various levels) in each case, of course. But operational and design-time errors do more damage in combination than either by themselves. (Case in point, no deaths from the bridge collapse... actually handled pretty well, considering.) [[Special:Contributions/172.70.162.186|172.70.162.186]] 22:00, 24 June 2024 (UTC)<br /> <br /> And for the record, the Challenger engineers *did* warn about the O-ring risk, but were overridden by management. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.35.95|172.68.35.95]] 19:25, 24 June 2024 (UTC)<br /> <br /> <br /> It would have been so easy to draw a dam about to burst just behind the ocean liner {{unsigned ip|172.70.43.54|20:22, 24 June 2024}}<br /> :Any particular dam-burst? There are many, but I'm not sure that we have an 'iconic' one... There's perhaps Taum Sauk, Vajont Dam, Brumadinho dam, El Cobre, Uttarakhand, Dale Dike Reservoir or Derna, picking a selection of notable ones. You couldn't count the deliberate Operation Chastise breaches or the (probably-)deliberate Kakhovka Dam one, nor all those 'nearly a disaster' ones (like Ulley and Toddbrook, two relatively recent concerns in the UK). [[Special:Contributions/172.70.162.186|172.70.162.186]] 22:00, 24 June 2024 (UTC)<br /> ::For whatever reason, the first thing that springs to my mind, is the flood scene from Team America World Police. [[User:ProphetZarquon|ProphetZarquon]] ([[User talk:ProphetZarquon|talk]]) 07:02, 25 June 2024 (UTC)<br /> ::Johnstown Flood is what came to mind, caused by the South Fork Dam is the most iconic US one, and long enough ago to joke about relative to more recent, larger ones [[Special:Contributions/162.158.159.140|162.158.159.140]] 16:52, 25 June 2024 (UTC)<br /> ::Also a huge molasses tank would have been a good reference to one of the worst non-water floods https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_non-water_floods [[Special:Contributions/172.70.43.140|172.70.43.140]] 17:07, 25 June 2024 (UTC)<br /> <br /> Winds caused by maintenance on a nuclear reactor... What? [[Special:Contributions/172.69.208.173|172.69.208.173]] 22:46, 24 June 2024 (UTC)<br /> :Yeah, this explanation text is reaching, hard. [[User:ProphetZarquon|ProphetZarquon]] ([[User talk:ProphetZarquon|talk]]) 07:00, 25 June 2024 (UTC)<br /> <br /> Calling what leaked from the O-ring 'fuel' somewhat understates the issue. The O-ring failure let the SRB rocket exhaust itself burn through and damage the attachment strut and the external tank. [[User:Dkfenger|Dkfenger]] ([[User talk:Dkfenger|talk]]) 23:11, 24 June 2024 (UTC) <br /> :But, rocket fuel can't melt metal struts! ;S [[User:ProphetZarquon|ProphetZarquon]] ([[User talk:ProphetZarquon|talk]]) 06:58, 25 June 2024 (UTC)<br /> ::But it can get it hot enough that it then rips apart, causing other failures. [[User:SDSpivey|SDSpivey]] ([[User talk:SDSpivey|talk]]) 15:09, 25 June 2024 (UTC) <br /> :::That was sarcasm, silly. ;P [[User:ProphetZarquon|ProphetZarquon]] ([[User talk:ProphetZarquon|talk]]) 18:38, 25 June 2024 (UTC)<br /> <br /> I can't help but think that the ship/bridge combination also refers to the Key Bridge collapse, given that MV ''Dali'' just left Baltimore today, passing through the wreckage of the Key Bridge and under a Chesapeake Bay Bridge temporarily closed to traffic. --[[Special:Contributions/172.71.222.92|172.71.222.92]] 03:01, 25 June 2024 (UTC)<br /> :Not shown: Ship electrical system with redundant buses, multiple breaker trips, and all bus ties closed. Not existent: Dolphins and breakers surrounding the piers of a fracture-critical bridge. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.175.84|172.70.175.84]] 03:52, 25 June 2024 (UTC)<br /> :Nothing in the comic implies anything about the Key Bridge. Coincidence of timing, at best. [[User:SDSpivey|SDSpivey]] ([[User talk:SDSpivey|talk]]) 15:09, 25 June 2024 (UTC)<br /> <br /> I feel like there's potential here, for a Rock-Paper-Scissors-Lizard-Spock kind of game, where each disaster can cause two others &amp; prevent two others. [[User:ProphetZarquon|ProphetZarquon]] ([[User talk:ProphetZarquon|talk]]) 07:07, 25 June 2024 (UTC)<br /> <br /> 50 comics until 3000! [[user talk:lettherebedarklight|youtu.be/miLcaqq2Zpk]] 04:06, 25 June 2024 (UTC)<br /> <br /> In the section labeled &quot;Hydrogen-filled [...] Airship [...]&quot;, should we remove the ellipses and show the entire label instead? Is there a good reason for not showing the full label? [[User:Ianrbibtitlht|Ianrbibtitlht]] ([[User talk:Ianrbibtitlht|talk]]) 15:02, 26 June 2024 (UTC)<br /> :I'm going to be bold and change this to the full label. [[User:Ianrbibtitlht|Ianrbibtitlht]] ([[User talk:Ianrbibtitlht|talk]]) 15:08, 26 June 2024 (UTC)<br /> <br /> I'm going to hazard a conjecture that the reactor kicked off the whole megadisaster when it exploded. The enormous blast from the explosion caused the bridge to collapse. It fell over on the airship and exploded it, and the ocean liner, without its trusty iceberg scout, sank (either on an iceberg or on one of the numerous pieces of wreckage from the bridge or airship). Feel free to use it if it seems plausible.</div>

172.69.34.129 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1862:_Particle_Properties&diff=343247 2024-05-30T04:21:05Z

<p>172.69.34.129: /* Explanation */ fix link</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1862<br /> | date = July 12, 2017<br /> | title = Particle Properties<br /> | image = particle_properties.png<br /> | titletext = Each particle also has a password which allows its properties to be changed, but the cosmic censorship hypothesis suggests we can never observe the password itself—only its secure hash.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> A table is presented comparing the range (maximum and minimum value) and scale (how big number increments are) of several measures. The table begins by listing properties pertinent to {{w|particle physics}} as the title suggests, but quickly devolves to other domains such as role-playing games (such as D&amp;D) and sports after failing to provide a good definition of {{w|Flavour (particle physics)|flavor}}.<br /> <br /> {| class=wikitable<br /> ! Property<br /> ! Scale<br /> ! Explanation<br /> |-<br /> | Electric charge<br /> | [-1,1]<br /> | The {{w|electric charge}} is shown in increments of a third from -1 to +1 which are the only known charges of fundamental particles (leptons, quarks and gauge bosons); however there are some exotic composite particles with twice integer charge, e.g. the recently discovered {{w|Ξcc++|double charmed Xi baryon}} with a charge of +2.<br /> <br /> Quarks are the only particles with charges of ± ⅓ or ± ⅔, but cannot exist individually; below the {{w|Hagedorn temperature}}, they are only found within hadrons. To date, all hadrons (particles composed of quarks), leptons, and bosons have integer charge, and current models indicate that this must be the case.<br /> |-<br /> | Mass<br /> | [0,∞) in kg<br /> | Mass (specifically {{w|rest mass}}) is the measure of an object or particle's resistance to force, as well as its ability to distort {{w|spacetime}} (its gravitational attraction).<br /> Theoretically, any object's mass could approach infinity, but mass cannot be below 0 (as far as {{w|Negative mass|we know}}). The mass units shown (kilograms) are, however, far too large for particles. Some particles, such as photons, have zero rest mass and are therefore massless.<br /> <br /> All particles with rest mass obtain it through confinement, either by the {{w|Higgs field}} (the quarks; leptons; and W, Z, and Higgs bosons) or the strong nuclear force (hadrons).<br /> Particles with no rest mass (photons and gluons) can only move at lightspeed.<br /> |-<br /> | Spin number<br /> | (-∞,∞) (Intervals of ½)<br /> | {{w|Spin (physics)|Spin}} is an intrinsic property of particles, a relativistic form of angular momentum. The spin of a particle determines what statistics the particle follows, half odd integer spin particles are classified as fermions and integer spin particles are bosons.<br /> <br /> Two fermions cannot have exactly the same state, an observation known as the Pauli exclusion principle. Thus, for fermions to exist in the same position, they must have opposite spins, of + ½ and - ½. It follows that a maximum of two fermions of the same flavor (e.g. two electrons) may exist in the same position.<br /> |-<br /> | Flavor<br /> | Misc. quantum numbers<br /> | Flavor is a series of {{w|quantum numbers}} that do not fit neatly onto a set of dimensional axes. <br /> <br /> The most general theory breaks flavor down into four distinct conserved values, the electric charge, the weak isospin, the baryon number and the lepton number, but more specific models increase the number of distinct values. Quarks, for example, add five more flavor numbers: isospin (upness vs. downness), strangeness, charm, topness and bottomness (the last four are literally just the number of strange, charmed, top and bottom quarks, minus the corresponding anti-quarks). <br /> |-<br /> | Color charge<br /> | Coordinate system with R, G and B axes<br /> | The primary {{w|strong nuclear force}} has six mutually attractive charges, arranged in three perpendicular axes each analogous to electric charge. These charges are commonly referred to as &quot;{{w|Color charge|color}}&quot; and the three axes are given the names of the three primary colors of light: Red, Green and Blue. The black dots in the diagram represent the actual colors while the white dots are the anti-color charges: anti-Red (colored cyan in diagrams), anti-Green (magenta) and anti-Blue (yellow). To complete the analogy, a color charge of zero is referred to as &quot;White&quot;. The names of these charges are purely allegorical, but they do make it convenient to refer to them, especially in diagrams.<br /> <br /> The color of a particle not confined by the strong force must be White, either as the sum of a color and its anti-color (as in a meson), as the sum of RGB or anti-RGB (as in a baryon), or as a sum of those sums (As in tetra-, penta- or hexaquarks). The attraction of the strong nuclear force is so strong that attempting to separate two quarks from each other creates enough energy to create two new quarks, which then bind to the original quarks. This property is known as &quot;confinement&quot; and means that color charge can never be observed directly.<br /> <br /> Randall is incorrect in stating &quot;Quarks only&quot;, since {{w|gluon}}s (the particle that carries the color force) are themselves colored. However, the colors of gluons are much more complicated, with a total of eight distinct superpositions of every possible color-anticolor pair. The fact that gluons are subject to the force they mediate also means that the strong force has a defined radius of effect, unlike the electromagnetic force, whose gauge bosons (the photon) are uncharged.<br /> |-<br /> | Mood<br /> | 5 emojis on a number line ranging from angry to joyful<br /> | Particles are not considered to have mood, even in the allegorical way they have color or flavor, but Randall implies that there is a quantized 5 point scale (from &quot;angry&quot; to &quot;ecstatic&quot;) which would have some effect on the properties of the particle. This would be more appropriate for measuring customer satisfaction. Charts such as this are also sometimes used in medicine to indicate levels of pain, and in some psychiatric treatments as a quick way to track changes in the patient's condition.<br /> <br /> In grammar, {{w|Grammatical particles|particles}} are a nebulous class of words, usually defined by a lack of declension or conjugation (such as prepositions in English). Some languages use particles instead of or in addition to &quot;standard&quot; declension/conjugation, much like auxiliary verbs are used in English. These particles may well carry &quot;{{w|Grammatical mood|mood}}&quot; as an attribute, as well as tense and aspect.<br /> |-<br /> | Alignment<br /> | 3x3 grid with varying shades (columns Good-Evil, rows Lawful-Chaotic)<br /> | A reference to the tabletop RPG ''{{w|Dungeons &amp; Dragons}}'', where characters have an {{w|Alignment (Dungeons &amp; Dragons)|alignment}} that is either Good, Neutral, or Evil (describing whether they have a propensity to help or harm others) and either Lawful, Neutral, or Chaotic (describing how much they care about organizations, social norms, and the status quo). Common examples of these alignments include Darth Vader (Lawful Evil), Superman (Lawful Good), Robin Hood (Chaotic Good), and the Joker (Chaotic Evil). This may be a reference to the now defunct names of the two heaviest known quarks (&quot;truth&quot; and &quot;beauty&quot;).<br /> |-<br /> | Hit points<br /> | [0,∞)<br /> | Games (videogames, board games, CCGs, RPGs, etc.) often have values for players and other entities that represent {{w|Health (video game)|health}} (also called hit points or HP). Generally there is not necessarily a limit on this value, but it does not often go below 0 as the zero value is considered &quot;dead&quot; (or some equivalent).<br /> |-<br /> | Rating<br /> | 5-star scale<br /> | The five-star rating system is often used to rate films, TV shows, restaurants, and hotels. Randall has previously criticized this system in [[937: TornadoGuard]] and [[1098: Star Ratings]].<br /> <br /> Interestingly, unlike the &quot;Heat&quot; rating with the chili peppers below, this scale doesn't have a creatively labeled number line, merely a rating (3.5, in this case). Considering [[1098]], could Randall be subtly self-deprecating here?<br /> |-<br /> | String type<br /> | Bytestring-Charstring<br /> | In computer science, this denotes what type of data is stored subsequent set of elements or a {{w|String_(computing)|string}}. This is likely a pun on {{w|String_(physics)|string}} types that appear in {{w|string theory}} and particle physics, and may also be a reference to {{w|Python (programming language)|Python}}, in which the difference between a byte string and a (Unicode) character string is a cause of difficulties for some programmers.<br /> |-<br /> | Batting average<br /> | [0,100] in %<br /> | In {{w|baseball}}, a player's {{w|batting average}} is calculated by dividing their hits by their at-bats. Instead of using the percent sign (%), it is usually presented as a number between 0 and 1 (inclusive) expressed as three decimal places with no leading zero: [.000, 1.000]. It is pronounced as though it is multiplied by 1,000: A batter with a batting average of .342 (which is very good) is said to be &quot;batting three forty-two.&quot; A perfect batting average (unattainable except in very small samples) gives rise to the expression &quot;batting a thousand.&quot; The 0-100 scale would be a better match for the batting average statistic in {{w|cricket}}, although percents would still not be used.<br /> |-<br /> | Proof<br /> | [0,200]<br /> | This refers to {{w|alcohol proof}}, which is the measure of the amount of ethanol in a beverage by volume. In the United States, 100 proof correspond to 50% alcohol, so the proof of a beverage is two times the percentage of ethanol, so the maximum value is at most 200, and usually around 190 because of e.g. the formation of hydrates.<br /> |-<br /> | Heat<br /> | No jalapeño icons - 3 jalapeño icons, increasing<br /> | Spicy dishes are sometimes measured by the intensity of the spicy flavor, usually ranging from values like &quot;mild&quot; to &quot;hot&quot;. The gray jalapeño likely represents negligible or no spicy taste in the food. However, as an objective scale it is largely meaningless, since there is no reliable consistency in how these ratings are applied - what may be considered a 3-chilli dish in one establishment may only be a 1-chilli dish in another (as restaurants rarely if ever intend their dishes to be rated on the {{w|Scoville scale}}). The scale being unlimited may be a reference to the practice of some restaurants where a fourth or fifth chilli may be added to exaggerate the heat of their dishes.<br /> <br /> This measure of heat is unrelated to the particle's {{w|Thermodynamics|thermodynamic}} momentum.<br /> |-<br /> | Street value<br /> | [0,∞) in $<br /> | The value of a good or service (particles are usually not services{{fact}}) in non-retail, non-wholesale transactions between individuals.<br /> |-<br /> | Entropy<br /> | ''This already has like 20 different confusing meanings, so it probably means something here, too.''<br /> | The term &quot;entropy&quot;, which {{w|History of entropy|began}} as a {{w|Entropy (classical thermodynamics)|thermodynamic measure}}, has since been adopted {{w|Entropy in thermodynamics and information theory|by analogy}} into {{w|Entropy (disambiguation)|multiple seemingly unrelated domains}} including, for example, information theory. The table allows that the term &quot;entropy&quot; must mean something in the context of particle physics, but isn't certain whether it's the classical, Gibbs' modern {{w|Entropy (statistical thermodynamics)|statistical mechanics}}, Von Neumann's {{w|Von Neumann entropy|quantum entropy}}, or some other meaning. <br /> <br /> In classical thermodynamics, entropy is a macroscopic property describing the disorder or randomness of a system with many particles. However, in statistical mechanics and quantum mechanics, the concept of entropy can also be applied to single particles under certain conditions. If the particle's position is not precisely known and can be described by a probability distribution, this contributes to entropy. Similarly, if the particle's momentum is uncertain and described probabilistically, this also contributes to entropy. A single quantum particle in a pure state (e.g., an electron in a specific atomic orbital) has zero entropy. This is because there is no uncertainty about the state of the system. If the single particle's state is described by a density matrix representing a mixed state (a probabilistic mixture of several possible states), the Von Neumann entropy can quantify the degree of uncertainty or mixedness of the state.<br /> <br /> Imagine two identical balloons filled with the same gas and heated from two opposite sides with identical heat sources, creating symmetric temperature gradients in both; because the distribution of temperatures is the same, the Gibbs statistical thermodynamic entropy 𝑆 of the gas molecule particles in each balloon will be the same. In contrast, if one balloon is heated by a low-power heat source and another from by an otherwise identical high-power heat source, the balloon next to the high-power heat source will have a steeper temperature gradient, increasing the number of [https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/mathematics/accessible-microstates accessible] {{w|Microstate|microstates}}, so the Gibbs entropy 𝑆&lt;sub&gt;low power&lt;/sub&gt; &lt; 𝑆&lt;sub&gt;high power&lt;/sub&gt;. Now consider electrons in two atoms excited by absorbing identical photons to a mixed state; if the mixed states have the same probabilities for different energy levels, their Von Neumann quantum entropy 𝑆 values will be the same. Conversely, if one atom has electrons excited to a {{w|Purity_(quantum_mechanics)|pure state}} and another to a mixed state by photons of different energies, the mixed state will have higher entropy due to greater uncertainty, i.e., 𝑆&lt;sub&gt;pure&lt;/sub&gt; = 0 and 𝑆&lt;sub&gt;mixed&lt;/sub&gt; = ln(2).<br /> <br /> Please see also [[2318: Dynamic Entropy]].<br /> |}<br /> <br /> The title text says that in addition each particle has a password, but only hash of the password can be observed. This is a computer science reference. In computer science, properties (e.g. of an object or program) often can be changed with a single command. In physics as we observe it, properties can locally change with the environment. There are several {{w|Time-variation_of_fundamental_constants|experiments}}, whether physical constants are really time-const. Password hashing is the practice of hiding the password itself by storing only an irreversible representation of the password. Since the password itself is not stored, the password cannot ever be viewed by the user or a hacker (outside of the login page). This method is considered to be safest way of storing passwords. Password hashing using some {{w|key derivation function}} makes it impossible to steal passwords even if the server that stores hashes is cracked, unless the hash function is also broken, which should be a task which cannot be completed in any feasible time for sufficiently strong passwords. The title-text claims this is predicted by the {{w|cosmic censorship hypothesis}}, which in reality claims that a {{w|gravitational singularity}} must always be obscured by an event horizon (i.e.: there can't be a {{w|naked singularity}}). There is also a hint of quantum mechanics in the statement, as observation is one of the central concepts of the field, and {{w|Heisenberg's uncertainty principle}} actually states that it is impossible to observe (measure) some property of a particle with arbitrary precision when another one is known (e.g.: you can't determine the momentum and position of a particle). This makes the title text a mix of several domains, as was the above table.<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :&lt;big&gt;Particle Properties in Physics&lt;/big&gt;<br /> {| class=wikitable<br /> ! Property<br /> ! Type/scale<br /> |-<br /> | Electric charge<br /> | [Scale with -1, 0 and +1 labeled and markings dividing the units in thirds. The endpoints are both dots.]<br /> |-<br /> | Mass <br /> | [Scale with 0, 1kg and 2kg labeled and markings dividing the units into thirds. The endpoints are a dot on the zero end and an arrow on the other end.]<br /> |-<br /> | Spin number<br /> | [Scale with -1, -½, 0, ½ and 1 labeled and no additional markings. The endpoints are both arrows, pointing out.]<br /> |-<br /> | Flavor <br /> | (Misc. quantum numbers)<br /> |-<br /> | Color charge<br /> | [Coordinate system of three axes labeled R, G and B clockwise from the 10 o'clock position. Endpoints are arrow-dots on all ends, with black dots for the labeled ends and white dots for the unlabeled ends.] (Quarks only)<br /> |-<br /> | Mood<br /> | [Scale labeled with 5 emoticons, from angry to happy, and markings dividing the units in thirds. Endpoints are both arrows, pointing out.]<br /> |-<br /> | Alignment<br /> | [3x3 grid with varying shades] Good-Evil, Lawful-Chaotic<br /> |-<br /> | Hit points<br /> | [Scale starting from 0, markings but no labels other than zero. Endpoints are a dot at zero end and an arrow at the other end.]<br /> |-<br /> | Rating<br /> | [Star rating of 3.5/5 stars.]<br /> |-<br /> | String type<br /> | Bytestring-Charstring<br /> |-<br /> | Batting average<br /> | [Scale from 0% to 100%. Endpoints are dot at 0% end and arrow-dot at 100% end.]<br /> |-<br /> | Proof<br /> | [Scale from 0 to 200. Endpoints are dot at 0 end and arrow-dot at 200 end.]<br /> |-<br /> | Heat<br /> | [Scale labeled with pepper icons, from 0 (a grayed-out pepper) to 3 black peppers. Endpoints are a dot at zero end and an arrow at the other end.]<br /> |-<br /> | Street value<br /> | [Scale with $0, $100 and $200 labeled. Endpoints are a dot at zero end and an arrow at the other end.]<br /> |-<br /> | Entropy<br /> | (This already has like 20 different confusing meanings, so it probably means something here, too.)<br /> |}<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Charts]]<br /> [[Category:Physics]]<br /> [[Category:Baseball]]</div>

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<p>172.69.34.129: </p> <hr /> <div> Pope: Do you know how much scripture we'll have to revise? <br /> It isn't a problem. Trinitarian dogma isn't even peripheral to scripture. So the answer is: &quot;None&quot;. I am sure that had there been cause for concern at least one comedian would have come up with it by now.<br /> <br /> [[User:Weatherlawyer| I used Google News BEFORE it was clickbait]] ([[User talk:Weatherlawyer|talk]]) 09:46, 31 January 2015 (UTC)<br /> <br /> : It's not the Trinity that's the issue. It's that the Bible talks a whole lot about the Holy Spirit. He is very important to the theology. If He can be trapped, it means the Bible got a lot of things wrong. [[User:Trlkly|Trlkly]] ([[User talk:Trlkly|talk]]) 23:50, 28 March 2016 (UTC)<br /> ::Uh, the Bible got &lt;i&gt;everything&lt;/i&gt; wrong, it's fiction... [[User:The Cat Lady|-- The Cat Lady]] ([[User talk:The Cat Lady|talk]]) 09:00, 15 August 2021 (UTC)<br /> :::No it didn't; Even if you don't believe it's the infallible word of God (it is), you still need to except it as a book with potentially unreliable historical accounts of things that actually happened<br /> <br /> [[User:Nk22|Nk22]] ([[User talk:Nk22|talk]]) 11:18, 20 April 2015 (UTC)Woah<br /> <br /> Why is the 2nd frame inverted?</div>

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