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Talk:547: Simple

2013-04-13T13:40:48Z

Mr Andersom:

This is possibly even another take by xkcd at conspiracy theories such as the one in http://xkcd.com/966/
:In this comic too he presents conspiracy theories against each other, the black hole with the guidance system.

The fact that the reference of something bad happening is to the Black hole theories comes from the fact that the comic was drawn the same time the theories were most predominant.
:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_of_high_energy_particle_collision_experiments#Micro_black_holes [[User:Mr Andersom|Mr Andersom]] ([[User talk:Mr Andersom|talk]]) 13:40, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

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2013-04-12T17:45:17Z

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2013-04-12T17:44:36Z

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2013-04-12T17:43:21Z

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2013-04-12T17:42:46Z

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Talk:547: Simple

2013-04-12T17:17:42Z

Mr Andersom:

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2013-04-12T17:14:27Z

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2013-04-12T16:21:18Z

Mr Andersom:

{{comic
| number = 547
| date = 2009-02-23
| title = Simple
| image = simple.png
| titletext = Actually, I think if all higher math professors had to write for the Simple English Wikipedia for a year, we'd be in much better shape academically.
}}

==Explanation==
Randall seems to be in a physics facility with a particle accelerator. The Physicist asks him his thoughts about a Tertiary F.E.L guidance system for the particle accelerator. The first joke here is that particle accelerators don't use guidance systems. They randomly smash together used charged particles or contain them in beams.

As the text below the comic says, Randall has spent the previous night reading Simple Wikipedia, which is a simplified version of Wikipedia, so he cant stop talking in simplified language. Making him sound unintelligible. He refers to the elementary particles and the ad hoc guidance system which is presumably broken. And says if the wrong particles collide it would be catastrophic. This is a reference to the black hole hoax when the Large Hadron Collider first started operation. Thus rebutting the conspiracy theorists.
The joke is also a take on Wikipedia and the fact that it has two versions on the same text.

The Alt-text, applies the same principle to teaching mathematics that simple Language avoids unnecessary complications. As math teachers often write in unnecessarily complicated English often discouraging math students who are then unable to comprehend the substituted English symbols.
==Transcript==

Man 1: Do you have any thoughts regarding the particle accelerator's tertiary F.E.L. Guidance System?

Man 2: We can't put the broken part in the machine. It wouldn't smash the right tiny things together. Then the machine might break.

:That would be very bad.

{{comic discussion}}

Talk:547: Simple

2013-04-12T16:11:36Z

Mr Andersom: Created page with "This is possibly even another take by xkcd at conspiracy theories such as the one i http://xkcd.com/966/ :In this comic too he presents conspiracy theories against each other..."

This is possibly even another take by xkcd at conspiracy theories such as the one i http://xkcd.com/966/
:In this comic too he presents conspiracy theories against each other, the black hole with the guidance system.

The fact that the reference of something bad happening is to the Black hole theories comes from the fact that the comic was drawn the same time the theories were most predominant.
:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_of_high_energy_particle_collision_experiments#Micro_black_holes

547: Simple

2013-04-12T16:11:04Z

Mr Andersom: /* Transcript */

{{comic
| number = 547
| date = 2009-02-23 
| title = Simple
| image = simple.png
| titletext = Actually, I think if all higher math professors had to write for the Simple English Wikipedia for a year, we'd be in much better shape academically.
}}

==Explanation==
Randall seems to be in a physics facility with a particle accelerator. The Physicist asks him his thoughts about a Tertiary F.E.L guidance system for the particle accelerator. The first joke here is that particle accelerators don't use guidance systems. They randomly smash together used charged particles or contain them in beams.

As the text below the comic says, Randall has spent the previous night reading Simple Wikipedia, which is a simplified version of Wikipedia, so he cant stop talking in simplified language. Making him sound unintelligible. He refers to the elementary particles and the ad hoc guidance system which is presumably broken. And says if the wrong particles collide it would be catastrophic. This is a reference to the black hole hoax when the Large Hadron Collider first started operation. Thus rebutting the conspiracy theorists.
The joke is also a take on Wikipedia and the fact that it has two versions on the same text.

The Alt-text, applies the same principle to teaching mathematics that simple Language avoids unnecessary complications. As math teachers often write in unnecessarily complicated English often discouraging math students who are then unable to comprehend the substituted English symbols.
==Transcript==

Man 1: Do you have any thoughts regarding the particle accelerator's tertiary F.E.L. Guidance System?

Man 2: We can't put the broken part in the machine. It wouldn't smash the right tiny things together. Then the machine might break.

:That would be very bad.

{{comic discussion}}

547: Simple

2013-04-12T16:09:29Z

Mr Andersom: /* Transcript */

547: Simple

2013-04-12T16:05:16Z

Mr Andersom: /* Explanation */