Talk:12: Poisson

2016-04-30T10:01:20Z

Strawdog: /* fish red dwarf */ new section

[[User:Rikthoff|Rikthoff]] ([[User talk:Rikthoff|talk]]) The date of issue of this comic is off. Does anybody have the correct date? Does anybody know the song that BlackHat is singing in the last frame?

I always imagine the song is either the Bangles cover of "hazy shade of winter" from the movie Less than Zero though I have also imagined it to be "saved by zero" by the Fixx.

:Did anyone notice the pun on poison and Poisson? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.254.174|108.162.254.174]] 18:39, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
:: What pun? Replacing "Poisson" with "poison" anywhere doesn't produce any additional meaning. [[User:Zowayix|Zowayix]] ([[User talk:Zowayix|talk]]) 18:54, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

Note that the 'h' in the word 'hell' looks like 'λ'. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.64.35|141.101.64.35]] 20:03, 21 July 2014 (UTC)

Also note that the Poisson distribution is "memoryless" (like the exponential distribution) which explains why the Poisson is content to continue repeating this fact. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.222.178|108.162.222.178]] 16:44, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

The coinflip distribution described in the second paragraph not a Poisson Distribution. Rather it is a binomial distribution (or a Bernoulli distribution for the single flip case). [[Special:Contributions/108.162.229.163|108.162.229.163]] 11:11, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
:I deleted it. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.50.154|173.245.50.154]] 12:25, 7 September 2015 (UTC)

The first three panels establish that Cueball is a Poisson distribution, that Black Hat finds him annoying and that both parties exist and can communicate with each other. In other words, Black Hat's value is compatible with a Poisson distribution. The implication of panel three seems to be that Black Hat isn't ''stating'' his value but is stating his ''change'' in value to "I'm less than zero." This is similar to the phrase, "I'm less than impressed." The change in value ''causes'' Cueball to vanish. In the fourth panel, Black Hat is whistling a happy tune; pleased at having removed an annoyance. --[[User:David.poole.9000|DP9000]] ([[User talk:David.poole.9000|talk]]) 02:44, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

== fish red dwarf ==

honestly my first thought was Rimmers advanced theory on pourus circuits in his astro navigation exam in which he wrote i am a fish numerous times saluted and passed out but a hot second was 'i am a fish merchant'?

explain xkcd - User contributions [en]

Talk:12: Poisson