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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1762<br />
| date = November 21, 2016<br />
| title = Moving Boxes<br />
| image = moving_boxes.png<br />
| titletext = Later, when I remember that I'm calling movers, I frantically scribble over the labels and write 'NORMAL HOUSE STUFF' on all of them, which actually makes things worse.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
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[[Randall]] talks about moving boxes and not labeling them until he forgets what's in them. Since he doesn't know what's in them, he writes silly things on the boxes as a joke. Some things are unusual/unlikely (e.g. sand, hydrants, peat) and some are abstract/impossible (e.g. elves, taupe, dark matter). Several of the categories overlap confusingly; for instance, "sand" and "silt" and "dark matter" are all generally considered as "particles"; "membranes", "edges", and "shawls" are all kinds of "manifolds"; "hooves" are part of "bison"; "fog" contains "water"; and "triangles" consist of three "edges". Another way to interpret this comic is that Randall actually has these items (or at least some of them) in the boxes and has simply forgotten which boxes contain what.<br />
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According to the title text, when Randall remembers that he is calling movers, he frantically scribbles "Normal House Stuff" on all the boxes. He says this makes the situation worse, possibly because the movers see the scribble and become suspicious. Alternatively, labeling every box with the exact same phrase will make it even harder to figure out what they contain and where they should go in the new dwelling.<br />
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===Explanation of boxes===<br />
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"<br />
!Label<br />
!Explanation<br />
|-<br />
!Box 1<br />
|-<br />
|Grids|| [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/grid Grids] are mathematical drawings; they would be constructed by drawing them, not stored in a box (though {{w|graph paper}} might be). May refer to a classic {{w|snipe hunt}} where a hazing victim is tasked with finding "a box of grid squares".<br />
|-<br />
|Bison||{{w|Bison}}, sometimes mistakenly called {{w|Bubalina|buffalo}}, are large animals that would probably not fit in the box{{Citation needed}}.<br />
|-<br />
|Checkerboards||The tabletop gaming boards on which one plays {{w|English draughts|Checkers}}. It is also the name of the corresponding pattern and thus can be interpreted as an abstract term like many other "objects" in this comic.<br />
|-<br />
|Fog||{{w|Fog}} is essentially low-lying clouds which, being gaseous, are hard to box using only cardboard.<br />
|-<br />
!Box 2<br />
|-<br />
|Beacons||Beacons are devices designed to draw attention to themselves, for various reasons. From the generic term "beacon" this could mean anything from electronic GPS locator beacons to miniature replicas of naval lighthouses. Or, alternatively, it could be like what is referenced in the 7th panel of [[921: Delivery Notification]], which is used to summon elves (which happen to be in the same box). <br />
|-<br />
|Elves||Elves are a fictional{{Citation needed}} race (or rather, many, many fictional races) of human-like magical creatures.<br />
|-<br />
|Sand||Sand grains are fine particles of rock. While it's not unheard of for people to need to store sand, it's usually not stored along with your personal belongings on moving day.{{Citation needed}}<br />
|-<br />
!Box 3<br />
|-<br />
|Hemoglobin||{{w|Hemoglobin}} is the protein found in red blood cells that carries oxygen around the body. This may be a solution of hemoglobin protein, but one human generally would not need a full box of it{{Citation needed}}.<br />
|-<br />
!Box 4<br />
|-<br />
|Water||As with sand, it's not unheard of for, say, a laboratory to store water samples for testing. But again, these wouldn't be stored along with your personal belongings on moving day. And if this is meant to be drinking water, it would be a waste of effort; it's taken as read that any house you're moving into has its own plumbing. Unless, of course, they insist on drinking bottled water (which some people do).<br />
|-<br />
|Hooves||{{w|Hooves}} are possibly best known as horse and cow 'feet'. This could also be read as a compound word, Water-Hooves akin to water-wings. <br />
|-<br />
!Box 5<br />
|-<br />
|Shorebirds|| Also known as {{w|Wader|Waders}}, these are an order of birds that wade in literal waters. Stuffing them in boxes would also be a bad idea.<br />
|-<br />
!Box 6<br />
|-<br />
|Oil|| This could mean anything from cooking oil to petroleum; either way, most of a box full of oil bottles is unusual, but for different reasons (that's a lot of cooking oil, a ''lot'' of motor oil and a comically small amount of crude oil).<br />
|-<br />
|Vectors||{{w|Vector (mathematics and physics)|Vector}}s are properties with magnitude and direction, such as velocity, momentum, acceleration, etc., but can depend on the context. In any situation, they are not physical objects, so they cannot be put in boxes. Alternatively "vector" could mean a carrier of a disease, such as ticks or mosquitoes, but while more possible to box they would still not be practical to keep with common household goods and the intent of moving them as such would be dubious at best. <br />
|-<br />
|Silt|| Material between sand and clay size-wise. A sediment. See sand and water above for why this is unusual. Randall has a special place in his heart for rock particles of various sizes; see [https://what-if.xkcd.com/83/ What If #83].<br />
|-<br />
!Box 7<br />
|-<br />
|Membranes||Delicate thin pliable sheet or skin of various kinds. Usually fragile or cut easily. Not something you would expect to be packed with something sharp, which shards are likely to be, although these labels are incorrect.<br />
|-<br />
|Shards||These are broken pieces of smooth and hard objects, e.g. ceramic, glass, crystal. Something you would normally expect to be thrown out, rather than packed up for moving house.<br />
|-<br />
!Box 8<br />
|-<br />
|Shawls||{{w|Shawls}} are a simple item of clothing, worn loosely over one's shoulders. Also being of rectangular shape, they are supposed to be worn in colder weather.<br />
|-<br />
|Glucose||{{w|Glucose}} is possibly best-known as the sugar plants produce for energy, but can be manufactured.<br />
|-<br />
|Kits||A {{w|kit}} is any set of tools, supplies, and/or instructions for a specific purpose. These could be first aid kits, software development kits, bomb-making kits, sewing kits... It can also refer to juveniles of some mammals, such as foxes or rabbits (it is not very likely that such animals would be packed in a box - though compare [[325: A-Minus-Minus]]). Alternatively, this may be a compound word "Glucose Kits", diabetic assay tools to help the patient regulate their blood sugar.<br />
|-<br />
!Box 9<br />
|-<br />
|Hydrants||{{w|Fire hydrant}}s are likely too big to fit in boxes and are also simply odd objects to be packing into a box.<br />
|-<br />
|Particles||As almost all matter is composed of {{w|particles}}, it is hard to find exceptions. Thus, this is very vague.<br />
|-<br />
|Knots||{{w|Knot}}s are things tied in ropes; they can hold things or just be there. This would be hard to put in a box without rope{{Citation needed}}. Could also refer to knots in a piece of {{w|wood}}, which are hard to put in the box without the rest of the wood. Knots could also refer to the {{w|Knot_(unit)|unit of speed}}, usually used in meteorology, and in maritime and air navigation which would be impossible to box as it is not a physical object.<br />
|-<br />
!Box 10 <br />
|-<br />
|Graphite||{{w|Graphite}} is a crystalline form of carbon, where the atoms are arranged in sheets. It is found in some household products (pencils and lubricant oil), though in either case the name of the end product would be a more likely box label. Graphite is also a color.<br />
|-<br />
|Taupe|| {{w|Taupe}} is a dark tan color in between brown and gray, again, not an object. May be a reference to Gliese 581f (a.k.a. Taupe Mars) from [[1253|xkcd #1253]].<br />
|-<br />
!Box 11<br />
|-<br />
|Field Lines||This could refer to {{w|field line}}s as used to depict electromagnetic fields, or possibly to the lines painted on an athletic field to mark the boundaries of play. The former is a visualization tool rather than physical objects; the latter consists of streaks of paint on grass or artificial turf, and thus neither kind of field line is the kind of physical object that could be packed into a box. <br />
|-<br />
!Box 12<br />
|-<br />
|Traps||May be a reference to 'My house is full of traps' from [https://what-if.xkcd.com/34// What-If #34]<br />
|-<br />
!Box 13<br />
|-<br />
|Edges||{{w|Edge_(geometry)|Edge}} is a line segment joining two vertices. Even though physical objects do have edges, you cannot store edges themselves as they are just mathematical constructs.<br />
|-<br />
|Tribes||{{w|Tribe}} is a social group of people, tribes existed before states were formed. It is impossible to store a group of people in the box{{Citation needed}}. <br />
|-<br />
|Dough||{{w|Dough}} is a thick, malleable, sometimes elastic, paste made out of any grains, leguminous or chestnut crops. It is used in the process of cooking, but it doesn't make sense to pack it while moving.<br />
|-<br />
!Box 14<br />
|-<br />
|Dark Matter||{{w|Dark matter}} is what is believed to be a big part of the mass of galaxies, but we have never observed it, so it is not possible to pack it {{https://shiftersmovers.com/moving-blog/}}. Alternatively, if all dark matter were permanently packed in boxes like this, it would explain why it has never been observed. According to the Copenhagen interpretation of the uncertainty principle, dark matter may both be in the box and somewhere else in the universe until somebody opens the box.<br />
|-<br />
!Box 15<br />
|-<br />
|Manifolds||In topology, {{w|Manifold|Manifolds}} are spaces with certain "nice" properties (i.e. they are locally Euclidean). This is yet another mathematical construct that is impossible to pack into a box. Manifold could also refer to a pipe or chamber branching into several openings, for example, an engine exhaust manifold. While physical, it's unlikely that multiple are put in a box for moving.<br />
|-<br />
!Box 16<br />
|-<br />
|Triangles||Within the context of this comic, the reference is likely to the shape. On the other hand, it would not be unusual to pack one or more {{w|Triangle (musical instrument)}}s into a box.<br />
|-<br />
|Peat|| {{w|Peat}} is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation that forms in wetland bogs, moors, mires, and swamps.<br />
|-<br />
|Crowns|| These may be royal crowns or may be the coin worth five shillings in UK pre-decimal currency.<br />
|-<br />
!Box 17<br />
|-<br />
|Scrolls||A {{w|scroll}} is a roll of papyrus, paper, or parchment that contains writing. It is a common item in fantasy games (as elves and traps).<br />
|}<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:[A bunch of cardboard boxes stacked up, each labeled]<br />
:{| class="wikitable" style="background:white" align=center<br />
| style="visibility:hidden" |<br />
| colspan="2" height="80px" width="80px" style="background:#CFBC92"|<br />
Contents:<br><br />
Grids<br><br />
Bison<br><br />
Checkerboards<br><br />
Fog<br />
| colspan="2" width="80px" height="80px" style="background:#CFBC92"|<br />
Contents:<br><br />
Beacons<br><br />
Elves<br><br />
Sand<br />
| colspan="2" width="80px" height="80px" style="background:#CFBC92" |<br />
Contents:<br><br />
Hemoglobin<br />
| colspan="2" width="80px" height="80px" style="background:#CFBC92" |<br />
Contents:<br><br />
Water<br><br />
Hooves<br />
| style="visibility:hidden" |<br />
|-|<br />
| style="visibility:hidden" |<br />
| colspan="2" width="80px" height="80px" style="background:#CFBC92" |<br />
Contents:<br><br />
Shorebirds<br />
| colspan="2" width="80px" height="80px" style="background:#CFBC92" |<br />
Contents:<br><br />
Oil<br><br />
Vectors<br><br />
Silt <br />
| colspan="2" width="80px" height="80px" style="background:#CFBC92" |<br />
Contents:<br><br />
Membranes<br><br />
Shards<br />
| colspan="2" width="80px" height="80px" style="background:#CFBC92" |<br />
Contents:<br><br />
Shawls<br><br />
Glucose<br><br />
Kits<br />
| style="visibility:hidden" |<br />
|-|<br />
| style="visibility:hidden" |<br />
| colspan="2" width="80px" height="80px" style="background:#CFBC92" |<br />
Hydrants<br><br />
Particles<br><br />
Knots<br />
| colspan="2" width="80px" height="80px" style="background:#CFBC92" |<br />
Contents:<br><br />
Graphite<br><br />
Taupe<br />
| colspan="2" width="80px" height="80px" style="background:#CFBC92" |<br />
Contents:<br><br />
Field Lines<br />
| colspan="2" width="80px" height="80px" style="background:#CFBC92" |<br />
Contents:<br><br />
Traps<br />
| style="visibility:hidden" |<br />
|-|<br />
| colspan="2" width="80px" height="80px" style="background:#CFBC92" |<br />
Contents:<br><br />
Edges<br><br />
Tribes<br><br />
Dough<br />
| colspan="2" width="80px" height="80px" style="background:#CFBC92" |<br />
Contents:<br><br />
Dark<br>Matter<br />
| colspan="2" width="80px" height="80px" style="background:#CFBC92" |<br />
Contents:<br><br />
Manifolds<br />
| colspan="2" width="80px" height="80px" style="background:#CFBC92" |<br />
Contents:<br><br />
Triangles<br><br />
Peat<br><br />
Crowns<br />
| colspan="2" width="80px" height="80px" style="background:#CFBC92" |<br />
Contents:<br><br />
Scrolls<br />
|}<br />
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:[Caption below the panel:]<br />
:I always forget to label my moving boxes until they're sealed up and I've forgotten what's in them.<br />
{{comic discussion}}<br />
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[[Category:Science]]</div>141.101.105.122https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2414:_Solar_System_Compression_Artifacts&diff=205110Talk:2414: Solar System Compression Artifacts2021-01-21T01:44:26Z<p>141.101.105.122: </p>
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"([Compression artefacts] may become literally unnoticeable because hexadecimal color values are discrete[...]" - disagree. Artefacts exist ''because'' of a discrete nature. Either of the RGB(/HSV/whatever) granularity, the lower the colour depth, or of the method used to get around the overheads of storing literal 24+ bits of colour-depth across a given image size. TrueColo(u)r should escape ''perceived'' colour-banding, but any image editor knows (or relies upon) that any flood-fill/by-colour-selection used with an absolute drift range away from the datum spot less than that across a gradient spills away from it can highlight 'hidden' edges between (say) <span style="color:#789ABC">#789ABC</span> and <span style="color:#789BBC">#789BBC</span>. What we have here is low bit-depth (grey-shade or equal-RGB, apparently 4-bit(/each), counting the 16 bands thanks to the mach-banding) non-dithered band-shading of a possibly nuanced (fractal?) shade fall-off. Possibly a 2D slice through 3D (or more, e.g. if animated) of voxelated (or hypervoxelated) stored values, which use up a ''lot'' of space in the Universe Simulator. Perhaps there's also something like Discrete Cosine Transform compression for easier block/chunk storage, retrieval and/or generation-on-demand (with detailed deltas for complex overlaying features such as Voyager). Because the Creator/Programmer of the universe has limited storage/processor cycles! [[Special:Contributions/141.101.105.122|141.101.105.122]] 01:39, 21 January 2021 (UTC)</div>141.101.105.122https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2414:_Solar_System_Compression_Artifacts&diff=205109Talk:2414: Solar System Compression Artifacts2021-01-21T01:39:39Z<p>141.101.105.122: </p>
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"([Compression artefacts] may become literally unnoticeable because hexadecimal color values are discrete[...]" - disagree. Artefacts exist ''because'' of a discrete nature. Either of the RGB(/HSV/whatever) granularity, the lower the colour depth, or of the method used to get around the overheads of storing literal 24+ bits of colour-depth across a given image size. TrueColo(u)r should escape ''perceived'' colour-banding, but any image editor knows (or relies upon) that any flood-fill/by-colour-selection used with an absolute drift range away from the datum spot less than that across a gradient spills away from it can highlight 'hidden' edges between (say) <span style="color:#789ABC">#789ABC</span> and #<span style="color:#789BBC">#789BBC</span>. What we have here is low bit-depth (grey-shade low-bit?) non-dithered band-shading of a possibly nuanced (fractal?) shade fall-off. Possibly a 2D slice through 3D (or more, e.g. if animated) of voxelated (or hypervoxelated) stored values, which use up a ''lot'' of space in the Universe Simulator. Perhaps there's also something like Discrete Cosine Transform compression for easier block/chunk storage, retrieval and/or generation-on-demand (with detailed deltas for complex overlaying features such as Voyager). Because the Creator/Programmer of the universe has limited storage/processor cycles! [[Special:Contributions/141.101.105.122|141.101.105.122]] 01:39, 21 January 2021 (UTC)</div>141.101.105.122https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2412:_1/100,000th_Scale_World&diff=204782Talk:2412: 1/100,000th Scale World2021-01-16T04:55:06Z<p>141.101.105.122: </p>
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Sprites?<br />
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[[Special:Contributions/172.68.174.44|172.68.174.44]] 17:01, 15 January 2021 (UTC)<br />
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Looks like there is a form of electrical discharge that can occur above thunderstorms called a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprite_(lightning) Sprite]<br />
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It actually took me a second to realise this was a new comic, I thought Randal just added different jokes to Wednesday's for some reason. Given the title text, I wonder what projection Randall would use for this scale model... I imagine a projection similar to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Build_the_Earth#Map_projection Build the Earth's modified Airocean] would work for something like this.--[[Special:Contributions/172.69.35.85|172.69.35.85]] 17:12, 15 January 2021 (UTC)<br />
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Just for reference and to be checked, I paste here the maths to compute that the panel spans 9 degrees of a great circle:<br />
<pre><br />
> 10/1e3*1e5/6371*180/pi<br />
[1] 8.993216<br />
</pre><br />
--[[User:Pere prlpz|Pere prlpz]] ([[User talk:Pere prlpz|talk]]) 19:21, 15 January 2021 (UTC)<br />
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The ISS game seems very contradictory to the other rules in this and the previous comic. Given that the ISS would be only about 1 mm wide, hitting it with a nerf dart would almost certainly destroy it. [[User:Bischoff|Bischoff]] ([[User talk:Bischoff|talk]]) 19:59, 15 January 2021 (UTC)<br />
:The world is at scale, but people and the artifacts they create don't seem to be. In particular, the wine glasses are normal size relative to the people. So the ISS may be life size, and hitting it with a dart should be trivial.<br />
:Th rules in the other comic along with this one seem entirely for visitor safety rather than preserving anything in the model. There's warnings about standing on cities with "pointy towers" or digging near Yellowstone, implying you're allowed to stand in other cities and dig elsewhere, which would obviously have huge effects on the model.--[[Special:Contributions/108.162.215.60|108.162.215.60]] 23:32, 15 January 2021 (UTC)<br />
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Is this a duplicate? Looks the same as [[2411: 1/10,000th Scale World]]. [[User:PvOberstein|PvOberstein]] ([[User talk:PvOberstein|talk]]) 20:24, 15 January 2021 (UTC)<br />
:Look better, the scale is different. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.245.47|172.68.245.47]] 20:40, 15 January 2021 (UTC)<br />
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<span id="run-fast-enough-go-into-orbit">Correct me if im wrong but if you ran fast enough, could you go into orbit around earth? [[User:Donthaveusername|Donthaveusername]] ([[User talk:Donthaveusername|talk]]) 20:56, 15 January 2\021 (UTC) </span><br />
:This "What If" might help: [https://what-if.xkcd.com/68/ Little Planet] ''(also, I closed your /span tag (not sure why it's there, just following etiquette/not editing your post, while trying to fix a superfluous code-block /div that the wiki was inserting)'' [[User:Elvenivle|Elvenivle]] ([[User talk:Elvenivle|talk]]) 22:40, 15 January 2021 (UTC)<br />
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1:1,000,000 scale next? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.74.39|162.158.74.39]] 23:24, 15 January 2021 (UTC)<br />
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If visitors in the previous comic get hypoxia unless they crouch regularly, then shouldn't visitors in this comic get hypoxia unless they lie down regularly? However hypoxia would likely negate the need for an intoxicating gas (although the visitors wouldn't be able to enjoy the apparent curvature for long before going unconscious).[[Special:Contributions/162.158.186.220|162.158.186.220]] 00:02, 16 January 2021 (UTC)<br />
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The iss nerf point winning seems to be a reference to the [https://spaceinvaders.fandom.com/wiki/UFO space invaders UFO]<br />
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I can't get my head around 5oz as a volume, with wine glasses ranging from petite flutes to huge volumes for 'tasting' and/or 'binging' (depending on how much you fill it, and how much air you (don't) leave for it to 'breathe' into). Fluid ounces, I presume, but they mean little to me as everyday practical alternatives to the litre/millilitre and the US often doesn't even use the same measure amounts even when they nominally share a name with imperial so going to look at my own measuring jug probably would mislead me by a significant fraction. Yes, I could look it up, but it's annoying me that I would have to. <br />
(Also, that glass she's putting icecaps in looks wine-glassy. Either you're icing wine, or using the wrong kind of glass for whisky/whatever.)[[Special:Contributions/141.101.105.122|141.101.105.122]] 04:50, 16 January 2021 (UTC)</div>141.101.105.122https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2412:_1/100,000th_Scale_World&diff=204781Talk:2412: 1/100,000th Scale World2021-01-16T04:50:24Z<p>141.101.105.122: </p>
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Sprites?<br />
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[[Special:Contributions/172.68.174.44|172.68.174.44]] 17:01, 15 January 2021 (UTC)<br />
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Looks like there is a form of electrical discharge that can occur above thunderstorms called a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprite_(lightning) Sprite]<br />
<br />
It actually took me a second to realise this was a new comic, I thought Randal just added different jokes to Wednesday's for some reason. Given the title text, I wonder what projection Randall would use for this scale model... I imagine a projection similar to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Build_the_Earth#Map_projection Build the Earth's modified Airocean] would work for something like this.--[[Special:Contributions/172.69.35.85|172.69.35.85]] 17:12, 15 January 2021 (UTC)<br />
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Just for reference and to be checked, I paste here the maths to compute that the panel spans 9 degrees of a great circle:<br />
<pre><br />
> 10/1e3*1e5/6371*180/pi<br />
[1] 8.993216<br />
</pre><br />
--[[User:Pere prlpz|Pere prlpz]] ([[User talk:Pere prlpz|talk]]) 19:21, 15 January 2021 (UTC)<br />
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The ISS game seems very contradictory to the other rules in this and the previous comic. Given that the ISS would be only about 1 mm wide, hitting it with a nerf dart would almost certainly destroy it. [[User:Bischoff|Bischoff]] ([[User talk:Bischoff|talk]]) 19:59, 15 January 2021 (UTC)<br />
:The world is at scale, but people and the artifacts they create don't seem to be. In particular, the wine glasses are normal size relative to the people. So the ISS may be life size, and hitting it with a dart should be trivial.<br />
:Th rules in the other comic along with this one seem entirely for visitor safety rather than preserving anything in the model. There's warnings about standing on cities with "pointy towers" or digging near Yellowstone, implying you're allowed to stand in other cities and dig elsewhere, which would obviously have huge effects on the model.--[[Special:Contributions/108.162.215.60|108.162.215.60]] 23:32, 15 January 2021 (UTC)<br />
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Is this a duplicate? Looks the same as [[2411: 1/10,000th Scale World]]. [[User:PvOberstein|PvOberstein]] ([[User talk:PvOberstein|talk]]) 20:24, 15 January 2021 (UTC)<br />
:Look better, the scale is different. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.245.47|172.68.245.47]] 20:40, 15 January 2021 (UTC)<br />
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<span id="run-fast-enough-go-into-orbit">Correct me if im wrong but if you ran fast enough, could you go into orbit around earth? [[User:Donthaveusername|Donthaveusername]] ([[User talk:Donthaveusername|talk]]) 20:56, 15 January 2\021 (UTC) </span><br />
:This "What If" might help: [https://what-if.xkcd.com/68/ Little Planet] ''(also, I closed your /span tag (not sure why it's there, just following etiquette/not editing your post, while trying to fix a superfluous code-block /div that the wiki was inserting)'' [[User:Elvenivle|Elvenivle]] ([[User talk:Elvenivle|talk]]) 22:40, 15 January 2021 (UTC)<br />
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1:1,000,000 scale next? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.74.39|162.158.74.39]] 23:24, 15 January 2021 (UTC)<br />
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If visitors in the previous comic get hypoxia unless they crouch regularly, then shouldn't visitors in this comic get hypoxia unless they lie down regularly? However hypoxia would likely negate the need for an intoxicating gas (although the visitors wouldn't be able to enjoy the apparent curvature for long before going unconscious).[[Special:Contributions/162.158.186.220|162.158.186.220]] 00:02, 16 January 2021 (UTC)<br />
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The iss nerf point winning seems to be a reference to the [https://spaceinvaders.fandom.com/wiki/UFO space invaders UFO]<br />
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I can't get my head around 5oz as a volume, with wine glasses ranging from petite flutes to huge volumes for 'tasting' and/or 'binging' (depending on how much you fill it, and how much air you (don't) leave for it to 'breathe' into). Fluid ounces, I presume, but they mean little to me as everyday practical alternatives to the litre/millilitre and the US often doesn't even use the same measure amounts even when they nominally share a name with imperial so going to look at my own measuring jug probably would mislead me by a significant fraction. Yes, I could look it up, but it's annoying me that I'd have to. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.105.122|141.101.105.122]] 04:50, 16 January 2021 (UTC)</div>141.101.105.122