https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=174.59.119.154&feedformat=atomexplain xkcd - User contributions [en]2024-03-28T14:58:03ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=User_talk:174.59.119.154&diff=30514User talk:174.59.119.1542013-03-16T17:38:46Z<p>174.59.119.154: Created page with "Hi there. I just started an explanation of the Period Speech comic. Please understand it's just a starting point; I hope others will help flesh it out. ~~~~"</p>
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<div>Hi there. I just started an explanation of the Period Speech comic. Please understand it's just a starting point; I hope others will help flesh it out. [[Special:Contributions/174.59.119.154|174.59.119.154]] 17:38, 16 March 2013 (UTC)</div>174.59.119.154https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=771:_Period_Speech&diff=30513771: Period Speech2013-03-16T17:36:21Z<p>174.59.119.154: Created page with "{{comic | number = 771 | date = 2010-07-26 | title = Period Speech | image = period_speech.png | titletext = }} ==Explanation== The actors on this stage are ..."</p>
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| title = Period Speech<br />
| image = period_speech.png<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
The actors on this stage are using language and technology from different time periods, but the premise is that hundreds of years in the future, nobody will notice. For example, "Forsooth" is from Shakespearean times; "Ten-Four" was popular during the 1970s CB radio craze. Note that one actor is carrying a spear, another has a handgun and another has a laptop computer.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
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<div>I don't understand what he means by Alternative Tickets in the last frame. <br />
:It does not say 'Alternative', it says {{w|Alliterative}}, meaning that both names starts with the same sound/letter. '''R'''omney/'''R'''yan --[[User:Pmakholm|Pmakholm]] ([[User talk:Pmakholm|talk]]) 16:04, 18 October 2012 (UTC)<br />
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My research tells me that Jefferson won 1800. Error on Randall's part? [[User:Davidy22|Davidy22]] ([[User talk:Davidy22|talk]]) 08:52, 17 October 2012 (UTC)<br />
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I'm a bit confused by 1792 vs. 1804: The latter is "No incumbent has beaten a challenger", but didn't Washington face any challenger when he was re-elected in 1792? [[User:Jolindbe|Jolindbe]] ([[User talk:Jolindbe|talk]]) 14:19, 17 October 2012 (UTC)<br />
: {{w|United_States_presidential_election,_1792|He ran unopposed}} --[[User:Buggz|Buggz]] ([[User talk:Buggz|talk]]) 14:33, 17 October 2012 (UTC)<br />
:: As far as I understand it, he had four opponents, but got all the votes. Then, the electoral college voted on whom to be the vice president among the remaining candidates. But it seems unlikely to get 100% of the popular votes, do I misinterpret the wiki page? [[User:Jolindbe|Jolindbe]] ([[User talk:Jolindbe|talk]]) 17:45, 17 October 2012 (UTC)<br />
:::Well, back then, the electoral college didn't take their votes from the people. They just decided, so they decided to give Washington the presidency. [[Special:Contributions/140.247.0.79|140.247.0.79]] 18:55, 17 October 2012 (UTC)<br />
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"1904: No one under 45 has become president. ... Roosevelt did."<br />
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Sort of. {{w|Theodore Roosevelt}} (Oct 1858–1919) was under 45 when he ''became'' president, in 1901. But by the time of the ''1904'' election he was 46.<br />
<br/>[[Special:Contributions/75.36.234.236|75.36.234.236]] 18:48, 17 October 2012 (UTC)<br />
:Correct. Theodore Roosevelt was the youngest President to date, but Kennedy was the youngest yet ''elected''. [[Special:Contributions/67.51.59.66|67.51.59.66]] 20:09, 17 October 2012 (UTC)<br />
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The image needs to be updated. I'm not sure how to do that myself. [[Special:Contributions/76.122.5.96|76.122.5.96]] 23:56, 17 October 2012 (UTC)<br />
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Uploaded corrected image, changed tense on comments. Reload/refresh to check the 1800 frame should now show Jefferson... --[[User:Bpothier|B. P.]] ([[User talk:Bpothier|talk]]) 01:36, 18 October 2012 (UTC)<br />
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And how can people be from Virginia AND Massachusett? I think he meant OR.[[Special:Contributions/77.245.46.86|77.245.46.86]] 11:39, 18 October 2012 (UTC)<br />
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I take it the entire comic will not go up under "Transcripts"? [[User:Bobidou23|Bobidou23]] ([[User talk:Bobidou23|talk]]) 22:03, 18 October 2012 (UTC)<br />
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:It will, but no one's been bothered the transcribe it all yet.[[User:Davidy22|Davidy22]] ([[User talk:Davidy22|talk]]) 23:01, 18 October 2012 (UTC)<br />
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Although Buchanan/Breckinridge won in 1856, Stevenson/Sparkman were defeated by Eisenhower/Nixon in 1952. <br />
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He's wrong about the other 'precedent' for 2012 as well. Other first name with a K losers:<br />
*1924, Frank T. Johns (Socialist Labor)<br />
*1932, Frank S. Regan (Prohibition)<br />
*1936, Frank Knox (Republican)<br />
*1948, Tucker P. Smith (Socialist)<br />
*1980, Patrick J. Lucey (Independent)<br />
*1996, Patrick Choate (Reform)<br />
*2004, Chuck Baldwin (Constitution)<br />
*2008, Chuck Baldwin (Constitution)<br />
--[[Special:Contributions/76.20.209.221|76.20.209.221]] 10:43, 20 October 2012 (UTC)<br />
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Good point about small party candidates, but Tucker P. Smith was the Socialist vice presidential candidate in 1948; the presidential candidate was Norman Thomas.<br />
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==Errors==<br />
Should the errors be included in the article explanation, or should they just be discussed here in the chat box? I'm of the opinion that anything that doesn't go towards explaining the comic should go here in the discussion. I would lean towards keeping error nitpicking confined to the discussion page. [[User:Davidy22|Davidy22]] ([[User talk:Davidy22|talk]]) 13:19, 18 October 2012 (UTC)<br />
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:I think errors should be put down in a trivia/errors section. Or, if a flame war is starting, move it onto the talk page. [[User:Lcarsos|lcarsos]] ([[User talk:Lcarsos|talk]]) 23:44, 22 October 2012 (UTC)<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
Just finished the transcript. I didn't check for typos, since there was a lot of typing. It would be great if someone else would look over it. {{unsigned|207.242.93.10}}<br />
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:Looks great! I've removed a lot of the whitespace which (I think) makes it easier to read, and doesn't require quite as much scrolling. I haven't gone through and spell checked everything either, but if someone finds anything they can fix it. [[User:Lcarsos|lcarsos]] ([[User talk:Lcarsos|talk]]) 23:44, 22 October 2012 (UTC)</div>174.59.119.154