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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2811<br />
| date = August 4, 2023<br />
| title = Free Fallin'<br />
| image = free_fallin_2x.png<br />
| imagesize = 546x376px<br />
| noexpand = true<br />
| titletext = Their crash investigation team had some particularly harsh words for Dave Matthews.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a Vampire on Ventura Boulevard - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
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In this comic, Randall suggests that due to an obscure law, the [[wikipedia:National Transportation Safety Board|National Transportation Safety Board]] (NTSB) has to do a report if a song is downloaded to a [[wikipedia:Flight data recorder|flight data recorder]]. In this instance, the song used is [[wikipedia:Free Fallin'|''Free Fallin''']] by [[wikipedia:Tom Petty|Tom Petty]]. The NTSB issues reports on incidents involving airplanes. In this comic, the lyrics of the song are used to describe the actions of the incident aircraft over northern Los Angeles County, California.<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
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! Map item !! Lyric<br />
|-<br />
| Tom Petty home || And it's a long day livin' in Reseda<br />
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| vampires || And all the vampires walkin' through the valley<br>Move west down Ventura Boulevard<br />
|-<br />
| boys (bad) || And all the bad boys are standin' in the shadows<br />
|-<br />
| girls (good) (sad) || And the good girls are home with broken hearts<br />
|-<br />
| glide phase || I wanna glide down over Mulholland<br />
|-<br />
| skywriting incident || I wanna write her name in the sky<br />
|-<br />
| ? || I'm gonna free fall out into nothin'<br>Gonna leave this world for awhile<br>I'm free fallin'<br />
|}<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
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[Map of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Fernando_Valley San Fernando Valley, CA], with dotted line labeled “flight path” and several other features marked on and around the line:]<br />
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* Tom Petty home (in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reseda,_Los_Angeles Reseda])<br />
* flight path (the dotted line)<br />
* vampires (on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventura_Boulevard Ventura Boulevard], with an arrow pointing west)<br />
* boys (bad)<br />
* girls (good) (sad)<br />
* glide phase (over [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulholland_Drive Mullholland Drive])<br />
* skywriting incident (loops in flight path)<br />
*? (at end of flight path, near [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burbank,_California Burbank])<br />
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[In the top left of the map, the logo of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Transportation_Safety_Board National Transportation Safety Board] (NTSB)]<br />
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Caption below map: Due to an obscure law, if you download a song onto a flight data recorder and send it to the NTSB, they have to do a report on it.<br />
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{{comic discussion}}</div>P1h3r1e3d13https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2811:_Free_Fallin%27&diff=3202632811: Free Fallin'2023-08-04T20:32:03Z<p>P1h3r1e3d13: /* Transcript */ attempted a transcript</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2811<br />
| date = August 4, 2023<br />
| title = Free Fallin'<br />
| image = free_fallin_2x.png<br />
| imagesize = 546x376px<br />
| noexpand = true<br />
| titletext = Their crash investigation team had some particularly harsh words for Dave Matthews.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a Vampire on Ventura Boulevard - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
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In this comic, Randall suggests that due to an obscure law, the [[wikipedia:National Transportation Safety Board|National Transportation Safety Board]] (NTSB) has to do a report if a song is downloaded to a [[wikipedia:Flight data recorder|flight data recorder]]. In this instance, the song used is [[wikipedia:Free Fallin'|''Free Fallin''']] by [[wikipedia:Tom Petty|Tom Petty]]. The NTSB issues reports on incidents involving airplanes. In this comic, the lyrics of the song are used to describe the actions of the incident aircraft over northern Los Angeles County, California.<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Map item !! Lyric<br />
|-<br />
| Tom Petty home || And it's a long day livin' in Reseda<br />
|-<br />
| Vampires || And all the vampires walkin' through the valley<br>Move west down Ventura Boulevard<br />
|-<br />
| boys (bad) || And all the bad boys are standin' in the shadows<br />
|-<br />
| girls (good) (sad) || And the good girls are home with broken hearts<br />
|-<br />
| glide phase || I wanna glide down over Mulholland<br />
|-<br />
| skywriting incident || I wanna write her name in the sky<br />
|-<br />
| ? || I'm gonna free fall out into nothin'<br>Gonna leave this world for awhile<br>I'm free fallin'<br />
|}<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
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[Map of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Fernando_Valley San Fernando Valley, CA], with dotted line labeled “flight path” and several other features marked on and around the line:]<br />
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* Tom Petty home (in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reseda,_Los_Angeles Reseda])<br />
* flight path (the dotted line)<br />
* vampires (on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventura_Boulevard Ventura Boulevard], with an arrow pointing west)<br />
* boys (bad)<br />
* girls (good) (sad)<br />
* glide phase (over [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulholland_Drive Mullholland Drive])<br />
* skywriting incident (loops in flight path)<br />
*? (at end of flight path, near [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burbank,_California Burbank])<br />
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[In the top left of the map, the logo of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Transportation_Safety_Board National Transportation Safety Board] (NTSB)]<br />
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Caption below map: Due to an obscure law, if you download a song onto a flight data recorder and send it to the NTSB, they have to do a report on it.<br />
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{{comic discussion}}</div>P1h3r1e3d13https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2811:_Free_Fallin%27&diff=3202612811: Free Fallin'2023-08-04T20:19:16Z<p>P1h3r1e3d13: /* Explanation */ table correlating map items and lyrics</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2811<br />
| date = August 4, 2023<br />
| title = Free Fallin'<br />
| image = free_fallin_2x.png<br />
| imagesize = 546x376px<br />
| noexpand = true<br />
| titletext = Their crash investigation team had some particularly harsh words for Dave Matthews.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a Vampire on Ventura Boulevard - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
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In this comic, Randall suggests that due to an obscure law, the [[wikipedia:National Transportation Safety Board|National Transportation Safety Board]] (NTSB) has to do a report if a song is downloaded to a [[wikipedia:Flight data recorder|flight data recorder]]. In this instance, the song used is [[wikipedia:Free Fallin'|''Free Fallin''']] by [[wikipedia:Tom Petty|Tom Petty]]. The NTSB issues reports on incidents involving airplanes. In this comic, the lyrics of the song are used to describe the actions of the incident aircraft over northern Los Angeles County, California.<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Map item !! Lyric<br />
|-<br />
| Tom Petty home || And it's a long day livin' in Reseda<br />
|-<br />
| Vampires || And all the vampires walkin' through the valley<br>Move west down Ventura Boulevard<br />
|-<br />
| boys (bad) || And all the bad boys are standin' in the shadows<br />
|-<br />
| girls (good) (sad) || And the good girls are home with broken hearts<br />
|-<br />
| glide phase || I wanna glide down over Mulholland<br />
|-<br />
| skywriting incident || I wanna write her name in the sky<br />
|-<br />
| ? || I'm gonna free fall out into nothin'<br>Gonna leave this world for awhile<br>I'm free fallin'<br />
|}<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
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{{comic discussion}}</div>P1h3r1e3d13https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2743:_Hand_Dryers&diff=306947Talk:2743: Hand Dryers2023-02-27T21:10:49Z<p>P1h3r1e3d13: signature</p>
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The mouseover text is trolling, since that would be impossible. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.200.140|172.70.200.140]] 16:23, 27 February 2023 (UTC)<br />
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The Pratt & Whitney J58 is capable of producing exhaust velocities exceeding that of Mach 2 at ground level. It would be possible (though extremely inadvisable) to dry one's hands in the exhaust, at least for the brief period where one still has hands. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.115.72|172.70.115.72]] 16:44, 27 February 2023 (UTC) J. Kupec<br />
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With a low enough vacuum in the surrounding area, a supersonic hand dryer should be able to apply drying without enough energy dissipation to damage the skin. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.65.184|172.69.65.184]] 17:27, 27 February 2023 (UTC)<br />
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As far as I understand it, the low velocity dryers heat the air, the high velocity ones don't, but rely on the air being compressed and air speed is of the essence. The other problem with the idea of very high speed is that 'stuff' could penetrate the skin (there is a type of needle-less vaccination gun on that principle).[[User:RIIW - Ponder it|RIIW - Ponder it]] ([[User talk:RIIW - Ponder it|talk]]) 19:31, 27 February 2023 (UTC)<br />
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That matches my memory, the first ones I remember were fairly low airspeed and had a data tag "1500 watts" for the heating element. Has anyone tried one of these with *dry* hands, to see how long the element takes to get hot? I don't think they heat up instantly. They certainly get hot--motorcycling on cold days I've pointed the nozzle inside my clothing to warm up at a rest stop.[[Special:Contributions/172.70.111.76|172.70.111.76]] 19:40, 27 February 2023 (UTC)<br />
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I don't think this effect fully explains observations. For example, the airflow feels warmer sooner when someone has used the dryer just before you. [[User:P1h3r1e3d13|P<sub>1</sub>h<sub>3</sub>r<sub>1</sub>e<sub>3</sub>d<sub>13</sub>]] ([[User talk:P1h3r1e3d13|talk]]) 21:10, 27 February 2023 (UTC)</div>P1h3r1e3d13https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2743:_Hand_Dryers&diff=306946Talk:2743: Hand Dryers2023-02-27T21:07:03Z<p>P1h3r1e3d13: skepticism</p>
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The mouseover text is trolling, since that would be impossible. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.200.140|172.70.200.140]] 16:23, 27 February 2023 (UTC)<br />
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The Pratt & Whitney J58 is capable of producing exhaust velocities exceeding that of Mach 2 at ground level. It would be possible (though extremely inadvisable) to dry one's hands in the exhaust, at least for the brief period where one still has hands. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.115.72|172.70.115.72]] 16:44, 27 February 2023 (UTC) J. Kupec<br />
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With a low enough vacuum in the surrounding area, a supersonic hand dryer should be able to apply drying without enough energy dissipation to damage the skin. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.65.184|172.69.65.184]] 17:27, 27 February 2023 (UTC)<br />
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As far as I understand it, the low velocity dryers heat the air, the high velocity ones don't, but rely on the air being compressed and air speed is of the essence. The other problem with the idea of very high speed is that 'stuff' could penetrate the skin (there is a type of needle-less vaccination gun on that principle).[[User:RIIW - Ponder it|RIIW - Ponder it]] ([[User talk:RIIW - Ponder it|talk]]) 19:31, 27 February 2023 (UTC)<br />
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That matches my memory, the first ones I remember were fairly low airspeed and had a data tag "1500 watts" for the heating element. Has anyone tried one of these with *dry* hands, to see how long the element takes to get hot? I don't think they heat up instantly. They certainly get hot--motorcycling on cold days I've pointed the nozzle inside my clothing to warm up at a rest stop.[[Special:Contributions/172.70.111.76|172.70.111.76]] 19:40, 27 February 2023 (UTC)<br />
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I don't think this effect fully explains observations. For example, the airflow feels warmer sooner when someone has used the dryer just before you. [[User:P1h3r1e3d13|P1h3r1e3d13]] ([[User talk:P1h3r1e3d13|talk]]) 21:07, 27 February 2023 (UTC)</div>P1h3r1e3d13https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2520:_Symbols&diff=2184632520: Symbols2021-09-24T21:56:40Z<p>P1h3r1e3d13: /* Explanation */ typos & clarification</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2520<br />
| date = September 24, 2021<br />
| title = Symbols<br />
| image = symbols.png<br />
| titletext = "röntgen" and "rem" are 20th-century physics terms that mean "no trespassing."<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by an INTERNET ARGUMENT - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon. Bare-bones explanation is in, but needs much more detail.}}<br />
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This comic refers to elements of (mostly mathematical or engineering) notation commonly used in various fields of math and science. Each piece of notation is presented as "symbolizing" a typical context in which it might be encountered. Many of the individual descriptions sounds look like verbiage that might be found on informational or warnings signs or placards, although typically with a silly edge.<br />
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*d/dx: An undergrad is working very hard<br />
d/dx is the symbol for a single-variable {{w|Derivative|derivative}}. This is a mathematical operation that, while difficult, is one of the most basic operations in calculus and consequently well within the reach of an undergraduate student, particularly in science. Thus, an equation with this operation would be one that would cause an undergraduate student to work very hard.<br />
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*∂/∂x: A grad student is working very hard<br />
The replacement of the standard "d" letters with the curly letters "∂" denotes the partial derivative, which generalizes the ordinary derivative to multi-variable calculus. Problems with partial derivatives, especially partial differential equations, can be extremely challenging—appropriate for hard graduate-level work.<br />
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*ħ: Oh wow, this is apparently a quantum thing<br />
ħ (pronounced "h-bar") is a symbol used for (the reduced) Planck's constant, a universal, fundamental constant in quantum physics. ħ is equal to the energy of a photon divided by its frequency, and angular momentum in quantum mechanical systems is measured in quantized integer or half-integer units of ħ.<br />
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*R<sub>e</sub>: Someone needs to do a lot of tedious numerical work; hopefully it's not you<br />
The Reynolds number (which is actually usually denoted by "Re," not "R<sub>e</sub>" as it appears in the comic) is the most important dimensionless group in fluid mechanics. Named for Osborne Reynolds, Re characterizes the relative sizes of inertial and viscous effects in a moving fluid. Large values of Re are indicative of turbulent flow, which cannot usually be solved for analytically, and so numerical modelling is necessary. Accurate numerical studies of high-Reynolds-number flows are notoriously difficult to create and program.<br />
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*(T<sub>a</sub><sup>4</sup> – T<sub>b</sub><sup>4</sup>): You are at risk of skin burns<br />
The Stefan-Boltzmann law says that a perfectly absorbing ("black body") source emits electromagnetic radiation with a power per unit area of σT<sup>4</sup>, where σ is a known constant and T is the absolute temperature. The quantity (T<sub>a</sub><sup>4</sup> – T<sub>b</sub><sup>4</sup>) thus appears in any calculation of purely radiative energy transfer between two bodies, one at temperature T<sub>a</sub> and the other at T<sub>b</sub>. When radiative transfer is large enough to be the most import form of heat interchange, it is normally also large enough to sear the skin with thermal or ultraviolet burns.<br />
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*N<sub>A</sub>: You are probably about to make an incredibly dangerous arithmetic error<br />
N<sub>A</sub>, or Avogadro's number, is the number of molecules in a mole of a substance—roughly the number of protons and neutrons in 1 gram of matter. This is an enormous number, approximately 6.02 × 10<sup>23</sup>. Working with N<sub>A</sub>, it is easy to make errors of one or more factors of ten without noticing. If this kind of error is made in the calculation of the stoichiometrically correct amount of a reagent in a chemical reaction, it is possible to accidentally create dangerous amounts of unwanted chemical products.<br />
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*µm: Careful, that equipment is expensive<br />
Micrometers are a very small unit of distance. Any equipment that is operating in these units will be incredibly finely calibrated and thus very expensive.<br />
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*mK: Careful, that equipment is <i>very</i> expensive<br />
Millikelvin temperatures are very cold, barely above absolute zero, suggesting sensitive experiments probing quantum mechanical behavior that would likely only exist in an advanced laboratory. Any equipment that works down a mK temperatures is likely to be very expensive.<br />
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*nm: Don't shine that in your eye<br />
Nanometers are most frequently seen in the listed wavelengths for lasers. Pointing a visible or infrared laser at someone's eye is notoriously dangerous; the tightly-focused coherent light can cause permanent damage very quickly.<br />
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*eV: <i>Definitely</i> don't shine that in your eye<br />
Electron volt energies are typical of moderate-energy particle beams, produced by accelerating electrons (or protons) over macroscopic voltages. These particle beams can be even more damaging to soft tissues than optical-wavelength lasers.<br />
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*mSv: You are about to get into an Internet argument<br />
The millisievert is a unit of radiation dose absorbed. It is actuality a very small dosage, but the joke refers to Internet trolls debating the effects of low-dose radiation sources, such as 5G wireless networks. Randall's comment may also be referring to [https://xkcd.com/radiation/ this chart].<br />
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*mg/kg: Go wash your hands<br />
This measures the dangerous dose of a chemical in milligrams per kilogram of body mass. If the dose is measured in mg/kg (parts per million), then the substance is quite toxic.<br />
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*µg/kg: Go get in the chemical shower<br />
If the dosage is measured in micrograms per kilogram (parts per billion), the substance is extremely toxic.<br />
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*π or τ: Whatever answer you get will be wrong by a factor of exactly two<br />
π is defined as the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, while τ is defined as 2π times two (the ratio of the circumference to the radius). π has been used as the primary constant for describing the circumference and area of circles for millennia, but proponents of τ point out that τ is actually more natural in most constants, since it makes working in radians more straightforward. The joke here is that whichever constant you use, it will probably be the wrong one (off by a factor of two, one way or the other) for what you are trying to calculate.<br />
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The title text refers to two non-SI units of radiation measurement. In the mid-20th century when they were in use, the dangers of radiation weren't as well understood as today, so an area with radiation that was noteworthy back then is probably dangerous, hence the no trespassing part.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
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;d/dx<br />
:An undergrad is working very hard<br />
;∂/∂x<br />
:A grad student is working very hard<br />
;ħ<br />
:Oh wow, this is apparently a quantum thing<br />
;R<sub>e</sub><br />
:Someone needs to do a lot of tedious numerical work; hopefully it's not you<br />
;(T<sub>a</sub><sup>4</sup> - T<sub>b</sub><sup>4</sup>)<br />
:You are at risk of skin burns<br />
;N<sub>A</sub><br />
:You are probably about to make an incredibly dangerous arithmetic error<br />
;µm<br />
:Careful, that equipment is expensive<br />
;mK<br />
:Careful, that equipment is <i>very</i> expensive<br />
;nm<br />
:Don't shine that in your eye<br />
;eV<br />
:<i>Definitely</i> don't shine that in your eye<br />
;mSv<br />
:You are about to get into an internet argument<br />
;mg/kg<br />
:Go wash your hands<br />
;µg/kg<br />
:Go get in the chemical shower<br />
;π or τ<br />
:Whatever answer you get will be wrong by a factor of exactly two<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
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;d/dx<br />
:an undergrad is working very hard<br />
;∂/∂x<br />
:a grad student is working very hard<br />
;ħ<br />
:oh wow, this is apparently a quantum thing<br />
;R<sub>e</sub><br />
:someone needs to do a lot of tedious numerical work; hopefully it's not you<br />
;(T<sub>a</sub><sup>4</sup> - T<sub>b</sub><sup>4</sup>)<br />
:you are at risk of skin burns<br />
;N<sub>A</sub><br />
:you are probably about to make an incredibly dangerous arithmetic error<br />
;µm<br />
:careful, that equipment is expensive<br />
;mK<br />
:careful, that equipment is <i>very</i> expensive<br />
;nm<br />
:don't shine that in your eye<br />
;eV<br />
:<i>definitely</i> don't shine that in your eye<br />
;mSv<br />
:you are about to get into an internet argument<br />
;mg/kg<br />
:go wash your hands<br />
;µg/kg<br />
:go get in the chemical shower<br />
;π or τ<br />
:whatever answer you get will be wrong by a factor of exactly two<br />
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{{comic discussion}}</div>P1h3r1e3d13https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2198:_Throw&diff=1790632198: Throw2019-09-03T16:50:21Z<p>P1h3r1e3d13: /* Transcript */ list format</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2198<br />
| date = September 3, 2019<br />
| title = Throw<br />
| image = throw.png<br />
| titletext = The keys to successfully throwing a party are location, planning, and one of those aircraft carrier steam catapults.<br />
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*To experience the interactivity of this game, visit the {{xkcd|2198|original comic}}.<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by Thor, God of Thunder. Table for all combinations should be made. Maybe with clear marking of those that cannot be thrown. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
The "comic" is an interactive comic made to celebrate the release of [[Randall|Randall's]] new book, ''[[How To]]''. The comic is based on a chapter in the book. <br />
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As the comic celebrates the book which was released on ''Tuesday'' September 3rd, 2019, the comic was thus also released on a [[:Category:Tuesday comics|Tuesday]], (probably?) replacing that week's normal Wednesday release, to coincide with the release day. This was exactly the same that happened when [[1608: Hoverboard]] came out on the Tuesday where [[Thing Explainer]] came out. Although the hugely complex comic Hoverboard cannot be directly compared to this one, they are both [[:Category:Dynamic comics|dynamic]] and [[:Category:Interactive comics|interactive]] with [[:Category:Comics with animation|animations]] a part of them!<br />
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In this comic the viewer can select a person/{{w|Pikachu}}/God/Squirrel, and an object (or a person, Pikachu or a Squirrel) and get an animation of how the selected throw would work out, and an estimated distance of the throw (both in SI units and in other very arbitrary units, see [[#Table of distance units|table]] below) if it was possible, i.e. the thrower must be larger than the thrown object (or a God). The formula/guideline is apparently based on a chapter from the book.<br />
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One special case to the calculations is Thor's hammer, which is enchanted so that only those who are deemed "worthy" are able to lift it. As such, despite its mass being liftable by many of the characters, only Thor, God of Thunder (who is canonically worthy) is shown to actually be able to throw it. Also Thor is the only one who uses {{w|furlongs}} to measure his distances.<br />
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There are 7 throwers and 15 things to throw, giving a total of 105 different combinations, see the [[#Table of throw distances|table]] below. But only Thor can throw all 15, and three of the objects only he can throw. (George Washington, Hammer and Car). And the smaller critters can only throw a few things. So the total number of throws is much less than 100. Still there will be an animation for all 105, but with no distance on the throw.<br />
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The title text refers to throwing a party (a colloquial synonym of giving a party) and first makes the assumption of actually giving hints for giving a party, and then switching to suggest a mechanism to literally throw a huge object, such as a house with a party going on inside.<br />
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==Table of throw distances==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
!Item&nbsp;/&nbsp;Thrower<br />
!NFL&nbsp;Quarterback<br />
!George&nbsp;Washington<br />
!Pikachu<br />
!Carly&nbsp;Rae&nbsp;Jepsen<br />
!Thor<br />
!Chris&nbsp;Hemsworth<br />
!Squirrel<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan="2"|'''Microwave oven'''<br />
|10.32 m<br />
|7.76 m<br />
|N/A<br />
|3.67 m<br />
|181.57 m<br />
|6.15 m<br />
|N/A<br />
|-<br />
|33.85 feet<br />
|25.46 feet<br />
|N/A<br />
|82.65 rack units<br />
|1.99 football fields<br />
|138.40 rack units<br />
|N/A<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan="2"|'''Basketball'''<br />
|40.18 m<br />
|33.22 m<br />
|2.34 m<br />
|19.11 m<br />
|113.67 m<br />
|27.99 m<br />
|N/A<br />
|-<br />
|16.74 horses<br />
|19.54 smoots<br />
|75.90 attoparsecs<br />
|11.24 smoots<br />
|1.42 Manhattan blocks<br />
|16.46 smoots<br />
|N/A<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan="2"|'''Blender'''<br />
|16.58 m<br />
|12.45 m<br />
|N/A<br />
|5.89 m<br />
|333.25 m<br />
|9.86 m<br />
|N/A<br />
|-<br />
|9.75 smoots<br />
|40.85 feet<br />
|N/A<br />
|132.51 rack units<br />
|1.66 furlongs<br />
|32.34 feet<br />
|N/A<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan="2"|'''Gold bar'''<br />
|9.73 m<br />
|7.23 m<br />
|N/A<br />
|3.36 m<br />
|549.28 m<br />
|5.69 m<br />
|N/A<br />
|-<br />
|31.93 feet<br />
|23.73 feet<br />
|N/A<br />
|75.65 rack units<br />
|2.73 furlongs<br />
|128.11 rack units<br />
|N/A<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan="2"|'''Wedding cake'''<br />
|8.96 m<br />
|6.75 m<br />
|N/A<br />
|3.2 m<br />
|146.25 m<br />
|5.35 m<br />
|N/A<br />
|-<br />
|29.40 feet<br />
|22.14 feet<br />
|N/A<br />
|72.00 rack units<br />
|1.60 football fields<br />
|120.45 rack units<br />
|N/A<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan="2"|'''Ping-pong ball'''<br />
|11.8 m<br />
|11.63 m<br />
|9.28 m<br />
|11.25 m<br />
|12.53 m<br />
|11.41 m<br />
|4.95 m<br />
|-<br />
|38.72 feet<br />
|38.17 feet<br />
|30.46 feet<br />
|36.92 feet<br />
|41.10 feet<br />
|37.44 feet<br />
|111.37 rack units<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan="2"|'''Acorn'''<br />
|83.00 m<br />
|75.84 m<br />
|28.16 m<br />
|62.85 m<br />
|135.98 m<br />
|67.91 m<br />
|6.53 m<br />
|-<br />
|1.04 Manhattan blocks<br />
|0.95 Manhattan blocks<br />
|16.57 smoots<br />
|26.19 horses<br />
|1.49 football fields<br />
|28.30 horses<br />
|146.85 rack units<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan="2"|'''Thor's Hammer'''<br />
|N/A<br />
|N/A<br />
|N/A<br />
|N/A<br />
|19.32 m<br />
|N/A<br />
|N/A<br />
|-<br />
|N/A<br />
|N/A<br />
|N/A<br />
|N/A<br />
|11.36 smoots<br />
|N/A<br />
|N/A<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan="2"|'''Javelin'''<br />
|56.10 m<br />
|42.04 m<br />
|N/A<br />
|20.12 m<br />
|3028.75 m<br />
|33.09 m<br />
|N/A<br />
|-<br />
|23.37 horses<br />
|17.51 horses<br />
|N/A<br />
|11.84 smoots<br />
|15.06 furlongs<br />
|19.46 smoots<br />
|N/A<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan="2"|'''George Washington'''<br />
|N/A<br />
|N/A<br />
|N/A<br />
|N/A<br />
|136.65 m<br />
|N/A<br />
|N/A<br />
|-<br />
|N/A<br />
|N/A<br />
|N/A<br />
|N/A<br />
|1.49 football fields<br />
|N/A<br />
|N/A<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan="2"|'''Pikachu'''<br />
|15.22 m<br />
|11.41<br />
|N/A<br />
|5.39 m<br />
|332.52 m<br />
|9.03 m<br />
|N/A<br />
|-<br />
|49.94 feet<br />
|37.45 feet<br />
|N/A<br />
|121.18 rack units<br />
|1.65 furlongs<br />
|29.63 feet<br />
|N/A<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan="2"|'''Car'''<br />
|N/A<br />
|N/A<br />
|N/A<br />
|N/A<br />
|27.22 m<br />
|N/A<br />
|N/A<br />
|-<br />
|N/A<br />
|N/A<br />
|N/A<br />
|N/A<br />
|16.01 smoots<br />
|N/A<br />
|N/A<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan="2"|'''Spinning dollar'''<br />
|177.09 m<br />
|143.96 m<br />
|16.91<br />
|92.63 m<br />
|1331.21 m<br />
|115.89 m<br />
|2.20 m<br />
|-<br />
|1.94 football fields<br />
|1.57 football fields<br />
|9.95 smoots<br />
|1.16 Manhattan blocks<br />
|6.53 furlongs<br />
|1.45 Manhattan blocks<br />
|71.41 attoparsecs<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan="2"|'''Tumbling dollar'''<br />
|58.17 m<br />
|53.77 m<br />
|13.92 m<br />
|44.08 m<br />
|84.82 m<br />
|49.03 m<br />
|2.14 m<br />
|-<br />
|24.24 horses<br />
|22.41 horses<br />
|45.67 feet<br />
|18.37 horses<br />
|1.06 Manhattan blocks<br />
|20.43 horses<br />
|69.42 attoparsecs<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan="2"|'''Squirrel'''<br />
|58.64 m<br />
|46.92 m<br />
|2.92 m<br />
|25.44 m<br />
|256.54 m<br />
|38.50 m<br />
|N/A<br />
|-<br />
|24.43 horses<br />
|19.55 horses<br />
|65.71 rack units<br />
|14.97 smoots<br />
|1.28 furlongs<br />
|16.04 horses<br />
|N/A<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Table of distance units==<br />
*Table of other distance-units and their length in meters:<br />
**The meters in this comic is obtained by finding the distance used in the comic in three cases and then take the average.<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
!Unit name<br />
!Length in comic<br />
!Explanation<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Foot (unit)|Feet}}<br />
|0.30477 m<br />
|One foot is defined as 0.3048 meter. In customary and imperial units, the foot comprises 12 inches and three feet compose a yard. <br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Rack units}}<br />
|44.444 mm<br />
|A rack unit (abbreviated U or RU) is a unit of measure defined as 1 3⁄4 inches (44.45 mm). Mainly used to measure the overall height of the likes of {{w|19-inch rack}} frames or the equipment put in there.<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|American football field|Football fields}}<br />
|91.406 m<br />
|An American football field (where Randall comes from) is 100 yards or 91.44 m long<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Horses}}<br />
|2.4005 m<br />
|The length of a horse varies a lot with the horse type, breed, age and genes. In the Wikipedia article on horses the length of a horse is not even mentioned, only the height and weight. But Randall has used horses for measurements before. A {{w|Horse length}} is approximately 8 feet (2.4 m).<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Smoots}}<br />
|1.7000 m<br />
|The smoot is a nonstandard, humorous unit of length created as part of an MIT fraternity prank. One smoot is equal to Oliver Smoot's height at the time of the prank, 5 feet 7 inches (1.70 m). He used his height to measure the length of a bridge by repeating laying himself down along the bridge.<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Furlongs}}<br />
|201,02 m<br />
|A furlong is a measure of distance in imperial units and U.S. customary units equal to one eighth of a mile. It should thus give that one furlong is 201.168 metres. However, the United States does not uniformly use this conversion ratio. Older ratios are in use for surveying purposes in some states. Only Thor's distances are given in furlong.<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Manhattan}}-{{w|City block|blocks}}<br />
|79,897 m<br />
|The numbered streets in Manhattan run east-west, and are generally 60 feet (18 m) wide, with about 200 feet (61 m) between each pair of streets. With each combined street and block adding up to about 260 feet (79 m), there are almost exactly 20 blocks per mile. The typical block in Manhattan is 250 by 600 feet (76 by 183 m). When driving in a grid like city the {{w|Manhattan distance}} between two points is a concept, although it is also called {{w|Taxicab geometry}}. It seems like it is indeed the combined street and block distance. Also there is an error. The number has been found by taking four numbers not three, but then leaving out George Washington's distance which would give a block length of only 72,05 m.<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Atto-}}{{w|parsecs}}<br />
|3,082 cm<br />
|The parsec is a unit of length used to measure large distances to astronomical objects outside the Solar System. A parsec is defined as the distance at which one {{w|astronomical unit}} subtends an angle of one {{w|arcsecond}}. One parsec is equal to about 3.26 light-years or 31 trillion kilometres (31×10<sup>12</sup> km) or 19 trillion miles (19×10<sup>12</sup> mi). Atto- is a unit prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of 10<sup>−18</sup> or 0.000000000000000001. Together the two units exponents will almost cancel out as 31 trillion kilometres can be written as 3.1×10<sup>18</sup>cm, meaning that an attoparsec is 3.1 cm. The unit is only used three times once for Pikachu and twice for Squirrel.<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
:[As this is an interactive comic not all possible text should be given in this transcript. Also it is not possible to see all the different throwers or objects in one image. This transcript here includes only the text that can be found when loading the page, without changing the thrower or object (the default), but also includes the text that can be found by scrolling in the two select "windows" as that would be similar to a long comic where you need to scroll. For further differences that occur by changing the objects refer to a table of all combinations.]<br />
<br />
:[A heading with a subheading is above a line, beneath which are a sentence, that is generated by the selections in the two windows beneath this sentence:]<br />
:<big>'''Throw Calculator'''</big><br />
:This calculator implements the approximate throwing distance estimation model from ''How To'' Chapter 10: ''How to throw things''.<br />
<br />
:How far could George Washington throw a Microwave oven?<br />
<br />
:[Beneath this sentence are two "windows" with a frame around them, one to the left and one the the right, each with a heading breaking the top frame. Each also has a scroll bad to the right, which allows to scroll down through 7 different possible selections to the left and 15 to the right. There are to selections on each line, leaving one alone at the bottom left of each list as there are uneven numbers in both lists. Here below each windows' content is given under their respective headings. Each possible selection is a drawing with a caption beneath it.]<br />
:Select a thrower<br />
<br />
:*An NFL Quarterback<br />
:*George Washington<br />
:*Pikachu<br />
:*Carly Rae Jepsen<br />
:*Thor, God of Thunder<br />
:*Chris Hemsworth<br />
:*A squirrel<br />
<br />
:Select an object to be thrown<br />
:*A microwave oven<br />
:*A basketball<br />
:*A blender<br />
:*A gold bar<br />
:*A wedding cake<br />
:*A ping-pong ball<br />
:*An acorn<br />
:*Thor's Hammer<br />
:*A javelin<br />
:*George Washington<br />
:*Pikachu<br />
:*A car<br />
:*A silver dollar (spinning)<br />
:*A silver dollar (tumbling)<br />
:*A squirrel<br />
<br />
:[Below the two windows is the result of the animation that will happen when a selection has been made. An animation of the selected thrower throwing the selected object (or failing) will be shown, and the objects traveling distance will be measured out both in meters (SI units) and in some other unit in brackets below. If the distance is not too long compared to the size of the object and thrower, then both can be seen, and in case the object is soft it may break from the throw.]<br />
<br />
:[In the pre-selected version George Washington throws a microwave oven, which ends up several meters from him lying on a corner broken, with the wire lying beneath it. The distance is given under the ruler along which the throw has occurred, with markings for approximately every meter. In this case there are seven steps even though the distance is above 7 meters:]<br />
:7.76 meters<br />
:(25.46 feet)<br />
<br />
==Trivia==<br />
The comic quite obviously refers to Thor, as the character from the Marvel comics and movies (and other media), who himself is a reference to the ancient Germanic god. In Marvel Cinematic Universe movies Thor is played by Chris Hemsworth.<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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[[Category:Sport]] <!-- ping pong, javelin --></div>P1h3r1e3d13https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=311:_Action_Movies&diff=175965311: Action Movies2019-06-29T21:14:52Z<p>P1h3r1e3d13: /* Explanation */ update link</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 311<br />
| date = September 3, 2007<br />
| title = Action Movies<br />
| image = action_movies.png<br />
| titletext = By my count, only 48 of the 158 minutes in Live Free or Die Hard have action. That's pathetic, guys. Crank is better, but needs a bigger budget and more Summer Glau.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
<br />
A common complaint about {{w|Action film|action films}} is that they are light on plot and heavy on pointless violence and special effects. The ''{{w|Die Hard (film series)|Die Hard}}'' series (including ''{{w|Live Free or Die Hard}}'') are typical action films about which this complaint has been made. However, [[Cueball]] reverses the complaint, stating that proportional to the run-time of the movie, there could have been much ''more'' action and much ''less'' plot. He takes this idea to an extreme, saying that his ideal action movie should have only half a minute of exposition and otherwise consist of nothing but one long, continuous action scene. [[Megan]] adds that starring a well-known and popular character - one that audiences "never get tired of watching" - would further eliminate the need for exposition and provide more time for action.<br />
<br />
The two come up with "River Tam Beats Up Everyone" as such a movie. It is unclear if this is the actual title of their proposed movie or simply a description or teaser. In either case, the name doubles as a more or less complete plot description.<br />
<br />
{{w|River Tam}} (played by {{w|Summer Glau}}) is a character from the popular but short-lived TV series ''{{w|Firefly (TV series)|Firefly}}''. In the show, she is shown to have almost clairvoyant mental capabilities (including being able to read minds and aim a gun without looking), and the series largely revolves around a conspiracy concerning her. In the follow-up movie ''{{w|Serenity (2005 film)|Serenity}}'', River also possesses superhuman fighting skills - early in the film, triggered by a subliminal message, she unexpectedly begins attacking everyone in a bar. Later, in the film's climax, she subdues an entire squadron of Reavers while hardly breaking a sweat.<br />
<br />
The poster art for "River Tam Beats Up Everyone" is almost certainly inspired by these scenes from ''Serenity'', and Megan and Cueball's decision to use River is based on her rampant popularity among the ''Firefly'' fan base. The poster's typeface, {{w|Papyrus (typeface)|Papyrus}}, has also been used in many of the marketing materials for both ''Firefly'' and ''Serenity''; [[Randall]] would later confess his love for it in the title text of [[590: Papyrus]].<br />
<br />
In the title text, Randall states that ''Live Free or Die Hard'' had far too little action and suggests another movie, ''Crank'', as a better example. He goes on to suggest that ''Crank'' would have been better if it had had a larger budget and starred Summer Glau in a fighting role.<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
:[Cueball and Megan are talking together as they walk away from a cinema.]<br />
:Cueball: Another summer gone without a mindless big-budget action movie.<br />
:Megan: Huh? Die Hard was nothing BUT action!<br />
:Cueball: No, it was too talky.<br />
:Megan: What? Too talky?<br />
:Cueball: I tallied it minute-by-minute. It's at least 60% people walking and talking. ALL those movies are.<br />
:Cueball: Just once, I want a real action movie. 30 seconds of exposition followed by a perfect 90-minute action scene. One with a huge budget, a good choreographer, and a great director.<br />
:Megan: And they should center it around some character we already know, someone we never get tired of watching.<br />
:Cueball: I think we've got something here...<br />
:[A movie poster is shown.]<br />
: Coming this summer<br />
: River Tam<br />
: Beats up EVERYONE<br />
:[The poster shows a line of doorways. In the background, numerous people are lying on the ground or draped over doorways and windows. River Tam is doing a flying kick into someone's face, and another person is emerging from the doorway closest to the viewer.]<br />
<br />
{{comic discussion}}<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Summer Glau]]<br />
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[[Category:Firefly]]</div>P1h3r1e3d13https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2100:_Models_of_the_Atom&diff=1683502100: Models of the Atom2019-01-18T19:42:48Z<p>P1h3r1e3d13: /* Explanation */ paragraph headings for scannability</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2100<br />
| date = January 18, 2019<br />
| title = Models of the Atom<br />
| image = models_of_the_atom.png<br />
| titletext = J.J. Thompson won a Nobel Prize for his work in electricity in gases, but was unfairly passed over for his "An atom is plum pudding, and plum pudding is MADE of atoms! Duuuuude." theory.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by a COMPLAINING EQUATION. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
<br />
This comic humorously describes the changing view of what an {{w|atom}} is.<br />
<br />
;Small hard ball model<br />
The first model shown, in 1810, is said to be a "small hard ball model." Around this time, {{w|John Dalton}} came up with the most famous maxim of chemistry: "All stuff is made of atoms." Dalton used the idea to explain what is today known as {{w|stoichiometry}}. Thus humans thought up the idea of atoms – but in lieu of any ideas of how they work, the scientific community likely thought of them as "hard round balls"; thus the name described here.<br />
<br />
;Plum pudding model<br />
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the study of these "atom" things faced a crisis: where would the newly discovered "{{w|electron}}s" go? In 1904, physicist {{w|J. J. Thomson}}, who discovered electrons, had an idea: maybe the electrons were small point charges moving around in a big mass of positive charge. This was the "{{w|plum pudding model}}", the second model on the comic, called this because people imagined the positively charged mass as a "{{w|Christmas pudding|plum pudding}}". (The title text references Thomson as well, along with the humorous observation that plum puddings themselves are made of atoms.)<br />
<br />
;Tiny bird model, Rutherford model<br />
This was one of many competing ideas in the formative years of what-are-atoms-made-of-ology, where [[Randall]] claims a 1907 "tiny bird model" (the third model shown) would fit in well. But ultimately, the tentative winner in the battle was the model of Thomson's student {{w|Ernest Rutherford}}, who discovered that the positive charge seemed to be in the center of the atom, and put down his {{w|Rutherford model}}, or "planetary model", in 1911, where electrons orbit a positive charge. This is the fourth model put down.<br />
<br />
;Bohr model<br />
But there were a few problems; {{w|Maxwell's equations}} complained, for instance, saying that accelerated (here: flying on the circle instead of a straight line) charges like the electrons would lose energy emitted as electromagnetic waves and would quickly orbit into the nucleus. {{w|Niels Bohr}} patched the model up with the newfangled idea of quantum mechanics, creating his "{{w|Bohr model}}", the fifth model shown here, in 1913.<br />
<br />
;Nunchuck model, Chadwick model<br />
If this sounds like today's model, you didn't pay enough attention; note that at this time, nobody thought of splitting up the nucleus into {{w|proton}}s and {{w|neutron}}s. But pretty soon people noticed that protons and neutrons existed; Randall facetiously suggests a "{{w|Nunchaku|nunchuck}} model", the sixth model shown, of a packet of protons swinging a packet of electrons around. But more seriously, {{w|James Chadwick}}, who discovered the neutron, figured that the atom had a nucleus of neutrons and protons, along with a bunch of electrons orbiting around it in a Bohrish manner. This is what the layman today often thinks of as an atom, and is the the seventh model shown here.<br />
<br />
;538 Model<br />
The eighth model shown is a "538 model" in 2008. {{w|FiveThirtyEight|538}} is a statistical analysis website that gained fame in 2008 for predicting every race but 2 correctly in the {{w|2008 United States presidential election|US presidential election}}. It has since been known for making mathematical models for everything; the model jokingly suggests that 538 has modeled and presumably made predictions about the atom. The {{w|pie chart}} shows the statistical composition of neutrons, protons and electrons, 38%, 31%, and 31% respectively. This could either be the average of a massive body with several isotopes or represent gallium-69, the most abundant {{w|Isotopes of gallium|isotope of gallium}}, with 31 protons, 31 electrons and 38 neutrons. FiveThirtyEight has previously been mentioned in several xkcd comics, including in [[477: Typewriter]], [[500: Election]], [[635: Locke and Demosthenes]], [[1130: Poll Watching]], [[1779: 2017]], and [[2002: LeBron James and Stephen Curry]].<br />
<br />
;Quantum model<br />
But is the Chadwick model what scientists endorse today? No! Today physicists subscribe to a quantum model, which is the ninth model shown here. Instead of electrons, there are quantum clouds, or more simply, the parts of the atom aren't in any particular point, but rather a probability field of possible locations. This is very abstract, and in the last model, the model is postulated to get so abstract that it is just a "small hard ball surrounded by math" model, the last model shown. This then is remarkably similar to the model we started out from, the "small hard ball model" (without the math).<br />
<br />
;“Small hard ball surrounded by math” model<br />
The picture for the "small ball surrounded by math" depicts a circle with several numbers around it. While the numbers seem to symbolize the "surrounding math" in a general sense, some of them suggest constants used in actual mathematical equations or other numbers related to the quantum model.<br />
<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Number !! Explanation<br />
|-<br />
| 18 || Maximum number of electrons in the third (M) {{w|electron shell}}<br />
|-<br />
| 0.1 ||<br />
|-<br />
| &pi; || The {{w|Pi|number pi}} present in many physics equations, often as its double value (2&pi;); also in the definition of the {{w|Planck_constant#Value|reduced Planck constant}} present in quantum-mechanical equations.<br />
|-<br />
| 173 || Possibly a typo (should be 137) referring to the fine structure constant which value is approximately 1/137<br />
|-<br />
| &radic;2 ||<br />
|-<br />
| 4i ||<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
:[One large panel with a caption centered on top and ten small drawings in two rows. Each drawing has a description below it.]<br />
<br />
:'''Models of the Atom'''<br />
:over time<br />
<br />
:[A somewhat imperfectly drawn circle.]<br />
:1810<br>Small hard ball model<br />
<br />
:[A rounded-corners trapezoid inside which there are four small plus signs and four small circles with minus signs inside them.]<br />
:1904<br>Plum pudding model<br />
<br />
:[A bigger circle, with four birds on the surface and music notes above.]<br />
:1907<br>Tiny bird model<br />
<br />
:[A small circle with dots circling around it, drawn with paths.]<br />
:1911<br>Rutherford model<br />
<br />
:[A circle with a plus sign with three circles around it, each with a dot.]<br />
:1913<br>Bohr model<br />
<br />
:[A nunchuck swinging, with the left stick filled with circles with plus signs and the right stick filled with circles with minus signs.]<br />
:1928<br>Nunchuck model<br />
<br />
:[A nucleus with three circles around it, each with a dot.]<br />
:1932<br>Chadwick model<br />
<br />
:[A pie chart, where a part of it has a circle, a part of it has a circle with a minus sign and a part of it has a circle with a plus sign.]<br />
:2008<br>538 model<br />
<br />
:[A circle, with (...)]<br />
:Today<br>Quantum model<br />
<br />
:[A circle with surrounded with numbers.]<br />
:Numbers: 18, 0.1, π, 173, √2, 4i<br />
:Future<br>"Small hard ball surrounded by math" model<br />
<br />
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2067<br />
| date = November 2, 2018<br />
| title = Challengers<br />
| image = challengers.png<br />
| titletext = Use your mouse or fingers to pan + zoom. To edit the map, submit your ballot on November 6th.<br />
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To see the full zoomable picture go to the [https://xkcd.com/2067/ original] comic page. On that map, when using a keyboard/mouse, doubleclick zooms in, shift-doubleclick zooms out.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|We should figure out what source is behind all that 13,339 landmarks in gray, there are 2596 U.S. National Historic Landmarks, but Randall claims those other more than 10,000 are also from Wikipedia. So let's identify that sources. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
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[[File:challengers_loading_screen.png|thumb|200px|Loading screen]]<br />
This comic shows probably all challengers to the {{w|United States elections, 2018|midterm elections}} hold on November 6, 2018, which are candidates running against the current office-holder, as well as those running in open seats where a change of the major party from the previous election could occur.<br />
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[[Randall]] states on top that "The bigger the candidate's name is,"<br />
*the higher the office is in command structure, and<br />
*the better their chances of success as a challenger are<br />
While an office can be subclassified by order from state down to county, the guesses on ''better chances to success'' can be only based on surveys before the elections.<br />
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All names provide an indirect link to the first {{w|Google Search}} result on that specific person and position. As common, {{w|Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic}} candidates are shown in blue text, {{w|Republican Party (United States)|Republican}} candidates in red, and independent candidates are in green.<br />
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The landmarks shown in gray are essentially links to Wikipedia pages containing coordinates pointing to the US in their body (both visible on the site and hidden in the wiki source) that point to places in the US. If they contain more than one coordinate then the first one is used, for example the {{w|List of the major 3000-meter summits of the United States}} page is shown in Alaska, and the {{w|xkcd}} page is linked near Boston, Massachusetts. This list seems to be auto-generated from a Wikipedia dump made possibly before 2017. There doesn't seem to be any other criteria as the list also contains orphaned wikipedia pages that only contain hidden coordinates in their sources pointing to the US, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Yangjie_Li for example this one].<br />
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Since the map is large there's also a [https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/challengers.png loading screen] present that can be seen while the map is loading.<br />
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There are a total of nine comics embedded into the map at various locations. They are showed when zooming into the map at the appropriate section.<br />
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===Attack Ads===<br />
[[File:challengers_subcomic_abernathy_texas.png|thumb|200px|Attack Ads]]<br />
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Location: '''Lubbock, Texas'''<br />
: [Black Hat and Cueball are talking.]<br />
: Black Hat: Starting on November 7th, we're going to blanket the airwaves with attack ads.<br />
: Cueball: Isn't the election on November 6th?<br />
: Black Hat: Yeah, the advertising rates go way down after that.<br />
{{w|Attack ads}} are campaign advertising that usually attack the opponents' campaign instead of promoting one's own. The comic also refers to the fact that media outlets usually spike their advertising prices during the campaign, and it becomes cheaper afterwards. However there's usually no point in advertising afterwards for a campaign as the polling has already taken place. This may also be a callback to [[1130: Poll Watching]]. Given the proximity to halloween, this may be a reference to the fact that halloween candy often becomes cheaper after October 31.<br />
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Lubbock was the place where some [https://www.texastribune.org/2018/08/03/cruz-orourke-attack-ad-reelection-texas/ attack ads were shown] few months before the election. Texas is also notable as in 2008 during the Democratic Party primary Hillary Clinton [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/01/us/politics/01campaign.html started running attack ads] aimed at Barack Obama, who later became President, causing controversy.<br />
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===Ballot Measures===<br />
[[File:challengers_subcomic_weed_california.png|thumb|350px|Ballot Measures]]<br />
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Location: '''Weed, California'''<br />
: [Cueball is holding a piece of paper and talking to Megan.]<br />
: Cueball: Question #1 voids all 2018 ballot measures except itself.<br />
: Cueball: Question #2 retroactively lowers the threshold for passing ballot measures to 5%.<br />
: Cueball: Question #3 requires a re-vote on all failed ballot measures a day later.<br />
: Cueball: Question #4 requires a re-vote on all passed ballot measures a day later.<br />
: Cueball: Question #5 bans those annoying phone scammers, but also says that if an odd number of ballot measures pass, Christmas is canceled.<br />
: Cueball: Question #6 makes a "yes" count as a "no" on odd-numbered ballot measures.<br />
: Cueball: Question #7 does nothing but counts as a ballot measure passing.<br />
: Cueball: Question #8 says that-<br />
: Megan: I'm leaving these all blank and voting against whoever approves ballot measures.<br />
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Ballot measures are proposed laws that are approved and rejected by voters. In California, apart from the elections to Congressional and state offices, there will be also be [https://ballotpedia.org/California_2018_ballot_propositions 12 extra propositions] for the voters in this election. Sometimes propositions also include changing how voting should be done in subsequent elections. [https://www.vox.com/2016/6/23/11979522/brexit-ballot There are people] who believe proposals on US ballots are asked in a very convoluted way, and could be made simpler.<br />
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In this comic a lot of the proposals sound complex and self-referential as well, therefore Megan just says that she doesn't wish to vote to any of them, and would actually like to ban people creating ballot papers like this. Not voting might also refer to the scenario where people believe none of the choices during an election are good, and instead vote to no-one or deface their ballot papers in protest.<br />
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The name of the town chosen, Weed, California, may be a pun on how marijuana is legal in California.<br />
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===Carlymandering===<br />
[[File:challengers_subcomic_seattle_washington.png|thumb|200px|Carlymandering]]<br />
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Location: '''Bellingham, Washington'''<br />
: [Cueball holds a presentation to a group of people including White Hat and Hairbun sitting at an office desk. The presentation shows a map of a district.]<br />
: Cueball: Under my new Carlymandering plan, we'll create five red districts, five blue districts, and one district which contains only Carly Rae Jepsen.<br />
: Hairbun: That seems fair.<br />
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This refers to {{w|gerrymandering}}, a tactic used to re-shape voting district boundaries to make sure one candidate prevails over the other. "Carlymandering" is a [[739: Malamanteau|malamanteau]] which combines gerrymandering with {{w|Carly Rae Jepsen}}, a Canadian singer, whose single "{{w|Party for One}}" was released the day before the comic's publication. Although the song is about partying (e.g. going out) alone,{{Citation needed}}<!-- Isn't the song about "making love to myself"? --> the joke is that it could also mean a one-person political party, and she would have a full gerrymandered district to herself.<br />
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Jepsen lives in Vancouver, which is just on the other side of the US border in Canada. The comic is placed in Whatcom County, which is notable for {{w|Point Roberts}}, a peninsula which, although part of Washington state, is actually an exclave of the US, as it's surrounded by sea on three sides, and has its only land border with Vancouver to the north. The comic might refer to the fact that Jepsen could solely live in this exclave. However, since she is not a US citizen, she can neither vote nor be elected in US elections.<br />
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===House===<br />
[[File:challengers_subcomic_washington_dc.png|thumb|100px|House]]<br />
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Location: '''Washington, DC'''<br />
: [Cueball is standing in the middle of Washington, DC]<br />
: Cueball: I can see my House from here!<br />
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Comic is probably referencing the {{w|White House}}, the residence of the President, located in Washington, DC. This could also refer to the {{w|United States Capitol|Capitol Building}}, the home of the {{w|United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives}}, also located in Washington, DC.<br />
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===Polls===<br />
[[File:challengers_subcomic_primm_nevada.png|thumb|200px|Polls]]<br />
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Location: '''Primm, Nevada'''<br />
: [A group of five people are standing]<br />
: Blondie: Remember: The only poll that counts is the one on Election Day. And the ones that help campaigns allocate resources. And the ones that drive media coverage and the ones that inform us all about what our fellow members of the public believe. And the ones that...<br />
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The word "poll" has two distinct meanings in regards to elections -- the place where you go to cast your official vote is called a poll, as are the unofficial surveys done to try to gauge how people are likely to vote.<br />
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During campaign there is usually polling done by survey companies to determine each candidate's chances of winning. This comic refers to the fact that often the candidate that is behind in the unofficial polls tells their electorate that these polls don't matter, as they are just surveys and not the actual final result. This is usually to encourage their voter base that it's still worth voting for them. The joke here is that Blondie doesn't finish here but tells the electorate that other polls are actually also important.<br />
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Nevada is one of the states where there is [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign-polls/414083-poll-dems-hold-slim-leads-in-arizona-and-nevada-senate-races only a slim difference] between the candidates based on polls hence the need for each candidate to rally their supporters and make sure everyone is voting.<br />
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===Punish===<br />
[[File:challengers_subcomic_chadron_nebraska.png|thumb|200px|Punish]]<br />
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Location: '''Chadron, Nebraska'''<br />
: [Megan is standing at a podium with her arm raised]<br />
: Megan: If elected, I vow to find and punish the voters responsible.<br />
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Often candidates make promises of things they will do when they are elected. Vowing to find and punishing people responsible for a certain action, oftentimes criminals, is also common. However, [https://imgur.com/r/misc/d4jbdEV certain performance artists aside,] these two things are generally not conflated, as they are here, to ludicrous effect.<br />
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Putting this comic into Nebraska might refer to the fact that in [https://ballotpedia.org/Nebraska_Death_Penalty_Repeal,_Referendum_426_(2016) 2016 Nebraska voted to repeal the death penalty ban], allowing the reinstatement of the death penalty, also called capital punishment, in the state.<br />
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===Scholten===<br />
[[File:challengers_subcomic_storm_lake_iowa.png|thumb|300px|Scholten]]<br />
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Location: '''Storm Lake, Iowa'''<br />
: Cueball: The midterms are so stressful.<br />
: Megan: I just hope J.D. Scholten wins.<br />
: Cueball: Why?<br />
: Megan: Google Steve King.<br />
: [Cueball looking at his phone]<br />
: Cueball: Yikes.<br />
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{{w|United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Iowa,_2018#District_4|J.D. Scholten}} is a Democratic candidate for Iowa's 4th Congressional District. {{w|Steve King}} is a Republican representative who has stirred controversy due his endorsement of candidates, in other countries, who were members of parties with white supremacist ties, and well as his explicitly and frequently stated concern with the American society being destroyed by [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/12/us/steve-king-white-nationalism-racism.html "other people's babies"].<br />
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===Spanberger===<br />
[[File:challengers_subcomic_richmond_virginia.png|thumb|100px|Spanberger]]<br />
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Location: '''Richmond, Virginia'''<br />
: [Cueball is holding a sign that says: Abigail Spanberger for Congress]<br />
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Abigail Spanberger is a candidate running for Congress in Virginia's 7th district, which includes Richmond. Based on polls she has a chance to beat her opponent, and could be the first Democrat in her district after 50 years of Republican control. Cueball probably tries to encourage people to vote for her on election day.<br />
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===St Louis===<br />
[[File:challengers_subcomic_saint_louis_missouri.png|thumb|200px|St Louis]]<br />
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Location: '''Saint Louis, Missouri'''<br />
: [Two people next to the Gateway Arch are talking]<br />
: Cueball: Ah, Saint Louis. Home of America's largest... Whatever that thing is.<br />
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Saint Louis, Missouri is the location of the {{w|Gateway Arch}}, the largest arch in the United States. (It's also one of the most recognizable arches in Saint Louis, according to [[1368: One Of The]].) Since in this comic they are next to the side of the arch, it is possible its sheer size stops them from determining what it is, although they should probably know. An alternate interpretation is that they are baffled by the existence of a giant, seemingly-useless steel arch, and do not know what to refer to it as.<br />
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The area surrounding the Arch was known as Jefferson National Expansion Memorial until February 2018, when it was renamed to Gateway Arch National Park.<br />
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===Title text===<br />
The title text shows the hint that the reader can zoom in and move over all 50 states to reveal details which can't be seen in the overall view. Furthermore [[Randall]] calls on Americans to vote: he requests that people take an active part in the elections to change that picture.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:[A loading screen appears shortly before the large picture has rendered. We can see an American flag in an oval badge with the text:]<br />
:I voted<br />
:[And beneath a text saying:]<br />
:Loading...<br />
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:2018 Midterm<br />
:'''Challengers'''<br />
:The bigger the candidate's name, the higher the office and the better their chances of success.<br />
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:[In a frame a zoomable map shows all US-States (Alaska and Hawaii are shown in the left lower corner.) The candidates are shown colored mainly in red and blue at different sizes. Each state has many landmarks shown in gray. There are also many comics embedded into the picture.]<br />
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:By Randall Monroe, Kelsey Harris, and Max Goodman<br />
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:Landmarks from Wikipedia. Success odds estimated from district voting history, special election<br />
:results, and seat ratings. Thank you to Dailykos Elections for their spreadsheets, shapefiles, election<br />
:ratings, and advice, and to @davidshor, @charlotteeffect, and @thedlcc for additional candidate data.<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
*The comic [[Design_of_xkcd.com#Header|header]] had changed to:<br />
:''Find out where to vote: [https://www.vote.org/ Vote.org]''<br />
:''See what's on your ballot: [https://www.ballotready.org/ BallotReady.org]''<br />
:This happened on the day this comic came out, as it up till [http://web.archive.org/web/20181101081612/https://xkcd.com/ the day before], had been a different reminder of the election only with the vote.org link.<br />
*The interactive picture did not work in many browsers when using the link ''[https://www.xkcd.com www.xkcd.com]'', only the short ''[https://xkcd.com xkcd.com]'' worked properly because the page used an absolute link to a file ''[https://xkcd.com/2067/asset/map-data.json map-data.json]'' at the domain ''<nowiki>xkcd.com</nowiki>'' which is not allowed from ''<nowiki>www.xkcd.com</nowiki>'' according to {{w|Cross-origin resource sharing}}. This was later fixed by using a relative link only working inside the called domain.<br />
* The internal comics have a kind of "comic" inside the [https://xkcd.com/2067/asset/map-data.json map-data.json] file that contains all of the details shown on the map. All other locations, including politicians and landmarks inside the map-data.json have a kind of "label"<br />
* There are a total of<br />
** 9 subcomics<br />
** 17,643 labels, including:<br />
*** 13,339 landmarks (gray)<br />
*** 2,845 Democratic candidates (blue)<br />
*** 1,456 Republican candidates (red)<br />
*** 3 independent candidates (green)<br />
* The three independent candidates are:<br />
** Alaska Congress candidate Alyse Galvin<br />
** Texas State House District 101 candidate James Allen<br />
** Alabama State Senate District 10 candidate Craig Ford <br />
* The largest names on the map (based on font size) are:<br />
** Michelle Lujan Grisham, Governor candidate for New Mexico (7.187)<br />
** Beto O'Rourke, Texan US Senate candidate (6.773)<br />
** Matt Rosendale, Montanan US Senate candidate (6.773)<br />
** Gretchen Whitmer, Governor candidate for Michigan (6.48)<br />
* There's a landmark label called "xkcd" near Boston, Massachusetts<br />
* Randall seems to have collected the Wikipedia links from an older copy of Wikipedia, as some links are to old article titles. For example, in Cupertino, California, "Apple Campus 2" is shown instead of "Apple Park", even though that article was moved to its current title in February 2017.<br />
*An overview highlighting some parts:<br />
:<imagemap><br />
Image:Challengers_Map.png|frame|left|Map of interesting features on the comic (<span style="color:red">Red X</span>: comic strip, <span style="color:green">Green X</span>: independent candidate, <span style="color:blue">Blue X</span>: xkcd landmark)<br />
rect 179 176 138 129 [[#Carlymandering|Carlymandering]]<br />
rect 95 279 133 325 [[#Ballot Measures|Ballot Measures]]<br />
rect 171 421 208 467 [[#Polls|Polls]]<br />
rect 392 307 430 352 [[#Punish|Punish]]<br />
rect 403 488 441 533 [[#Attack_Ads|Attack Ads]]<br />
rect 510 307 547 351 [[#Scholten|Scholten]]<br />
rect 593 390 628 434 [[#St_Louis|St Louis]]<br />
rect 803 355 839 394 [[#House|House]]<br />
rect 837 436 799 395 [[#Spanberger|Spanberger]]<br />
rect 877 262 915 309 [[#Trivia|Link to xkcd's wikipage]]<br />
rect 141 597 177 644 [[#Trivia|Independent candidate]]<br />
rect 472 527 511 576 [[#Trivia|Independent candidate]]<br />
rect 672 478 710 525 [[#Trivia|Independent candidate]]<br />
desc top-right<br />
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'''New category elections'''<br />
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I've created a new category for elections: [[:Category:Elections]]. Please help and add this category to other comics I've missed so far. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 09:47, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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'''Further discussions'''<br />
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''Calling it now'': lots of complaining about campaigning, by folks who prefer jokes. [[User:KangaroOS|Kangaro]][[User talk:KangaroOS|OS]] 06:25, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Count me in. Though I feel I'm one of a group with a legitimate gripe, I'm not American, and thus am not affected by nor have any stake in this election, and to whom this election stuff is largely like the "Wah wah wah" stuff from Peanuts when adults talk. :) [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 06:58, 5 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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There are hidden comics. I've found three so far: <br />
Attack ad comic in north half of Texas. <br />
Ballot measure comic in north half of California. <br />
Gerrymandering comic in north half of Washington.<br />
IronyIsGood 06:16, 2 November 2018 (AEST) {{unsigned ip|108.162.249.184}}<br />
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: Steve King comic in north-western Iowa<br />
: St Louis comic on the border of Missouri and Illinois {{unsigned ip|162.158.90.144}}<br />
: "Abigail Spanberger for Congress", just below Richmond, Virginia [[Special:Contributions/172.69.54.165|172.69.54.165]] 08:17, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
: "Only Poll That Counts" comic on border of California and Nevada, South West of Las Vegas [[Special:Contributions/141.101.77.56|141.101.77.56]] 08:21, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
: "I can see my house from here" in Washington DC [[Special:Contributions/172.68.110.88|172.68.110.88]] 09:17, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
: "If elected..." North Western Nebraska. {{unsigned|ManSpider}}<br />
: "Carlymandering plan..." North Washington. {{unsigned ip|162.158.202.88}}<br />
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Non-Republican/Democrat candidate found in Alaska, in green - only one I've found so far. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.226.143|172.69.226.143]] 09:08, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
: There is also one southwest of Dallas {{unsigned ip|162.158.202.88}}<br />
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'''Serious bug report:'''<br />
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This damn thing must be geolocked or something, because apparently not being an American means I can't edit the map. I can't even get around it with a VPN. Help? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.38.214|162.158.38.214]] 10:18, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:This map will be changed by US citizens on November 6, 2018. Nobody can edit this map at xkcd. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 10:33, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:: The complain was about the fact non-US citizens can't "edit" it by voting. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 23:42, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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'''Loading screen'''<br />
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please, include the [https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/challengers.png loading screen] in the explanation. --[[User:Valepert|valepert]] ([[User talk:Valepert|talk]]) 11:19, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Someone has mentioned it at the first paragraph. This was also the first version uploaded by the BOT: [[:File:challengers.png]]. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 12:09, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
::Note that loading screen is only thing you see if you have old browser ... I suspect the used javascript is ES6. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 23:43, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::"To see the full zoomable picture go to the original comic page." - really? I had to come HERE to see what xkcd was supposed to look like, under the assumption that a permanent "loading" message wasn't much of a joke. I'm glad there's something HERE that I can actually see. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.189.163|172.68.189.163]] 08:01, 3 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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'''Links to politicans'''<br />
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I'm not sure if we all haven't recognized that all larger names provide a link to a homepage. Maybe Randall has fixed an error right now. Nonetheless I've mentioned this in the first paragraph. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 12:26, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:It seems most links just use Google like this example: https://google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&btnI=1&q=kyrsten+sinema+senate+arizona which shows directly the first search result. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 13:41, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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'''What's with all the place names?'''<br />
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There are an immense number of placenames on the map - many of these look to be jokes. Maybe specific places you can go to vote or something? What's the deal with that? [[User:SteveBaker|SteveBaker]] ([[User talk:SteveBaker|talk]]) 12:58, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:These are {{w|List of U.S. National Historic Landmarks by state|US Landmarks}} as mentioned at the first paragraph. If you find a place that doesn't belong to this list it should be mentioned. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 13:10, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
::Some further investigations on the json file gave me this:<br />
::*9 embedded comics<br />
::*17,643 labels, much more than the 2,500 landmarks. This includes all names so far.<br />
::Most links are just links to Google. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 13:41, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::I just can't believe my hometown in on it... with a wlink to it's wikipedia page. [[User:Linker|Linker]] ([[User talk:Linker|talk]]) 13:49, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
::::Besides actual place names, there are a lot of radio stations (Wxxx codes). Also, there's XKCD just on the left of the Boston label (Massachusetts). Is that where Randall lives?{{unsigned ip|108.162.229.10}}<br />
::::: There are other things, as well. Next to Ogden, Utah, there's a link to the Wikipedia article for the "Hi-Fi Murders," which is an event, not a landmark. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.143.240|172.68.143.240]] 16:21, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
::::::I'm pretty sure the landmarks are just all of the wikipedia pages that contain some kind of location information. That's why for example the wikipedia pages "List of largest summits" point to Alaska where the largest summit actually is. Similarly the {w|Xkcd} wikipedia page has a GPS coordinate in the 'Inspired activities' section, which points to Boston, the same place where the XKCD label is on the map. While there might be some easter egg there, I think the grey labels are simply just wikipedia pages with coordinates or other geolocatable texts in their contents. [[User:Sztupy|Sztupy]] ([[User talk:Sztupy|talk]]) 16:54, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
::::::Went through the map-data.json file and confirmed that all gray labels match the wikipedia link, so I don't think there's going to be any intentional easter eggs there. Similarly can't find any discrepancies between the candidate's name and their google search results - they all seem to be autogenerated [[User:Sztupy|Sztupy]] ([[User talk:Sztupy|talk]]) 17:51, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
Any speculation as to why all the place names were included? [[User:These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For|These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For]] ([[User talk:These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For|talk]]) 16:23, 6 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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'''Subcomics layout'''<br />
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I know the Editor FAQ about tables, but am I the only one who thinks the previous table layout for the subcomics was much easier to read? I find that with the current list layout, it is more difficult to ignore the transcript for those of us who don't need to read it.[[Special:Contributions/108.162.229.10|108.162.229.10]] 14:31, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
: Could make the transcript collapsible maybe, and also move the images back from thumbnails into the main body, so they are close to the explanations? [[User:Sztupy|Sztupy]] ([[User talk:Sztupy|talk]]) 14:47, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
::This is one of those overwhelming comics that can't be covered by a FAQ in general. But a table is still a bad layout because the text will grow and it's a horror to read it on a smartphone. Nonetheless the layout still needs some improvements. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 17:45, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::I've done an update to the layout. You often think too much about tables, a simple floating text with less headers looks much better. Right now the pictures are larger than the text, but I'm sure there will be more text soon. Otherwise we could reduce the size of the pictures slightly. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 18:00, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
Any speculation as to why all the interesting places were included on the map? And are they meant to be geographically correct? The ones in my neck of the woods are just conveniently placed lists, nowhere near their proper locations.<br />
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'''Candidate in wrong place?'''<br />
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Noticed Robert Arlett, the Republican challenger for US Senate from Delaware, is listed in Washington DC. --[[Special:Contributions/172.69.62.196|172.69.62.196]] 15:36, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:There are a bunch of errors we are going to need an errata section. Eastern Iowa has a link to the "murder of Yangjie Li" a murder that happened in 2016 in Germany maybe they meant the "Murder of Shao Tong" from 2014 a murder of one Chinese student of another while at university in Iowa. {{unsigned|Echo Hotel}}<br />
::Yes, if you check the [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Murder_of_Yangjie_Li&action=edit source of that wikipedia page] you can see that it has a GPS coordinate set that points to Hollywood Bld, Iowa City. It was likely added by mistake from the content creator and was never removed. [[User:Sztupy|Sztupy]] ([[User talk:Sztupy|talk]]) 18:32, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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'''Carlymandering'''<br />
Carly is Canadian, so not eligible to vote in US elections. The result in the Carly district should be zero all tie, usually resulting in drawing lots for the winner. Any non-zero result would be clear evidence of election fraud.[[Special:Contributions/162.158.75.142|162.158.75.142]] 16:27, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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'''House'''<br />
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Alternately, the "I can see my House from here" could refer to the U.S. House of Representatives, in Washington DC, which theoretically represents all US voters. Many of the ballots being cast are to fill House of Representatives seats at the Federal level. [[User:Leftcontact|Leftcontact]] ([[User talk:Leftcontact|talk]]) 17:23, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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'''Speck in the title image'''<br />
It looks like there's a speck of minuscule text in the comic title header image, in the lower right side. Is this readable to anyone, or is he messing with us? {{unsigned ip|162.158.79.101}}<br />
:Nahh, it's just some random pixels, probably left there from az earlier edit of the subtitle: [https://www.xkcd.com/2067/asset/challengers_header.png] --[[Special:Contributions/141.101.77.116|141.101.77.116]] 10:59, 6 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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'''Blank map?'''<br />
The map is blank on my iPad, is this happening to anyone else? [[User:Herobrine|Herobrine]] ([[User talk:Herobrine|talk]]) 23:21, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:iPad 3 released in Spring 2013 here, max iOS of I think 9.4.3, and all I get is the "Loading..." image. I partially suspected the lack of anything might be the gag, but had figured on the truth, that it was probably one of the more complicated comics that don't do anything on my iPad (like Umlaut or Hoverboard or that Garden one, though those were on my iPad 1, and the latter didn't do anything on my computer, either). [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 06:53, 5 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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Is he taking petitions to change landmarks? Im going to assume YES. It seems like the most Randall thing to do. Why wouldnt he? I would like to stake my claim as first and offer replacing John F. Kennedy High School (Mt. Angel, Oregon) with John F. Kennedy High School (Bloomington, Minnesota). [[User:Choochoobob123|Choochoobob123]] ([[User talk:Choochoobob123|talk]]) 04:41, 3 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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'''Map of interesting features'''<br />
It is nice to have the "map of interesting features", but it is not explained at all. There is not even a key to distinct the red, blue and green X-es. They seemingly all indicate the comics to zoom in, when you read the line above. Only Trivia helps to give an idea, what they could stand for.--[[User:Lupo|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo|talk]]) 07:30, 3 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:You can hover over them for a tooltip (only works on desktop), and click for a link [[User:Sztupy|Sztupy]] ([[User talk:Sztupy|talk]]) 11:48, 3 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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'''Higher office v better chances.'''<br />
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So there are these two criteria for font size--higher office and better chances. One wonders what's the formula for weighting the two. <br />
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And why not map to two parameters, for example using font size for office, uh, height, and using color saturation for chances of success? <br />
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I'm quite ready for someone to jump in and explain how this has been answered, or is moot. --[[User:Radiowonderland|Radiowonderland]] ([[User talk:Radiowonderland|talk]]) 16:40, 3 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
: If it were me, I would have multiplied the two metrics. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.92.16|162.158.92.16]] 21:27, 3 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
::Higher offices are simple, predictions about chances are more like looking through the looking glass... Randall, like most of us failed on this in 2016. Nonetheless I started a paragraph on this issue, help me to fix. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 23:12, 3 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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'''Header text'''<br />
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@[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] can you explain [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2067:_Challengers&diff=prev&oldid=165338 this edit], removing the additional header text? That was in the header at the time I added it here. –[[User:P1h3r1e3d13|P1h3r1e3d13]] ([[User talk:P1h3r1e3d13|talk]]) 23:24, 5 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:I've seen the xkcd page shortly after this comic was released and often after that but I have never seen a statement like "I'm frightened by the direction the President and his party are taking our country..." at the header. Thus I'm convinced that this ''blockquote'' was a fake. Randall does a neutral call up to vote, not more. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 21:08, 6 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
::I don't know whether your insights into Randall's psyche are more trustworthy than my eyes, but it was there. I copied and pasted it. Wayback Machine didn't catch it, so I don't know how to convince you, stranger on the internet, and it's not worth an edit war. I suppose there are also other possibilities, like a brief hack or a browser caching bug? –[[User:P1h3r1e3d13|P1h3r1e3d13]] ([[User talk:P1h3r1e3d13|talk]]) 23:38, 6 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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'''Missing Candidate'''<br />
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Not sure if I'm missing something, but Scott Walker is the current incumbent running for Wisconsin governor against Tony Evers. He doesn't appear to be on the map at all. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.74.27|162.158.74.27]] 00:08, 6 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:The candidates on the map are only challengers, not incumbents. –[[User:P1h3r1e3d13|P1h3r1e3d13]] ([[User talk:P1h3r1e3d13|talk]]) 00:53, 6 November 2018 (UTC)</div>P1h3r1e3d13https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2067:_Challengers&diff=165611Talk:2067: Challengers2018-11-06T23:38:49Z<p>P1h3r1e3d13: </p>
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'''New category elections'''<br />
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I've created a new category for elections: [[:Category:Elections]]. Please help and add this category to other comics I've missed so far. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 09:47, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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'''Further discussions'''<br />
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''Calling it now'': lots of complaining about campaigning, by folks who prefer jokes. [[User:KangaroOS|Kangaro]][[User talk:KangaroOS|OS]] 06:25, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Count me in. Though I feel I'm one of a group with a legitimate gripe, I'm not American, and thus am not affected by nor have any stake in this election, and to whom this election stuff is largely like the "Wah wah wah" stuff from Peanuts when adults talk. :) [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 06:58, 5 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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There are hidden comics. I've found three so far: <br />
Attack ad comic in north half of Texas. <br />
Ballot measure comic in north half of California. <br />
Gerrymandering comic in north half of Washington.<br />
IronyIsGood 06:16, 2 November 2018 (AEST) {{unsigned ip|108.162.249.184}}<br />
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: Steve King comic in north-western Iowa<br />
: St Louis comic on the border of Missouri and Illinois {{unsigned ip|162.158.90.144}}<br />
: "Abigail Spanberger for Congress", just below Richmond, Virginia [[Special:Contributions/172.69.54.165|172.69.54.165]] 08:17, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
: "Only Poll That Counts" comic on border of California and Nevada, South West of Las Vegas [[Special:Contributions/141.101.77.56|141.101.77.56]] 08:21, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
: "I can see my house from here" in Washington DC [[Special:Contributions/172.68.110.88|172.68.110.88]] 09:17, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
: "If elected..." North Western Nebraska. {{unsigned|ManSpider}}<br />
: "Carlymandering plan..." North Washington. {{unsigned ip|162.158.202.88}}<br />
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Non-Republican/Democrat candidate found in Alaska, in green - only one I've found so far. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.226.143|172.69.226.143]] 09:08, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
: There is also one southwest of Dallas {{unsigned ip|162.158.202.88}}<br />
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'''Serious bug report:'''<br />
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This damn thing must be geolocked or something, because apparently not being an American means I can't edit the map. I can't even get around it with a VPN. Help? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.38.214|162.158.38.214]] 10:18, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:This map will be changed by US citizens on November 6, 2018. Nobody can edit this map at xkcd. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 10:33, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:: The complain was about the fact non-US citizens can't "edit" it by voting. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 23:42, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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'''Loading screen'''<br />
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please, include the [https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/challengers.png loading screen] in the explanation. --[[User:Valepert|valepert]] ([[User talk:Valepert|talk]]) 11:19, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Someone has mentioned it at the first paragraph. This was also the first version uploaded by the BOT: [[:File:challengers.png]]. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 12:09, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
::Note that loading screen is only thing you see if you have old browser ... I suspect the used javascript is ES6. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 23:43, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::"To see the full zoomable picture go to the original comic page." - really? I had to come HERE to see what xkcd was supposed to look like, under the assumption that a permanent "loading" message wasn't much of a joke. I'm glad there's something HERE that I can actually see. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.189.163|172.68.189.163]] 08:01, 3 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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'''Links to politicans'''<br />
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I'm not sure if we all haven't recognized that all larger names provide a link to a homepage. Maybe Randall has fixed an error right now. Nonetheless I've mentioned this in the first paragraph. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 12:26, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:It seems most links just use Google like this example: https://google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&btnI=1&q=kyrsten+sinema+senate+arizona which shows directly the first search result. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 13:41, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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'''What's with all the place names?'''<br />
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There are an immense number of placenames on the map - many of these look to be jokes. Maybe specific places you can go to vote or something? What's the deal with that? [[User:SteveBaker|SteveBaker]] ([[User talk:SteveBaker|talk]]) 12:58, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:These are {{w|List of U.S. National Historic Landmarks by state|US Landmarks}} as mentioned at the first paragraph. If you find a place that doesn't belong to this list it should be mentioned. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 13:10, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
::Some further investigations on the json file gave me this:<br />
::*9 embedded comics<br />
::*17,643 labels, much more than the 2,500 landmarks. This includes all names so far.<br />
::Most links are just links to Google. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 13:41, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::I just can't believe my hometown in on it... with a wlink to it's wikipedia page. [[User:Linker|Linker]] ([[User talk:Linker|talk]]) 13:49, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
::::Besides actual place names, there are a lot of radio stations (Wxxx codes). Also, there's XKCD just on the left of the Boston label (Massachusetts). Is that where Randall lives?{{unsigned ip|108.162.229.10}}<br />
::::: There are other things, as well. Next to Ogden, Utah, there's a link to the Wikipedia article for the "Hi-Fi Murders," which is an event, not a landmark. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.143.240|172.68.143.240]] 16:21, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
::::::I'm pretty sure the landmarks are just all of the wikipedia pages that contain some kind of location information. That's why for example the wikipedia pages "List of largest summits" point to Alaska where the largest summit actually is. Similarly the {w|Xkcd} wikipedia page has a GPS coordinate in the 'Inspired activities' section, which points to Boston, the same place where the XKCD label is on the map. While there might be some easter egg there, I think the grey labels are simply just wikipedia pages with coordinates or other geolocatable texts in their contents. [[User:Sztupy|Sztupy]] ([[User talk:Sztupy|talk]]) 16:54, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
::::::Went through the map-data.json file and confirmed that all gray labels match the wikipedia link, so I don't think there's going to be any intentional easter eggs there. Similarly can't find any discrepancies between the candidate's name and their google search results - they all seem to be autogenerated [[User:Sztupy|Sztupy]] ([[User talk:Sztupy|talk]]) 17:51, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
Any speculation as to why all the place names were included? [[User:These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For|These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For]] ([[User talk:These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For|talk]]) 16:23, 6 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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'''Subcomics layout'''<br />
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I know the Editor FAQ about tables, but am I the only one who thinks the previous table layout for the subcomics was much easier to read? I find that with the current list layout, it is more difficult to ignore the transcript for those of us who don't need to read it.[[Special:Contributions/108.162.229.10|108.162.229.10]] 14:31, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
: Could make the transcript collapsible maybe, and also move the images back from thumbnails into the main body, so they are close to the explanations? [[User:Sztupy|Sztupy]] ([[User talk:Sztupy|talk]]) 14:47, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
::This is one of those overwhelming comics that can't be covered by a FAQ in general. But a table is still a bad layout because the text will grow and it's a horror to read it on a smartphone. Nonetheless the layout still needs some improvements. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 17:45, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::I've done an update to the layout. You often think too much about tables, a simple floating text with less headers looks much better. Right now the pictures are larger than the text, but I'm sure there will be more text soon. Otherwise we could reduce the size of the pictures slightly. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 18:00, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
Any speculation as to why all the interesting places were included on the map? And are they meant to be geographically correct? The ones in my neck of the woods are just conveniently placed lists, nowhere near their proper locations.<br />
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'''Candidate in wrong place?'''<br />
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Noticed Robert Arlett, the Republican challenger for US Senate from Delaware, is listed in Washington DC. --[[Special:Contributions/172.69.62.196|172.69.62.196]] 15:36, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:There are a bunch of errors we are going to need an errata section. Eastern Iowa has a link to the "murder of Yangjie Li" a murder that happened in 2016 in Germany maybe they meant the "Murder of Shao Tong" from 2014 a murder of one Chinese student of another while at university in Iowa. {{unsigned|Echo Hotel}}<br />
::Yes, if you check the [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Murder_of_Yangjie_Li&action=edit source of that wikipedia page] you can see that it has a GPS coordinate set that points to Hollywood Bld, Iowa City. It was likely added by mistake from the content creator and was never removed. [[User:Sztupy|Sztupy]] ([[User talk:Sztupy|talk]]) 18:32, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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'''Carlymandering'''<br />
Carly is Canadian, so not eligible to vote in US elections. The result in the Carly district should be zero all tie, usually resulting in drawing lots for the winner. Any non-zero result would be clear evidence of election fraud.[[Special:Contributions/162.158.75.142|162.158.75.142]] 16:27, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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'''House'''<br />
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Alternately, the "I can see my House from here" could refer to the U.S. House of Representatives, in Washington DC, which theoretically represents all US voters. Many of the ballots being cast are to fill House of Representatives seats at the Federal level. [[User:Leftcontact|Leftcontact]] ([[User talk:Leftcontact|talk]]) 17:23, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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'''Speck in the title image'''<br />
It looks like there's a speck of minuscule text in the comic title header image, in the lower right side. Is this readable to anyone, or is he messing with us? {{unsigned ip|162.158.79.101}}<br />
:Nahh, it's just some random pixels, probably left there from az earlier edit of the subtitle: [https://www.xkcd.com/2067/asset/challengers_header.png] --[[Special:Contributions/141.101.77.116|141.101.77.116]] 10:59, 6 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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'''Blank map?'''<br />
The map is blank on my iPad, is this happening to anyone else? [[User:Herobrine|Herobrine]] ([[User talk:Herobrine|talk]]) 23:21, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:iPad 3 released in Spring 2013 here, max iOS of I think 9.4.3, and all I get is the "Loading..." image. I partially suspected the lack of anything might be the gag, but had figured on the truth, that it was probably one of the more complicated comics that don't do anything on my iPad (like Umlaut or Hoverboard or that Garden one, though those were on my iPad 1, and the latter didn't do anything on my computer, either). [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 06:53, 5 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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Is he taking petitions to change landmarks? Im going to assume YES. It seems like the most Randall thing to do. Why wouldnt he? I would like to stake my claim as first and offer replacing John F. Kennedy High School (Mt. Angel, Oregon) with John F. Kennedy High School (Bloomington, Minnesota). [[User:Choochoobob123|Choochoobob123]] ([[User talk:Choochoobob123|talk]]) 04:41, 3 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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'''Map of interesting features'''<br />
It is nice to have the "map of interesting features", but it is not explained at all. There is not even a key to distinct the red, blue and green X-es. They seemingly all indicate the comics to zoom in, when you read the line above. Only Trivia helps to give an idea, what they could stand for.--[[User:Lupo|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo|talk]]) 07:30, 3 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:You can hover over them for a tooltip (only works on desktop), and click for a link [[User:Sztupy|Sztupy]] ([[User talk:Sztupy|talk]]) 11:48, 3 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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'''Higher office v better chances.'''<br />
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So there are these two criteria for font size--higher office and better chances. One wonders what's the formula for weighting the two. <br />
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And why not map to two parameters, for example using font size for office, uh, height, and using color saturation for chances of success? <br />
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I'm quite ready for someone to jump in and explain how this has been answered, or is moot. --[[User:Radiowonderland|Radiowonderland]] ([[User talk:Radiowonderland|talk]]) 16:40, 3 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
: If it were me, I would have multiplied the two metrics. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.92.16|162.158.92.16]] 21:27, 3 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
::Higher offices are simple, predictions about chances are more like looking through the looking glass... Randall, like most of us failed on this in 2016. Nonetheless I started a paragraph on this issue, help me to fix. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 23:12, 3 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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'''Header text'''<br />
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@[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] can you explain [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2067:_Challengers&diff=prev&oldid=165338 this edit], removing the additional header text? That was in the header at the time I added it here. –[[User:P1h3r1e3d13|P1h3r1e3d13]] ([[User talk:P1h3r1e3d13|talk]]) 23:24, 5 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:I've seen the xkcd page shortly after this comic was released and often after that but I have never seen a statement like "I'm frightened by the direction the President and his party are taking our country..." at the header. Thus I'm convinced that this ''blockquote'' was a fake. Randall does a neutral call up to vote, not more. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 21:08, 6 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
::I don't know whether your insights into Randall's psyche are more trustworthy than my eyes, but it was there. I copied and pasted it. Wayback Machine didn't catch it, so I don't know how to convince you, stranger on the internet. I suppose there are also other possibilities, like a brief hack or a browser caching bug? –[[User:P1h3r1e3d13|P1h3r1e3d13]] ([[User talk:P1h3r1e3d13|talk]]) 23:38, 6 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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'''Missing Candidate'''<br />
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Not sure if I'm missing something, but Scott Walker is the current incumbent running for Wisconsin governor against Tony Evers. He doesn't appear to be on the map at all. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.74.27|162.158.74.27]] 00:08, 6 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:The candidates on the map are only challengers, not incumbents. –[[User:P1h3r1e3d13|P1h3r1e3d13]] ([[User talk:P1h3r1e3d13|talk]]) 00:53, 6 November 2018 (UTC)</div>P1h3r1e3d13https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2067:_Challengers&diff=165576Talk:2067: Challengers2018-11-06T00:53:26Z<p>P1h3r1e3d13: </p>
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'''New category elections'''<br />
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I've created a new category for elections: [[:Category:Elections]]. Please help and add this category to other comics I've missed so far. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 09:47, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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'''Further discussions'''<br />
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''Calling it now'': lots of complaining about campaigning, by folks who prefer jokes. [[User:KangaroOS|Kangaro]][[User talk:KangaroOS|OS]] 06:25, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Count me in. Though I feel I'm one of a group with a legitimate gripe, I'm not American, and thus am not affected by nor have any stake in this election, and to whom this election stuff is largely like the "Wah wah wah" stuff from Peanuts when adults talk. :) [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 06:58, 5 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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There are hidden comics. I've found three so far: <br />
Attack ad comic in north half of Texas. <br />
Ballot measure comic in north half of California. <br />
Gerrymandering comic in north half of Washington.<br />
IronyIsGood 06:16, 2 November 2018 (AEST) {{unsigned ip|108.162.249.184}}<br />
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: Steve King comic in north-western Iowa<br />
: St Louis comic on the border of Missouri and Illinois {{unsigned ip|162.158.90.144}}<br />
: "Abigail Spanberger for Congress", just below Richmond, Virginia [[Special:Contributions/172.69.54.165|172.69.54.165]] 08:17, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
: "Only Poll That Counts" comic on border of California and Nevada, South West of Las Vegas [[Special:Contributions/141.101.77.56|141.101.77.56]] 08:21, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
: "I can see my house from here" in Washington DC [[Special:Contributions/172.68.110.88|172.68.110.88]] 09:17, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
: "If elected..." North Western Nebraska. {{unsigned|ManSpider}}<br />
: "Carlymandering plan..." North Washington. {{unsigned ip|162.158.202.88}}<br />
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Non-Republican/Democrat candidate found in Alaska, in green - only one I've found so far. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.226.143|172.69.226.143]] 09:08, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
: There is also one southwest of Dallas {{unsigned ip|162.158.202.88}}<br />
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'''Serious bug report:'''<br />
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This damn thing must be geolocked or something, because apparently not being an American means I can't edit the map. I can't even get around it with a VPN. Help? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.38.214|162.158.38.214]] 10:18, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:This map will be changed by US citizens on November 6, 2018. Nobody can edit this map at xkcd. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 10:33, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:: The complain was about the fact non-US citizens can't "edit" it by voting. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 23:42, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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'''Loading screen'''<br />
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please, include the [https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/challengers.png loading screen] in the explanation. --[[User:Valepert|valepert]] ([[User talk:Valepert|talk]]) 11:19, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Someone has mentioned it at the first paragraph. This was also the first version uploaded by the BOT: [[:File:challengers.png]]. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 12:09, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
::Note that loading screen is only thing you see if you have old browser ... I suspect the used javascript is ES6. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 23:43, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::"To see the full zoomable picture go to the original comic page." - really? I had to come HERE to see what xkcd was supposed to look like, under the assumption that a permanent "loading" message wasn't much of a joke. I'm glad there's something HERE that I can actually see. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.189.163|172.68.189.163]] 08:01, 3 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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'''Links to politicans'''<br />
<br />
I'm not sure if we all haven't recognized that all larger names provide a link to a homepage. Maybe Randall has fixed an error right now. Nonetheless I've mentioned this in the first paragraph. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 12:26, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:It seems most links just use Google like this example: https://google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&btnI=1&q=kyrsten+sinema+senate+arizona which shows directly the first search result. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 13:41, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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'''What's with all the place names?'''<br />
<br />
There are an immense number of placenames on the map - many of these look to be jokes. Maybe specific places you can go to vote or something? What's the deal with that? [[User:SteveBaker|SteveBaker]] ([[User talk:SteveBaker|talk]]) 12:58, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:These are {{w|List of U.S. National Historic Landmarks by state|US Landmarks}} as mentioned at the first paragraph. If you find a place that doesn't belong to this list it should be mentioned. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 13:10, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
::Some further investigations on the json file gave me this:<br />
::*9 embedded comics<br />
::*17,643 labels, much more than the 2,500 landmarks. This includes all names so far.<br />
::Most links are just links to Google. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 13:41, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::I just can't believe my hometown in on it... with a wlink to it's wikipedia page. [[User:Linker|Linker]] ([[User talk:Linker|talk]]) 13:49, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
::::Besides actual place names, there are a lot of radio stations (Wxxx codes). Also, there's XKCD just on the left of the Boston label (Massachusetts). Is that where Randall lives?{{unsigned ip|108.162.229.10}}<br />
::::: There are other things, as well. Next to Ogden, Utah, there's a link to the Wikipedia article for the "Hi-Fi Murders," which is an event, not a landmark. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.143.240|172.68.143.240]] 16:21, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
::::::I'm pretty sure the landmarks are just all of the wikipedia pages that contain some kind of location information. That's why for example the wikipedia pages "List of largest summits" point to Alaska where the largest summit actually is. Similarly the {w|Xkcd} wikipedia page has a GPS coordinate in the 'Inspired activities' section, which points to Boston, the same place where the XKCD label is on the map. While there might be some easter egg there, I think the grey labels are simply just wikipedia pages with coordinates or other geolocatable texts in their contents. [[User:Sztupy|Sztupy]] ([[User talk:Sztupy|talk]]) 16:54, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
::::::Went through the map-data.json file and confirmed that all gray labels match the wikipedia link, so I don't think there's going to be any intentional easter eggs there. Similarly can't find any discrepancies between the candidate's name and their google search results - they all seem to be autogenerated [[User:Sztupy|Sztupy]] ([[User talk:Sztupy|talk]]) 17:51, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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'''Subcomics layout'''<br />
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I know the Editor FAQ about tables, but am I the only one who thinks the previous table layout for the subcomics was much easier to read? I find that with the current list layout, it is more difficult to ignore the transcript for those of us who don't need to read it.[[Special:Contributions/108.162.229.10|108.162.229.10]] 14:31, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
: Could make the transcript collapsible maybe, and also move the images back from thumbnails into the main body, so they are close to the explanations? [[User:Sztupy|Sztupy]] ([[User talk:Sztupy|talk]]) 14:47, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
::This is one of those overwhelming comics that can't be covered by a FAQ in general. But a table is still a bad layout because the text will grow and it's a horror to read it on a smartphone. Nonetheless the layout still needs some improvements. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 17:45, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::I've done an update to the layout. You often think too much about tables, a simple floating text with less headers looks much better. Right now the pictures are larger than the text, but I'm sure there will be more text soon. Otherwise we could reduce the size of the pictures slightly. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 18:00, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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'''Candidate in wrong place?'''<br />
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Noticed Robert Arlett, the Republican challenger for US Senate from Delaware, is listed in Washington DC. --[[Special:Contributions/172.69.62.196|172.69.62.196]] 15:36, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:There are a bunch of errors we are going to need an erreta section. Eastern Iowa has a link to the "murder of Yangjie Li" a murder that happened in 2016 in germany maybe they meant the "Murder of Shao Tong" from 2014 a murder of one Chinese student of another while at university in Iowa. {{unsigned|Echo Hotel}}<br />
::Yes, if you check the [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Murder_of_Yangjie_Li&action=edit source of that wikipedia page] you can see that it has a GPS coordinate set that points to Hollywood Bld, Iowa City. It was likely added by mistake from the content creator and was never removed. [[User:Sztupy|Sztupy]] ([[User talk:Sztupy|talk]]) 18:32, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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'''Carlymandering'''<br />
Carly is Canadian, so not eligible to vote in US elections. The result in the Carly district should be zero all tie, usually resulting in drawing lots for the winner. Any non-zero result would be clear evidence of election fraud.[[Special:Contributions/162.158.75.142|162.158.75.142]] 16:27, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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'''House'''<br />
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Alternately, the "I can see my House from here" could refer to the U.S. House of Representatives, in Washington DC, which theoretically represents all US voters. Many of the ballots being cast are to fill House of Representatives seats at the Federal level. [[User:Leftcontact|Leftcontact]] ([[User talk:Leftcontact|talk]]) 17:23, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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'''Speck in the title image'''<br />
It looks like there's a speck of minuscule text in the comic title header image, in the lower right side. Is this readable to anyone, or is he messing with us? {{unsigned ip|162.158.79.101}}<br />
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'''Blank map?'''<br />
The map is blank on my iPad, is this happening to anyone else? [[User:Herobrine|Herobrine]] ([[User talk:Herobrine|talk]]) 23:21, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:iPad 3 released in Spring 2013 here, max iOS of I think 9.4.3, and all I get is the "Loading..." image. I partially suspected the lack of anything might be the gag, but had figured on the truth, that it was probably one of the more complicated comics that don't do anything on my iPad (like Umlaut or Hoverboard or that Garden one, though those were on my iPad 1, and the latter didn't do anything on my computer, either). [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 06:53, 5 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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Is he taking petitions to change landmarks? Im going to assume YES. It seems like the most Randall thing to do. Why wouldnt he? I would like to stake my claim as first and offer replacing John F. Kennedy High School (Mt. Angel, Oregon) with John F. Kennedy High School (Bloomington, Minnesota). [[User:Choochoobob123|Choochoobob123]] ([[User talk:Choochoobob123|talk]]) 04:41, 3 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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'''Map of interesting features'''<br />
It is nice to have the "map of interesting features", but it is not explained at all. There is not even a key to distinct the red, blue and green X-es. They seemingly all indicate the comics to zoom in, when you read the line above. Only Trivia helps to give an idea, what they could stand for.--[[User:Lupo|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo|talk]]) 07:30, 3 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:You can hover over them for a tooltip (only works on desktop), and click for a link [[User:Sztupy|Sztupy]] ([[User talk:Sztupy|talk]]) 11:48, 3 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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'''Higher office v better chances.'''<br />
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So there are these two criteria for font size--higher office and better chances. One wonders what's the formula for weighting the two. <br />
<br />
And why not map to two parameters, for example using font size for office, uh, height, and using color saturation for chances of success? <br />
<br />
I'm quite ready for someone to jump in and explain how this has been answered, or is moot. --[[User:Radiowonderland|Radiowonderland]] ([[User talk:Radiowonderland|talk]]) 16:40, 3 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
: If it were me, I would have multiplied the two metrics. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.92.16|162.158.92.16]] 21:27, 3 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
::Higher offices are simple, predictions about chances are more like looking through the looking glass... Randall, like most of us failed on this in 2016. Nonetheless I started a paragraph on this issue, help me to fix. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 23:12, 3 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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'''Header text'''<br />
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@[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] can you explain [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2067:_Challengers&diff=prev&oldid=165338 this edit], removing the additional header text? That was in the header at the time I added it here. –[[User:P1h3r1e3d13|P1h3r1e3d13]] ([[User talk:P1h3r1e3d13|talk]]) 23:24, 5 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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'''Missing Candidate'''<br />
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Not sure if I'm missing something, but Scott Walker is the current incumbent running for Wisconsin governor against Tony Evers. He doesn't appear to be on the map at all. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.74.27|162.158.74.27]] 00:08, 6 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:The candidates on the map are only challengers, not incumbents. –[[User:P1h3r1e3d13|P1h3r1e3d13]] ([[User talk:P1h3r1e3d13|talk]]) 00:53, 6 November 2018 (UTC)</div>P1h3r1e3d13https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2067:_Challengers&diff=165571Talk:2067: Challengers2018-11-05T23:24:38Z<p>P1h3r1e3d13: ask about edit reversion</p>
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'''New category elections'''<br />
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I've created a new category for elections: [[:Category:Elections]]. Please help and add this category to other comics I've missed so far. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 09:47, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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'''Further discussions'''<br />
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''Calling it now'': lots of complaining about campaigning, by folks who prefer jokes. [[User:KangaroOS|Kangaro]][[User talk:KangaroOS|OS]] 06:25, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Count me in. Though I feel I'm one of a group with a legitimate gripe, I'm not American, and thus am not affected by nor have any stake in this election, and to whom this election stuff is largely like the "Wah wah wah" stuff from Peanuts when adults talk. :) [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 06:58, 5 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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There are hidden comics. I've found three so far: <br />
Attack ad comic in north half of Texas. <br />
Ballot measure comic in north half of California. <br />
Gerrymandering comic in north half of Washington.<br />
IronyIsGood 06:16, 2 November 2018 (AEST) {{unsigned ip|108.162.249.184}}<br />
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: Steve King comic in north-western Iowa<br />
: St Louis comic on the border of Missouri and Illinois {{unsigned ip|162.158.90.144}}<br />
: "Abigail Spanberger for Congress", just below Richmond, Virginia [[Special:Contributions/172.69.54.165|172.69.54.165]] 08:17, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
: "Only Poll That Counts" comic on border of California and Nevada, South West of Las Vegas [[Special:Contributions/141.101.77.56|141.101.77.56]] 08:21, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
: "I can see my house from here" in Washington DC [[Special:Contributions/172.68.110.88|172.68.110.88]] 09:17, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
: "If elected..." North Western Nebraska. {{unsigned|ManSpider}}<br />
: "Carlymandering plan..." North Washington. {{unsigned ip|162.158.202.88}}<br />
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Non-Republican/Democrat candidate found in Alaska, in green - only one I've found so far. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.226.143|172.69.226.143]] 09:08, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
: There is also one southwest of Dallas {{unsigned ip|162.158.202.88}}<br />
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'''Serious bug report:'''<br />
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This damn thing must be geolocked or something, because apparently not being an American means I can't edit the map. I can't even get around it with a VPN. Help? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.38.214|162.158.38.214]] 10:18, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:This map will be changed by US citizens on November 6, 2018. Nobody can edit this map at xkcd. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 10:33, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:: The complain was about the fact non-US citizens can't "edit" it by voting. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 23:42, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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'''Loading screen'''<br />
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please, include the [https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/challengers.png loading screen] in the explanation. --[[User:Valepert|valepert]] ([[User talk:Valepert|talk]]) 11:19, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Someone has mentioned it at the first paragraph. This was also the first version uploaded by the BOT: [[:File:challengers.png]]. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 12:09, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
::Note that loading screen is only thing you see if you have old browser ... I suspect the used javascript is ES6. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 23:43, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::"To see the full zoomable picture go to the original comic page." - really? I had to come HERE to see what xkcd was supposed to look like, under the assumption that a permanent "loading" message wasn't much of a joke. I'm glad there's something HERE that I can actually see. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.189.163|172.68.189.163]] 08:01, 3 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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'''Links to politicans'''<br />
<br />
I'm not sure if we all haven't recognized that all larger names provide a link to a homepage. Maybe Randall has fixed an error right now. Nonetheless I've mentioned this in the first paragraph. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 12:26, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:It seems most links just use Google like this example: https://google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&btnI=1&q=kyrsten+sinema+senate+arizona which shows directly the first search result. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 13:41, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
<br />
'''What's with all the place names?'''<br />
<br />
There are an immense number of placenames on the map - many of these look to be jokes. Maybe specific places you can go to vote or something? What's the deal with that? [[User:SteveBaker|SteveBaker]] ([[User talk:SteveBaker|talk]]) 12:58, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:These are {{w|List of U.S. National Historic Landmarks by state|US Landmarks}} as mentioned at the first paragraph. If you find a place that doesn't belong to this list it should be mentioned. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 13:10, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
::Some further investigations on the json file gave me this:<br />
::*9 embedded comics<br />
::*17,643 labels, much more than the 2,500 landmarks. This includes all names so far.<br />
::Most links are just links to Google. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 13:41, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::I just can't believe my hometown in on it... with a wlink to it's wikipedia page. [[User:Linker|Linker]] ([[User talk:Linker|talk]]) 13:49, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
::::Besides actual place names, there are a lot of radio stations (Wxxx codes). Also, there's XKCD just on the left of the Boston label (Massachusetts). Is that where Randall lives?{{unsigned ip|108.162.229.10}}<br />
::::: There are other things, as well. Next to Ogden, Utah, there's a link to the Wikipedia article for the "Hi-Fi Murders," which is an event, not a landmark. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.143.240|172.68.143.240]] 16:21, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
::::::I'm pretty sure the landmarks are just all of the wikipedia pages that contain some kind of location information. That's why for example the wikipedia pages "List of largest summits" point to Alaska where the largest summit actually is. Similarly the {w|Xkcd} wikipedia page has a GPS coordinate in the 'Inspired activities' section, which points to Boston, the same place where the XKCD label is on the map. While there might be some easter egg there, I think the grey labels are simply just wikipedia pages with coordinates or other geolocatable texts in their contents. [[User:Sztupy|Sztupy]] ([[User talk:Sztupy|talk]]) 16:54, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
::::::Went through the map-data.json file and confirmed that all gray labels match the wikipedia link, so I don't think there's going to be any intentional easter eggs there. Similarly can't find any discrepancies between the candidate's name and their google search results - they all seem to be autogenerated [[User:Sztupy|Sztupy]] ([[User talk:Sztupy|talk]]) 17:51, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
<br />
'''Subcomics layout'''<br />
<br />
I know the Editor FAQ about tables, but am I the only one who thinks the previous table layout for the subcomics was much easier to read? I find that with the current list layout, it is more difficult to ignore the transcript for those of us who don't need to read it.[[Special:Contributions/108.162.229.10|108.162.229.10]] 14:31, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
: Could make the transcript collapsible maybe, and also move the images back from thumbnails into the main body, so they are close to the explanations? [[User:Sztupy|Sztupy]] ([[User talk:Sztupy|talk]]) 14:47, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
::This is one of those overwhelming comics that can't be covered by a FAQ in general. But a table is still a bad layout because the text will grow and it's a horror to read it on a smartphone. Nonetheless the layout still needs some improvements. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 17:45, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:::I've done an update to the layout. You often think too much about tables, a simple floating text with less headers looks much better. Right now the pictures are larger than the text, but I'm sure there will be more text soon. Otherwise we could reduce the size of the pictures slightly. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 18:00, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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'''Candidate in wrong place?'''<br />
<br />
Noticed Robert Arlett, the Republican challenger for US Senate from Delaware, is listed in Washington DC. --[[Special:Contributions/172.69.62.196|172.69.62.196]] 15:36, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:There are a bunch of errors we are going to need an erreta section. Eastern Iowa has a link to the "murder of Yangjie Li" a murder that happened in 2016 in germany maybe they meant the "Murder of Shao Tong" from 2014 a murder of one Chinese student of another while at university in Iowa. {{unsigned|Echo Hotel}}<br />
::Yes, if you check the [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Murder_of_Yangjie_Li&action=edit source of that wikipedia page] you can see that it has a GPS coordinate set that points to Hollywood Bld, Iowa City. It was likely added by mistake from the content creator and was never removed. [[User:Sztupy|Sztupy]] ([[User talk:Sztupy|talk]]) 18:32, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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'''Carlymandering'''<br />
Carly is Canadian, so not eligible to vote in US elections. The result in the Carly district should be zero all tie, usually resulting in drawing lots for the winner. Any non-zero result would be clear evidence of election fraud.[[Special:Contributions/162.158.75.142|162.158.75.142]] 16:27, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
<br />
'''House'''<br />
<br />
Alternately, the "I can see my House from here" could refer to the U.S. House of Representatives, in Washington DC, which theoretically represents all US voters. Many of the ballots being cast are to fill House of Representatives seats at the Federal level. [[User:Leftcontact|Leftcontact]] ([[User talk:Leftcontact|talk]]) 17:23, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Speck in the title image'''<br />
It looks like there's a speck of minuscule text in the comic title header image, in the lower right side. Is this readable to anyone, or is he messing with us? {{unsigned ip|162.158.79.101}}<br />
<br />
'''Blank map?'''<br />
The map is blank on my iPad, is this happening to anyone else? [[User:Herobrine|Herobrine]] ([[User talk:Herobrine|talk]]) 23:21, 2 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:iPad 3 released in Spring 2013 here, max iOS of I think 9.4.3, and all I get is the "Loading..." image. I partially suspected the lack of anything might be the gag, but had figured on the truth, that it was probably one of the more complicated comics that don't do anything on my iPad (like Umlaut or Hoverboard or that Garden one, though those were on my iPad 1, and the latter didn't do anything on my computer, either). [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 06:53, 5 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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Is he taking petitions to change landmarks? Im going to assume YES. It seems like the most Randall thing to do. Why wouldnt he? I would like to stake my claim as first and offer replacing John F. Kennedy High School (Mt. Angel, Oregon) with John F. Kennedy High School (Bloomington, Minnesota). [[User:Choochoobob123|Choochoobob123]] ([[User talk:Choochoobob123|talk]]) 04:41, 3 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Map of interesting features'''<br />
It is nice to have the "map of interesting features", but it is not explained at all. There is not even a key to distinct the red, blue and green X-es. They seemingly all indicate the comics to zoom in, when you read the line above. Only Trivia helps to give an idea, what they could stand for.--[[User:Lupo|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo|talk]]) 07:30, 3 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:You can hover over them for a tooltip (only works on desktop), and click for a link [[User:Sztupy|Sztupy]] ([[User talk:Sztupy|talk]]) 11:48, 3 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
<br />
'''Higher office v better chances.'''<br />
<br />
So there are these two criteria for font size--higher office and better chances. One wonders what's the formula for weighting the two. <br />
<br />
And why not map to two parameters, for example using font size for office, uh, height, and using color saturation for chances of success? <br />
<br />
I'm quite ready for someone to jump in and explain how this has been answered, or is moot. --[[User:Radiowonderland|Radiowonderland]] ([[User talk:Radiowonderland|talk]]) 16:40, 3 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
: If it were me, I would have multiplied the two metrics. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.92.16|162.158.92.16]] 21:27, 3 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
::Higher offices are simple, predictions about chances are more like looking through the looking glass... Randall, like most of us failed on this in 2016. Nonetheless I started a paragraph on this issue, help me to fix. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 23:12, 3 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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'''Header text'''<br />
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@[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] can you explain [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2067:_Challengers&diff=prev&oldid=165338 this edit], removing the additional header text? That was in the header at the time I added it here. –[[User:P1h3r1e3d13|P1h3r1e3d13]] ([[User talk:P1h3r1e3d13|talk]]) 23:24, 5 November 2018 (UTC)</div>P1h3r1e3d13https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:2068:_Election_Night&diff=165570Talk:2068: Election Night2018-11-05T23:15:03Z<p>P1h3r1e3d13: hovertext citation?</p>
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This is an early example of using red and blue to denote candidates and parties. Here, McKinley (R) gets blue and Bryan (D) red; it wasn't standardized on blue for Democrats and red for Republicans until after the 2000 election. NBC News having used red/R and blue/D that year, Tom Brokaw was the first to speak extensively of "red states" and "blue states" elevating that to political meme status and leading to standardization. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.78.166|162.158.78.166]] 14:36, 5 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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:I was just going to mention the hat :) [[Special:Contributions/108.162.246.191|108.162.246.191]] 14:57, 5 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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I distinctly remember the reporting during the 1980 election (Reagan vs. Carter) that the TV news used blue for Republicans and red for Democrats. I don't know why they later switched, but I have always assumed that Democrats got offended by the use of red (the color of the USSR's flag and many other communist organizations) for their party. [[User:Shamino|Shamino]] ([[User talk:Shamino|talk]]) 15:19, 5 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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:Beyond having one party being red and the other blue, there was no consistent color-coding scheme for the two major parties either from election to election or between news agencies prior to 2000. Both parties still officially list red, white, and blue as their colors. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.79.149|162.158.79.149]] 15:24, 5 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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::There's a long history about red and blue states, all of which comes directly from the media reporting the different parties. It's interesting to note that in Europe, the liberal parties are red and the conservative parties are blue (opposite of the US), and the fact that red is the color of the USSR has nothing to do with the Democrats "not wanting to be red," they didn't choose the colors. [[User:Zachweix|Zachweix]] ([[User talk:Zachweix|talk]]) 16:51, 5 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
::: Actually liberal parties tend to be in the yellow/orange part of the spectrum (see LibDems in the UK or FDP in Germany), red is for parties with more (historical) socialist leanings (Labour, SDP). [[Special:Contributions/188.114.102.4|188.114.102.4]] 19:25, 5 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
:: European politics, unlike US politics, is multidimensional. [[User:Erkinalp|Erkinalp]] ([[User talk:Erkinalp|talk]]) 16:59, 5 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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:: IIRC, blue was used for incumbents on some stations, red for challengers, and in 2000, blue stuck as the color of the democratic party, {{unsigned ip|162.158.79.107}}<br />
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:::It seems to have been chosen pretty much arbitrarily. As much as I follow politics, I never heard of any clear association where the Democrats were blue and Republicans red -- ''or vice versa'' -- until after election night in 2000. Before then, there was no well-known standard as to which party would get which color on a map. The standard colors we have now only stuck based on the coverage from election night (and afterward) in 2000. --[[Special:Contributions/172.68.150.46|172.68.150.46]] 17:26, 5 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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God I feel awful for the Civil war vets with PTSD who decided to reside in Chicago. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.33.11|172.69.33.11]] 17:05, 5 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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What is the 'Needle' referring to? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.142.4|162.158.142.4]] 17:46, 5 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
: The Traumatic Needle can be found here... https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/11/the-new-york-times-election-needle-is-back-with-a-few-new-safety-features {{unsigned ip|162.158.106.126}}<br />
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I was reading this, expecting the last page (or the title text) to have someone commenting that lecturing to modern people about how things were in the past is a pretty trivial or bizarre waste of something as momentous as time travel; and top hat guy to reply that he didn't come to bring them a message, he's just avoiding the fireworks because he's fed up of the modern election-night media circus. -- [[User:Angel|Angel]] ([[User talk:Angel|talk]]) 17:50, 5 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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Does anyone have a source for the 1896 reporting via fireworks referred to here? I've done a few Google searches, but so far haven't found anything. Historic issues of the Chicago Tribune is behind a paywall, so I can't go look there directly. [[User:Shamino|Shamino]] ([[User talk:Shamino|talk]]) 18:40, 5 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
: I assume Randall made this up? [[Special:Contributions/173.245.48.171|173.245.48.171]] 18:49, 5 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
::Telling from [https://img.newspapers.com/img/thumbnail/349884040/250/150/5939_4729_418_251/0/yes/5893_4842_511_25.jpg this snippet], it seems legit. --[[Special:Contributions/172.68.50.172|172.68.50.172]] 18:54, 5 November 2018 (UTC) <br />
::: It is legit, scroll through the first result here:[https://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/search/#lnd=1&query=blue+to+indicate+McKinley%27s+election&ymd=1896-11-01]. (Update: I have no idea how to format this properly, somebody that knows how please fix this and feel free to remove this message) --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.79.149|162.158.79.149]] 21:56, 5 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
::::I fixed your problem, just start your comment at the beginning of a line. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 22:31, 5 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
::::Thanks for the link. Unfortunately, it is blocked by the Tribune's paywall. [[User:Shamino|Shamino]] ([[User talk:Shamino|talk]]) 22:36, 5 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
::::Is the hovertext quote legit, too? –[[User:P1h3r1e3d13|P1h3r1e3d13]] ([[User talk:P1h3r1e3d13|talk]]) 23:15, 5 November 2018 (UTC)<br />
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'''Papal conclave'''<br />
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No one else sees parallels to the {{w|Papal conclave#Smoke colors|smoke colors}} after a papal conclave? It's white and black there, but the principle is the same (no telecommunication, ...) --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 20:15, 5 November 2018 (UTC)</div>P1h3r1e3d13https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2067:_Challengers&diff=1653262067: Challengers2018-11-02T16:29:22Z<p>P1h3r1e3d13: /* Trivia */ update & format header</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2067<br />
| date = November 2, 2018<br />
| title = Challengers<br />
| image = challengers.png<br />
| titletext = Use your mouse or fingers to pan + zoom. To edit the map, submit your ballot on November 6.<br />
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To see the full zoomable picture go to the [https://xkcd.com/2067/ original] comic page.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Would be good to add how some of the subcomics tie to the election (St Louis), and add potential explanation on why they are put to the location they are in (Attack Ads, Carlymandering, St Louis). Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
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[[File:challengers_loading_screen.png|thumb|200px|Loading screen]]<br />
This comic shows all challengers (people running in an election who are "challenging" the current office-holder, as well as those running in open seats where a change of party from the previous election would occur) to the {{w|United States elections, 2018|midterm elections}} hold on November 6, 2018. Many larger names provide a link to the homepage of the specific person, or an article about the election that candidate is participating in. The landmarks are taken from {{w|List of U.S. National Historic Landmarks by state|this Wikipedia page}}. Since the map is large there's also a [https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/challengers.png loading screen] present that can be seen while the map is loading.<br />
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There are also a total of nine comics embedded into the map at various locations. They are all loaded when you zoom in enough into the map to the appropriate section. <br />
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===Attack Ads===<br />
[[File:challengers_subcomic_abernathy_texas.png|thumb|200px|Attack Ads]]<br />
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; Location<br />
: '''Abernathy, Texas'''<br />
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; Transcript<br />
: [Black Hat and Cueball are talking]<br />
: Black Hat: Starting on November 7th, we're going to blanket the airwaves with attack ads.<br />
: Cueball: Isn't the election on November 6th?<br />
: Black Hat: Yeah, the advertising rates go way down after that.<br />
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; Explanation<br />
: {{w|Attack ads}} are campaign advertising that usually attack the opponents' campaign instead of promoting one's own. The comic also refers to the fact that media outlets usually spike their advertising prices during the campaign, and it becomes cheaper afterwards. However there's usually no point in advertising afterwards for a campaign as the polling has already taken place. This may also be a callback to [[1130: Poll Watching]]<br />
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===Ballot Measures===<br />
[[File:challengers_subcomic_weed_california.png|thumb|200px|Ballot Measures]]<br />
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; Location<br />
: '''Weed, California'''<br />
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; Transcript<br />
: [Cueball is holding a piece of paper and talking to Megan]<br />
: Cueball: Question #1 voids all 2018 ballot measures except itself.<br />
: Cueball: Question #2 retroactively lowers the threshold for passing ballot measures to 5%.<br />
: Cueball: Question #3 requires a re-vote on all failed ballot measures a day later.<br />
: Cueball: Question #4 requires a re-vote on all passed ballot measures a day later.<br />
: Cueball: Question #5 bans those annoying phone scammers, but also says that if an odd number of ballot measures pass, Christmas is canceled.<br />
: Cueball: Question #6 makes a "yes" count as a "no" on odd-numbered ballot measures.<br />
: Cueball: Question #7 does nothing but counts as a ballot measure passing.<br />
: Cueball: Question #8 says that-<br />
: Megan: I'm leaving these all blank and voting against whoever approves ballot measures.<br />
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; Explanation<br />
: In California during this election apart from the nationwide election there will be also be [https://ballotpedia.org/California_2018_ballot_propositions 12 extra propositions] for the voters to vote on. Sometimes propositions also include changing how voting should be done in subsequent elections. [https://www.vox.com/2016/6/23/11979522/brexit-ballot There are people] who believe proposals on US ballots are asked in a very convoluted way, and could be made simpler.<br />
: In this comic a lot of the proposals sound complex and self-referential as well, therefore Megan just says that she doesn't wish to vote to any of them, and would actually like to ban people creating ballot papers like this. Not voting might also refer to the scenario where people believe none of the choices during an election are good, and instead vote to no-one or deface their ballot papers in protest.<br />
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===Carlymandering===<br />
[[File:challengers_subcomic_seattle_washington.png|thumb|200px|Carlymandering]]<br />
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; Location<br />
: '''Seattle, Washington'''<br />
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; Transcript<br />
: [Cueball holds a presentation to a group of people including White Hat and Hairbun sitting at an office desk. The presentation shows a map of a district]<br />
: Cueball: Under my new Carlymandering plan, we'll create five red districts, five blue districts, and one district which contains only Carly Rae Jepsen.<br />
: Hairbun: That seems fair.<br />
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; Explanation<br />
: This refers to {{w|Gerrymandering}}, a tactic used to re-shape voting district boundaries to make sure one candidate prevails over the other. The name is conflated with {{w|Carly Rae Jepsen}}, a Canadian singer, whose latest single released only a day before the comic was published is called "{{w|Party for One}}". Although the song is about partying (e.g. going out) alone, the joke is that it can also mean a one person political party, and she'll have a full Gerrymandered district where she is the only person.<br />
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===House===<br />
[[File:challengers_subcomic_washington_dc.png|thumb|200px|House]]<br />
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; Location<br />
: '''Washington, DC'''<br />
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; Transcript<br />
: [Cueball is standing in the middle of Washington, DC]<br />
: Cueball: I can see my house from here!<br />
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; Explanation<br />
: Comic is probably referencing the {{w|White House}}, the residence of the President, located in Washington, DC.<br />
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===Polls===<br />
[[File:challengers_subcomic_primm_nevada.png|thumb|200px|Polls]]<br />
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; Location<br />
: '''Primm, Nevada'''<br />
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; Transcript<br />
: [A group of five people are standing]<br />
: Blondie: Remember: The only poll that counts is the one on Election Day. And the ones that help campaigns allocate resources. And the ones that drive media coverage and the ones that inform us all about what our fellow members of the public believe. And the ones that...<br />
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; Explanation<br />
: During campaign there are usually polling done by survey companies to determine each candidate's chances of winning. This comic refers to the fact that usually the candidate that is behind in the polls usually tells their electorate that these polls don't matter, as they are just surveys and not the actual final result. This is usually to encourage their voter base that it's still worth voting for them. The joke here is that Blondie doesn't finish here but tells the electorate that other polls are actually also important.<br />
: Nevada is one of the states where there is [https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign-polls/414083-poll-dems-hold-slim-leads-in-arizona-and-nevada-senate-races only a slim difference] between the candidates based on polls hence the need for each candidate to rally their supporters and make sure everyone is voting.<br />
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===Punish===<br />
[[File:challengers_subcomic_chadron_nebraska.png|thumb|200px|Punish]]<br />
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; Location<br />
: '''Chadron, Nebraska'''<br />
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; Transcript<br />
: [Megan is standing at a podium with her arm raised]<br />
: Megan: If elected, I vow to find and punish the voters responsible.<br />
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; Explanation<br />
: Often candidates make promises of things they will do when they are elected. Vowing to find and punishing people responsible for a certain action, oftentimes criminals, is also common. However, these two things are conflated here to ludicrous effect.<br />
: Putting this comic into Nebraska might refer to the fact that in [https://ballotpedia.org/Nebraska_Death_Penalty_Repeal,_Referendum_426_(2016) 2016 Nebraska voted to repeal the death penalty ban], allowing the reinstatement of the death penalty in the state.<br />
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===Scholten===<br />
[[File:challengers_subcomic_storm_lake_iowa.png|thumb|200px|Scholten]]<br />
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; Location<br />
: '''Storm Lake, Iowa'''<br />
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; Transcript<br />
: Cueball: The midterms are so stressful.<br />
: Megan: I just hope J.D. Scholten wins.<br />
: Cueball: Why?<br />
: Megan: Google Steve King.<br />
: [Cueball looking at his phone]<br />
: Cueball: Yikes.<br />
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; Explanation<br />
: J.D. Scholten is a Democratic candidate for Iowa's 4th Congressional District. {{w|Steve King}} is a Republican representative who has stirred controversy by statements that have been described as racist.<br />
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===Spanberger===<br />
[[File:challengers_subcomic_richmond_virginia.png|thumb|200px|Spanberger]]<br />
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; Location<br />
: '''Richmond, Virginia'''<br />
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; Transcript<br />
: [Cueball is holding a sign that says: Abigail Spanberger for Congress]<br />
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; Explanation<br />
: Abigail Spanberger is a candidate running for Congress in Virginia's 7th district, which includes Richmond. Based on polls she has a chance to beat her opponent, and could be the first Democrat in her district after 50 years of Republican control. Cueball probably tries to encourage people to vote for her on election day.<br />
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===St Louis===<br />
[[File:challengers_subcomic_saint_louis_missouri.png|thumb|200px|St Louis]]<br />
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; Location<br />
: '''Saint Louis, Missouri'''<br />
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; Transcript<br />
: [Two people next to the Gateway Arch are talking]<br />
: Cueball: Ah, Saint Louis. Home of America's largest... Whatever that thing is.<br />
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; Explanation<br />
: Saint Louis, Missouri is the location of the {{w|Gateway Arch}}, the largest arch in the United States. (It's also one of the most recognizable arches in Saint Louis, according to [[1368: One Of The]].) Since in this comic they are next to the side of the arch, it is possible its sheer size stops them from determining what it is, although they should probably know.<br />
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===Title text===<br />
The title text shows the hint that the reader can zoom in and move over all US-States revealing many details can't be seen at the overall view. Furthermore [[Randall]] does a call to vote: he requests people to take an active part in the elections to change that picture.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:[A loading screen appears shortly before the large picture has rendered. We can see an American flag in an oval badge with the text:]<br />
:I voted<br />
:[And beneath a text saying:]<br />
:Loading...<br />
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:2018 Midterm<br />
:'''Challengers'''<br />
:The bigger the candidate's name, the higher the office and the better their chances of success.<br />
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:[In a frame a zoomable map shows all US-States (Alaska and Hawaii are shown in the left lower corner.) The candidates are shown colored mainly in red and blue at different sizes. Each state has many landmarks shown in gray. There are also many comics embedded into the picture.]<br />
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:By Randall Monroe, Kelsey Harris, and Max Goodman<br />
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:Landmarks from Wikipedia. Success odds estimated from district voting history, special election<br />
:results, and seat ratings. Thank you to Dailykos Elections for their spreadsheets, shaplefiles election<br />
:ratings, and advice, and to @davidshor, @charlotteeffect, and @thedlcc for additional candidate data.<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
*The comic [[Design_of_xkcd.com#Header|header]] has changed to:<br />
*:<blockquote>I'm frightened by the direction the President and his party are taking our country. The sea of blue names below represents people who are standing up to them.<br />The best thing you can do to help is to reach out to your friends and family and make sure they have a plan to vote.<br />Find out where to vote: [https://www.vote.org/ Vote.org]<br />See what's on your ballot: [https://www.ballotready.org/ BallotReady.org]</blockquote><br />
*:This happened on the day this comic came out, as it up till [http://web.archive.org/web/20181101081612/https://xkcd.com/ the day before], had been a different reminder of the election only with the vote.org link.<br />
*The interactive picture does not work in many browsers when using the link ''[https://www.xkcd.com www.xkcd.com]'', only the short ''[https://xkcd.com xkcd.com]'' works properly because the page uses an absolute link to a file ''[https://xkcd.com/2067/asset/map-data.json map-data.json]'' at the domain ''<nowiki>xkcd.com</nowiki>'' which is not allowed from ''<nowiki>www.xkcd.com</nowiki>'' according to {{w|Cross-origin resource sharing}}.<br />
* The internal comics have a kind of "comic" inside the [https://xkcd.com/2067/asset/map-data.json map-data.json] file that contains all of the details shown on the map. All other locations, including politicians and landmarks inside the map-data.json have a kind of "label"<br />
* There are a total of<br />
** 9 subcomics<br />
** 17,643 labels, including:<br />
*** 13,339 landmarks (gray)<br />
*** 2,845 Democratic candidates (blue)<br />
*** 1,456 Republican candidates (red)<br />
*** 3 independent candidates (green)<br />
* The three independent candidates are:<br />
** Alaska Congress candidate Alyse Galvin<br />
** Texas State House District 101 candidate James Allen<br />
** Alabama State Senate District 10 candidate Craig Ford <br />
* The largest names on the map (based on font size) are:<br />
** Michelle Lujan Grisham, Governor candidate for New Mexico (7.187)<br />
** Beto O'Rourke, Texan US Senate candidate (6.773)<br />
** Matt Rosendale, Montanan US Senate candidate (6.773)<br />
** Gretchen Whitmer, Governor candidate for Michigan (6.48)<br />
* There's a landmark label called "Xkcd" near Boston, Massachusetts<br />
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The Carnot cycle is a theoretical construct from thermodynamics describing an ideal way to produce work using a temperature differential. The shape of the diagram matches diagrams of said cycle. The different stages in the Carnot cycle are either isentropic or isothermal. 'Isometric', 'Isotonic', and 'Isopropyl' all play on the 'iso' prefix. 'Isometric' also describes the shape of the diagram. 'Isotonic' seems to have something to do with muscles... which I suppose have some relation to engines as well—they both do work.<br />
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Did anyone notice that there is a note on the top of XKCD about how to register to vote? [[User:Zachweix|Zachweix]] ([[User talk:Zachweix|talk]]) 17:18, 24 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
:Randall often gives some hints to elections, in this case it's the {{w|United States House of Representatives elections, 2018}} on November 6, 2018. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 17:30, 24 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
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Please read the [[explain xkcd:Editor FAQ|Editor FAQ]] about tables, this here was a good example where tables should not be used (check the history at this comic for the former layout.) Furthermore we should explain the comic but not the real Carnot Cycle, that's done in the Wiki link or at least it should be done in a separate chapter. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 18:06, 24 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
:I'm sure it doesn't need a full explanation, but because the pairings of the stages are part of the joke, I think it's necessary to explain what each stage is. But just enough to explain the contrast. –[[User:P1h3r1e3d13|P1h3r1e3d13]] ([[User talk:P1h3r1e3d13|talk]]) 18:39, 24 October 2018 (UTC)<br />
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'''Inflation is probably wrong explained'''<br />
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One section before dark energy is mentioned, in Cosmology this energy causes the ''cosmic inflation''. I'm sure Randall talks about this. But maybe we just should mention both. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 18:12, 24 October 2018 (UTC)</div>P1h3r1e3d13https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2063:_Carnot_Cycle&diff=1646712063: Carnot Cycle2018-10-24T17:34:50Z<p>P1h3r1e3d13: /* Explanation */ explain economic joke</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2063<br />
| date = October 24, 2018<br />
| title = Carnot Cycle<br />
| image = carnot_cycle.png<br />
| titletext = The Carnot cycle is more properly known by its full title, the "Carnot-Tolkien-Wagner Ring Cycle."<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
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This comic shows a {{w|Pressure–volume diagram}} which is used in this case for a {{w|Carnot cycle}}, a theoretical thermodynamic cycle and covers most thermodynamics classes which looks very much like the figure drawn. However in this case, [[Randall]] has replaced the labels of the 4 stages of the real Carnot cycle with new ones.<br />
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Each step is explained below<br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
!Step in Comic<br />
!Step in the real Carnot Cycle<br />
!Explanation<br />
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|1. Isometric expansion. When heated, the gas becomes larger due to increasing volume<br />
|Reversible isothermal expansion of the gas at the "hot" temperature, Th (isothermal heat addition or absorption).<br />
|The comic text uses a circular argument. Additionally, "isometric" (equal dimensions) could mean that the gas does ''not'' change in volume, in contrast to the change in volume here.<br />
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|2. Isotonic expansion. The gas expands further due to dark energy while percent milkfat remains constant.<br />
|Isentropic (reversible adiabatic) expansion of the gas (isentropic work output).<br />
|Isotonic is commonly associated with sports drink (and not thermodynamics). Dark energy is hypothesized to be a cause for the expansion of the universe.<br />
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|3. Isopropyl compression. While inflation is held constant, the gas contracts due to tightening interest rates.<br />
|Reversible isothermal compression of the gas at the "cold" temperature, Tc. (isothermal heat rejection)<br />
|Isopropyl alcohol is commonly used for cleaning. Inflation and contraction could refer to changes in gas volume, but the reference to interest rates puts them in the context of {{w|macroeconomics}}. Raising ("tightening") interest rates tends to reduce {{w|inflation}} and/or "contract" the economy.<br />
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|4. Decline and fall. The gas diminishes and goes into the West while remaining Galadriel, completing the cycle.<br />
|Isentropic compression of the gas (isentropic work input).<br />
|{{w|Galadriel}} is a character in {{w|The Lord of the Rings}}. She is one of the leading {{w|Elf (Middle-earth)|elves}}, a race that in the time of the book is said to be dwindling (in number and importance) in {{w|Middle Earth}} and migrating westward to {{w|Valinor}}. Galadriel is one of the last elves to leave, after successfully resisting temptation to take the One Ring and become an all-powerful queen who dominates Middle-earth, instead saying "I will diminish, and go into the West, and remain Galadriel."<br />
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Title text: Richard Wagner's Ring cycle consists of four operas. J.R.R. Tolkien wrote The Lord of the Rings. Their works are known as {{w|Literary cycle}}s.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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[[Category:Physics]]<br />
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2063<br />
| date = October 24, 2018<br />
| title = Carnot Cycle<br />
| image = carnot_cycle.png<br />
| titletext = The Carnot cycle is more properly known by its full title, the "Carnot-Tolkien-Wagner Ring Cycle."<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
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This comic shows a {{w|Pressure–volume diagram}} which is used in this case for a {{w|Carnot cycle}}, a theoretical thermodynamic cycle and covers most thermodynamics classes which looks very much like the figure drawn. However in this case, [[Randall]] has replaced the labels of the 4 stages of the real Carnot cycle with new ones.<br />
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Each step is explained below<br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
!Step in Comic<br />
!Step in the real Carnot Cycle<br />
!Explanation<br />
|-<br />
|1. Isometric expansion. When heated, the gas becomes larger due to increasing volume<br />
|Reversible isothermal expansion of the gas at the "hot" temperature, Th (isothermal heat addition or absorption).<br />
|The comic text uses a circular argument. Additionally, "isometric" (equal dimensions) could mean that the gas does ''not'' change in volume, in contrast to the change in volume here.<br />
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|2. Isotonic expansion. The gas expands further due to dark energy while percent milkfat remains constant.<br />
|Isentropic (reversible adiabatic) expansion of the gas (isentropic work output).<br />
|Isotonic is commonly associated with sports drink (and not thermodynamics). Dark energy is hypothesized to be a cause for the expansion of the universe.<br />
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|3. Isopropyl compression. While inflation is held constant, the gas contracts due to tightening interest rates.<br />
|Reversible isothermal compression of the gas at the "cold" temperature, Tc. (isothermal heat rejection)<br />
|Isopropyl alcohol is commonly used for cleaning. <br />
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|4. Decline and fall. The gas diminishes and goes into the West while remaining Galadriel, completing the cycle.<br />
|Isentropic compression of the gas (isentropic work input).<br />
|{{w|Galadriel}} is a character in {{w|The Lord of the Rings}}. She is one of the leading {{w|Elf (Middle-earth)|elves}}, a race that in the time of the book is said to be dwindling (in number and importance) in {{w|Middle Earth}} and migrating westward to {{w|Valinor}}. Galadriel is one of the last elves to leave, after successfully resisting temptation to take the One Ring and become an all-powerful queen who dominates Middle-earth, instead saying "I will diminish, and go into the West, and remain Galadriel."<br />
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Title text: Richard Wagner's Ring cycle consists of four operas. J.R.R. Tolkien wrote The Lord of the Rings. Their works are known as {{w|Literary cycle}}s.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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[[Category:Line graphs]]<br />
[[Category:Physics]]<br />
[[Category:LOTR]]</div>P1h3r1e3d13https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2003:_Presidential_Succession&diff=1583832003: Presidential Succession2018-06-06T08:37:40Z<p>P1h3r1e3d13: /* Order of succession */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2003<br />
| date = June 6, 2018<br />
| title = Presidential Succession<br />
| image = presidential_succession.png<br />
| titletext = Ties are broken by whoever was closest to the surface of Europa when they were born.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
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The {{w|United States presidential line of succession}} is the order of people who serve as president if the current incumbent President is incapacitated, dies, resigns, or is removed from office. <br />
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The {{w|Presidential_Succession_Act#Presidential_Succession_Act_of_1947|Presidential Succession Act of 1947}} was an act by the U.S. Congress that revised the presidential order of succession to its current order. This act, though never challenged in the courts, may not be constitutional for two reasons. First, it is unclear whether members of Congress can be designated in the line of succession. Secondly, the act allows for a cabinet officer to be "replaced" as acting President by a new Speaker of the House or a new President Pro Tempore of the Senate.<br />
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The full text of the Second Report of the Continuity of Government Commission can be found here: https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/06_continuity_of_government.pdf<br />
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The first 6 members of Randall's list are included in the current line of succession. After the top 6, his list ranges from politicians, to actors who have played Presidents, to athletes. <br />
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Randall's list omits the Speaker of the House and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, as well as many other cabinet positions. Perhaps he does not find those people qualified to become President of the United States, and is concerned about the constitutionality of lawmakers becoming President.<br />
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This is another comic in the continuing line of comics about American politics, especially after the election of Donald Trump as President in 2016.<br />
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==Order of succession==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
!#<br />
!Randall's order<br />
!Current order by the 1947 Act<br />
!Notes<br />
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|1<br />
|President<br />
|President<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|2<br />
| Vice president<br />
| Vice president<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|3<br />
|Secretary of State<br />
|Speaker of the House of Representatives<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|4<br />
|Secretary of Defense<br />
|President pro tempore of the Senate<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|5<br />
|Secretary of Homeland Security<br />
|Secretary of State<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|6<br />
|Attorney General<br />
|Secretary of the Treasury <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|7<br />
|Five people who do not live in Washington DC, nominated at the start of the President's term and confirmed by the Senate<br />
|Secretary of Defense<br />
|{{w|Washington, D.C.}} is the capital of the United States, and is where the {{w|White House}}, the President's residence, is located. Presumably this provision covers the case where much of the government, including positions 1–6 here, are killed by a natural disaster or attack in Washington, D.C.<br />
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It is unclear if these 5 people have to have any qualifications whatsoever.<br />
|-<br />
|8<br />
|{{w|Tom Hanks}}<br />
|Attorney General<br />
|Academy Award-winning American actor<br />
|-<br />
|9<br />
|State Governors, in descending order of state population at last census<br />
|Secretary of the Interior<br />
|At the time of publishing, the last {{w|United States Census}} was the 2010 Census. {{w|2010_United_States_Census#State_rankings|Link}} to state populations.<br />
|-<br />
|10<br />
|Anyone who won an Oscar for playing a governor<br />
|Secretary of Agriculture<br />
|Oscars, or {{w|Academy Awards}}, are annual film awards awarded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.<br />
|-<br />
|11<br />
|Anyone who won a Governor's award for playing someone named Oscar<br />
|Secretary of Commerce <br />
|The {{w|Governors Awards}} are an annual award ceremony hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to present lifetime achievement awards within the film industry. As this award is a lifetime achievement award, it does not seem possible that an actor could win this award for simply playing someone named Oscar.<br />
|-<br />
|12<br />
|{{w|Kate McKinnon}}, if available<br />
|Secretary of Labor<br />
|Comedic actress famous for being a cast member on {{w|Saturday Night Live}}. She is known for her character work and celebrity impressions.<br />
|-<br />
|13<br />
|Billboard Year-End Hot 100 Singles artists #1 through #10 (for groups, whoever is credited first in name, liner notes, etc)<br />
|Secretary of Health and Human Services <br />
|The {{w|Billboard Hot 100}} is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for singles, published weekly by Billboard magazine. <br />
|-<br />
|14<br />
|The top 5 US astronauts in descending order of total spaceflight time<br />
|Secretary of Housing and Urban Development <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|15<br />
|{{w|Serena Williams}} (or, if she lost her most recent match, whoever beat her)<br />
|Secretary of Transportation<br />
|As of the time of publishing, Serena Williams was the top female tennis player (though not the world #1 ranking, because she took time off for pregnancy). She is arguably the greatest female tennis player of all-time, winning 39 {{w|Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam}} titles, including 23 women's singles titles. <br />
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If her most recent defeat was to a non-US player, it is unclear whether that person would still qualify for President.<br />
|-<br />
|16<br />
|The most recent season NBA, NFL, MLB, and NHL MVPs<br />
|Secretary of Energy<br />
|MVP stands for {{w|Most Valuable Player}}. The 4 listed leagues are the major sports leagues in the United States, the {{w|National Basketball Association}} (NBA), the {{w|National Football League}} (NFL), {{w|Major League Baseball}} (MLB), and the {{w|National Hockey League}} (NHL).<br />
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As of the time of publishing, the most recent MVPs for the listed sports are {{w|Russell Westbrook}} (NBA), {{w|Tom Brady}} (NFL), {{w|José Altuve}} and {{w|Giancarlo Stanton}} (MLB has two, one for the American League and one for the National League), and {{w|Connor McDavid}} (NHL).<br />
|-<br />
|17<br />
|{{w|Bill Pullman}} and his descendants by absolute primogeniture<br />
|Secretary of Education <br />
|American actor, known for playing President Thomas J. Whitmore in the 1996 film ''{{w|Independence Day (1996 film)|Independence Day}}''. <br />
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Absolute primogeniture is a form of succession where the oldest direct descendant receives the title. This is contrasted to {{w|Male-preference primogeniture}}, in which females come before males in the order of the throne, whether the females were born first or not. This may be a reference to the British law {{w|Succession to the Crown Act 2013}}, which changed the order of the throne from male-preference primogeniture to absolute primogeniture. This act allows {{w|Princess Charlotte of Cambridge|Princess Charlotte}} to retain her place in line before {{w|Prince Louis of Cambridge|Prince Louis}}.<br />
|-<br />
|18<br />
|The entire line of succession to the British throne<br />
|Secretary of Veterans Affairs <br />
|Unsure if this is constitutional, or what the Founding Fathers would have wanted (a Brit sitting as U.S. President!). The complete list is {{w|Succession_to_the_British_throne#Current_line_of_succession|here}} and includes 57 names, as of the time of publishing.<br />
|-<br />
|19<br />
|The current champion of the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating contest<br />
|Secretary of Homeland Security<br />
|The {{w|Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest}} is an annual American hot dog competitive eating competition sponsored by {{w|Nathan's Famous}} held on July 4th. As of the time of publishing, the most recent men's winner is {{w|Joey Chestnut}} and the women's winner is {{w|Miki Sudo}}.<br />
|-<br />
|20<br />
|All other US citizens, chosen by a 29-round single-elimination Jousting tournament<br />
|''None''<br />
|Effective for a population up to 536,870,912 individuals (2^29), although additional rounds can be added should the population grow further.<br />
|}<br />
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The title text mentions whoever was closest to the surface of Europa when they were born. {{w|Europa}} is a moon of Jupiter, so most people would be very far from its surface when they were born. Alternatively, Randall could be playing on how Europa sounds like Europe.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
: A proposal for a new presidential line of succession<br />
: Current politics aside, most experts agree the existing process is flawed. The presidential succession act of 1947 is probably unconstitutional on several counts, and there are many practical issues with the system as well.<br />
: (for more, see the surprisingly gripping [https://www.brookings.edu/research/the-continuity-of-the-presidency-the-second-report-of-the-continuity-of-government-commission/ ''Second Report of the Continuity of Government Commission'', June 2009]).<br />
: Proposed line of succession:<br />
:# President<br />
:# Vice president<br />
:# Secretary of State<br />
:# Secretary of Defense<br />
:# Secretary of Homeland Security<br />
:# Attorney General<br />
:# Five people who do not live in Washington DC, Nominated at the start of the president's term and confirmed by the Senate<br />
:# Tom Hanks<br />
:# State Governors, in descending order of state population at last census<br />
:# Anyone who won an Oscar for playing a governor<br />
:# Anyone who won a Governor's award for playing someone named Oscar<br />
:# Kate McKinnon, if available<br />
:# Billboard year-end hot 100 singles artists #1 through #10 (for groups, whoever is credited first in name, liner notes, etc)<br />
:# The top 5 US astronauts in descending order of total spaceflight time<br />
:# Serena Williams (or, if she lost her most recent match, whoever beat her)<br />
:# The most recent season NBA, NFL, MLB, and NHL MVPs<br />
:# Bull Pullman and his descendants by absolute primogeniture<br />
:# The entire line of succession to the British throne<br />
:# The current champion of the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating contest<br />
:# All other US citizens, chosen by a 29-round single-elimination Jousting tournament.<br />
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: Title text: Ties are broken by whoever was closest to the surface of Europa when they were born.<br />
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{{comic discussion}}</div>P1h3r1e3d13https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:311:_Action_Movies&diff=146951Talk:311: Action Movies2017-10-20T21:24:08Z<p>P1h3r1e3d13: ''The Raid''</p>
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<div>Dangit, I want to see this. [[Special:Contributions/199.27.130.148|199.27.130.148]] 04:44, 19 November 2013 (UTC)<br />
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He used Papyrus. :| [[Special:Contributions/108.162.225.57|108.162.225.57]] 11:19, 4 January 2014 (UTC)<br />
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Madness combat minus hank plus river tam? 08:03, 14 January 2014 (UTC)<br />
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Could this comic be the inspiration for John Wick? {{unsigned ip|108.162.217.155}}<br />
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This movie actually exists and it's called Chocolate [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolate_(2008_film)] {{unsigned ip|108.162.221.202}}<br />
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'Beats up everyone', to me it seems a reference to video game of type 'Beat them all' which match with the image of the movie. {{unsigned ip|108.162.229.112}}<br />
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There is an error in the explanation. Crank is listed as being in the Die Hard series. This is incorrect, Crank did have a sequel (High voltage) but neither had anything to do with Die Hard franchise. {{unsigned ip|173.245.50.100}}<br />
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And now, 8 years later, we have Mad Max: Fury Road. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.38.212|162.158.38.212]] 07:47, 11 October 2016 (UTC)<br />
:And on top of that, John Wick and Hardcore Henry. Nonstop action movies are becoming a thing. --[[User:Zazathebot|Zazathebot]] ([[User talk:Zazathebot|talk]]) 19:41, 24 August 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Y'all're forgetting [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1899353/ ''The Raid''] and [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2265171/ ''The Raid 2'']. Perfect answers to this complaint.<br />
—[[User:P1h3r1e3d13|P1h3r1e3d13]] ([[User talk:P1h3r1e3d13|talk]]) 21:24, 20 October 2017 (UTC)</div>P1h3r1e3d13https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1663:_Garden&diff=1164671663: Garden2016-04-05T19:16:09Z<p>P1h3r1e3d13: /* Explanation */ typo</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1663<br />
| date = April 4, 2016<br />
| title = Garden<br />
| image = garden.png <!--This is the starting point and should be used here. Other images need to go in the explanation --><br />
| titletext = Relax. <br />
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<div class="toclimit-3" style="float:right; margin-left: 10px;">__TOC__</div><br />
*'''Note''' this is an interactive comic. Go to xkcd to try it out.<br />
*'''Post new images''' etc. in this page [[1663: Garden/Images]]!<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Include a table with all possible items as [[1663: Garden/Images#Images of items|listed here]] with image, links to image on xkcd, explanations and link to a screenshot/download of a garden where each item "grows". As there are no permalinks these cannot be used for this, as the url does not save a particular time in a gardens growth, rather it links to the garden which can be changed both by the original owner and also continues to grow even if it is not tended. See the explanation. At the moment urls to private gardens can be posted here [[1663: Garden/Users gardens]]. This could be for general interest, and maybe fun for users of explain xkcd to share. Of course once people lose interest the gardens will grow over... For now they can also be used to show some of the items that can actually be found growing in the garden. But only screen shots are useful for the real explanation [[1663: Garden/Images|post them here]].}}<br />
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This comics represents the [[:Category:April fools' comics|April fools' comic]] of 2016, and it is [[Randall|Randall's]] celebration of {{w|April Fools' Day}} Friday April 1st 2016. <br />
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Due to technical problems (or to make [[#April Fool's header text|fools of his fans?]]) the comic did not go live until Sunday evening (after midnight, so technically first on Monday April 4th) so there was no Friday release in the week before, and the Wednesday comic [[1662: Jack and Jill]] got a lot more attention than it would usually have had. <br />
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This comic thus turned in to the Monday release instead, as no other comic was released later that Monday (which would have taken attention away from this very special comic), even though it was called the ''April 1st comic '' and later ''Friday comic'' in the [[#April Fool's header text|header text]] displayed at the top of xkcd to explain why there was no Friday comic. This stayed, but change from April 1st and during the weekend until the late release past midnight Sunday in the US. (It was even past midnight {{w|pacific time}}, but not yet on Hawaii...) There were thus only two comics released in the week before this Monday, which may be the first time since xkcd went live on {{xkcd||xkcd.com}} in 2006.<br />
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The comic begins with a [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/5/53/Garden_Loading_screen_shot.png loading screen] with a revolving tree and the text "loading..." This is because the first time a computer loads this dynamic comic it can take a while. <br />
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Once it is loaded it displays "your '''Garden'''" being the barren landscape with a lamp as shown at the top of the explanation here. But if you leave the lights on and wait (or "relax", as the reader is told to do by the title text), then plants and other items will start to appear. The reason it is correct to call it "your garden" is that every time this comic is loaded from scratch, a new garden will be created with a unique url-address. By saving this link (making a bookmark for it), the user will be able to return to their garden again and again. As the garden only develops very slowly this is important. <br />
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Plants appear one at a time, and sometimes it takes a long time. Only a few of the plants actually grow. For instance there are some large trees that begins as a large trunk and from there grows branches and leafs. This can sometimes happen quite fast. Most other plants just appear. Most of the plants sway in the breeze. Also animals and characters including [[Megan]] and [[Cueball]] may appear as well as buildings and other items. See examples here [[1663: Garden/Images]].<br />
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Every so often the image will refresh. You can change the number of lamps , their position, direction, beam width and the color temperature which always begins somewhere between white and yellow, but can change all the way from from red to blue. Other colors than those four may appear where two lamps light cone of different colored light overlap. <br />
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How much the color affects the growth is too early to say, but there is definitely some correlation. For instance areas under lights set to the blue end of the spectrum develop an aquatic theme with lots of octopuses and maybe a Cueball. Areas under lights set to the red end of the spectrum develop a desert theme with cactus and turtles. Yellow light seems great for plants and animals, and mixed light seems to be able to do the same. Nothing seems to be able to grow with not light or in extreme light (lamp(s) very close to the ground).<br />
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If this comic is scientifically accurate, that correlation will be based on {{w|photosynthetically active radiation}}.<br />
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===Functionality===<br />
====Lamps====<br />
*The position of the lamp can be moved by clicking and dragging the lamp.<br />
*The angle of the lamp can be rotated by clicking the lamp to reveal the red control triangle, and dragging it left or right, rotating it around the lamp.<br />
*The area of the lamp can be adjusted from a narrow beam to a wide flood by clicking the lamp to reveal the red control triangle, and dragging it towards (wider) or away from (narrower) relative to the lamp.<br />
*The light's color can be changed by clicking the lamp to reveal the red control dot, and by rotating the dot around the lamp. From the Center position (Yellow) the dot can be rotated Right (Magenta/Red) or Left (Cyan/Blue).<br />
*Additional lamps (up to three total) can be added by clicking the black plus lamp icon along the right of the window.<br />
*Lamps can be removed by clicking the lamp, then clicking the red X icon along the right of the window, or pressing the Delete key on the keyboard.<br />
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====Grown Items====<br />
*Grown items may be highlighted by clicking on them.Selected grown items will be highlighted with a red circle, and appear slightly lighter then other items.<br />
*Grown items may be "pruned" by the red X icon along the right of the window, or pressing the Delete key on the keyboard.<br />
*Some items (such as the large tree) can be deleted in minor parts by selecting a branch or smaller set of leaves without deleting the entire tree.<br />
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====Saving images====<br />
*In Edge, Firefox and Chrome, the image plus light cones but minus lamps and icons elements, can be saved by right clicking in the image.<br />
**They do not always save in the same way as some browsers saves the part of the background without any light cones as white, and other save it as no background, in which case it may render black, basically hiding any black items outside the light. <br />
***For those images it depends on which viewer is used to see the image, if everything can be seen or only that in the light cones. (Example will follow later).<br />
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====Permanent link====<br />
*There is no [[1350#Permalink|permalink button]] as in the last two years' April Fool's comics.<br />
*The URL is differenet for every garden that is loaded, but stays the same. It links to a server-side copy of the scene, which then changes depending on what the users does with their gardens.<br />
**Sharing a URL will connect a new browser to the same garden session, but only the original browser will be allowed to edit.<br />
**The user can always return to change the garden with the link, but only from the same browser on the same computer.<br />
*The garden itself will thus continue to develop further from the time when the url was copied, and events will happen from now on even though the garden is not opened in any browser.<br />
**If the user doesn't keep it, it will become infested with weeds.<br />
**So most likely the garden is serverside, as all browsers are allowed to see the development of this garden, but users following the url are not allowed to edit anything.<br />
*Here is an example garden [http://www.xkcd.com/1663/#0d11a2c8-fa8f-11e5-8001-42010a8e000e linked by ID] versus the same garden:<br />
**In the original [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/7/7f/1663_garden_tree_turtle_birdbath.png screenshot from April 4th] from when the url was created<br />
**In a [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/7/7c/1663_garden_Flying_birds_deer_gate_with_cactus_turtles_snake_etc.png screenshot from April 5th] the day after.<br />
**Here [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/5/5a/1663_garden_Pruned_garden_with_birds_deer_gate_cactus_turtles_snake_gate.png example] after the user pruned the garden in the examples.<br />
*Starting two browser windows or tabs pointing to the same URL will allow you to edit from either window.<br />
**linden.xkcd.com holds all the data; the UUID just corresponds to your access key, held in your browser's local storage.<br />
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===Bugs===<br />
*There have been several bugs mentioned already after the first day. Please include any spotted here:<br />
**Also some problems that may now be fixed.<br />
*May not run on some tablets or smart phones (i.e. touch-screen only devices).<br />
*There are some browser versions of Chrome and Firefox where it doesn't run.<br />
*The whole page used to refresh at random intervals and lose the whole progress.<br />
**It still does on April 5th.<br />
**Sometimes (in some browsers?) the garden is reloaded when refreshing.<br />
***This may though be because of the url (semi-permalink?). <br />
***Seems to be dependent on the browser type.<br />
*Some lamps jumped back to their starting position after a few minutes, without the ehole page reloading.<br />
*For a few hours after its apparition, the loading didn't seem to stop for some people, making them think that the rotating tree was the whole joke, with people expected to "relax" while looking at it.<br />
*Occasionally invisible objects are added. They can be deleted, and they have bounding boxes in the debugger. [http://xkcd.com/1663/?debug#d12a0932-faaa-11e5-8012-42010a8e0006]<br />
*Doesn't work over https, you have to use http instead.<br />
*It is possible to save the image in Chrome and in Firefox, but not in Explorer.<br />
**But in Chrome the image is black where there is no light.<br />
**In Firefox everything is visible, wth the light cones (in color) shown.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:[After a '''loading image''' with a rotating tree in the middle and the text "Loading..." with the three dots appearing one at a time, and then disappear when all three have been there the image shown above in the explanation will appear:]<br />
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:['''Description of the image above''': A piece of bare landscape is shown. At the edges there are some rocks or stones raising the level from the general level through the center of the panel. Above the middle, a little more than halfway to the to of the panel, is a light bulb sitting inside a lamp that reminds of the desk lamp from the movie Luxo Jr. The lamp shines a yellow light down on the landscape in a broad cone that jus reaches the first rock to the left, but not those to the right. The lamp just hovers in the air. In the top right corner are two gray icons. The top one has a black frame and shows an image of a lamp, tilted left as opposed to the straight position of the lamp in the image. There is a + sign below in the left corner. The second icon without a frame has a large white cross in the middle.]<br />
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:[This turns out to be a '''web applet''' and using the "+ lamp" icon two more lamps can be added getting up to three. They are all adjustable both regarding position, direction, color of light and beam width. When selecting a lamp a red circle appear around it with a small circle on top that can be used to control the light color from blue to the left to red to the right. In front is a red arrow that can turn the lamp and it can also be used to change the beam width by pulling it away from the lamp or pushing it back. The lamps can be moved by just clicking on it and moving it. The other icon with a X can be used to remove the lamps (and later any object that appear in the garden). When any object is selected there is a red circle around it. When this is done the gray cross icon becomes red and can the be used to delete the selected item. When no item is selected (either because it is deleted, or by clicking in a part of the screen with no items), then the cross icon turns gray again. When all three lamps are on, then the "+ lamp" icon is faded out.]<br />
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:['''If you wait''' (or relax, as in the title text), then a plant will grow or animals, humans and other items may appear. This could be birds, snakes, octopuses or turtles, Megan or Cueball or a birdbath, a monolith or a tall gate just as a few examples. Most of the items appear in one go, but at least the largest trees grow up with a big stem first and then adds parts later with leaves or empty branches. Also one item may appear on top of another item and for instance birds may fly in the air.]<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
===April Fool's header text===<br />
*There is some debate as to whether this comic is an April Fool's comic or not. And if instead the April fool's joke was the text written above the comic in the header of xkcd.<br />
*Here below is the text (with links) to that text:<br />
**On Friday, April 1st, 2016, the xkcd website [http://web.archive.org/web/20160401204749/https://xkcd.com/ began displaying] a message where the standard message "XKCD updates every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday." usually is:<br />
::The xkcd April 1st comic is currently experiencing technical difficulties. <br />
::Please stand by! <br />
:*Towards the end of Friday, the message [http://web.archive.org/web/20160402144823/http://xkcd.com was updated]:<br />
::The xkcd April 1st comic is currently experiencing technical difficulties.<br />
::Status update: Please stand by.<br />
::Status update: This is fine. Everything is fine.<br />
::Status update: Everything is on fire.<br />
::Status update: Searching for calendar systems in which Saturday is April 1st.<br />
:*On Sunday April 3rd, the message was again [http://web.archive.org/web/20160403234504/https://xkcd.com/ changed] to:<br />
::The Friday xkcd comic is currently experiencing technical difficulties<br />
::[Editor's note: Everything is on fire] and has been delayed until Sunday night.<br />
:*The comic did not come out until past midnight in the entire North America (coming out just before midnight in Hawaii).<br />
:*When it was released very early on Monday April 4th, the text [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/5/53/Garden_Loading_screen_shot.png returned] to the old standard text for xkcd for a short while: <br />
::XKCD updates every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.<br />
:*During April 4th, the message then changed to <br />
::'''Protip:''' If you don't like how your garden is growing, you can click to prune it.<br />
:*And then later on April 4th (staying at least like this until April 5th), the message [http://web.archive.org/web/20160404185353/http://www.xkcd.com/#96d6515a-fa96-11e5-8001-42010a8e000f changed] to:<br />
::'''Protip:''' If you don't like how your garden is growing, you can click to prune it.<br />
::You can copy the URL to share your garden. From other browsers, it will be view-only. <br />
*Several things can be deduced from the above:<br />
**It is clear that this comic did actually come out as promised, at least as promised in the third message about release on Sunday night.<br />
**It is also clear that it is regarded as the Friday comic, even in the last update before the release.<br />
**It is also clear that this was a very complex comic, and it is realistic that Randall did have problems with making it work. Even on day two there still seems to be several minor bugs, so he may even still be working on it. <br />
*Both of the last two comics, [[1350: Lorenz]] and [[1506: xkcloud]], have had no real meaning or joke in the comic. The jokes appeared from user input, and here from waiting. <br />
**This makes people who spend too much time on them April Fools (or if they rather wish to be called a nerd than a fool, then they have been victim of [[356: Nerd Sniping|nerd sniping]]).<br />
**So, even if Randall ''did'' play a joke on people who [[Talk:1662: Jack and Jill#What happened to Friday's comic|eagerly awaited the comic]], then he did deliver as promised a spectacular comic Sunday night. <br />
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[[Category:Protip]] <!-- The tip given in the header of xkcd as a reaction to the comic. Maybe that will not be permanent, but it will be mentioned in the explanation here and should stay--></div>P1h3r1e3d13https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1663:_Garden&diff=1164661663: Garden2016-04-05T19:15:28Z<p>P1h3r1e3d13: /* Explanation */ typo</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1663<br />
| date = April 4, 2016<br />
| title = Garden<br />
| image = garden.png <!--This is the starting point and should be used here. Other images need to go in the explanation --><br />
| titletext = Relax. <br />
}}<br />
<div class="toclimit-3" style="float:right; margin-left: 10px;">__TOC__</div><br />
*'''Note''' this is an interactive comic. Go to xkcd to try it out.<br />
*'''Post new images''' etc. in this page [[1663: Garden/Images]]!<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Include a table with all possible items as [[1663: Garden/Images#Images of items|listed here]] with image, links to image on xkcd, explanations and link to a screenshot/download of a garden where each item "grows". As there are no permalinks these cannot be used for this, as the url does not save a particular time in a gardens growth, rather it links to the garden which can be changed both by the original owner and also continues to grow even if it is not tended. See the explanation. At the moment urls to private gardens can be posted here [[1663: Garden/Users gardens]]. This could be for general interest, and maybe fun for users of explain xkcd to share. Of course once people loose interest the gardens will grow over... For now they can also be used to show some of the items that can actually be found growing in the garden. But only screen shots are useful for the real explanation [[1663: Garden/Images|post them here]].}}<br />
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This comics represents the [[:Category:April fools' comics|April fools' comic]] of 2016, and it is [[Randall|Randall's]] celebration of {{w|April Fools' Day}} Friday April 1st 2016. <br />
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Due to technical problems (or to make [[#April Fool's header text|fools of his fans?]]) the comic did not go live until Sunday evening (after midnight, so technically first on Monday April 4th) so there was no Friday release in the week before, and the Wednesday comic [[1662: Jack and Jill]] got a lot more attention than it would usually have had. <br />
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This comic thus turned in to the Monday release instead, as no other comic was released later that Monday (which would have taken attention away from this very special comic), even though it was called the ''April 1st comic '' and later ''Friday comic'' in the [[#April Fool's header text|header text]] displayed at the top of xkcd to explain why there was no Friday comic. This stayed, but change from April 1st and during the weekend until the late release past midnight Sunday in the US. (It was even past midnight {{w|pacific time}}, but not yet on Hawaii...) There were thus only two comics released in the week before this Monday, which may be the first time since xkcd went live on {{xkcd||xkcd.com}} in 2006.<br />
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The comic begins with a [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/5/53/Garden_Loading_screen_shot.png loading screen] with a revolving tree and the text "loading..." This is because the first time a computer loads this dynamic comic it can take a while. <br />
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Once it is loaded it displays "your '''Garden'''" being the barren landscape with a lamp as shown at the top of the explanation here. But if you leave the lights on and wait (or "relax", as the reader is told to do by the title text), then plants and other items will start to appear. The reason it is correct to call it "your garden" is that every time this comic is loaded from scratch, a new garden will be created with a unique url-address. By saving this link (making a bookmark for it), the user will be able to return to their garden again and again. As the garden only develops very slowly this is important. <br />
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Plants appear one at a time, and sometimes it takes a long time. Only a few of the plants actually grow. For instance there are some large trees that begins as a large trunk and from there grows branches and leafs. This can sometimes happen quite fast. Most other plants just appear. Most of the plants sway in the breeze. Also animals and characters including [[Megan]] and [[Cueball]] may appear as well as buildings and other items. See examples here [[1663: Garden/Images]].<br />
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Every so often the image will refresh. You can change the number of lamps , their position, direction, beam width and the color temperature which always begins somewhere between white and yellow, but can change all the way from from red to blue. Other colors than those four may appear where two lamps light cone of different colored light overlap. <br />
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How much the color affects the growth is too early to say, but there is definitely some correlation. For instance areas under lights set to the blue end of the spectrum develop an aquatic theme with lots of octopuses and maybe a Cueball. Areas under lights set to the red end of the spectrum develop a desert theme with cactus and turtles. Yellow light seems great for plants and animals, and mixed light seems to be able to do the same. Nothing seems to be able to grow with not light or in extreme light (lamp(s) very close to the ground).<br />
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If this comic is scientifically accurate, that correlation will be based on {{w|photosynthetically active radiation}}.<br />
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===Functionality===<br />
====Lamps====<br />
*The position of the lamp can be moved by clicking and dragging the lamp.<br />
*The angle of the lamp can be rotated by clicking the lamp to reveal the red control triangle, and dragging it left or right, rotating it around the lamp.<br />
*The area of the lamp can be adjusted from a narrow beam to a wide flood by clicking the lamp to reveal the red control triangle, and dragging it towards (wider) or away from (narrower) relative to the lamp.<br />
*The light's color can be changed by clicking the lamp to reveal the red control dot, and by rotating the dot around the lamp. From the Center position (Yellow) the dot can be rotated Right (Magenta/Red) or Left (Cyan/Blue).<br />
*Additional lamps (up to three total) can be added by clicking the black plus lamp icon along the right of the window.<br />
*Lamps can be removed by clicking the lamp, then clicking the red X icon along the right of the window, or pressing the Delete key on the keyboard.<br />
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====Grown Items====<br />
*Grown items may be highlighted by clicking on them.Selected grown items will be highlighted with a red circle, and appear slightly lighter then other items.<br />
*Grown items may be "pruned" by the red X icon along the right of the window, or pressing the Delete key on the keyboard.<br />
*Some items (such as the large tree) can be deleted in minor parts by selecting a branch or smaller set of leaves without deleting the entire tree.<br />
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====Saving images====<br />
*In Edge, Firefox and Chrome, the image plus light cones but minus lamps and icons elements, can be saved by right clicking in the image.<br />
**They do not always save in the same way as some browsers saves the part of the background without any light cones as white, and other save it as no background, in which case it may render black, basically hiding any black items outside the light. <br />
***For those images it depends on which viewer is used to see the image, if everything can be seen or only that in the light cones. (Example will follow later).<br />
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====Permanent link====<br />
*There is no [[1350#Permalink|permalink button]] as in the last two years' April Fool's comics.<br />
*The URL is differenet for every garden that is loaded, but stays the same. It links to a server-side copy of the scene, which then changes depending on what the users does with their gardens.<br />
**Sharing a URL will connect a new browser to the same garden session, but only the original browser will be allowed to edit.<br />
**The user can always return to change the garden with the link, but only from the same browser on the same computer.<br />
*The garden itself will thus continue to develop further from the time when the url was copied, and events will happen from now on even though the garden is not opened in any browser.<br />
**If the user doesn't keep it, it will become infested with weeds.<br />
**So most likely the garden is serverside, as all browsers are allowed to see the development of this garden, but users following the url are not allowed to edit anything.<br />
*Here is an example garden [http://www.xkcd.com/1663/#0d11a2c8-fa8f-11e5-8001-42010a8e000e linked by ID] versus the same garden:<br />
**In the original [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/7/7f/1663_garden_tree_turtle_birdbath.png screenshot from April 4th] from when the url was created<br />
**In a [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/7/7c/1663_garden_Flying_birds_deer_gate_with_cactus_turtles_snake_etc.png screenshot from April 5th] the day after.<br />
**Here [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/5/5a/1663_garden_Pruned_garden_with_birds_deer_gate_cactus_turtles_snake_gate.png example] after the user pruned the garden in the examples.<br />
*Starting two browser windows or tabs pointing to the same URL will allow you to edit from either window.<br />
**linden.xkcd.com holds all the data; the UUID just corresponds to your access key, held in your browser's local storage.<br />
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===Bugs===<br />
*There have been several bugs mentioned already after the first day. Please include any spotted here:<br />
**Also some problems that may now be fixed.<br />
*May not run on some tablets or smart phones (i.e. touch-screen only devices).<br />
*There are some browser versions of Chrome and Firefox where it doesn't run.<br />
*The whole page used to refresh at random intervals and lose the whole progress.<br />
**It still does on April 5th.<br />
**Sometimes (in some browsers?) the garden is reloaded when refreshing.<br />
***This may though be because of the url (semi-permalink?). <br />
***Seems to be dependent on the browser type.<br />
*Some lamps jumped back to their starting position after a few minutes, without the ehole page reloading.<br />
*For a few hours after its apparition, the loading didn't seem to stop for some people, making them think that the rotating tree was the whole joke, with people expected to "relax" while looking at it.<br />
*Occasionally invisible objects are added. They can be deleted, and they have bounding boxes in the debugger. [http://xkcd.com/1663/?debug#d12a0932-faaa-11e5-8012-42010a8e0006]<br />
*Doesn't work over https, you have to use http instead.<br />
*It is possible to save the image in Chrome and in Firefox, but not in Explorer.<br />
**But in Chrome the image is black where there is no light.<br />
**In Firefox everything is visible, wth the light cones (in color) shown.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:[After a '''loading image''' with a rotating tree in the middle and the text "Loading..." with the three dots appearing one at a time, and then disappear when all three have been there the image shown above in the explanation will appear:]<br />
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:['''Description of the image above''': A piece of bare landscape is shown. At the edges there are some rocks or stones raising the level from the general level through the center of the panel. Above the middle, a little more than halfway to the to of the panel, is a light bulb sitting inside a lamp that reminds of the desk lamp from the movie Luxo Jr. The lamp shines a yellow light down on the landscape in a broad cone that jus reaches the first rock to the left, but not those to the right. The lamp just hovers in the air. In the top right corner are two gray icons. The top one has a black frame and shows an image of a lamp, tilted left as opposed to the straight position of the lamp in the image. There is a + sign below in the left corner. The second icon without a frame has a large white cross in the middle.]<br />
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:[This turns out to be a '''web applet''' and using the "+ lamp" icon two more lamps can be added getting up to three. They are all adjustable both regarding position, direction, color of light and beam width. When selecting a lamp a red circle appear around it with a small circle on top that can be used to control the light color from blue to the left to red to the right. In front is a red arrow that can turn the lamp and it can also be used to change the beam width by pulling it away from the lamp or pushing it back. The lamps can be moved by just clicking on it and moving it. The other icon with a X can be used to remove the lamps (and later any object that appear in the garden). When any object is selected there is a red circle around it. When this is done the gray cross icon becomes red and can the be used to delete the selected item. When no item is selected (either because it is deleted, or by clicking in a part of the screen with no items), then the cross icon turns gray again. When all three lamps are on, then the "+ lamp" icon is faded out.]<br />
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:['''If you wait''' (or relax, as in the title text), then a plant will grow or animals, humans and other items may appear. This could be birds, snakes, octopuses or turtles, Megan or Cueball or a birdbath, a monolith or a tall gate just as a few examples. Most of the items appear in one go, but at least the largest trees grow up with a big stem first and then adds parts later with leaves or empty branches. Also one item may appear on top of another item and for instance birds may fly in the air.]<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
===April Fool's header text===<br />
*There is some debate as to whether this comic is an April Fool's comic or not. And if instead the April fool's joke was the text written above the comic in the header of xkcd.<br />
*Here below is the text (with links) to that text:<br />
**On Friday, April 1st, 2016, the xkcd website [http://web.archive.org/web/20160401204749/https://xkcd.com/ began displaying] a message where the standard message "XKCD updates every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday." usually is:<br />
::The xkcd April 1st comic is currently experiencing technical difficulties. <br />
::Please stand by! <br />
:*Towards the end of Friday, the message [http://web.archive.org/web/20160402144823/http://xkcd.com was updated]:<br />
::The xkcd April 1st comic is currently experiencing technical difficulties.<br />
::Status update: Please stand by.<br />
::Status update: This is fine. Everything is fine.<br />
::Status update: Everything is on fire.<br />
::Status update: Searching for calendar systems in which Saturday is April 1st.<br />
:*On Sunday April 3rd, the message was again [http://web.archive.org/web/20160403234504/https://xkcd.com/ changed] to:<br />
::The Friday xkcd comic is currently experiencing technical difficulties<br />
::[Editor's note: Everything is on fire] and has been delayed until Sunday night.<br />
:*The comic did not come out until past midnight in the entire North America (coming out just before midnight in Hawaii).<br />
:*When it was released very early on Monday April 4th, the text [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/5/53/Garden_Loading_screen_shot.png returned] to the old standard text for xkcd for a short while: <br />
::XKCD updates every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.<br />
:*During April 4th, the message then changed to <br />
::'''Protip:''' If you don't like how your garden is growing, you can click to prune it.<br />
:*And then later on April 4th (staying at least like this until April 5th), the message [http://web.archive.org/web/20160404185353/http://www.xkcd.com/#96d6515a-fa96-11e5-8001-42010a8e000f changed] to:<br />
::'''Protip:''' If you don't like how your garden is growing, you can click to prune it.<br />
::You can copy the URL to share your garden. From other browsers, it will be view-only. <br />
*Several things can be deduced from the above:<br />
**It is clear that this comic did actually come out as promised, at least as promised in the third message about release on Sunday night.<br />
**It is also clear that it is regarded as the Friday comic, even in the last update before the release.<br />
**It is also clear that this was a very complex comic, and it is realistic that Randall did have problems with making it work. Even on day two there still seems to be several minor bugs, so he may even still be working on it. <br />
*Both of the last two comics, [[1350: Lorenz]] and [[1506: xkcloud]], have had no real meaning or joke in the comic. The jokes appeared from user input, and here from waiting. <br />
**This makes people who spend too much time on them April Fools (or if they rather wish to be called a nerd than a fool, then they have been victim of [[356: Nerd Sniping|nerd sniping]]).<br />
**So, even if Randall ''did'' play a joke on people who [[Talk:1662: Jack and Jill#What happened to Friday's comic|eagerly awaited the comic]], then he did deliver as promised a spectacular comic Sunday night. <br />
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[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] <!-- Only include characters if you an back it up with an image or permalink url. So please include those for Cueball and Ponytail before adding them. Megan is already shown in a screen shots. --><br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] <!-- There is now an url with Cueball in the image section --><br />
[[Category:Animals]] <!-- Several --><br />
[[Category:Protip]] <!-- The tip given in the header of xkcd as a reaction to the comic. Maybe that will not be permanent, but it will be mentioned in the explanation here and should stay--></div>P1h3r1e3d13https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=16:_Monty_Python_--_Enough&diff=11383616: Monty Python -- Enough2016-03-02T23:35:03Z<p>P1h3r1e3d13: /* Transcript */ paper description</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 16<br />
| date = October 4, 2005<br />
| title = Monty Python -- Enough<br />
| image = monty python.jpg<br />
| titletext = I went to a dinner where there was a full 10 minutes of Holy Grail quotes exchanged, with no context, in lieu of conversation. It depressed me badly.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
This comic refers to the classic British sketch comedy group, {{w|Monty Python}} been active primarily during the 1970s and early 1980s but also {{w|Monty Python Live (Mostly)|partly reunified in 2014}} whose humor style was frequently based on surreal jokes that subverted sense and logic. Their sketches are so popular that, as noted in the comic, many fans can repeat the dialog word-for-word, and often do. This comic points out the inherent irony of repeating a surrealist sketch, as surrealist humor primarily depends on presenting something the audience does not expect. By repeating the sketch verbatim among those who have already seen it, the listeners know and expect the punchlines and jokes. This is akin to a common ironic concept of a teenager who wants to rebel against conformity by doing all the things his friends are also doing.<br />
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The Monty Python sketch in question here is the "{{w|Knights who say Ni}}" sketch about a group of knights who protect certain sacred words, including the word "Ni" (pronounced like "knee", but shortened and with more staccato). The image text refers to the film ''{{w|Monty Python and the Holy Grail}}'' in which the Knights sketch appeared.<br />
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The comic suggests that readers continue in the surreal traditions of Monty Python, and provides an example: The character in panels 3-6 interrupts his retelling of the sketch with what appears to be a traumatic recalling of the time he saw someone run a woman over with his car and kill her, before returning to the sketch. The surreal humor is that the character dismisses the significant and serious comment he has just made by returning to the sketch as if nothing happened.<br />
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The title text refers to how fans of Monty Python can go for long periods of time simply quoting the sketches, as one person quotes a sketch, another recognizes it and says another quote without context, assuming everyone will recognize it. Perhaps a more contemporary version of this might be {{w|The Simpsons}} or {{w|Family Guy}} quote frenzies.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:[The comic is drawn on blue-ruled graph paper.]<br />
:[Cueball with raised hands talks to two other Cueball-like characters and one Megan]<br />
:Cueball: We are the Knights who say... Ni!!<br />
:Two guys and Megan: hahaha<br />
:[There is only text in the second panel]<br />
:Does anyone else find it funny that decades later, people are still quoting --word-for-word-- a group loved for their mastery of shock, the unexpected, and defiance of convention?<br />
:[Two Cueball guys looking at a third hairy guy.]<br />
:Hairy guy: We are the Knights who... oh, God, I'm so sorry<br />
:[Close up off hairy guy's face.]<br />
:Hairy guy: So sorry, the car just came too fast and<br />
:[Words crumpled inside the panel, there's barely enough space for the hairy guy to the right and below the text. The last two words need to be to the right of him.]<br />
:Hairy guy: <br />
::She was right there and<br />
::I saw her and then it<br />
::was a blur and so much<br />
::I ran to <br />
::help didn't <br />
::know what <br />
::she wasn't <br />
::moving I'm <br />
::so sorry <br />
:<br />
::... <br />
:::so <br />
:::sorry<br />
:[Same two guys looking again at the hairy guy.]<br />
:Hairy guy: Anyway, yeah, Knights who say "Ni."<br />
:[Last panel is also almost only text written centered, in marquee format. Below is a drawing that could look like a flat infinity sign with two small lines at the center.]<br />
:H<u>on</u>or<br />
:Monty Python:<br />
:promote surreal humor.<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
*This was the 15th comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]].<br />
**The previous was [[15: Just Alerting You]].<br />
**The next was [[17: What If]].<br />
*Original title: "Support Surreal Humor"<br />
*Original [[Randall]] quote: "Just sayin'. It's been 30 years now."<br />
*This comic was posted on [[xkcd]] when the web site opened on Sunday the 1st of January 2006.<br />
**It was posted along [[:Category:First day on xkcd|with all 41 comics]] posted before that on LiveJournal as well as a few others.<br />
**The latter explaining why the numbers of these 41 LiveJournal comics ranges from 1-44.<br />
*This is a Wednesday comic posted on a Tuesday, but only 2 minutes before midnight at 11:58 pm.<br />
**It is the first Tuesday release, although [[5: Blown apart]] is also listed as a Tuesday release. But it's release day is set 3 weeks later. The mismatch comes from the xkcd release mentioned above.<br />
*One of the original drawings drawn on [[:Category:Checkered paper|checkered paper]].<br />
*This could be a first version of [[Hairy]]. But it is still some way of the one listed as the first Hairy appearance 45 comics later in [[61: Stacey's Dad]]. <br />
**However, that "first" version is also far from what he looks like in the picture shown on the Hairy page.<br />
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[[Category:First day on xkcd]]<br />
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1555<br />
| date = July 24, 2015<br />
| title = Exoplanet Names 2<br />
| image = exoplanet_names_2.png<br />
| titletext = I'm going to drive this Netherlands joke so far into the ground they'll have to build levees around it to keep the sea out.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
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This comic is a continuation of [[1253: Exoplanet Names]], and was published the day after NASA announced the discovery of a number of planets, including an Earth-like planet, Kepler-452b. [[Black Hat]] proposes naming it {{w|Pluto}}, to commemorate the flyby of the {{w|dwarf planet}} of that name by NASA's {{w|New Horizons}} earlier the same month. He admits an alternative reason for the name, which is to add confusion to the debate about the status of Pluto (whether it should be considered a planet, a dwarf planet, or something else); by naming Kepler-452b (indisputably a planet) "Pluto", this means that the answer to the question "is Pluto a planet?" will always be "yes" regardless of the status of the Pluto in our Solar System, which is not a helpful answer.<br />
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The {{w|International Astronomical Union}} (IAU) is the organisation which is responsible for naming celestial bodies (planets, stars, etc).`<br />
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This table explains each entry in the comic table. The "New" column indicates if an entry is an addition since [[1253: Exoplanet Names]]. "N" means "No", "Y" means "Yes", "U" indicates the entry was updated.<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Star !! Planet !! New !! Suggested Name !! Explanation<br />
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| rowspan=7 | {{w|Gliese 667}} || {{w|Gliese 667 Cb|b}} || N || Space Planet || A very unimaginative name; every planet is in space.<br />
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|{{w|Gliese 667 Cc|c}} || N || PILF || Pun of {{w|MILF pornography|MILF}}, i.e. ''Planet I'd Like to Fuck''. Planet c is a relatively hot planet, within the habitable zone.<br />
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|{{w|Gliese 667 Cd|d}} || N || A Star || "A {{w|Star}}" is obviously a bad name for a planet. A* (pronounced "A star") is already used in in astronomy, for example the Milky Way's black hole core is {{w|Sagittarius A*}}. "A star" is also the name for the character {{w|asterisk}} and the name of the popular {{w|A* search algorithm}} in computer science.<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Gliese 667 Ce|e}} || N || e'); DROP TABLE PLANETS;-- || [[Mrs. Roberts]] is probably trying to use {{w|SQL injection}} like in [[327|Exploits of a Mom]], in which her son [[Robert'); DROP TABLE students;--]] caused the school a lot of trouble when his name was put in. The idea here is that the {{w|IAU}} would enter the name into their system and promptly lose all of their data pertaining to planets. Note that Planet e is located in the habitable zone of the star system.<br />
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|{{w|Gliese 667 Cf|f}} || N || Blogosphere || rowspan = 2 | Weird ''{{w|blog}}''-related terms are a recurring theme in xkcd. See, for instance, [[181|comic 181]].<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Gliese 667 Cg|g}} || N || Blogodrome<br />
|-<br />
|[http://exoplanet.eu/catalog/gj_667c_h/ h] || N || Earth || Planet candidate h is about the mass of the Earth, and described as "tantalizing": [http://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/abs/2013/08/aa21331-13/aa21331-13.html A dynamically-packed planetary system around GJ with three super-Earths in its habitable zone]. See also ([[1231: Habitable Zone]]). Like several other names below, naming a second planet Earth would be highly confusing.<br />
|-<br />
| rowspan=5 | {{w|Tau Ceti}} || [http://exoplanet.eu/catalog/tau_cet_b/ b] || N || Sid Meier's Tau Ceti B || This refers to the game {{w|Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri}}.<br />
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| [http://exoplanet.eu/catalog/tau_cet_c/ c] || N || Giant Dog Planet || {{w|VY Canis Majoris}} is one of the largest known stars at our galaxy and belongs to the constellation {{w|Canis Major}}, Latin for "greater dog". The constellation further contains {{w|Sirius}}, the brightest star in the night sky, also called "Dog Star".<br />
|-<br />
|[http://exoplanet.eu/catalog/tau_cet_d/ d] || N || Tiny Dog Planet || cf. {{w|Canis Minor}}, Latin for "lesser dog", another constellation.<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Tau Ceti e|e}} || N || Phil Plainet || A reference to {{w|Phil Plait}}, a.k.a. The Bad Astronomer.<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Tau Ceti f|f}} || N || Unicode Snowman || The Unicode character [http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/2603/index.htm <span style="font-size:200%">&#x2603;</span>] may be a reference to the planet's estimated surface temperature of -40&nbsp;°C (-40&nbsp;°F). However, this name would be pronounced differently (being a symbol, not a word or name) in different languages. Planets in our solar system are assigned to {{w|Astronomical symbols|astronomical symbols}} like <span style="font-size:150%">&#x2641;</span> for Earth or <span style="font-size:150%">&#x2642;</span> for Mars.<br />
|-<br />
| rowspan=2 | {{w|Gliese 832}} || {{w|Gliese 832 b|b}} || N || Asshole Jupiter || This massive planet orbits a {{w|red dwarf}} star at the longest known period of 3416 days at this category. Many exoplanets are described as "Hot Jupiters" because they are high-temperature gas giants; if one were to read "hot" as a description of attractiveness rather than temperature, one might generate names like this one.<br />
|-<br />
| {{w|Gliese 832 c|c}} || Y || Waterworld starring Kevin Costner || [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114898/ Waterworld] is a 1995 film starring Kevin Costner about Earth almost completely covered in water. The surname was previously spelled incorrectly with a 'K'.<br />
|-<br />
| rowspan=6 | {{w|Gliese 581}} || {{w|Gliese 581 b|b}} || N || Waist-deep Cats || {{w|Waist Deep}} is an action film from 2006, and the {{w|Lolcat}} meme does not need explaining. The name may also simply be a reference to being "waist-deep" in (i.e. surrounded by many) cats.<br />
|-<br />
| {{w|Gliese|c}} || N || Planet #14 || About 200th discovered exoplanet (in 2007); reported to be the first potentially Earth-like planet in the habitable zone of its star, though that is in doubt now. The joke might be that like "Space Planet", "Planet #14" is a generic and unoriginal name. Also note that this is the 15th entry in the table so the numbering is {{w|Zero-based_numbering|zero-based}}.<br />
An interesting (?) coincidence is that the 14th and 15th {{w|Definition of planet#Minor planets|Minor planets}} (then called asteroids) were discovered in 1851; see see {{w|List of minor planets: 1–1000}}. If they were to be counted among the planets of the {{w|Solar System}}, as was sometimes done then, the 14th known planetary body would be {{w| 7 Iris|Iris}} (discovered in 1847, a year before {{w|Neptune}}).<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Gliese 581 d|d}} || N || Ballderaan || A {{w|wikt:balls|crude pun}} on the planet {{w|Alderaan}} from the ''{{w|Star Wars}}'' universe.<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Gliese 581 e|e}} || N || Eternia Prime || {{w|Eternia}} is a fictional planet, venue of the ''{{w|Masters of the Universe}}'' animated series and toy collection.<br />
|-<br />
| {{w|Gliese 581 f|f}} || N || Taupe Mars || {{w|Kim Stanley Robinson}}'s award-winning {{w|Mars trilogy}} (''Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars'' after various stages of {{w|terraformation}}). {{w|Taupe}} is a brownish-grey colour.<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Gliese|g}} || N || Jelly-Filled Planet || Possibly a reference to the conjecture that this tidally locked planet has an isolated habitable zone under the substellar point, akin to the pocket of jelly in a jelly doughnut.<br />
|-<br />
| rowspan=2 | {{w|Epsilon Eridani}} || {{w|Epsilon Eridani b|b}} || N || Skydot || [http://skydot.lanl.gov SkyDOT] is the Sky Database for Objects in Time-Domain run by {{w|LANL}} for the {{w|U.S. Dept. of Energy}} and includes data for [http://skydot.lanl.gov/nsvs/star.php?num=14831575&mask=32004 Epsilon Eridani] that can be used to constrain the orbital parameters of &epsilon; Eri b. It may also refer to how objects in space may appear as bland, bright dots in the night sky.<br />
|-<br />
| {{w|Epsilon Eridani c#Planet_c|c}} || N || Laser Noises || A {{w|Laser}} does not produce {{w|Noise (electronics)|noise}} in the signal sense; it only works at a well defined frequency. In science fiction films, however, laser weapon discharges are usually accompanied by sound. Sun-like Epsilon Eridani became a popular setting for science fiction after its publicity as a target of the {{w|Project Ozma}} experiment.<br />
|-<br />
| rowspan=2 | {{w|Gliese 176}} || {{w|Gliese 176 b|b}} || N || Pandora || The mythological name {{w|Pandora}} fulfills most of IAU's guidelines and has been popular for planets in science fiction; most recently and famously is {{w|Pandora (Avatar)|the venue}} of James Cameron's ''{{w|Avatar (film)|Avatar}}'' (although actually it is not a planet but just a moon of a gas giant in Alpha Centauri A). It is also a hellish planet from {{w|Frank Herbert}}'s {{w|Frank Herbert bibliography#WorShip novels|WorShip}} series of novels, a jungle planet in Brothers Strugatsky's {{w|Noon Universe}} and the planet used in {{w|Borderlands (video game)|Borderlands Games}}.<br />
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| [http://exoplanet.eu/catalog/gj_176_c/ c] || N || Pantera || A near homophone of Pandora, possibly named for the {{w|Pantera|heavy metal band}}, which was named for the {{w|De Tomaso Pantera|Italian sports car}}, which was named for the panther.<br />
|-<br />
| {{w|Kepler-61}} || {{w|Kepler-61b|b}} || N || GoldenPalace.com || A gambling website, known for {{w|GoldenPalace.com|paying to have their name in unusual places}} (like forehead tattoos, species names...).<br />
|-<br />
| {{w|Groombridge 34|Groombridge 34A}} || b || Y || Hot Mess || This is a reference to the phrase [http://arresteddevelopment.wikia.com/wiki/Hot_mess Hot mess] from the popular television show Arrested Development.<br />
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| Kepler-442 || {{w|Kepler-442b|b}} || Y || Seas of Toothpaste || <br />
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| Gliese-442 || b || Y || This one weird planet || Most likely a reference to {{w|clickbait}} articles found on the internet. <br />
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| rowspan=3 | EPIC-201367065 || b || Y || Sulawesi || {{w|Sulawesi|An island }} in the Indonesian archipelago.<br />
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| c || Y || Huge Soccer Ball ||<br />
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| d || Y || Geodude || [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Geodude_%28Pok%C3%A9mon%29 Geodude]] is a Pokemon characterised by its ball-like shape. It resembles a clump of rocks.<br />
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| rowspan=5 | Kepler-296 || b || Y || Kerbal Space Planet || {{w|Kerbal Space Program}} is a game where model rockets are launched on a scale version of the Earth. It has been referenced in xkcd a number of times ([[1106]], [[1244]], [[1356]]). Note, though, that the actual planet corresponding to the Earth in the game is called "Kerbin".<br />
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| c || Y || A$aplanet || Most probably a pun on the rap group {{w|A$AP Mob}} and their most prominent member {{w|A$AP Rocky}}. May also be a pun on {{w|Kesha}}, also written as Ke$ha. In that case the c of the planet's designation would belong to the name.<br />
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| d || Y || {{w|Jurassic World}} || Jurassic world is the most recent movie in the Jurassic park series.<br />
|-<br />
| {{w|Kepler-296e|e}} || Y || This Land || Reference to Wash's dialogue in the pilot episode of {{w|Firefly_(TV_Series)}}.<br />
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| {{w|Kepler-296f|f}} || Y || Springfield || The name of {{w|Springfield (The Simpsons)|the town}} in which animated sitcom {{w|The Simpsons}} is set; possibly a reference to the running joke that the state in which Springfield is located has never been named.<br />
|-<br />
| rowspan=2 | {{w|HR 7722}} || {{w|HR 7722 b|b}} || Y || Betelgeuse || rowspan=2 | {{w|Betelgeuse}} is a star in the constellation Orion. It is commonly (at least by speakers of English) pronounced as "beetlejuice". {{w|Beetlejuice}}, however is a film directed by {{w|Tim Burton}} from 1988. Similarly to Dune/Arrakis and the two Uranuses, naming two planets with names that are generally regarded to be identical would cause severe confusion in astronomical discussions.<br />
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| {{w|HR 7722 c|c}} || Y || Beetlejuice ||<br />
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| EPIC201912552 || b || Y || Netherlands VI || As the title text a reference to [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/what_if%3F What if?]'s [http://www.what-if.xkcd.com/53/ 53], [http://www.what-if.xkcd.com/54/ 54] and comic [[1551: Pluto]]. Due to a drain in the Earth's ocean the Netherlands have not to worry about getting flooded, anymore and take the opportunity to conquer the world (including Antarctica becoming South Netherlands) in What if 53, Mars (New Netherlands) in What if 54, and a section of Pluto (again: New Netherlands) in comic 1551. This may also be a possible reference to [[1519: Venus]], but there seems to be no relation to the other conquests of the Netherlands. Maybe it should also be mentioned, that {{w|New Netherland}} was a Dutch colony with {{w|New York City}}, formally known as {{w|New Amsterdam}}, as its capital. So the name "New Netherlands" can be assumed as "historically correct", while "Netherlands VI" isn't. <br />
|-<br />
| rowspan=3 | Gliese 3293 || b || Y || Antispit ||<br />
|-<br />
| c || Y || Google Earth || {{w|Google Earth}} is a service, similar to Google Maps, which projects satellite data on a 3D globe that can be zoomed in on. Other features, such as models of buildings, can also appear.<br />
|-<br />
| d || Y || Planet of the Apes (Disambiguation) || The way a Wikipedia article would be titled, for example, to distinguish from the {{w|Planet of the Apes (novel)|the original novel}}, {{w|Planet of the Apes (1968 film)|the first film}}, {{w|Planet of the Apes (2001 film)|the Tim Burton remake}} and {{w|Rise of the Planet of the Apes|the reboot series}}. In each adaptation, a group of astronauts lands on what is believed to be a "Planet of the Apes", which turns out to be a post-apocalyptic Earth.<br />
|-<br />
| rowspan=2 | Kepler-283 || b || Y || ˈjʊərənəs || rowspan = 2 | Two alternative pronunciations (written in {{w|International Phonetic Alphabet}}) for the planet name Uranus; the first one translates as "YU-ri-nus" ("urine-us"), while the second translates as "yu-RAIN-us" ("your anus"). The first pronunciation (being the same as how the {{w|Uranus (mythology)|Greek god}} is pronounced in English) is preferred by astronomers, but both are commonly heard.<br />
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| c || Y || jʊˈreɪnəs<br />
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! colspan=4 | (right column)<br />
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| rowspan=4 | {{w|Upsilon Andromedae}} || b || Y || Fourthmeal || {{w|Taco_Bell}} has an ad campaign adding a meal after dinner. Possibly also a reference to {{w|Hobbit}}s and [http://askmiddlearth.tumblr.com/post/41765286488/the-seven-daily-hobbit-meals seven daily meals].<br />
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|{{w|Upsilon Andromedae c|c}} || N || Stampy || The name of the elephant from the {{w|Simpsons}} episode {{w|Bart Gets an Elephant}}.<br />
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|{{w|Upsilon Andromedae d|d}} || N || Moonchild || The name Bastian gives the Childlike Empress in {{w|The Neverending Story}}.<br />
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|{{w|Upsilon Andromedae e|e}} || N || Ham Sphere || [http://www.hamsphere.com HamSphere] is a {{w|Amateur radio|Ham Radio}} simulator program. Ham radio uses designated radio frequencies for non-commercial exchange of messages and more. A pun of Hemisphere.<br />
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| rowspan=3 | {{w|. Eridani|HD 20794}} || [http://exoplanet.eu/catalog/hd_20794_b/ b] || N || Cosmic Sands || style="font-family:'Comic Sans MS', 'Comic Sans'" | A {{w|pun}} on the name of the font {{w|Comic Sans}}. (<span style="font-family:papyrus">See also: [[590|590: Papyrus]].</span>)<br />
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| [http://exoplanet.eu/catalog/hd_20794_c/ c] || N || Legoland || {{w|Legoland}} is a chain of {{w|theme park}}s owned by the {{w|Lego Group}}. Potentially a reference to the movie {{w|The World's End (film)|The World's End}}, in which the protagonist Gary King tells the alien invaders to "get in your rocket and fuck off back to Legoland".<br />
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|[http://exoplanet.eu/catalog/hd_20794_d/ d] || N || Planet with Arms || A reference to the [http://www.thecolorsofmysoul.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/The-Hitchhikers-Guide-to-the-Galaxy.jpg early covers] of {{w|Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy}}?<br />
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| {{w|HD 85512}} || {{w|HD 85512 b|b}} || N || Lax Morality || Possibly a parody of science fiction in which certain planets are suggested to be uniformly... lax in morals (i.e. full of sex, drugs, etc.). See http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Planetville and related.<br />
|-<br />
| rowspan=6 | {{w|HD 40307}} || {{w|HD 40307 b|b}} || N || Good Planet || Similar to the above, except with good planets. May also be yet another non-descriptive name, like "Space Planet" and "Planet #14".<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|HD|c}} || N || ProblemLand || See above.<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|HD 40307 d|d}} || N || Slickle || This is a reference to "[http://zdarsky.tumblr.com/post/2837139960 The Petals Fall Twice]", which was made as a humorous example of bad fan-fiction. The word itself is a portmanteau of "slowly", "licked", and "tickled".<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|HD 40307 e|e}} || N || Spare Parts || This suggests that the planet is "worthless" or "junk". This is false, of course. May be a reference to the fact it is a planet with nothing much different from the other planets.<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|HD 40307 f|f}} || N || New Jersey VI || Refers to the state of {{w|New Jersey}}; may be an insult to either.<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|HD|g}} || N || How Do I Join the&nbsp;IAU || This implies that the user "got lost" on the IAU website and thought that the "planet name suggestion" input was for general queries.<br />
|-<br />
| rowspan=3 | {{w|Gliese 163}} || [http://exoplanet.eu/catalog/gj_163_b/ b] || N || Neil Tyson's Mustache || {{w|Neil deGrasse Tyson}} is a famous American astrophysicist and science communicator who does maintain a distinguished mustache.<br />
|-<br />
|{{w|Gliese|c}} || N || help@gmail.com || Similar to "How Do I Join the IAU", this implies that the user confused the "planet suggestion" text box for a new email they are trying to send<br />
|-<br />
|[http://exoplanet.eu/catalog/gj_163_d/ d] || N || Hair-Covered Planet || Refers to the well-known {{w|Hairy ball theorem}} of topology.<br />
|-<br />
| {{w|Pi Mensae}} || {{w|Pi Mensae b|b}} || N || Moon Holder || {{w|Jupiter}} has more than 60 discovered moons, and still counting... A planet ten times more massive ''must'' also be a Moon Holder.<br />
|-<br />
| {{w|HD 189733}} || {{w|HD 189733 b|b}} || N || Permadeath || A well-characterized "{{w|Hot Jupiter}}" at a temperature range of 973 ± 33 K to 1,212 ± 11 K. The name refers to the feature of {{w|Permanent death}} common in many RPGs and roguelikes.<br />
|-<br />
| {{w|Kepler-22}} || {{w|Kepler-22 b|b}} || N || Blue Ivy || Blue Ivy Carter is the daughter of musicians {{w|Beyoncé}} and {{w|Jay-Z}}.<br />
|-<br />
| KOI-2474 || b || Y || Store-Brand Earth || A {w|Store brand} is a line of products branded by a retailer. They have a reputation for being lower quality than other brands, and are often marketed similarly to other brands. This is implying that this is a cheaper version of Earth.<br />
|-<br />
| Kepler-438 || b || U || Unicorn Thresher || As far as we can tell, Kepler-438b is in the vicinity of the constellation Monoceros, aka the Unicorn. (This was labeled Kepler-437b in the previous chart)<br />
|-<br />
| KOI-2418 || b || N || Spherical Discworld || {{w|The Discworld}} is the fictional setting for British author {{w|Terry Pratchett}}'s {{w|Discworld}} series of humorous fantasy novels; it consists of a large disc supported by four elephants themselves standing on top of a turtle flying through space.<br />
|-<br />
| Kepler-438 || b || Y || Emergency Backup Earth || This candidate planet has an {{w|Earth Similarity Index}} of 0.89, making it one of the most habitable {{w|Kepler object of interest}}. The name suggests that it could be used as a backup in case something happened to our current planet.<br />
|-<br />
| Kepler-3010 || b || N || Feeeoooooooop || Possibly the onomatopoeia for something getting sucked into a black hole.<br />
|-<br />
| Kepler-442 || b || N || Liz || ...Just a regular name (for a person, not a planet). Maybe a reference to the Magic School Bus.<br />
|-<br />
| rowspan=3 | 82 Eridani || b || Y || Horsemeat Surface|| <br />
|-<br />
| c || Y || The Moon || This name would cause confusion with the Earth's moon, which in English is called The Moon. It is also a poor name choice as 82 Eridani c is not a moon, but a planet.<br />
|-<br />
| d || Y || Constant Saxophones ||<br />
|-<br />
| HD 102365 || b || Y || Little Big Planet || This refers to the videogame {{w|LittleBigPlanet}}.<br />
|-<br />
| rowspan=2 | Gliese 180 || b || Y || Dune || rowspan=2 | Both references to Frank Herbert's {{w|Dune_(novel)|Dune}} book series. The planet Arrakis (informally referred to as 'Dune') is the central planet in the mythology, where the mind-enhancing substance 'spice' comes from. Use of spice enables, among others, supercomputing-like mental computation as well as hyperspace navigation. Having two neighbouring planets with names that are historically used to refer to a single planet would sow further confusion in the already extensive catalog of planet names.<br />
|-<br />
| c || Y || Arrakis ||<br />
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| Formalhaut || b || Y || Swarm of Bees ||<br />
|-<br />
| rowspan=5 | Kepler-62 || b || Y || Sporty || rowspan=5 | A reference to [[1554: Spice Girls]], where Megan was unable to list the members of the pop group. In this case the names are correct.<br />
|-<br />
| c || Y || Baby || <br />
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| d || Y || Scary || <br />
|-<br />
| e || Y || Ginger || <br />
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| f || Y || Posh || <br />
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| rowspan=3 | HD 69830 || b || Y || Planet.xxx || {{w|.xxx}} is a controversial top level domain (like to .com and .net) that is intended to distinguish porn sites from other types of website.<br />
|-<br />
| c || Y || Novella || A {{w|novella}} is a form of prose with length between a {{w|short story}} and a {{w|novel}}. Common examples of novellas are romance literature centering around intense lustful encounters in cheap paperback books, though also 'serious' literature may be in novella form.<br />
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| d || Y || Sexoplanet || Like the other two planets orbiting this star, the "69" in the stars designation has lead to a sex joke: All planets in this comic are "exo-planets", planets not orbiting our sun. Adding a single "s" in front results in immature humor. <br />
|-<br />
| rowspan=2 | {{w|Gliese 682}} || {{w|Gliese 682 b|b}} || Y || Verdant Hellscape || A contradictory name. "[[wikt:verdant|Verdant]]" usually signifies to be lush with green plantlife, while "[[wikt:hellscape|hellscape]]" describes a desolate landscape destroyed by heat and cataclysm.<br />
|-<br />
| {{w|Gliese 682 c|c}} || Y || Unsubscribe || On YouTube, "subscribers" (people who get updates on a person's channel) are highly valued, and to "unsubscribe" from anyone is deemed to be offensive. "Unsubscribe" is also the command one sends to {{w|Electronic mailing list}}s to stop receiving said mailing list. In this sense it may imply a desire to no longer be bothered with these silly discussions around planet-names. Like "help@gmail.com" and "How do I join the IAU", "unsubscribe" is a frequently seen accidental message on the Internet in contexts where it is not going to work as a command.<br />
|-<br />
| {{w|Kepler-452}} || {{w|Kepler-452b|b}} || Y || Pluto || This is the planet Black Hat is referring to at the top of the table.<br />
|}<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript}}<br />
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[Black Hat is pointing slide with image of Kepler-452b planet]<br />
:Black Hat: NASA has announced the discovery of a (super-)Earth-sized planet in the habitable zone of a sun-like star.<br />
:Black Hat: I suggest we name this planet "Pluto", both to celebrate the great work by the ''New Horizons'' team, and to make the stupid "Is Pluto a planet" debate a little more confusing<br />
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:[Table showing a list of planet names is shown.]<br />
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{| class="wikitable" |<br />
While we wait to hear from the IAU, here's a revised and updated list of planet name suggestions (see xkcd.com/1253) New or updated entries in red<br />
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|}<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
The IPA character for stress is a vertical line ˈ. Randall uses a slanted line similar to acute accent ´ or prime ′.<br />
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[[Category:Comics with color]]</div>P1h3r1e3d13https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1555:_Exoplanet_Names_2&diff=98387Talk:1555: Exoplanet Names 22015-07-24T20:15:27Z<p>P1h3r1e3d13: costner update</p>
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<div>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znxFrgql5dc "This Land"] is a ''Firefly'' reference. [[User:Keavon|Keavon]] ([[User talk:Keavon|talk]]) 05:11, 24 July 2015 (UTC)<br />
: This land is also track n6 of The Lion King, I think Randall is also a fan of this.--[[User:NeoRaist|NeoRaist]] ([[User talk:NeoRaist|talk]]) 14:54, 24 July 2015 (UTC)<br />
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.. I almost feel like that titletext gives enough reason for there to be (some) pages about the [[what_if?|''What If?'']] series, but ehhhh... [[User:Pixali|<font color="008000">Pixali</font>]] ([[User talk:Pixali|<font color="004b00">talk</font>]]|[[Special:Contributions/Pixali|<font color="004b00">contribs</font>]]) 05:02, 24 July 2015 (UTC)<br />
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What is with Kepler-283? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.214.137|108.162.214.137]] 05:09, 24 July 2015 (UTC)<br />
:283b is the phonetic spelling for Uranus (your-a-nus) and 283c is the phonetic spelling for Uranus (your-ay-nus) [[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.77|141.101.104.77]] 05:33, 24 July 2015 (UTC)<br />
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;Kostner<br />
Is there a pun I'm missing by spelling Kevin Costner as "Kostner"? [[Special:Contributions/198.41.241.7|198.41.241.7]]<br />
:[http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/exoplanet_names_2.png Randall fixed it.] I don't know how to update the file here, though. [[User:P1h3r1e3d13|P1h3r1e3d13]] ([[User talk:P1h3r1e3d13|talk]]) 20:15, 24 July 2015 (UTC)<br />
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I'm not 100% sure what "Novella" refers to, aside from the dictionary definition of the word (and if that's the case I'm unsure of the context), but in case it's not widely-known on this wiki, I want to suggest the possibility that it's a tribute to the Novella brothers, who are among the co-hosts of the popular science podcast The Skeptic's Guide to the Universe. - [[Special:Contributions/108.162.241.175|108.162.241.175]] 04:43, 24 July 2015 (UTC)<br />
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:Seems like a cool podcast, sadly I don't have time to listen to 10 years Witt of podcasts. Any specific ones I should listen to and where should I start for new ones? {{unsigned ip|173.245.55.63}}<br />
:: The podcast is very topical, often talking about current news items. It is OK to start with new ones, and back-fill as desired. [[User:Blaisepascal|Blaisepascal]] ([[User talk:Blaisepascal|talk]]) 18:57, 24 July 2015 (UTC)<br />
: Considering the sex-themed names Novella it is grouped with. I will assume it is a joke on 60/70's exploitation/B-movies, some of which had names or leadcharacters named something..-ella. In this case the prefix is just particularly confusing ;) [[Special:Contributions/188.114.110.47|188.114.110.47]] 08:51, 24 July 2015 (UTC)<br />
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;A$aplanet<br />
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Is a pun on the rap group {{w|A$AP Mob}} and their most prominient member {{w|A$AP Rocky}}.<br />
: Included that possibility. Thanks. Didn't know of A$AP, before. [[User:Elektrizikekswerk|Elektrizikekswerk]] ([[User talk:Elektrizikekswerk|talk]]) 13:21, 24 July 2015 (UTC)<br />
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Somehow I just read this as "a dollar a planet", maybe refering to a donating scheme ("a dollar donated for every planet found" or even more along the lines of "a dollar a day", meaning: donate 1 dollar to save this planet) or a sale advertisement ("just $1 to buy a planet", which is very likely to be a scam as it would not be possible with current technology to visit another planet outside of our solar system) [[Special:Contributions/198.41.242.253|198.41.242.253]] 15:15, 24 July 2015 (UTC)<br />
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;Planet of the Apes (disambiguation)<br />
I think the suggestion here is to actually put the "(disambiguation)" in the name of the planet, thereby creating a problem in the wikipedia entry, since [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_of_the_Apes_%28disambiguation%29 there's already a wikipedia page with that title]. They would have to create a meta-disambiguation page, which is why this is funny. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.235|141.101.98.235]] 13:39, 24 July 2015 (UTC)<br />
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;Kepler-438b<br />
In the previous comic, Kepler-438 was named Kepler-1686 (which does not seem to exist...) and was updated to the current [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler-438b Kepler-438b]. It even is colored red to show the update. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.23.198|162.158.23.198]] 16:34, 24 July 2015 (UTC)<br />
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== Hot Mess ==<br />
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Why is Hot Mess an Arrested Development thing? The phrase is in general use, not just limited to viewers of that show.<br />
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== Air Bud Pluto #9 Reference ==<br />
A few strips back, in ''Rulebook'', we were debating whether the "9" on the dog's jersey may have been a subtle jab at the Pluto debate. I argued that there was a strong possibility of that, given the timing of that comic immediately after the New Horizons flyby, the strong relationship between dogs and the name Pluto, and Pluto's former status as the 9th planet. There was no way to prove that that was what Randall had in mind (short of him personally confirming it), but I think this strip could lend some credence to it. What do you think? [[User:KieferSkunk|KieferSkunk]] ([[User talk:KieferSkunk|talk]]) 17:50, 24 July 2015 (UTC)</div>P1h3r1e3d13