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| title = Click and Drag | | title = Click and Drag | ||
| image = click_and_drag.png | | image = click_and_drag.png | ||
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| titletext = Click and drag. | | titletext = Click and drag. | ||
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− | ==Explanation== | + | == Explanation == |
− | This comic is a take on how vast and rich the world is, and on the thrill of exploring it. The world can be described as sad, as well as it can be described as wonderful, even if this seems a bit contradictory, just because | + | This comic is a take on how vast and rich the world is, and on the thrill of exploring it. The world can be described as sad, as well as it can be described as wonderful, even if this seems a bit contradictory, just because there are so many different things happening in it. |
− | + | [[Cueball]] comments about this, and the title text invites the reader to, with his mouse, click and drag the inside of the last panel, and by dragging and dragging, explore what is hidden outside that panel. The image displayed at first turns out to be part of a huge landscape, filled with big or small things, humorous details, people here and there, cave mazes, things floating in the air, jokes and references, unexpected things, relaxing views, etc. (The above image is not functional; you will have to visit the [http://xkcd.com/1110/ original comic].) | |
− | The fact that we only see a small part of the landscape at once refers to the idea that we cannot in real life comprehend the whole world altogether, but only what is around us and/or in the range of our understanding at the time. The click-and-drag process, in which it is impossible to go as fast as we would want to, also draws a parallel with the fact that exploration is always done gradually, step by step, and trying something (i.e. here dragging in a certain direction) always has a cost. This click-and-drag exploration reproduces the thrill of discovering new horizons, getting lost sometimes, finding unexpected things, seeing beauty, humor, desolation or happiness here and there... which can easily captivate an xkcd reader for a | + | The fact that we only see a small part of the landscape at once refers to the idea that we cannot in real life comprehend the whole world altogether, but only what is around us and/or in the range of our understanding at the time. The click-and-drag process, in which it is impossible to go as fast as we would want to, also draws a parallel with the fact that exploration is always done gradually, step by step, and trying something (i.e. here dragging in a certain direction) always has a cost. This click-and-drag exploration reproduces the thrill of discovering new horizons, getting lost sometimes, finding unexpected things, seeing beauty, humor, desolation or happiness here and there... which can easily captivate an xkcd reader for a looong time (and as such qualifies as [[356: Nerd Sniping|nerd sniping]]). |
− | + | '''''Warning:''' there are cheating possibilities, people have implemented ways to explore that world more easily, but the best way to enjoy this comic is to play the game, explore the comic's world the way you're supposed to, get lost in the caves or in the sky, be startled by unexpected things or happy when finding some people after lengthy click-and-dragging through a repetitive landscape... So if you didn't do that already, '''reading any below will spoil you from truly enjoying the comic.''''' | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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− | :[Cueball | + | :Cueball [narration]: From the stories |
+ | :Cueball [narration]: I expected the world to be sad | ||
:[Cueball is floating by holding onto a balloon with one hand.] | :[Cueball is floating by holding onto a balloon with one hand.] | ||
− | : | + | :Cueball [narration]: And it was |
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+ | :Cueball [narration]: And I expected it to be wonderful. | ||
:[Cueball has grabbed hold of the balloon with both hands.] | :[Cueball has grabbed hold of the balloon with both hands.] | ||
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− | :[The wind picks up and blows Cueball | + | :[The wind picks up and blows Cueball eastward.] |
− | :It was. | + | :Cueball [narration]: It was. |
− | :[Full width panel | + | :[Full width panel, initial view of the world. Part of tile 1n1e.] |
− | :I just didn't expect it to be so '' | + | :Cueball [narration]: I just didn't expect it to be so ''BIG''. |
− | + | :[Scene opens up. You see Cueball is about a tree's-height from the ground. To the right there is a tall tree with no leaves on it and a broken limb.] | |
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− | == | + | ==List of details and references== |
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− | + | {{Incomplete|1110: Click and Drag}} | |
− | + | The 225 existing tiles are sorted by columns from West to East and from North to South in each column. | |
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|{{1110|1|n|33|w}} | |{{1110|1|n|33|w}} | ||
− | |[[Cueball]] and [[Megan]] reach the western edge of the image and decide to live there. This is a reference to the last line in the film '' | + | |[[Cueball]] and [[Megan]] reach the western edge of the image and decide to live there. This is a reference to the last line in the film ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groundhog_Day_(film) Groundhog Day]'' |
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− | :[Cueball and Megan are in a valley | + | :[Cueball and Megan are in a valley. This is the western edge of the world. Megan is checking a GPS enabled device to check their distance traveled. Cueball is looking behind them (eastward).] |
:Cueball: We've walked pretty far. We must be on the other side of the world by now. | :Cueball: We've walked pretty far. We must be on the other side of the world by now. | ||
:Megan: Let's see, we've gone... Two miles. | :Megan: Let's see, we've gone... Two miles. | ||
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− | |Just terrain, no activity | + | |Just terrain, no activity |
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− | |Just terrain, no activity | + | |Just terrain, no activity |
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− | |Just terrain, no activity | + | |Just terrain, no activity |
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− | |Just terrain, no activity | + | |Just terrain, no activity |
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− | |The | + | |The hillocks in this panel appear to be the face and belly of a giant sleeping on its back. The feet extend into the next panel to the east. |
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:[Rolling hills with tall grass.] | :[Rolling hills with tall grass.] | ||
− | :[On the left there are two | + | :[On the left there are two velociraptors. The east-facing one looks to be a modern interpretation of the raptor, the west-facing is more Jurassic Park like.] |
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− | |Just terrain, no activity | + | |Just terrain, no activity |
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− | |The top of a large | + | |The top of a large {{w|Saturn V}} rocket (the base is in {{1110|1|n|22|w}}). |
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− | :[A Launch Tower with a waiting Saturn V rocket | + | :[A Launch Tower with a waiting Saturn V rocket attached by the umbilical lines. There are two Cueball-type characters standing on the top.] |
:Person 1: So why did we build this? There have ''got'' to be other ways to get to space. | :Person 1: So why did we build this? There have ''got'' to be other ways to get to space. | ||
:Person 2: Believe it or not, this is the ''least'' crazy one anyone has come up with. | :Person 2: Believe it or not, this is the ''least'' crazy one anyone has come up with. | ||
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− | |A miner. The sliding stone walls behind him (to keep back the water if he digs too far) are a reference to Ted Chiang's "Tower of Babylon". | + | |A miner. The sliding stone walls behind him (to keep back the water if he digs too far) are a reference to Ted Chiang's "Tower of Babylon" . |
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− | |Cueball and Megan looking up from the bottom of the shaft | + | |Cueball and Megan looking up from the bottom of the shaft. |
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− | :[Deep underground a tunnel comes from the west and meets a tall cavern, | + | :[Deep underground a tunnel comes from the west and meets a tall cavern, buts keeps going all the way to the east. Cueball has dug up from the ceiling tunnel and is shoveling out a little cavern.] |
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|People today can't seem to turn off their phones, unplug and just be by themselves. It has become a societal expectation that every person is constantly connected to the world and is there to respond at any moment. The idea of being indisposed has become a foreign concept. | |People today can't seem to turn off their phones, unplug and just be by themselves. It has become a societal expectation that every person is constantly connected to the world and is there to respond at any moment. The idea of being indisposed has become a foreign concept. | ||
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− | :[To the | + | :[To the east is a sea. There is a beach. Further in-land there are lots of trees with park benches under them.] |
− | :[Cueball and White Hat are walking towards the benches | + | :[Cueball and White Hat are walking towards the benches] |
:White Hat: Do you ever put your phone away and just take a moment to breathe and be alone with your thoughts? | :White Hat: Do you ever put your phone away and just take a moment to breathe and be alone with your thoughts? | ||
:Cueball: Yeah, once. It was ''terrifying''. | :Cueball: Yeah, once. It was ''terrifying''. | ||
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|A rocky hill with a {{w|lighthouse}}. [[Megan]] and [[Ponytail]] sit atop the hill. A half-buried {{w|Statue of Liberty}} is on the other side in reference to ''{{w|Planet of the Apes(film)|Planet of Apes}}'' with [[Cueball]]'s "You Maniacs!" line parodying the final line from the film. Another western shore makes this a very small landmass. | |A rocky hill with a {{w|lighthouse}}. [[Megan]] and [[Ponytail]] sit atop the hill. A half-buried {{w|Statue of Liberty}} is on the other side in reference to ''{{w|Planet of the Apes(film)|Planet of Apes}}'' with [[Cueball]]'s "You Maniacs!" line parodying the final line from the film. Another western shore makes this a very small landmass. | ||
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− | :[Cueball shaking his fist at the half-buried Statue of Liberty | + | :[Cueball shaking his fist at the half-buried Statue of Liberty] |
:Cueball: You ''maniacs!'' | :Cueball: You ''maniacs!'' | ||
:Cueball: That sand sculpture trophy was supposed to be ''mine!'' | :Cueball: That sand sculpture trophy was supposed to be ''mine!'' | ||
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− | | | + | |Someone in a straw hat saying "Becky?". He is carrying either a grappling hook or the end of a rope. Probably a reference to {{w|The Adventures of Tom Sawyer}} in which the title character rescues his sweetheart, Becky Thatcher, from a cave. |
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− | |{{w|Bitcoin}} is | + | |{{w|Bitcoin}} is digital currency that is untraceable, and thus liberated from the oversight of governments and banks. {{w|Peter Thiel}} is a co-founder of {{w|Seasteading#The_Seasteading_Institute|The Seasteading Institute}} that promotes permanent, autonomous ocean communities (similar to a {{w|micronation}}), enabling innovation with new political and social systems. Peter Thiel is also a co-founder of {{w|PayPal}}, a global e-commerce business allowing payments and money transfers to be made through the Internet. Peter Thiel and other co-founders' original vision for PayPal was to have an online payment service that enabled account holders to send money to anyone in the world with just an e-mail address. xkcd also supports [http://xkcd.com/bitcoin bitcoin donations]. This might be a reference to the unspent bitcoins from a recent [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19633980 $250,000 theft]. If they don't have any internet access they might find it hard to spend their loot. |
− | {{w|Edwin S. Shneidman}} was a pioneer in the field of suicide prevention. He published 20 books on suicide and its prevention, one of which, ''A Commonsense Book of Death'', defines most people to be death-postponers. A death-postponer hopes that death will not occur in anything like the | + | {{w|Edwin S. Shneidman}} was a pioneer in the field of suicide prevention. He published 20 books on suicide and its prevention, one of which, ''A Commonsense Book of Death'', defines most people to be death-postponers. A death-postponer hopes that death will not occur in anything like the forseeable future; the event must be staved off for as long as possible. The reference to a "death-postponer" is also the literal opposite to the actual name of the item Cueball throws, a {{w|life preserver}}. |
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:[Out at sea. There is an anti-aircraft platform with four people aboard, and one person in the water.] | :[Out at sea. There is an anti-aircraft platform with four people aboard, and one person in the water.] | ||
:[On the west side of the aircraft a man with hair is speaking to a bearded man half a head taller than the haired man.] | :[On the west side of the aircraft a man with hair is speaking to a bearded man half a head taller than the haired man.] | ||
− | :Man with hair: I'm not saying our bitcoin-only island nation was a bad idea, but we really should've secured Internet access ''before'' we left. | + | :Man with hair: I'm not saying our bitcoin-only island nation was a bad idea, but we really should've secured Internet access ''before'' we left. |
:[On the east side of the platform a man wearing a sailor's hat walking toward the control tower. Cueball is on the edge holding a lifebuoy.] | :[On the east side of the platform a man wearing a sailor's hat walking toward the control tower. Cueball is on the edge holding a lifebuoy.] | ||
− | :Cueball: Hey, you in the water! Hang on | + | :Cueball: Hey, you in the water! Hang on— |
:Cueball: I'm gonna throw you a death postponer! | :Cueball: I'm gonna throw you a death postponer! | ||
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:[Aloft on the mizzen-mast a woman is standing talking to another woman climbing the rigging between the mizzen and main masts.] | :[Aloft on the mizzen-mast a woman is standing talking to another woman climbing the rigging between the mizzen and main masts.] | ||
:Mizzen-mast woman: Elizabeth, why are you climbing the rigging? | :Mizzen-mast woman: Elizabeth, why are you climbing the rigging? | ||
− | :Elizabeth: Forget ''this'' rigging. The whole ''system'' is rigged against the middle class and families trying to ''climb'' out of poverty. | + | :Elizabeth: Forget ''this''rigging. The whole ''system'' is rigged against the middle class and families trying to ''climb'' out of poverty. |
:Mizzen-mast woman: ...Ok, but for real, what are you doing on this boat? | :Mizzen-mast woman: ...Ok, but for real, what are you doing on this boat? | ||
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:[Out on the bowsprit Megan is keeping watch, and telling the runner Ponytail what is ahead.] | :[Out on the bowsprit Megan is keeping watch, and telling the runner Ponytail what is ahead.] | ||
− | :Megan: We should go slow | + | :Megan: We should go slow— |
:Megan: That water up ahead looks pretty deep. | :Megan: That water up ahead looks pretty deep. | ||
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− | |"{{w|I'm on a Boat}}" is a single from {{w|The Lonely Island}}'s debut album {{w|Incredibad}} | + | |"{{w|I'm on a Boat}}" is a single from {{w|The Lonely Island}}'s debut album {{w|Incredibad}}. |
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− | :[Out at sea. On the west side are two buoys, on the east is only one, in the center there is a sailboat. Cueball and another person wearing a | + | :[Out at sea. On the west side are two buoys, on the east is only one, in the center there is a sailboat. Cueball and another person wearing a beanie are on the small sailboat.] |
− | : | + | :Beanie: I'm on a boat! I expected more from the experience! Instead, all I can think to do is tell people where I am! ...I'm on a boat! |
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:[High in the sky.] | :[High in the sky.] | ||
− | :[Cueball is sitting in a swing attached to the end of a crane, and is swinging | + | :[Cueball is sitting in a swing attached to the end of a crane, and is swinging] |
:Cueball: WHEEE! | :Cueball: WHEEE! | ||
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− | |An empty white tile. | + | |An empty white tile. |
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− | |The west wall of a large building which | + | |The west wall of a large building which stair-cases narrower as it rises. |
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|[[Black Hat]] is seen in the picture with a {{w|gatling gun}}, probably the Imperial cannons referred in {{1110|8|n|6|e}}. Also at bottom, a cueball is flying a paper airplane off the building. | |[[Black Hat]] is seen in the picture with a {{w|gatling gun}}, probably the Imperial cannons referred in {{1110|8|n|6|e}}. Also at bottom, a cueball is flying a paper airplane off the building. | ||
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− | |On the west side, the top of a (different) construction crane. On the east side, Cueball is firing a clay pigeon launcher while Ponytail fires a shotgun at the target. Meanwhile, | + | |On the west side, the top of a (different) construction crane. On the east side, Cueball is firing a clay pigeon launcher while Ponytail fires a shotgun at the target. Meanwhile, someone else (Danish?) comes up from behind with CDs. |
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− | : | + | :Danish: I found some more CDs |
:Ponytail: PULL! | :Ponytail: PULL! | ||
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− | |On the west side, the bottom of the construction crane. On the upper eastern side, | + | |On the west side, the bottom of the construction crane. On the upper eastern side, a person is laid back, relaxing in a chair while using a laptop. On the next step down, a party crowd is out on a balcony. |
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:Person: I'm working at a small startup. Our business model is 'taking free drinks from industry events and reselling them.' | :Person: I'm working at a small startup. Our business model is 'taking free drinks from industry events and reselling them.' | ||
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− | |The bulk of the base of the building with one terrace visible on either side. Megan says "I came here to chew bubblegum... And I'm all out of bubblegum" is a reference to the movie {{w|They Live}} in which the character Nada famously says "I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick | + | |The bulk of the base of the building with one terrace visible on either side. Megan says "I came here to chew bubblegum... And I'm all out of bubblegum" is a reference to the movie {{w|They Live|They Live}} in which the character Nada famously says "I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick bottom...and I'm all out of bubblegum". That line is also used in the game {{w|Duke Nukem 3D|Duke Nukem 3D}} by Duke himself, when Shrapnel City (Episode 3) starts. Also, Cueball says "That's a shame" a line popularised by Jerry in the sitcom {{w|Seinfeld|Seinfeld}}. Pool line is a reference to "pool on the roof" prank from the movie {{w|Hackers (film)|Hackers}}. |
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− | :[A flat tunnel runs the length of the whole tile. It is rough cut on the ceiling, but a smooth surface for walking. There is a single vertical shaft that would have gone down. The ceiling above the shaft has crumbled, and the rubble has filled in the shaft | + | :[A flat tunnel runs the length of the whole tile. It is rough cut on the ceiling, but a smooth surface for walking. There is a single vertical shaft that would have gone down. The ceiling above the shaft has crumbled, and the rubble has filled in the shaft] |
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− | |The western wall at the base of a large building including its {{w|portico}}, a remote | + | |The western wall at the base of a large building including its {{w|portico}}, a remote control rocket-powered bicycle attempting to launch from the first terrace, a balcony on the second terrace and a {{w|satellite dish}} and other exhausts on the third. Trees with squirrels stand in front of the building leading to a parking lot with cars and one {{w|Weinermobile}} |
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− | | | + | |{{w|Apollo 13}} messaging 'Houston, we have a problem'. The response is a parody of workplace jargon: 'That's a Negative, Apollo. There are no problems — only opportunities. Over.' |
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− | |[Ground slops uphill, left-to-right (West to East). Close to the far right boundary is the Christmas Tree from {{w|A Charlie Brown Christmas}}. In the middle is an electronic listening station. | + | |[Ground slops uphill, left-to-right (West to East). Close to the far right boundary is the Christmas Tree from {{w|A Charlie Brown Christmas|A Charlie Brown Christmas}}. In the middle is an electronic listening station. Left and Up-slope of the listening station, Megan and Cueball are lying on the ground, talking. Near bottom left is Ponytail, wearing sunglasses, roller-skiing off a ski jump. Top left are four birds in the sky.] |
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:Megan: Ever wonder if there's life up there ''beyond'' the stuff we're covering up? | :Megan: Ever wonder if there's life up there ''beyond'' the stuff we're covering up? | ||
:Cueball: Nah. | :Cueball: Nah. | ||
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− | |{{w|Minecraft}} reference: Someone | + | |{{w|Minecraft}} reference: Someone escapes a creeper, running deeper into the cave he just fell in. |
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− | | | + | |A reference to George Mallory's famous response to the question: "Why do you want to climb Mount Everest?". |
− | A reference to George Mallory's famous response to the question: "Why do you want to climb Mount Everest?". | ||
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− | | | + | |Possibly The {{w|Nautilus (Verne)|Nautilus}}, the submarine from Jules Verne's novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870) and The Mysterious Island (1874) |
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− | |{{w|Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope|Red Five}} is both Anakin and Luke Skywalker's call sign. Anakin uses the sign in the Battle of Coruscant and Luke uses it in the Battle of Yavin. Also note the use of "{{w|cannon}}" and "{{w|Canon (basic principle)|canon}} | + | |{{w|Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope|Red Five}} is both Anakin and Luke Skywalker's call sign. Anakin uses the sign in the Battle of Coruscant and Luke uses it in the Battle of Yavin. Also note the use of "{{w|cannon}}" and "{{w|Canon (basic principle)|canon}}." |
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− | :Red Five to Red Leader | + | :Red Five to Red Leader—I'm out of range of any Imperial cannons or canons. |
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− | :[Two birdwatchers with binoculars walk on the slope of a hill, one | + | :[Two birdwatchers with binoculars walk on the slope of a hill, one with her back to the giant jellyfish and the other one staring at it] |
− | :Birdwatcher #1: Ooh, a {{w| | + | :Birdwatcher#1: Ooh, a yellow {{w|Warbler}}! |
− | :Birdwatcher #2: Cool. | + | :Birdwatcher#2: Cool. |
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− | :[Deep below the surface, the two | + | :[Deep below the surface, the two never ending holes finally ends. The bones of the unfortunate ones to have fallen down the holes are scattered. A single man-made shaft is covered by a plug of some kind. The shaft goes down to a reverse suspension bridge, its purpose cannot be known. Under the suspension bridge a large cavern opens up.] |
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− | :[A Pyramid in a cavern. Most likely a reference to Neon Genesis Evangelion's [http://evangelion.wikia.com/wiki/GeoFront NERV HQ] | + | :[A Pyramid in a cavern. Most likely a reference to Neon Genesis Evangelion's [http://evangelion.wikia.com/wiki/GeoFront NERV HQ] which is also located in a deep underground cavern. Most of a thatch-roof gazebo can be seen to the east of the pyramid.] |
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− | |There are tentacle-like objects restricting the passing of objects through this tunnel, the art of which closely resembles the | + | |There are tentacle-like objects restricting the passing of objects through this tunnel, the art of which closely resembles the XBox Live Arcade game {{w|Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet}}, and also bears a resemblance to the mouth of a {{w|Sarlacc Pit}} from Star Wars. |
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− | |Reference to the first line of "{{w|99 Problems}}" by {{w|Jay-Z}} ("If you're having girl problems I feel bad for you son. I've got 99 problems but a <rhymes with "witch"> ain't one."). Just left of the fence is a small cleared area with what appears to be a frog in the center. Frog Prince? Also a reference to {{w|Off-by- | + | |Reference to the first line of "{{w|99 Problems}}" by {{w|Jay-Z}} ("If you're having girl problems I feel bad for you son. I've got 99 problems but a <rhymes with "witch"> ain't one."). Just left of the fence is a small cleared area with what appears to be a frog in the center. Frog Prince? Also a reference to {{w|Off-by-one_error#Fencepost_error|fencepost error}}. Ironically, there may be an off-by-one error in the joke, since it would only take 100 fenceposts to cover 99 problems, not 101. |
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− | |The outline of | + | |The outline of a {{w|Bombardier Dash 8|Bombardier Dash-8 Q400 aircraft}}, with original photo located [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardier_Dash_8 here]. |
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Note, that this PNG file contains an ICC section which means that the blackness in this image is properly {{w|Color correction|color-corrected}}. | Note, that this PNG file contains an ICC section which means that the blackness in this image is properly {{w|Color correction|color-corrected}}. | ||
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:[High above the ground. Cueball has scaled the outside of a hot air balloon and is using a knife to cut it open while the gondola sings Daisy Bell.] | :[High above the ground. Cueball has scaled the outside of a hot air balloon and is using a knife to cut it open while the gondola sings Daisy Bell.] | ||
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:Gondola [singing, getting slower]: Daiiisyyy... Daiiiiiiisy... | :Gondola [singing, getting slower]: Daiiisyyy... Daiiiiiiisy... | ||
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− | :[A tank | + | :[A tank is crossing west. Ponytail is sitting on the turret. Cueball is being more daring and is balancing with arms outstretch on the end of the gun.] |
− | :[Underneath the tank a two-masted | + | :[Underneath the tank what looks to be a two-masted trawler is resting with sails furled. Megan and Cueball are fore standing at the railing looking out over the sea.] |
− | :Megan: So, um, here's the | + | :Megan: So, um, here's the thing— |
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:[The bridge meets land again, and at the western foot of the bridge is a cannon. Black Hat is sitting behind the cannon, and has lit its fuse.] | :[The bridge meets land again, and at the western foot of the bridge is a cannon. Black Hat is sitting behind the cannon, and has lit its fuse.] | ||
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− | :[The covered wagon has made it across the bridge. Everything is drooping, now. The horse is not walking as upright, the driver is slouching, the person out the back is now lounging on the back with a gun clearly visible. | + | :[The covered wagon has made it across the bridge. Everything is drooping, now. The horse is not walking as upright, the driver is slouching, the person out the back is now lounging on the back with a gun clearly visible. |
:Someone inside wagon: You brought no food but ''how'' many boxes of bullets? | :Someone inside wagon: You brought no food but ''how'' many boxes of bullets? | ||
− | :[Farther east Cueball is sitting on top of a flagpole singing | + | :[Farther east Cueball is sitting on top of a flagpole singing.] |
:Cueball [singing]: I'm not sick, but I'm not wellll | :Cueball [singing]: I'm not sick, but I'm not wellll | ||
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− | |VLF antenna and a steep cliff dropoff to water. Cueball watches a butterfly flit around as they did in the | + | |VLF antenna and a steep cliff dropoff to water. Cueball watches a butterfly flit around as they did in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanuts Peanuts] comic strip. |
− | The VLF antenna is likely to be a representation of the [http://www.stormfax.com/wireless.htm Marconi Station] on Cape Cod as it existed in the early 1900's. This station transmitted the first trans-Atlantic wireless telegram in 1903. It had the same four towers and steep drop-off to the beach as depicted in this comic | + | The VLF antenna is likely to be a representation of the [http://www.stormfax.com/wireless.htm Marconi Station] on Cape Cod as it existed in the early 1900's. This station transmitted the first trans-Atlantic wireless telegram in 1903. It had the same four towers and steep drop-off to the beach as depicted in this comic. |
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− | |This appears to be the former record-holder for the tallest man-made structure, the {{w|KVLY-TV mast}} in | + | |This appears to be the former record-holder for the tallest man-made structure, the {{w|KVLY-TV mast}} in North Dakota. It was surpassed by the {{w|Burj Khalifa}} (829.84 m (2,723 ft)) located in Dubai (also included in the comic). |
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:[Top of a radio tower. There are four guy-wires that connect to the tower, two on each side. A woman is standing on the top, holding onto the antenna for stability.] | :[Top of a radio tower. There are four guy-wires that connect to the tower, two on each side. A woman is standing on the top, holding onto the antenna for stability.] | ||
− | :Woman: Dubai may have taken the record for "Tallest Manmade Structure," but North Dakota still has " | + | :Woman: Dubai may have taken the record for "Tallest Manmade [sic] Structure," but North Dakota still has "Largest Buffalo Monument," "Biggest Hamburger," and "Tallest Pyramid of Oil Cans." So ''there''. |
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− | | | + | |Someone is sliding down the wire. Possibly a reference to the game [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infamous_%28video_game%29 Infamous]. |
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− | |Reference to the original | + | |Reference to the original Pokemon games. When Prof. Oak tells you not to go into the tall grass without a Pokemon. |
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:Cueball: Don't go into the long grass! (Line from Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World which precedes the velociraptor attack.) | :Cueball: Don't go into the long grass! (Line from Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World which precedes the velociraptor attack.) | ||
− | :Megan: Pikachu, I choose ''DEATH'' | + | :Megan: Pikachu, I choose ''DEATH''— |
:Megan: And with it immortality. | :Megan: And with it immortality. | ||
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− | |[[Cueball]] with a balloon in his hand, flying towards the image border. He says "I wonder where I'll float next". This is a reference to [[1|the very first xkcd comic]]. It may also be a reference to {{w|World of Goo}}, a computer game, where at the | + | |[[Cueball]] with a balloon in his hand, flying towards the image border. He says "I wonder where I'll float next". This is a reference to [[1|the very first xkcd comic]]. It may also be a reference to {{w|World of Goo}}, a computer game, where at the and of level 1 the goo balls leave the screen carried by balloons, wondering what will be next. |
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− | + | Though you can download the full view, the easiest way to browse it is through a [[wikipedia:Zooming user interface|Zooming user interface]]. | |
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− | + | * http://xkcd.com/1110/ (native zoom, click-and-drag) | |
− | + | * http://xkcd-map.rent-a-geek.de/ '''[recommended]''' (zoom controls, scroll-zoom, click-and-drag, hash permalinks, full-screen) | |
− | + | * http://clickanddrag.azurewebsites.net/ (zoom controls, scroll-zoom, click-and-drag) | |
− | + | * http://sumamimasen.com/xkcd/1110/ (native zoom, keyboard controls, Flash-only) | |
− | + | * http://xkcdmap.webege.com/ Google-maps-style navigation and zooming, with tiles with content highlighted in black or white, allows easy finding of interesting tiles with small things hidden in the ground and sky | |
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− | + | *The click-and-drag portion of this comic is divided up into 2592 sections of 2048x2048 pixels. | |
− | + | *There are 225 separate 2048x2048 PNG files (plus the PNG container with the first panels). The other 2337 sections are simply filled black (in the south) or white (in the north) with HTML. | |
− | + | *The populated area is 81 frames wide (33 West - 48 East) and 32 frames tall (13 North - 19 South) | |
− | + | *According to [[Randall]] in #xkcd on the night this was released, a full size image of this comic, leaving out the blanks would be 60 gigapixels, a true single rectangular image would be close to a terapixel. The online version is 1 gigapixel without the blanks and 10 gigapixel as rectangular image (2048x2048x225 = 943,718,400 and 2048x2048x2592 = 10,871,635,968). | |
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