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| title = Externalities | | title = Externalities | ||
| image = externalities.png | | image = externalities.png | ||
− | | titletext = Mouse over words and things to see where they come from. | + | | titletext = Mouse over words and things to see where they come from. |
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | {{incomplete|An extent of explanations of some of the name references in panel 5 would help}} | |
+ | This comic isn't a static image - even the title text changes depending on which part of the image you're hovering over. It presented a competition for students to see who could come closest to break a {{w|Skein (hash function)|Skein hash}} but also an aid appeal for the Wikimedia Foundation. | ||
− | + | There are quite a few references in the comic to {{w|Baidu}}. Baidu is a large Chinese Internet services company that employs thousands, whose shares are publicly traded on world stock exchanges. It's the predominant Internet search provider of China, and is sometimes called the "Google of China". It offers parallels for the Chinese market of many of the services that Google provides and offers its own encyclopedic wiki with a restricted edit policy to serve as a replacement for Wikipedia. Wikipedia reports that Baidu's search engine handled 56% of Chinese internet search queries in Q4 2010. and that in October 2012, Baidu ranked 5th overall in the Alexa Internet rankings. Given that explanation for the Baidu references in #1193 is still solicited for explainxkcd, Baidu apparently is not well known yet among savvy XKCD readers. | |
+ | Baidu Search results reputedly follow the censorship dictates of the Chinese authorities, causing it to return censored responses to searches for politically sensitive terms like "Tianamen Square massacre" or "Falun Gong" when executed by web browsers that are connected via Chinese ISPs. When you execute such searches via Baidu in the US, the top links returned for these topics do seem to reflect Chinese government sensibilities although the uncensored English language Wikipedia articles for these topics are listed high in the query results. Baidu's reputation for censorship provides background for Megan's reply "but nothing about Tianamen Square" in response to the "Come and find your future at Baidu" employment enticement of panel one and also provides the background to understand the "It takes great minds to stifle other great minds" slogan of the second panel. | ||
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The blank regions in the above image are dynamically generated from various sources. | The blank regions in the above image are dynamically generated from various sources. | ||
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− | On this page, users were invited to enter "Your school's domain name" — presumably intended to be their college alma mater. (At least in the beginning, only a few top-level domains were accepted.) If the user entered an acceptable domain (by xkcd's rules, which apparently changed during the 48 hours of the competition), | + | On this page, users were invited to enter "Your school's domain name" — presumably intended to be their college alma mater. (At least in the beginning, only a few top-level domains were accepted.) If the user entered an acceptable domain (by xkcd's rules, which apparently changed during the 48 hours of the competition), he could then enter data values one at a time. For each data value entered, xkcd returned a hash value and the number of bits by which it differed from the target value. The object was to achieve the lowest possible number of differing bits, ideally zero. |
A ranking page showed the lowest value achieved for each domain name entered, but not the data that achieved it. The first name on the list was substituted in various panels, and the third-place school showed in panel five. No data values were reported by xkcd, but various results were posted by users of the xkcd forums and on other websites, leading to copycat submissions, so that occasionally large numbers of institutions would show the same moderately low value. | A ranking page showed the lowest value achieved for each domain name entered, but not the data that achieved it. The first name on the list was substituted in various panels, and the third-place school showed in panel five. No data values were reported by xkcd, but various results were posted by users of the xkcd forums and on other websites, leading to copycat submissions, so that occasionally large numbers of institutions would show the same moderately low value. | ||
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!Email | !Email | ||
!Education | !Education | ||
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|MIT | |MIT | ||
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|pgp encrypted | |pgp encrypted | ||
|have you ever really looked at the fourier | |have you ever really looked at the fourier | ||
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|IO | |IO | ||
|O HAI O | |O HAI O | ||
− | | A joke on the | + | | A joke on the pronounciation of Ohio. |
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|SOUTH DETROIT | |SOUTH DETROIT | ||
|HUNT LIKE A WOLVERINE | |HUNT LIKE A WOLVERINE | ||
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|Forget it | |Forget it | ||
|Riding the L all night long | |Riding the L all night long | ||
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|MY JOB NOW | |MY JOB NOW | ||
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− | :At [company], you'll have the | + | :At [company], you'll have the opportinity to work on cutting-edge projects. |
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|[[File:externality-dog12.png]] | |[[File:externality-dog12.png]] | ||
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The title text documents the different sources of data in the comic. The different title texts are: | The title text documents the different sources of data in the comic. The different title texts are: | ||
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|Most of the comic, after the competition ended||This comic went up on April 1st, and the panels changed throughout the day in response to readers doing things like breaking hashes, edited a rapidly-shuffling set of target Wikipedia articles, and donating to Wikimedia Foundation. (The vandalism is over now and CMU won the hashing contest.) | |Most of the comic, after the competition ended||This comic went up on April 1st, and the panels changed throughout the day in response to readers doing things like breaking hashes, edited a rapidly-shuffling set of target Wikipedia articles, and donating to Wikimedia Foundation. (The vandalism is over now and CMU won the hashing contest.) | ||
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− | | | + | |Most of the text in the first panel.||Happy April 1st, Everyone! |
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− | |Fifth panel.||[University] has the third best hash. See the full standings at http://almamater.xkcd.com/best.csv | + | |Fifth panel.||[University] has the third best hash. See the full standings at http://almamater.xkcd.com/best.csv |
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− | |Last | + | |Last panel.||The dog gains a pound for every $10 donated to the wikimedia foundation via this link. Currently at [amount donated] |
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− | == | + | ==Transcript== |
− | + | :[The comic is dynamically generated from multiple sources.] | |
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+ | :[First panel [[1193: Externalities#First Panel|transcript varies.]]] | ||
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+ | :[Second panel [[1193: Externalities#Second Panel|transcript varies.]]] | ||
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+ | :[Third panel [[1193: Externalities#Third Panel|transcript varies.]]] | ||
+ | :[Ponytail riding on a roomba.] | ||
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+ | :[Fourth panel [[1193: Externalities#Fourth Panel|transcript varies.]]] | ||
+ | :[A group of people waiting outside a door. One of them is holding a large net.] | ||
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+ | :Or [university] graduates, provided any of them manage to fill out the application correctly. | ||
+ | :Name: [random] | ||
+ | :Email: [Third place university] | ||
− | + | :[Sixth panel [[1193: Externalities#Sixth Panel|transcript varies.]]] | |
− | :[ | + | :Cueball: What does "make dog" do? |
+ | :Off-panel: Experimental dog generator. Don't click on it; the default size isn't set, so- | ||
+ | :'''*click*''' | ||
− | : | + | :''KZZZT'' |
+ | :BIP | ||
+ | :Off-screen: Uh-oh. | ||
− | :[ | + | :[Last panel's [[1193: Externalities#Seventh Panel|transcript varies.]]] |
− | : | + | ==Final Transcript== |
− | + | :This is a dynamic image with several different mouse-overs. Mouse-overs for specific panels are included here. | |
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− | :[ | + | :Ahoy, Carnegie Melonites! Come find your future at Baidu. |
+ | :[Megan with black hair stands in a blank void.] | ||
:Megan: But nothing about Tiananmen Square. | :Megan: But nothing about Tiananmen Square. | ||
+ | :[Mouse-over: Happy April 1st, everyone!] | ||
+ | :[There is a link on this panel to almamater.xkcd.com.] | ||
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:It takes great minds to stifle other great minds. | :It takes great minds to stifle other great minds. | ||
− | :[Ponytail sits at a desk | + | :[Ponytail sits at a desk with two other people.] |
:Ponytail: Let's block Canada | :Ponytail: Let's block Canada | ||
− | : | + | :Others: Sounds good. |
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:We're a convenient four hour drive from New York City (15,000 hours by Roomba.) | :We're a convenient four hour drive from New York City (15,000 hours by Roomba.) | ||
− | :'' | + | :[Ponytail crouches on a moving Roomba with a steaming mug of coffee in one hand and a smartphone in the other.] |
− | + | :''whirrrrrrr'' | |
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:Our recruiters are on the hunt for unaware CMU graduates | :Our recruiters are on the hunt for unaware CMU graduates | ||
+ | :[Megan approaches three students with a giant net as they leave a classroom.] | ||
− | : | + | :Or UIC graduates, provied any of them manage to fill out the application correctly. |
− | + | :[A website application which reads:] | |
− | + | ::Name: WHICH ONE | |
− | + | ::Email: FORGET IT | |
− | + | ::Education: RIDING THE L ALL NIGHT LONG | |
− | + | :[Mouse-over: uic has the third best hash. See the full standings at http: almamater.xkcd.com best.csv] | |
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:At Baidu, Inc., you'll have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects. | :At Baidu, Inc., you'll have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects. | ||
:[Cueball sits at a computer.] | :[Cueball sits at a computer.] | ||
:Cueball: What does "make dog" do? | :Cueball: What does "make dog" do? | ||
− | :Off-screen | + | :Off-screen person: Experimental dog generator. Don't click on it; the default size isn't set, so- |
:'''*click*''' | :'''*click*''' | ||
− | :[ | + | :[Cueball stares at the screen.] |
− | + | : ''KZZZT'' *bip* | |
− | + | :Off-screen: Uh oh. | |
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+ | :[A giant dog looks down at the desk where the computer once was, Cueball in the chair stares up at it.] | ||
+ | :[Mouse-over: The dog gains a pound for every $10 donated to the Wikimedia Foundation via this link. Currently at $51135.33.] | ||
+ | :[A graphic showing two sliders and a dog. Next to the dog with arrows pointing to it are a thermometer graphic and the equation d(x)=R.] CAREERS@BAIDU, INC. PLAY GOD WITH DOGS (TM) | ||
+ | :There are arrows over and under "GOD" and "DOG" indicating that you switch the letters. | ||
+ | :The previous three panels link to the special Wikimedia fundraiser page. | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Hairy]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Hairy]] | ||
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