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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | ''Where's Waldo | + | ''{{w|Where's Waldo}}'' (known in the British originally as ''Where's Wally)'' is a children's puzzle book in which you have to locate 'Waldo', a character with a distinctive striped shirt and hat, in a picture crowded with hundreds of characters. This is harder than it sounds, since the characters are both very small and quite densely packed on the page. |
− | [[Cueball]] and his friend are using satellite imaging to find Waldo, by holding the book up to the sky and viewing it on the computer, presumably using some advanced image processing software to identify Waldo among the crowd. This would require a very advanced camera, as resolutions are usually much lower than would be necessary to resolve the characters in a Where's Waldo book. But since Cueball works at the {{w|National Reconnaissance Office}} (NRO) | + | [[Cueball]] and his friend are using satellite imaging to find Waldo, by holding the book up to the sky and viewing it on the computer, presumably using some advanced image processing software to identify Waldo among the crowd. This would require a very advanced camera, as resolutions are usually much lower than would be necessary to resolve the characters in a Where's Waldo book. But since Cueball works at the {{w|National Reconnaissance Office}} (NRO), he probably has access to some powerful satellites and image processing software. |
− | The humor in this being, while he could be using that power for much more important things, he's instead trying to solve a simple game. Further, | + | The humor in this being, while he could be using that power for much more important things, he's instead trying to solve a simple game. Further, Cueball and his friend could probably hook up the image parsing software to a smaller camera on the ground, rather than a satellite-mounted camera. |
− | The title text is implying that | + | The title text is implying that Cueball has accidentally launched a drone at the co-ordinates, which would be where he and his friend are standing. |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
:Cueball and a friend are in a remote area. The friend is holding a ''Where's Waldo?'' book towards the sky. | :Cueball and a friend are in a remote area. The friend is holding a ''Where's Waldo?'' book towards the sky. | ||
− | :Laptop: [ | + | :Laptop: [Target located] |
:Cueball: Got him. Left edge, two inches down. | :Cueball: Got him. Left edge, two inches down. | ||
:The National Reconnaissance Office has an unusual approach to ''Where's Waldo''. | :The National Reconnaissance Office has an unusual approach to ''Where's Waldo''. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
− | *A | + | *A [http://what-if.xkcd.com What If] comic examining the use of the {{w|Hubble Space Telescope}} for the purpose of taking photos from the earth's surface can be found here: [http://what-if.xkcd.com/32/ Hubble]. |
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
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