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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | {{ | + | {{incomplete|Created by a BADLY COMPRESSED IMAGE. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} |
− | + | [[wikipedia:JPEG 2000|JPEG2000]] is an image standard created by the Joint Photographic Experts Group from 1997 to 2000 to improve on the original JPEG standard, published in 1992. As of 2020, it is supported by Photoshop and the Safari browser, but remains unsupported and poorly supported by other popular software, including Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox browsers, as well as the free and open source image editor GIMP. | |
− | The JPEG2000 standard was seen | + | The extensions applied by convention to files using the JPEG2000 standard, .jp2 and .jpx, remain unfamiliar to |
+ | many users for whom the .jpg extension, denoting the original standard, is well known. | ||
+ | The JPEG2000 standard was seen an improvement by its creators, supporting many features | ||
+ | not included in the original standard such as multiple resolutions, progressive transmission, a lossless compression option, | ||
+ | and alpha transparency. | ||
+ | The complexity of fully implementing the standard, as well as | ||
+ | patent concerns, may have slowed adoption. | ||
+ | The people in the comic seem to have some desire for JPEG2000 adoption, and may have been involved in its creation, and seem to care more about its eventual use than rapid adoption. | ||
− | [ | + | The core concept of this comic is that engineers often expect that a superior technology or standard will catch on, though often other factors keep an "inferior" standard dominant. (See various comics referencing [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/561:_Well Dvorak] keyboards, as well as the term "[https://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/betamaxed betamaxed].") |
+ | The "we are in this for the long haul" statement might refer to the engineers believing that superior technology will eventually win despite the evidence to the contrary. Its humor comes from the fact that JPEG2000 shows no sign of becoming a widely-used standard either now or in the future. | ||
− | + | The title text suggests that Randall feels bad that the standard hasn't been adopted, perhaps because he empathizes with the engineers who worked hard to develop it or anthropomorphizes the standard itself, which has been ignored by most of the computer-using world. DCI, short for {{w|Digital Cinema Initiatives}}, is a collaboration of several major film studios to establish standards for the security and proper display of digital films. | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Cueball and | + | :[Cueball and a woman are both at a table, facing each other, both working on their own respective computers.] |
− | :[Cueball leans back and stops typing. | + | :[Cueball leans back and stops typing. The woman continues to type.] |
− | :[Cueball | + | :[Cueball looks over at the woman.] |
:Cueball: I'm starting to worry that JPEG 2000 isn't catching on as fast as we expected. | :Cueball: I'm starting to worry that JPEG 2000 isn't catching on as fast as we expected. | ||
− | : | + | :Woman:: Don't worry! We're in this for the long haul. |
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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