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− | {{w|Bill Amend}}, author of the newspaper comic | + | {{w|Bill Amend}}, author of the newspaper comic {{w|FoxTrot}}, draws for [[Randall]] in this special '[[:Category:Guest Week|Guest Week]]' edition of [[xkcd]]. In the first two panels, we see {{w|List_of_FoxTrot_characters#Jason_Fox|Jason Fox}}, a geeky 10-year-old from Amend's strip. Jason asks to draw comics for Randall. When Randall refuses, he uses the sudo command, used in {{w|POSIX}} systems to perform an action as an administrator/super user. This forces Randall to agree. This is a reference to the very popular comic [[149: Sandwich]], which has now become a geek culture catch-phrase. |
− | + | In the first comic, [[Cueball]] is making a pun on the word {{Wiktionary|attractive}}. In the first context it means a person is "good looking" or "beautiful" which the (presumably) female character attributes to her hair. In Cueball's context, it means that he is feeling an increased gravitational pull from the woman, due to her increase in mass (see {{w|Gravitation}}). This setup is also very typical of the Jason Fox character, who, ostensibly ten, is supposed to be too young to like girls. | |
− | + | {{w|Werner Heisenberg}} postulated in 1927, his eponymous {{w|Uncertainty principle|Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle}}, which roughly states that in {{w|quantum mechanics}} one cannot know both the position and momentum of a particle. The joke is that (presumably) Elisabeth Heisenberg does not know the position of her keys, because she knows too much about their (the keys') momentum. (This is also the subject of [[1473: Location Sharing]].) | |
− | + | In many {{w|parliament}}ary and {{w|congress}}ional halls it is customary, when calling an issue to vote to have the people who want the issue at hand to be passed to say out loud that they agree. The customary response to this is to say "aye." The dissenters are then asked. Their response would be "nay" or "no". Then the volume (by rough {{w|decibel}}s) of the assenters and dissenters are weighed. If it is close, a more formal vote may be called. "Aye" is pronounced as "I" and "''i''" is the mathematical value of the square root of negative one, which can be used to represent an {{w|imaginary number}}. | |
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− | In many {{w|parliament}}ary and {{w|congress}}ional halls it is customary, when calling an issue to vote to have the people who want the issue at hand to be passed to say out loud that they agree. The customary response to this is to say "aye." The dissenters are then asked. Their response would be "nay" or "no". Then the volume (by rough {{w|decibel}}s) of the assenters and dissenters are weighed. If it is close, a more formal vote may be called. "Aye" is pronounced | ||
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''Guest Week'' was a series of five comics written by five other comic authors. They were released over five consecutive days (Monday-Friday); not over the usual Monday/Wednesday/Friday schedule.<br> | ''Guest Week'' was a series of five comics written by five other comic authors. They were released over five consecutive days (Monday-Friday); not over the usual Monday/Wednesday/Friday schedule.<br> | ||
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:[Jason from FoxTrot is sitting at an artist's desk with a pencil, holding a phone.] | :[Jason from FoxTrot is sitting at an artist's desk with a pencil, holding a phone.] | ||
:Jason: Hi, Mr. Munroe? I have a great idea! Let me draw some strips for you! | :Jason: Hi, Mr. Munroe? I have a great idea! Let me draw some strips for you! | ||
− | : | + | :Mr. Munroe, through the telephone: Fat chance, kid. |
:[Zoom in to Jason.] | :[Zoom in to Jason.] | ||
:Jason: Sudo let me draw some strips for you. | :Jason: Sudo let me draw some strips for you. | ||
− | + | :[There follow three strips. These will be separated by double new lines.] | |
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:[Cueball and Ponytail are looking at each other.] | :[Cueball and Ponytail are looking at each other.] | ||
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− | :[ | + | :[Cueball is standing on a stage, holding up a hammer. A crowd is in front of the stage.] |
− | + | :Why mathematicians should run for Congress | |
− | : | + | :Cueball: All those in favor of the bill say "aye." |
:Congressman #1: Aye. | :Congressman #1: Aye. | ||
:Congresswoman #2: Aye. | :Congresswoman #2: Aye. | ||
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[[Category:Math]] | [[Category:Math]] | ||
[[Category:Linux]] | [[Category:Linux]] | ||
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