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42.book.addict: got rid of toc

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got rid of toc

42.book.addict: done! (except that there a lot of comments that are out of chronological order-i'll tackle them one day...)

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done! (except that there a lot of comments that are out of chronological order-i'll tackle them one day...)

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42.book.addict at 19:49, 13 November 2025

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42.book.addict: i have less than 50 edits left but bedtime calls...

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i have less than 50 edits left but bedtime calls...

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42.book.addict: /* What do we know by the beginning of June? */ silly me

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‎What do we know by the beginning of June?: silly me

42.book.addict: only ~500 more comments to sift through now!

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only ~500 more comments to sift through now!

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42.book.addict: part 3!

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part 3!

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42.book.addict: save for now

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save for now

42.book.addict: whitespace and unsigned (first part of probably many)

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whitespace and unsigned (first part of probably many)

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DollarStoreBa'al at 14:48, 22 August 2025

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 Pretty sure we're just getting trolled with this one [[Special:Contributions/99.108.190.136|99.108.190.136]] 04:48, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
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 :I think it splits instead of joining, so upriver. [[User:Beanie|Beanie]] ([[User talk:Beanie|talk]]) 12:03, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
-; :)
+=== <small> :) </small> ===
 I like this comic.

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 What about the chirps from way up high when they were up on the mountain?  Or the baby bird and it's mother?
-Or the other tribes from the hills? {{unsigned|98.144.105.195}}
+Or the other tribes from the hills? {{unsigned|98.144.105.195|04:36, 27 July 2013 (UTC)}}
 :Well, we only got a tiny tease anyway, sniff. No aftercredits bit. [[User:Tavella|Tavella]] ([[User talk:Tavella|talk]]) 16:27, 28 July 2013 (UTC)
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 So now it's time to go outside and build some sandcastles of our own.  Hey we can be re-enactors!!  [[Special:Contributions/184.155.116.49|184.155.116.49]] Polecat
 :3102 frames archived at http://xkcd.mscha.org - geekwagon's archive is missing three early frames. The complete sequence can be viewed starting from http://xkcd.mscha.org/viewer/1. [[User:Filron|Filron]] ([[User talk:Filron|talk]]) 05:33, 27 July 2013 (UTC)
-I wish there WERE credits. I would love to get Randall's view on what his original idea was, whether he fashioned the whole story from the beginning or if it started simple and evolved into this post-apocalyptic drama, what his inspirations were, what real-wold sources he used to develop the science, a language translation, etc. I loved the whole series and checked daily (mostly) and don't think the ending in any way diminished the richness of the whole. As usually happens with XKCD, it spawned some wonderful discussions, speculations and scientific explorations. We don't usually get much explanation and I don't anticipate much from this one, either, but it doesn't make me long for it (or am I missing something). Thank you for the wonderful four month exercise in patience. Every time XKCD does something amazing that I think cannot be topped, Randall always comes up with something that amazes me. What's next? I guess I have to, "Wait for it."--[[User:Gerry|Gerry]] ([[User talk:Gerry|talk]]) 16:47, 28 July 2013 (UTC)
+I wish there WERE credits. I would love to get Randall's view on what his original idea was, whether he fashioned the whole story from the beginning or if it started simple and evolved into this post-apocalyptic drama, what his inspirations were, what real-wold sources he used to develop the science, a language translation, etc. I loved the whole series and checked daily (mostly) and don't think the ending in any way diminished the richness of the whole. As usually happens with XKCD, it spawned some wonderful discussions, speculations and scientific explorations. We don't usually get much explanation and I don't anticipate much from this one, either, but it doesn't make me long for it (or am I missing something). Thank you for the wonderful four month exercise in patience. Every time XKCD does something amazing that I think cannot be topped, Randall always comes up with something that amazes me. What's next? I guess I have to, "Wait for it."--[[User:Gerry|Gerry]] ([[User talk:Gerry|talk]]) 16:46, 28 July 2013 (UTC)
 :Randall [http://blog.xkcd.com/2013/07/29/1190-time/ posted about it] with a few insights into the process, and some "special thanks" stuff. Looks like it's done for real.--[[User:Fernandofig|Fernandofig]] ([[User talk:Fernandofig|talk]]) 17:22, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
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 From 1539 to 1543 in the tree you can see small movements if you look close enough.
-[[Special:Contributions/108.162.221.4|108.162.221.4]]
+[[Special:Contributions/108.162.221.4|108.162.221.4]] 02:09, 18 September 2015 (UTC)
 == Rest of xkcd ==

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 I'd like to think Cueball is shorter, I used 6 ft because it's convenient and yields longer distances. The tallest Baobob tree is 516 px (rescaled to the running comic) = 77.4 ft (23.6 m) using a 6 ft Cueball. Note that using a 5.5 ft (1.7 m) Cueball, the tree drops to 71 ft (21.6 m). The Wikipedia page {{w|Adansonia_grandidieri}} on the Grandidier's baobab states they can reach 25 to 30 m (80-100 ft) in height, 23.6 m is about right. [[User:Galois|Galois]] ([[User talk:Galois|talk]]) 23:40, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
-I don't follow this as religously as others so maybe I missed the obvious answer, but why is it assumed that we have seen all of the way they went? I alway thought the parts where they are hiking is like a "montage" in film, where lots of parts might be missing in between the snapshots we see. {{unsigned|193.171.69.65|05:58, 6 June 2013}}
+I don't follow this as religously as others so maybe I missed the obvious answer, but why is it assumed that we have seen all of the way they went? I alway thought the parts where they are hiking is like a "montage" in film, where lots of parts might be missing in between the snapshots we see. {{unsigned|193.171.69.65|05:58, 6 June 2013 (UTC)}}
 (please sign your posts - don't worry, we're all here out of a mutual enjoyment of the xkcd comics) Actually, I looked into the possibility a while back, but it didn't work. Randall runs 3-5 frame updates with the two walking across the same panel. As they leave one panel on the right, they enter the next on the left (and visa-verse for the trip back to the sunken castle). Additionally, I only came across three panels that didn't adjoin perfectly (one in the sand dunes and two trees that didn't continue into the next panel). [[User:Galois|Galois]] ([[User talk:Galois|talk]]) 11:12, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

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 It's entirely possible that the "hash" is actually randomly generated. Just a thought. [[Special:Contributions/129.21.119.153|129.21.119.153]] 07:03, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
 Alright, this is probably not going to work, but I'm trying to exploit Randall's awesomeness here. Maybe he decided to take the time-stamps from the user? I don't know if that's even possible... That would then allow people in different time zones to obtain different images simultaneously. (What's the corollary of Godwin's law for a bunch of math-and-science nerds and relativity? Is there one?) Clicking the img src url on the comic's html page, give me this: http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/time/752687b61523144c61736cd89f8c153dc41e19128f72d78d44947ff800f057fa.png [[Special:Contributions/220.224.246.97|220.224.246.97]] 07:14, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
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 Its probably going to loop back on itself, eventually, and repeat this way forever. [[Special:Contributions/113.160.224.209|113.160.224.209]] 07:12, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
 For those wondering about the Javascript behind this: I posted my analysis of the Javascript [http://www.echochamber.me/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=101043&start=760#p3303579 on the xkcd forums], and further de-obfuscated and annotated the code over on [https://gist.github.com/cincodenada/5246094 GitHub].  Here's a quick summary though: it holds open a connection to xkcd's servers and listens for instructions and follows them. Those instructions are either "load a new image" or "reload the page". So, you don't have to mash F5, it will automatically update the image when they're available. We have no way to control how fast the images come or when they do, and it's quite possible for them to update forever. --[[User:Fiveofoh|Fiveofoh]] ([[User talk:Fiveofoh|talk]]) 06:40, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
-This is a series of animation frames. I suspect they will only ever be shown once (based on the fact you can only get the current image, not previous or future images -- this is in keeping with the title, "Time", which passes and which you can't ever get back]. The filenames are UUIDs too long to guess, so somebody needs to start collecting the filenames here so that a proper flipbook can be assembled. Here's the latest URL: [http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/time/81efa7c4509ac7a329407d9da25d12ec0a3baec50e06588586961575e2d65c2c.png http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/time/81efa7c4509ac7a329407d9da25d12ec0a3baec50e06588586961575e2d65c2c.png]  Go here to collect URLs: [http://c0.xkcd.com/stream/comic/time?method=EventSource http://c0.xkcd.com/stream/comic/time?method=EventSource]
+;Another clue
 :We've kinda already been doing that. They're the big long filenames next to each timestamp. '''[[User:Davidy22|<u>{{Color|purple|David}}<font color=green size=3px>y</font></u><font color=indigo size=4px>²²</font>]]'''[[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>[talk]</tt>]] 09:06, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
-Oh my god it's game of thrones played out in 2D  [[Special:Contributions/123.3.136.228|123.3.136.228]] Evan Pyle
+Oh my god it's game of thrones played out in 2D  [[Special:Contributions/123.3.136.228|123.3.136.228]] 13:05, 27 March 2013 (UTC) Evan Pyle
 Is it just me, or do the last two frames look like someone just threw a rock at the castle? [[Special:Contributions/67.167.81.143|67.167.81.143]] 14:20, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
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 *This subject is recurrent on xkcd
 *As far as we have seen, there is a destroyed tower and they are rebuilding it
-*The next strip, following 1190 (or 09/11), mentions war against countries with large oil reserves but low military capacity. {{unsigned|143.107.105.14}}
+*The next strip, following 1190 (or 09/11), mentions war against countries with large oil reserves but low military capacity. {{unsigned|143.107.105.14|13:56, 27 March 2013 (UTC)}}
-:I feel like that's kind of a stretch, I'm pretty sure it's just a story about a day at the beach.
+:I feel like that's kind of a stretch, I'm pretty sure it's just a story about a day at the beach. {{unsigned ip|167.206.204.93|20:22, 27 March 2013 (UTC)}}
-If a new strip goes up every 30 minutes our time, and if each strip comprises of, let's say for the sake of simplicity, one minute in their time; to build the sand castle [frames 24-117 = 93 frames] so far it's taken almost 2 days our time, which would be about an hour and a half their time if each frame is a minute.  Using my scale, an hour our time is 2 minutes their time, a day is 48 minutes, and our month is their 24 hour day.  If we assume Randall plans to give us a 24 hour period from that world's time, and we use the minute-per-frame rate I made up, than we'd probably be looking at a month of images our time.  I guess we'll just have to see how long he's got it planned to go on. -boB
+If a new strip goes up every 30 minutes our time, and if each strip comprises of, let's say for the sake of simplicity, one minute in their time; to build the sand castle [frames 24-117 = 93 frames] so far it's taken almost 2 days our time, which would be about an hour and a half their time if each frame is a minute.  Using my scale, an hour our time is 2 minutes their time, a day is 48 minutes, and our month is their 24 hour day.  If we assume Randall plans to give us a 24 hour period from that world's time, and we use the minute-per-frame rate I made up, than we'd probably be looking at a month of images our time.  I guess we'll just have to see how long he's got it planned to go on. -boB {{unsigned ip|63.118.157.201|14:27, 27 March 2013 (UTC)}}
-Has it ended? All that's left is the sandcastle, and there doesn't seem to have been anything else changed on it for a few hours.
+Has it ended? All that's left is the sandcastle, and there doesn't seem to have been anything else changed on it for a few hours. {{unsigned ip|167.206.204.93|20:22, 27 March 2013 (UTC)}}
-It's zooming out! When look at the gifs showing the frames in succession, the last 3 show the castle getting slightly smaller each time!
+It's zooming out! When look at the gifs showing the frames in succession, the last 3 show the castle getting slightly smaller each time! {{unsigned|Joshpila|20:43, 27 March 2013 (UTC)}}
-: It's true! The most recent also shows the edge of another castle, leading me to believe it's part of some kind of sand castle contest, probably including some of xkcd's other recurring characters!
+: It's true! The most recent also shows the edge of another castle, leading me to believe it's part of some kind of sand castle contest, probably including some of xkcd's other recurring characters! {{unsigned ip|167.206.204.93|23:07, 27 March 2013 (UTC)}}
-::Weird, now it's not showing that, Randall must have put something up too soon.
+::Weird, now it's not showing that, Randall must have put something up too soon. {{unsigned ip|167.206.204.93|23:10, 27 March 2013 (UTC)}}
 A controllable version of the same comic is available at http://xkcd.aubronwood.com/ - slow/fast movement, pause, control back and forth. It also has the image # on the top left. Auto updating. [[Special:Contributions/59.182.173.88|59.182.173.88]] 20:56, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
-:Can you add on-screen buttons, so it's usable on phones and tablets without hardware keyboard?{{unsigned|81.23.24.48}}
+:Can you add on-screen buttons, so it's usable on phones and tablets without hardware keyboard? {{unsigned|81.23.24.48}}
 looky here: http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/time/4c92727698b704ee1d02fbd37c94c220d16be4ad3ff6fc03a3fb77ea6d96434f.png [[Special:Contributions/97.88.147.176|97.88.147.176]] 23:14, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
-That was a glitch on the server that revealed a future frame, but it has been corrected and that link is now a 404 not found. I guess if we want to see it in context we'll just have to "Wait for it."{{unsigned|Bugstomper}}
+That was a glitch on the server that revealed a future frame, but it has been corrected and that link is now a 404 not found. I guess if we want to see it in context we'll just have to "Wait for it."{{unsigned|Bugstomper|00:13, 28 March 2013 (UTC)}}
 : Well now we're back to that picture as the present frame. [[User:Racerdude09|Racerdude09]] ([[User talk:Racerdude09|talk]]) 03:14, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
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 Anyone else think that they're roleplaying Dom and Mal in Limbo? [[User:Fry-kun|Fry-kun]] ([[User talk:Fry-kun|talk]]) 05:36, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
-I think they're bulding a sand replica of King's Landing for the Game Of Thrones season 3 premiere {{unsigned|201.239.18.75}}
+I think they're bulding a sand replica of King's Landing for the Game Of Thrones season 3 premiere {{unsigned|201.239.18.75|11:02, 28 March 2013 (UTC)}}
 : My first idea regarding the sand castle was also about Game of Thrones, but i dismissed it as being too biased.. --[[Special:Contributions/217.13.68.110|217.13.68.110]] 13:31, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
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-(Sorry for my English... and the ugly code...) {{unsigned|194.119.85.99}}
+(Sorry for my English... and the ugly code...) {{unsigned|194.119.85.99|11:24, 28 March 2013 (UTC)}}
-Anyone else think this is going to be related to Wed's cartoon? I'm half-expecting Black Hat to show up from the future, with advanced weaponry, to take oil from the sandcastle of the past. {{unsigned|173.180.60.43}}
+Anyone else think this is going to be related to Wed's cartoon? I'm half-expecting Black Hat to show up from the future, with advanced weaponry, to take oil from the sandcastle of the past. {{unsigned|173.180.60.43|16:04, 28 March 2013 (UTC)}}
 Guys, i think we might have lost a few frames in between, no? When did he upload the first image? like, the exakt time... knowing this we could calculate the amount of images there should be and compare to what we have... [[User:Caranhyas|Caranhyas]] ([[User talk:Caranhyas|talk]]) 18:04, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

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	When Megan and Cueball find the second river, they travel and eventually get to a place where it joins up with another river; this presumably means that they are traveling downriver. However, they then say "let's continue upriver". Which is it? --[[User:Emperor-Nathan\|Emperor-Nathan]] ([[User talk:Emperor-Nathan\|talk]]) 05:29, 5 January 2020 (UTC)		When Megan and Cueball find the second river, they travel and eventually get to a place where it joins up with another river; this presumably means that they are traveling downriver. However, they then say "let's continue upriver". Which is it? --[[User:Emperor-Nathan\|Emperor-Nathan]] ([[User talk:Emperor-Nathan\|talk]]) 05:29, 5 January 2020 (UTC)
	:I think it splits instead of joining, so upriver. [[User:Beanie\|Beanie]] ([[User talk:Beanie\|talk]]) 12:03, 11 December 2020 (UTC)		:I think it splits instead of joining, so upriver. [[User:Beanie\|Beanie]] ([[User talk:Beanie\|talk]]) 12:03, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
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		+	I like this comic.
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		+	It's a good comic.
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		+	DollarStoreBa'al