Talk:2000: xkcd Phone 2000 - Revision history

R3TRI8UTI0N at 13:19, 7 April 2023

2023-04-07T13:19:36Z

Nitpicking: typo in my own post

2023-04-02T23:41:52Z

typo in my own post

Nitpicking: Cordwainer Smith

2023-04-02T23:41:11Z

Cordwainer Smith

172.68.174.132 at 03:21, 7 May 2020

2020-05-07T03:21:16Z

173.245.54.97 at 05:13, 11 March 2020

2020-03-11T05:13:35Z

162.158.88.26 at 12:09, 25 June 2018

2018-06-25T12:09:18Z

162.158.88.26 at 12:08, 25 June 2018

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NiceGuy1 at 05:12, 12 June 2018

2018-06-12T05:12:42Z

Dgbrt at 13:35, 4 June 2018

2018-06-04T13:35:40Z

162.158.92.238 at 09:01, 4 June 2018

2018-06-04T09:01:10Z

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	JavaScript is dynamically typed, and JSFuck is a subset of javascript, so a keyboard with support for dynamic typing could theoretically have only 6 characters		JavaScript is dynamically typed, and JSFuck is a subset of javascript, so a keyboard with support for dynamic typing could theoretically have only 6 characters
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		+	Some guy wrote that the next comic in the xkcd phone series came out five months later. He/She was off by two years. [[User:R3TRI8UTI0N\|R3TRI8UTI0N]] ([[User talk:R3TRI8UTI0N\|talk]]) 13:19, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

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 Why '''Maggie Haberman'''? Is it just because of her prolific Twitter usage? I'm not aware how that relates to captioning photos, am I missing a reference? {{unsigned|JohnHawkinson}}
-:I have a theory: the Golden Age SF writer "Cordwainer Smith" (Professor Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, in one of his earliest stories, had people undergo the Haberman process to enable them to survive the weird space-induced pain of his Instrumentality of Mankind universe. OK, really I doubt that had anything to do with it, but I did think of that when I saw the reporter's name. [[User:Nitpicking|Nitpicking]] ([[User talk:Nitpicking|talk]]) 23:41, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
+:I have a theory: the Golden Age SF writer "Cordwainer Smith" (Professor Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger), in one of his earliest stories, had people undergo the Haberman process to enable them to survive the weird space-induced pain of his Instrumentality of Mankind universe. OK, really I doubt that had anything to do with it, but I did think of that when I saw the reporter's name. [[User:Nitpicking|Nitpicking]] ([[User talk:Nitpicking|talk]]) 23:41, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
 If comic #404 wasn't counted due to Comic Not Found, it means that this comic is not really #2000, but rather #1999. Probably on Wednesday it will be truly comic #2000. {{unsigned|Xkcdreader52}}

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	Why '''Maggie Haberman'''? Is it just because of her prolific Twitter usage? I'm not aware how that relates to captioning photos, am I missing a reference? {{unsigned\|JohnHawkinson}}		Why '''Maggie Haberman'''? Is it just because of her prolific Twitter usage? I'm not aware how that relates to captioning photos, am I missing a reference? {{unsigned\|JohnHawkinson}}
		+	:I have a theory: the Golden Age SF writer "Cordwainer Smith" (Professor Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, in one of his earliest stories, had people undergo the Haberman process to enable them to survive the weird space-induced pain of his Instrumentality of Mankind universe. OK, really I doubt that had anything to do with it, but I did think of that when I saw the reporter's name. [[User:Nitpicking\|Nitpicking]] ([[User talk:Nitpicking\|talk]]) 23:41, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

	If comic #404 wasn't counted due to Comic Not Found, it means that this comic is not really #2000, but rather #1999. Probably on Wednesday it will be truly comic #2000. {{unsigned\|Xkcdreader52}}		If comic #404 wasn't counted due to Comic Not Found, it means that this comic is not really #2000, but rather #1999. Probably on Wednesday it will be truly comic #2000. {{unsigned\|Xkcdreader52}}

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	Regarding the swiss army knife, I think this may be a reference to the fact that the swiss army knife is a multitool, and a smartphone is sort of a digital multitool, so they kind-of go together		Regarding the swiss army knife, I think this may be a reference to the fact that the swiss army knife is a multitool, and a smartphone is sort of a digital multitool, so they kind-of go together
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		+	JavaScript is dynamically typed, and JSFuck is a subset of javascript, so a keyboard with support for dynamic typing could theoretically have only 6 characters

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	No, it'sn't a futuristic name anymore. I already wander in time, last time I was in the 2060s and the 2080s. And for me, "'90s" mean the 2090s.[[Special:Contributions/162.158.88.26\|162.158.88.26]] 12:09, 25 June 2018 (UTC)		No, it'sn't a futuristic name anymore. I already wander in time, last time I was in the 2060s and the 2080s. And for me, "'90s" mean the 2090s.[[Special:Contributions/162.158.88.26\|162.158.88.26]] 12:09, 25 June 2018 (UTC)
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		+	Regarding the swiss army knife, I think this may be a reference to the fact that the swiss army knife is a multitool, and a smartphone is sort of a digital multitool, so they kind-of go together

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	When i read the camera obscura bit i was thinking of the camera from Fatal Frame which allows its user to see/fight off ghosts. That makes more sense to me than the explanation here which is more of a projector than camera. {{unsigned ip\|162.158.92.238}}		When i read the camera obscura bit i was thinking of the camera from Fatal Frame which allows its user to see/fight off ghosts. That makes more sense to me than the explanation here which is more of a projector than camera. {{unsigned ip\|162.158.92.238}}

−	No, it'sn't a futuristic name anymore. I already wander in time, last time I was in the 2060s and the 2080s. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.88.26\|162.158.88.26]] 12:08, 25 June 2018 (UTC)	+	No, it'sn't a futuristic name anymore. I already wander in time, last time I was in the 2060s and the 2080s. And for me, "'90s" mean the 2090s.[[Special:Contributions/162.158.88.26\|162.158.88.26]] 12:09, 25 June 2018 (UTC)

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	When i read the camera obscura bit i was thinking of the camera from Fatal Frame which allows its user to see/fight off ghosts. That makes more sense to me than the explanation here which is more of a projector than camera. {{unsigned ip\|162.158.92.238}}		When i read the camera obscura bit i was thinking of the camera from Fatal Frame which allows its user to see/fight off ghosts. That makes more sense to me than the explanation here which is more of a projector than camera. {{unsigned ip\|162.158.92.238}}
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		+	No, it'sn't a futuristic name anymore. I already wander in time, last time I was in the 2060s and the 2080s. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.88.26\|162.158.88.26]] 12:08, 25 June 2018 (UTC)

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 *And then the human eye isn't large as an inch, and the "most central fovea" is much smaller. Maybe Randall will correct the "hundreds of pixels per inch"...
 Nevertheless the word ''retina'' is focusing on people who know the ''Apple Retina Display'' but don't know where it comes from. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 22:06, 30 May 2018 (UTC)
 No comment on "®®™®©™®"?? {{unsigned ip|162.158.74.147}}

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	There are two Unicode characters for the letters C and R in circles. The enclosed C and enclosed R characters are neither superscript or subscript. and registered trademark (&reg; ®) and copyright (&copy; ©) are smaller and often superscript. The copyright symbol should be used in place of enclosed C and the registered trademark symbol should be used instead of enclosed R. All registered trademarks are trademarks. Not all trademarks are registered copyrights. Therefore, the two symbols should not be used together. You should have only one of the symbols (® ™ ©) and it should appear immediately after the item it refers to. Items can have copyrights, trademarks, and service marks, but not a combination. Dictionary words, such as "number" can't be copyrighted. It might be possible to apply for a trademark or service mark, but you would have a hard time defending it in court. [[User:BradleyRoss\|BradleyRoss]] ([[User talk:BradleyRoss\|talk]]) 16:14, 1 June 2018 (UTC)		There are two Unicode characters for the letters C and R in circles. The enclosed C and enclosed R characters are neither superscript or subscript. and registered trademark (&reg; ®) and copyright (&copy; ©) are smaller and often superscript. The copyright symbol should be used in place of enclosed C and the registered trademark symbol should be used instead of enclosed R. All registered trademarks are trademarks. Not all trademarks are registered copyrights. Therefore, the two symbols should not be used together. You should have only one of the symbols (® ™ ©) and it should appear immediately after the item it refers to. Items can have copyrights, trademarks, and service marks, but not a combination. Dictionary words, such as "number" can't be copyrighted. It might be possible to apply for a trademark or service mark, but you would have a hard time defending it in court. [[User:BradleyRoss\|BradleyRoss]] ([[User talk:BradleyRoss\|talk]]) 16:14, 1 June 2018 (UTC)

−	When i read the camera obscura bit i was thinking of the camera from Fatal Frame which allows its user to see/fight off ghosts. That makes more sense to me than the explanation here which is more of a projector than camera.	+	When i read the camera obscura bit i was thinking of the camera from Fatal Frame which allows its user to see/fight off ghosts. That makes more sense to me than the explanation here which is more of a projector than camera. {{unsigned ip\|162.158.92.238}}

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	There are two Unicode characters for the letters C and R in circles. The enclosed C and enclosed R characters are neither superscript or subscript. and registered trademark (&reg; ®) and copyright (&copy; ©) are smaller and often superscript. The copyright symbol should be used in place of enclosed C and the registered trademark symbol should be used instead of enclosed R. All registered trademarks are trademarks. Not all trademarks are registered copyrights. Therefore, the two symbols should not be used together. You should have only one of the symbols (® ™ ©) and it should appear immediately after the item it refers to. Items can have copyrights, trademarks, and service marks, but not a combination. Dictionary words, such as "number" can't be copyrighted. It might be possible to apply for a trademark or service mark, but you would have a hard time defending it in court. [[User:BradleyRoss\|BradleyRoss]] ([[User talk:BradleyRoss\|talk]]) 16:14, 1 June 2018 (UTC)		There are two Unicode characters for the letters C and R in circles. The enclosed C and enclosed R characters are neither superscript or subscript. and registered trademark (&reg; ®) and copyright (&copy; ©) are smaller and often superscript. The copyright symbol should be used in place of enclosed C and the registered trademark symbol should be used instead of enclosed R. All registered trademarks are trademarks. Not all trademarks are registered copyrights. Therefore, the two symbols should not be used together. You should have only one of the symbols (® ™ ©) and it should appear immediately after the item it refers to. Items can have copyrights, trademarks, and service marks, but not a combination. Dictionary words, such as "number" can't be copyrighted. It might be possible to apply for a trademark or service mark, but you would have a hard time defending it in court. [[User:BradleyRoss\|BradleyRoss]] ([[User talk:BradleyRoss\|talk]]) 16:14, 1 June 2018 (UTC)
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		+	When i read the camera obscura bit i was thinking of the camera from Fatal Frame which allows its user to see/fight off ghosts. That makes more sense to me than the explanation here which is more of a projector than camera.