Editing 1110: Click and Drag

Jump to: navigation, search

Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.

The edit can be undone. Please check the comparison below to verify that this is what you want to do, and then save the changes below to finish undoing the edit.
Latest revision Your text
Line 7: Line 7:
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{TOC}}
 
{{TOC}}
*To experience the interactivity of the game, visit the {{xkcd|1110|original comic}}.
+
*To experience the interactivity, visit the [http://xkcd.com/1110/ original comic].
 
 
 
==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
 
This comic is a take on how vast and rich the world is, and on the thrill of exploring it. The world can be described as sad, as well as it can be described as wonderful, even if this seems a bit contradictory, just because it is so big and there are so many different things happening in it all at once. [[Cueball]] comments about this while hanging from a balloon, which brings to mind the expanded perspective over the landscape attained by early experimenters in overland flight.
 
This comic is a take on how vast and rich the world is, and on the thrill of exploring it. The world can be described as sad, as well as it can be described as wonderful, even if this seems a bit contradictory, just because it is so big and there are so many different things happening in it all at once. [[Cueball]] comments about this while hanging from a balloon, which brings to mind the expanded perspective over the landscape attained by early experimenters in overland flight.
Line 61: Line 60:
 
Though you can download the full view, the easiest way to browse it is through a {{w|Zooming user interface}}.
 
Though you can download the full view, the easiest way to browse it is through a {{w|Zooming user interface}}.
  
*http://victorz.ca/xkcd_map/ '''[recommended]''' (all features of following viewer plus: content highlighted, minimap, less memory and bandwidth, goes to infinity, requires up-to-date web browser)
+
*http://victorz.ca/xkcd_map/ '''[recommended]''' (all features of following viewer plus: content highlighted, minimap, less memory and bandwidth, goes to infinity)
*http://xkcd-map.rent-a-geek.de/ [alternate if above doesn't work] (zoom controls, scroll-zoom, click-and-drag, hash permalinks, full-screen)
+
*http://xkcd-map.rent-a-geek.de/ (zoom controls, scroll-zoom, click-and-drag, hash permalinks, full-screen)
 +
*http://dump.ventero.de/xkcd1110/ (zoom controls, scroll-zoom, click-and-drag, arrow keys, hash permalinks)
 +
*http://dump.ventero.de/xkcd1110/open.html (scroll-zoom, click-and-drag, hash permalinks)
  
 
==Whole Image==
 
==Whole Image==
Line 369: Line 370:
 
|-
 
|-
 
|{{1110|6|n|5|w}}
 
|{{1110|6|n|5|w}}
|[[Category:Red spiders]] from earlier comics falling from the sky
+
|[[Red spiders]] from earlier comics falling from the sky
 
|-
 
|-
 
|{{1110|1|n|5|w}}
 
|{{1110|1|n|5|w}}
Line 420: Line 421:
 
|[[Black Hat]] is seen in the picture with a {{w|gatling gun}}, probably the Imperial cannons referred in {{1110|8|n|6|e}}.  Also at bottom, a cueball is flying a paper airplane off the building.
 
|[[Black Hat]] is seen in the picture with a {{w|gatling gun}}, probably the Imperial cannons referred in {{1110|8|n|6|e}}.  Also at bottom, a cueball is flying a paper airplane off the building.
 
;Transcript
 
;Transcript
:Ponytail: We're so high up that if you threw a penny off the edge, inflation would reduce its value to $0.00999999975 by the time it landed.
+
:Ponytail: We're so high up that if you threw a penny off the edge, inflation would reduce its value to 0.00999999975 by the time it landed.
 
:[Further south, on a balcony]
 
:[Further south, on a balcony]
 
:Megan: The Wikipedia article on this balcony says the view is nice.
 
:Megan: The Wikipedia article on this balcony says the view is nice.
Line 438: Line 439:
 
|-
 
|-
 
|{{1110|2|n|2|w}}
 
|{{1110|2|n|2|w}}
|On the west side, the bottom of the construction crane. On the upper eastern side, [[Hairbun]] is laid back, relaxing in a chair while using a laptop. On the next step down, a party crowd is out on a balcony. The same idea was later used in [[1499: Arbitrage]] which implies a similar plan to extract wealth out of a small market inefficiency that, in reality, would be far too onerous to exploit, in this case reselling the free chips offered at some restaurants.  Later [[1721: Business Idea]] implies a similar plan to extract wealth out of a small market inefficiency that would be far too onerous to exploit, in this case premium gasoline at regular prize. See also the ''[[what if? (blog)|what if?]]'' {{what if|22|Cost of Pennies}} regarding why it would not be worth trying these kinds of ventures out.
+
|On the west side, the bottom of the construction crane. On the upper eastern side, [[Hairbun]] is laid back, relaxing in a chair while using a laptop. On the next step down, a party crowd is out on a balcony. The same idea was later used in [[1499: Arbitrage]] which implies a similar plan to extract wealth out of a small market inefficiency that, in reality, would be far too onerous to exploit, in this case reselling the free chips offered at some restaurants.  Later [[1721: Business Idea]] implies a similar plan to extract wealth out of a small market inefficiency that, in reality, would be far too onerous to exploit, in this case premium gasoline at regular prize. See also the [[what if?]] ''{{what if|22|Cost of Pennies}}'' regarding why it would not be worth trying these kind of ventures out.
 
;Transcript
 
;Transcript
 
:Person: I'm working at a small startup. Our business model is 'taking free drinks from industry events and reselling them.'
 
:Person: I'm working at a small startup. Our business model is 'taking free drinks from industry events and reselling them.'
Line 461: Line 462:
 
|-
 
|-
 
|{{1110|1|n|1|w}}
 
|{{1110|1|n|1|w}}
|The western wall at the base of a large building including its {{w|portico}}, a remote-control rocket-powered bicycle attempting to launch from the first terrace, a balcony on the second terrace and a {{w|satellite dish}} and other exhausts on the third. Two trees with a squirre stand in front of the building leading to a parking lot with cars and one {{w|Wienermobile}}
+
|The western wall at the base of a large building including its {{w|portico}}, a remote control rocket-powered bicycle attempting to launch from the first terrace, a balcony on the second terrace and a {{w|satellite dish}} and other exhausts on the third. Two trees with a squirre stand in front of the building leading to a parking lot with cars and one {{w|Wienermobile}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
|{{1110|14|s|1|w}}
 
|{{1110|14|s|1|w}}
Line 469: Line 470:
 
|-
 
|-
 
|{{1110|15|s|1|w}}
 
|{{1110|15|s|1|w}}
|This is a sad statement about where the Internet is right now. The Internet should be a vast and diverse place filled with new and exciting content that breaks the mold of already established media. But instead, everyone on the Internet has become a shill for their Facebook page and their Twitter stream. It feels like everything links back to these two sites. Even stuck at the bottom of a shaft, these two people care more for how many Facebook likes and twitter followers they have, than for their own lives and safety.
+
|
 
;Transcript
 
;Transcript
 
:[Deep underground. There are two shafts, the western one ends abruptly with a pile of rubble at the bottom. The other changes direction and becomes a tunnel to the east.]
 
:[Deep underground. There are two shafts, the western one ends abruptly with a pile of rubble at the bottom. The other changes direction and becomes a tunnel to the east.]
Line 620: Line 621:
 
|-
 
|-
 
|{{1110|1|n|7|e}}
 
|{{1110|1|n|7|e}}
|Level 1-1 of the original {{w|Super Mario Bros.}} This is confirmed by text on {{1110|3|s|7|e}}. Compare with [https://www.mariowiki.com/File:SMB_NES_World_1-1_Map.png screenshot]. The level's "bottomless pits" continue downward.
+
|Level 1-1 of the original {{w|Super Mario Bros.}} This is confirmed by text on {{1110|3|s|7|e}}. Compare with [http://www.mariowiki.com/images/e/e4/World_1-1_SMB.png screenshot]. The level's "bottomless pits" continue downward.
 
|-
 
|-
 
|{{1110|1|s|7|e}}
 
|{{1110|1|s|7|e}}
Line 713: Line 714:
 
|-
 
|-
 
|{{1110|11|s|11|e}}
 
|{{1110|11|s|11|e}}
|An empty black tile with symmetric coordinates (11 S, 11 E).
+
|An empty black tile with symmetric coordinates (11 N, 11 E).
 
Note, that this PNG file contains an ICC section which means that the blackness in this image is properly {{w|Color correction|color-corrected}}.
 
Note, that this PNG file contains an ICC section which means that the blackness in this image is properly {{w|Color correction|color-corrected}}.
 
|-
 
|-
Line 1,541: Line 1,542:
 
[[Category:Butterfly net]]
 
[[Category:Butterfly net]]
 
[[Category:Minecraft]]
 
[[Category:Minecraft]]
[[Category:Dynamic comics]]
 

Please note that all contributions to explain xkcd may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here.
You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see explain xkcd:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission!

To protect the wiki against automated edit spam, we kindly ask you to solve the following CAPTCHA:

Cancel | Editing help (opens in new window)