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{{comic | {{comic | ||
| number = 584 | | number = 584 | ||
− | | date = | + | | date = November 25, 2012 |
| title = Unsatisfied | | title = Unsatisfied | ||
| image = unsatisfied.png | | image = unsatisfied.png | ||
− | | titletext = Forever comparing, never evaluating on any external scale. If you were a sort function, you'd never break the nlogn barrier. | + | | imagesize = |
+ | | titletext = 'Forever comparing, never evaluating on any external scale. If you were a sort function, you'd never break the nlogn barrier.' | ||
}} | }} | ||
==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | [[Cueball]] is trying to decide if he wants to stay with [[Ponytail]] who he is currently dating or leave her and have a relationship with [[Megan]]. The comic suggests that no matter which one he chooses he will never truly achieve happiness because of his longing for the option he chose not to take. In a sense this is a {{w|no-win situation}} | + | In this comic [[Cueball]] is trying to decide if he wants to stay with [[Ponytail]] who he is currently dating or leave her and have a relationship with [[Megan]]. The comic suggests that no matter which one he chooses he will never truly achieve happiness because of his longing for the option he chose not to take. In a sense this is a {{w|No-win_situation|no-win situation}}. |
− | The title text is referring to a concept in computer science | + | The title text is referring to a concept in computer science, all {{w|Comparison_sort|comparison based sorting algorithms}} are incapable of sorting an arbitrary set of n values faster then an order of n*log(n)*k where k is an arbitrary constant and n is the number of values to compare. |
− | + | If [[Cueball]] was capable of establishing an external scale he could use use {{w|Bucket_sort|bucket sort}} or different order n {{w|Sorting_algorithm|sorting algorithm}}, but as he does not know what the best thing for him is he can't establish limits and thus he can't achieve this. | |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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− | : | + | :[Cueball, Ponytail, and Megan stand stand looking at each other.] |
− | : | + | :[Cueball considers who he wants to be with.] |
− | + | :[Cueball thinks of the different bedroom activities the two prefer.] | |
− | : | + | :[Cueball thinks of the different ways that the two women spend their free time.] |
− | : | + | :[Cueball thinks of how happy he could be with the woman he did not choose.] |
− | + | :[Cueball, even in death, thinks of being dead in a grave near the woman he did not choose.] | |
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
+ | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan??]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]] | ||
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