...ective location on the Earth. This is done by looking up the IP address in a database maintained by various internet service providers. Advertisers ofte
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...lip syncs it). He is apparently basing this desire on the fact that Irons, a classically trained English actor, portrayed Scar, the main antagonist in t
:Jeremy Irons: My words are a matter of PRIDE!
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This comic is a play on the well known {{w|Good cop/bad cop|Good Cop/Bad Cop}} (where one i
...As such, the entire concept of "Good Cop, Dadaist Cop" could be considered a dadaist concept in itself.
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...ould be related like this, suggesting that a high-inertia, low-gravity (or a low-inertia, high-gravity object) should be possible.
...or can't figure out, the lengthy route to his punchline, so just goes for a straightforward insult instead.
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...[[:Category:Red Spiders|red spiders]], the titular spiders are overlooking a small city. The title text implies that things won't end well, and possibly
*[[47: Counter-Red Spiders]], in which the humans begin a counter-offensive.
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.... She is distinguished from other characters by her blond hair arranged in a ponytail. Like [[Cueball]] and Megan, she doesn't necessarily represent the
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...the Valentine Prisoner's Dilemma when YOU decide not to give your partner a present but your PARTNER decides to testify against you in the armed robber
...o have a similar mindset towards the holiday: that it's arbitrary, imposes a set of demands and expectations, and is used by corporations to mandate con
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...n fire!— they continue to act evasive by telling her that she should buy a better camera. But at least here they acknowledge that the car is on fire,
...ther or time of day. The human eye is a very good judge of whiteness under a variety of lighting conditions, digital cameras often have difficulty autom
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...{{w|Sheeple}}'' is a {{w|portmanteau}} of ''sheep'' and ''people'' used as a derisive term to describe people who thoughtlessly wander through their dai
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...text = The typical internet user (who wants to share) has an IQ of 147 and a 9-inch penis. Better than the reverse, I guess
...gle to show how many hits (or web pages) are returned as relevant based on a given search replacing <X> by different numbers.
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...t = Cracked.com is another inexplicable browser narcotic. They could write a list of '17 worst haircuts in the Ottoman Empire' and I'd still read throug
...ke with the site ([[214|and Wikipedia]]) is how you will read a page, find a certain trope, which will lead to you opening another tab on your web page
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...fer to "all-you-can-eat" {{w|chicken wings}}, meaning the customer can pay a flat price and eat all the chicken wings they want without having to pay an
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...= If you get an 11/100 on a CS test, but you claim it should be counted as a 'C', they'll probably decide you deserve the upgrade.
...2. Since 4 in binary is "100" it doesn't fit into the range "1" to "10" in a binary system. And [[Megan]] doesn't even know the number "4" because she's
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...eens. It is a love it or hate it type of novel, with a large following and a large portion of haters as well.
...the Twilight forum. This results in what the original 4chan users consider a ruined imageboard.
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...r situation from a previous xkcd strip. In each panel is written a part of a song similar to the song from the Discovery Channel commercial.
Most of the panels are references to previous xkcd strips, but a few are not.
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[[Megan]] and [[Cueball]] create a new pet by putting an {{w|Eee PC}} into a {{w|hamster ball}}, allowing it to roll around.
...pre-installed with Linux. With a diagonal size of 11 inches, it would take a big hamster ball to carry it like this.
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| titletext = Don't you know? The chances of a random object being a scone are about one in six.
...e they are in, except that Beret Guy tends to be a bit surreal and brought a bag for holding pastries instead of explosive charges.
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| titletext = Eww, gross, you modified link()? How could you enjoy abusing a filesystem like that?
...f-screen. It is possible to actually do this, but it is widely regarded as a very bad idea, as it can break the system in not-so-obvious ways (mostly by
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...you to the [https//xkcd.com/980/sources/ sources and downloads] page where a list of sources and the [https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/money_huge.png full i
...life’s been stable enough that I’ve been able to really disappear into a project—I’d almost forgotten how enjoyable it can be.|[[Randall Munroe]
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...es in the study of God's creation of Man in the Book of Genesi-- HOLY SHIT A GIANT BUG!
...hes long). One [[Cueball]] is firing a gun and [[Ponytail]] is brandishing a baseball bat, while the giant mantis grabs one Cueball by the leg, dangling
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...been trying for a couple years now but I haven't been able to come up with a name dumber than 'Renesmee'.
This comic is a list of comically terrible baby names invented by Randall. It may relate to
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This became the first comic in a two comic series about the [[:Category:Etymology-Man|Etymology-Man]]. The s
...ave them as a superhero should. This, intentionally or unintentionally, is a dig at academics who prefer to talk about issues when taking action is more
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...tar ratings. Freaked me out. When I got home I tried to leave the cemetery a bad review on Yelp, but as my hand hovered over the 'one star' button I fel
...anything below 3-and-a-half stars is "bad". However, most people consider a four-star rating to be "OK", and everything below as "crap".
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...a man and a woman because in the {{w|Old Testament}} God created a man and a woman to start the human race. {{w|Adam and Eve}} are in the story in the B
...ith {{w|Cain and Abel|Abel}}, who is Adam's son, which turns the joke from a homosexual one into an incest one.
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...ers attempt to reproduce (biologically) in order to have a child to use as a test subject to understand and fix the bug, starting by reproducing it (the
...selecting a reason from perhaps a dropdown list. "Could not reproduce" is a standard reason provided in almost all of these systems, so the novel pun p
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| titletext = All long help threads should have a sticky globally-editable post at the top saying 'DEAR PEOPLE FROM THE FUTUR
...y to find solutions to the problem. Sometimes the solution can be found on a software program's website, but the most helpful solutions frequently come
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This is a comic with a take on an {{w|App store|application store}} - the most common app stores a
...uard app failed in alerting the user to an upcoming tornado. Tornadoes are a [[:Category:Tornadoes|recurring subject]] on xkcd. Also see the future comi
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...sentences are the same length in a monospaced font, but since we are using a {{w|proportional font}}, those lengths are not exact (the third line is not
...ls forced to change what he wants to type to continue the pattern could be a symptom of {{w|obsessive–compulsive disorder}}. Because of the monospaced
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...but that annoyed too many people—most of whom reasonably assumed it was a bug—and I eventually undid it.|[[Randall Munroe]], ''[https://web.archive
...om/111588569124648292310/posts/j6w9DkYApya an "actual comic"] and that for a time he made it possible to find it using the "random" button on [https://x
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...n many computer languages that causes control flow to go from one place in a program to another, without returning. Once common in computer programming,
...s a result, he is attacked by a [[velociraptor]]. Velociraptor attacks are a running joke (and fear) often expressed in [[xkcd]].
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'''Danish''' is a [[stick figure]] character in [[xkcd]]. She frequently appears with [[Black
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...e typical behavior contrasts with the first panel, presumably motivated by a desire to either dissimulate the warmer aspects of their personalities or t
[[542: Cover-Up]] provides a possible continuation of this story.
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...s as appears in this sentence or other "balanced" punctuation sets creates a mental expectation of eventual closure and completion that remains unfulfil
There is also a reference to [[312: With Apologies to Robert Frost]] which could contain th
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...his case, the plan ricochets when Danish recognizes his plan before he has a chance to implement it.
...nnection that she could give should she choose to do so. Instead, she uses a more disingenuous version of his own ploy by laying bare his intentions and
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...to his reputation though, as it turns out that the journal is just part of a plot to hurt innocent, preferably shy, girls.
...e gets to the point of it all. By rolling his eyes at her while giving her a quick glare only to resume writing, he attempts to make her feel {{w|Social
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<noinclude>:''For a list of comics, see [[:Category:Comics featuring Miss Lenhart|Comics featur
...of shoulder length and is a named version of [[Blondie]], like [[Rob]] is a named version of [[Cueball]]. She may or may not represent the same charact
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...on}}) and Megan whips a common insult, a play on the word "suck" that adds a typical city name suffix to the end of it. Other variations are: "Losercity
...st (maybe even from Megan) and searched through the census data to prepare a comeback for this time.
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| titletext = Maybe I should let up on Megatokyo a little?
...ort to uploading whatever is available (e.g. concept art, random sketches, a draft of the planned comic, etc.). Many webcomic owners prefer to upload fi
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...tree into a cringingly-awful programming pun. His parents, [[Hairbun]] and a father-Cueball, are so unamused, he's not welcome back next year.
*A tree starts at a single node, called its root.
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...aw this problem on the Google Labs Aptitude Test. A professor and I filled a blackboard without getting anywhere. Have fun.
...fic by showing them an interesting problem to solve. (This may be based on a real event—see the [[#Trivia|trivia]] section).
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...Spore}}'' is a game that was released in 2008. ''Spore'' starts you off as a small little water bug, and when you become smart enough, you leave the wat
...he comic, Cueball had just beaten the game ''{{w|Populous}}'', which is on a planet scale, so now he can go on to the interstellar scale with the game '
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...gn (as determined by judging or voting), and/or accuracy of landing within a target area - but one near-universal rule is disqualification if the egg's
...s will be 24 hours or more."</ref> — much longer than the few seconds of a typical egg drop; furthermore, the newborn {{w|Chick|chick}} cannot fly imm
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...tempts to extend the graph]] to the point the frequency exceeds 100% about a century from now, which is obviously impossible (hence the quip that the wo
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...bad-guy storm chaser and all the emotional romance crap. All you need for a good movie are tornados and scientists. Actually, that's all you need for a
...Protester|''citation needed'']]]</sup> permafrost. {{w|Permafrost}} is a layer of ground that never thaws, unlike ground closer to the equator, wher
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...the 1938 Long Island Express, but aimed a bit more to the west. It's just a matter of time.
...st before entering and can't even find the triangle. It may also simply be a reference to the statistic that Bermuda is affected by {{w|List of Bermuda
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| titletext = Wait, no, that one also loses. How about a nice game of chess?
The comic and title text is a direct reference to the movie ''{{w|WarGames}}''.
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...routed by most internet-facing routers. Most home networks that are behind a router usually have addresses such as 192.168.0.xx or 192.168.1.xx and use
...ed, {{tvtropes|TheCallsAreComingFromInsideTheHouse|the call is coming from a phone inside the victim's home}}.
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...-hole." He seems to equate creativity with class, although that seems like a leap. In any event, this is another early Black Hat strip that, for the fir
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...hen the latter would be inappropriate. This is mixed with "{{w|cunt}}" — a vulgar term for the female genitalia, considered the most offensive swear w
:Cueball: What a gosh-darned cunt.
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...(shown by the fact that she is constantly refreshing her E-mail), this is a break from her normal life, and she may not fully be realizing/acknowledgin
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...ueball]] is studying {{w|special relativity}}. The {{w|speed of light}} in a vacuum (299,792,458 m/s) is denoted as ''c''. [[Megan]] and the spaces
...ouraged from writing your own thoughts, the preference being that you have a source you're paraphrasing. Even though her claims would be true, she would
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...the mid sixties for this purpose. The "watch it for the ads" addition was a master stroke.
...that the entire Super Bowl was invented entirely for the purpose of being a distraction for car thieves. Naturally, the addition of the ads would make
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This is a parody of the short documentary {{w|Powers of Ten (film)|"Powers of 10,"}}
...sed. Since all powers of 1 are 1, the image doesn't change at all, showing a series of identical images.
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* [[60: Super Bowl]], a comic posted on February 6, 2006
* [[1480: Super Bowl]], a comic posted on January 30, 2015
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...ally unpleasant (in addition to not be especially articulate, or conveying a rambling anecdote as meaningful as he believes them to be).
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| titletext = 'ARE YOU TURNED ON YET?' 'I DON'T THINK SO--ARE YOU?' 'MAYBE A LITTLE!' 'OK, FIVE MORE MINUTES.'
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...e you being stalked by a puma, a mountain lion, a panther, a catamount, or a cougar? Trick question--in North America, they're all names for the same sp
...ll, cases this would be considered bad parenting,{{Citation needed}} hence a person who enjoys doing so should perhaps not have children.
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...: restarts) on December 21, 2012. This date is regarded as the end-date of a 5,125-year-long cycle in the calendar used by the Mayan culture. Knowing th
...itation needed}} It is worthy of note that this comic was published nearly a year ''before'' the "significant" date and that Randall predicted both the
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...n't stab Carl Kasell. He sounds all slow and stentorian, but he moves like a snake.
...nd actor {{w|Peter Sagal}}. Each episode ends with the panelists making up a potential future news story, usually with implausible "facts". This comic i
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...a spare rechargable battery, accessed via a nipple USB port. Complete with a ring of LED charge indicators in the areola!
This comic is a reference to the {{w|breast cancer}} surgery that [[Randall]]'s fiancee/wif
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Chocolate coins are a popular holiday candy, and thus this is another [[:Category:Christmas|Chris
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...s scenes in the film, in which Harry has a criminal at gunpoint, following a fire-fight. As the criminal considers reaching for the weapon he had droppe
...uld be difficult for most people to count (such as toothpicks spilled from a box) and immediately knows how many there are.
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...gnancy (yesterday: no babies, today: one), we can get 200+ children inside a single person by the seventh month of pregnancy.
...in number of husbands. Points are plotted with 0 at yesterday, 1 at today. A straight line is fitted through them.]
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...at]] explains to [[Cueball]] that a hobby of his is to pretend to write in a journal while on the subway, acting embarrassed if anyone sees. He then pro
...er see her again, thus stripping him of the satisfaction and confidence of a proper social connection. She decamps, abducting his hat in the process. (W
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...at]] explains to [[Cueball]] that a hobby of his is to pretend to write in a journal while on the subway, acting embarrassed if anyone sees. He then pro
...that he will never see her again, thus robbing him of the satisfaction of a proper social connection. She leaves, taking his hat in the process. Initia
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...at]] explains to [[Cueball]] that a hobby of his is to pretend to write in a journal while on the subway, acting embarrassed if anyone sees. He then pro
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...ucking'' to be an identifier of which jacket is being discussed, and gives a smart-aleck response implying that Cueball wears the jacket while having se
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| titletext = First person to bring me Wayne Coyne in a hamster ball gets a free t-shirt! He gets one too.
...indeed known to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd16G--UeLM crowd-surf in a giant hamster ball].
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...{w|George Lucas}} has approved of, has been released as a bonus feature on a DVD).
...ottom of the comic shows [[Cueball]], [[Megan]], and [[Ponytail]] watching a movie with alcohol - first enjoying it, then merely watching, then not watc
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...they just noticed he's been naked under that coat the whole time. There's a petition on Facebook to get Fox to un-cancel it, and one on Livejournal to
...thug he is speaking to. In the comic, Nathan Fillion is using the line on a fan, but {{w|Gina Torres}} is not standing behind [[Cueball]] this time.
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...t those who are native to a place should have more rights than immigrants. A frequently expressed view in the U.S. (and in other countries) is that immi
...the United States|Native American}} people. Although Cherokee seems to be a relatively {{w|Cherokee#Origins|young culture}}, it is much more native to
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...ear-old to do the same thing with Toy Story. Also, Pokemon hit the US over a decade ago and kids born after Aladdin came out will turn 18 next year.
...on with an adult. This proves effective, as in the final panel Rob assumes a fetal position, gripped by existential dread.
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...er of Loblaws' generic brands, {{w|President's Choice}} (PC) currently has a plain white background with black bold text for the labels on most of its p
...rence to ''{{w|The Prisoner}}'' TV series from the '60s, a dystopia set in a village (actually, "the village") locked out from the outside world. The sh
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...ed to guard locations and dispense capital punishment.}} Since the idea of a guard shark is not practical, this comic suggests that villains raise shark
...marine biology center. Cueball maintains the whole "guard sharks" idea as a cover-up, so that his minions do not catch on to the real mission.
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...n: '''B'''rackets, '''I'''ndices, '''M'''ultiplication, '''D'''ivision, '''A'''ddition and '''S'''ubtraction: there is no mnemonic, just the word "BIMDA
**{{w|Karl Marx}}, as visible in the comic, was a German philosopher and economist who, among other things, popularized the i
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| titletext = So, um. Do you want to get a drink after the game?
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...ot having realized that they are waiting outside of a building that is not a movie theater. More importantly, they have been waiting for twelve years, w
...e the enemies throughout the series. Cueball is holding a cheap replica of a {{w|lightsaber}}, which is the weapon used by the [http://starwars.wikia.co
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[[Randall]] has created a thought experiment and corresponding chart about school courses. The idea i
...de the chart is also used in the title text of [[1785: Wifi]], but this is a line graph.
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...hey did not provide free plastic bags, customers would defect, instead, to a competitor. Most shoppers view plastic bags and bagging by the store as giv
...[[Randall]] in [[951|951: Working]]). The tax has since become accepted as a fact of life, and has been quite successful at its initial goal of reducing
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...to reveal his motives. He then cryptically replies that "It was taking us a while to move the pumps into the maintenance tunnels." The confused committ
...Friday) and not over the usual schedule of three comics a week. It may be a continuation of the comic [[493: Actuarial]], in which Black Hat demonstrat
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...ts developer(s). Stallman has expressed that he did not even wish to be in a comic using the phrase '''Open Source''' (see the [[#Trivia|trivia section]
...r them, and thus sleep with weapons near their beds. Stallman has received a Katana due to this comic (see the [[#Trivia|trivia]] section).
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...ertarian}} and a {{w|Republican Party (United States)|Republican}}. He has a very dedicated and vocal base of supporters who believe that he is [[1083|t
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...the lot, then built a new car in the spot from the displaced pieces. It's a confusing maneuver known as the auto-troll shuffle.
...ased, Senate confirmation hearings occurred rapidly after a president made a nomination and were expected to prevent unsuitable candidates from being gi
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...ble to get the trolls on him faster than if he didn't have it. This may be a {{w|Densha Otoko}}[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Densha_Otoko_(TV_series)]
...uld be a reference to former President {{w|Harry S. Truman}}, who operated a failed haberdashery in the early 1920s.
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...augurated in January 2009 was Barack Obama, who has gone on to demonstrate a tactical use of the Internet (including the more frivolous aspects of it) f
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...[http://www.threadless.com/product/187/I_Park_Like_an_Idiot politely leave a note], or (if possible) just move their car (whether to its proper alignmen
...he remainder of the space. It is now legally parked, but will never become a functional car again.{{Citation needed}} But at least Black Hat finally has
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...ting totals are compared for a 50%+ winner. This process is repeated until a winner is determined.
:[Ponytail stands at a podium behind a lectern, giving a speech.]
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...hat are the odds -- five Ayn Rand fans on the same train! Must be going to a convention.
...e thing, meaning that they are all sheeple. The comic can also be taken as a warning to not assume that you have more consciousness than someone else, s
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...holding a {{w|smartphone}}, tells [[White Hat]] that everyone now carries a computer in their pocket, and refers to how it is always on-line (connected
...{w|cryogenics}}''' (hence the title) far enough for humans to survive such a deep freeze, and then she climbs into her homemade chamber and plans to ski
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...9 were all released between the 1930s and 1970s. It conspicuously excludes a number of more modern songs that seem ubiquitous, but this is because those
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{{w|Merlin}} is a wizard who features prominently in various retelling of the legend of King
...emento}}'' is a movie telling the main parts of its story backwards, while a few black-and-white scenes are straightforward. So when Merlin watches the
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...ionary] provides a good definition of "someone or something that gives off a bad feeling".
...ould be a pickup line delivered by a person attempting to solicit sex from a stranger.
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...while I'm doing it and ask what I'm up to, and I won't be able to think of a lie.
...immediately peeing again. And as in the image above, he would be stuck in a loop.
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...d, they want their Y back." In a common version, the "X" in this phrase is a year, or era, and "Y" is something that was common in that time, but is now
...t on {{w|Amazon}} around late 2008. Like many memes, it became popular for a short period, but rapidly became outdated.
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...in the tower}} who needs saving, by helping to save seafarers by operating a lighthouse that helps them to find their way safely back home.
...ion to spend her breaks at Megan's lighthouse suggests that she finds this a more attractive prospect than her more conventional path.
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..., and Seltzer & Friedberg DVD collection didn't tip you off, there will be a $20 negligence charge for this service.
...not the first one she betrayed. He thinks that the society should provide a service that collects reports about such notorious liars, warning future da
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...tead of providing better essays and science fair projects, possibly create a monster robot with 6 mechanical legs apparently able to pick up and throw c
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...etext = According to every stud finder I've tried to use, my walls contain a rapidly shifting network of hundreds and hundreds of studs.
''It sounds like you may be interested in my new product, a—'' '''stud finder finder.'''
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...llegal immigrants who create room for themselves by killing a citizen, and a graduated income tax based on penis size. He has been endorsed by Tracy Mor
...r's failure to specify between percentage and percentage ''points'' causes a little ambiguity that gets on Randall's nerves.
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...prototype, then tell her, 'I don't expect you to date me just because I'm a rocket scientist, but you've gotta admit--this is pretty fucking impressive
...me, [[Cueball]] is showing [[Black Hat]] something about the SLS, possibly a video on his phone or other portable electronic device.
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...e apparently taking on the order of 24 hours. (This comic was published on a Monday morning.)
...er, it is currently occupied by a visiting {{w|Nelson Mandela}}, who is on a tour of the school.
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This is a reference to a famous {{w|-gry puzzle#Alternative versions|joke}} (see the first of the me
...orrect answer "the English language" because Cueball has accidentally used a longer phrase instead. Thus, Cueball has communicated badly both intentiona
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...idered ideal for Scantron use because the graphite is soft enough to leave a dark mark but hard enough to not smudge, both aspects that improve the perf
...ine to explode, <s>killing</s> seriously harming people nearby and leaving a bloody mess.
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...e anxiety of having a first child, particularly an unplanned child, and is a play on the double meaning of the expression "do what comes naturally".
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...simply dismisses her disbelief and wants to go back to pretending to lead a normal life.
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...tletext = It only works a few times before you have to capsize the boat in a soap lagoon again.
...st stage of blowing a bubble. The main character is clearly surprised when a bubble is actually formed by the filled sail.
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...rry's Brownie Batter(tm) ice cream [link], then take out my frustration on a variety of great flash games from PopCap Games(r) [link]
...computer does not pass a {{w|CAPTCHA}} test and is unable to prove she is a human.
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...own Windows Secure Attention Sequence which opens Task Manager or displays a list of options which includes 'Shut Down' and 'Restart') as suggested by M
...{{w|Windows Vista}}, to which Cueball agrees. The joke is that Megan deems a mostly non-functional and vaguely sinister OS, which is likely malware, bet
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...ion that minimizes the gap between the most-used and least-used digit (for a representative sample of common cook times) without altering any time by mo
...aves his food for one minute fifty-nine seconds instead of two minutes, as a one-second difference is negligible.
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...become increasingly widespread in urban parlance. [[Beret Guy]] is reading a research paper presumably discussing {{w|Dark Flow}}, an observed anomaly i
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The strip shows [[Cueball]] throwing a boomerang four times, each time finding difficulty in catching it.
The third time, a shark somehow returns to him.<br>
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This comic is a sequel of sorts to [[445: I Am Not Good with Boomerangs]], as it deals with
...looks downwards in the rightmost panel as if in shame. In [[939: Arrow]], a boomerang returns to Cueball, which can either be the same Cueball from thi
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...be the same Cueball that now finally has his boomerang return to him after a long time (464 comics and nearly three years later). This would really frea
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[[Cueball]] is walking according to a certain pattern of floor tiles, which makes sense to him in his head (the s
Cueball has imagined a complex diagram in his head. However, the diagram does not accurately refle
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{{w|The Pirate Bay}} is a website dedicated to facilitating {{w|BitTorrent}} downloads of popular med
...rs themselves handle all of the bandwidth issues. This approach is used by a number of websites for completely legal downloads (it's popular among small
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...shows an elaborate plan. The mother and her ducklings will always walk in a line. The ducklings will either follow their mother, or the duckling in fro
...ing to start following the last duckling, causing the ducklings to walk in a loop. Hence the caption at the end - "Operation: Duckling Loop." However, e
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...iktionary|zealous|"eager" or "enthusiastic."}} The utility manages to find a secure access point named "Lenhart Family," presumably [[Miss Lenhart]]'s h
...by many computer users). When this fails, the program attempts to exploit a {{w|Wired Equivalent Privacy|WEP}} vulnerability, which surprises Cueball.
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...e S to be any set. 2: When I reach step three, if S hasn't managed to find a well-ordering relation for itself, I'll feed it into this wood chipper. 3:
...ocular term used mainly in mathematics. It refers to a style of presenting a purported mathematical proof by giving an argument loaded with jargon and a
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...er anatomy of the human body, the effects of friction, what goes on inside a beehive, and many others.
...top left is a ringed planet, perhaps {{w|Uranus}} and in the background is a complex {{w|Feynman diagram}}.
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...he Jack-O'-Lantern in the 3rd frame is the typical and standard design for a carved pumpkin.
...interviewer that talks in three of the panels is called an Interlocutor: "a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation."
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...y spread misinformation but make said misinformation seem reliable through a process of "circular reporting".
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[[Black Hat]] has once again showed everyone that he is a [[classhole]], with a plan to block traffic on presumably the {{w|Escalator#Longest individual es
* The up escalator leads to a fare gate where there are employees staffed near an elevator control kiosk
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...l fee one can select their own "personalized" license plate number (called a {{w|vanity plate}}), subject to certain criteria, and availability.
...e font than others, but often when a crime is committed witnesses only has a short time to look at the plate, and will then be confused.
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...ucture and formality is considered antiquated in most western cultures; as a result, we don't have any of the straightforward cues.
...icated" status instead. And he does so with a phrasing very reminiscent of a formal way to propose to marry someone ("Will you be my wife?").
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...sal solution to this problem: Any 2D map projection will always distort in a way the spherical reality. Many projections have been proposed in various c
...map projection can reveal aspects of their personality, then goes through a series of them to show what they can mean.
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The comic shows - in human language - part of the conversations that a browser and web server do in order to get the right page. The protocol they
...going to be in portrait orientation, so restyling it accordingly) is often a continuing problem. As are the continual intrusive popovers 'suggesting' th
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...iosity of scientists, they quickly decide to use the microscope to look at a number of different things.
...and so on. Such things that obviously look pretty horrific when magnified a few hundred times. Cueball and Megan never suspected what they would find,
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...ecapitulate the history of window management. Someday we'll have xmonad as a Firefox extension.
...started with the duo introducing themselves as "I'm a Mac..." "...and I'm a PC."
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...erating systems and software. As such, the subtext is that somebody buying a complete pre-packaged home computer system at Best Buy wouldn't know or car
...exploits and fool last-month's antivirus software, it is quite prudent for a Windows PC owner to always keep their malware protection absolutely up-to-d
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...a tree to deal with it for good. Unfortunately, that one balloon was 'land a rocket on the moon in Kerbal Space Program.'
...her two to rise, presumably out of Cueball's reach, as the pullout reveals a plethora of other balloons already rising too high, some of which describe
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...hink it's just a fantasy, but since your Dad walked out your Mom could use a guy like me," and this is the line the comic is referencing, with Stacy's D
...she "has a lot going on," which means that she has issues that would make a relationship difficult.
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...ols, if a function is drawn as a graph, the derivative of that function at a given point is equal to the slope of that graph at that point. However, the
The pun is that Newton is claiming that Leibniz's mathematical derivative is a derivative, or descendant, from his earlier development of this calculus.
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...scation}} to plain text both to make it harder to read, and to show off in a creative way using in-group jargon.
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...le HQ ({{w|Head Quarters}}). His friend starts out by dismissing Google as a "corporate idea factory," but from the rest of his speech, we can infer tha
...like the Internet." This misguided action is a sign of how much he wanted a position.
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...waves, which would allow them to finally destroy Kansas and Nebraska with a devastating but majestic grain laser.
...ned to the waves in the ocean, as the wind can make the wheat move in such a way as to resemble waves.
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...ugh the door of the wardrobe, space and time knot together, which leads to a frustrated Aslan trying to impart Christian morality to the Space sphere.
...e wardrobe sits at the bottom of the ocean in 2 km depth, which means that a steady stream of water at an approximate velocity of 200 meters per second
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...f society, or the study of groups of people and their interactions. Since a group of people is composed of many individuals, one could say that it is a
...rse—data which mathematics does not and cannot on its own provide. Later a similar setup was used in [[2057: Internal Monologues]], although here the
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...e rotating cursor above the fixture is, in fact, a monument to Steve Jobs. A similar [[:Category:Tribute|tribute comic]] was also dedicated to {{w|Terry
...e damage is irrevocable, a {{w|Kernel Panic}} happens and the system needs a restart.
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...shev civilizations eventually completely enclose their planetary system in a Dyson sphere because space is way too big to look at all the time.
...d for space telescopes like the {{w|James Webb Space Telescope}}, in which a large occulter would fly in formation with that telescope.
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...n the bee stings, something unexpected happens, or a program crashes (e.g. a {{w|Segmentation fault|segfault}}), the victim often reacts by swearing.
...first place and stop them cold. In a close game near the end of the race, a player can go from first to an unrecoverable last in one hit.
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...o read (and potentially 'grep' for incriminating terms) and to show off in a creative way using in-group jargon. The comic is narrated by [[Cueball]] as
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...," which frustrated software manufacturers tell users when confronted with a simple question (most likely answered in the manual).
...re). Even if a man page existed, it is unreasonable to require the user of a toaster to read the manual simply to avoid being stabbed in the face.{{Cita
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...be fit on the chart. Ever spent half an hour trying to open a coconut with a rock? Fuck coconuts.
This comic consists of a chart where [[Randall]] has plotted {{w|fruits}} according to two criteria:
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...about the virus in ways that weren't going to be threats. This comic pokes a bit of fun at the overreaction by users on {{w|Twitter}} (rebranded as "X",
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...w days or some weeks. Assuming that ''How much she's still in my life'' is a constant [Megan], [https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=dP%2Fdt+%3D+%28-k1
...eally be extremely large. Either of these scenarios approach what would be a situation where the value of ''dPain/dt'' is close to zero. But we don't kn
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...a sign reading "[<font color="blue"><u>Citation needed</u></font>]" during a political speech. The sign text is based on the {{w|Wikipedia:Citation need
...w|Constitution of the United States|U.S. constitution}}. "Semi-protect" is a reference to the {{w|Wikipedia:Semi-protection policy|Wikipedia semi-protec
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...he crew members have to live together with little room (the ship) for such a long time, with possibilities of failure, getting lost or dying for various
...ds are like islands or regions which the chess pieces explore, coming from a chess board.
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...affected, and all so he could enjoy a lower price, once again proving he's a [[classhole]].
...ns is a classic thought experiment which posits a group of farmers sharing a common grazing field. It would be in each farmer's self interest to graze a
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...ular at amusement parks, where people have to wait in long lines to get on a ride that can last less than two minutes.
...eriencing the ride. After you get off the ride, you can buy one picture or a set of pictures to commemorate riding the roller coaster. These pictures us
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...panel, the character with hair admits that all he can think about is what a great [[LiveJournal]] post their trip would make. It appears that the plan
...LiveJournal was an early social network and an early blog platform and was a good way for people to let others know what was going on in their lives. Ra
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...ht}}" or "{{w|private jet}}," or even something joking or in fiction (like a "{{w|TARDIS}}").
...a less fancy vehicle was wealthier than they looked, as they could afford a fancy car (they simply chose to drive the clunker that day). The designer o
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...ights on, or is blocking another car, or is about to be towed, or similar. A license plate is sometimes included to allow the owner to identify that it
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...whereas when someone took time to do something right in the past, they're a master artisan of great foresight.
...ssing ''any'' table condiment (which salt is not; in culinary terms, it is a seasoning. Condiments are liquid-based complements, such as ketchups, musta
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The {{w|right-hand rule}} is a mathematics and physics trick to learning how to find the {{w|cross product
...mes that the safety latch is consistently on the same side of all guns; if a gun was made with the safety latch on the other side, then it would give in
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...only actually eaten half a pound. A more correct statement would be "I ate a large amount of chocolate."
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...tudy was overseen by Dvorak himself). And the 'slow typists down' thing is a myth. Also EMACS RULES VI DROOLS WOOOOOOO!
...the QWERTY layout, and were unwilling to take the time and effort to learn a new one.
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...verage person's lifespan is 80 years now. So, while immortality may become a reality within the coming century, [[Ponytail]] won't live long enough to a
...xt and basic knowledge. Until we start 'raising' compilers (like you would a child) compilers will not possess that feature. Hence the need for the prog
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...s (from 1:00 pm to 2:53 pm). The number 2 is the smallest prime but is not a factor of 253, which is an odd number. The smallest prime factor of 253 is
...igit number rather than a three digit number. The number 1,453 is actually a prime number, and so has no factors but one and itself. Cueball has less th
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...ng ourselves, oblivious to our pending obsolescence' thought the human, as a nearby Dell Inspiron contentedly displayed the same bouncing geometric shap
...other games. At the time of this comic, Go was one of the last games where a computer can still be beaten by top humans (see [[1002: Game AIs]]). Howeve
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...going through the alphabet (excluding Q, U, X, Y, and Z) and resetting at "A" at the beginning of the year. For example, the North Atlantic storms in 20
...e-of-greek ended the use of the Greek alphabet] (broken link) and unveiled a supplementary list of names to be used in event of exhaustion.
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...tle text refers to the clicking and grinding noises of a dying hard drive, a sound similar to some techno songs. The title text suggests that this actua
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...that old versions of {{w|Microsoft Word}} used. He advises Cueball to use a format based on an open standard, possibly ODF, ODT, ODS, ODP, or {{w|OpenD
...s would be concerned about). Given that it can be a challenge to move from a familiar proprietary application to an open-source rival which may lack com
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...nto your world and everyone freaked out about the lesbian orgy overseen by a priest.
...of discovering a new dimension, where a sphere introduces a square (named A. Square) to {{w|Three-dimensional space|3D}}. [[Cueball]] appears to have t
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Randall proposes the idea of a refrigerator with conveyor belts tuned to different speeds such that food i
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{{w|MTV}} stands for "Music Television", which is the name of a US-based cable channel, founded in 1981, specifically focusing on popular m
...eople today either don't watch MTV, or have no idea that it was originally a music channel. Teenagers today are the children of "the MTV generation" (an
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This comic is a homage to {{w|Charles Schulz}}, the creator of the comic {{w|Peanuts}}, who
:[Black Hat and Cueball sit in a room.]
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...ust lying--it's like an example you'd make up if you had to illustrate for a child why lying is wrong.
...ls that the comic is a parable about {{rw|homeopathy}}. The comic title is a play on {{rw|alternative_medicine|alternative medicine}}.
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...points.</ref> Cueball calibrates and installs his elliptical dish in such a way that all the sound coming from his loud girlfriend's head during sex is
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...ng a decidedly non-traditional set of gifts, but making clear that this is a touching expression of love between these two parties.
...an already immense pile of weird things including balloons and a cage with a bird.
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''{{w|Firefly (TV series)|Firefly}}'' was a television series aired by {{w|Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox}} in 2002. The
...wo Electric Skateboards]], [[409: Electric Skateboard (Double Comic)]] and a panel in [[442: xkcd Loves the Discovery Channel]].
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...rgone, she was known for making odd, out-of-context statements. Randall is a fan of ''Firefly'', and makes reference to it (and Summer Glau in particula
...skateboard, so it took control of his board, where Mal's stood still. (Buy a few RC models ({{w|Radio-controlled model}}) to play with friends and inevi
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...reators had to use the top panels on throwaway gags or else the readers of a space-saving newspaper would be missing key parts of the strip.
...board|motorized skateboards}}. A {{w|Longboard (skateboard)|longboard}} is a skateboard that is longer, used for downhill races, and skating through les
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...teboards I owned were pretty cheap and broke from heavy use; I'm gonna get a really nice one if I move to the city.
...s comic). This comic shows a simple move where [[Cueball]] drives one from A to B.
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...ters), wondering whether or not that was a record, which makes him imagine a sport where extending the tape measure as far as possible was the goal.
...metal tape might be laid out) and not habitually involving curves (as with a draper's cloth tape).
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..., after having been stripped of all his weapons, equipment, and clothes in a desert. [[Cueball]] is mentally overloaded by this image (either aroused or
...the pursuer, which does not have the ability to make such a rapid turn. In a ''Firefly''-class vessel, it is performed by temporarily reversing the dire
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...d', regardless of whether it's true in actuality. {{w|Adobe Photoshop}} is a popular {{w|Graphics software|image manipulation tool}} used to manipulate
...e iris of an eye contains all kinds of odd colored spots - and there's not a JPEG algorithm in sight.
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...eference to the very popular comic [[149: Sandwich]], which has now become a geek culture catch-phrase.
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...n the "E" and the "x". When [[Cueball]] looks at the logo, he instead sees a wild scene including {{w|Guy Fawkes}}, {{w|Willie Mays}} and an {{w|assault
...rliament}} in 1605. {{w|Guy Fawkes mask|His likeness}} is nowadays used as a symbol of protest, most famously in the graphic novel and movie "{{w|V For
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...in a nerdy way), causing great damage to the house with what appears to be a garden hose and some dynamite.
Stopping a lava flow by diverting it into an artificial trench or cooling the flow wit
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...ld's version of the internet to gain extreme political influence. Below is a synopsis:
...has become the leader of the world, and Valentine runs away with Ender to a planet formerly inhabited by Buggers to live out their lives in peace.
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...ning in it all at once. [[Cueball]] comments about this while hanging from a balloon, which brings to mind the expanded perspective over the landscape a
...n outside that panel. The image displayed at first turns out to be part of a huge landscape, filled with big or small things, humorous details, people h
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...e in anal sex, and an insult, as in "you silly bugger"). Ender is taken to a space school called Battle School. At the center of Battle School is the Ba
...with their own feet, and unprecedented angles of attack) and leads them to a perfect winning streak.
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...is likely to show that she is piloting the aircraft recklessly compared to a normal pilot.
...umbers behind the wings at 27. Below, going over the wing pointing down is a frame with light gray background and the following text:]
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..., engaged in their own solo pursuits. Without any preamble, Megan answers a question that has not been asked, pointing out to Cueball that he would not
...uite obsessed with this particular topic, although, if you interpret it as a response to Cueball's thoughts in the last panel it could remain ambiguous.
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...ed becomes an arduous or even impossible task. Here, this idea is taken to a ridiculously (and amusingly) extreme level, where the attempt to install an
...lly changed to "Only two remote holes in the default install, in a heck of a long time!" That their only standing security issue would be shark attacks
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| titletext = For a thousand generations we vowed never to forget how his soldiers feasted on o
:''When a poor man came in sight, gath'ring winter fuel.''
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...nd {{w|wingsuit}} flyer, like in the fourth panel. Corliss has jumped from a lot of different buildings and monuments in the world. He's publicly taken
...tect any evidence of extraterrestrial life. The name apparently arose from a discussion between {{w|Enrico Fermi}} and several other physicists, in whic
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[[Cueball]] is a [[:Category:News anchor|news anchor]] reporting on a hurricane.
...cognitive development#Sensorimotor Stage|Piaget Stage 5}} in the comic is a reference to {{w|Jean Piaget|Piaget}}'s {{w|Piaget's theory of cognitive de
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...is pretty high on the unsexy name scale (if there was one) especially for a porn actor, although it may attract people with weird sexual fetishes. In t
...ast name. Additionally, the title text references comic [[327: Exploits of a Mom]] in which [[Mrs. Roberts]] puts {{w|SQL}} instructions into her son's
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| titletext = Yes, I understand that the turn is half a mile past the big field, but my GPS knows that, too. This would be easier i
The title text is a continuation of the comic's joke. By the end of the comic, Cueball has got
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| titletext = Yes, there are a lot of longing looks across the bridge of Galactica first, but that's besid
[http://www.amazon.com/dp/0811855511 ''Porn for Women''] is a popular illustrated humor book that features exactly what the comic says.
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...where everything is just slightly bigger than you, and a Mario level with a star just out of reach.
...l}} is a {{w|Religion#Mythology|mythological and/or religious concept}} of a posthumous punishment for wrongdoers, depicted in many religions as eternal
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...t from his reaction, he apparently believes that Two Black Hats represents a considerable danger to him. Black Hat knows how dangerous he is to those wi
...poles of a magnet, although this does not explain why it only starts after a beat panel.
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...toiletries from the bathroom, or deleting the partner's phone number from a cell phone. This is used to symbolize that the character has accepted the e
...t she is no longer a part of his life, where most people would consider it a routine administrative task.
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| titletext = And if you drive a typical car more than a mile out of your way for each penny you save on the per-gallon price, it do
...working below the minimum wage when they spend their time looking to save a few cents on their purchases. (Randall's math checks out: $7.25/hour times
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...the password down on a post-it attached to the monitor. On the other hand, a password such as "correct horse battery staple" is hard for computers to gu
...next character of a password is. It is calculated as ''log2(a^b)'' where ''a'' is the number of allowed symbols and ''b'' is its length.
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...ped a more logical set of rules but the people on the chess community have a bunch of stupid emotional biases and won't reply to my posts.
{{w|Chess}} is a millennia-old board game in which two players take turns moving one of thei
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...odel. Having two cars with turn signals flashing at the same rate would be a rare event.
..., however, takes it as an opportunity to strike up a conversation and make a new friend.
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...ody murder most likely performed by them has left. This story may thus be a continuation of [[515: No One Must Know]].
...or behind him, still standing open. He is greeted by Black Hat holding out a hand towards him. The corner of the room and the wall behind them and past
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...g 11). It is a computer software system and network protocol that provides a basis for graphical user interfaces (GUIs) and rich input device capability
...the server do not need to be on the same system; X11 frequently runs over a network connection. This adds considerably to the complexity of the mechani
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...eriment was indeed found to be flawed]; the data was probably wrong due to a faulty connection on an optical fiber.
...ort that neutrinos have been found travelling faster than light challenges a fundamental law of physics and turns all of physics, or at least {{w|specia
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...called [[1731: Wrong]], but here it is not the other people who are wrong! A callback to this comic was made in [[2051: Bad Opinions]].
...emotionally involved in Internet arguments at the expense of real life is a terrible, terrible idea.
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...A Date? What does the Valentine I received really mean? Friendship? Love? A covert request for sex? (see [[63: Valentine - Heart]]). As an example of t
...sses love in various forms, so between them, [[Randall Munroe]] and he are a good team to consider working on "subverting the hetero-normative paradigm.
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...Drop}} in a tree, placed in such a way as to simulate the tree itself has a USB port.
...hat it has nothing else to give. The man tells the tree that he only wants a tree stump to sit on, and the tree gladly gives him that. Notably, the tree
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...not married yet, or it should have been noted on the graph). The labels of a heart and smiley represent Cueball's feelings for her and happiness accordi
...t and second, -0.83 for all three. Either way, it looks like there becomes a strong negative association between times passed and Cueball's love. The sa
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...d readers. It is written inside a parody of the {{w|Sierpinski Triangle}}, a Sierpinski Valentine.
[[File:SierpinskiTriangle.jpg|frame|A Sierpinski triangle.]]
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The comic shows a Valentines card that starts off nicely, but then "[http://knowyourmeme.com/
The title text implies that this is being offered as a Valentine that someone might give and then "pretend" that they were kidding
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...e a crossword puzzle, is similar to the way that a Karnaugh map is used on a Boolean truth table, to identify areas that can be simplified. [http://www.
...cture and text alongside it show [[Cueball]]'s desire that there should be a way to simplify complications in love, just like Karnaugh maps for Boolean
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| titletext = We can't let this happen again. We need to build a secure TWO-day-before-retirement safe room.
...ement to avoid retirony. Unfortunately this merely results in tragedy when a cop is killed the day before being sequestered.
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...ntitled and/or bullying attitude, does not like it, but since there is not a specific rule against it, it has to be allowed.
The title text implies that, as a result of similar instances of animal recruitment in the past, rule changes
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..., but typically would not dye other body hair, essentially asking "Are you a 'natural' red-head/blonde/etc.?" The classic question doesn't mention uphol
...case, is the woman's hair, which is colored and heavily bordered to create a 3D effect, which does not at all match the rest of this comic. The fact tha
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| titletext = Friggin' modern tents don't have a single piece of rope.
...{{w|Virginia creeper}} is a plant with 5 green leaves that can be used as a rope. He then points out that {{w|Toxicodendron radicans|poison ivy}} is an
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...drite, so it's basically a lump of gravel glued into the shape of a sword. A SPACE sword!
...counterparts. The salesman in the comic is [[Beret Guy]], who appears with a beard for only this comic.
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...' is a reference to Mark chapter 5 in the Bible, in which Jesus throws out a group of demons that call themselves Legion, [http://www.biblegateway.com/p
...news/archive/2009-02/18/wikileaks-forced-to-leak-own-secret-info published a leaked list] of some of their anonymous donors, following their then-policy
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''{{w|The Game (mind game)|The Game}}'' is a virus-like mind game. The rules are as follows:
...think of the game, causing them to lose the game as well, which may cause a chain reaction with people all around announcing that they lost the game.
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...dults, just a sea of hundreds of the little girl figures closing in around a single cat.
...t of stick figures to depict the parents and children, perhaps shown doing a favorite activity, and even pets.
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| titletext = I don't know about houseflies, but we definitely caught a lot of fruit flies with our vinegar bowl. Hooray science!
When [[Cueball]]'s friend tells him this after he replies to a "{{W|noob}}" using swear words, he then says that the saying is literally f
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...I drive through sometimes that has a forward green arrow, a red light, and a 'no turns' sign all on one pole. I honestly have no idea what it's telling
...sometimes have additional signals such as arrows indicating go or stop for a specific direction such as left or right turns.
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This comic refers to massachussetts driving were very few intersections make a shred of sense because they were all designed for horse drawn carriages.
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| titletext = I dropped a bird and I didn't hear it hit bottom.
Which way is 'down' is a little more complicated, as both the absolute and relative direction use th
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...a cliché. After thinking a bit, the new student makes a poster that uses a lens to reverse the rainbow into another prism, likely to mess with his new
In the title text, Randall makes the joke that by recording a record under the name "PINK FTFY" (fixed that for you), the name of his ban
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...in {{w|New York City}} was blown up by a "controlled demolition". This is a fairly {{rw|9/11#Molten_steel_was_found_in_the_basement_seven_weeks_later.2
...s statement that "jet fuel can't burn hot enough to melt steel" references a common argument used by conspiracy theorists in references to the attacks.
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...mostly "witnessed" in teenage group participation games, often as part of a game of truth or dare. This is Bloody Mary's first appearance in xkcd, the
...the former book, among many other discussions of infinite loops, he points a television camera at the screen on which its image is projected, forming an
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...le with a genie inside, but the genie misunderstood his wish, and gave him a 12-inch pianist.
...''pianist'' sounds similar to the word ''penis''. The man considers having a larger member to be desirable (presumably due to the stereotype that it wil
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...cause them to fall. The line of music in the comic is a piano reduction of a well-known song, linked [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ here].
:Pausing in-store music for a split second and watching the ex-marching band kids stumble.
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...a solution. The driver fails to regain control of the car and plunges over a cliff.
*Otherwise, find a safe place to coast to a stop, if possible, or else
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This comic seems to be a follow up to [[1115: Sky]].
...{{w|cloud computing}} and specifically {{w|cloud storage}}, and looks like a follow up to [[1032: Networking]]. The obvious joke is that, instead of...
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...nd you and think "some engineer was frustrated while designing this." It's a little human connection.
...eader that just because they were unlucky enough to encounter something in a way that was inconvenient for no obvious reason, doesn't mean there is no r
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...) famously climbs through ventilation ducts and walks across broken glass. A major plot point is that the antagonists communicate through radio, just li
...the internet. This evidently concerns the man on the phone, who knows that a good sysadmin is an unstoppable force once started.
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.... Some of the zeros and ones are red instead of black to form the shape of a Valentine heart.
...mixture of upper-case and lower-case "O"s is presumed intentional to avoid a repeating pattern.
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| titletext = A veteran Scrabble player will spot the "OSTRICH" option.
...s}}," which is an inappropriate word for a family Scrabble game, but gives a 50-point bonus for using all seven tiles. The title text points out that th
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