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I think the FORTH in the title text also references the CIA statue, which is a cryptogram with 3 parts solved and the fourth part remains unsolved. Possibly also the date May fourth, which was a popular topic on reddit because of Star Wars (and because this comic was posted just after May 4). [[Special:Contributions/173.245.50.102|173.245.50.102]] 18:33, 5 May 2017 (UTC)
 
 
No. Unlike the computer on which the Forth language was developed, comics allow words with more than 5 letters to be used, so if it was a reference to these it would have been spelled 'Fourth'. The programming language would also have been spelled that way if Chuck Moore had had a decent computer (but maybe then he wouldn't have invented the language). He reckoned it was a fourth-generation language, superseding third-gen languages like C or Pascal. We all have blind spots about the potential of our pet projects. Or kids. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.38.28|162.158.38.28]] 13:01, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
 
 
I know Elonka (the CIA Kryptos expert), and I think she'd disagree. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.54.58|172.68.54.58]] 15:37, 6 May 2017 (UTC)
 
 
Please describe JSON table.  Apparently it's some type of programming language that is so popular that Google can't find a definition among all the examples.--[[Special:Contributions/162.158.62.21|162.158.62.21]] 17:11, 6 May 2017 (UTC)
 
 
Could the reference to "tactical" flashlights be a dig at the current practice of taking a standard flashlight and adding things like crenelated bezels, high-powered LEDs, multiple flashing modes, heavy casings etc.? "Tactical" has turned into a nearly meaningless advertising buzzword, as a current search on Amazon ([https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=%22tactical+flashlight%22&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3A%22tactical+flashlight%22 "tactical flashlight"]) turns up over 20,000 listings.[[User:These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For|These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For]] ([[User talk:These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For|talk]]) 03:44, 7 May 2017 (UTC)
 
 
Does the timing of Halley's comet meteor shower apply to the last panel?
 
[[User:Amber|Amber]] ([[User talk:Amber|talk]]) 18:28, 7 May 2017 (UTC)
 
 
As I review this series of comics, I really wonder if the text is intended to be set to music, and if so what pop song it scans against. Any takers? [[User:JohnHawkinson|JohnHawkinson]] ([[User talk:JohnHawkinson|talk]]) 06:13, 12 May 2017 (UTC)
 
 
I believe this comic strip is a reference to the Deadpool movie, in which the main character, Wade, is given a battery of insults by his best friend.  If you look at the behind the scenes footage, you will see that the person giving the insults actually has a much longer barrage of insults before Deadpool ultimately states his impatience, and that the list of insults was actually quite enough as-is.  Watch it and you will see the similarities.[[Special:Contributions/172.68.146.14|172.68.146.14]] 10:51, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
 

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