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== Weather radar ==
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A {{w|weather radar}} is a device which uses the reflection of radio waves from rain or snow to detect where there is rainfall. The information from the radar is then shown on a map. In this case green means light rain while red or white represent very heavy rain - possibly a {{w|thunderstorm}}. In this case the speaker (who is located where the black dot is) enjoys storms and is hoping that the radar will indicate one coming his way. A storm indeed appears but splits in half and passes either side of him. The reaction of the speaker seems to suggest that this has happened before.
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| number    = 902
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| date      = 23 May, 2011
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| title    = Darmok and Jalad
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| image    = darmok_and_jalad.png
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| titletext = I wonder how often Patrick Stewart has Darmok flashbacks when talking to Star Trek fans.
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The text below the image suggests that this happens when the people who run the radar notice you looking at the page enough they tease you by adding a fictional storm coming towards you which then disappears just as it approaches the speaker.  
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==Explanation==
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This comic is a reference to the Star Trek episode "{{w|Darmok}}" in which Captain Picard and the Enterprise crew come upon a Tamarian ship and Tamarian planet in which they can translate the words, but because the language is based on metaphors, they cannot understand what the words mean.  The famous line from the episode: "Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra" is parodied in the first frame of the comic.
  
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The title text explores how our perceptions are often inaccurate - even though someone might think that there are fewer storm than when they were young or that certain songs come up more often than others even if it is not true. There are lots of these {{w|List of biases in judgment and decision making|types of biases in judgement}}.
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Picard is eventually able to decipher the line to discover that it was a story of two warriors that work together to defeat a common foe. In the comic, the computer instead deciphers the "Darmok and Jalad at Kalenda's" phrase.
  
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== Title text ==
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==Transcript==
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Ever notice how there aren't as many thunderstorms now as there were when you were a kid?  Much like 'the shuffle on my MP3 player has a bias', this is occasionally true but universally believed. Brains are so interesting!
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[Captain Dathon is seen on a communications screen]
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Alien: Darmok and Jalad at Kalenda's!
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[Jean-Luc Picard and Deanna Troi stand next to each other, looking off to the right.]
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Picard: Their language must be based on folklore and metaphor! Computer! Search cultural archives for Darmok-Jalad-Kalenda!
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[Picard and Troi listen to the response]
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Computer (off-panel): In Tamarian legend, Darmok and Jalad got totally wasted and hooked up at a party at Kalenda's.
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[Dathon is seen on the communications screen again, winking]
  
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== Transcript ==
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{{comic discussion}}
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:[A black dot on a weather radar screen.]
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:Dot: Sigh.  Just a few clouds.
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:[The clouds develop into orange, to the left of the dot.]
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[[Category:Aliens]]-->
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:Dot: Whoa! Huge storm out of nowhere!
 
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:[The orange becomes red, and the storm moves towards the dot.]
 
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:Dot: It's growing! And headed right for me!
 
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:Awesome!
 
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:[The storm splits in half.]
 
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:Dot: Hey! What's it...
 
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:[The two halves of the storm pass by the dot.]
 
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:Dot: Dammit! 
 
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:Again?!
 

Revision as of 18:54, 28 October 2012

Darmok and Jalad
I wonder how often Patrick Stewart has Darmok flashbacks when talking to Star Trek fans.
Title text: I wonder how often Patrick Stewart has Darmok flashbacks when talking to Star Trek fans.

Explanation

This comic is a reference to the Star Trek episode "Darmok" in which Captain Picard and the Enterprise crew come upon a Tamarian ship and Tamarian planet in which they can translate the words, but because the language is based on metaphors, they cannot understand what the words mean. The famous line from the episode: "Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra" is parodied in the first frame of the comic.

Picard is eventually able to decipher the line to discover that it was a story of two warriors that work together to defeat a common foe. In the comic, the computer instead deciphers the "Darmok and Jalad at Kalenda's" phrase.

Transcript

[Captain Dathon is seen on a communications screen] Alien: Darmok and Jalad at Kalenda's! [Jean-Luc Picard and Deanna Troi stand next to each other, looking off to the right.] Picard: Their language must be based on folklore and metaphor! Computer! Search cultural archives for Darmok-Jalad-Kalenda! [Picard and Troi listen to the response] Computer (off-panel): In Tamarian legend, Darmok and Jalad got totally wasted and hooked up at a party at Kalenda's. [Dathon is seen on the communications screen again, winking]


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