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- Wed Apr 11, 2018 12:05 pm UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1979: "History"
- Replies: 45
- Views: 10826
Re: 1979: "History"
I got some major Read The Flesh Between The Lines vibes from this comic. Were there eight kings of the name of Henry in England, or were there eighty? Never mind; someday it will be recorded that there was only one, and the attributes of all of them will be combined into his compressed and consensus...
- Fri Jun 30, 2017 4:31 pm UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1857: Emoji Movie
- Replies: 48
- Views: 13142
1857: Emoji Movie
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/emoji_movie.png Alt Text: Some other studio should do the Antz/A Bug's Life thing and release The Dingbats Movie at the same time. I'm reminded of qntm's response to the movie. "Oh Lord, imagine the slash fiction, by which I mean the \⧹⧵\|/⁄∕/ fiction".
- Fri Oct 10, 2014 4:19 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1432: "The Sake of Argument"
- Replies: 203
- Views: 35617
1432: "The Sake of Argument"
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/the_sake_of_argument.png Alt Text: " 'It's not actually ... it's a DEVICE for EXPLORING a PLAUSIBLE REALITY that's not the one we're in, to gain a broader understanding about it.' 'Oh, like a boat!' '...' 'Just for the sake of argument, we should get a boat! You can...
- Fri Aug 01, 2014 12:29 pm UTC
- Forum: What If?
- Topic: What-If 0107: "Letter to Mom"
- Replies: 44
- Views: 12401
Re: What-If 107: "Letter to Mom"
I'm actually very surprised that Randall didn't mention the US Postal Service's past experiments with high-speed mail delivery, which actually included one instance of mail being delivered by rocket . From Wikipedia: In 1959 the U.S. Navy submarine USS Barbero assisted the Post Office Department, pr...
- Thu Jul 31, 2014 12:57 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 0611: "Disaster Voyeurism"
- Replies: 105
- Views: 27349
Re: 0611: "Disaster Voyeurism"
Be honest: how many of you are rooting for the current ebola outbreak?
- Wed Jul 30, 2014 4:04 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1401: "New"
- Replies: 61
- Views: 14123
1401: "New"
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/new.png Alt Text: "The nice thing about headcannnons is that it's really easy to get other people to believe in them." I'd love to see Black Hat Guy's take on shipping. I would not like to see Black Hat Guy's take on slash. EDIT: Fixed the alt text. That's what...
- Mon Jul 28, 2014 4:03 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1400: "D. B. Cooper"
- Replies: 25
- Views: 9877
1400: "D. B. Cooper"

Alt Text: "'Why on Earth would someone commit air piracy just to finance a terrible movie decades later?' 'People are very strange these days.'"
And they're both Keanu Reeves. It all makes perfect sense now.
- Fri Jul 18, 2014 12:28 pm UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1396: Actors
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6110
Re: 1396: Actors
Alt Text: "Once again topping the list of tonight's hottest rising stars in Hollywood is ζ Persei!" You quote the alt-text wrong. Or perhaps it was changed after you posted. At any rate, it should be xi Persei , not zeta Persei . Thanks for pointing that out - hopefully it's fixed now. Al...
- Fri Jul 18, 2014 4:10 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1396: Actors
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6110
1396: Actors

Alt Text: "Once again topping the list of tonight's hottest rising stars in Hollywood is ξ Persei!"
So, who would it be? My personal bet is on Hugh Jackman - it would explain a lot about his wardrobe.
- Fri Jul 04, 2014 4:39 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1390: "Research Ethics"
- Replies: 69
- Views: 17024
Re: 1390: "Research Ethics"
Will he fix that? I thought that was just his own subtle experiment...
- Fri Jul 04, 2014 4:29 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1390: "Research Ethics"
- Replies: 69
- Views: 17024
1390: "Research Ethics"
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/research_ethics.png Title text: "I mean, it's not like we could just demand to see the code that's governing our lives. What right do we have to poke around in Facebook's private affairs like that?" At first, I thought that everybody was overreacting to this: s...
- Wed Aug 21, 2013 7:38 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1253: "Exoplanet Names"
- Replies: 123
- Views: 35104
Re: 1253: "Exoplanet Names"
I think they should name a planet "After You". Can you think of a better Pick-Up-Astronomy line? "Wanna go to this planet? I named it after you?" We could also have fun naming planets "Where", "Here", "That", and "What"... What is the name...
- Fri Jul 26, 2013 11:15 pm UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1190: "Time"
- Replies: 106763
- Views: 44818366
Re: 1190: "Time"
I haven't been here too much - mostly lurking - but all I can say is this: stay strong. Randall's efforts have gotten progressively more epic: we once thought nothing could top Click and Drag, but then came Time. His next big feat will more than make up for this.
- Fri Jul 26, 2013 12:02 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1190: "Time"
- Replies: 106763
- Views: 44818366
Re: 1190: "Time"
I don't know if this has been mentioned, but right now, there is no alt-text at all for me. Does this mean that a new one is coming soon? I still see "..." Or were you just referring to it BEING "..."? No, I saw it as "..." (and even "...." for a little bit),...
- Thu Jul 25, 2013 11:56 pm UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1190: "Time"
- Replies: 106763
- Views: 44818366
Re: 1190: "Time"
I don't know if this has been mentioned, but right now, there is no alt-text at all for me. Does this mean that a new one is coming soon?
- Mon Jul 15, 2013 5:14 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1238: "Enlightenment"
- Replies: 171
- Views: 36438
Re: 1238: "Enlightenment"
Covarr wrote:This comic made me want to throw my computer screen out a window until I figured out it was on purpose.
I'm still wondering whether the missing apostrophes in the last frame are deliberate or not.
- Mon Jun 10, 2013 7:18 pm UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1223: "Dwarf Fortress"
- Replies: 35
- Views: 11653
Re: 1223: "Dwarf Fortress"
cellocgw wrote:Randall got Ninja'd on this one. See the Twitter feed @NSA_PRISM or something close to that. Oh, here it is https://twitter.com/PRISM_NSA
That twitter feed made my day. Thank you.
- Mon Jun 10, 2013 4:08 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1223: "Dwarf Fortress"
- Replies: 35
- Views: 11653
1223: "Dwarf Fortress"
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/dwarf_fortress.png Alt-text: "I may be the kind of person who wastes a year implementing a Turing-complete computer in Dwarf Fortress, but that makes you the kind of person who wastes ten more getting that computer to run Minecraft." Sadly, the internet has alr...
- Sun May 26, 2013 3:48 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1216: "Sticks and Stones"
- Replies: 73
- Views: 17282
Re: 1216: "Sticks and Stones"
It is a good place to jump off into a conversation with people you Love. Yes. Sticks and stones can break bones. Don't let it get that far. Call! That is why God gave us Cell Phones and those clunky glasses. Call! If that is not possible, then; What do you tell them? "No matter what 'those' pe...
- Fri May 24, 2013 4:48 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1216: "Sticks and Stones"
- Replies: 73
- Views: 17282
1216: "Sticks and Stones"
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/sticks_and_stones.png Alt Text: "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can make me think I deserved it." An alternative would be "Sticks and stones can't break my bones, and words can't hurt me either." I would recommend using it only if you...
- Fri Apr 12, 2013 5:01 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1198: "Geologist"
- Replies: 44
- Views: 10907
Re: 1198: "Geologist"
Is this the same guy who hunts tornadoes, from 640?
- Sun Mar 31, 2013 4:19 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1190: "Time"
- Replies: 106763
- Views: 44818366
Re: 1190: "Thing that keeps slipping into the future"
bigcrag92 wrote:after less than an page?
If I stick around, I might get addicted and get no sleep at all tonight.

- Sun Mar 31, 2013 4:10 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1190: "Time"
- Replies: 106763
- Views: 44818366
Re: 1190: "Thing that keeps slipping into the future"
Well, I wish you all the best of luck in waiting. I'll go to sleep so that I can wake up to twenty new frames or so (and thank you for the link to the xkcd-time wiki, though I'm a little amazed you guys actually set one up). Good night!
- Sun Mar 31, 2013 4:02 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1190: "Time"
- Replies: 106763
- Views: 44818366
Re: 1190: "Thing that keeps slipping into the future"
eow ken not of the RECKONING of our Demon Overlords? there be an big needle-pulled thing on the individual comic page about it. And yes, thereia an glorious religion dedicated to Randall and Thing that keeps slipping into the future. The TimeWaiters, we be called. Ïa Ran'dall! Ïa Cthulhu! Ok, I rea...
- Sun Mar 31, 2013 3:54 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1190: "Time"
- Replies: 106763
- Views: 44818366
Re: 1190: "Thing that keeps slipping into the future"
bigcrag92 wrote:Where to bigynne.FULL STOPFULL STOP
Well, I understand that this strip is somehow changing with time, but it seems to have become a religion (and everything I type is also being changed). I'm just confused.
- Sun Mar 31, 2013 3:49 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1190: "Time"
- Replies: 106763
- Views: 44818366
Re: 1190: "Thing that keeps slipping into the future"
I'm a newcomer here (at least, to this monstrosity of a thread). What is going on?
- Fri Jan 11, 2013 6:19 pm UTC
- Forum: Science
- Topic: Suit of armor + Electric shock = ?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5705
Re: Suit of armor + Electric shock = ?
To be pedantic: Your bodys resistance is what it is, the voltage was 29kV, that means by Ohms law the current is fixed. What you mean is that the capacitance was so low that the voltage and current dropped fast enough to not harm you too badly (and that the amperage on the continual source were to ...
- Fri Jan 04, 2013 6:42 am UTC
- Forum: Science
- Topic: Suit of armor + Electric shock = ?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5705
Re: Suit of armor + Electric shock = ?
It depends on the waveform of the applied current source. With a nice steady current, the Faraday cage effect will mostly protect you, but a really chaotic waveform could still be dangerous. It takes time for the charges to arrange themselves, and a really crazy waveform can allow significant trans...
- Mon Dec 31, 2012 4:27 pm UTC
- Forum: Science
- Topic: Suit of armor + Electric shock = ?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5705
Suit of armor + Electric shock = ?
To the best of my (limited) knowledge of physics, electricity always flows on the outside of a conductor. Thus, if you were wearing a full plated suit of armor, would you be able to feel any electric shock applied to you from outside?
- Fri Oct 26, 2012 11:22 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1126: "Epsilon and Zeta"
- Replies: 70
- Views: 24011
Re: 1126: "Epsilon and Zeta"
The interesting thing about Zeta is that there were a number of fronts near it that would have ripped the storm apart, but it kept moving away from them and staying alive. It felt as though the 2005 Atlantic Hurricane season didn't want anything silly like the fact that it was now 2006 to stop it fr...
- Sat Nov 12, 2011 3:36 am UTC
- Forum: Mathematics
- Topic: E^x=x^n
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2520
Re: E^x=x^n
Ahh, ok. I get that. Thanks for the help!
- Sat Nov 12, 2011 3:21 am UTC
- Forum: Mathematics
- Topic: E^x=x^n
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2520
Re: E^x=x^n
No. Say n = 2. Then what you have is 1 = x^2 * e^(-x). There are two solutions there, one where x is positive, and the other where x is negative. They correspond to taking the positive square root of 1, and the negative square root (graph the functions to see this). If n is odd, then it does simpli...
- Sat Nov 12, 2011 3:00 am UTC
- Forum: Mathematics
- Topic: E^x=x^n
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2520
Re: E^x=x^n
Yep, E is supposed to be euler's constant here. I'd heard of the Lambert W function before, but I lost you at step 4. If you take the Lambert W function of both sides, wouldn't you get W(-1^(1/n)/n) = -x/n? I mean, from there, the answer is easily found ( ( ( x=-n*W(-1^(1/n)/n) ), but I might just b...
- Sat Nov 12, 2011 1:45 am UTC
- Forum: Mathematics
- Topic: E^x=x^n
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2520
E^x=x^n
First off, my apologies if this has been asked before. I'm working on an equation which boiled down to Ex=xn, I need to isolate x, and I have no idea where to go with it from there. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. 

- Wed Oct 12, 2011 12:19 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 0962: "The Corliss Resolution"
- Replies: 62
- Views: 19504
Re: 0962: "The Corliss Resolution"
DVC wrote:Last and First Men was the first thing I thought of. Anyone else have that reaction?
Dang it, I thought I was the only one who had ever heard of that book. Yep, that's what I thought of too.
- Mon Jul 18, 2011 4:28 am UTC
- Forum: XKCD Meetups
- Topic: Philadelphia Meet-Up @ Reading Terminal Market
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3217
Re: Philadelphia Meet-Up @ Reading Terminal Market
I'm game for it if you decide to have another one.
- Mon Aug 16, 2010 7:26 pm UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 0780: "Sample"
- Replies: 135
- Views: 23259
Re: Sample (#780) discussion
link3000 wrote:A few songs I like have sounds that are just like the Gmail new-chat notification sounds. It's even worse than alarm-clock noises.
Agreed! I was going to post the same thing, but it is better to quote.
- Mon Aug 02, 2010 3:42 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 0774: "Atheists"
- Replies: 1042
- Views: 175447
Re: "Atheists" discussion (#774)
I think Randall has found a way to incite a (if not multiple) flame wars within this very thread, without actually saying anything provocative. Then again, if the rest of the people posting in this thread are mindful of this, it could still theoretically be averted...
- Mon Jul 19, 2010 1:26 pm UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 0768: "1996"
- Replies: 190
- Views: 53863
Re: "1996" Discussion
does anyone besides me still think the ti-89 is the hack for ALL math( except stats because its just hard to type in the data on that calc))? Absolutely they do. My TI-89 Titanium has saved me on more than one year's worth of grades and standardized tests, especially after I learned to program it (...
- Sat Jul 17, 2010 9:01 pm UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 0767: "Temper"
- Replies: 159
- Views: 42223
Re: "Temper" Discussion (#767)
Trolley was always my favorite, but I loved the show. I should also hang his picture up as a reminder not to be so arrogant and condescending. 
