1190: "Time"
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This is a really fast growing religion. http://xkcd.com/1102/
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Mr Moriaty wrote:Looks like the far left few pixels may lead into something else. Is it me or do they start to slope up again?
It's not you. I vote sandpile or build-up to another tower/construction zone... possibly with some more characters?

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thegreger wrote:Just a thought (and at this point in the thread, it's almost redundant to apologize if someone has already pointed this out):
If I remember correctly, the "Users browsing this forum" count has been between 200 and 800 guests (and a slightly lower number of registered users) since the beginning of Time, 159 newpics ago. Let's make the basic assumptions that most lurkers are lurking this thread, that the average user count has been around 400, and that the typical user spends roughly half [insert appropriate possessive pronoun here] time actually reading the thread, while the site is open. This would boil down to about 32,000 man-newpics or 16,000 man-hours. Most of this time was presumably spent by scientists and engineers.
Would anyone like to hazard a guess regarding how far into the space program this would have gotten us?
Conversions for those using the standard system
159 TimeFrames
32,000 man-TimeFrames
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Apologies for the weird markup on my original post. Seems you can't post spoiler tags within spoiler tags!
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mojacardave wrote:Apologies for the weird markup on my original post. Seems you can't post spoiler tags within spoiler tags!
The only problem with posting on a thread as active as this is that someone *always* catches your mistakes (missed parentheses, tags, dodgy quotes, merging two posts into one, double posts...) - I hate seeing my mistakes myself, I am too quick to submit without looking at what I am actually submitting!!
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I wonder if the two different castles represent styles of fortification either from different times or different parts of the world so if the new castle is Neuschwanstein (BAN THE LETTER S FROM GERMAN) the initial castle has a middle-eastern feel to it like the Templar/Assassin ones whose names I might be able to remember if I felt in any kind of state to remember my own name given how long I have been looking at this damned comic even while racking up a mobile bill I don't even want to imagine sitting for hours on a train to and from Birmingham where bizarrely enough I saw a street artist doing a sand sculpture which rather gave me pause for thought given how far I understand Birmingham to be from the sea and what with having the builders in at the moment with some guy drilling a wall only a few feet from my head I really am not sure where any frame of reference lies now least of all my own though at least I spotted that the page has some embedded javascript in it and noone else did I am normally a cogent man I think it is the multiple opened parenthetical clauses which pushed me over the edge edit God damn you comma you got in the way of my lucidity
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SWuh wrote:Grepus wrote:Stabilisation works and some more construction?
<snip> How do you keep doing that so quickly, SWuh?
Pure luck, I think? Also I use the countdown 'BONG' ( http://www.webcountdown.de/?a=gxMXfoy ) which usually happens around 5secs before the change for me... I like to watch it change live
Same here... but you keep beating me! Not too worry
(I watch it change live too)
I was sure I had an account here before... Ho hum, it's lost in Time now...
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notthepope wrote:I wonder if the two different castles represent styles of fortification either from different times or different parts of the world so if the new castle is Neuschwanstein (BAN THE LETTER S FROM GERMAN) the initial castle has a middle-eastern feel to it like the Templar/Assassin ones whose names I might be able to remember if I felt in any kind of state to remember my own name given how long I have been looking at this damned comic even while racking up a mobile bill I don't even want to imagine sitting for hours on a train to and from Birmingham where bizarrely enough I saw a street artist doing a sand sculpture which rather gave me pause for thought given how far I understand Birmingham to be from the sea and what with having the builders in at the moment with some guy drilling a wall only a few feet from my head I really am not sure where any frame of reference lies now least of all my own though at least I spotted that the page has some embedded javascript in it and noone else did I am normally a cogent man I think it is the multiple opened parenthetical clauses which pushed me over the edge edit God damn you comma you got in the way of my lucidity
hope this helps: )))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
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This is going to be one of those, isn't it? xD
It's probably going to end in April... So see you in a few days. xD
It's probably going to end in April... So see you in a few days. xD
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thegreger wrote:Just a thought (and at this point in the thread, it's almost redundant to apologize if someone has already pointed this out):
If I remember correctly, the "Users browsing this forum" count has been between 200 and 800 guests (and a slightly lower number of registered users) since the beginning of Time, 159 newpics ago. Let's make the basic assumptions that most lurkers are lurking this thread, that the average user count has been around 400, and that the typical user spends roughly half [insert appropriate possessive pronoun here] time actually reading the thread, while the site is open. This would boil down to about 32,000 man-newpics or 16,000 man-hours. Most of this time was presumably spent by scientists and engineers.
Would anyone like to hazard a guess regarding how far into the space program this would have gotten us?
We could've gotten Voyager back...
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Time - He's waiting in the wings
He speaks of senseless things
His script is you and me, boys
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He speaks of senseless things
His script is you and me, boys
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GerardE wrote:notthepope wrote:I wonder if the two different castles represent styles of fortification either from different times or different parts of the world so if the new castle is Neuschwanstein (BAN THE LETTER S FROM GERMAN) the initial castle has a middle-eastern feel to it like the Templar/Assassin ones whose names I might be able to remember if I felt in any kind of state to remember my own name given how long I have been looking at this damned comic even while racking up a mobile bill I don't even want to imagine sitting for hours on a train to and from Birmingham where bizarrely enough I saw a street artist doing a sand sculpture which rather gave me pause for thought given how far I understand Birmingham to be from the sea and what with having the builders in at the moment with some guy drilling a wall only a few feet from my head I really am not sure where any frame of reference lies now least of all my own though at least I spotted that the page has some embedded javascript in it and noone else did I am normally a cogent man I think it is the multiple opened parenthetical clauses which pushed me over the edge edit God damn you comma you got in the way of my lucidity
hope this helps: )))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
toomanytoomanytoomanyIdon'tevenknowwhatsemanticeffectthatwillhaveontheuniverseaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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notthepope wrote:GerardE wrote:notthepope wrote:I wonder if the two different castles represent styles of fortification either from different times or different parts of the world so if the new castle is Neuschwanstein (BAN THE LETTER S FROM GERMAN) the initial castle has a middle-eastern feel to it like the Templar/Assassin ones whose names I might be able to remember if I felt in any kind of state to remember my own name given how long I have been looking at this damned comic even while racking up a mobile bill I don't even want to imagine sitting for hours on a train to and from Birmingham where bizarrely enough I saw a street artist doing a sand sculpture which rather gave me pause for thought given how far I understand Birmingham to be from the sea and what with having the builders in at the moment with some guy drilling a wall only a few feet from my head I really am not sure where any frame of reference lies now least of all my own though at least I spotted that the page has some embedded javascript in it and noone else did I am normally a cogent man I think it is the multiple opened parenthetical clauses which pushed me over the edge edit God damn you comma you got in the way of my lucidity
hope this helps: )))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
toomanytoomanytoomanyIdon'tevenknowwhatsemanticeffectthatwillhaveontheuniverseaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Good job, GerardE, you broke him.
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What... is that?!
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Is this a new tower?
<snip - again>
ARGH!
<snip - again>
ARGH!
I was sure I had an account here before... Ho hum, it's lost in Time now...
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Cueball's getting pretty wild with the sand there!
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Cueball's getting pretty wild with the sand there!
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lassehp wrote:Pardon me if this has already been defined in this huge thread. It seems that a person who does not believe in this new religion spin-off of this comic is called an "outsider" - but what is a believer called? I might be persuaded to convert from whovian, but I need to know what to call myself... "Timer"? "Temporalist"? "Sandcastler?" "TimeWatcher?" "SandcastleWatcher?"
/Lasse
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SWuh wrote:
What... is that?!
It's the squirrel, of course. About time too.
I'm going to step off the LEM now... here we are, Pismo Beach and all the clams we can eat
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Looks like he's holding sand in his hands. I think that is the first time we have seen that in any of the pics. Exiting newpic 

I predict that the One True Comic will continue until the end of Time!
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SWuh wrote:What... is that?!
At a guess, he's throwing more sand onto the castle. Or he may be starting a sand fight. Or throwing something to Megan. Impossible to tell at this scale really. It may be illuminated in a newpix.
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Just a random thought, if it lasts long enough that night comes, I wonder if it will be possible to determine the Latitude, and possible locations (a beach facing a certain direction on the edge of a body of water)
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It was always a new tower... I am just curious as to what cueball is doing? Throwing sand? An object? A creature? Do we even know?
Also why is he so clumsy in these comics? And why is the panel so SMALL?! I can't tell what he's chucking around!!!! RAGE
Also why is he so clumsy in these comics? And why is the panel so SMALL?! I can't tell what he's chucking around!!!! RAGE
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Grepus wrote:SWuh wrote:Grepus wrote:Stabilisation works and some more construction?
<snip> How do you keep doing that so quickly, SWuh?
Pure luck, I think? Also I use the countdown 'BONG' ( http://www.webcountdown.de/?a=gxMXfoy ) which usually happens around 5secs before the change for me... I like to watch it change live
Same here... but you keep beating me! Not too worry
(I watch it change live too)
i akshully placed the "bong" 6 secs (or 0.00333333333NP - as you like) before the newpic - exactly for the reason that i like to see the change "live"

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I've added an announcement about the IRC channel (#xkcd-time on irc.foonetic.net) to davdy22's thread summary.
davidy22 wrote:An overview of the last 2000+ posts on this thread
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Come discuss this this thread on IRC. #xkcd-time on irc.foonetic.net.
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I think maybe a frog? I hope it's a frog anyway!
Ya, I know
- I think I was around when you updated it. Quite an exciting moment for me. Meant I could (literally) stop watching the clock 
daef wrote:i akshully placed the "bong" 6 secs (or 0.00333333333NP - as you like) before the newpic - exactly for the reason that i like to see the change "live"
Ya, I know


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zachbarnett wrote:I've added an announcement about the IRC channel (#xkcd-time on irc.foonetic.net) to davdy22's thread summary.
Add it to the XKCD-Time wiki: http://xkcd-time.wikia.com. We're trying not to do the bump any more.
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Cue 18 hours of zooming in to see what that new thing is...
I was sure I had an account here before... Ho hum, it's lost in Time now...
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Castle Neuschwanstein in Bavaria, Germany, dates back to somewhere 1850-1900 (use g8gle yourself, if exact numbers are needed).
The first sand castle looked Roman or Norman, at least for the first couple of newpix the castle was visible, later the rightmost tower seems to be a typical bergfried (defensive tower with an entrance located well above ground), which came up in the early days of the late middle ages in Europe.
Oh - I guess building that bridge to the bergfried on a shore already is advanced sand castle engineering (considering the flag and poles as issues for a real pro as Megan of course would be <3 ).
The first sand castle looked Roman or Norman, at least for the first couple of newpix the castle was visible, later the rightmost tower seems to be a typical bergfried (defensive tower with an entrance located well above ground), which came up in the early days of the late middle ages in Europe.
Oh - I guess building that bridge to the bergfried on a shore already is advanced sand castle engineering (considering the flag and poles as issues for a real pro as Megan of course would be <3 ).
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mojacardave wrote: We're trying not to do the bump any more.
Population control?
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peewee_RotA wrote:mojacardave wrote: We're trying not to do the bump any more.
Population control?
roflysst
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mojacardave wrote:peewee_RotA wrote:mojacardave wrote: We're trying not to do the bump any more.
Population control?
roflysst
maybe it's "population control" cueball is holding... and we're going to witness wild sand-castle-sex now... %)
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daef wrote:maybe it's "population control" cueball is holding... and we're going to witness wild sand-castle-sex now... %)mojacardave wrote:roflysstpeewee_RotA wrote:Population control?mojacardave wrote: We're trying not to do the bump any more.
Now THAT would be worth the wait.
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daef wrote:mojacardave wrote:peewee_RotA wrote:mojacardave wrote: We're trying not to do the bump any more.
Population control?
roflysst
maybe it's "population control" cueball is holding... and we're going to witness wild sand-castle-sex now... %)
Cueball and Megan would set a record for the longest sex scene ever shown on the internet.
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mojacardave wrote:daef wrote:mojacardave wrote:peewee_RotA wrote:mojacardave wrote: We're trying not to do the bump any more.
Population control?
roflysst
maybe it's "population control" cueball is holding... and we're going to witness wild sand-castle-sex now... %)
Cueball and Megan would set a record for the longest sex scene ever shown on the internet.
They've also rewritten the rule book on foreplay. There's something wrong if you leave for several hours in the middle.
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11 newpix after getting out of bed, I finally caught up with all the posts I missed during the thing the Outsiders call "night".
appleGirl wrote:lassehp wrote:[...] but what is a believer called? I may be persuaded to convert from whovian, but I need to know what to call myself... "Timer"? "Temporalist"? "Sandcastler?" "TimeWatcher?" "SandcastleWatcher?"
/Lasse
TimeWaiter?
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mojacardave wrote:daef wrote:mojacardave wrote:peewee_RotA wrote:mojacardave wrote: We're trying not to do the bump any more.
Population control?
roflysst
maybe it's "population control" cueball is holding... and we're going to witness wild sand-castle-sex now... %)
Cueball and Megan would set a record for the longest sex scene ever shown on the internet.
imagine pr0n without the possibility to seek or fast forward... one would HAVE TO watch the whole "story"

on the other hand - i like sandcastles... seriously - that could easily develop yet another fetish of mine...
...great - now i've got to build a fucking sandcastle
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Mr Moriaty wrote:mojacardave wrote:daef wrote:mojacardave wrote:peewee_RotA wrote:mojacardave wrote: We're trying not to do the bump any more.
Population control?
roflysst
maybe it's "population control" cueball is holding... and we're going to witness wild sand-castle-sex now... %)
Cueball and Megan would set a record for the longest sex scene ever shown on the internet.
They've also rewritten the rule book on foreplay. There's something wrong if you leave for several hours in the middle.
...though the building of sandcastles is obviously a recognised technique.
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mojacardave wrote:Mr Moriaty wrote:mojacardave wrote:daef wrote:mojacardave wrote:peewee_RotA wrote:mojacardave wrote: We're trying not to do the bump any more.
Population control?
roflysst
maybe it's "population control" cueball is holding... and we're going to witness wild sand-castle-sex now... %)
Cueball and Megan would set a record for the longest sex scene ever shown on the internet.
They've also rewritten the rule book on foreplay. There's something wrong if you leave for several hours in the middle.
...though the building of sandcastles is obviously a recognised technique.
i hope somebody is already wiki'in' that...

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Elendel wrote:Hello everyone. After several days of lurking, I'm one of these new subscribers. :p
Is there any web page displaying all the images of this comic? I know there is a gif, but I would like to be able to compare easily some frames and gif is not the ideal to do so.
Anyway, it has been a wonderful trip since the beginning of this strip, and I'll keep reading this thread.
Gentlemen, it has been a privilege waiting with you tonight.
Sorry if this has all ready been answered i went a few pages ahead and din't see any response. I can't post links yet but.
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it will automatically scroll thru the frames but you can manually control it with arrow keys as well.
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daef wrote:mojacardave wrote:daef wrote:mojacardave wrote:peewee_RotA wrote:mojacardave wrote: We're trying not to do the bump any more.
Population control?
roflysst
maybe it's "population control" cueball is holding... and we're going to witness wild sand-castle-sex now... %)
Cueball and Megan would set a record for the longest sex scene ever shown on the internet.
imagine pr0n without the possibility to seek or fast forward... one would HAVE TO watch the whole "story"
on the other hand - i like sandcastles... seriously - that could easily develop yet another fetish of mine...
...great - now i've got to build a fucking sandcastle
A sandcastle for fucking?

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