1190: "Time"

[Helper]

Note: There is a very high chance that anything I say at this point will coherence have not.

I'm pretty sure that could be accurately said of anyone in this thread at any time in the last 80 newpix or so, that being when sleep deprivation started hitting us all.

I drank coffee to try to make it better, but now I'm just incoherrent and awake.

[Primis]

After rereading this multiple times, it still makes no sense. I suspect I am hallucinating. Sleep would probably be a good idea. But I mustn't... miss.. the... next... one...... Especially since it's getting really interesting now.

What, Primis's or mine?

Both. Primis's might make more sense if I could think properly, I think, but I think yours might be a joke and currently lack the brainpower necessary to be sure.

It's a joke (I think...).
The Primis system is completely confusing and arbitrary, so it has to be a good system; look at an actual calendar, with 60 seconds per minute, 24 hours per day, 7 days in week..

I'll work on a chrome plugin, anyone wanna do a firefox one? (detect datetime, replace with format)

[bouer]

It's only 1:12 where I am, I think I can stave off exhaustion for a few more newpix.

[NoEdge]

After rereading this multiple times, it still makes no sense. I suspect I am hallucinating. Sleep would probably be a good idea. But I mustn't... miss.. the... next... one...... Especially since it's getting really interesting now.

What, Primis's or mine?

Both. Primis's might make more sense if I could think properly, I think, but I think yours might be a joke and currently lack the brainpower necessary to be sure.

It's a joke (I think...).
The Primis system is completely confusing and arbitrary, so it has to be a good system; look at an actual calendar, with 60 seconds per minute, 24 hours per day, 7 days in week..

Yes, but confusion and arbitarynessfulity are to be expected; we don't want our system to be predictable. Maybe we can sacrifice practicality for originality. We mustn't bear too much resemblance to the Outsiders. (I will regret mentioning those, probably. Hopefully, I won't be awake long enough to regret it.)

[Wraithlord]

*hic* luv ya Randall, grate comix here! *hic* dem sandcastlies are grate!

*crash*

[willyshop]

I've been checking both the forum and the comic quite often lately; how many newpages in a newpix?

[Helper]

I'll work on a chrome plugin, anyone wanna do a firefox one? (detect datetime, replace with format)

For what it's worth, if you're as sleep deprived as most of us, trying to write code with the intention of other people running might legally be considered an act of cyber-terrorism.

[patzer]

It's only 1:12 where I am, I think I can stave off exhaustion for a few more newpix.

it's 5:15 where I am but I'm used to it and can last about 4 more newpix (maybe)
edit: but unfortuanately I can't do computing, sorry

[Perilous_3D]

I doubt it would be the meaning behind it, but his "Wait for it." triggers forth my (limited) understanding of a person's experience with cancer. (the waiting for test results, unpredictable futures, etc. http://www.xkcd.com/1141/)

Dear XKCD Forums,
Please stop trying to mame, injure, kill, miscarry, irradiate, or otherwise harm Randall, his significant other, their theoretical baby, or any characters of the comic.
Love,
XKCD Forums <3

I logged in to give you an interweb; I laughed too hard at this...

beat to it tho...

[bugstomper]

Erryone knows stick people can't have babies.

http://xkcd.com/441/ (Babies)

And the experiment is reproducible
http://xkcd.com/674/ (Natural Parenting)

[davidy22]

An overview of the last 2000+ posts on this thread
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Countdown to next update:

Spoiler:

http://www.webcountdown.de/?a=gxMXfoy

Latest frame (auto updates):

Spoiler:

Live updating GIF:

Spoiler:

More complex program (with manual controls and a soundtrack!):

Spoiler:

http://xkcd.aubronwood.com/

Explain XKCD (with a little more discussion on the comic, when the servers can take it):

Spoiler:

http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1190:_Time

915 Connoisseur of frames

Spoiler:

If we're going to do the 915 thing, I suggest we go all the way and group certain frames into periods.
I suggest the following split:

000 - 009 : the debut or what? period: when nobody really knew what was going on
010 - 023 : the dark period: the darkness in the posts of the thread reached heights during these frames
024 - 044 : the sandcastle period: as the sandcastle started to appear, most of the darkness made disappeared.
045 - 074 : the period (second dark period): Initially, this was the 'female period' but I soon realised that would be a pleonasm. Also it was a pretty dark time on the thread.
075 - 087 : the happiness period: the couple is reunited and again the darkness fades.
088 - 105 : the male period: with a climax at frame 103: "the fall of man" frame
105 - 124 : the rebuild period (second sandcastle period).
125 - 136 : Age of the Slow Pixel
137 - NOW : The Great Expansion: Still in progress! How exciting!

End of Comic Theories

Spoiler:

- Wave destroys castle(s)
- BHG shows up (with possible destruction of castle(s))
- Castle(s) slowly erode
- Somehow loops back to start frame
- Ends with an April Fools
- Goes on for months (maybe forever)
- wait for it....

What is a newpix?

Spoiler:

A Newpix is defined as one 30 minute period. AKA the time between the release of each new image
Newpic is also accepted as a singular version.

Did you guys see the Javascript?? (the answer is yes)

Spoiler:

As it was mentioned wayyy back in the first 5 pages of this thread, the javascript is on its 7th revision and is there to do two things: Load a new image and refresh the image so that you dont have to mash F5 and crash his server when a new picture loads.

Speculated meanings behind this comic

Spoiler:

- THEY ARE HAVING A BABY
- Randall died
- Increase Forum Activity
- To make the most posted forum topic something other than a massive flame war
- Publicity stunt
- Targeted Advertising
- Its just a freaking sandcastle... don't read into it...
- April Fools Leadup
- Taking a vacation and wanted something to keep our attention

[Helper]

I've been checking both the forum and the comic quite often lately; how many newpages in a newpix?

147 frames and justover 69 pages, so ~0.47 newpages per newpix.

[JordanTheProgrammer]

We should addapt the newpix time to EST (Earth Standard Time)

[Wraithlord]

I'll work on a chrome plugin, anyone wanna do a firefox one? (detect datetime, replace with format)

For what it's worth, if you're as sleep deprived as most of us, trying to write code with the intention of other people running might legally be considered an act of cyber-terrorism.

I so want to sig this, but I reached the character limit

On Topic: How big do you think the tower Megan's working on is?

[patzer]

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We don't need that any more, there's a wiki

[KuwabatakeSanjuro]

so, is it going to be sandcastles all the way up, in the same way it's turtles all the way down?

[Helper]

We should addapt the newpix time to EST (Earth Standard Time)

The Outsiders in the homeland of the Holy Temple of Sandcastle Picture Serving adhere to EST, so I think it would appropriate.

[Perilous_3D]

An overview of the last 2000+ posts on this thread
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Countdown to next update:...

This overview is well written, you sir (original author lost to Time) know how to take a set of notes.

Edit: To reflect my discovery of the wiki
we need a like button.
and a sticky for each page of this topic.
because it's spread across Time.
Edit:Edit: To reflect my edits.

[AluisioASG]

After rereading this multiple times, it still makes no sense. I suspect I am hallucinating. Sleep would probably be a good idea. But I mustn't... miss.. the... next... one...... Especially since it's getting really interesting now.

What, Primis's or mine?

Both. Primis's might make more sense if I could think properly, I think, but I think yours might be a joke and currently lack the brainpower necessary to be sure.

It's a joke (I think...).
The Primis system is completely confusing and arbitrary, so it has to be a good system; look at an actual calendar, with 60 seconds per minute, 24 hours per day, 7 days in week..

Yes, but confusion and arbitarynessfulity are to be expected; we don't want our system to be predictable. Maybe we can sacrifice practicality for originality. We mustn't bear too much resemblance to the Outsiders. (I will regret mentioning those, probably. Hopefully, I won't be awake long enough to regret it.)

“confusion” and “arbitarynessfulity” are exactly the key terms that describe the Outsiders.
We shall look for order and logic.

[Zane0909]

SHE'S BACK!!! Phew that's a relief to atleastsome of the worse outcomes...

[TheMulattoMaker]

SHE'S BACK!!! Phew that's a relief to atleastsome of the worse outcomes...

...comment held in moderation for a newpix or two?

[NoEdge]

I'll work on a chrome plugin, anyone wanna do a firefox one? (detect datetime, replace with format)

For what it's worth, if you're as sleep deprived as most of us, trying to write code with the intention of other people running might legally be considered an act of cyber-terrorism.

I so want to sig this, but I reached the character limit

On Topic: How big do you think the tower Megan's working on is?

Alas, I am faced with the same predicament.

I think Cueball is on the other side of the tower, helping. Megan's tower (or side of tower) is probably good because she had been shown to be a far more efficient builder than Cueball

On an unrelated note, I suddenly feel wide awake. This can not possibly be a good sign.

[Perilous_3D]

SHE'S BACK!!! Phew that's a relief to atleastsome of the worse outcomes...

Helper

's head just exploded.

[atypicaltexan]

I can't be the only one who thinks of #927 when seeing the discussion of standards for the newpix system.

[Flipperling]

I've been lurking since the beginning of Time (...), and just had to say this: It is incredibly awesome to be part of a community that can generate such interesting, powerful, funny discussion from something that at first seemed so simple. I've read every post so far, marveling and laughing and speculating but being way too shy to post. I guess sleep deprivation has made me braver.

Thank you everyone for adding an element of real inspiration to my otherwise grueling week. I don't want it to end!

[slinches]

The zooming just did a sharp deceleration.

Here's the continued list of relative frame coverages:
62:30 - 100.00%
63:00 - 100.00%
63:30 - 100.18%
64:00 - 100.50%
64:30 - 101.05%
65:00 - 102.09%
65:30 - 103.12%
66:00 - 104.21%
66:30 - 105.31%
67:00 - 106.40%
67:30 - 107.01%
68:00 - 108.72%
68:30 - 110.56%
69:00 - 112.39%
69:30 - 114.98%
71:00 - 125.05%
71:30 - 129.94%
72:00 - 135.20%
72:30 - 140.92%
73:00 - 143.72%

Frames are treated as 549×391 (with the 2 pixel thick frame cropped away). Coverage measurements are plus or minus about 0.02%, but error is not cumulative (I'm comparing each frame to a super-resolution average of the first 15 frames of the zoom)

Assuming the (pan/tilt/zoom)ing is symmetric, that means ~13 more newpix until we have a stationary field of view. Although we will be able to see 95% of the new full frame in only ~7 newpix!

[patzer]

[Helper]

SHE'S BACK!!! Phew that's a relief to atleastsome of the worse outcomes...

Helper's head just exploded.

What? Why me? I mean, my head has exploded continually since the comic was posted, I can't deny that. But why me, why now?

[bouer]

I can't be the only one who thinks of #927 when seeing the discussion of standards for the newpix system.

We should standardize our standards for referencing XKCD comics. Henceforth, all references should be in the format of (number you are referencing backwards)/17 with a non functional link.

[Helper]

<snip>

Does anybody else think this is beginning to look unbeachlike (word?) like? Do beaches usually curve that much?

[squonk]

Megan comes back and we reach page 69. Discuss...

<snip>

Does anybody else think this is beginning to look unbeachlike (word?) like? Do beaches usually curve that much?

It's snow, not sand. And it's all taking place inside of Charles Foster Kane's snowglobe.

[Primis]

I can't be the only one who thinks of #927 when seeing the discussion of standards for the newpix system.

We should standardize our standards for referencing XKCD comics. Henceforth, all references should be in the format of (number you are referencing backwards)/17 with a non functional link.

Oh god, so many good posts that could be sigs....

[Perilous_3D]

That's definitely his elbow!

SHE'S BACK!!! Phew that's a relief to atleastsome of the worse outcomes...

Helper's head just exploded.

What? Why me? I mean, my head has exploded continually since the comic was posted, I can't deny that. But why me, why now?

the forums were about to kill Randall's family again not even a newpix after we asked them to refrain

[TheRic]

Any speculation on why the ground Megan is walking on slanted and not smooth? All the area within the towers in the old castle is flat!

[NevadaWolf]

Wow... I just managed to catch up on the last 10 pages or so. Darned Outside, kept me away from the One True Comic.

Thank you all very very much for probably the longest sustained laughter in a good long while.

Glad to see Megan back, though I do wonder why she looked out towards the water for a few moments before going off screen to work on the next castle.

[NoEdge]

Why must the most exciting events transpire at the moments of my weakness? Farewell, my comrades; I must depart for the foreign land of Sleep. I shall lose consciousness, hallucinate vividly, and most likely forget the entire experience within a few newpix.

[JordanTheProgrammer]

If we take how many panels (with detail) were in "Click and Drag" we could use that as an estimate as to how long this might last, plus extra because it is easier to make small changes than to draw entirely different stuff.

[darthjimmy]

Wow... I just managed to catch up on the last 10 pages or so. Darned Outside, kept me away from the One True Comic.

Thank you all very very much for probably the longest sustained laughter in a good long while.

Glad to see Megan back, though I do wonder why she looked out towards the water for a few moments before going off screen to work on the next castle.

Eventually I may want to go back and review those pages. That was a pretty funny tangent discussion.

[JordanTheProgrammer]

If we take how many panels (with detail) were in "Click and Drag" we could use that as an estimate as to how long this might last, plus extra because it is easier to make small changes than to draw entirely different stuff.

[Helper]

That's definitely his elbow!

SHE'S BACK!!! Phew that's a relief to atleastsome of the worse outcomes...

Helper's head just exploded.

What? Why me? I mean, my head has exploded continually since the comic was posted, I can't deny that. But why me, why now?

the forums were about to kill Randall's family again not even a newpix after we asked them to refrain

You gain some, you lose some. I took it to mean the forum wasn't going to kill them quite so horrifically as before.