1190: "Time"

[AK49BWL]

NEWPIXONGGGGGG....



0x2B

[slinches]

I get #282828

in Grayscale/8bit (gamma 1.0), I'm getting #232323, 84% Gray.

I get #282828 if I then covert it to a grayscale Index Color Table.

I simply save the image, open it in GIMP and color pick. I wouldn't think any of these steps would introduce a color change, but your knowledge is probably better than mine.

I stand by my opinion that for this particular purpose, the histogram is the best tool for the job. It clearly shows the gap where there aren't any pixels of those values, and it's explicitly scaled from 0-255 so you know that it's actually using that scale 1:1 (especially when you look at an image that had all those intermediate values represented, just for comparison).

I've tried a couple of other linux tools and they give the same values as GIMP. It may be that they all use libpng which may handle the files a bit differently than whatever photoshop uses.

[Exodies]

Comics like this make me feel like I'm living a part of history. It's been updating for over a month. If people aren't studying and discussing and loving the brilliance and heart of xkcd 50 years from, then I will be sorely disappointed with humanity and art appreciation.

Comics like this? Comics like this?? Have you been out in the sun too long?

[buffygirl]

Can I just mention .... now that the Fade is observable to the naked eye on on all platforms, viewers and such .... uh, well .... oh nevermind. Carry On.

[jjjdavidson]

Well, it turns out I'm not quite as lazy as I thought. I've added a Hats by buffygirl page to the Time wiki.

If you have a hat by buffygirl, please add your before-and-hatted images to the table. Or paste your before-avatar in here, and I'll copy it over to the wiki. (Just put "before avatar" in your post so I can find it; I'm not as thorough as BlitzGirl.)

If you've been foolish enough to provide your own hat, there's a Table of Shame¹ for that, too.

P.S. 97th post - largest prime below 10².

2. Ceci n'est pas une footnote.

1. Edited to Add: I am a graceless swine who utterly neglected to consider that a number of users had hats of elegance and grace in (or as) their avatars long before the dawn of Time. My apologies specifically to KarMann, who deserves better. "Table of Shame," indeed [hangs head].

[buffygirl]

ETA:
* buffygirl, I don't know if VeloCityGirl is in your hat mob or not, but I can't help thinking her present avatar looks more like a hat in need of a character than a character in need of a hat...

noted

[ChronosDragon]

I've decided that this fading business is extremely relaxing. I know everyone is running around predicting when the end will come, but I find watching the scene slowly disappear very calming. Am I the only one?

Perhaps, if you find the end of the world to be a relaxing experience.

Of course, if you're enjoying it at one of the finest diners in the universe, I can hardly object. It is quite a sight to see over a wonderful dinner with champagne.

[buffygirl]

Added -- list of all posters to the One True Thread
http://xkcd-time.kieryn.com/Default/Credits

I need three¹ more posts to break into the top 100 (and tie with BlitzGirl who is currently listed at 99)
¹Well I guess two now.

Homework for the graphers out there, we need a graph with the posters represented as a line from their first post, to their latest, with the thickness representing the number of posts.

The thicker you are, the more you post?

don't give up the game until your heart stops beating....

Well, it turns out I'm not quite as lazy as I thought. I've added a Hats by buffygirl page to the Time wiki.

If you have a hat by buffygirl, please add your before-and-hatted images to the table. Or paste your before-avatar in here, and I'll copy it over to the wiki. (Just put "before avatar" in your post so I can find it; I'm not as thorough as BlitzGirl.)

If you've been foolish enough to provide your own hat, there's a Table of Shame for that, too.

P.S. 97th post - largest prime below 10².

2. Ceci n'est pas une footnote.

I ... I ..... awww, thankyou!

[ggh]

NOTICE:
Now taking applications for milliner's apprentice. No experience required. Must be willing to be bossed around mercilessly. Apply within.

Hmm, I'm afraid to ask.


Where?

Hey, be good; she's married.

That's not the only problem. Take a look at what she's holding.¹ And she looks angry.




¹: Here's Johnny!

I hate^pie you all^cake!!!
^pieno I don't! I'm just totally stuck on my last three hat-mob hats..... and .... and ... I will reject any suggestions given, whether by apprentice or other .... I am sooooo screwed!

^cake y'all

Ooh ooh ohh - Could I try to be your apprentice? On the plus side, I love feathers, but on the minus side, I am slow. Getting bossed around is fine when the cake is good enough and I am hungry.

Also, bumping the map:

Nope.

A day in the Outside has left me around five pages behind... but if anybody is interested, this is now updating with viewer locations-

Looks like you in our former colonies outnumber the rest of the world combined!

[vvn]

Before avatar

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[azule]

Added -- list of all posters to the One True Thread
http://xkcd-time.kieryn.com/Default/Credits

Nice job. 400 single post newbies. Will any return for the End?

[ChronosDragon]

Added -- list of all posters to the One True Thread
http://xkcd-time.kieryn.com/Default/Credits

Nice job. 400 single post newbies. Will any return for the End?

Some predict that at the end of Time, all loyal TimeWaiters will be gathered together in eternal rejoicing and Waiting, and all who ever Waited shall be reunited as one people on the New Forum.

Of course, those are the same people who hold that the One True Comic was created in a mere 7 days, so I'm not sure we can trust their prophecy.

[AluisioASG]

NOTICE:
Now taking applications for milliner's apprentice. No experience required. Must be willing to be bossed around mercilessly. Apply within.

Ooh ooh ohh - Could I try to be your apprentice? On the plus side, I love feathers, but on the minus side, I am slow. Getting bossed around is fine when the cake is good enough and I am hungry.

Slow?
Take a look around, son. There is no Time to be slow.

(EDIT: stopped quote madness)

Also, my avatars:

[buffygirl]

Ooh ooh ohh - Could I try to be your apprentice? On the plus side, I love feathers, but on the minus side, I am slow. Getting bossed around is fine when the cake is good enough and I am hungry.

sure. Check your PM.

[KarMann]

Well, it turns out I'm not quite as lazy as I thought. I've added a Hats by buffygirl page to the Time wiki.

If you have a hat by buffygirl, please add your before-and-hatted images to the table. Or paste your before-avatar in here, and I'll copy it over to the wiki. (Just put "before avatar" in your post so I can find it; I'm not as thorough as BlitzGirl.)

If you've been foolish enough to provide your own hat, there's a Table of Shame for that, too.

P.S. 97th post - largest prime below 10².

2. Ceci n'est pas une footnote.

What about my hat, with its pre-existing Time itself status? Definitely not a buffygirl hat, but I'm not sure it deserves a seat at the Table of Shame, either.

[buffygirl]

Well, it turns out I'm not quite as lazy as I thought. I've added a Hats by buffygirl page to the Time wiki.

If you have a hat by buffygirl, please add your before-and-hatted images to the table. Or paste your before-avatar in here, and I'll copy it over to the wiki. (Just put "before avatar" in your post so I can find it; I'm not as thorough as BlitzGirl.)

If you've been foolish enough to provide your own hat, there's a Table of Shame for that, too.

P.S. 97th post - largest prime below 10².

2. Ceci n'est pas une footnote.

What about my hat, with its pre-existing Time itself status? Definitely not a buffygirl hat, but I'm not sure it deserves a seat at the Table of Shame, either.

You are not at the Table of Shame.

[AluisioASG]

Well, it turns out I'm not quite as lazy as I thought. I've added a Hats by buffygirl page to the Time wiki.

If you have a hat by buffygirl, please add your before-and-hatted images to the table. Or paste your before-avatar in here, and I'll copy it over to the wiki. (Just put "before avatar" in your post so I can find it; I'm not as thorough as BlitzGirl.)

If you've been foolish enough to provide your own hat, there's a Table of Shame for that, too.

P.S. 97th post - largest prime below 10².

2. Ceci n'est pas une footnote.

What about my hat, with its pre-existing Time itself status? Definitely not a buffygirl hat, but I'm not sure it deserves a seat at the Table of Shame, either.

You are not at the Table of Shame.

uhh, yes he is.

[AK49BWL]

SHOWONGGGGG....



0x2E. We're definitely accelerating.

[AluisioASG]

Aaaand now, the end is near;
And so I face the final curtain¹.
My friends, I'll say it clear,
I'll state my case, of which I'm certain.

I've lived a life that's full².
I've traveled each and ev'ry highway³;
But more, much more than this,
I did it my way.


¹: which is white
²: of sandcastles
³: and river

[Latent22]

Current colour change trend. Going up in steps of 3 now for the last few newpix.

[ChronosDragon]

Current colour change trend. Going up in steps of 3 now for the last few newpix.

I don't get it. 100 frames of nothing except slight color changes? That's more than a tenth of the comic. This has to be the lead up to some hilarious joke.

[KarMann]

Current colour change trend. Going up in steps of 3 now for the last few newpix.

I don't get it. 100 frames of nothing except slight color changes? That's more than a tenth of the comic. This has to be the lead up to some hilarious joke.

Not quite. The sea¹ is still rising, and that chunk came off of the tower and splashed down. But still, yeah.

¹: big

[tman2nd]

Current colour change trend. Going up in steps of 3 now for the last few newpix.

I don't get it. 100 frames of nothing except slight color changes? That's more than a tenth of the comic. This has to be the lead up to some hilarious joke.

I actually like the change of pace. All I wish for is that Time doesn't end after this.

[Exodies]

Current colour change trend. Going up in steps of 3 now for the last few newpix.

I don't get it. 100 frames of nothing except slight color changes? That's more than a tenth of the comic. This has to be the lead up to some hilarious joke.

If it's not side splitting we'll ask for our money back.

[cmyk]

My independent estimate for total scene fade-to-white (projecting an exponential curve which seems to fit the data), is ~NewPix #963. Give or take, because charts and graphs are definitely NOT my forté!




EDIT: Seems to corroborate with Latent22's findings too... I'll take that as a good sign since he knows much better what he's doing.

[ggh]

NOTICE:
Now taking applications for milliner's apprentice. No experience required. Must be willing to be bossed around mercilessly. Apply within.

Ooh ooh ohh - Could I try to be your apprentice? On the plus side, I love feathers, but on the minus side, I am slow. Getting bossed around is fine when the cake is good enough and I am hungry.

Slow?
Take a look around, son. There is no Time to be slow.

But alas, slow I am. And highly inexperienced to boot. (A son, however, I am not.)
For example, Buffygirl told me to check my pm. I've never used it before. Now I'm looking, and not finding anything. Am I looking in the wrong place?

[azule]

Maybe she didn't send it, or sent to wrong person. Looks like you're in the right place.

[cmyk]

I'm still going with the assumption that this is more or less a transition, and not the fade-out to the actual end:

1) The fade, or dissolve, indicates a lengthy passage of time while our protagonists are away, exploring.

2) When the dissolve is complete, the scene will fade back as M&C will return to their sand castles much eroded or something of the sort.

3) Despite the fade out accelerating, time is still passing linearly, albeit at a faster rate than we've previously witnessed. That is, the fade is an "ease-in" effect.

This is a common editing choice, and also saves Randall from having to draw and animate the entire erosion process (and us Outside-weeks until M&C return).

[Random Element]

I tried to post but, it auto-classified the post as spam and wouldn't let it though. Tried quoting a post about newbies reposting but the quotation got this post marked as spam until i removed the quotes

[cmyk]

CHEECH & CHONG!



8-bit grayscale = #2d2d2d (K: 81%)
Index Color = #313131 (K: 79%)

[tman2nd]

<snip>
Ninja'd
#313131
EDIT: corrected the color value.

[patzer]

I tried to post but, it auto-classified the post as spam and wouldn't let it though. Tried quoting a post about newbies reposting but the quotation got this post marked as spam until i removed the quotes

might be because there was a url in it?

[Eternal Density]

I don't know if my current avatar is my 'before', because buffygirl in her milliner-wisdom may choose a different image to appropriately hat River (who verily is small). We shall when we see after we Wait for It.

cmyk, thanks for the hope your explanations of the fading provide.

[Kazza3]

The nub/seawall has now completely disappeared.

[ChronosDragon]

The nub/seawall has now completely disappeared.

The sea is doing whatever it wants.

I don't particularly like the sea.

[tman2nd]

Not sure if it's been mentioned before, but this song is fitting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww9JS8dJ9fY

[lmjb1964]

I DON'T HAVE A DONGgggg....

1d5385bb701c5b238b28da3bc5cbf5d6eca9b388316d92ce17cd7d2d8859a259.png (10.91 KiB) Viewed 7581 times

EDIT: I think I'm supposed to have the whole URL for this, but I don't know how to get that. Does it help to post it here? http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/time/1d5385bb701c5b238b28da3bc5cbf5d6eca9b388316d92ce17cd7d2d8859a259.png

Also, I may or may not be pope.

[Montov]

Not sure if it's been mentioned before, but this song is fitting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww9JS8dJ9fY

Every song is fitting, for Time shapes every song to fit.

Also, what's with the 2 microphones in that video?

[tman2nd]

Fading at #353535.

[GerardE]

I wonder if the toolbox they left contains a self inflating life-raft, saving the topmost castle while drifting into the white sunset.