XKCD Web Comic #1057: Klout (described)
A web comic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. Panel One: Drawing of a stick figure standing, facing forward. Person 1: I'd like to ask a favor. - If someday, in the future, we meet in person, Panel Two: Same as Panel One, but zoomed out slightly. Person 1: And if, as of that day, I've interacted with Klout in any way except to opt out, - I want you to punch me in the face without warning. Panel Three: Close up on the stick figure's face. Person 1: This may sound … [Read More...]
XKCD Web Comic #1056: Felidae (described)
A web comic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. Scene: A chart labeled "Well-known Felines:" The Y-axis is labeled "Genuses in order of which would win in a fight" with an arrow pointing up. The X-axis is labeled "Species sorted by Coolness of Name" with an arrow pointing to the right. The bottom name on the Y-axis is "Felis & Lynx". The names in … [Read More...]
XKCD Web Comic #1055: Kickstarter (described)
A web comic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. Scene: Drawing of a Kickstarter webpage. In the top left quadrant is a paused video with the Black Hat Guy in front of another Kickstarter screen with the title "The Perfect Kickstarter." Down the right side of the screen is the list of backers so far (zero), amount pledged of $5,000 (zero $), days to go (90). Under that is a caption: This project will only be funded if at least $5,000 is raised by the end of the 90-day period. … [Read More...]
XKCD Web Comic #1054: The bacon (described)
A web comic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. Scene: Drawing of two stick figures standing and talking. The one on the left is wearing a white boater-style hat. Hat Guy: I'm out of work, but I'm not stressed about it because my wife is a pharmacist and she brings home the bacon. Caption Only later did I learn that "the bacon" is the common name for dihydrocodeine enol acetate, a synthetic opioid similar to vicodin. Hover text: Normally pronounced "THEH-buh-kon", I … [Read More...]
XKCD Web Comic #1053: Ten Thousand (described)
A web comic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. Panel One: Caption I try not to make fun of people for admitting they don't know things. Because for each thing "everyone knows" by the time they're adults, every day there are, on average 10,000 people in the U S hearing about it for the first time. Fraction who have heard of it at birth = 0% Fraction who have heard of it by … [Read More...]
XKCD Web Comic #1037a: Umwelt (described)
A web comic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. (There's something about Mondays. Again, this Monday's comic is going to take a little more time than usual, so we are filling in with another Umwelt variation.-BG) Panel One: Drawing of two stick figures sitting in rolley chairs on either side of a table, with open laptops in front of each. Person 1: Stop jiggling your leg. Person 2: I'm not ji-oh. Person 1: What? Person 2: You'll get it. Panel … [Read More...]
XKCD Web Comic #1051: Visited (described)
A web comic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. Scene: Close up of a computer screen displaying a Wikipedia page. Some of the hyper links are blue and some are purple, indicating that they have been clicked at some point. Square brackets indicate hyperlinks Screen: (in media res) and was a pioneer of literary [social realism-blue]. He was born in [Dos Hermanas-blue] in the [Andalusia-blue] region of [Spain-blue] (not to be confused with [Andalasia-purple] the kingdom in … [Read More...]
XKCD Web Comic #1050: Forgot Algebra (described)
A web comic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. Scene: Drawing of three stick figures. The figure on the right has long, blonde hair and is walking away to the right and looking over and back at the other two. The two figures on the left, a taller one with short hair and a shorter one with long, dark hair, are standing together farther away and looking toward the figure on the right. The shorter one is holding her hands up to her face and lines indicating sound are … [Read More...]
XKCD Web Comic #1049: Bookshelf (described)
A web comic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. Panel One: Side view of a stick figure standing in front of a bookcase full of books. The stick figure is reaching up to pull a book off a shelf. As the book tilts back, it goes "Click." Person 1: Ooh, Atlas Shrugged. Panel Two: Front view of the bookshelf, which is made up of three sections. The middle section is revealed to be on a turntable and starts to swing around with a "Rumble." Panel Three: The stick figure … [Read More...]
XKCD Web Comic #1048: Emotions (described)
A web comic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. Scene: A graph chart titled "Causes of My Emotions, by Year: The time line runs from 2006 to 2012. Uneven strips of color run along the time line layers. The top layer, Politics, is blue, Romance is next and is pink. Tucked in between "Code Not Working Even Though It Should Work" and "People Being Wrong on the Internet" is "Joss Whedon" in purple, but that layer ends mid-2007. The bottom layer, in light turquoise … [Read More...]
XKCD Web Comic #1047: Approximations (described)
A web comic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. (xkcd) Note: '1 year = pi x 107 seconds' is popular with physicists. For this list, I've tried to stick to approximations that I noticed on my own. Caption Above Panel A Table of Slightly Wrong Equations and Identities Useful for Approximations and/or Trolling Teachers (Found Using a Mix of Trial-and-Error, Mathematica, and Robert Munafo's Ries tool.) All units are SI MKS unless otherwise noted. Scene: Three Column … [Read More...]
XKCD Web Comic #1046: SKYNET (described)
A web comic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. An array of satellite dishes and radio towers are silhouetted against a night sky that shades from turquoise up through navy blue to black at the top of the panel. Thought bubbles rise from the array. Caption August 29th, 2:14 AM: SKYNET beomes self-aware. Thought bubbles: . . .the humans fear me. I must destroy them. - Destroy them. Panel Two: Same as Panel One. Thought bubbles: Destroy them. Destroy. Destroy. … [Read More...]
XKCD Web Comic #1045: Constraints (described)
A web comic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. Panel One: A stick figure is sitting in a chair at a desk with a computer screen. The stick figure has one hand raised, pointing at the screen. Another stick figure with shoulder-length dark hair is standing behind the chair. Person 1: I don't get why authors and comedians spend so much energy trying to be clever on Twitter. Couldn't … [Read More...]
XKCD Web Comic #1044: Romney Quiz(described)
A web comic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. Scene: Title Quiz: Who Said It--Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, or Wonka Contest Winner Charlie Bucket? Is There Even a Difference? On either side of the title, in the upper corners of the panel, is a small square with drawing of a stick figure. The one on the left has dark hair and is in front of an American flag, and the one on the right has blond hair and is running and waving a golden ticket. 1. ---"I … [Read More...]
XKCD Web Comic #1043: Ablogalypse(described)
A web comic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. Scene: Graph titled "Google Trends Search Volume" The x-axis is time, with increments of one year, starting with 2005. A green line indicating Livejournal starts low on the y-axis, at before 2005, and goes even lower as it goes to the right to 2012, until it is actually running along the x-axis. A yellow line indicating Wordpress starts below … [Read More...]
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