XKCD: It's more than a comic

I think Marquis means they got to the current last page.

edited 10th Jul '13 3:41:05 PM by GethKnight

That is indeed what I meant. Sorry for the confusion.

Thanks for the links! The one that lets you use the mouse to scroll through is really useful, though it froze or something halfway through.

It seems the hatted guys actually know something about why the sea is rising.

Moon◊

I get the definite impression that "Time" is going to go on a loooong time yet. Anyone know how much further he would have to take it to break the record?

The current XKCD strip is #1235. The latest Time strip is # 1740. In other words, more than half of all XKCD strips are Time.

I think Time will probably continue for another couple of years at least. Somehow it feels to me that any less than that would be a waste of a concept.

Quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur.

Random idea: He splits Time off into its own series, with maybe a daily digest for those who don't want to check in hourly or something.

This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...

Eventually that series becomes so popular that it spawns thousands of other adaptations. Shows, Comics, Video Games, Movies, even a magazine!

One day, a quiet engineer has completed his time machine. He can only send one thing back, though. As he ponders, his cat jumps on his table and accidently knocks a volume of the magazine into the machine. The engineer jumps at the sudden disturbance and accidently presses the button, sending the machine back in time.

...

It's the 1920s. An editor of a newspaper comes across a strange device. Within it is some sort of paperback serialization. It amazes him. Slowly a seed sprouts in his mind, and he takes this book as inspiration for a new kind of newsletter, one released weekly. In rememberance of the publication that started it all, he names this new newsletter 'TIME'.

ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᖅ ᓈᒻᒪᔪᐃᑦᑐᖅ

QR Code

The code leads here, incidentally - and the code there does, too (his "trapped in an infinite loop" quip is entirely accurate).

edited 12th Jul '13 8:39:29 AM by ShadowHog

Moon◊

I read that earlier, and it's just mean. Of course, making someone do that is pointless unless the app provides the wherewithal to scan QR codes, and making someone use the device they're on to scan a QR code on the screen of said device is pointless. It's just another comic hypothesizing about ways to be a dick.

Which is not to say that I didn't laugh. I did.

Edit: To be honest, I don't think that I've ever actually scanned and used a QR code. Don't you need to get an app to do it on most devices? My iPhone and iPad, at least, don't seem to be able to do it natively.

edited 12th Jul '13 9:20:12 AM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"

Black Hat Guy occasionally fills in for Randall.

This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...

Most of the times QR codes are useless. You not only need to have install an app to scan it, but many times you would need the result on your PC, not your phone. Other times, it's just not worth the time. Taking your phone out, starting the app, scanning it, doing something with it then putting the phone away takes at least a minute, which I won't take just to watch an ad.

The universe is under no obligation to make sense to us.

Enlightenment.

I get what's this about but I still don't get the joke.

The universe is under no obligation to make sense to us.

Internet enlightenment = not flying into some kind of rage over little things like that.

Long live Cinematech. FC:0259-0435-4987

What if I just typed that with proper spelling and grammar, instead?

This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...

I think it's about the idea that a secure, confident individual shouldn't feel the need to obsessively correct other people's grammar (or facts, or anything else). To a person who does feel that need, the greatest debasement is to be caught typing something that is incorrect. To do it intentionally and unironically...

edited 15th Jul '13 6:44:37 AM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"

What I am not getting is the alt-text.

I showed it to a collegue. He laughed at it than said "Not funny!".

He isn't ready either.

ps. Neither am I.

The universe is under no obligation to make sense to us.

The Alt Text is observing that people who never learned grammar in the first place can't be blamed for not using it properly — sort of like Muggles who can't cast spells.

edited 15th Jul '13 1:49:46 PM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"

"A real castle! I never thought I'd see a real castle!"
"I wasn't sure there were real castles."

Good gravy, was there a giant rock on that beach that the "Time" guys lived under?

edited 15th Jul '13 3:36:58 PM by ShadowHog

Moon◊

No, I'm pretty sure the alt text is a reference to Discworld, where the job of wizards is to refrain from using magic (as opposed to normal people who simply fail to use magic). He's saying that this "intentional bad grammar as therapy for a big head" treatment doesn't work on someone who actually doesn't know how to spell, or moreover that lacking grammar doesn't prove you're less of a jerk than the grammar nazis.

Your funny quote here! (Maybe)

What I don't get is the "grammar nazis are insecure jerks" mentality. I hate bad spelling because it makes stuff harder to read for everyone (and especially non-native speakers like me), not because I want to feel superior. If I did, I'd actually want people to make more spelling errors so I could correct them.

What I do want is that people make no spelling errors, so I can read what they say easily.

"And as long as a sack of shit is not a good thing to be, chivalry will never die."

+1

The universe is under no obligation to make sense to us.

I would very much prefer that people use proper spelling and grammar, but there's an element of tact involved when correcting someone.

This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...

Oh, so he's conflating being a Grammer Nazi with GIFT. Either can be objectionable, but I dont think they arise from the same cause.