xkcd presents "What If?"

[Bob Schroeck]

robkelk wrote:

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ALT text: "You'd be moving at about 15 subway stops per second."

"This type of play is legal in Australian rules football."
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[robkelk]

ALT text: "You'd be moving at about 15 subway stops per second."

"This type of play is legal in Australian rules football."

"You know what, sure, actual size."
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[robkelk]

"You definitely want to invest in a laser printer. Otherwise, in just a month or two, this project could end up costing you half a million dollars"
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[Ankhani]

"I'm Ruined! Where did it all go wrong?"
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The Master said: "It is all in vain! I have never yet seen a man who can perceive his own faults and bring the charge home against himself."

>Analects: Book V, Chaper XXVI

[hazard]

"You'll have to get a crate of markers and color every page solid black yourself."

[robkelk]

"Wait for nightfall. And then go crazy and burn down your civilization when you see the stars for the first time. "
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[Dragonflight]

Ah hah! Now it all makes sense!
http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/11/skyfal ... -time-lord
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Those who fear the darkness have never seen what the light can do.

[Logan Darklighter]

DRAG0NFLIGHT wrote:

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Ah hah! Now it all makes sense!
http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/11/skyfal ... -time-lord

I loved the comment:  
"It's Time Lords all the way down." 

Which gave me a really good guffaw. ^_^

[robkelk]

Back to "What If?"...

ALT text: "Sorry, sir, the breathalyzer shows that you're above the legal limit for civic highway planning."

With a very close second to "Have you read any of the other articles on this blog?"
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[Bob Schroeck]

robkelk wrote:

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Back to "What If?"...

ALT text: "Sorry, sir, the breathalyzer shows that you're above the legal limit for civic highway planning."

With a very close second to "Have you read any of the other articles on this blog?"

"Briefly."
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[Norgarth]

personally, I was rather amused by the ET reference. 8)
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"I've always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific." - George Carlin

[robkelk]

"Falling from great heights is dangerous.[citation needed"
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[robkelk]

"Four boxes of punch cards ought to be enough for anyone."
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[Dartz]

And that just reminded me of a piece of technical software so ancient, it still required its input textfiles to be formatted in the manner of a punch card - and would utterly puke if one little piece of whitespace was wrong. Only, because of how the text editor worked, it was impossible to see where the error was. It dated back to the 70's, was written in Fortran, rewritten in Fortran-95 with a taky GUI, and is still in daily use, with an active user group online and a massive printed manual heavy enough to kill someone if you hit them over the head with it.

I managed to simulate a functioning power plant, and nearby grid elements to discover the reason for a system fault.... but only after spending days pouring through paper records to find machine test specifications and performance data dating back to the 60's - and further. Some of it predated my parents...
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--m(^0^)m-- Wot, no sig?

[DHBirr]

"Who watches the watchers?  Apparently, Domino's."
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Big Brother is watching you.  And damn, you are so bloody BORING.

[Bob Schroeck]

"Actually, wait, can we? Somebody should try that."
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[robkelk]

ALT text: "It's not as bad as it sounds! ... that's a lie."
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[DHBirr]

"Empire State Building spire (originally intended for mooring Zeppelins)"  ALT Text:  "Every reminder of which breaks a thousand steampunk hearts."  
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Big Brother is watching you.  And damn, you are so bloody BORING.

[Dragonflight]

Okay... That's possibly the most depressing xkcd I've read in a long time.
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Those who fear the darkness have never seen what the light can do.

[Ankhani]

"The answer involves German tanks, human extinction, and the most disputed statistics problem on the internet."
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The Master said: "It is all in vain! I have never yet seen a man who can perceive his own faults and bring the charge home against himself."

>Analects: Book V, Chaper XXVI

[robkelk]

"See this pale white line? That's Twitter. Every novelty account, every drunk tweet, every weird and/or racist hashtag..."
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[Bob Schroeck]

"Yes." "No!" "I have a burrito!" (Option three is obviously incorrect.)
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[robkelk]

robkelk wrote:And we reach 50 columns!

When we get to 65, hit "return".

(pushes the carriage return lever)

Column 66, image ALT text: "http://what-if.xkcd.com/66/]I carry this chart around so if I get hit by a tornado, I'll know how far to lean."

And plenty of other good lines...

Oh, yes - In related news, http://blog.xkcd.com/2013/09/30/asteroid-4942-munroe/]Mr. Munroe gets an asteroid named after him
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[DHBirr]

[Picture (in color!) of 4942 Munroe heading for Earth].  ALT text:  "I'm working on figuring out a way to make this happen."
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Big Brother is watching you.  And damn, you are so bloody BORING.

[robkelk]

"Most buildings would probably be ok, although those anchored firmly into bedrock might start to behave unpredictably. [Just what you want in a skyscraper.]"
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012