Comments on: I wish I could quit you, xkcd.

I wish I could quit you, xkcd.

lazaruslong — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 12:17:14 -0800

By: lazaruslong

lazaruslong — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 12:18:40 -0800

I know some may be dismayed at the single link XKCD post, but I really just think this is too awesome not to share. And just in case you missed it last time, xkcd's wonderful Map of the Internet.

By: Thorzdad

Thorzdad — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 12:24:29 -0800

Funny. I especially like the "Aliens" and "SETI" bandwidths.

By: Artw

Artw — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 12:26:28 -0800

Potato?

By: jaronson

jaronson — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 12:27:16 -0800

Smile of the Week

By: chunking express

chunking express — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 12:37:18 -0800

Remember when people on reddit started premptively linking to future xkcd comics? That was awesome. Mind you, this is a great comic.

By: utsutsu

utsutsu — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 12:39:47 -0800

When linking to xkcd, you should really link to the page instead of the image. The tooltip pop-up text is often the best part of the joke :)

By: rongorongo

rongorongo — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 12:41:57 -0800

Wonderful! I love his view on Youtube also.

By: chunking express

chunking express — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 12:43:14 -0800

I liked the power of one comic.

By: blue_beetle

blue_beetle — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 12:53:37 -0800

More permalink.

By: monju_bosatsu

monju_bosatsu — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 12:57:50 -0800

It's not via xkcd, it is xkcd.

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 13:01:44 -0800

Sulawesi, home of the famed Bugi which some credit as the origin of the term bogeymen, is a strange place, but I think the taxonomy there is not quite accurate.

By: pombe

pombe — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 13:11:31 -0800

Nice, that's going up in my lab.

By: sidereal

sidereal — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 13:27:32 -0800

Thus it begins. I was wondering when it would.

By: jepler

jepler — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 13:32:12 -0800

OK so does the "Q" line mean anything? And why is "potato" placed where it is? shouldn't it be down near "microwaves" instead? (typical potato (wave)length = 15cm)

By: OverlappingElvis

OverlappingElvis — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 13:35:35 -0800

Tampax? Depends? Uncalled for! But funny.

By: duende

duende — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 13:40:54 -0800

The octarine really made it for me. The thing I love about xkcd is that it's the epitome of an engineer joke, where the order and accuracy itself is funny. It's like the Buster Keaton of webcomics, graceful and awesome, and at least as much about the form as the content.

By: eriko

eriko — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 13:51:48 -0800

FHF. Rock.

By: quite unimportant

quite unimportant — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 13:58:36 -0800

OK so does the "Q" line mean anything? Gallons squared per coulomb, duh.

By: straight

straight — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 14:15:03 -0800

I wish I got the FHF thing ("Fricken' High Frequency"?)

By: CitrusFreak12

CitrusFreak12 — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 14:38:40 -0800

This is funny.

By: mindless progress

mindless progress — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 15:26:28 -0800

When I first saw the title I read it as The Electromagnetic Spetum. Needless to say, I was expecting something else. This was hilarious though. "106.3 The Frightened Squirrel"

By: autodidact

autodidact — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 16:05:21 -0800

Lol.

By: Bonzai

Bonzai — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 16:24:05 -0800

I'm no scientist, but I have doubts about the accuracy of this.

By: quin

quin — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 17:56:25 -0800

Superman's Heat Vision Jack Black's Heat Vision Made me laugh. As did Sinister Google Projects. (because you know they are Gamma ray producers.)

By: exogenous

exogenous — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 19:39:34 -0800

And why is "potato" placed where it is? shouldn't it be down near "microwaves" instead? (typical potato (wave)length = 15cm) Indeed. I'm such a big nerd that this totally ruined the funny for me.

By: Mapes

Mapes — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 20:49:18 -0800

Duh, it's the potato's de Broglie wavelength. If the potato is moving very slowly.

By: orthogonality

orthogonality — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 00:12:23 -0800

These are great. Thanks.

By: lifeless

lifeless — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 01:40:20 -0800

Since we're talking xkcd, the latest blag entry is a chuckle and a half as well.

By: lifeless

lifeless — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 01:47:13 -0800

Moreover, xkcd definitely has to get an oversized, overpriced hardcover strip collection published at some point. It would be the just the right dose of awesome that my bookshelf desperately needs.

By: markr

markr — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 02:20:43 -0800

orthogonality, shortly after that one Cory Doctorow showed up to talk at ETech dressed like this.