What's the Connection Between XKCD and Scientific Communication?

[ideasrule]

What's your favorite xkcd?

Inspired by Galteeth's thread, "What's the email for the president of physics?"


You can find xkcd here[/color]

 

[BobG]

Angular momentum:

Varying this makes a great pick up line, as well. I have a 100% success rate with it. (1 for 1 is 100%)

 

[sylas]

What's your favorite xkcd?

The Difference

I have this on my door. PS. Galeeth and I had same idea. His thread: [thread=363561]What's the email for the president of physics?[/thread]. My thread: [thread=363183]xkcd provides some visual PF guidelines[/thread].

PPS. We should send Randall Munroe a bonus membership in PF. Searching for xkcd turns up 263 PF posts.

 

[mollymae]

Cat proximity:

 

[Hurkyl]

I've added a link to the main xkcd page into the opening post, for maximal compliance with the license.

 

[Danger]

What the hell is xkcd?

 

[NeoDevin]

What the hell is xkcd?

Do you live under a rock?

 

[Borek]

Angular momentum:

Question is - how to stop not making Earth spinning faster again.

 

[Danger]

Do you live under a rock?

Apparently.
So what the **** is it?

 

[Borek]

Follow link from the first post.

Or check http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xkcd

 

[Danger]

Thanks, Borek. I notice that Hurkyl added a link in the OP that wasn't there when I first read it. Now I know what it is, but the humour eludes me. Must be some kind of tech stuff that I haven't been exposed to before.

 

[Borek]

Depends. I am far from getting it every time. But some I like:

http://xkcd.com/675/

http://xkcd.com/657/

http://xkcd.com/655/

http://xkcd.com/646/ - I must admit I have bought new laptop recently, now I can post on PF from everywhere...

And so on.

 

[Danger]

now I can post on PF from everywhere...

Oh, great... another green-haired Pole looking to take over the world...

 

[Sorry!]

Some of those are pretty funny actually. I must admit however I was in the same 'wtf boat' as Danger before when there was no link... guess I live under a rock too huh?

 

[Danger]

Now, now... no need to cry.

 

[Chi Meson]

When viewed from the original site, each comic has a second hidden joke or punchline that is exposed with a mouse-over.

I want to get the T-shirt of this one and wear it at school.

...but I could get in a bit of trouble.

 

[hamster143]

http://xkcd.com/386/

 

[Borek]

I can't find very geeky one that Junior showed me some time ago. This one fits PF:

http://xkcd.com/356/

 

[Sorry!]

http://xkcd.com/85/

it's funny to me because I actually do do this. Anyone else do this or am I an oddball

 

[Borek]

I am worse, I am trying to find path that is both fast and requires me to hurt minimum number of plants

 

[Jonathan Scott]

http://xkcd.com/386/

I have a copy of that one stuck on the wall right above my computer, as a reminder both to myself and to my wife!

 

[BobG]

I can't find very geeky one that Junior showed me some time ago. This one fits PF:

http://xkcd.com/356/

How could I have forgotten that one. Nerd sniping actually works!

https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=206096

 

[Saladsamurai]

Hahahah...

 

[hamster143]

I don't get it.

 

[Saladsamurai]

I don't get it.

A man with one hat stumbles across a man with 2 hats. They stare at each other...They stare some more. The man with 1 hat slowly backs away.Brilliant!

PS: Do you own a hamster? And moreover, do you love it? (trying to decipher your screen name )

 

[kote]

http://xkcd.com/664/ definitely demonstrates how I've felt at work . What's with the philosophy hate though? Philosophers would slap that guy too .

 

[BobG]

http://xkcd.com/664/ definitely demonstrates how I've felt at work .

The business may just heap more work on you, but they also give bigger raises to the folks that are harder to replace.

Does academia give raises?

 

[kote]

The business may just heap more work on you, but they also give bigger raises to the folks that are harder to replace.

Does academia give raises?

I'm not complaining, just remembering trying to explain how some code works to my boss and being told no one cares, which does make sense . Thankfully it ended up actually being useful and not just a neat CS trick.

 

[Math Jeans]

I have a lot of favorites, but I always thought these three were hilarious (there are better ones, but none that I can think of off the top of my head):

Alt text -- 'Hey, everyone, you can totally trust that I didn't do a word count on MY edit!'
http://xkcd.com/545/

Alt text -- Sadly, this is a true story. At least I learned about the OS X 'say' command.
http://xkcd.com/530/

Alt text -- That cat has some serious periodic components
http://xkcd.com/26/

 

[Borek]

http://xkcd.com/527/

http://xkcd.com/528/

 

[Borek]

http://xkcd.com/593/

http://xkcd.com/599/

 

[daniel_i_l]

 

[Chi Meson]

This one has a bad word, but so true. I've added a few more to the graph. Mangoes would definitely belong in the upper left.
http://xkcd.com/388/

 

[BobG]

This one has a bad word, but so true. I've added a few more to the graph. Mangoes would definitely belong in the upper left.
http://xkcd.com/388/

Bananas should be just above the x-axis. They're nice and neutral and can be put on almost anything.

And what's he have against oranges. I like oranges. Especially those little ones called clementines. They even have a song about them that you sing while you eat them.

"Oh, my darling
Oh, my darling
Oh, my darling, clementine"

 

[hamster143]

And what's he have against oranges. I like oranges. Especially those little ones called clementines. They even have a song about them that you sing while you eat them.

Clementines are not oranges. Clementines are tangerines. Tangerines (C. reticulata) are just as different from oranges (C. sinensis) as oranges are from lemons (C. limon).

 

[TheStatutoryApe]

This one has a bad word, but so true. I've added a few more to the graph. Mangoes would definitely belong in the upper left.
http://xkcd.com/388/

I like Grapefruits. :-(

 

[Chi Meson]

I probably have never had a "good" grapefruit, living in New England. The few times I've been to Florida, I have learned what a really good orange tastes like. I found no time to experiment with any other citrus.

If you read the mouse-over text, you will find the comment on coconuts.

And I also would not place cherries that far on the "easy" side. I have a $900 tooth, thanks to a freaking cherry.

Also, fresh figs go in the upper left corner. You can eat everything but the stem.

Starfruit goes in the lower right. Persimmons go somewhere between peaches and seedless grapes.

 

[Edgardo]

I like these:
Python: http://xkcd.com/353/
Purity: http://xkcd.com/435/

And here is Randall Munroe giving a talk:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zJOS0sV2a24&hl=de_DE&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zJOS0sV2a24&hl=de_DE&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

 

[rhenretta]

I just got my new xkcd shirt yesterday (Wearing it now):

based on this comic (too long to post as an image I think):
http://xkcd.com/585/

 

[engkatiemarie]

My favorite XKCD is this one:

http://www.xkcd.com/386/

Probably because it reminds me of my boyfriend. He's addicted to ars technica.

 

[kote]

My favorite XKCD is this one:

http://www.xkcd.com/386/

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Probably because it reminds me of my boyfriend. He's addicted to ars technica.

That comic is the story of 90% of my PF participation. It also describes the motivation behind academic philosophy. Rarely does anyone say anything new. Every paper written just points out something that someone else was wrong about .