tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post1901315596301911418..comments2024-03-17T05:03:46.056-07:00Comments on xkcd sucks: Comic 561: we've seen this shit beforeCarlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-55884340482957775462009-04-04T13:34:00.000-07:002009-04-04T13:34:00.000-07:00I like IE :)I like IE :)TomRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-1709952129411866202009-03-31T19:31:00.000-07:002009-03-31T19:31:00.000-07:00Schadenfreude: does IE8 follow web standards as we...Schadenfreude: does IE8 follow web standards as well as Firefox 3? That is my primary beef with IE: it is a bitch for web developers.rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-45754171608614112012009-03-31T19:21:00.000-07:002009-03-31T19:21:00.000-07:00You guys suck.You guys suck.Schadenfreudehttp://www.polkout.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-81777365702370953822009-03-31T15:42:00.000-07:002009-03-31T15:42:00.000-07:00Prescriptivism is bad, anyway. IE has its own reas...Prescriptivism is bad, anyway. IE has its own reasons to be hated without everyone being all prescriptivist about the term 'alt text.'rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-11216908684135979152009-03-31T15:08:00.000-07:002009-03-31T15:08:00.000-07:00Woo! An insult. An impressive one, too, if not par...Woo! An insult. An impressive one, too, if not particularly eloquent. I must come here more often.<BR/><BR/>I take your point. We all know it isn't alt text, but we call it alt text anyway. We do this because IE has seriously messed up our understanding of what alt text is for. Yes, let's all hate IE together.<BR/><BR/>I was trying to get an embedded video to work today, and learned to hate IE even more than I did before. (Appeared fine in Firefox/Ubuntu, Opera/Ubuntu, Safari/Win, GoogleChrome/Win, Firefox/Win, Opera/Win. Complete mess in IE 6 and 7.)<BR/><BR/>For my own browsing, I use Firefox or Opera as the mood takes me, and yes, I'm on Ubuntu. Must get hold of a Mac one of these days, just for the variety.<BR/><BR/>TRiG.TRiGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12252536592916793907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-63827639394778168982009-03-31T13:49:00.000-07:002009-03-31T13:49:00.000-07:00Whatevs, I'm on a Mac.Seriously though does IE8 fi...Whatevs, I'm on a Mac.<BR/><BR/>Seriously though does IE8 finally comply with web standards as well as Firefox 3 does? Because if so I will forgive them with all of my web developer heart.rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-90805500029930277492009-03-31T13:20:00.000-07:002009-03-31T13:20:00.000-07:00@Rob: They're equal now! Isn't it time to let bygo...@Rob: They're equal now! Isn't it time to let bygones be bygones?Schadenfreudehttp://www.polkout.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-63840353004390805832009-03-31T13:15:00.000-07:002009-03-31T13:15:00.000-07:00"I have nothing against talking wells otherwise ge..."I have nothing against talking wells otherwise generally."<BR/><BR/>You'd better not... *cracks knuckles*the_talkingwellfishnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-77725760464679520092009-03-31T07:03:00.000-07:002009-03-31T07:03:00.000-07:00I do generally like XKCD, but I agree with Carl on...I do generally like XKCD, but I agree with Carl on this one. It was a few shades less than brilliant.Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14115897442715398390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-53834004794839351692009-03-31T05:13:00.000-07:002009-03-31T05:13:00.000-07:00This, for the first time in a while (I'm a fan of ...This, for the first time in a while (I'm a fan of xkcd, so to say) sucked so badly it was funny. For this reason, I consider it good, whether or not intentional. "The well that will randomly decide to be a bitch to you, or talk about firefly, whatever it's feeling like" got a little chuckle out of me when I realized the folks were being conned.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-44262713721787769252009-03-30T23:21:00.000-07:002009-03-30T23:21:00.000-07:00Kristen: maybe she was throwing a really valuable ...Kristen: maybe she was throwing a really valuable coin, and it was his.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-47530543196345921412009-03-30T22:51:00.000-07:002009-03-30T22:51:00.000-07:00I get the feeling that Randall has been meaning to...I get the feeling that Randall has been meaning to get those first two "uncomfortable truths" off his chest for a while now, and he finally just went, "Fuck it, I'll put them next to each other, add some awkward romance, and call it a comic."<BR/><BR/>Also, why on earth would the second girl throw a coin in after the well just told her that her boyfriend apparently doesn't really love her? Wouldn't she at least realize the obvious potential for an awkward punchline and veer away from it? I guess this is kind of a minor criticism, since comics make you suspend disbelief for the sake of a punchline all the time, but the pattern of characters almost self-consciously playing into their own jokes gets to me a little bit.<BR/><BR/>This is a sort of different example, but it's sort of related--I've always hated <A HREF="http://xkcd.com/12/" REL="nofollow">XKCD 12</A> for similar reasons, and only recently realized that it proves that yeah, there were some really sucky comics back in the old days (apart from the really random sketches and the like). It's just--why would he be saying that he's a poisson distribution? The answer is that he's saying it for the sole purpose of leading up to a punchline that only works in comic-land, and it still bugs the hell out of me.Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05239346965965322170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-35617864546826287842009-03-30T21:30:00.000-07:002009-03-30T21:30:00.000-07:00It's like the second and third panels are from one...It's like the second and third panels are from one comic and the last two are from another, a fact that's probably been hashed and hashed again by this point.<BR/><BR/>The last two panels are bitter, and some people like bitter. They're the sort of people who read about train crashes and hotel bombings with hungry eyes. Feel a little disgusted. Can't help it. Alright. Some people like bitter. I'm not one of them. I always order white chocolate.<BR/><BR/>The other two are nerd jokes, and that's alright as far as nerd jokes go. I suppose the first fellow was a fellow who held Firefly high, and the girl was a girl who held Dvorak keyboards high. Alright.<BR/><BR/>That's good enough.<BR/><BR/>But this comic should be two comics that are half as long. All I'm asking for is consistency, as far as talking wells are concerned. I have nothing against talking wells otherwise generally.<BR/><BR/>Incidentally, did Timmy actually fall down a well once, or was that something that was invented out of the ether?K. McAshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-51128578627944848372009-03-30T20:40:00.000-07:002009-03-30T20:40:00.000-07:00@Kurt: [total confusion]If you think the car comic...@Kurt: [total confusion]<BR/>If you think the car comic doesn't need the last panel, I have a joke for you.<BR/><BR/>"Two guys walk into a bar. One of them."<BR/><BR/>Thanks, I'll be here all week.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12456796465979923295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-542950252164825412009-03-30T19:25:00.000-07:002009-03-30T19:25:00.000-07:00AMANDA ALL CAPS IS NOT CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL THI...AMANDA ALL CAPS IS NOT CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL THIS MEANS YOU SUCK I AM REVOKING YOUR AWESOME PRIVILEGES<BR/><BR/>Schadenfreude: Firefox has done that for some time now.rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-61546288436565439302009-03-30T19:23:00.000-07:002009-03-30T19:23:00.000-07:00But IE8 doesn't crash! And if it does, it allows y...But IE8 doesn't crash! And if it does, it allows you to restore your last session exactly where you left off!Schadenfreudehttp://www.polkout.com/forumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-55566664515216217722009-03-30T19:14:00.000-07:002009-03-30T19:14:00.000-07:00THE STUPID PART IS THAT I HAVE FIREFOXI AM JUSTI D...THE STUPID PART IS THAT I HAVE FIREFOX<BR/><BR/>I AM JUST<BR/><BR/>I DUNNO<BR/><BR/>LOYAL TO IE OR SOMETHING<BR/><BR/>BUT IT HAS CRASHED ON ME INFINITELY MORE TIMES THAN FIREFOX HAS CRASHED ON ME<BR/><BR/>=(Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11192581573588205095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-6700004844857913652009-03-30T19:13:00.000-07:002009-03-30T19:13:00.000-07:00amanda, no more excuses: www.getfirefox.comamanda, no more excuses: <A HREF="http://www.getfirefox.com" REL="nofollow">www.getfirefox.com</A>Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-2653669504167446982009-03-30T18:47:00.000-07:002009-03-30T18:47:00.000-07:00But he is encouraging road rage! This is punishabl...But he is encouraging road rage! This is punishable by death, by Mormons, in Utah.rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-49446476936002595352009-03-30T18:43:00.000-07:002009-03-30T18:43:00.000-07:00I kind of liked 562. The last panel is needed bec...I kind of liked 562. The last panel is needed because it's not inherently obvious what Mr Hat was going to do. And it references a lot of those "carpet riddles" that require cutting the carpet into triangles.<BR/><BR/>I think it's easy to get into a reflexive HATE, and a lot of the more recent ones haven't been funny -- at all, but we also need to give credit where due.Jeff Liptonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07699464691843236282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-91917242356618074842009-03-30T18:42:00.000-07:002009-03-30T18:42:00.000-07:00OOOOHHHHH.... yeah, I'll go ahead and remove that ...OOOOHHHHH.... yeah, I'll go ahead and remove that last post.<BR/><BR/>IE still sucks though. I suppose I would use it if forced brutally by a man with a gun/knife/torture rack/ect.Kurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08007316091456946624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-5532899996874923862009-03-30T18:37:00.000-07:002009-03-30T18:37:00.000-07:00TRiG: if you weren't a shit-filled fucktard, you w...<I>TRiG: if you weren't a shit-filled fucktard, you wouldn't jump to conclusions about my browser. I am using Firefox (and using on Ubuntu) and I take your suggestion that I am using IE as the worst form of insult.</I><BR/><BR/>-Carl<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>I am sad because I still use IE even though I hate it.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11192581573588205095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-54904073501081153162009-03-30T18:35:00.000-07:002009-03-30T18:35:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Kurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08007316091456946624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-66841084332295163762009-03-30T16:29:00.000-07:002009-03-30T16:29:00.000-07:00Why do you people hate on IE? It's fantastic.Why do you people hate on IE? It's <I>fantastic.</I>Schadenfreudehttp://www.polkout.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-74721744404215439882009-03-30T15:32:00.000-07:002009-03-30T15:32:00.000-07:00Jacob: It's a thing which, when you mouse over it ...Jacob: It's a thing which, when you mouse over it on XKCD, makes you cry because it sucks so bad.<BR/><BR/>Obscure: The highest form of compliment!rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.com