tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post3585274764102302552..comments2024-03-17T05:03:46.056-07:00Comments on xkcd sucks: Comic 830: Genetically InferiorCarlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comBlogger109125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-75162897653229341542010-12-14T00:40:39.523-08:002010-12-14T00:40:39.523-08:00I actually prefer Randall's tic-tac-toe fracta...I actually prefer Randall's tic-tac-toe fractal to the other ones that exist (though I'll refrain from remarking on his 'originality'). It's hand drawn, but the bit of irregularity makes it more appealing to me...it goes without saying that the one for X is more interesting, the O chart is kind of boring. It's also not that hard to read.<br /><br />I mean, yeah, if you're just trying to make a tic tac toe fractal, it's not the best way of going about it (and I'll take y'all's word for it that he made a mistake), but shockingly enough, I find it visually appealing.<br /><br />I'm probably missing something important though, because I'm just a dumb arts student who can't get Randall's science jokes and can't understand the analyses here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-78587344052964461972010-12-12T14:48:49.438-08:002010-12-12T14:48:49.438-08:00X O _
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_ _ XX O _<br />_ O _<br />_ _ XCorenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15212091179352013947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-5004207571549690782010-12-12T11:02:15.773-08:002010-12-12T11:02:15.773-08:00"as you all know, I detest opinions in all th..."as you all know, I detest opinions in all their forms"<br /><br />you forgot to add, "except my own, so here's some xkcd hate and tea party hate"<br /><br />your reviews are funny but at least be honest with yourselfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-3534886060105713082010-12-11T12:13:03.306-08:002010-12-11T12:13:03.306-08:00@Anon at 10:15 Dec 10
Actually, a player who star...@Anon at 10:15 Dec 10<br /><br />Actually, a player who starts in the corner and isn't retarded cannot actually lose, only draw.<br /><br />(I spent a boring french lesson working out every possible move then thrashing my friends)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-67154143246433563572010-12-11T07:20:44.152-08:002010-12-11T07:20:44.152-08:00@Anon 10:23
Maybe at around age 13. At 26, not s...@Anon 10:23<br /><br />Maybe at around age 13. At 26, not so much. Is this further evidence that Randall is aiming his comic at a middle school age audience?LostInSpacenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-17825509164547357522010-12-10T22:23:17.941-08:002010-12-10T22:23:17.941-08:00Gotta say, I found the "your parents had sex&...Gotta say, I found the "your parents had sex" line hilarious. There's really no explanation needed... unless y'all are so incredibly well-adjusted that you've never been bothered by the idea of your parents doin' the do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-50217291125548185582010-12-10T16:12:34.510-08:002010-12-10T16:12:34.510-08:00if Randall were really the Comp Sci GENIUS he clai...if Randall were really the Comp Sci GENIUS he claims to be, he should have just coded something to draw fractals, not shoddily draw them by hand.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-65517943750701529542010-12-10T15:47:28.336-08:002010-12-10T15:47:28.336-08:00@Ves
I'm too lazy to look at the chart for mo...@Ves<br /><br />I'm too lazy to look at the chart for more than about 3 seconds. Care to point out the mistakes?Arthurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04837322808525126354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-12015524286107166742010-12-10T14:27:24.551-08:002010-12-10T14:27:24.551-08:00Damn... I went on the XKCD forum... how do I clean...Damn... I went on the XKCD forum... how do I cleanse myself of this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-37689013296677894792010-12-10T13:57:29.303-08:002010-12-10T13:57:29.303-08:00Damon, I'd go with the computer if the contest...Damon, I'd go with the computer if the contest just keeps going until somebody loses. 48+ hour tic-tac-toe marathon? Humans will make mistakes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-66918952118128069792010-12-10T13:42:54.185-08:002010-12-10T13:42:54.185-08:00Jesus Christ on a crutch did 832 ever suck. It'...Jesus Christ on a crutch did 832 ever suck. It's full of mistakes, it's blatant poster-bait, it's shoddily drawn, it's horribly unintuitive, and most of all it's not original in the slightest.<br /><br /><b>and the fanboys are still sucking randy's cock over it. what the fucking fuck.</b>Veshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06095687089196127511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-64434425554409598962010-12-10T13:29:16.068-08:002010-12-10T13:29:16.068-08:00"It's already been solved decades ago and..."It's already been solved decades ago and already in 1947 a computer could always beat a human."<br /><br />The optimal strategy for tic-tac-toe is simple, and anyone who plays optimally will do no worse than a draw; a computer can't beat a human that has any idea what they're doing.<br /><br />Also I have no idea how to read that chart.Damonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16239627783827397069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-7081148919972270392010-12-10T13:13:22.473-08:002010-12-10T13:13:22.473-08:00The new xkcd is very abstract, with all those head...The new xkcd is very abstract, with all those heads surrounded by large Xs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-40495288335174965782010-12-10T13:02:39.876-08:002010-12-10T13:02:39.876-08:00Triple post threat:
I hate typing out full-ass an...Triple post threat:<br /><br />I hate typing out <a href="http://ted.mielczarek.org/code/ticfractoe.html" rel="nofollow">full-ass</a> <a href="http://www.stonybrook.edu/philosophy/fractal/2Tic.html" rel="nofollow">anchor</a> <a href="http://www.stonybrook.edu/philosophy/fractal/index.html" rel="nofollow">tags.</a>Capnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-32499452899231552052010-12-10T13:00:16.022-08:002010-12-10T13:00:16.022-08:00And now I saw a date on that inspired piece for th...And now I saw a date on that inspired piece for the JavaScript version:<br /><br /><a rel="nofollow">http://www.stonybrook.edu/philosophy/fractal/2Tic.html</a><br /><br /><a rel="nofollow">http://www.stonybrook.edu/philosophy/fractal/index.html</a><br /><br /><br />y halo thar '97Capnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-47193820312797718482010-12-10T12:55:44.486-08:002010-12-10T12:55:44.486-08:00Thanks for the heads up gamer.
This is much much ...Thanks for the heads up gamer.<br /><br />This is much much cooler, and I was very happy to see that when I went to the page it was inspired by something that wasn't xkcd related.<br /><br />http://ted.mielczarek.org/code/ticfractoe.html<br /><br />At first I thought: cool picto blog bro. But now it is obvious that it was done before and done better. It would be really classy of Randall to indicate that as such and proclaim innocence to a independently shared coolish idea. But the weather patterns in hell indicate otherwise.Capnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-80838281250936521132010-12-10T12:47:58.017-08:002010-12-10T12:47:58.017-08:00Okay, so, since blogspot sucks, I'm going to t...Okay, so, since blogspot sucks, I'm going to try this again:<br />I took this (http://www.mediafire.com/?z75p2mikmu6udhu) out of my cache (dated Fri 10 Dec 2010 02:11:09 AM CST) and compared it to this (http://www.webcitation.org/5usc42jr3) and posted the differences (in green, not blue) here: http://www.mediafire.com/?qrn74v0ihr5vhl0Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-13845071568352137052010-12-10T12:43:31.783-08:002010-12-10T12:43:31.783-08:00Agh, why is blogger fucking with my mind?Agh, why is blogger fucking with my mind?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-43409989377271545202010-12-10T12:42:06.825-08:002010-12-10T12:42:06.825-08:00Actually, the changes are in green, not blue... Bl...Actually, the changes are in green, not blue... Blue looked like shit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-39665890614595065932010-12-10T12:04:36.736-08:002010-12-10T12:04:36.736-08:00So randall made another poster.
Is it up for pr...So randall made another poster. <br /><br />Is it up for pre-order yet?ThePirateKinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03855894192400453985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-33401309007067790012010-12-10T11:46:28.548-08:002010-12-10T11:46:28.548-08:00Honestly, I thought it was a pretty decent pictobl...Honestly, I thought it was a pretty decent pictoblag. Apparently it's been done before, but I had never seen it. It got the, "Huh, that's neat." reaction from me, which is a lot more than XKCD usually gets.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-52064393198102514452010-12-10T10:15:37.948-08:002010-12-10T10:15:37.948-08:00who the fuck doesn't start with the centre squ...who the fuck doesn't start with the centre square.<br /><br />anybody with a brain can force a win if you start in the corner but can only force a draw replying to a centre squareAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-31300445700809844742010-12-10T08:52:11.427-08:002010-12-10T08:52:11.427-08:00There is an optimal strategy for playing tic-tac-t...There is an optimal strategy for playing tic-tac-toe... I think I knew that when I was three. It's at least mildly visually interesting, though.<br /><br />It's perhaps interesting that it's surprisingly difficult to lose (really lose, not draw) a game of Tic-Tac-Toe against an opponent who is also deliberately trying to lose. I know this because it was a puzzle in the final episode of Telltale's Sam & Max Season 1. A game which, unlike this comic, is awesome.Svennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-28561641390094742782010-12-10T08:13:23.431-08:002010-12-10T08:13:23.431-08:00If Randall really is screwing this up, that's ...If Randall really is screwing this up, that's the reason people are supposed to archive the comic like Rob suggested.<br /><br />But, just for fun, do a Google image search for "tic tac toe fractal chart" and you'll see someone do it better, and RIGHT.Gamer_2k4https://www.blogger.com/profile/17079715817544544279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-55612554197832890002010-12-10T07:55:48.760-08:002010-12-10T07:55:48.760-08:00i'm not sure if it's my colorblindness or ...i'm not sure if it's my colorblindness or the lines are just so thin that nobody can tell red from black in this comic.<br /><br />however this 'comic' was obviously made only for turning it into another shitty poster for the fanboys. randall seems to need the money.<br /><br />this also gives a deep insight in randalls character. he needs to control everything, even childrens games that only work because you don't think about them too much. he can't accept any randomness and needs strict rules for everything. thats also the reason why he continues to publish his shitty comic three times a week.<br />he needs to do all this because he was propably raped in the ass by his father when he was a child.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com