tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post6527254066984448707..comments2024-03-17T05:03:46.056-07:00Comments on xkcd sucks: Comic 741: Blogging About My Content GenerationCarlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-2307384100004473862010-05-22T05:09:44.382-07:002010-05-22T05:09:44.382-07:00Full ack @ David ThomsenFull ack @ David ThomsenHdPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-65210548374286429272010-05-20T12:07:18.984-07:002010-05-20T12:07:18.984-07:00Ugh, that 'Lincoln-Douglas' one (#639) mak...Ugh, that 'Lincoln-Douglas' one (#639) makes me wanna throw up. I hate when Randall ventures outside of his comfort zone (i.e., into music/history/I dunno whatever/etcetera)AJBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10938669046296143081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-67018019828823714952010-05-20T09:10:55.796-07:002010-05-20T09:10:55.796-07:00xkcd doesn't recycle images, but it's no s...xkcd doesn't recycle images, but it's no secret that randall as a set of scenes he likes to use over and over again (e.g. person sitting in front of computer, person speaking to an audience, two people standing and talking). Most of his jokes are just people talking, it's not very dynamic.Person #1https://www.blogger.com/profile/17155647957555627795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-20105139400640203922010-05-20T04:33:39.230-07:002010-05-20T04:33:39.230-07:00I was so sure I've seen this art before and lo...I was so sure I've seen this art before and looked xkcd through.<br /><br />I did not find this, but found that:<br />http://www.xkcd.com/285/<br />http://www.xkcd.com/545/<br />http://www.xkcd.com/639/mawekinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-80421425189855163522010-05-20T04:12:11.619-07:002010-05-20T04:12:11.619-07:00I have heard this joke before. It is not that funn...I have heard this joke before. It is not that funny.Person #1https://www.blogger.com/profile/17155647957555627795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-26281629657855963632010-05-20T04:11:34.650-07:002010-05-20T04:11:34.650-07:00@4.25: you're rather cynical. Character 1 thin...@4.25: you're rather cynical. Character 1 thinks that it's a scary story to tell, so why shouldn't Character 2 and Character 3? Randall doesn't genuinely think it's scary, he presents the entire situation as a joke - here is a common campfire story but, as someone put it above here, with computers.<br /><br />(I did glean the joke from context, but then I read TV Tropes a lot, so.)Ann Apolishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08566528013026340201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-51985447064177978982010-05-20T01:02:54.130-07:002010-05-20T01:02:54.130-07:00Okay, you don't have to do this, but I was rea...Okay, you don't have to do this, but I was really high when I watched The Prestige and I'm really drunk now. So could someone please reiterate the different steps of the archetypal magic trick for me? The info is probably available somewhere else and if so ignore. But if you feel like helping a brotha out please do so.anonymouse/Rnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-63390612097425481812010-05-19T20:53:11.239-07:002010-05-19T20:53:11.239-07:00742 made me happy. Not because it was a great joke...742 made me happy. Not because it was a great joke, or because I got it immediately and massaged my nerd ego... but because it reminded me of when xkcd was good, when the art looked like it took some effort despite the stick figure style, when jokes most people wouldn't get were included without obvious explanation, when there was one interpretation and it was somewhat humorous. It's a step in the right direction, from the point of view of someone who *used to* really enjoy the comic, and I'm satisfied with any movement towards perfection, even if we never get there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-46286053125911979742010-05-19T16:25:40.669-07:002010-05-19T16:25:40.669-07:00742 reminded me a lot of the one where the kid'...742 reminded me a lot of the one where the kid's scary story is that he was born after 9/11 (xkcd's search function sucks and I don't feel like digging through the archives to figure out which one it is). I seriously doubt that any children would be scared by this story, unless they are gasping sarcastically. Actually, I think it works better that way, and that they are actually saying "gasp", it is not a sound effect. "Gasp! Uncle Randy, you sure are good at telling scary stories! I's sooooo scared right now." [rolleyes]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-57905990193183061302010-05-19T16:03:40.450-07:002010-05-19T16:03:40.450-07:00Yeah uh Fernie, before everyone gets into a huge s...Yeah uh Fernie, before everyone gets into a huge shitstorm about this I'm just gonna say that at least in America "the call was coming from inside the house" is such a huge cliche that it was pretty obvious even if you know squat about computers, so I'm guessing you didn't get it because of a cultural barrier.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-23923343425040190452010-05-19T15:04:13.589-07:002010-05-19T15:04:13.589-07:00no its actually pretty terrible.
its LOL NORMAL S...no its actually pretty terrible.<br /><br />its LOL NORMAL STORY WITH COMPUTER REFERENCE THROWN IN and the fans snort it up like cocaine.<br /><br />just because you thought it was ok doesn't mean it is.<br /><br />but it is terrible because I think it is. I'm an authority.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-87026214485482991962010-05-19T15:03:45.913-07:002010-05-19T15:03:45.913-07:00"It's a good tell which users here are ac..."It's a good tell which users here are acctually sincere in their criticism, and which are just being idiots"<br /><br />=<br /><br />"Whomever agrees with me is cool, whomever disagrees is an idiot".Fernie Cantohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01753446688169468457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-14533237845213852142010-05-19T15:01:35.008-07:002010-05-19T15:01:35.008-07:00Here's the thing: The fact that it's only ...Here's the thing: The fact that it's <i>only every once in a while</i> that a comic comes along that is "not really that terrible" is, itself, an indictment of xkcd.John Magnumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04416392917805723793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-55837696160362124822010-05-19T14:26:58.825-07:002010-05-19T14:26:58.825-07:00I love how every once in a while, a comic like 742...I love how every once in a while, a comic like 742 comes along, not being great, but really not being that terrible either. It's a good tell which users here are acctually sincere in their criticism, and which are just being idiots :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-70503323923891694882010-05-19T13:43:43.812-07:002010-05-19T13:43:43.812-07:00For this one I think the joke is supposed to be th...For this one I think the joke is supposed to be that by including "content generation" in his lecture, the guy is building a good relationship with his audience and thereby proving his point about the key to successful blogging/speaking?<br />I don't know, it seemed obvious when I read it and only now am I realizing how little sense that makes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-28564075609224345722010-05-19T13:22:10.235-07:002010-05-19T13:22:10.235-07:00"No you don't. I know next to nothing abo..."No you don't. I know next to nothing about IP addresses. I got the joke. It's actually very, very obvious just by the context."<br /><br />In that case, you were actually bright enough to deduce the crux of the joke, but that doesn't mean everybody will do the same.<br /><br />In fact, I misinterpretted the joke at first, because I always associated the "192.168/16" and similar blocks as "invalid addresses" and their use in NAT is something I only remembered from college classes, so I got it as "huh, so the killer's IP is invalid and that's because he's a ghost, or something?". Either way, the effect of the joke is pretty much unchanged: it's "hurr hurr, things become instantly awesome when you put COMPUTERS in them!".Fernie Cantohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01753446688169468457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-47848222230888258572010-05-19T12:18:37.814-07:002010-05-19T12:18:37.814-07:00Review copy? As in, "provided by publisher fo...Review copy? As in, "provided by publisher for the sole purpose of reviewing"?<br /><br />have sex with me carlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-63837194228682002472010-05-19T11:04:47.054-07:002010-05-19T11:04:47.054-07:00Yeah today's strip could, maybe, possibly, alm...Yeah today's strip could, maybe, possibly, almost be a little good. Perhaps. It just needs some buildup.<br /><br />Maybe I'd lose my nerd cred to say I did not initially understand the joke, (though I'm pretty sure I would only care about something like "nerd cred" if I was a Randall fan) but even when I did, I shrugged. It's just like yesterday's - it's almost a panel taken out of a larger strip. No buildup. No backstory. I've always thought of jokes like they explained a magic trick in the Prestige - it has an exposition, a description of the setting (the pledge), an interesting wrinkle to that situation that is not immediately explainable (the turn), and then the resolution, where the cause of the foil is revealed (the prestige). xkcd just seems lately like a bunch of turns with no pledge or prestige, and that's it. Even when randall is doing prestige-turn-pledge, at least he has the three parts.ndrjnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-38664945570719211962010-05-19T10:43:56.456-07:002010-05-19T10:43:56.456-07:00Carl, did you seriously make a reference to an old...Carl, did you seriously make a reference to an old xkcd comic in your title?<br /><br />Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?/b/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-17841142660684171792010-05-19T09:56:21.465-07:002010-05-19T09:56:21.465-07:00"Yes, in fact you do have to know more than a..."Yes, in fact you do have to know more than a little about IP addresses in order to get the joke"<br /><br />No you don't. I know next to nothing about IP addresses. I got the joke. It's actually very, very obvious just by the context.<br /><br />You can say you don't like the comic, but let's not pretend it's all that hard to figure out what the joke is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-17591199293214124572010-05-19T09:24:12.605-07:002010-05-19T09:24:12.605-07:00i got the joke. *yawn*i got the joke. *yawn*Emilynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-7361206250582640762010-05-19T08:40:36.953-07:002010-05-19T08:40:36.953-07:00I fail to see how the latest comic is anywhere nea...I fail to see how the latest comic is anywhere near decent.<br /><br />Yes, in fact you do have to know more than a little about IP addresses in order to get the joke, and once you get it, it's merely a very old trope revisited... WITH COMPUTERS!!! *fap*! *fap*! *fap*! *cum*! RANDALL GOOMH!<br /><br />It's a braindead, moronic non-joke, the kind of thing you'd hear as a humourous remark in a lecture from that nerdy, pathetic teacher who's TERRIBLY unfunny but tries really, really hard to please his students but fails miserably, and whose students only laugh at him out of *pity*, but even then not too much pity because he's not a very good teacher at all.Fernie Cantohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01753446688169468457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-46163641621089724332010-05-19T08:24:48.322-07:002010-05-19T08:24:48.322-07:00Seriously anon @ 6:05? Yes people work at companie...Seriously anon @ 6:05? Yes people work at companies with worldwide address spaces and some of those people VPN into them... but 99% of people with a home network have exactly that - a HOME network. The joke makes sense and isn't a terribly terribly wrong reference.Jonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-73852616573282958332010-05-19T06:12:21.240-07:002010-05-19T06:12:21.240-07:00Good morning, peoples! I'm ina a pretty good h...Good morning, peoples! I'm ina a pretty good humor, because, heck, this is a good comic! Yay!<br /><br />742 is really a good one. Of course you must know something about IP addresses and home network configuration to get the joke, but I think that's not bad, considering this is xkcd, the comic famous for being nerdy, right?<br /><br />And, see, the writing was nicely done. No PPD, no unnatural dialogue... it's just there. Very nice!<br /><br />And the art is pretty effective, too. Inifnitely better than THAT other campfire story based comic released a while ago, no? Sure it is, and the way he's done the lighting here is awesome.<br /><br />Now this makes me happy, but is potentially sad. Randall has raised his standard once again, and no doubt he will fail to maintain it later. But heck, I'm optimistic. Let's hope for more good strips in the future, eh?<br /><br />Mole out. Have a nice day!Professional Molehttp://comic.guedesav.blog.brnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-50622936075131538892010-05-19T06:05:29.867-07:002010-05-19T06:05:29.867-07:00742 makes me rage. Many companies use the 192.168...742 makes me rage. Many companies use the 192.168/16 address space and the other private address spaces on their corporate networks, fully routeable, often chopped up & spread across the world. I.E. 192.168.1/24 might be an office in Australia, 192.168.14/24 might be in New York, 192.168.233/24 might be in Siberia, etc. Maybe we're specifically discussing someone in a residential environment, but do we suddenly live in a world without VPN? If you're VPN'd to your company to work from home, you're liable to end up talking to 192.168 addresses on the other side of the planet.<br /><br />Randall strikes me as someone who has just learned of the existence of NAT after getting flamed for posting his private home LAN IP on some web forum. If he'd actually ever had a real job in IT, he'd realize how stupid he is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com