tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post8100519686952999666..comments2024-03-17T05:03:46.056-07:00Comments on xkcd sucks: Comic 709: An Affront To GodCarlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comBlogger176125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-2971582201251505622010-06-28T08:02:56.270-07:002010-06-28T08:02:56.270-07:00I guess it's the fact that the "I am C-3P...I guess it's the fact that the "I am C-3PO, human cyborg relations. And this is my counterpart R2-D2." is repeated several times throughout the movies, and it's a well known line, as well as being one of the best ways that George Lucas actually made the point that C-3PO was a robot, with having that stock introduction "program". <br /><br />But yeah, that's what I think he meant by "Prominent". Personally, I don't quite remember V's introduction, but I only saw the movie once. It's certainly much more of a mouthful, and fewer people have seen V for Vendetta, so I'd say that the C-3PO one is more well known.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-65002309393783111142010-06-27T21:03:18.746-07:002010-06-27T21:03:18.746-07:00How is c-3po's introduction "prominent&qu...How is c-3po's introduction "prominent" ? is it really more prominent than, say, the introduction of the character V in <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6Q0dfrbr10" rel="nofollow">V for Vendetta</a>?Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-19667400855375061102010-06-27T18:12:17.708-07:002010-06-27T18:12:17.708-07:00Eh, I personally think that All introductions can ...Eh, I personally think that All introductions can be made funnier by the addition of the Dialogue in panel 2, but I'm a huge inside joke person, meaning that this would be a dumb joke made for a couple chuckles, most mine, and I have a tendency to make jokes far past their expiration date.<br /><br />That Said, I like this joke, but not many other people would find it as funny as me. It's actually more lulzy to me. Eh. Whatever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-34696408162907010892010-06-27T12:34:08.772-07:002010-06-27T12:34:08.772-07:00There's a lot of effort to interpret this comi...There's a lot of effort to interpret this comic in a way that makes it funny, and none of it works, but I do think there's a simple explanation that allows for a bit of a chuckle, at least. Two very prominent examples of a character introducing himself with the phrase "I am" are God and C3PO. Mash it together, and you get this. It's the same joke as the LOTR/Beyonce comic.Danielnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-63667006543865834032010-04-08T08:46:49.041-07:002010-04-08T08:46:49.041-07:00i am so glad to have that cleared up. I guess it&#...i am so glad to have that cleared up. I guess it's just a coincidence that I happened to find it when there was a bible-type comic, which is weird on its own, but ok.<br /><br />i hope i don't have to make a "bible quizzes suck" blog...Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-11892391237635941482010-04-07T14:14:43.038-07:002010-04-07T14:14:43.038-07:00I posted a question on the xkcd forums, and got an...I posted a question on the xkcd forums, and got an answer. (http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=57365&p=2052898&hilit=biblequizzingwebsite#p2052898):<br /><br />"ROFLOL!<br /><br />So I've been working on and off for a website for bible quizzers and still don't have it in production state yet. That's why I bought the domain name, and that's why it doesn't actually have any content yet.<br /><br />Meanwhile... I was explaining to a fellow geek how DNS works, and wanted to show how I could point biblequizzingwebsite.com to any site -- so I naturally chose 72.26.203.98 (xkcd.com).<br /><br />Lol,<br /><br />I had absolutely no idea that anyone at all in the world would even notice or care! =D"Hasufelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-33955534309547418432010-03-07T14:27:41.477-08:002010-03-07T14:27:41.477-08:00I'd guess an active user links to it in their ...I'd guess an active user links to it in their signature.rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-47700585185269553372010-03-07T14:18:49.841-08:002010-03-07T14:18:49.841-08:00THE MYSTERY DEEPENS. what is up with this??THE MYSTERY DEEPENS. what is up with this??Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-50583571950456990742010-03-07T11:35:51.652-08:002010-03-07T11:35:51.652-08:00So I tried searching for "biblequizzingwebsit...So I tried searching for "biblequizzingwebsite" on the xkcd forums, and it returned the error "The following words in your search query were ignored because they are too common words: biblequizzingwebsite."Megannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-34778441203314176962010-03-05T15:04:03.850-08:002010-03-05T15:04:03.850-08:00Dang it, I was looking forward to a new "Angr...Dang it, I was looking forward to a new "Angriest Rant."Pete Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14153437374929803489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-49456868887139880142010-03-05T13:21:53.746-08:002010-03-05T13:21:53.746-08:00Or maybe I was suggesting that the name Rinnon loo...Or maybe I was suggesting that the name Rinnon looks like the name Riannon, which is a real name and exists outside of a fucking song.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-28780820812825511752010-03-05T09:04:55.037-08:002010-03-05T09:04:55.037-08:00Wait, I have a better version of this same joke......Wait, I have a better version of this same joke...<br /><br />"I am xkcd, a webcomic that has seen it's better days, but as I wallow deeper and deeper into mediocrity, my fanboys get more and more vocal.<br /><br />And this is my counterpart, Pluggers"Black Philliphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10077195928770835814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-12601751456452527352010-03-05T08:48:03.754-08:002010-03-05T08:48:03.754-08:00@Hunter&Anon1144: Ah, I see. Did not catch tha...@Hunter&Anon1144: Ah, I see. Did not catch that reference. It all makes sense now.Rinnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15762967955629382937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-14510353574647586882010-03-05T08:06:42.399-08:002010-03-05T08:06:42.399-08:00@Rinnon, I get what the person was referencing. Th...@Rinnon, I get what the person was referencing. They were quoting the Fleetwood Mac song "Rhiannon", although poorly. I guess they had only heard the song and didn't know how to spell "Rhiannon"?Hunter Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12578139067056343924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-79227835494362996742010-03-05T02:46:00.482-08:002010-03-05T02:46:00.482-08:00"It only takes 'less than a minute' i..."It only takes 'less than a minute' if you've started with a nice low number. And I reckon that the picture together with what explanation is given is enough to figure out the full conjecture."<br /><br />Fair enough. The numbers he chose are low enough that it would be very fast, but of course there are numbers outside the screen too.Jpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-33619193291364994442010-03-05T02:00:19.059-08:002010-03-05T02:00:19.059-08:00It only takes 'less than a minute' if you&...It only takes 'less than a minute' if you've started with a nice low number. And I reckon that the picture together with what explanation is given is enough to figure out the full conjecture.<br /><br />That said, the comic is still poor - as you say, it's a cheap joke, not to mention non-sensical...you're not going to gain a huge amount of insight into the problem by throwing more numbers into the machinery. Presumably it's a 'maths fan' rather than a mathematician featured.<br /><br />I liked the title-text though, which is something. Slightly different joke which actually resembles how stronger/weaker conjectures work.LeonardQuirmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-34182669177843336362010-03-05T01:04:29.937-08:002010-03-05T01:04:29.937-08:00I am in his - than I am in his
mathmaticians ->...I am in his - than I am in his<br /><br />mathmaticians -> mathematiciansJpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-13952070773765258782010-03-05T01:01:19.392-08:002010-03-05T01:01:19.392-08:00Hey Carl, can you do the same as for Wednesdays co...Hey Carl, can you do the same as for Wednesdays comic, and make a placeholder for the new comic, so that we have an appropriate place to discuss it while you put together the full review?<br /><br />Every one of them sucks these days, so I think we need that.<br /><br />And this new one sucks too. First of all that's the cheapest possible joke on mathmaticians. Second, I am much more interested in to hear what the theory actually states, I am in his stupid joke. Third, looking up the theory, it turns out that it probably takes less than a minute to perform the described task. I hope his friends doesn't give up on him that fast.Jpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-82196040345188564822010-03-05T00:20:28.971-08:002010-03-05T00:20:28.971-08:00I thought the comic was referring to theories abou...I thought the comic was referring to theories about R2D2 being some kind of all-knowing mastermind behind the rebellion, or God.<br />I didn't even think of C3PO until I saw this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-76647221268804291942010-03-04T23:44:10.840-08:002010-03-04T23:44:10.840-08:00Evln & Rinnon: The joke is that he was quoting...Evln & Rinnon: The joke is that he was quoting lines from the Fleetwood Mac song "Rhiannon".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-38919290160904736062010-03-04T23:36:17.107-08:002010-03-04T23:36:17.107-08:00"I am C3PO, human-cyborg relations. I am flue..."I am C3PO, human-cyborg relations. I am fluent in over six million forms of communication, and can readily..." blah blah blah. Lots of information about C3PO that no one really gives a shit about, which is why he pretty much never finishes the introduction before someone interrupts him. Kind of like, "I am the LORD your God and the God of your Fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and Jacob." It's not necessarily long-winded, but both introductions involve extraneous information about the speaker.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-54291336343875505972010-03-04T23:10:18.786-08:002010-03-04T23:10:18.786-08:00Anon 10:50
"I am C3PO, human-cyborg relations...Anon 10:50<br />"I am C3PO, human-cyborg relations" is a long winded introduction?ScottMcTonynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-91706863386218612902010-03-04T22:59:01.715-08:002010-03-04T22:59:01.715-08:00He tried to make a meme.
Thats.
It.
No answer ...He tried to make a meme.<br /><br />Thats.<br /><br />It. <br /><br />No answer to this otherwise then that. Thats it.Patricoohttp://www.dollarninjas.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-73511660611821398532010-03-04T22:50:33.719-08:002010-03-04T22:50:33.719-08:00Oh, Jesus.
Am I the only one that caught that the...Oh, Jesus.<br /><br />Am I the only one that caught that the joke is that both God and C3PO have long-winded introductions?<br /><br />It's not a very good joke, but that's the joke.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-77264313656861901232010-03-04T21:55:22.003-08:002010-03-04T21:55:22.003-08:00You know, now that I thought about it some more, o...You know, now that I thought about it some more, one item of the burning bush comic is amusing. I'm not even sure if it's intentional.<br /><br />The Ewoks, a primitive people, considered C3PO to be a deity mainly because he was SHINY.<br /><br />Biblical manifestations of god, especially in the old testament, are very often assumed to be divine for precisely the same reason.El Duderinonoreply@blogger.com