tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post8667888626657612355..comments2024-03-17T05:03:46.056-07:00Comments on xkcd sucks: The Reddit InterviewCarlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-27808396106840704222009-10-06T06:11:08.439-07:002009-10-06T06:11:08.439-07:00I liked this interview because two questions were ...I liked this interview because two questions were centered on XKCD becoming SexKCD. Where's the romance? Because I miss it. <br /><br />Maybe he can take it as food for thought.L.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-12081880511586585312009-10-03T06:08:46.615-07:002009-10-03T06:08:46.615-07:00R, a good comparison, but Wally isn't as class...R, a good comparison, but Wally isn't as classy as Cornelius.Dannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17306181648318242064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-37536866654942842232009-10-02T17:11:04.345-07:002009-10-02T17:11:04.345-07:00The power of Carl compels you!
The power of Carl c...The power of Carl compels you!<br />The power of Carl compels you!<br />The power of Carl compels you!<br />The power of Carl compels you!<br />The power of Carl compels you!<br />The power of Carl compels you!<br />The power of Carl compels you!<br /><br /><br /><br />The power of Carl compels you!Fernie Cantohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01753446688169468457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-87287718223681724342009-10-02T16:23:59.659-07:002009-10-02T16:23:59.659-07:00WILLIAM! Begone! Disgrace some other web-site, and...WILLIAM! Begone! Disgrace some other web-site, and not this one. Let not your pudgy, caramel-coated fingers type in the URL of this blog, for your kind are not wanted nor needed here. Perhaps you can be of use elsewhere on this inter-net; perhaps some website for overweight dating could use your time and effort well.<br /><br />BEGONE!Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-30494047374286465142009-10-02T15:09:11.287-07:002009-10-02T15:09:11.287-07:00Bruce and WMH:
http://imgur.com/QqSHg.pngBruce and WMH:<br />http://imgur.com/QqSHg.pngR.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-28751623219538163092009-10-02T14:30:36.838-07:002009-10-02T14:30:36.838-07:00I finally got to watch those video-answer and... f...I finally got to watch those video-answer and... frankly, I can barely understand what Randall is saying. =/<br /><br />And he was very sneaky with my question. Sneaky bastard, that Randall Muroe...<br /><br />And thanks for the answer Carl, quite informative. Doesn't make me happier, I still would love to have my reviews fresh with my xkcd's but... heeeey, you can't have all you wish, 'ight?]<br /><br />Mole out.<br /><br />(PS.: the chat room is disturbingly quiet...)Professional Molehttp://comic.guedesav.blog.brnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-29346456043895280992009-10-02T11:45:09.455-07:002009-10-02T11:45:09.455-07:00Yeah, Randall did a joke about the whole Linux pat...Yeah, Randall did a joke about the whole Linux patching culture not too long ago, didn't he?<br /><br />http://xkcd.com/619/aloriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01318832080088871491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-50684813384580873482009-10-02T11:31:55.950-07:002009-10-02T11:31:55.950-07:00Intended for Carl "Ugly" Wheeler, and no...Intended for Carl "Ugly" Wheeler, and none other:<br /><br />Why, Carl, you are the most bloated LARK I <i>ever</i> did see!<br /><br />That is all.<br /><br />-William Monty Hughes, esq<br />IQ 224<br />"Cogito Ergo Sum"<br /><br />PS. I still wish each night for the catalysation of the occurence of your SLOW and PAINFUL demise. Or perhaps redemption, after a great deal of sacrifice on your part, of course.<br />Farewell to the Great Unwashed!William Monty Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05864682068647033879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-23766894707371104962009-10-02T10:29:41.259-07:002009-10-02T10:29:41.259-07:00My posts are late because I am lazy and don't ...My posts are late because I am lazy and don't write them until the last minute, or later. When people guest post, they are usually very eager to do so and write something very very soon, and then e-mail it to me, and I post it once I get it. There is your logical answer to that question.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-76200535927366409142009-10-02T10:05:30.257-07:002009-10-02T10:05:30.257-07:00to me it's more of a "hey also linux user...to me it's more of a "hey also linux users hate windows" joke than a "windows is bad" jokePerson #1https://www.blogger.com/profile/17155647957555627795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-34531350230033020992009-10-02T10:00:39.140-07:002009-10-02T10:00:39.140-07:00I think 644 is a perfectly serviceable computer ge...I think 644 is a perfectly serviceable computer geek joke, it just needs to lose the alt-text. "A linux user would get this kind of surgery," heh ok, but the requisite "also Windows sucks" is too played out. Let linux jokes just be linux jokes.thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03123852112758346209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-90756278117619281152009-10-02T08:46:14.907-07:002009-10-02T08:46:14.907-07:00I didn't do much to hide the spoiler, but it w...I didn't do much to hide the spoiler, but it wasn't much of a spoiler.<br /><br /><br /><br />Spoiler alert:<br /><br /><br />Sorry guys.Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16146459274295885156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-37746776363751785192009-10-02T08:33:16.274-07:002009-10-02T08:33:16.274-07:00Oh... "patch together". Got it. Thanks a...Oh... "patch together". Got it. Thanks a bunch.<br /><br />I can't believe it! A bad xkcd comic?! You jest me!<br /><br />I'm curious, though: why Carl publishes his reviews only on the next issue(2 or 3 days later), but guests post on the same day? I want to hear how much it's bad as soon as possible!<br /><br />PS.: Oh, how I'd love to have a transcript of those answers. I'd love to make one, but my hearing is a bit faulty, I'd probably mess something...Professional Molehttp://comic.guedesav.blog.brnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-49679989817215661232009-10-02T08:29:56.592-07:002009-10-02T08:29:56.592-07:00Randall said the same thing about comics people do...Randall said the same thing about comics people don't understand at the book party. He seems to take it pretty hard when someone doesn't find a strip funny... and seems to assume it's because they didn't understand the joke he was trying to make, not that it, you know, just may not have been particularly clever or funny.aloriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01318832080088871491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-49873218259238337862009-10-02T08:23:00.859-07:002009-10-02T08:23:00.859-07:00damnit kirk you could have like put some space bet...damnit kirk you could have like put some space between spoiler alert and your spoiler<br /><br />now i feel dirty :(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-15668854469162298312009-10-02T07:46:52.429-07:002009-10-02T07:46:52.429-07:00and yes, that is SO a legitimate sound effectand yes, that is SO a legitimate sound effectToddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17927263389394763247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-44688071684588272452009-10-02T07:45:05.765-07:002009-10-02T07:45:05.765-07:00DAMMIT, Mal beat me to it. Yeah, in this case &quo...DAMMIT, Mal beat me to it. Yeah, in this case "together" is attached to the verb phrase, not the noun.<br /><br />CAPTCHA: "unchsou", the sound I made when I found out I'd been ninja'dToddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17927263389394763247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-51049071775630886482009-10-02T07:29:57.712-07:002009-10-02T07:29:57.712-07:00@Professional Mole - I think you're associatin...@Professional Mole - I think you're associating the wrong words. It's not "patch (together support)", it's "(patch together) support". That is, they will create support by patching it together.<br /><br />It made sense to me.John Magnumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04416392917805723793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-59749602360032918312009-10-02T06:52:50.154-07:002009-10-02T06:52:50.154-07:00I'll start my bloggin after my noon class, so ...I'll start my bloggin after my noon class, so expect something midafternoon. <br /><br />Spoiler alert: the comic is bad!<br /><br />CAPTCHA: Ostio, I feel like these stick figures are going to get osteoporosis the way they keep themselves up.Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16146459274295885156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-64957874375452222752009-10-02T06:43:48.289-07:002009-10-02T06:43:48.289-07:00Indeed, the floatiness is blatant on this one. Spe...Indeed, the floatiness is blatant on this one. Specially panel 3. Notice one of his arms is touching the bed, but his body is not. Unless this guy is so awesomely strong he can support his whole body one forearm... you know the drill.<br /><br />The thickness problem doesn't hit me so bad, though. It is a problem with stick figures, I suppose: should their lines get thicker in zoom, or it's just that you're now seeing them in higher resolution?<br /><br />...I know, it's as silly as it sounds...<br /><br />But also: what's "project to patch together support" supposed to mean? Is "together support" an actual phrase? I'm not native English speaker, so I might be losing some obscure construction, but it sounds a bit "Google Translator" gibberish to em.<br /><br />CAPTCHA: unard. You've already heard it, you can't make it "unard".Professional Molehttp://comic.guedesav.blog.brnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-23560933382509078982009-10-02T06:34:38.668-07:002009-10-02T06:34:38.668-07:00I never understood why this floating problem persi...I never understood why this floating problem persists. It's not like it would make the drawing hard to discern if the lines touched slightly; but then, I'm not a self-entitled "perfectionist" when it comes to stick figures, so Randall probably knows better (*irony*).<br /><br />I also noiced the thickness problem. The effect is pretty jarring.Fernie Cantohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01753446688169468457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-58050467290960728442009-10-02T06:04:28.394-07:002009-10-02T06:04:28.394-07:00Also, it bothers me that he used the same pen thic...Also, it bothers me that he used the same pen thickness in the last panel, even though the "camera" has zoomed in. It makes the stick figure look like he suddenly lost a lot of weight between 3 and 4. Also, "Yeah, how'd you know" is more of that wonderful, redundant, pointless dialog for which Randall is famous.ecurBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-66391648665154091412009-10-02T05:58:02.274-07:002009-10-02T05:58:02.274-07:00This comic wins the award for floatiest stick figu...This comic wins the award for floatiest stick figure. Normally I don't notice the floating until someone points it out. This one, it's like he wasn't even trying to draw properly.ecurBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-76875079738808596562009-10-02T05:34:20.188-07:002009-10-02T05:34:20.188-07:00Fernie: yeah, probably right. Being into CS I thou...Fernie: yeah, probably right. Being into CS I thought that was something more of a "next step" problem, the problem issued in the strip seems to be reading the data, not decoding, but yeah. And of course, it's obviously mocking linux users, instead of pandering to them. It's more a case of laughing at myself here. =D<br /><br />P#1: You gain one AWESOME POINT. Congratulations, you might already be a winner!<br /><br />...then again, can't you already transmit porn into your brain by LOOKING AT IT?<br /><br />Think about it! ;DProfessional Molehttp://comic.guedesav.blog.brnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-37962559674304977952009-10-02T05:09:44.170-07:002009-10-02T05:09:44.170-07:00Mole, are you kidding? It would transmit pornograp...Mole, are you kidding? It would transmit pornography INTO YOUR BRAIN<br /><br />AWESOMEPerson #1https://www.blogger.com/profile/17155647957555627795noreply@blogger.com