eBay Explosions
I have no idea what happened with the explosion(s) last night at eBay, and hope everyone is okay and that it all turns out all right.
That said, when I heard about it just now and searched for news, the top two results suggested something alarming:
November 1st, 2006 at 11:42 am
Are you suggesting that Microsoft paid some raptors to go blow up eBay?
November 1st, 2006 at 1:26 pm
My take on that second headline is that Microsoft is trying to buy eBay’s sports team, the eBay Pirates.
November 1st, 2006 at 3:15 pm
[...] Google News xkcd [...]
November 1st, 2006 at 10:34 pm
…Are you suggesting that xkcd had something to do with this? Preposterous! He’s a leading anti-raptor advocate.
November 2nd, 2006 at 12:48 pm
Reports that Steve Ballmer was seen at the helm of an 18-gun frigate fleeing the scene could not be confirmed.
November 3rd, 2006 at 4:22 pm
Wait, so if eBay wasn’t genuine before, does that mean it wasn’t really there? Where did all that money go?!?!?
November 4th, 2006 at 4:58 am
by the way, shouldn’t the formula in your last comic either be
exp(pi*sqrt(-1)) = -1 or exp(2*pi*sqrt(-1)) = 1
From exp(i*theta) = cos theta + i sin theta? Or was that the point of the joke?
Austin
November 6th, 2006 at 4:40 pm
Austin: see
http://www.google.com/search?q=e%5E%28pi*i%29&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a
November 22nd, 2006 at 2:53 pm
So, I was reading your comics and noticed the disclaimer at the bottom about the Liberal Arts students. You’re mostly right. Except for kids who go to St. John’s College. We get attacked by raptors all the time.
November 28th, 2006 at 6:02 pm
Need help, Anyone else using iSale for ebay?
I thought I had moderate working knowledge of computers but this program has me stumped. Has anyone successfully used the FTP to load pics onto ebay through iSale from photobucket. How did your link look?
FTP server- ???
Picture path- ????
HTTP Picture path- ???
Im coming up empty here and dont have a clue why the pics arent uploading. Any help appreciated. Just point me to the right direction please.
January 30th, 2007 at 9:08 pm
I haven’t uploaded pic yet to eBay. Just a newbie with that part. Have you gotten through the hassle with iSale yet? How did it turn out.
What’s the reall low down on the eBay boom..MS or what?
May 30th, 2007 at 11:04 pm
We, as the enemies of Microsoft, will need to put away our petty differences if we are to assault the power of the Empire:
http://mshiltonj.com/software_wars/archive/2003/softwarewar.png
June 26th, 2007 at 5:14 pm
Wait, um… Why are we the enemies of Microsoft? Can we just be the enemies of Macs?
September 6th, 2007 at 12:55 pm
Cant we just be the enemies of raptors?