Comments for xkcd http://blag.xkcd.com The blag of the webcomic Wed, 14 May 2008 02:15:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on A List by Thinking lazily about problem-solving methods http://blag.xkcd.com/2008/04/24/a-list/#comment-18079 Thinking lazily about problem-solving methods Tue, 13 May 2008 22:47:30 +0000 http://blag.xkcd.com/2008/04/24/a-list/#comment-18079 [...] appeared on the xkcd blag, and Randall shared very little about it: It was in his handwriting, it looked faintly familiar, [...] [...] appeared on the xkcd blag, and Randall shared very little about it: It was in his handwriting, it looked faintly familiar, [...]

]]> Comment on A List by Matt http://blag.xkcd.com/2008/04/24/a-list/#comment-18078 Matt Tue, 13 May 2008 22:07:04 +0000 http://blag.xkcd.com/2008/04/24/a-list/#comment-18078 okay. I recently stumbled upon a site called wordcount.org which categorizes 86800 words according to their usage frequency. The number one word is, of course, "the" and the last word is "conquistador" the site has been around since 2003, so as long as this list is slightly more recent... it... could work? so the words according to this: evenings = 5452 foxhounds = 66358 johns = 17608 parrot = 13019 lithographer = 83093 legends = 12719 resupplying = nothing... it isn't on there. resupply, however is 53463 bunting = 27278 leg = 1908 i noticed resupplying has a checkmark, or something similar over it, starting at the e, crossing the s and going through most of the u. i suppose all that could be is another rip. 5452 66358 17608 12019 83093 12719 53463 27278 1908 mean: 31099.777... = hydrophobic median: 1908 5452 12019 12719 ((17608)) 27278 53463 66358 83093 range: 81185 = obiang ...? average of squares: 15,559,848,220 sqaure root of that: about 124739.12 i dont see anything in that... anyone else :P ? okay. I recently stumbled upon a site called wordcount.org which categorizes 86800 words according to their usage frequency. The number one word is, of course, “the” and the last word is “conquistador” the site has been around since 2003, so as long as this list is slightly more recent… it… could work?

so the words according to this:

evenings = 5452
foxhounds = 66358
johns = 17608
parrot = 13019
lithographer = 83093
legends = 12719
resupplying = nothing… it isn’t on there. resupply, however is 53463
bunting = 27278
leg = 1908

i noticed resupplying has a checkmark, or something similar over it, starting at the e, crossing the s and going through most of the u. i suppose all that could be is another rip.

5452 66358 17608 12019 83093 12719 53463 27278 1908

mean: 31099.777… = hydrophobic
median: 1908 5452 12019 12719 ((17608)) 27278 53463 66358 83093
range: 81185 = obiang …?
average of squares: 15,559,848,220
sqaure root of that: about 124739.12

i dont see anything in that… anyone else :P ?

]]> Comment on Growing Up by Bean Bag Covers http://blag.xkcd.com/2007/11/19/growing-up/#comment-18076 Bean Bag Covers Tue, 13 May 2008 17:13:20 +0000 http://blag.xkcd.com/2007/11/19/growing-up/#comment-18076 <strong>Bean Bag Covers...</strong> I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you.... Bean Bag Covers…

I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you….

]]> Comment on Ghost by Joseph Javier Perla http://blag.xkcd.com/2007/12/31/ghost/#comment-18075 Joseph Javier Perla Tue, 13 May 2008 15:28:59 +0000 http://blag.xkcd.com/2007/12/31/ghost/#comment-18075 <strong>Games to play with just voice and memory...</strong> XKCD solves Ghost The XKCD guy not long ago wrote about the game Ghost.  You start the two-player game Ghost by saying one letter.  Then, your opponent says another letter.  Concatenate the letters together, they should not form a word.  Continue a... Games to play with just voice and memory…

XKCD solves Ghost
The XKCD guy not long ago wrote about the game Ghost.  You start the two-player game Ghost by saying one letter.  Then, your opponent says another letter.  Concatenate the letters together, they should not form a word.  Continue a…

]]> Comment on Footomobiles by Phil http://blag.xkcd.com/2007/09/05/footomobiles/#comment-18074 Phil Tue, 13 May 2008 14:47:42 +0000 http://blag.xkcd.com/2007/09/05/footomobiles/#comment-18074 Thanks, very interested story. Thats's impressive! :) Thanks, very interested story. Thats’s impressive! :)

]]> Comment on Center of Population by Rocketman2TM http://blag.xkcd.com/2008/05/01/center-of-population/#comment-18072 Rocketman2TM Tue, 13 May 2008 05:25:21 +0000 http://blag.xkcd.com/2008/05/01/center-of-population/#comment-18072 I first want to give you props for using the wolfram website, because I'm an avid Mathematica user. Anywho, it should be able to be done if you do use Country data in Mathematica. After all, it is the only program that actually knows more than the internet. I first want to give you props for using the wolfram website, because I’m an avid Mathematica user. Anywho, it should be able to be done if you do use Country data in Mathematica. After all, it is the only program that actually knows more than the internet.

]]> Comment on A List by GregLamont http://blag.xkcd.com/2008/04/24/a-list/#comment-18065 GregLamont Tue, 13 May 2008 02:06:05 +0000 http://blag.xkcd.com/2008/04/24/a-list/#comment-18065 Hey, I was just looking at the page again and it looks like there might be a check mark behind the word resupplying. It could correspond to the x's at the bottom. Just thought I would point that out. Hey, I was just looking at the page again and it looks like there might be a check mark behind the word resupplying. It could correspond to the x’s at the bottom. Just thought I would point that out.

]]> Comment on A List by Barryke http://blag.xkcd.com/2008/04/24/a-list/#comment-18064 Barryke Tue, 13 May 2008 00:47:41 +0000 http://blag.xkcd.com/2008/04/24/a-list/#comment-18064 # Norman Says: It’s obviously the plot to battletoads. # Norman Says:
It’s obviously the plot to battletoads.

]]> Comment on Hooray robots! by Philipb http://blag.xkcd.com/2008/04/22/hooray-robots/#comment-18063 Philipb Mon, 12 May 2008 23:58:36 +0000 http://blag.xkcd.com/2008/04/22/hooray-robots/#comment-18063 Could this be used as an Open Voyeurism Tool? Could this be used as an Open Voyeurism Tool?

]]> Comment on Center of Population by Cesium http://blag.xkcd.com/2008/05/01/center-of-population/#comment-18060 Cesium Mon, 12 May 2008 23:08:27 +0000 http://blag.xkcd.com/2008/05/01/center-of-population/#comment-18060 "I also came up with 34N and 68E. There is actually two balance points but its just the opposite of this one, which should be 146S and 112W." Except that 146S doesn't actually exist. If you go 146 degrees south from 0S, 112W, you go around the South Pole and get to 34S, 68E, which is the opposite of what you want. 34S, 112W is in the middle of the South Pacific. Possibly R'lyeh. “I also came up with 34N and 68E. There is actually two balance points but its just the opposite of this one, which should be 146S and 112W.”
Except that 146S doesn’t actually exist. If you go 146 degrees south from 0S, 112W, you go around the South Pole and get to 34S, 68E, which is the opposite of what you want. 34S, 112W is in the middle of the South Pacific. Possibly R’lyeh.

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