1190: "Time"

[charlie_grumbles]

Bit of ketchuping if you ketch my drift.

PS just a shot in the dark, but did you ever do any Grumbling ^W math teaching at Hampshire College?

Visited there once for a day, maybe 30+years ago. I don't recall, exactly, but think it was a pretty new college when I was there. So this probably isn't the Charlie you were looking for. (tell Jabba)

Say, the comment about Gödel reminded me of a book I read not long ago. It's called Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, and it's a book which discusses a great many things that we've talked about here, including:
- Jabberwocky
- Self-similarity
- Zeno's Paradox
- Cage's 4'33"
- Artificial Intelligence
- A number of other topics which haven't been discussed yet, but probably will given the nature of this thread

It's a very good read, perhaps my favorite non-fiction book. I highly recommend it.

Congratulations to be reading that at such a tender age. Your future bodes well. Pass it on to HAL9000.

100th post:

Spoiler:

penis¹, penis², penis³, penis⁴, penis⁵, penis^6.1 and vagina^6.2, penis⁷, penis⁸, penis⁹.

¹: big
²: small
³: pretty neat, and even bigger than it looked
⁴: neat
⁵: old
⁶: beautiful, and empty
⁷: wow
⁸: pretty big, probably knows what it's doing
⁹: brownish and shiny, kind of blotchy

Dammit, HAL, you ruin everything

Methinks 6.2 is full of it.

[yappobiscuits]

Riverish

Okay, I have to coma. But before I do, I bring you the song that I was too coma-deprived to parody last night:

C.O.M.A.
(to the tune of Y.M.C.A.)

Spoiler:

Cuegan, why you hiking around?
I said Cuegan, can't you cover some ground?
I said Cuegan, now you're making us frown
Kind of spacing out and crabby

Cuegan, there's a thing you should know
I said Cuegan, soon we'll all have to go
Though we Wait here, we have needs of the mind
It shuts down for quite a good Time...

Yes soon we'll have to go C.O.M.A.
We all give in to that C.O.M.A
We can drink some caffeine (no semen to enjoy)
But we all know that's just a ploy

Yes soon we'll have to go C.O.M.A.
We all give in to that C.O.M.A.
We can stare at the screen
Think we have nerves of steel
But soon coma is all we feel

Cuegan, are you listening to me?
I said Cuegan, can't you get somewhere ³?
I said Cuegan, you can travel the streams
But you've got to know this one thing

Coma leaves us all overwhelmed
I said Cuegan, go discover a realm
And just go there, before C.O.M.A.
Forces all Timewaiters away

Yes soon we'll have to go C.O.M.A.
We all give in to that C.O.M.A
We can drink some caffeine (no semen to enjoy)
But we all know that's just a ploy

Yes soon we'll have to go C.O.M.A.
We all give in to that C.O.M.A.
We can stare at the screen
Think we have nerves of steel
But soon coma is all we feel

Cuegan, bring us out of our snooze
Bring us molpies, or some fancy new views
Build a castle, please don't leave us deprived
Before consciousness takes a dive

That's when we leave the OTT
Crying, "Cuegan, what have you done to me?
I've been putting off my C.O.M.A.!"
We're all feeling led quite astray

Yes now we have to go C.O.M.A.
We all give in to that C.O.M.A
We can drink some caffeine (no semen to enjoy)
But we all know that's just a ploy

C.O.M.A.
We all give in to that C.O.M.A
Cueball, Megan: Why you hiking around?
Cueball, Megan: Can't you cover some ground?

C.O.M.A.
Now we have to go C.O.M.A.
Cueball, Megan: Find some fancy new views!
Cueball, Megan: Now we're starting to snooze...

C.O.M.A....
C.O.M.A....
Zzz Zzz zz zz...

Awesomeful, and such fun to sing along to

Love it! *also sings along*

:twisted:

So now Megball will destroy the ring and the OTC will come to an end?

[BlitzGirl]

:twisted:

So now Megball will destroy the ring and the OTC will come to an end?

We tried that before, but it didn't work:

Spoiler:

[charlie_grumbles]

So now Megball will destroy the ring and the OTC will come to an end?

C'mon Chumley. We just pass to a new age. Race you to Rivendell¹.


Also, I've been second on a buncha NPs lately. Someone delete an old post to make me very Popely².


^{1 - not canon}Actually, Rivendell used to be a winery in my neighborhood.
^{2 - not canon} And old. Pope Charley the Old.

[HAL9000]

predictiONG: dialog next frame.

[charlie_grumbles]

Look-ONG

Spoiler:

Serious look this time.

Oh GLR -- a zoom out would be nice.

Another call-out to a silent tribe member. Tebychacy, welcome. Join in, join in. We're all crazy here. You won't stand out.

You too, ytdjhfdfg.

[azule]

They don't always line up, Rule110 coined the term interstitialism

I had maybe one stitch that was a confusing fit, the rest that were questionable were because of foliage not appearing in the previous frame. Otherwise, the pace of their walking sometimes seems to be awkwardly slow from frame to frame. But that could be a storytelling element where we get to see progress when the frames show the same scene, but the average speed is extrapolated from the progress of all of the scenes.

Main point: they always line up. I think the case of entering a new 2D slice is a factor for confusion.

[FullOfIt]

I couldn't resist.

Blindquoting from page 758, since I've been stuck in the past for over a wip now. I have resisted quoting a bunch of interesting stuff since I've been 40-50 newpages behind, but this video combined with the earlier mention of Devin Townsend (whom I absolutely love) makes it inevitable for me to post this/his version of the batchi-song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0apsOhWV2M

[yappobiscuits]

I couldn't resist.

Blindquoting from page 758, since I've been stuck in the past for over a wip now. I have resisted quoting a bunch of interesting stuff since I've been 40-50 newpages behind, but this video combined with the earlier mention of Devin Townsend (whom I absolutely love) makes it inevitable for me to post this/his version of the batchi-song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0apsOhWV2M

Ahh yes, Dev's version is quite brilliant!

[Swein]

Spoiler:

So now Megball will destroy the ring and the OTC will come to an end?

C'mon Chumley. We just pass to a new age. Race you to Rivendell¹.

Also, I've been second on a buncha NPs lately. Someone delete an old post to make me very Popely².

Spoiler:

^{1 - not canon}Actually, Rivendell used to be a winery in my neighborhood.

^{2 - not canon} And old. Pope Charley the Old.

Oh no, Charlie! You wouldn't dare!
Beware of the comfy chair!

[charlie_grumbles]

Yet another silent tribe member appears. Hi Bakstoola. Welcome to the chocolate factory.

And another; GooppitjePtit9. Pull up this rock right here and warm yourself at the fire. 'sup?

Did you come with Ledeeffelioli? Welcome all.

[Earthling on Mars]

Prediction: Megan stoops down to pick up whatever's on the ground, and the beesnake stings Cueball.

[HAL9000]

Yet another silent tribe member appears. Hi Bakstoola. Welcome to the chocolate factory.

And another; GooppitjePtit9. Pull up this rock right here and warm yourself at the fire. 'sup?

Did you come with Ledeeffelioli? Welcome all.

The list of users at the bottom is online users for the forum as a whole, not just people browsing this thread.
ETA: 900^th post!
tits
To celebrate:

Spoiler:

[susanoodin]

To me this looks like something (or someone? ?La Petite?) is coming up the mountain

[charlie_grumbles]

Yet another silent tribe member appears. Hi Bakstoola. Welcome to the chocolate factory.

And another; GooppitjePtit9. Pull up this rock right here and warm yourself at the fire. 'sup?

Did you come with Ledeeffelioli? Welcome all.

The list of users at the bottom is online users for the forum as a whole, not just people browsing this thread.
ETA: 900^th post!
tits
To celebrate:

Spoiler:

Ah bummer. Thanks for the info. Different tribes, I guess. Not like we are lacking members, of course.
And good-oh on the big 900. I'll hava a pieca said cakey.

[Swein]

Spoiler:

Yet another silent tribe member appears. Hi Bakstoola. Welcome to the chocolate factory.

And another; GooppitjePtit9. Pull up this rock right here and warm yourself at the fire. 'sup?

Did you come with Ledeeffelioli? Welcome all.

The list of users at the bottom is online users for the forum as a whole, not just people browsing this thread.
ETA: 900^th post!
tits
To celebrate:

Spoiler:

Ooooh! Torta! Torta is good for Swein! Swein like torta!

PS. Good to know that the names below are for all threads. I thought like Chalie, that they were ours only.

[HAL9000]

I was wrONG. Next couple of frames will probably hold dialog, though.

[yappobiscuits]

Yet another silent tribe member appears. Hi Bakstoola. Welcome to the chocolate factory.

And another; GooppitjePtit9. Pull up this rock right here and warm yourself at the fire. 'sup?

Did you come with Ledeeffelioli? Welcome all.

The list of users at the bottom is online users for the forum as a whole, not just people browsing this thread.
ETA: 900^th post!
tits
To celebrate:

Spoiler:

Sure about that? There's definitely more people listed on the main forum index page than on the thread...
(and happy 900th!)

Edit: Ahh, or did you mean the "Individual XKCD Comic Threads" section? I guess so. It seems to list everyone even in other threads so yeah.

[BlitzGirl]

Megan: "Hey, I can see our Sandcastle from here! Wait, what's that?"

To me this looks like something (or someone? ?La Petite?) is coming up the mountain

The squirpy-squirrel followed Cuegan up the mountain, hoping for dinner. The molpysnake^B followed the squirpy-squirrel up the mountain, hoping for dinner. The sparrow-raptor followed the molpysnake^B up the mountain, hoping for dinner.

Cuegan springs the trap they set between frames, capturing all the wildlife coming up the mountain and eating them for dinner. (I'm hungry, can you tell?)

[yappobiscuits]

BlitzGirl, eat a snickers. You spout ridiculous predictions when you're hungry.

[Kieryn]

Nobody noticed my 400th post and the cake i left there. I guess I should not have spoilered it.

I did! I did! Sorry, it took me so long to post about it. Don't be sad! Here, have this cake to celebrate your next post!

Because, why are only round post celebrated? This one's a nice prime number!

Oops only just saw this. What a lovely cake... yum yum Thank You!
Oh well this would be 440... Give me an A!

[BlitzGirl]

BlitzGirl, eat a snickers. You spout ridiculous predictions when you're hungry.

I don't like Snickers. I guess I'll keep spouting ridiculous predictions until the end of Time.

[BlueCrab]

Dracomax wrote: I beleive it is possible given enough time, for us to understand utterly the nature of the universe, and have no more left to learn about it. I'm glad I don't live in that time, however. how boring and sad it would be to know that every discovery has been dicovered, every point plotted, all things understood--for there to be nothing left to ponder, no experiments left to run. No Science left to do. I weep for the day we understand everything.

I disagree that it is possible for us to utterly understand the universe.

First, while every nuance may eventually be known, it will never all be known by any individual being and therefore each being will still have their own journey to understanding. Not to mention that each being would still have their inner thoughts and experiences, which can never be fully known and understood by another.

Second, the depth of understanding you speak of would essentially mean that our understanding would be the equal of the universe. Or possibly would be the universe itself; unfortunately my father is no longer able to help me understand the nuances of the case, but one of my daughters is working on getting the math to help me instead. [/bittersweet]

At best we (sentient beings, that is, in case there are others, or in case whoever we are at that hypothetical point can't technically be considered human) may eventually understand the concepts from which everything in the universe has arisen. I suppose at that point free will could certainly be considered moot (I do realize that, at the moment, some neuroscientists, philosophers, and physicists are asserting that free will absolutely cannot exist, but I choose to disagree with their conclusions) but I really can't imagine that there wouldn't still be the fascination of watching things play out exactly as the concepts decree.

Then again, I have the ability to enjoy sitting and watching a lava lamp for hours at a time, or the tiny drainage patterns made by wavelets around a rock, or the way cats smile when they sleep. Perhaps the Understanding Ones (assuming the universe has enough time for them to develop and acquire the understanding we're talking about) will have a similar childlike appreciation for endless iteration.


By the way, several Waiters may enjoy this: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/may/23/eric-weinstein-answer-physics-problems

[Flado]

You have to grow older. You need not grow up.

Sigged.

[FullOfIt]

Woo! Finally caught up after over a weekip. It's been weird not being able to actively participate - even though my normal behaviour is to sit quiet and listen (also in the Outside) - since I felt that blindposting from 40-50 pages back was risky. And now that I'm here I have to coma, to try to fight back this damn cold a bit. [sneeze] So more ketchup tomorrow, I guess.

[charlie_grumbles]

You have to grow older. You need not grow up.

Sigged.

Well, not precisely true (older), but by far the best alternative (both).

[dreiarmumig]

Also, there hasn't been a diagram showing the OTT's activity lately, has there? I've been wondering whether there is any noticeable trend (except that posting is slower on weekends) or a certain level of activity that remains more or less stable. I don't remember who it was that used to post these activity graphs, but an update would be much appreciated.

A graph is available at Kieryn's site.

Ah, thanks. I wanted to check his site before asking but then I forgot, silly me.

[charlie_grumbles]

Talk-ONG


Seeing (or not) the Sea¹

[mscha]

I couldn't resist.

Blindquoting from page 758, since I've been stuck in the past for over a wip now. I have resisted quoting a bunch of interesting stuff since I've been 40-50 newpages behind, but this video combined with the earlier mention of Devin Townsend (whom I absolutely love) makes it inevitable for me to post this/his version of the batchi-song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0apsOhWV2M

Ahh yes, Dev's version is quite brilliant!

I don't think I've seen a link yet to the (presumed) original. (Might have missed it, please don't yell at me if I have. )
I had never seen it or even heard of it, and still the Molpy Grapevine version was hilarious; but knowing what it spoofs makes it even funnier.

[mscha]

Molpy alert!
Yes I know, I've been snailninja'd, but here's an animation of the beesnake.

[yappobiscuits]

I don't think I've seen a link yet to the (presumed) original. (Might have missed it, please don't yell at me if I have. )
I had never seen it or even heard of it, and still the Molpy Grapevine version was hilarious; but knowing what it spoofs makes it even funnier.

Ahh yeah sorry, I just presumed most people would know it since it was a pretty popular viral video.

[buffygirl]

For ergman

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edit: to switch the order of appearance.

[charlie_grumbles]

The Raven number Six Clickety Clicks, Unholy Anti-Pope of the Newpage Of The Beast.​

Actually, that should be "Temporary - former - original - deposed Unholy Anti-Pope...". For reasons discussed earlier, spamjam is now the anti-pope of that page. Sorry to bring such devastating news.

[HAL9000]

followONG her gaze

[charlie_grumbles]

More Look-ONG & think-ONG

Spoiler:

Dagnab it Hal9000

[yappobiscuits]

The Raven number Six Clickety Clicks, Unholy Anti-Pope of the Newpage Of The Beast.​

Actually, that should be "Temporary - former - original - deposed Unholy Anti-Pope...". For reasons discussed earlier, spamjam is now the anti-pope of that page. Sorry to bring such devastating news.

Hmm, yes, that does require changing now... I'll go for original. That's the least depressing one.

[charlie_grumbles]

The Raven number Six Clickety Clicks, Unholy Anti-Pope of the Newpage Of The Beast.​

Actually, that should be "Temporary - former - original - deposed Unholy Anti-Pope...". For reasons discussed earlier, spamjam is now the anti-pope of that page. Sorry to bring such devastating news.

Hmm, yes, that does require changing now... I'll go for original. That's the least depressing one.

Not "Resigned in Disgrace and Banished to the 9th level" at least

[Exodies]

Megan: "Hey, I can see our Sandcastle from here! Wait, what's that?"

To me this looks like something (or someone? ?La Petite?) is coming up the mountain

The squirpy-squirrel followed Cuegan up the mountain, hoping for dinner. The molpysnake^B followed the squirpy-squirrel up the mountain, hoping for dinner. The sparrow-raptor followed the molpysnake^B up the mountain, hoping for dinner.

Cuegan springs the trap they set between frames, capturing all the wildlife coming up the mountain and eating them for dinner. (I'm hungry, can you tell?)

[Eternal Density]

Well, I claim for myself frame 403 and everything contained herein.

I clalim for myself frame 404 and everything found... wait, what do you mean frame not found?

[BlitzGirl]

Love that image, Exodies.

Oh, and since I forgot to claim anything earlier when everyone was doing that, I claim LaPetite. In an extremely mopey manner.