1190: "Time"

[bigcrag92]

Why do you keep interrupting this discussion with your cheesy cartoons?

But but but... I love cheese.

Who could love cheese when the alternative is giant gambas roasted in butter, garlic and pastis?

yes please, with a white wine.

[9hili9]

Also, it has been shown that it is possible for a creator to have set up initial conditions and a script an algorithm that continues the drawing with the expectation of bringing us to this point. I call this the intelligent design theory. It makes far more sense than the "random pixel evol.ution theory) and doesn't require the active attention of the Randall, who is free then to create other, lesser comics.

So you're saying that this 'creator' was there at the beginning of time, but is no longer needed? Kind of like everything was created in that moment of the initial 'Big GONG' or 'Big BONG'?

And there's no way to tell, because if this creator did, in fact exist, he isn't talking to us.

Hmmmm....

Well, I kind of like your Big BONG theory.

But it does beg the questions: Who or what created the creator and what existed before the beginning of Time?

Everyone knows you can't prove the creator exists, you have to take it as a matter of FAITH

Perhaps a group of us should look into this. Call it the Congregation for the Doctrine of Temporal Faith, or something. Nobody would expect that.

Are you suggesting we form some type of inquisition? because if you are, I want to be grand high inquisitor.

Bring out the torture devices!

Shall we start with the soft pillows, or go right to the comfy chair?

Added: We do need a Cardinal Biggles, don't we?

Cardinal Biggles and Cardinal Fang, bring forth the comfy chair and the soft pillows

Cost me a bit of youtubing to get the idea of the soft pillows and the comfy chair.
I guess I missed something in my education...

Sheesh! Just what kind of crappe are they teaching you in school these days? Monty Python is an ESSENTIAL part of every education!!!

Our chief weapon is fear, fear and surprise.

Nobody Everybody expects the Monty Python reference!

... As long as it's the Spanish Inquisition and not the Hungarian Phrasebook. Ironic

[Foarm]

<snip>
*It wasn't me naming it "Big BONG Theory".
**1y =~ 17500 newpix. Which is funny, since we are refering to a epoch*** before the beginning of Time.
***Is does not feel right to name something before the beginning of Time "Epoch", since there is a significant lack of Time.****
****Time will tell. We wait for it.

I like it when footnotes need more footnotes to explain themselves. It makes me think of Terry Pratchett.

When that happens, I start to expect them to start arguing.*

*because that's exactly what footnotes are for**
**Speak for yourself. This footnote is argumentative***
***This isn't an argument****
****Yes it is^T
T No it isn't. It's just contradiction.^TT
TTand so on.

Is there any Eysenck* approved minimum IQ one living must have not to be caught in looped (or recursive) footnotes?

*Hans Jürgen Eysenck - German/British psychologist**, 1916 - 1997.
**Psychologists are people who claim to be able to understand mental processes of other people. Famous examples are Freud, or Eysenck*.

Being caught in looped (or recursive) footnotes probably requires a certain minimum IQ to understand the process of using footnotes (recursively)...

[AionArap]

*Gulp*

Clearly my misguided, heretical, falsely-enlightened thoughts have angered the Randall. The One True Comic is threatening me with the sign of the beast.



I rescind my evil ways and re-devote myself to the One True Comic.

I Wait For It!

Oh crap. The creator of that sign died of cancer, you know what that means right?
Dun-dun-duuunnn.

[Foarm]

Also, it has been shown that it is possible for a creator to have set up initial conditions and a script an algorithm that continues the drawing with the expectation of bringing us to this point. I call this the intelligent design theory. It makes far more sense than the "random pixel evol.ution theory) and doesn't require the active attention of the Randall, who is free then to create other, lesser comics.

So you're saying that this 'creator' was there at the beginning of time, but is no longer needed? Kind of like everything was created in that moment of the initial 'Big GONG' or 'Big BONG'?

And there's no way to tell, because if this creator did, in fact exist, he isn't talking to us.

Hmmmm....

Well, I kind of like your Big BONG theory.

But it does beg the questions: Who or what created the creator and what existed before the beginning of Time?

Everyone knows you can't prove the creator exists, you have to take it as a matter of FAITH

Perhaps a group of us should look into this. Call it the Congregation for the Doctrine of Temporal Faith, or something. Nobody would expect that.

Are you suggesting we form some type of inquisition? because if you are, I want to be grand high inquisitor.

Bring out the torture devices!

Shall we start with the soft pillows, or go right to the comfy chair?

Added: We do need a Cardinal Biggles, don't we?

Cardinal Biggles and Cardinal Fang, bring forth the comfy chair and the soft pillows

Cost me a bit of youtubing to get the idea of the soft pillows and the comfy chair.
I guess I missed something in my education...

Sheesh! Just what kind of crappe are they teaching you in school these days? Monty Python is an ESSENTIAL part of every education!!!

Our chief weapon is fear, fear and surprise.

Nobody Everybody expects the Monty Python reference!

... As long as it's the Spanish Inquisition and not the Hungarian Phrasebook. Ironic

Now I get the eels and the hovercraft... *hangs head in shame*

[Dracomax]

Spoiler:

*Gulp*

Clearly my misguided, heretical, falsely-enlightened thoughts have angered the Randall. The One True Comic is threatening me with the sign of the beast.



I rescind my evil ways and re-devote myself to the One True Comic.

I Wait For It!

Oh crap. The creator of that sign died of cancer, you know what that means right?
Dun-dun-duuunnn.

That the creator of that sign had cancer?

[AionArap]

Spoiler:

*Gulp*

Clearly my misguided, heretical, falsely-enlightened thoughts have angered the Randall. The One True Comic is threatening me with the sign of the beast.



I rescind my evil ways and re-devote myself to the One True Comic.

I Wait For It!

Oh crap. The creator of that sign died of cancer, you know what that means right?
Dun-dun-duuunnn.

That the creator of that sign had cancer?

Man, you need to refine your "extrapolating wild speculations" skills.

[higgs-boson]

<snip>
*It wasn't me naming it "Big BONG Theory".
**1y =~ 17500 newpix. Which is funny, since we are refering to a epoch*** before the beginning of Time.
***Is does not feel right to name something before the beginning of Time "Epoch", since there is a significant lack of Time.****
****Time will tell. We wait for it.

I like it when footnotes need more footnotes to explain themselves. It makes me think of Terry Pratchett.

When that happens, I start to expect them to start arguing.*

*because that's exactly what footnotes are for**
**Speak for yourself. This footnote is argumentative***
***This isn't an argument****
****Yes it is^T
T No it isn't. It's just contradiction.^TT
TTand so on.

Is there any Eysenck* approved minimum IQ one living must have not to be caught in looped (or recursive) footnotes?

*Hans Jürgen Eysenck - German/British psychologist**, 1916 - 1997.
**Psychologists are people who claim to be able to understand mental processes of other people. Famous examples are Freud, or Eysenck*.

Being caught in looped (or recursive) footnotes probably requires a certain minimum IQ to understand the process of using footnotes (recursively)...

So we would have a defined Interval [Min .. Max] for an IQ to be measured on people vulnerable to the footnote loop exploit?*

*If the IQ needed for understanding the process of using footnotes is larger than the maximum IQ* allowed for aforementioned vulnerability... Well, that's nothing LSD could not handle.

[bigcrag92]

Spoiler:

*Gulp*

Clearly my misguided, heretical, falsely-enlightened thoughts have angered the Randall. The One True Comic is threatening me with the sign of the beast.



I rescind my evil ways and re-devote myself to the One True Comic.

I Wait For It!

Oh crap. The creator of that sign died of cancer, you know what that means right?
Dun-dun-duuunnn.

That the creator of that sign had cancer?

I think it means that The Great Lord Randall is pregnant, because erm... rabbits breed a lot and it looks like rabbit ears?

[AionArap]

Spoiler:

*Gulp*

Clearly my misguided, heretical, falsely-enlightened thoughts have angered the Randall. The One True Comic is threatening me with the sign of the beast.



I rescind my evil ways and re-devote myself to the One True Comic.

I Wait For It!

Oh crap. The creator of that sign died of cancer, you know what that means right?
Dun-dun-duuunnn.

That the creator of that sign had cancer?

I think it means that The Great Lord Randall is pregnant, because erm... rabbits breed a lot and it looks like rabbit ears?

See, that's how you do it.

[Dracomax]

Spoiler:

*Gulp*

Clearly my misguided, heretical, falsely-enlightened thoughts have angered the Randall. The One True Comic is threatening me with the sign of the beast.



I rescind my evil ways and re-devote myself to the One True Comic.

I Wait For It!

Oh crap. The creator of that sign died of cancer, you know what that means right?
Dun-dun-duuunnn.

That the creator of that sign had cancer?

I think it means that The Great Lord Randall is pregnant, because erm... rabbits breed a lot and it looks like rabbit ears?

It obviously means that the great lord Randal's pet rabbit had semencaffeinecancerbabies. maybe semencaffeinecancerbunnies?

[AionArap]

Spoiler:

*Gulp*

Clearly my misguided, heretical, falsely-enlightened thoughts have angered the Randall. The One True Comic is threatening me with the sign of the beast.



I rescind my evil ways and re-devote myself to the One True Comic.

I Wait For It!

Oh crap. The creator of that sign died of cancer, you know what that means right?
Dun-dun-duuunnn.

That the creator of that sign had cancer?

I think it means that The Great Lord Randall is pregnant, because erm... rabbits breed a lot and it looks like rabbit ears?

It obviously means that the great lord Randal's pet rabbit had semencaffeinecancerbabies. maybe semencaffeinecancerbunnies?

On ice.

[Foarm]

Spoiler:

*Gulp*

Clearly my misguided, heretical, falsely-enlightened thoughts have angered the Randall. The One True Comic is threatening me with the sign of the beast.



I rescind my evil ways and re-devote myself to the One True Comic.

I Wait For It!

Oh crap. The creator of that sign died of cancer, you know what that means right?
Dun-dun-duuunnn.

That the creator of that sign had cancer?

I think it means that The Great Lord Randall is pregnant, because erm... rabbits breed a lot and it looks like rabbit ears?

It obviously means that the great lord Randal's pet rabbit had semencaffeinecancerbabies. maybe semencaffeinecancerbunnies?

On ice.

Stirred. Not shaken.

[AionArap]

Spoiler:

*Gulp*

Clearly my misguided, heretical, falsely-enlightened thoughts have angered the Randall. The One True Comic is threatening me with the sign of the beast.



I rescind my evil ways and re-devote myself to the One True Comic.

I Wait For It!

Oh crap. The creator of that sign died of cancer, you know what that means right?
Dun-dun-duuunnn.

That the creator of that sign had cancer?

I think it means that The Great Lord Randall is pregnant, because erm... rabbits breed a lot and it looks like rabbit ears?

It obviously means that the great lord Randal's pet rabbit had semencaffeinecancerbabies. maybe semencaffeinecancerbunnies?

On ice.

Stirred. Not shaken.

With a twist of bacon.

[peewee_RotA]

Spoiler:

*Gulp*

Clearly my misguided, heretical, falsely-enlightened thoughts have angered the Randall. The One True Comic is threatening me with the sign of the beast.



I rescind my evil ways and re-devote myself to the One True Comic.

I Wait For It!

Oh crap. The creator of that sign died of cancer, you know what that means right?
Dun-dun-duuunnn.

That the creator of that sign had cancer?

I think it means that The Great Lord Randall is pregnant, because erm... rabbits breed a lot and it looks like rabbit ears?

It obviously means that the great lord Randal's pet rabbit had semencaffeinecancerbabies. maybe semencaffeinecancerbunnies?

On ice.

Stirred. Not shaken.

Because that would lead to shaken semencaffeinecancerbunny syndrome.

[mybrainhurts]

Spoiler:

*Gulp*

Clearly my misguided, heretical, falsely-enlightened thoughts have angered the Randall. The One True Comic is threatening me with the sign of the beast.



I rescind my evil ways and re-devote myself to the One True Comic.

I Wait For It!

Oh crap. The creator of that sign died of cancer, you know what that means right?
Dun-dun-duuunnn.

That the creator of that sign had cancer?

I think it means that The Great Lord Randall is pregnant, because erm... rabbits breed a lot and it looks like rabbit ears?

It obviously means that the great lord Randal's pet rabbit had semencaffeinecancerbabies. maybe semencaffeinecancerbunnies?

On ice.

OK, that's REALLY strange.
Cause, you know what I stumpled upon last weekend having a walk in my woods?

Donnie Darko's Skull!!!!!


Donnie Darko's Skull by My brain hurts! on Flickr

And you know what that means?

Cue and Meg are already dead, because an aircraft hit the sandcastle site!

[peewee_RotA]

Clearly my misguided, heretical, falsely-enlightened thoughts have angered the Randall. The One True Comic is threatening me with the sign of the beast.



I rescind my evil ways and re-devote myself to the One True Comic.

I Wait For It!

Nope Just proves that I was right all along...

Looks like a bunker now. Not sure if a bunker made of sand is a good idea...

Sand is actually a very good choice for a bunker.

Obviously they are working on their coolness factor. It's hip to be square.

[udscbt]

Time to reply to some posts:
http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=101043&start=8840#p3316708

EDIT: one quick reference to make:

Oh, oh, ic just reckon-did about an new end of comic (well, not really) theory.
Just before the FDP of STAR DATE 2245 we woll see an frame maximizing the suspense, then, as midnight cometh, we woll see Error 500 when we woll try to look at this comic. For increased psychological pain, we woll be able to see an frame æfre now and then showing that something fabulous be happening in the frames we tinnot see.

That's already been done, sorry.

I didn't think someone would have read that post :O Anyway, it is different: in #521 it was explicitly stated that some panels were missing on purpose.

http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=101043&start=8760#p3316496

*pouts* nobody's burnin' my hats.

We're sorry, but they possessed you into swearing in an anti-pope. And calling yourself a 'timewatcher cardinal'. Perhaps they were even responsible for your turning udscbt into a sandwich. It's for your own good.

Actually I didn't mind.

http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=101043&start=8920#p3317001

Perhaps a group of us should look into this. Call it the Congregation for the Doctrine of Temporal Faith, or something. Nobody would expect that.

Excuse me! I am the Prefect of the Congregatio pro Doctrina Temporis (check the wiki and this), we don't need to create one.

[AionArap]

Clearly my misguided, heretical, falsely-enlightened thoughts have angered the Randall. The One True Comic is threatening me with the sign of the beast.



I rescind my evil ways and re-devote myself to the One True Comic.

I Wait For It!

Nope Just proves that I was right all along...

Quote fail.

[Kieryn]

Interesting infographic: Shows number of forum posts for each TimeFrame/Newpix. The timeframes are scaled to outsider time so that they are doubly spaced after 242 when they started updating hourly.

[StratPlayer]

Interesting infographic: Shows number of forum posts for each TimeFrame/Newpix. The timeframes are scaled to outsider time so that they are doubly spaced after 242 when they started updating hourly.

Definitely periodic....

It's almost like something is updating on a regular basis and people are responding to it.

[Kieryn]

Interesting infographic: Shows number of forum posts for each TimeFrame/Newpix. The timeframes are scaled to outsider time so that they are doubly spaced after 242 when they started updating hourly.

Definitely periodic....

It's almost like something is updating on a regular basis and people are responding to it.

I didn't check, but the periods are most likely day-night cycles. Proof that however much people might be claiming otherwise, they are, in fact, sleeping.

[udscbt]

I forgot to say this in the last post.
To prevent further heresies, the Congregatio pro Doctrina Temporis unanimously (1/1) declares the Papal infallibility when he starts a sentence with "Simon says".

Interesting infographic: Shows number of forum posts for each TimeFrame/Newpix. The timeframes are scaled to outsider time so that they are doubly spaced after 242 when they started updating hourly.

Definitely periodic....

It's almost like something is updating on a regular basis and people are responding to it.

I didn't check, but the periods are most likely day-night cycles. Proof that however much people might be claiming otherwise, they are, in fact, comaing.

FTFY

[AionArap]

More cheesy cartoons.

I forgot to say this in the last post.
To prevent further heresies, the Congregatio pro Doctrina Temporis unanimously (1/1) declares the Papal infallibility when he starts a sentence with "Simon says".

Speaking of the Pope, where is he? He should be showing up any moment now, ready to claim post #9000.

[Kieryn]

I didn't check, but the periods are most likely day-night cycles. Proof that however much people might be claiming otherwise, they are, in fact, comaing.

FTFY

Thanks... I need to brush up on the forum lingo

[digimuzik]

Interesting infographic: Shows number of forum posts for each TimeFrame/Newpix. The timeframes are scaled to outsider time so that they are doubly spaced after 242 when they started updating hourly.

Hooray! (Please tell me you did this manually...)

[peewee_RotA]

Quote fail.

O.k.

Confession: I really want to dress emo, just for a day to see the reactions I get. But I don't fit into tight jeans and my eyes lack despair.

[Kieryn]

Interesting infographic: Shows number of forum posts for each TimeFrame/Newpix. The timeframes are scaled to outsider time so that they are doubly spaced after 242 when they started updating hourly.

Hooray! (Please tell me you did this manually...)

Haha. Yes, I counted every one... if you want to believe that...

[AionArap]

Quote fail.

O.k.

Confession: I really want to dress emo, just for a day to see the reactions I get. But I don't fit into tight jeans and my eyes lack despair.

Touché.

[SBN]

I forgot to say this in the last post.
To prevent further heresies, the Congregatio pro Doctrina Temporis unanimously (1/1) declares the Papal infallibility when he starts a sentence with "Simon says".

Interesting infographic: Shows number of forum posts for each TimeFrame/Newpix. The timeframes are scaled to outsider time so that they are doubly spaced after 242 when they started updating hourly.

Definitely periodic....

It's almost like something is updating on a regular basis and people are responding to it.

I didn't check, but the periods are most likely day-night cycles. Proof that however much people might be claiming otherwise, they are, in fact, comaing.

FTFY

No, you can't prove that with the data you have. And even if you could somehow prove we comaed, you'd need a baseline of pre-Time comaing.

[udscbt]

I forgot to say this in the last post.
To prevent further heresies, the Congregatio pro Doctrina Temporis unanimously (1/1) declares the Papal infallibility when he starts a sentence with "Simon says".

Interesting infographic: Shows number of forum posts for each TimeFrame/Newpix. The timeframes are scaled to outsider time so that they are doubly spaced after 242 when they started updating hourly.

Definitely periodic....

It's almost like something is updating on a regular basis and people are responding to it.

I didn't check, but the periods are most likely day-night cycles. Proof that however much people might be claiming otherwise, they are, in fact, comaing.

FTFY

No, you can't prove that with the data you have. And even if you could somehow prove we comaed, you'd need a baseline of pre-Time comaing.

Implying there was something before Time.

[Dracomax]

More cheesy cartoons.

I forgot to say this in the last post.
To prevent further heresies, the Congregatio pro Doctrina Temporis unanimously (1/1) declares the Papal infallibility when he starts a sentence with "Simon says".

Speaking of the Pope, where is he? He should be showing up any moment now, ready to claim post #9000.

hmm...should we punish you for heresy, or reward you for posting the latest revelation of the one true comic?

...

Heck with it. You get thumbscrews and ice cream.

[Kieryn]

I forgot to say this in the last post.
To prevent further heresies, the Congregatio pro Doctrina Temporis unanimously (1/1) declares the Papal infallibility when he starts a sentence with "Simon says".

Interesting infographic: Shows number of forum posts for each TimeFrame/Newpix. The timeframes are scaled to outsider time so that they are doubly spaced after 242 when they started updating hourly.

Definitely periodic....

It's almost like something is updating on a regular basis and people are responding to it.

I didn't check, but the periods are most likely day-night cycles. Proof that however much people might be claiming otherwise, they are, in fact, comaing.

FTFY

No, you can't prove that with the data you have. And even if you could somehow prove we comaed, you'd need a baseline of pre-Time comaing.

You are right, I can only show that people are more likely to post at certain times of day, and I can only theorize that when they are not posting it is because they are not present and are comaed. I do not have the right data to prove that as the cause.

[KarMann]

Perhaps a group of us should look into this. Call it the Congregation for the Doctrine of Temporal Faith, or something. Nobody would expect that.

Excuse me! I am the Prefect of the Congregatio pro Doctrina Temporis (check the wiki and this), we don't need to create one.

Excellent. Deranged minds think alike. Get busy, then; looks like you've got work to do.

[StratPlayer]

I forgot to say this in the last post.
To prevent further heresies, the Congregatio pro Doctrina Temporis unanimously (1/1) declares the Papal infallibility when he starts a sentence with "Simon says".

Interesting infographic: Shows number of forum posts for each TimeFrame/Newpix. The timeframes are scaled to outsider time so that they are doubly spaced after 242 when they started updating hourly.

Definitely periodic....

It's almost like something is updating on a regular basis and people are responding to it.

I didn't check, but the periods are most likely day-night cycles. Proof that however much people might be claiming otherwise, they are, in fact, comaing.

FTFY

No, you can't prove that with the data you have. And even if you could somehow prove we comaed, you'd need a baseline of pre-Time comaing.

You are right, I can only show that people are more likely to post at certain times of day, and I can only theorize that when they are not posting it is because they are not present and are comaed. I do not have the right data to prove that as the cause.

What about the overall Bell curve distribution? Should we be saddened that we are past the Peak of Time, or seek joy in the fact that we still remain?

[peewee_RotA]

Quote fail.

O.k.

Confession: I really want to dress emo, just for a day to see the reactions I get. But I don't fit into tight jeans and my eyes lack despair.

Touché.

[Megaryuu]

Man, these updates feel so slow now.

Also, surprising to see so much forum activity.

[KarMann]

It's over 9000!

[Someguy945]

Sorry for this tired meme, everyone, but it's the law.

[AionArap]

More cheesy cartoons.

I forgot to say this in the last post.
To prevent further heresies, the Congregatio pro Doctrina Temporis unanimously (1/1) declares the Papal infallibility when he starts a sentence with "Simon says".

Speaking of the Pope, where is he? He should be showing up any moment now, ready to claim post #9000.

hmm...should we punish you for heresy, or reward you for posting the latest revelation of the one true comic?

...

Heck with it. You get thumbscrews and ice cream.

But but but... I love cheese

Why do you keep interrupting this discussion with your cheesy cartoons?

But but but... I love cheese.