xkcd

by **nerd65536** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 10:13 pm UTC

19/m/Pennsylvania
Attending college, dual majoring in Geek and Nerd.

by **Andy** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 10:30 am UTC

Go team Australia.

I'm 22, Male, Sydney.

I started checking this site regularly after I found this comic:

http://xkcd.com/c26.html

I just think Fourier transforms are cool

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I'm a uni student, just finishing up a computer science degree, I teach classes at uni too, so I suppose I fit quite well into the nerd category and the teacher category.

by **auntiesue** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 12:08 pm UTC

I'm a dog groomer.

by **davean** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 1:01 am UTC

auntiesue wrote:I'm a dog groomer.

One of these people is not like the others, one of these people ...

by **kira** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 1:44 am UTC

davean wrote:One of these people is not like the others, one of these people ...

I sang that to my students and out of 40 kids, only TWO claimed to recognize it. These are the same kids who walked around for almost a whole day singing the "Elmo's World" song.

by **davean** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 12:06 pm UTC

kira wrote:
davean wrote:One of these people is not like the others, one of these people ...

I sang that to my students and out of 40 kids, only TWO claimed to recognize it. These are the same kids who walked around for almost a whole day singing the "Elmo's World" song.

I'm sorry, its a real pity you have to deal with little kids dirrectly, my dealings with them have an internet connection between us and it is actually the server that has to deal with them for me, sort of a sacraficial champion.

by **kira** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 12:31 am UTC

I'm sorry, its a real pity you have to deal with little kids dirrectly,

The "Elmo's World" reference probably misrepresented their ages. These are 12 and 13 year old middle schoolers.

by **davean** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 4:12 am UTC

kira wrote:
I'm sorry, its a real pity you have to deal with little kids dirrectly,

The "Elmo's World" reference probably misrepresented their ages. These are 12 and 13 year old middle schoolers.

Yes, a pity.

(My work centers around inteligent tutoring systems for children in middle and high school.)

by **paulitheism** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 3:07 pm UTC

A friend of mine just turned me on to xkcd about a month ago. I'm kicking around the idea of getting a sex change operation for the sole purpose of stalking and seducing Randall Munroe. ("You love me!" "Get away from me, you freak, I have a restraining order!" "SUDO you love me!")

Uh, seriously though, 28/m/soon-to-be-ex-lawyer-now-stanford-polisci-grad-student

by **TheReverend** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 8:20 pm UTC

25/M/NY/Software Engineer

I'm not a big forum fan, but this site is too funny to pass up on.

My hobbies include...well, let's say they are unfit to print.

I just recently grew a fear of raptors. This site was a major contributor to the realization that raptors are just as likely to kill me now as any other moment of my life. Up until then I only feared girls and awkward conversations with the undead. In that order.

Ok, time to go back to work.

Hello Everyone.

by **xkcd** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 9:03 pm UTC

TheReverend wrote:This site was a major contributor to the realization that raptors are just as likely to kill me now as any other moment of my life.

More so once you realize that. They can smell fear.

by **Monar** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 12:40 am UTC

16/m/MA

17 tomorrow

And, um, I mostly posted this just for the derail: T-rex can't see you if you don't move. At least according to Spielberg. Any knowledge of the application of this defense with raptors?

by **xkcd** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 12:58 am UTC

Monar wrote:And, um, I mostly posted this just for the derail: T-rex can't see you if you don't move. At least according to Spielberg. Any knowledge of the application of this defense with raptors?

Raptors can see you through the walls.

by **DaveFP** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 1:39 am UTC

xkcd wrote:
Monar wrote:And, um, I mostly posted this just for the derail: T-rex can't see you if you don't move. At least according to Spielberg. Any knowledge of the application of this defense with raptors?

Raptors can see you through the walls.

In the dark.

by **Shoofle** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 3:50 am UTC

Of course - dark is just another wall (at least, to us pitiful humans).

by **dcowboy** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 4:38 am UTC

xkcd wrote:
Monar wrote:And, um, I mostly posted this just for the derail: T-rex can't see you if you don't move. At least according to Spielberg. Any knowledge of the application of this defense with raptors?

Raptors can see you through the walls.

Raptors known violators of even the most fundamental laws of physics.

Not only can they smell how afraid you are right now, they can also smell how afraid you're going to be when you find out that your company only provides an HMO for health coverage, which doesn't cover Raptor Attacks.

by **Verysillyman** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 7:29 am UTC

I was recently attacked by a raptor, I have the scar to prove it. It starts just near my belly button and goes right around to the middle of the top of my back.

by **Jesse** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 8:01 am UTC

Actually, as an avid palaeontologist I would like to point out that T-Rex can see you if you don't move. It was a poor theory as T-Rex was most likely a scavenger so his prey would be dead and therefore not moving.

Dude, I also have a raptor scar from when I was younger. It has got smaller over the years, but at one point took up half my stomach. It had attempted to disembowel me.

by **davean** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 3:56 pm UTC

Jesster wrote:Actually, as an avid palaeontologist I would like to point out that T-Rex can see you if you don't move. It was a poor theory as T-Rex was most likely a scavenger so his prey would be dead and therefore not moving.

Dude, I also have a raptor scar from when I was younger. It has got smaller over the years, but at one point took up half my stomach. It had attempted to disembowel me.

Clearly a lie, raptors do not fail.

by **Jesse** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 4:58 pm UTC

It was a baby one, that looked suspiciously like my cat. Clearly a master of disguise.

by **Verysillyman** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 4:31 am UTC

Mine was dressed up like a doctor, who tricked me into back surgery. Raptors are smart enough not to just kill someone when they're meant to be operating.

by **rrenaud** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 5:12 am UTC

Male/23/Software Engineer/New York, NY

by **Hides-His-Eyes** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 10:12 am UTC

17/M/UK student

by **RealGrouchy** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 11:29 am UTC

paulitheism wrote:Uh, seriously though, 28/m/soon-to-be-ex-lawyer-now-stanford-polisci-grad-student

Does this make you barred for life, or disbarred for life?

- RG>

by **shobadobs** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 10:19 pm UTC

20/m/Troy, NY
math major in my junior/senior year.

by **justinhj** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 10:21 pm UTC

davean wrote:
Jesster wrote:Actually, as an avid palaeontologist I would like to point out that T-Rex can see you if you don't move. It was a poor theory as T-Rex was most likely a scavenger so his prey would be dead and therefore not moving.

Dude, I also have a raptor scar from when I was younger. It has got smaller over the years, but at one point took up half my stomach. It had attempted to disembowel me.

Clearly a lie, raptors do not fail.

The ancestors of people that were alive during the time of t-rexes actually believed that if they stood still then the t-rex could not see them.

We should have been wiped out by natural selection, but unfortunately the meteorite impact disrupted the natural course of things. That's why we still believe it today.

by **Balthos** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 10:53 pm UTC

I'm 20, male, livng in Pittsburgh...

And while Raptors may or may not violate laws of science and basic human decency... we in the Bioengineering department are committed to creating a cyborg Raptor that will, in the forseeable future, become an unstoppable killing machine.

But, since it will still be cold blooded, places like Pittsburgh will be immune to the horrors visited upon the humans. Bwahahahahaha!

Oh, and 'yinz' is typically associated with the Pittsburgh dialect.

by **Penguin** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 4:03 am UTC

Balthos wrote:But, since it will still be cold blooded, places like Pittsburgh will be immune to the horrors visited upon the humans. Bwahahahahaha!

Pittsburgh is cold?

Wait, what's that make Boston, then?

by **Ephphatha** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 4:05 am UTC

18/m/Bathurst, NSW, Australia.

Famous for the car races, and possibly a few raptor attacks. The government tries to keep it quiet.

by **Jack Saladin** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 10:00 am UTC

Australian accidents or attacks of any kind usually consist of Australians blundering into various pointed instruments and then trying to hide the fact that have a reflex time of roughly half an hour.

by **Balthos** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 7:32 am UTC

Penguin wrote:Pittsburgh is cold?

Wait, what's that make Boston, then?

It makes Boston immune to Raptor attacks... at least, until summer. Then... beware!

by **Monar** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 11:14 am UTC

Balthos wrote:
Penguin wrote:Pittsburgh is cold?

Wait, what's that make Boston, then?

It makes Boston immune to Raptor attacks... at least, until summer. Then... beware!

Seriously, I had to put on a jacket during the last few days of August. Come on, Boston! Try having GOOD weather for a period instead of abruptly switching from "too hot" to "too cold"! Aargh

by **Ephphatha** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 11:42 am UTC

Saladin wrote:Australian accidents or attacks of any kind usually consist of Australians blundering into various pointed instruments and then trying to hide the fact that have a reflex time of roughly half an hour.

Look, in our defence, we have lots of alcohol. Probably why we pick an island to live on, so the neighbours don't get pissed off when we get pissed.

by **Kanoga** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 1:31 pm UTC

14/M/NV
I sit on the computer all day.

by **theneutralnewt** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 4:44 pm UTC

18/M/IL (College in NE, Comp Sci)
Is it a comfortable seat?

by **davean** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 5:06 pm UTC

theneutralnewt wrote:18/M/IL (College in NE, Comp Sci)
Is it a comfortable seat?

I don't know about Kanoga, but I spent a decent bit on mine.

by **Dooreatoe** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 5:27 pm UTC

17/F/KS

Currently working as a checker and losing more faith in humanity each time someone tries to pay for candy bars in pennies. Escape-the-room junkie, situational logic puzzle fanatic. Also, I cook better than your mother. That's right, your mother.

by **miss kyri** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 5:32 pm UTC

ah, RIT.

I'm afraid I can't think of any good propositions to email you, randall, but I am one of those female readers. (22, NYC).

That is, however, a challenge! :p One best taken up when I have had more sleep...

by **kuno** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 8:37 pm UTC

19/M/California

I'll be majoring in math once I finish my general ed at a 2 year college. I started reading this comic when Jeph of Questionable Content linked you in his newspost(Sept 4).

by **Glench** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 8:59 pm UTC

"I'm a student. At 16, I can't be anything but. Unless I want to dropout and have my parents kill me. But I'm not into indirect suicide."

It's kind of sad that teenagers are basically relegated to cheap labor.

Anyway, first post: 16/m/Massachusetts/student

I like interesting stuff, and this comic is an interesting thing. Thanks a lot, xkcd.

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