Comments on: Why we love xkcd

By: “The Next Uri Geller” – 3rd show :: cimddwc

“The Next Uri Geller” – 3rd show :: cimddwc — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:31:36 +0000

[...] (via BA) [...]

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:23:05 +0000

I too can join the ranks of those who discovered xkcd, browsed the entire site in one sitting, and then sent link after link to my (more and more annoyed) friends. (I still move the hyphen when I hear people say it.)

By: gyokusai

gyokusai — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:42:17 +0000

LOL, when I first encountered XKCD, I too browsed the whole archive until the sun came up, and hammered my friends with emails linking to XKCD cartoons for weeks!

It’s just gorgeous.

^_^J.

By: Egaeus

Egaeus — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:59:14 +0000

Having spent hours of sleeping time reading the entire archives of XKCD, I can authoritatively state that it’s freaking hilarious. Either that, or I’ve gone completely insane to the point that while sitting in front of my computer by myself, I am able to laugh so hard at something unfunny that I begin to tear up. The electromagnetic spectrum was particularly funny. He’s just like me, but much funnier.

By: XKCD hits the sweet spot « Dusty Loft

XKCD hits the sweet spot « Dusty Loft — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:47:34 +0000

[...] Bad Astronomer Phil Plait says it’s why we love XKCD, Rebecca at Skepchick posted it and PZ Myers at Pharyngula would wear it on a [...]

By: crucified in space

crucified in space — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:17:34 +0000

You might wonder what it would actually take to have supernatural powers be confirmed by experiment. This might give you an idea of how unbiased the scientific method can be:
http://www.tcm.phy.cam.ac.uk/~bdj10/propaganda/

By: Johnny Vector

Johnny Vector — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 21:58:53 +0000

Martin, take a look at the page source. You will wee that the text displayed is not in fact “alt text”, it is “title text”. Text specified by the ALT tag is to be displayed instead of the image. The text in the TITLE tag is available for display in addition to the image. Some browsers put TITLE text in the status bar, but most put it in a tooltip.

Mozilla used to put ALT text in a tooltip for several versions, but that was wrong, and really farked up those of us who actually tried to write useful ALT tags. Y’know, for people browsing with Lynx, and/or text-to-speech readers, or with image loading turned off. Fortunately that’s been fixed, by the death of Mozilla if nothing else.

My mother once accused me of pedanticness. I explained that the word was “pedantry”.

By: Martin

Martin — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:29:16 +0000

As a person over 30, I’m by definition incapable of being either “cool” or “in” – or so it is said by teenagers today. So I don’t exactly care if my coolness factor is further reduced and stick calling the text in question an “alt text”. Believe it or not, back in the computer stone ages there were web browsers incapable of displaying images – such as lynx. These browsers displayed the text – “alt text” – as an alternative to the elusive images…

By: Impium Orexis

Impium Orexis — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:18:07 +0000

Last night is the first time I ever looked at that site. I read every one of them. It took me a while. Some were funny, some weren’t. One or two even went over my head. It was worth the time it took.

By: Mena

Mena — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:44:07 +0000

How about Indexed, particularly this one.

By: Mike Marsh

Mike Marsh — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:11:11 +0000

The latest Bunny is also right up your alley: http://bunny.frozenreality.co.uk/index.php?id=1083

By: Johnny Vector

Johnny Vector — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:21:55 +0000

BTW, your coolness is reduced by a factor of pi if you say “alt text” when you mean “title text”. Just because Mozilla got it wrong back in the day doesn’t mean you have to now.

Kids today.

Sheesh.

By: Sean O'Hara

Sean O'Hara — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:03:38 +0000

If I have to read that to make me cool, I’ll be over with he dorks.

By: Rudism

Rudism — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:36:17 +0000

All he says is that if you don’t read xkcd, then you’re NOT cool. This does not imply that reading xkcd makes you cool.

(!A -> !B) != (A -> B)

By: thadd

thadd — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:15:28 +0000

Tigerhawkvok, now I have to go back and reread every XKCD ever.

(This comment will of course be held for moderation)

By: The Powe of XKCD « Archaeoporn

The Powe of XKCD « Archaeoporn — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:11:57 +0000

[...] the early morning hours of January 21, 2008, it has found its way onto Skepchick, Pharyngula, and Bad Astronomy. Three of the biggest skeptics out there, that might actually be a supernatural [...]

By: Rav Winston

Rav Winston — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:16:19 +0000

This is excellent– I am now an officially cool person, as pronounced by the BadAstronomer himself!

By: Pieter Kok

Pieter Kok — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:14:25 +0000

xkcd is rarely funny, and this one is no exception.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:08:59 +0000

I’m not a big fan of XKCD. I RARELY find it funny. Overall I think it’s bland.

By: No One of Consequence

No One of Consequence — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:50:08 +0000

As if by supernatural powers, when I read the comic at XKCD today, I was sure that I would be seeing it elsewhere — and I’m 2 for 2 on the sites I’ve checked since then.

By: buczas

buczas — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:00:31 +0000

1. Visited xkcd.com
2. Laughed
3. Visited badastronomy.com
4. Saw the same thing
5. Felt creepy

Conclusion: One Brain rules us all!

By: Mike Torr

Mike Torr — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:51:10 +0000

I have Cectic AND xkcd. I must be supercool.

Does the fact that I have every xkcd cartoon ever on my hard disk make me “hypercool”?

Has anyone sent this to Randi yet?

By: Doug

Doug — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:23:22 +0000

Having a Cectic RSS feed is also important for one’s coolness factor.
The latest one reminds me of BA movie reviews: http://cectic.com/101.html

By: Lugosi

Lugosi — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:54:17 +0000

I wasn’t before, but NOW I’m a true Cool Web Person!!!

By: Cal

Cal — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:24:16 +0000

“I was on the Internets before there was a web, and when some folks still called it ARPANET from time to time. I think I need no web comic requirement.”

That doesn’t make you a Cool Web Person, just an OLD Web Person.