When xkcd reminds you of pweb
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I haven't really looked into it. I just noticed they both use coordinates and the name is obviously derivative.
Essentially, though, it appears to be the same thing. You're using GPS to find the physical location that corresponds to the given coordinates.
From what I've read about geocaching, it's more of an adventure (or a contest/race if it's a new one and you want to be the first to find it) than a treasure hunt. Really, about the only thing you have to do when you find one is sign the log book so they'll know you didn't cheat and just said you found it when you log your discovery on the website. Though it's entirely possible to ignore log books and websites past getting the coordinates and just find them for the fun of it.
Yes, they usually contain little trinkets (unless you're doing micros which are usually a 35mm film canister or something of similar size) but if you take one you're supposed to leave something of your own so there's always something for the next person who finds it.
If you can't tell, I've been thinking about trying geocaching for awhile, but I don't really have time for it. Plus, I don't know anyone around here who does it and I don't want to spend money on a decent handheld GPS until I've tried it and know I like it.
Essentially, though, it appears to be the same thing. You're using GPS to find the physical location that corresponds to the given coordinates.
From what I've read about geocaching, it's more of an adventure (or a contest/race if it's a new one and you want to be the first to find it) than a treasure hunt. Really, about the only thing you have to do when you find one is sign the log book so they'll know you didn't cheat and just said you found it when you log your discovery on the website. Though it's entirely possible to ignore log books and websites past getting the coordinates and just find them for the fun of it.
Yes, they usually contain little trinkets (unless you're doing micros which are usually a 35mm film canister or something of similar size) but if you take one you're supposed to leave something of your own so there's always something for the next person who finds it.
If you can't tell, I've been thinking about trying geocaching for awhile, but I don't really have time for it. Plus, I don't know anyone around here who does it and I don't want to spend money on a decent handheld GPS until I've tried it and know I like it.
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I've done geocaching. It's totally fun. We did it with our youth kids last year, and we also planted a cache near the church, and it's amazing the number of people who've found it.
I want my own GPS so I can do it myself.
I want my own GPS so I can do it myself.
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Just in case no one's pointed this out yet:
XKCD comic referencing Ender's Game today, ftw!
http://xkcd.com/635/
XKCD comic referencing Ender's Game today, ftw!
http://xkcd.com/635/
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Damn, you beat me to it.
Awesome, as always, and so so true.
Awesome, as always, and so so true.
Who controls the British crown? Who keeps the metric system down?
We do! We do!
Who leaves Atlantis off the maps? Who keeps the Martians under wraps?
We do! We do!
Who holds back the electric car? Who makes Steve Gutenberg a star?
We do! We do!
Who robs cavefish of their sight? Who rigs every Oscar night?
We do, we do!
We do! We do!
Who leaves Atlantis off the maps? Who keeps the Martians under wraps?
We do! We do!
Who holds back the electric car? Who makes Steve Gutenberg a star?
We do! We do!
Who robs cavefish of their sight? Who rigs every Oscar night?
We do, we do!
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Oh God, I can see it now. Trying to explain to my children someday that when I was their age and reading Ender's Game, it seemed perfectly plausible that two people blogging political opinions on the Internet would matter that much. Because we didn't HAVE an Internet when I was your age. So we didn't realize that giving everyone access to it meant giving everyone access to it.
There's another home somewhere,
There's another glimpse of sky...
There's another way to lean
into the wind, unafraid.
There's another life out there...
~~Mary Chapin Carpenter
There's another glimpse of sky...
There's another way to lean
into the wind, unafraid.
There's another life out there...
~~Mary Chapin Carpenter
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So true, so very true.Oh God, I can see it now. Trying to explain to my children someday that when I was their age and reading Ender's Game, it seemed perfectly plausible that two people blogging political opinions on the Internet would matter that much. Because we didn't HAVE an Internet when I was your age. So we didn't realize that giving everyone access to it meant giving everyone access to it.
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To be fair, "the nets" are a bit different in EG. Peter and Val had to use their dad's i.d. just to be able to post, and they had to be invited to participate in the serious discussions. So in the future Joe Blow's blog probably isn't taken any more seriously than it is now, but parts of the nets are used for more serious and regulated political discussion. Even today real politicians are using facebook, twitter, youtube, and blogs to express their views and communicate with a wider audience. Rather than seeming dated, the way the net is presented in EG still seems amazingly prophetic for something written in 1985 to me.
That said, the comic is still very funny.
That said, the comic is still very funny.
"Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic."
- Frank Herbert's 'Dune'
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That was the best part of the strip. Also the part that most resembled the actual events of the book.I love the squirrel in there. That's just win right there.
The nets are indeed different; but I've maintained that they resembled the internet more as it was at the time than now. OSC hardly seems prophetic to me; he probably just was discussing the idea with someone he knew that the time that was into BBSs (or maybe OSC used them, I don't know). The nets are basically an extension of them.To be fair, "the nets" are a bit different in EG. [...] Rather than seeming dated, the way the net is presented in EG still seems amazingly prophetic for something written in 1985 to me.
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iirc OSC was an inaugural member of AOL practically, signing up in 85 or something like that. so he was definitely on top of what was being discussed as the future of computing at the time. Remember he had been working for a software company writing instruction manuals not long before.
So, Lone Star, now you see that evil will always triumph because good is dumb.
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Titletext: "And I even got out my adorable new netbook!"
I thought this one was close to what I do a lot, but... it's not quite fear of public humiliation; I think I'm okay with that on the "social awkwardness" level. It's just, I know many (most?) conversations I'm in with people, I just do really wonder why the hell they're talking to me, and I wish they'd go away. I don't wish that feeling/situation on anyone, so I try to avoid causing it.
(Except apparently when I've had a certain amount to drink, but not too much.)
I thought this one was close to what I do a lot, but... it's not quite fear of public humiliation; I think I'm okay with that on the "social awkwardness" level. It's just, I know many (most?) conversations I'm in with people, I just do really wonder why the hell they're talking to me, and I wish they'd go away. I don't wish that feeling/situation on anyone, so I try to avoid causing it.
(Except apparently when I've had a certain amount to drink, but not too much.)
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Re: When xkcd reminds you of pweb
God, I have been reminded of this one so often lately. I know it's been posted in here before, but I just needed to bump it.
There's another home somewhere,
There's another glimpse of sky...
There's another way to lean
into the wind, unafraid.
There's another life out there...
~~Mary Chapin Carpenter
There's another glimpse of sky...
There's another way to lean
into the wind, unafraid.
There's another life out there...
~~Mary Chapin Carpenter
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Who controls the British crown? Who keeps the metric system down?
We do! We do!
Who leaves Atlantis off the maps? Who keeps the Martians under wraps?
We do! We do!
Who holds back the electric car? Who makes Steve Gutenberg a star?
We do! We do!
Who robs cavefish of their sight? Who rigs every Oscar night?
We do, we do!
We do! We do!
Who leaves Atlantis off the maps? Who keeps the Martians under wraps?
We do! We do!
Who holds back the electric car? Who makes Steve Gutenberg a star?
We do! We do!
Who robs cavefish of their sight? Who rigs every Oscar night?
We do, we do!
Well, the topic of the subject is dependency resolution, that is (i think), debugging a program where you are calling variables that haven't yet been defined, or when it calls itself in an infinite loop. The joke is that to enroll in that subject, you need to have passed that subject. Which means the enrollment program has a dependency problem, too.*BUMP*
Can anyone explain today's XKCD for me?
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Yeah, but, it's talking about compiler design, so I'd imagine it'd be more like determining the dependencies of calculations or certain instructions, which is used in a compiler for various optimizations (and possibly showing warnings). Or it could be something with symbol resolution and that kind of thing, but I thought that'd be linking.Well, the topic of the subject is dependency resolution, that is (i think), debugging a program where you are calling variables that haven't yet been defined, or when it calls itself in an infinite loop.
But I don't know, I only took a couple of classes in that area, and it was rather theoretical. The only thing I can remember that seems close to dependency resolution is binding variable names to variables, and things like that.
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The rollover of a couple days ago references Lost Boys by OSC. He's so clearly a fan.
http://xkcd.com/928/
New theory: zeroguy is Randall Monroe. It all adds up.
http://xkcd.com/928/
New theory: zeroguy is Randall Monroe. It all adds up.
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http://xkcd.com/933/
Anyone wittier than me come up with a version of this referring to stretchmarks/pregnancy?
Anyone wittier than me come up with a version of this referring to stretchmarks/pregnancy?
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