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XKCD did a comic about this phenomenon a few years ago. The story is set in the far future when the Med has dried up again, and the next flood that refills it i
by ksgifford 11y ago
XKCD did a comic about this phenomenon a few years ago. The story is set in the far future when the Med has dried up again, and the next flood that refills it is imminent.
http://blog.xkcd.com/2013/07/29/1190-time/ http://blog.xkcd.com/2013/07/29/1190-time/
- mirimir 11y ago"video": http://geekwagon.net/projects/xkcd1190/ http://geekwagon.net/projects/xkcd1190/
- intrasight 11y ago"Oh noes, something has gone wrong!"
- teh_klev 11y agoWhat's special about the "Special" frames, in particular "Debated" frames?
- pavel_lishin 11y agoAccording to the readme - https://github.com/deplicator/xkcdTime_atyourownpace/blob/master/readme.mediawiki https://github.com/deplicator/xkcdTime_atyourownpace/blob/ma... > Special frames are selected by popular vote. The vote calculation is done automaticly, but new special frames won't show up right away (about a 10 minute delay). For a frame to attain special status it must receive a certain number of votes, and it must have a higher number of votes for it than against it. The exact numbers for this are still being determined. > Debated Frames are frames that have recieved a number of both yes and no votes.
- teh_klev 11y agoAppreciated.
- aidenn0 11y agoThe special frames are ones where people have voted that it demands extra attention (e.g. text to read) that wouldn't be possible at multiple FPS. Debated just appears to be that there are significant yes votes, but insufficient to make it special.
- skykooler 11y agoAnd even won a Hugo award for it!
- eganist 11y agoEntirely offtopic, but how is it that the xkcd blog suffers from such a terrible spam comment problem?
- clort 11y agoIts a test, to measure how intelligent the spambots are getting. See https://xkcd.com/810/
- jeffwass 11y agoWhat's the best way to 'read' that xkcd storyline?