3 ms·
Xkcd/now
- vxNsr 13y agoSeems Randall is having fun with gifs.
- adityar 13y agoIf it is a gif, how does it make the initial frame (on load of image) equal to the frame for the current time?
- gelatocar 13y agoIt isn't a gif, he's got a bunch of images at 15 minute intervals. http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/now/18h15m.png http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/now/18h15m.png http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/now/18h30m.png http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/now/18h30m.png http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/now/18h45m.png http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/now/18h45m.png The server just loads the right one for the given time.
- AustinDizzy 13y agoIt's not a gif, he's just got ~96 images or so all of each hour in 15 minute intervals and then it loads the appropriate one for the appropriate time. I wrote up a small demo here(http://jsfiddle.net/5uG2u/2/show/ http://jsfiddle.net/5uG2u/2/show/) so you can change the time and see the various mapped layouts of the data.
- ggchappell 13y agoLook at Alaska. In physical reality, it nearly touches the eastern tip of Asia. And the Aleutians stretch all the way across. But to stay more in tune with the rest of the U.S., Alaska is almost entirely in the -9 timezone. So I guess the map is all about timezones, not where the sun is. I don't see any other obvious mismatches with the physical Earth. Does anyone else? EDIT: I suppose the gap between Greenland and Iceland is similar. (Also, not that it's a major landmass, but Hawaii is missing. There's even space for it.)
- ColinWright 13y agoSee also: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7303361 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7303361
- oxymoron 13y agoI made a version that can be rotated: http://c0la.s3.amazonaws.com/xkcd1335.html http://c0la.s3.amazonaws.com/xkcd1335.html