Four Disparate Consonants about Math, Romance and Physics
Chapter: Random
I’m going to make the assumption that nearly everyone who reads this comic probably reads XKCD, a webcomic by Randall Monroe. It’s a heady assumption, I know, but work with me here.
Nothing makes sense without context, so if some kind soul could link the referenced XKCD comics within today’s PCW comic, in the comment field below, I’d be much obliged.
-Krishna
These beautiful and intelligent people wrote
Tell me what you think!
hari
March 10, 2008 at 1:08 amxkcd is an assault on everything I value – good art, good humour and talent/hard work.
It depresses me that something as crappy as xkcd has become so popular.
JRSofty
March 10, 2008 at 1:45 amI just started reading XKCD a couple of days ago. I really do like it mostly because it is an assault on a lot of different aspects.
However, Krishna from what I’ve read of the comic you referenced about three different ones. I’m not sure which one you were trying to talk about.
krishna
March 10, 2008 at 7:40 amhi JR – those would be the comics that discuss the Poisson Distribution, the QH effect and the Drake Equation – those are all comics within the XKCD archives…
Dale
March 10, 2008 at 10:06 amDrake Equation xkcd link: http://www.xkcd.com/384/
Ian
March 10, 2008 at 10:14 amI believe these are the ones you’re looking for:
Poisson: http://xkcd.com/12/
Slides: http://xkcd.com/365/
Drake Equation: http://xkcd.com/384/
krishna
March 10, 2008 at 1:43 pmthanks, Dale and Ian!
torin
March 10, 2008 at 2:21 pmFor those going through the xkcd archives for the first time, make sure you hover over all the comics, each one has a great tooltip explaining something about it.
Kreg Steppe
March 11, 2008 at 3:20 pmCome on Hari, your comment is a little harsh don’t you think? XKCD isn’t about the art as much as it is the writing. It is good, and sharp.
JefbotFan#300
September 15, 2009 at 6:30 ami agree with u…..i love xkcd….even though i cant understand some of it…
hari
March 11, 2008 at 10:35 pmKreg, I found most of the jokes insipid and lame myself. I mean, if it’s not about the art, then the writing better be damn good and funny!
I am a fan of “geeky” humour myself and I admire KMS’s shart wit and humour, but
Stick figures + Obscure references and lame dialogues = not funny…
This single strip by KMS about XKCD is 1000 times better than all the xkcd comics put together. :)
Joe Mills
February 9, 2009 at 2:30 pmYour silly little opinion which was presented as if it were fact…
…has been duly noted, and duly ignored.
also, xkcd isn’t capialized.