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wow, I can't believe I didn't know about xkcd until recently

Discussion in 'Fred's House of Pancakes' started by cwerdna, Oct 21, 2007.

  1. cwerdna

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    So, my coworkers and I were talking about a shirt that one of them was wearing of http://xkcd.com/149/. I'd seen that comic posted a year ago by an intern. I had no idea where it came from but it struck a chord for me since I work on Mac software.

    A year later I find it it came from xkcd. Xkcd? Huh? One of them explained and I finally checked it out. I can't believe I didn't know about it all this time.

    Here are some of my faves so far:
    http://www.xkcd.com/303/
    http://www.xkcd.com/202/
    http://xkcd.com/297/
    http://www.xkcd.com/173/
    http://xkcd.com/214/
    http://xkcd.com/302/
     
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    He apparently has a Prius and is a member of the community now.
     
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    Ah, yes, xkcd. My second-favorite comic on the web right now, right behind The Perry Bible Fellowship (For those who have never seen it, it's sort of an R-rated version of The Far Side with much better artwork).

    As for most web comics, I agree with Strong Bad on this issue.
     
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    Lisp Cycles

    Know what's nuts? My father did teach me Lisp. I tell people what that "DOS window" is and they look at me like I have two heads.
     
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    Stev0 Honorary Hong Kong Cavalier

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    Bumping this thread for yesterday's cartoon:

    [​IMG]
     
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    Re: wow, I can't believe I didn't know about xkcd until recently

    I used to know Lisp and Scheme, a variant.
    Honestly, I hated them both. But it might have been the professor; I didn't care for his teaching style at all.
     
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    Re: wow, I can't believe I didn't know about xkcd until recently

    How about Forth? I wrote a visual inspection system in Forth. Of course us old guys go back to when computers had white beads and black beads...

    Tom
     
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    Re: wow, I can't believe I didn't know about xkcd until recently

    Since we're sharing, this is one of my favorites:
     

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    Re: wow, I can't believe I didn't know about xkcd until recently

    I still prefer the 'sudo make me a sandwhich' comic the best.

    In re the last post:

    I forget where I read it, but there was a phrase similar to that last comic.

    Sociologists think they're psychologists. Psychologists think they are biologists. Biologists think they're chemists. Chemists think they're physicists. Physicists thing they're mathematicians. And mathematicians think they're God.
     
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    TheForce Stop War! Lets Rave! Make Love!

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    Re: wow, I can't believe I didn't know about xkcd until recently

    I remember this one from many years ago!

    I'm not getting tricked... again!

    madsock
     
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    Re: wow, I can't believe I didn't know about xkcd until recently

    Damn it! NOT FUNNY!

    I hope your legs grow together! :p

    Wildkow
     
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