What kind of Tim Horton's doesn't sell donuts?
Also, if it's in Lower Canada, then it would also serve poutine.
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- Mon Apr 02, 2018 4:43 pm UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1975: "Right Click"
- Replies: 42
- Views: 16912
- Fri Oct 16, 2015 4:26 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1590: "The Source"
- Replies: 70
- Views: 13106
Re: 1590: "The Source"
1. I once had the situation displayed in the comic while sitting in my living room, except it was a beeping. Investigation eventually determined it was an alarm clock in the second floor apartment of a neighbour across the street*. 2. My next door neighbour installed a natural gas connection a year ...
- Tue May 26, 2015 12:18 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1529: "Bracket"
- Replies: 191
- Views: 47937
Re: 1529: "Bracket"
Time for an ol' RG roundup... What did Beyonce do to earn a bye to the third round? Please direct all questions about "What did Beyoncé do to earn..." to Mr. Kanye West, Los Angeles, CA.... Yes, but is that BBC "The Doctor" or Voyager "The Doctor"? I think he made it am...
- Tue May 19, 2015 1:39 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1526: "Placebo Blocker"
- Replies: 47
- Views: 10717
Re: 1526: "Placebo Blocker"
I figure if you want to test an actual placebo-effect blocker, you give one group placebos, the other gets the blocker, and you tell both groups they got a real medicine for whatever condition you want to measure. More specifically, you tell them that the first pill (the placebo) sometimes results ...
- Fri Jan 16, 2015 6:24 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1474: "Screws"
- Replies: 96
- Views: 36721
Re: 1474: "Screws"
[Envelope - no, it's a pun on "Phillips"] [Kodiac - you could make an xkcd 181 type chart out of Allen/Hex key/wrench related terms] [Eutychus - my observations match yours re: flat heads all the way across.] Lol, Randall does such a good job making you think he has an international view, ...
- Sat Aug 16, 2014 10:50 pm UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1406: "Universal Converter Box"
- Replies: 162
- Views: 38815
Re: 1406: "Universal Converter Box"
It's entertaining that so many people are pointing out the ones that Randall missed as though he'd update the comic to add it; though he has done that previously with the "map of the internet" (albeit not due to user comments but a changing situation). The idea that he might do so, however...
- Fri May 23, 2014 4:03 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1371: "Brightness"
- Replies: 21
- Views: 9133
Re: 1371: "Brightness"
No. "If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to look at every problem as though it were a nail." Encountering a screw and recognizing it as a nail does not turn your hammer into a screwdriver.jimmosk wrote:But... isn't that an endoplanet astronomer?
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- Sat May 17, 2014 6:08 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1369: TMI
- Replies: 51
- Views: 17357
Re: 1369: TMI
FFS, everybody is missing the most Oh me yarm thing about this comic, perhaps because the answer was so relatively benign: when someone says "Ugh, TMI," the last thing you want to do is ask them WTF prompted them to say that. isn't TMI more specifically used not for the amount of informati...
- Fri Apr 11, 2014 10:01 pm UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1354: "Heartbleed Explanation"
- Replies: 71
- Views: 31188
Re: 1354: "Heartbleed Explanation"
I found the "CoHoBaSt" especially funny due to it being similar to a password creation technique Bruce Schneier described in his bl o ag: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2014/03/choosing_secure_1.html You mean where Schneier references it as the "XKCD scheme"? And links t...
- Fri May 17, 2013 4:59 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1213: "Combination Vision Test"
- Replies: 159
- Views: 63092
Re: 1213: "Combination Vision"
I see colours, arranged in minuscule clusters of red, green, and blue. My brain interprets these, depending on intensity, as either 'black' or 'white'.
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- Wed Apr 03, 2013 5:28 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1194: "Stratigraphic Record"
- Replies: 53
- Views: 11609
Re: 1194: "Stratigraphic Record"
"Nearly 4.5 billion years ago, the Earth had liquid water" ... "but all the crust older than 3.5 billion years has been recycled into the mantle by subduction." Anyone else feel the bit about the water and the "but" add unnecessary confusion to this one? Am I missing s...
- Tue Mar 26, 2013 4:00 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1190: "Time"
- Replies: 106764
- Views: 44854395
Re: 1190: "Time"
Um, I only read the first and last (i.e. 13th) pages of this discussion, but has nobody noticed the javascript file that immediately follows the image link in the source? My browser isn't parsing it nicely so neither can I. <img src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/time.png" title="Wait f...
- Wed May 16, 2012 5:56 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 1056: "Felidae"
- Replies: 170
- Views: 43223
- Mon Feb 28, 2011 1:53 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 0117: "Pong"
- Replies: 15
- Views: 9159
Re: 0117: "Pong"
I've got a copy, but you revived a thread that's so old that I'm still subscribed to it. I hate it when people do that.
May you be forever pongless.
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May you be forever pongless.

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- Mon Jul 12, 2010 11:33 pm UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 0074: "Binary Sudoku"
- Replies: 35
- Views: 17131
Re: Binary Sudoku
Look at me, I think I'm clever reviving a thread so old RealGrouchy still has notifications for it because I don't realize that Sudoku can use any digits, characters, or figures, not just whole numbers. Look up the etymology of "binary", and you will find, in some language or another, the...
- Thu Oct 15, 2009 2:44 am UTC
- Forum: Individual XKCD Comic Threads
- Topic: 0124: "Blogofractal"
- Replies: 33
- Views: 13184
Re: "Blogofractal" Discussion
No, back in the day you had to dial up to get the RSS feed on the teletype, and it would print out on ticker tape in morse code.
FFS, RSS isn't prehistoric, look it up. Here, even: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS
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FFS, RSS isn't prehistoric, look it up. Here, even: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS
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- Wed Mar 25, 2009 1:01 am UTC
- Forum: Site/Forum issues
- Topic: Single Sig per page
- Replies: 30
- Views: 3669
Re: Single Sig per page
Or people could just not have such large and obtrusive sigs...
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- Mon Mar 23, 2009 2:30 am UTC
- Forum: General
- Topic: ITT: We make xkcd slightly worse.
- Replies: 8653
- Views: 1701176
Re: ITT: We make xkcd slightly worse.
I haven't been in here for a while. Pity, because there were some VERY good very slightly worses. I see that and raise you: http://forums.xkcd.com/download/file.php?id=12086 Sup dawg, I heard you like memes so I put another meme in your meme in your comic... Except the "liek" in the origin...
- Mon Mar 23, 2009 1:34 am UTC
- Forum: Site/Forum issues
- Topic: Posting pictures
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1381
Re: Posting pictures
Well, nobody's posted otherwise, so they must be good.Gordon wrote:Everyone good?
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- Sun Mar 22, 2009 6:45 pm UTC
- Forum: General
- Topic: Any illusions in the crowd?
- Replies: 44
- Views: 3461
Re: Any illusions in the crowd?
I have this little trick where I can make people's posts disappear.
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- Sat Mar 21, 2009 5:16 am UTC
- Forum: General
- Topic: Something on Youtube
- Replies: 2108
- Views: 678722
Re: Something on Youtube
A bunch of men in a field do incredible things with sheep.
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1904373
And no, it's not what you think.
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http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1904373
And no, it's not what you think.
Spoiler:
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- Fri Mar 20, 2009 11:22 am UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: Secret message in Abe Lincoln's watch
- Replies: 35
- Views: 3880
Re: Secret message in Abe Lincoln's watch
Cell phone takes a lot longer to read (dig out of pocket, possibly flip open) than a watch, and very rarely is the outside screen (or screen, on a bar-type or smartphone) permanently backlit, which takes another tap or two. Reading a watch - even in the dark - is very fast and easy to do covertly. ...
- Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:50 am UTC
- Forum: Books
- Topic: Goofus and Gallant together <3
- Replies: 16
- Views: 9755
Re: Goofus and Gallant together <3
for those of you who don't know, goofus and gallant are charecters used by highlights magazine to illustrate correct behavior in a not so subtle way. http://weblogs.variety.com/theknife/images/2007/06/24/goofusgallant_oct1980_hrsm_2.jpg I was recently surfing the tubes and found this (not work safe...
- Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:32 am UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: corey doctorow supports unions.
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1987
Re: corey doctorow supports unions.
Heh, I like the (likely unintentional) reference to "wobbly bridge" around the minute mark.lesliesage wrote:Here's Maddow's piece on it. Or for a faster visual, just go to 3:30 where she shows a clip from The Office.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nAZb-WrMJI
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- Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:18 am UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: Japanese laser-scan female form, FOR SCIENCE
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3164
Re: Japenese laser-scan female form, FOR SCIENCE
Science. Sure. Say, where can you place a pre-order for those love-bots they are obviously developing? :P It's delayed because they had to build a bigger scanner to fit your mom. BOOYAH! "For science"? I thought it was "For tradition" or something. Science and tradition are alwa...
- Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:03 am UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: Randall on failblog (again)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3724
Re: Randall on failblog (again)
Reading the comments on that page really make me appreciate the level of coherence we have on these forums.
The original is here, where it is clear that the exponent of e is i*pi.
If anything, the person who created the image (which Failblog posted, possibly failingly) failed.
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The original is here, where it is clear that the exponent of e is i*pi.
If anything, the person who created the image (which Failblog posted, possibly failingly) failed.
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- Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:50 am UTC
- Forum: Site/Forum issues
- Topic: Small Bug In Forum Search?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 7507
Re: Small Bug In Forum Search?
My astrologer told me you'd say that, Az.
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- Mon Mar 16, 2009 8:06 pm UTC
- Forum: Coding
- Topic: xkcd for iPhone (SourceForge Project)
- Replies: 70
- Views: 12273
- Fri Mar 13, 2009 4:33 am UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: Pi Day
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2754
Re: Pi Day
Heh, I saw the post above that said "too bad I'm a day late" and totally took a double take.
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- Fri Mar 13, 2009 4:30 am UTC
- Forum: General
- Topic: Something on Youtube
- Replies: 2108
- Views: 678722
Re: Something on Youtube
ShutupshutupshutUUUUPP!!!! Gaaa!
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- Fri Mar 13, 2009 3:32 am UTC
- Forum: General
- Topic: Something on Youtube
- Replies: 2108
- Views: 678722
- Wed Mar 11, 2009 3:43 am UTC
- Forum: General
- Topic: Post your boat race.
- Replies: 20908
- Views: 2816629
Re: Postify your facerity
my webcam has a weird glare that I do not understand. Oh well. the source of glare is almost always from the opposite side of the frame. In this case, your ceiling fixture. Oh, it seems this post is from a couple weeks ago. Well, anyway: to that other person from a few pages back: The camera angle ...
- Wed Mar 11, 2009 3:23 am UTC
- Forum: Site/Forum issues
- Topic: Missing link on "xkcd" text on subsilver skin
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1453
Re: Missing link on "xkcd" text on subsilver skin
I was going to say the same thing, but now I can just come to this thread and click on the link in your post.
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- Mon Mar 09, 2009 10:00 pm UTC
- Forum: General
- Topic: Something on Youtube
- Replies: 2108
- Views: 678722
Re: Something on Youtube
It's a rerun of the video with the guy in the t-rex suit scaring the shit out of a kid in a museum hallway.
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- Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:55 am UTC
- Forum: News & Articles
- Topic: Bill O'Reilly, Victim Blamer Extroidinaire
- Replies: 41
- Views: 3204
Re: Bill O'Reilly, Victim Blamer Extroidinaire
Spoiler alert: Bill O'Reilly is a fucking asshole. And what part of this is new? In fact, this has just denigrated into the same old boring flamewar. I'd lock this thread, but I think I'll just ignore it and let you people all get angry over the same things you've all gotten angry at each other ove...
- Fri Feb 27, 2009 5:52 am UTC
- Forum: Site/Forum issues
- Topic: Censorship
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1104
Re: Censorship
It's censorship!!! Terrism!
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- Fri Feb 27, 2009 4:32 am UTC
- Forum: General
- Topic: I declare February XKCD Mod Mental Health Awareness Month!
- Replies: 387
- Views: 50489
Re: I declare February Learn to Use the Preview Button Month!
what about changing "racist" to "doubleplusungood" and "racism" to "eastasian propaganda"? If there's anything we've learend on the endless flamewars, it's that you can't change racists. Can we keep most of the awesomification permanently? Or at least the Rec...
- Thu Feb 26, 2009 2:35 am UTC
- Forum: General
- Topic: I declare February XKCD Mod Mental Health Awareness Month!
- Replies: 387
- Views: 50489
Re: I declare February XKCD Mod Mental Health Awareness Month!
What makes you think I would bother to answer that question honestly?
Sincerely,
Mr. Happybear
Sincerely,
Mr. Happybear
- Thu Feb 26, 2009 2:32 am UTC
- Forum: General
- Topic: I declare February XKCD Mod Mental Health Awareness Month!
- Replies: 387
- Views: 50489
Re: I declare February XKCD Mod Mental Health Awareness Month!
Heh, you guys don't have access to edit everybody's posts, so you can't see what people are trying to say.
*I delight in the sound of my own voice*
Edit: tee hee. That's a good one.
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*I delight in the sound of my own voice*
Edit: tee hee. That's a good one.
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- Thu Feb 26, 2009 2:24 am UTC
- Forum: Site/Forum issues
- Topic: Mr. Awesomepants?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1128
Re: Mr. Awesomepants?
It's like Mad Libs, escept instead of blanks there are other words.
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