[1891] Obsolete Technology
Title Text:And I can’t believe some places still use fax machines. The electrical signals waste so much time going AROUND the Earth when neutrino beams can go straight through!
Title Text:And I can’t believe some places still use fax machines. The electrical signals waste so much time going AROUND the Earth when neutrino beams can go straight through!
Title Text:I always figured you should never bring a gun to a gun fight because then you’ll be part of a gun fight.< Origin:https://xkcd.com/1890/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1890:_What_to_Bring 該帶的東西 我一直覺得你不該帶槍去槍戰,因為你會變成槍戰的一部分。 https://xkcd.tw/1890 这部漫画的幽默来自于两个共同但不相关的建议:“永远不会把刀带到枪战”,“永远不会把水放在油火上”。这些短语的必然结果是刀只用于刀具战斗,而水只适用于木火(或类似的固体和多孔燃料)。 Munroe创建了一个网格,… Read more
Title Text:We understand your privacy concerns; be assured that our phones will never store or transmit images of your face.< Origin:https://xkcd.com/1889/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1889:_xkcd_Phone_6 XKCD Phone 6 我們理解您在意隱私,我們保證不會傳輸或儲存您的臉部照片。 https://xkcd.tw/1889 这是正在进行的xkcd手机系列中的第六个条目,再一次,漫画中播放了许多标准技术流行语,并且可怕地误用了所有这些流行语,创造了一个听起来令人印象深刻的手机,但显然不是最大的无知的客户。 18… Read more
Title Text:’Which one?’ ‘I dunno, it’s your house. Just check each object.’ ‘Check it for *what*?’ ‘Whether it looks like it might have touched a paper towel at some point and then forgotten to let go.’ ‘…’ ‘You can also…
Title Text:The third row will probably have to wait until 2034, and maybe longer. If I see a daytime supernova, I’ll replace the meteor storm with that and consider it 3/3.
Title Text:Over the years I’ve decided I’d rather have them on than not, but I’m glad there aren’t “has opened a blank note to compose a reply to you” notifications.
Title Text:I’m in talks with Netflix to produce an alternate-universe crime drama about the world where sliced bread was never re-legalized, but it’s going slowly because they keep changing their phone numbers and the door lock codes at their headquarters.
Title Text:Our new video ad campaign has our product’s name shouted in the first 500 milliseconds, so we can reach the people in adjacent rooms while the viewer is still turning down the volume.< Origin:https://xkcd.com/1884/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1884:_Ringer_Volume/Media_Volume 媒体音量 https://weibo.com/5014657527?refer_flag=1001030103_ 发布此漫画时,大多数智能手机具有多种系统… Read…
Title Text:Someday, some big historical event will happen during the DST changeover, and all the tick-tock articles chronicling how it unfolded will have to include a really annoying explanation next to their timelines.
Title Text:What if what *I* see as blue, *you* see as a slightly different blue because you’re using Chrome instead of Firefox and despite a decade of messing with profiles we STILL can’t get this right somehow.