Comments on: Four Disparate Consonants about Math, Romance and Physics

By: hari

hari — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 03:35:24 +0000

Kreg, 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.

By: Kreg Steppe

Kreg Steppe — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:20:34 +0000

Come 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.

By: torin

torin — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:21:25 +0000

For 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.

By: krishna

krishna — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:43:27 +0000

thanks, Dale and Ian!

By: Ian

Ian — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:14:03 +0000

I 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/

By: Dale

Dale — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:06:49 +0000

Drake Equation xkcd link: http://www.xkcd.com/384/

By: krishna

krishna — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:40:51 +0000

hi 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…

By: JRSofty

JRSofty — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 06:45:03 +0000

I 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.

By: hari

hari — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 06:08:16 +0000

xkcd 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.