I’ll be at Connecticon in Hartford, CT this weekend! There are some cool people there – I’ll be on a panel with the Cyanide and Happiness guys. If you’re in the area, come say hi! I should have mentioned Connecticon earlier, but I’ve been busy finishing up a project – more on that later!
Note: Some of the stuff in the article is no longer accurate – since then, I’ve gone back and redone the layout and comic selection myself.
@Anonymous Coward:
The purpose of the book is to provide fans with a piece of xkcd memorabilia, and to make a little extra money off of the comic. However, Randall is a fan of the creative commons, so we will still be able to easily access the comics electronically (right?)
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that little prince/armageddon mashup is epic. that is all.
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I hadn’t realized that there was any way to make The Little Prince more sad. I have been corrected.
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I saw you there, it made my life. Fun Fact.
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Will fans from India will be able to get the book Randall??
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*facepalm so hard* I was at the con and didn’t see this or you.
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Preorder URL please.
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You have made me so sad, I want to show ‘Asteroid’ to my French teacher and cry. That is all. Pauvre Petit Prince.
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But what about the mouseovers?
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Holy shit, I want one of these books. I NEED one. Any way to preorder? And how about the chances to get the book shipped to Austria?
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’bout time.
the strip gets ripped off + reposted all over..
math dogmas are only mirrors, not reality
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@OchoHa!: the article says that the mouseovers will appear in tiny text where the copyright notice would normally be.
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+1 for preorder.
I can’t see a downside and that way you could have a better sense of the demand.
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Randall,
Please do a pre-order.
Otherwise you guys run the risk of drastically underestimating the level of demand and leaving us bookless!
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+1 for preorder.
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Will we be able to order the book from overseas? Please? 🙂
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Hey Randall, Will Wright used your Map of the Internet in his keynote speech at SIGGRAPH today, just thought you might like to know. 😉
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+2 for preorder
I’d like to order two copies. Our photocopier is broken 😦
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+10 for preorder, unless there is a limit. I want one for myself, one for my sister, 5 for friends, and 3 for other family members…
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Also, I think recaptcha could help enforce good coding practice in the hacking community by including more backslashes. Gotta love escape chars!
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+1 for preorder, +1 for my anxiousness for this book.
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Yes, a preorder would be great! When I read about your project, the first thing I did was to check with Amazon whether it was already listed.
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How must it be to be NYT cool… for now I will settle for my 28 blog readers.
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I definately would up for pre-order!!
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It was nice seeing you there, albeit briefly. I’ve heard epic tales of your Saturday night panel.
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+1 for preorder. Can’t wait for it!
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+1 for preorder. ❤ So excited!
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My penis is in the oven.
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Randall blows goats
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how do I pre-order?
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Someone on the Explosm Forums took video of the xkcd/C&H panel and posted it on YouTube. Here’s a link.
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=4B446883C0658A66
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Hey there!
It was totally awesome to meet you last weekend. Thanks so much for the enormous hug and signed drawing! Combined, they completely made my day. 😛
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Thanks to Toasty for the link, that was cool.
@today’s comic, awesome! I work on an titan aerobot project, hoping to launch an airship for the very reasons listed in the comic.
http://www-robotics.jpl.nasa.gov/systems/system.cfm?System=7
One more thing- there are very low winds on titan, so it is much easier to fly than on, say, jupiter. 🙂
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Pre-order, please!!!
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Why does the guy need 91% of his weight in bricks in the latest comic? Wouldn’t that make it HARDER for him to generate 9% of his body weight in lift?
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+1 for preorder
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Harry: For the counterweight. 91% of his weight as a counterweight == while he’s in the air, he’s ‘weighing’ 9% of his proper weight.
I’d order the book if I could. Sadly, not.
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That NYT article is adorable. It’s like watching a toddler.
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+ 42 for preorder!!!
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Pre-order definitely a good idea.
Captcha: “excess anthropology”
Who put anthropology in the Captcha dictionary?
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Can we get a copy of that dong script you mentioned in the panel?
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Love the new comic. I once went to an undergrad class after 48 hours of being awake. My mind started dropping audio and video frames during the lecture. It was pretty entertaining.
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I fear the haiku fails. Top prime’s divisors? You need to consider the product of all the primes up to the (assumed) top.
What’s a divisor
of 1 + product of primes?
Q.E.D., bitches!
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next year do SD Comi-con, plskthxbai
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Sorry, the latest strip just leaves me going HUH? “top prime’s divisors”????? DIVISORS?????? What the?
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Woot! I saw that article in the NY Times a few months back and smiled.
EXACTLY like this—> XD
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Can’t quickly see another way to suggest, so… I’m suggesting an xkcd episode somehow utilizing Penrose Tiles, perhaps on the floor or ceiling or an improved cellular phone tower locator… I’m sure you’ll come up with something great.
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Seriously, the most recent comic isn’t right, as jake said.
The Top Prime’s Divisor’s are itself and 1… Their product is the same top prime, and that plus one is an even number, which is NOT prime… so fail. But still.
Beanbags Kay
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