The funny thing is that if you’ve been burned by this in your programming, you’ll find it tragically funny. All kinds of disasters from mundane to NASA-level have ocurred because people didn’t make their variables large enough. Thanks for that reminder, xkcd.
Category Archives: xkcd
East and West
This has also aways bothered me. As usual, Randall, at xkcd, has put in a comic what was in my head. Recently, I was thinking of making a post about how old concepts from the 1400s and 1500s still influence our terminology and words today. One of the most prominent ones you often hear on …
The Election is Over
Exactly how I feel, Randall – over at xkcd.
Physics and the End of the World
This one goes out to all the physics geeks out there. (Applied Engineering Physics counts too, Jing Qing)
The Excuses Companies come up with are often so irrational!
The voting machine companies are getting on my last nerve. Randall helps me let some steam out.
Imagine if your date was wearing THIS!
Be sure to visit xkcd to read the tool tip, it’s extra hilarious. I think Randall’s back in form after some especially abstract comics.
Linux: A True Story
from our friends over at xkcd:
MacGyver gets Lazy
Second best xkcd this month!
Making Babies
3/4ths of this XKCD strip explain exactly how I feel about having kids.
How the sciences see each other
Amongst the professors in college and amonst us graduates of scientific fields, here’s how people tend to feel. (courtesy of xkcd): thanks to Randall Monroe’s use of the Creative Commons, enjoy this great twist on the comic by Mark Pilgrim.
For all those traveling by air today
Enjoy this xkcd:
The Kind of Restraining Order I’d Get
Thanks, as usual, to Monroe of xkcd:
Mistranslations in the Kama Sutra
If you’ve ever looked at a reprint of the Kama Sutra, I think you’ll agree that reading it without being careful can lead to some interesting things. Such as this:
A Novel iTunes Exploit
Brought to us by Randal Monroe of xkcd: Also, you much check this one out both for its mention of Python and the Asus EEE PC.
Philosophizing on the Move can lead to trouble
The plot twist at the end is awesome, but so is the programmer’s debate going on, especially since we were talking about this at work this week. Another great xkcd from Randall Monroe: