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Title: XKCD's brief history of digital music technnology
Post by: Darren Dirt on November 21, 2007, 02:43:29 PM
http://xkcd.com/345/

Man oh man, that is one comic that I have to remember to revisit and immerse myself in every few months...
Title: Re: XKCD's brief history of digital music technnology
Post by: Mr. Analog on November 21, 2007, 03:06:00 PM
I'm starting to really dislike XKCD...
Title: Re: XKCD's brief history of digital music technnology
Post by: Darren Dirt on November 21, 2007, 04:26:55 PM
Quote from: Mr. Analog on November 21, 2007, 03:06:00 PM
I'm starting to really dislike XKCD...

?wha? Surprising. What's not to like? (http://xkcd.com/327/) ;D


Ah well... it's your choice (http://xkcd.com/267/).
Title: Re: XKCD's brief history of digital music technnology
Post by: Thorin on November 21, 2007, 04:52:27 PM
Thanks to an XKCD comic done a while back lamenting on the disturbing lack of pictures on the internet of people playing guitar in the shower, there are now pictures available on wetriffs.com (http://wetriffs.com/).  Probably NOT WORK-SAFE!
Title: Re: XKCD's brief history of digital music technnology
Post by: Thorin on November 21, 2007, 04:54:48 PM
Comic:

(http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/rule_34.png)
Title: Re: XKCD's brief history of digital music technnology
Post by: Darren Dirt on November 21, 2007, 05:06:03 PM
Quote from: Thorin on November 21, 2007, 04:52:27 PM
Thanks to an XKCD comic done a while back lamenting on the disturbing lack of pictures on the internet of people playing guitar in the shower, there are now pictures available on wetriffs.com (http://wetriffs.com/).  Probably NOT WORK-SAFE!

(http://imgs.wetriffs.com/015bd01584d3a292569f3a06cd6eeeb7_2.jpg) ;D
Title: Re: XKCD's brief history of digital music technnology
Post by: Tonnica on November 22, 2007, 02:23:24 PM
lol I certainly like the flowery on the wetriffs idea. That's Rule 34a at work.

XKCD is, like so many regular comics fraught with ups and downs. Sometimes there's a strip with a single great punchline, sometimes there's a continuity-soaked story. What it comes down to is there's plenty of entertainment, even if some of the comics come off as duds to some readers.

The 1337 strip series loses a bit of entertainment value for sanctifying/vilifying characters. Too much drama, not enough in-line IT/business commentary. I'm not thrilled with the Breakout strip either. I know what he was going for and I love Breakout, but I figure he could have taken a more esoteric approach. But for every one I go "schmuh" at, there's something laugh-out-loud worthy like Highway Engineer Pranks (http://xkcd.com/253/) or Cat Proximity (http://xkcd.com/231/).
Title: Re: XKCD's brief history of digital music technnology
Post by: Tom on November 23, 2007, 01:28:48 AM
Yeah, those two are great! :D