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Let this be a lesson to db coders...
Goalie Ca
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July 2002
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Heed this warning: http://xkcd.com/327/

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Neil Black
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October 2006
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;D

Tobias Dammers
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August 2002
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xkcd is my bible.

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FMC
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March 2004
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Ditto!

Speaking of which, i couldn't understand this one...

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Tobias Dammers
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August 2002
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Read it again. And once again if you have to.

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"We need Tobias and his awesome trombone, too." - Johan Halmén

Kikaru
Member #7,616
August 2006
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It's not that confusing...

Tobias Dammers
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August 2002
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You mean cofnusing?

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"We need Tobias and his awesome trombone, too." - Johan Halmén

James Stanley
Member #7,275
May 2006
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I don't get it either.

Tobias Dammers
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August 2002
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I'm not explianing this. Eihter you get it or you d'ont.

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"We need Tobias and his awesome trombone, too." - Johan Halmén

Johan Halmén
Member #1,550
September 2001

http://xkcd.com/156/

Finally a geeky hand sign.

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Years of thorough research have revealed that the red "x" that closes a window, really isn't red, but white on red background.

Years of thorough research have revealed that what people find beautiful about the Mandelbrot set is not the set itself, but all the rest.

Matthew Leverton
Supreme Loser
January 1999
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Nerd jokes just are not very funny. :-/

Crazy Photon
Member #2,588
July 2002
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Quote:

i couldn't understand this one...

Dict.org said:

Effect \Ef*fect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Effected; p. pr. & vb.
n. Effecting.]
1. To produce, as a cause or agent; to cause to be.
[1913 Webster]

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James Stanley
Member #7,275
May 2006
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Ah.

Tobias Dammers
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August 2002
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So THAT was the part you didn't get... hehe... and me giving all those useless hints...

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"We need Tobias and his awesome trombone, too." - Johan Halmén

Matthew Leverton
Supreme Loser
January 1999
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Foo effects bar means that foo brings bar into existence.

Foo affects bar means that foo influences bar.

Crazy Photon
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July 2002
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I could not understand it at first because I didn't know effect could be used as a verb, but the joke itself made me go to Dict and look for the meaning...

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Johan Halmén
Member #1,550
September 2001

Matthew said:

Nerd jokes just are not very funny.

No offense.

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Years of thorough research have revealed that the red "x" that closes a window, really isn't red, but white on red background.

Years of thorough research have revealed that what people find beautiful about the Mandelbrot set is not the set itself, but all the rest.

CGamesPlay
Member #2,559
July 2002
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Ryan Patterson - <http://cgamesplay.com/>

bamccaig
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July 2006
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CGamesPlay
Member #2,559
July 2002
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While we're on the topic of xkcd, I totally need to link this picture along with a link:

http://imgs.wetriffs.com/2b0137c5d70395a7da8b20eff6dd8049.jpg

http://wetriffs.com/

Mission accomplished!

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BAF
Member #2,981
December 2002
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WTF riffs is more like it.

Samuel Henderson
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August 2003
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I was wondering how long it would take before a wetriffs.com site opened up following that comic.

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Marco Radaelli
Member #3,028
December 2002
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Great!

Kikaru
Member #7,616
August 2006
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Oh god, oh god, oh god, my eyes, my poor eyes... :'(

GullRaDriel
Member #3,861
September 2003
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You are a fool Kikaru. >:(

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