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Friday, October 29, 2010
Chocolate Peanut Crinkles
From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...This cookie recipe kept making the rounds and each time I saw it I became "curiouser and curiouser." Chocolate crinkles, I call them snowballs, are a favorite of mine, so it was only a matter of time before I actually tried the recipe. It was developed by Bill Yosses, a White House pastry chef, and I wanted to see how his cookies differed from the old classic I've grown to love. They are, indeed, different. Their texture is far more cakelike than what I'm familiar with. They are also huge in size. Whether that's good or bad is a subjective call. The nuts add a subtle taste to the finished cookie, but they don't overpower the chocolate, and the bit of added texture they provide is not unpleasant. I'm glad I made these cookies, though I don't plan on making them them again. They are delicious to be sure, but delicious comes on a sliding scale. The classic recipe I use can be found here. I think it makes a better cookie. I don't want to dissuade you from trying Chocolate Peanut Crinkles. Your opinion my differ from mine. Here's the recipe.
Chocolate Peanut Crinkles...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite, courtesy of Bill Yosses and Melissa Clark
2/3 cup toasted, skinned unsalted peanuts
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
6 ounces bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
2-3/4 cup all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons Dutch-processed unsweetened cocoa powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
1-1/2 cups light brown sugar
8 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
2 large eggs, room temperature
1/4 cup whole milk
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
1) Place nuts and granulated sugar in bowl of a food processor fitted with a blade attachment. Pulse to finely chop.
2) Melt chocolate in the top of a double boiler set over a pot of simmering water.
3) Sift flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt together in a large bowl. Place butter and brown sugar in bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Cream until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, until incorporated. Beat in the melted chocolate, stopping mixer to scrape down sides before beating again. Mix in milk and vanilla. Add flour mixture in three additions, and mix until just combined. Fold in nuts.
4) Form dough into a ball and cover tightly with plastic wrap. Refrigerate dough for 3 hours or overnight.
5) When you are ready to bake, preheat oven to 350°F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper, or lightly butter them, and set aside.
6) Place confectioners' sugar in a wide, shallow bowl. Scoop out a heaping tablespoon of dough and roll into a ball. Coat generously with sugar and transfer to a baking sheet, placing them at least 2-inches apart. Repeat with remaining dough and sugar.
7) Bake cookies, turning sheets from back to front and swapping racks halfway through, until cracked but not completely firm, 12-15 minutes. Cool cookies on the sheets for about 2 minutes, then use a spatula to transfer to wire racks to cool further. They may be stored airtight at room temperature for up to 2 days. Yield: 3-1/2 dozen.
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35 comments :
- Bridgett said...
They are almost too pretty to eat. I would love the cakey texture. Great recipe!
- October 29, 2010 at 12:06 AM
- Ginny said...
I think I would prefer the other recipe better. I always say to leave a good thing alone!
- October 29, 2010 at 12:30 AM
- Food, Fun and Life in the Charente said...
They look very good, I think the cake texture may be quite nice. Diane
- October 29, 2010 at 12:36 AM
- Les rêves d'une boulangère (Brittany) said...
Fantastic recipe! I don't mind a huge cookie. Thanks for your recommendations
- October 29, 2010 at 2:39 AM
- Alessandra said...
Ah my husband would love these!al
- October 29, 2010 at 2:48 AM
- Priya said...
Woww prefectly looking crinkles..soo cute!
- October 29, 2010 at 3:04 AM
- Create. Snap. Eat. said...
Goodness -- if it wasn't past midnight I would seriously consider making these! Wonderful addition. Bravo.
- October 29, 2010 at 3:15 AM
- Sushma Mallya said...
perfect and beautiful crinkles..
- October 29, 2010 at 4:14 AM
- Kim said...
I want one! I want one! These looks so delicious!
- October 29, 2010 at 7:30 AM
- The Chef In My Head said...
They look like little pieces of art! Yummm! ~LeslieMichele
- October 29, 2010 at 8:17 AM
- Dishesdone said...
They look awfully good!
- October 29, 2010 at 8:38 AM
- Kristen said...
Love the addition of peanuts in this old classic!
- October 29, 2010 at 8:49 AM
- Jenn said...
Oh how I love crinkles!! Yours look so lovely, Mary!
- October 29, 2010 at 8:58 AM
- lostpastremembered said...
That photo is just stunning... how delicious it must be with peanuts. Happy Halloween!
- October 29, 2010 at 9:11 AM
- kitchen flavours said...
Delicious looking crinkles. Never tried making them before. They look very pretty. Happy Halloween, Mary!
- October 29, 2010 at 9:24 AM
- Beansieleigh said...
Oh, do these look GOOD! I will have to put these on my Christmas Cookie baking list for this year's assortment! Thanks for sharing the recipe, and have a great weekend! ~tina
- October 29, 2010 at 9:43 AM
- Design Wine and Dine said...
I totally get that "sliding scale of deliciousness!"
These look great though! YUM! Thanks Mary!
- October 29, 2010 at 9:47 AM
- Carol at Serendipity said...
I would prefer yours. I am not a fan of peanuts. They both look wonderful though.
- October 29, 2010 at 9:48 AM
- CaSaundraLeigh said...
These almost look too pretty
to eat!!
- October 29, 2010 at 10:59 AM
- Susi said...
Very pretty looking cookies. I think our family would be split on this one. I would prefer the classic version but my boys (who are huge peanut lovers) would probably prefer this one. I might just have to bake both and do a taste test :o)
- October 29, 2010 at 11:21 AM
- pigpigscorner said...
I kept seeing these cookies too and I'm "curioser" too now.
- October 29, 2010 at 11:37 AM
- aipi said...
These cookies are so beautiful. Love all the crinkly look on the surface.
US Masala
- October 29, 2010 at 11:38 AM
- Joan said...
Mary, these were on my list to do for an Open House. I must try this updated version.
- October 29, 2010 at 1:30 PM
- Rosadimaggio63 said...
Hi Mary :) che buono !!!
Happy halloween !
Bye Myriam
- October 29, 2010 at 3:46 PM
- M @ Betty Crapper said...
Big cookies are good. very good in my book.
- October 29, 2010 at 5:30 PM
- T.W. Barritt at Culinary Types said...
Oh, I love these, and love the idea of adding peanuts to this recipe.
- October 29, 2010 at 6:10 PM
- Mary at Deep South Dish said...
This recipe is totally different from mine, but I call them chocolate snowcaps and they are an old old favorite for the holidays around here. Ah, Christmas cookies. :)
- October 29, 2010 at 7:03 PM
- tasteofbeirut said...
These cookies are extremely pretty and I have always adored the classic version; I have grown to love peanut butter and like it mixed with chocolate, but prefer the chocolate only version.
- October 29, 2010 at 8:44 PM
- Mags @ the Other Side of 50 said...
I LOVE this recipe, but I have to admit that I've succumbed to the Paul Deen route and used a boxed cake mix. Please don't hate me.
- October 29, 2010 at 10:36 PM
- Chele said...
I've seen so many posts for these little guys recently ... I really must give them a try. They look fab and just the right size for a mouthful too!
- October 30, 2010 at 5:10 AM
- ♥ Kathy said...
I'm really gonna try these soon..they look delicious!
- October 30, 2010 at 2:04 PM
- High Plains Drifters said...
going to make them tomorrow but can taste them right now!
- October 30, 2010 at 9:46 PM
- Sophie said...
MMMMMMMMM,..what a cool twist on the original chocolate crinkels!
The cookies look adorable & pretty too!
- October 31, 2010 at 4:18 AM
- Lucie said...
Thank you for being honest! I'm tempted to try both just to compare. In any case, they're beautiful!
- November 1, 2010 at 2:47 PM
- Alicia said...
These chocolate peanut crinkles are so pretty! They are also so festive... I can't wait to get into the kitchen to bake some up!
- November 15, 2010 at 9:29 PM


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Hampi in Karnataka state, India is the site of the once-magnificent capital of the Vijayanagar Empire. The ruins are a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Hampi was the capital of Vijayanagar(14th century empire). The ruins of the empire is spread over the area of 26 sq km. "A Forgotten Empire" (ISBN 1419101250) by Robert Sewell is an interesting book which describes the rise and fall of Vijayanagar empire. Before the fall of Vijayanagar empire, diamonds were sold on the streets. The main street selling diamonds and other precious stones, was surprisingly called Pan Supaari Street (translated in english it means betel-leaf betel-nut street). A visitor can still see the exact location of Pan Supaari Street in Hampi, which has been marked with a board by Archaeological Survey of India.
Hampi is well worth the visit. The area is simply stunning and you will be in awe of the millions of boulders surrounding the area. However, within this arid landscape lies a little oasis with lush palm, banana, and mango trees nestled near the river. Hampi is a great place to spend a few days wandering around and discovering the rich, vibrant history while also having a bit of 'your' time.
Hampi hosts 'Hampi Utsav' every year during first week of November. It is a visual delight as all the monuments/ruins are lighted in the night and it is a cultural extravaganza of dance and music. For 2009, Govt is planning to postpone 'Hampi Utsav' to Jan 2010 as it marks 500 years of Vijayanagar king Sri Krishnadevaraya ascending the throne.
Get in
By plane
The nearest airport is at Hubli, 143km away from Hampi. Kingfisher airlines [2] flies from Mumbai and Bengaluru. Flying from Goa means that you have to change planes in Mumbai (or Bengaluru), making it an expensive and time consuming trip, and therefore useless.
By train
The nearest railway station is Hospet Junction (IR station code : HPT), 13 km away.
Overnight trains run several times a week from Bangalore, Hyderabad and Goa. The trains are a much cheaper and more comfortable route than the tourist buses most people are led into. (2 AC - bed with linen - costs 750Rs from Bangalore to Hampi). You can also catch an overnight train from Mysore to Hubli and from there to Hospet/Hampi.
Here are some useful trains to get into Hampi:
From Hospet it's convenient to take a rickshaw to Hampi (Rs.80-120). Rickshaw drivers can be persistent and will poke their heads in the train before you even get off, but they may very well be the best option. Buses to Hampi are cheaper. it's about a kilometer and a half walk from the train station to the bus station. Take an Auto-rickshaw up to bus-stand (Rs. 5 per head) and you can easily get frequent government buses for Hampi (Rs. 10 per head).
Also see Rail travel in India
By car
By bus
Get around
The real pleasure in exploring Hampi comes from on the bicycle or by walking around. Virtually every rock in Hampi has a story to say. This story is best heard if you give it time and walk around from rock to rock.
By bike
Bicycle is the best way to explore Hampi if you enjoy history, culture and nature. You can rent a 21 speed Trek bike from Art of Bicycle Trips [3]. It usually costs around Rs 100 rupees/day with Rs 15000 as security deposit. Helmet and lock is included in the price. Please note that with bicycling little bit of walking is always required for exploring sites inside out.
Another more convient variant is to see all the sights without climbing the hills is by Rikshaw. Bargain with your Rikshaw driver for a fixed rate (400-500 for a full day seems to be okay) and then hire an offical Karnataka Travel guide (at the tourist office, they have fixed rates: 4h - 500Rs, 8h - 800Rs.) It costs a little bit, but the explanations help you to see more then just stones and temples. To get an estimate of cost/content, you can talk to the guides before coming down to Hampi. The guides willingly share their cellular numbers and email ids.
By motorcycle
It is very hot! Dry dry heat. And the walk between some sites can be at least 5 km. Plus, the surrounding area is quite breathtaking to ride around and you can explore some parts that the rickshaws won't take you. Guides are willing to ride on the back with you as well. This is a more expensive option (not for the thrifty!) than the rickshaw but it gives you more freedom and you can cover more in one day without rushing it. Take a guide with you one day, then do it all again by yourself the next. A bike like a scooty or kinetic honda will cost you about Rs150 a day with additional fuel charges. You can also hire a 100CC motor bikes for Rs 200 a day. A liter of petrol will be sufficient for sight seeing around Hampi, but two liters would be handy if you have plans to go to Tungabadra Dam (some 15 Km from Hampi)
When renting a scooters/motor bikes petrol costs extra, and normally sold at 40-50% premium in the place you rent (A liter may cost Rs 65-75). A petrol pump is located in Kamalapur, which sells petrol at ordinary price. Two litres will get you to the major sites around Royal Centre and back, but three litres is a safer option. The countryside is a beautiful place for a leasurely drive so it's worth taking lots of fuel.
By car
Bit more costly variant is renting a car. Various Car Rentals are available in Hospet. They normally charge Rs 750 to Rs 1,000 for a day site seeing and pick up/drop to railway station etc. There are several car rental companies in Hampi/Hospet including some prominent ones like SRB Travels ([email protected]), etc. Car rentals are also available from Various near by rail heads and airports like Bangalore, Goa, Hyderabad,belgaum to Hampi.
The ruins of Hampi are located within a 30 sq km area. While most of the famous places have motorable roads leading upto them.
By boat
Most of the guest houses are on other side of the river (area called Virupapur Gadde). To access them, you need to cross river by Motor boat (Rs. 10 for locals, Rs. 15 for tourists, boat runs until 6:00 pm. If you cannot get on the boat, you have to pay auto Rs 500-600 to take you other side via Hospet-Hugili- Hanumanhalli, which is a 40km tour. During moderate/high rains, gates of Tungbhadra dam are opened which increases the water level and water flow in river. In that case, one might get stranded on other side of river (Virupapur Gadde area)
Hampi is a visual delight, especially due to its stark contrast from most other places. Rocks are all you see whichever direction you look at. Vegetation is visible in the wet months; but again it never dominates the landscape. It is an ideal spot for people who are interested in history and/or nature.
There are many sites of interest in and around Hampi. The must-visits are Virupaksha Temple, Hampi Bazaar, Monolith Bull, Lakshmi Narasimha temple, Hemakuta Hill temples, Big Shivlinga, Vithala Temple (the famous Stone Chariot is located here), Hazara Rama Temple, Royal Enclosures, Queen's Bath, Zanana Enclosure (which also houses the Lotus Mahal), Elephant Stables, Achyut Raya temple, Statue of Ugra Narsimha, Virupaksha Temple, Mahanavmi Dibba, the Stepped Bath and the Matanga Hill (from where one can see the most beautiful sun set ever). All these places are towards Hampi Bus Stand area and you dont need to cross river.
You can buy a local map costing Rs 15, and cover all the places on your own taking a bike/scooty on rent. Otherwise, you can hire and auto to do local sight seeing. It would cost you around Rs 400-Rs 500.
Tungbhadra dam is another 16 km from Hampi and it is towards Hospet. Hence, if you have plans to catch your train/bus back from Hospet, you could see Tungbhadra dam and return from Hospet. It takes around 45 min to 1 hr to see Tungbhadra dam. You need to park your vehicles at the entrance and take Govt bus to the top and return. It takes Rs 20/- for to and fro.
There are also several "Shivalings" along the river which the boatman will guide you to. The old capital called Anegundi, across the river from Hampi also has many sites. You can also go to Anegundi from Virupapur gadde by road. There is a road alongside old broken bridge (Bukka's Aqueduct).The Hanuman Temple on Anjenaya Hill (involves climbing up 572 steps, is believed to be the birth place of Hanuman) and the Pampa Sarovar are worth a visit. Both of these places are around 7-8 kms from Old broken bridge.
There is Daroji bear sanctuary around 16 kms from Hampi, opposite side of Kamalapura/Hospet. It opens between 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Not a must see but you can go there for a nice drive/ride if you have some time to kill.
To do justice to all the sites, one needs a minimum of 3 full days of sight seeing. To discover all the ruins, it may take much more than 3 days. May be months.
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The stone carvings are made by local artists and are a good buy here. The same thing in Bangalore will cost ten times the price. The hand stitched blankets are also a good buy.
There are lots of places in Hampi Bazaar where you get satisfying and inexpensive food, though be prepared for a long wait at most places as the chefs are typically family members who prepares food to order. However, they are good at their jobs and can offer a wide range of different cuisines.
Hampi is a religious center so drinking is not allowed. Therefore, beer or other alcoholic drinks are generally not available at local restaurants. However, Hotel Mayura Bhuvaneshwari in in the neighboring town of Kamalapur has a bar that serves beer and wine.
Although few hotels like Shanti and Kishkinda, which are located across the river, do serve beer and hard liqour
There are several guest house in Hampi, though staying in Hospet or the nearby town of Kamalapur are also options. Staying at Hospet gives easy accessibility to Railway Station and better Hotels. Hampi is also not very far from Hospet.
Most guest houses in Hampi are rather basic. Do not expect too much. Avoid places recommended in the Lonely Planet guide, because they immediately raise their rates and lower their quality. A lot of cheaper guest houses are situated across the river on the Hampi Island (Virupapur Gaddi), popularly known as the 'Hippie Island'.check prperly the guest house near bus stand , as those are ill maintained and not properly clean
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Monday, December 26, 2011
Comics 993, 994, 995: Christmas Edition!
993. Randy has discovered minimalist design philosophy, and hasn't yet realized that companies already make a killing using it.
994. Randy is living proof that Zeno was correct: he is always halfway to a good comic but never actually gets there.
995. Wouldn't it be wacky if someone tried to feed chocolate coins to one of those Coinstar machines?
Your regular shitty two-sentence reviews will resume eventually, maybe.
136 comments:
Shitty one-sentence review of Rob:ReplyDelete
you suck.
- AnonymousDecember 26, 2011 at 5:32 PM
I demand mediocre three sentence reviews.ReplyDelete
Also, haha, ALT-F pronounces shitty "ʃɪttɪ" no doubt. What a fag.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 26, 2011 at 9:47 PM
She doesn't though. That's not a characteristic of the Minnesota dialectical region.ReplyDelete
The British, maybe, but she's no Brit. Only acts like one on the internet, which is pretty pathetic.
- AnonymousDecember 26, 2011 at 9:58 PM
Wow, these reviews had as much thought put into them as what the're reviewing.ReplyDelete
How Meta.
You fag.
- AnonymousDecember 26, 2011 at 11:11 PM
Holiday tip: Coinstar does not handle elephant tusks well.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 27, 2011 at 1:21 AM
Holiday tip: Coinstar does not handle streams of boozy vomit well.ReplyDelete
Captcha- dicepine. Christmas is over, so you gotta get that tree to fit in your bin somehow.
- AnonymousDecember 27, 2011 at 2:19 AM
Holiday tip: Coinstar does not handle bobcats wellReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 27, 2011 at 3:07 AM
Holiday tip: Coinstar does not handle Coinstars wellReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 27, 2011 at 3:09 AM
Rob, as any Apple fan will tell you, no-one did anything until Apple announced that they're doing it.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 27, 2011 at 3:27 AM
guise once when i was a kid i was playxing manopoly with my familie and cuz i was in the manopoly spirrit i thaught WUDNT IT BE FUNNY IF I TRYED TO PAY FOR A COKE WITH THE MANOPOLY MONEY so insted of brang my wallit i braught my manopoloy moneyReplyDelete
anywazz the casher said no well actally he said "f*!* off n stop waisting my time kid" so i went home again w/o any coke.
Maybe I should write a comic about all these hilarious things I did before I reached a mature understanding and respect for society? Like the years I shat in my nappies ("diapers", you yankee oafs) before I was toilet trained, or the time I shouted "LESS TALKING MORE SINGING" at a wedding, the time I copied a kid's stammer at school because I didn't really get it was a disability, or the first job I got where I asked my boss why they advertise a gross salary if I'm only ever going to see an amount after tax thanks to PAYE (and anyway they've taken Employer's NICs out before giving a figure, so why not the rest?).
captcha: mitters. Because the real world doesn't come with kid gloves.
- AnonymousDecember 27, 2011 at 3:40 AM
Holiday tip: never announce drunkenly that you got a new pair of knee guards for Christmas. Especially never clarify that they look strong enough to take a good kicking.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 27, 2011 at 3:45 AM
Holiday tip: the perpetrator should also take Rohypnol. If you can't remember anything either, you're less likely to incriminate yourself. Who knows, maybe they drugged you?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 27, 2011 at 3:49 AM
Holiday tip: aunties and grandmothers gifting you too many socks? Why not wear each pair for a week then sell them on eBay as fetish items?ReplyDelete
Shave your legs and call yourself Mary. Everyone likes dirty socks from a virgin.
- AnonymousDecember 27, 2011 at 3:50 AM
Holiday tip: the world's going to end in 2012 which means you just wasted your last Christmas.ReplyDelete
- weaselsoupDecember 27, 2011 at 3:57 AM
someone on the forums was like 'maybe this would have been better if he gave the machine a couple of chocolate coins and it gave him back a big bar of chocolate' and actually, yeah, that would be stupid but it would be ten thousand times better than whatever the fuck that drawing is meant to be.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 27, 2011 at 4:08 AM
That would be worth a smile, weaselsoup. I imagine the system would take a commission: you put in 100g worth of chocolate coins and it only gives you an 80g bar. Now I have an image of a looped-back Chocstar machine forever processing ever smaller amounts of chocolate, thank you Zeno reference.ReplyDelete
- weaselsoupDecember 27, 2011 at 5:09 AM
and he could draw the machine getting a little bit fatter every time as it eats its percentage.ReplyDelete
no but then he'd have to turn it into a sloppy allegory for the american banking system or something.ReplyDelete
...although, at least then he'd be making some sort of point with the comic instead of "I don't (which is to say this Void Creature doesn't) understand the money system at all, one month after making a massive thing about the money system".
- AnonymousDecember 27, 2011 at 8:17 AM
A sloppy allegory for the American banking system would involve your being returned a 110g bar comprising 80g of the original chocolate and 30g water.ReplyDelete
This is still less convoluted and more insightful than that stupid poster.
- AnonymousDecember 27, 2011 at 9:31 AM
Coinstar only takes 9% if you want cash. You can get 100% if you take a gift certificate to amazon or another store.ReplyDelete
A sloppy allegory for the American baking system would involve your being returned a 110g loaf of bread comprising 80g of the original flour and 30g water.ReplyDelete
This is still less convoluted and more insightful than that stupid poster.
- AnonymousDecember 27, 2011 at 10:15 AM
A sloppy allegory for the American king system would involve your being returned 110 promises comprising 80 of the previous President's promises and 30 changes.ReplyDelete
This is still less convoluted and more insightful than that stupid poster.
- AnonymousDecember 27, 2011 at 10:19 AM
10:15, how does change produce slop?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 27, 2011 at 10:21 AM
@10:19 chocolate coins?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 27, 2011 at 10:41 AM
Is he holding a used condom in the last panel?ReplyDelete
Jesus christ
The machine should take in chocolate coins and give back bars of gold.ReplyDelete
The first rule of XKCD Club is scan your restraining order from a girl actually named Megan (show scanned birth certificate and yearbook photo).
The second rule of XKCD club is recursion. Or maybe the Pigeonhole principle.
The 3.14159th rule of XKCD Club is the 3.14159th rule of XKCD Club.
You know what they'd call xkcd if it were a TV show? Big Bang Theory.ReplyDelete
Horribly unfunny, highly mainstream "nerdy" references, annoying pseudo-intellectual fans, and everyone's a hideous stick figure.
- AnonymousDecember 27, 2011 at 11:40 AM
if it was a movie it would be called scott pilgrimReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 27, 2011 at 1:10 PM
@11:17 obscure references would make it even more annoyingReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 27, 2011 at 1:16 PM
Hey Rob, I'm the anonymous you respond to all the time.ReplyDelete
I'm glad I get a reaction.
Why else would I bother existing.
the fuck is coinstarReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 27, 2011 at 1:45 PM
12 languages and you dont know what coinstar is?ReplyDelete
The website is REALLY not helpful. It sounds like a machine where you can buy gift cards; is that accurate?ReplyDelete
You know what they'd call Big Bang Theory if it were a webcomic? xkcd.ReplyDelete
Yeah, I totally see the similarity. At least Big Bang Theory largely keeps to its own part of TVTropes.
On a side note, has anyone noticed that the blog description (top-left, under 'What the hell is this?') has changed?
Also, regarding CoinstarReplyDelete
"Coinstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSTR) is an American company.
The firm's original focus was the conversion of loose change into paper currency, donations or gift cards via coin counter kiosks."
Any comic that requires you to read a Wikipedia article has failed in my opinion. We don't have Coinstar in the UK. I'm sure that as a stereotypical penny-pinching jew I would have noticed it.
- AnonymousDecember 27, 2011 at 3:31 PM
Levi, you agoraphobic, there are Coinstar machines all over the UK, especially outside supermarkets.ReplyDelete
Also why is Brian Cox so popular? He basically caused the Iraq war and the British economic crisis by being in the band which wrote the song which carried New Labour to power.
- AnonymousDecember 27, 2011 at 4:08 PM
Coinstar machines take commission -> result in a loss of money -> only gentiles can see themReplyDelete
Oh, and I also know Old Church Slavonic, but that really doesn't count.ReplyDelete
(I've got the whole friggin' liturgy memorised in that language. But I'm never going to converse in it outside of highly topical stuff, so it's very pointless.)ReplyDelete
And I go outside all the time to lots of places in America and I've never seen a Coinstar machine. Where am I supposed to find these? The local mall doesn't have one, and it usually keeps up to date with a variety of trends (they recently installed a terrible AMC Dine-In Theater, and it was one of the first places to have an Apple Store).ReplyDelete
@Anon 3:31ReplyDelete
Oy vey.
Once I went to a mall in Parsippany with my friends, US (I'll be damned if I can remember the state). Fucking hugest mall I've ever seen, I had to station people at various points in the mall just so that I wouldn't get lost. One area had this array of automatic machines, where I got myself a Coke for a dollar or something. THERE WAS NO COINSTAR MACHINE THERE. Where am I expected to find these things?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 27, 2011 at 5:07 PM
you can't see them unless you believe in themReplyDelete
CAPTCHA: imsingl. well obviously im singl or i wouldnt be posting on xkcdsucsk
- AnonymousDecember 27, 2011 at 5:09 PM
Во обще не ти, Михаеле, вярвамъ говорити Старобългарски. Хотешъ ли преведити?ReplyDelete
More than likely you are some autist who acts like a lowkey version of ALTF for amusement. But I'd love to be proven wrong, if you actually speak the tongue among the rest you claim too I'll recognize you as at least my equal, more likely my greater.
Mentirisve... Si possis, declara mihi ipsum auctoritatem tuum campo linguae Latinae: quot annorum habes, in quae institutione, et de ceteris rebus.
- AnonymousDecember 27, 2011 at 5:22 PM
Also, мили Михаеле, I take issue with these conflicting statements of yours in the last thread:ReplyDelete
"Why would I learn it? My friends speak Gujarati and Urdu. In fact, once I get considerably proficient in all of those projects, then I'll learn Urdu. Which I know nothing about yet"
and, among the languages you claim to have known by 15:
Urdu is, as anyone knows, and as I'm sure someone whose "... friends speak Gujarati and Urdu" especially, simply Hindu (which you know) written in the Arabic script (which you know) and with a few influences from other Indian languages (which you know).
I am forced to conclude you don't know either Hindi or Arabic, or else are lying about the whole deal, all 20-odd languages, given your lack of understanding of Urdu's makeup and systemic properties.
No one who knows Hindi, care Michaele, would fail to understand spoken Urdu.
SCANDAL ON XKCDSUCKSReplyDelete
Well, I've never asked them to speak Urdu. I DID do research and saw that Urdu was unspeakably easy to learn with my background, but it's neither Hindi nor Arabic. I'd have to invest time into learning it, however small, and I'm a bit crunched for time at the moment. Also, my knowledge of Hindi isn't all that great anyway; I learned it alongside Gujarati, and neither of them did I venture into particularly deeply. However, next winter I shall be vacationing in India, so by then I'd like to know at least Hindi as well as I know Latin now.ReplyDelete
Oh, by the way, I do not understand some of your Russian (although in your most recent post, the short piece you typed out obviously poses no problem; I'd translate it as "sweet Michael", or milji Michajelje). I guess it's a bit too advanced for me, as my education so far is only as much as my grandfather learned in a year.
And to prove my worth in Latin at least:
"You're lying, or… if you can, declare to me your authority itself regarding the scope of the Latin language: how many years you have, in (I'll assume you meant "quā" here) the establishment, and about other things." The number of years being three I think.
wait hold on I never actually translated quāReplyDelete
In WHAT establishment. Ah.ReplyDelete
My school. That's the language that I officially take; the rest I was taught by my parents (in case of Russian, German, and Slovak) or self (the rest of 'em). Oh, French and Arabic though the school's teachers helped me some. They put up with my questions a lot. :D Oh, and Spanish I learned from my friend. And Chinese from a bunch of my other friends. And two friends of mine gave me input on Gujarati (I'd never be able to pronounce Dravidian languages correctly if it weren't for them). So, yeah, I've got resources.
The friend that I learned Spanish from doesn't speak it as his native language though. He just takes Spanish at my school and has for quite some time. Funnily enough, I DO have a friend who speaks it, but I haven't talked with him in quite some time. And there's also a Mexican exchange student at my school, but I don't talk to her very much.ReplyDelete
Also I thought I changed my name to read left to right. Lemme fix that.ReplyDelete
Oh, by the way, it was actually Sanskrit that got me into Dravidian languages. Or, uh, Indo-Aryan. Whatever. Which is why it's on that list. I just don't count it as important as the rest of 'em, because it's not as useful. Latin I DO count because I'm writing a short story in it and I learn it in school and it's the language that I'm the third most proficient at.ReplyDelete
I love how like a sixth of the posts here are by me.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 27, 2011 at 5:57 PM
"Well, I've never asked them to speak Urdu ... I'm a bit crunched for time at the moment. "ReplyDelete
What a classic cop-out.
"my knowledge of Hindi isn't all that great anyway; I learned it alongside Gujarati, and neither of them did I venture into particularly deeply"
That's perfectly acceptable, I'm sure you know the other 18 languages 100%, ne c'est pas?
"Oh, by the way, I do not understand some of your Russian"
So you either don't know or can't recognize Old Church Slavonic! A shame! For I do believe you said that you had the liturgy memorized. Ah well, let bygones be bygones, I'm sure you know the other 17 perfectly!
"And to prove my worth in Latin at least"
Pfff... ha ha ha ha this is great.
Let's catalogue some mistakes shall we?
>mentirisve - 'you're lying, or'
Nope. All after-word participles are translated before their word. Common knowledge.
>quot annorum - "how many years"
Rather, "how many of years". We all know to translate literally, Michaele!
>campo - 'regarding the scope'
Do you mean "in the field"? I'm sure you did.
So that's 4 down out of 4 I've tested you in. That's great.
You know, I'm actually a bit depressed. I thought I had finally met someone at or above my caliber (besides William Monty Hughes, IQ 224), but it seems I have only met an high school student overeager to claim surface knowledge as an actual mastery of the tongue.
hahaha cop-out you're hilariousReplyDelete
No I don't know the languages perfectly have you been listening?
Our liturgy is romanized. I've never associated Old Church Slavonic with Cyrillic.
I translate whimsically moron. You sound exactly like my Latin teacher, "blah blah blah translate literally or you'll get a B, blah blah blah all we ever want to know is the word to word translation of the text". Do you ever get out? What's the point in linguistics if you don't… ah fuck it I've never been able to put this into words. I LIKE TO TAKE LIBERTIES ASSHOLE
(And by our liturgy is romanized, I mean that it's written "hospodi pomiluj" rather than "хосподий помилуй" in our texts)ReplyDelete
Did I just write "hospodij"? I think I did. Damn it you know what I mean.ReplyDelete
And I know I'm supposed to translate clitics before the word (obvious example: "-que" in like the nine billion situations in which it is used), but in all honesty I hadn't encountered -ve before, and I was even more confused because it had no Latin text before it. So I just went with what seemed the most natural.ReplyDelete
(Now go away. Ironically enough, I have to design a website for my church.)
Also I'm 100% serious about the Urdu thing. I just never had the need, y'know? Like, what's the point? The rest, though, are constantly flung about and around me, and I'm like "damn I need to get some of that action".ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 27, 2011 at 6:23 PM
A bunch of high schoolers who think they're the shit for knowing how to use Google Translate. Shouldn't you fools be on XKCD instead?ReplyDelete
Oh, no, his text was totally serious, I don't think it would be possible to produce it with Google Translate. Does Google Translate even do Latin? I know Babelfish does, or did.ReplyDelete
Oh surprise it does. And it doesn't know how to translate clitics.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 27, 2011 at 6:41 PM
lol cliticsReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 27, 2011 at 7:11 PM
>No I don't know the languages perfectly have you been listening?ReplyDelete
Superficial familiriaty or conversational aptitude with a tongue is unfortunately not enough to prove mastery of a tongue. I could converse well enough in Italian, Portuguese, or Serbian (as could any Latin or Slavonic speakers, respectively), but there's a large gap between finding cognates and learning the stresses and actually knowing a language itself, as you claim to so much.
I don't think you're stupid and I think you do see this gap and know it exists but it would undermine your ego to admit it.
>Our liturgy is romanized. I've never associated Old Church Slavonic with Cyrillic.
Which could be a problem given Old Church Slavonic being a language originally and still written in Cyrillic. If you only know Arabic transliteration into English but you see Arabic script, you should, no exceptions, be able to immediately recognize it as Arabic. If you can't, you've never studied Arabic in its original form and claiming Arabic as part of your linguistic repertoire would be deceptive.
>I translate whimsically moron ... I LIKE TO TAKE LIBERTIES ASSHOLE
The only way to prove knowledge of a tongue is literal translation. Anyone can see a text in a semi-related language and get the gist of it, it's easy as hell, but that does not amount to mastery of the tongue, or even basic proficiency at it (any European can read the decl. of human rights in Romanian and get 95% of it, but drop him in the poorer parts of Bucharest...)
>And I know I'm supposed to translate clitics before the word (obvious example: "-que" in like the nine billion situations in which it is used), but in all honesty I hadn't encountered -ve before, and I was even more confused because it had no Latin text before it. So I just went with what seemed the most natural.
So not knowing the meaning of the term "ve", actually quite common in classical Latin, you looked it up and translated it pretty much incorrectly.
Well, mate, we can all look up terms we don't know and guess at their use, but alas! we cannot claim knowledge of a language just based upon our skill at internet searches.
I think it would be entirely fair to say that our dear Михайлъ Словенинътъ is unfamiliar or woefully weak at the vast majority of languages he claims to ken, and indeed woefully ignorant of many features thereof. At best he may be familiar (and here I take a certain liberty in his favor) with a general Slavic mix, English, and his familial tongue, but no more besides. Neither is that too bad an achievement, three languages, and I do wonder why he claims knowledge of 20.
'Cause those are the languages that I have studied. I claim nether a superficial nor a masterful familiarity with any of the listed 20 languages. See here annotated (sorry I didn't clarify this earlier):ReplyDelete
Latin: I could totally live in Rome
Ancient Greek: I could converse with Eucleides
Greek: My Greek friend and I talk often
German: I can buy stuff at Karstadt and read Die Welt
French: I can read the newspaper in Paris
Italian: I've memorized the differences between it and Latin, now I can totally understand anything in Bibione and Florence
Spanish: The Spanish teacher approves
Slovak: I can converse with people in Beseňová
OCS: I can translate any section of the liturgy you'd like
Finnish: I have no fucking metric, but I think it's pretty good
Swedish: I could have a short topical conversation with Notch
Russian: I can converse with my grandfather to an extent
Arabic: The Arabic teacher approves
Sanskrit: I can read parts of the Mahabharata and conjugate verbs
Hindi: Somewhat adequate
Gujarati: Slightly less adequate
Mandarin Chinese: I can understand snatches of the conversations of my Chinese friends, and can construct a wide variety of topical sentences
Japanese: I learned this for a long while and then totally forgot, but I can still do a lot of sentences!
Korean: My Korean friend won't laugh at me talking in Korean, also the Hangeul is AWESOME
Swahili: I know some grammar and like 50 words, just enough not to embarrass myself in front of a native speaker
Hebrew: About as much as my Jewish friends
These are all ongoing efforts, I plan to know these as well as fucking possible eventually.
I generally don't sight-translate Cyrillic, as it's just enough of a pain in the ass not to do so. Same goes for Arabic to some extent, but not for Dravidian scripts (which are awesomely. Also, I've never seen the word "bo/vo" in Old Church Slavonic. Not so for Russian.
Literal translations are a very touchy subject for me. If you want, you can give me another Latin text and I'll translate it literally. I just absolutely loathe it for reasons I have not yet been able to put down in writing (but I'm working on it). But if that's what it takes to prove myself I'll totally do it.
Oh, also, if you think 20 languages is ludicrous, check out how many languages this guy has to his name.
(I picked these languages specifically because with these I can make myself understood in pretty much any part of the world and not look like white trash whilst doing it)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 27, 2011 at 8:05 PM
Well, you know a select few tongues relatively well, as do most people. I don't think that necessarily is something to show off in a hugeass list!ReplyDelete
Anyway, sharpen your teeth on this:
"Urbe capta, Aureus fugivit curritque Romae. Tamen Aureum petit anguis latens, nec consistens nec relentens.
With the city having been gotten, Aureus fled and ran to Rome. (uhwut, I'd definitely use "ad + acc." here, is this legal?) However, a hiding snake attacked Aureus, neither halting nor relenting.ReplyDelete
I've never heard relent(e)o before, but okay. Now this is how I'd translate it really:
The city having been acquired, Aureus absconded and fled to Rome. But a hidden snake attacked him, neither stopping nor relenting.
oh fuck verb tenseReplyDelete
With the city having been gotten, Aureus fled and runs to Rome. However, a hiding snake attacks Aureus, neither halting nor relenting.
Wow I fucked that one up.
Oh, and yeah, I'm not sure why I mentioned it either.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 27, 2011 at 8:32 PM
I'd use "seized" instead of 'gotten', "relenting" isn't optimal for 'relentens' ('doubling back' is better) and Romae is the locative case (very rarely used for anything but Rome, by classical times). Else you're good.ReplyDelete
So though you may not be a Latin expert yet your Latin knowledge is pretty good, mid-level.
In any case, I stand by my statement that you know fluently/semi-fluently only Latin, slavonic blend, and English.
So getting back to the whole point of this debate it's not good to say "I also knew [20-odd] languages by 15" (I guess you are 15 and a junior in HS? not that it matters, I've known smart 15 year olds) when someone can call you out on that knowledge. Just say "I also knew enough bits of ... to speak conversationally by 15".
baby i only know one languageReplyDelete
and that's the language of looove
- AnonymousDecember 27, 2011 at 8:48 PM
rob you are too fat to have vocal glandsReplyDelete
it's true :(ReplyDelete
Oh okay. Glad we got that settled! :D Now back to Coinstar.ReplyDelete
Oh, but do tell: what are the principal parts of relentens?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 27, 2011 at 9:07 PM
Relentare: Re + LentareReplyDelete
So the same as lentare's-
- weaselsoupDecember 27, 2011 at 9:42 PM
-que and -ve are enclitics. I don't want to be a dick about this but if you've never seen -ve before then you've not read very much Latin.ReplyDelete
and you couldn't live in ancient Rome with what you know now. It doesn't matter how much prose comp you misguidedly attempt (honestly, do it if you think it's fun - maybe it has the elements of a puzzle, or something, but it's entirely pointless when it comes to understanding Latin texts), you can't be 'fluent' in a dead language. None of us can. It's just a different skill.
- weaselsoupDecember 27, 2011 at 9:51 PM
and here I am being a dick about it, but that's a present active indicative conjugation, not principal parts.ReplyDelete
- weaselsoupDecember 27, 2011 at 9:53 PM
Rob can, yeah, sorry, I should've said thatReplyDelete
i mean i am not trying to brag but i don't want anyone to think false things about meReplyDelete
Aww, but I've been specifically researching vocabulary for day-to-day life... :-PReplyDelete
And you're right about the principal parts thing, but I have no business not knowing how lentō is conjugated.
Oh, and I do believe I've heard -ve somewhere before (I even automatically assumed the correct meaning for some reason), but yeah, you're kind of right. It's just... yeah, that's pretty embarrassing. Although, I don't read much ancient Latin text; well, I do, but not whole tomes end to end. Rather, I read other stuff; for example, I recently finished both the Harry Potter books (no sign of -ve in there either). But I still can't believe how this has managed to get past me...
Oh! I finally get where "sīve" comes from! :-D
- weaselsoupDecember 27, 2011 at 10:44 PM
well like Vergil said, forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabitReplyDelete
("Maybe, and this will help sometime," just so I don't look like a total dick)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 27, 2011 at 11:13 PM
OH SHITReplyDelete
996 is the best christmas gift
help TO REMEMBER goddammitReplyDelete
Oh my god what the fuck is this new comicReplyDelete
My password for my email: a paragraph of ShakespeareReplyDelete
My password for everything else: a short string of random letters followed by a random number
My password for my xkcd account: password
- AnonymousDecember 27, 2011 at 11:31 PM
I find this comic offensive to people who have had cancer. The forums apparently disagree.ReplyDelete
And Rob, 988 made me incredibly angry and I am sad that I am far too late to write a guest review for it.
if i ever invent time travel you will be the first to knowReplyDelete
also show me your tits
- weaselsoupDecember 27, 2011 at 11:36 PM
I would actually do that, given the opportunityReplyDelete
Rob tell me tooReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 28, 2011 at 12:08 AM
I can and do translate the Aenein (to give it that greek touch). Would you still say that I could not survive in ancient Rome, linguistically speaking? It would take maybe a week or so to pick up accents and, say, elisions or other odd spoken features of latin (like the prounciation of "-ns" as "-s", inter alia), and given the existing vocabulary and grammatical base one picks up from reading Classical Latin, I can't believe it would be too great a leap to fluency in a very short time period.
But you do write in a more world-weary tone than I do so you're probably right. (To note I've had two more years of formal Latin than Michael has, if that will affect your judgment)
- AnonymousDecember 28, 2011 at 12:16 AM
'Favorite mastectomy breast prosthesis idea: a fake boob containing a spare rechargable battery, accessed via a nipple USB port. Complete with a ring of LED charge indicators in the areola!'ReplyDelete
Oh for fuck's sake. Randy somehow managed to justify all the shit xkcdsuckers have been giving him, and then some. And the forumites are beside themselves with praises for the irredeemable piece of shit:
'Anyways, I really hope Randall's wife does this in real life.'
'There's not a lot of comics that do that much in that space. On a good day, this guy is brilliant.'
'the alt text, in my opinion, is about ten times better than the comic. The comic was all right, though.'
'Beautiful! I had two close friends die of breast cancer over the past few years. They were both amazing vibrant women and would have appreciated this! ^^'
'Sensitive subject: First wife died from BC; her mom also died from BC. Ex-wife recently went through mastectomy and is awaiting reconstructive surgery; ex's mother died from BC. I fear for the well being of my daughter.
Nevertheless, I chuckled at the comic (got it right away) and LOL'd at the title text.'
'Great comic. I'm a family doctor and really relate. Humor is power for people in this type of situation.
Our surgeon needs to see this...'
- AnonymousDecember 28, 2011 at 12:18 AM
so is the receiving of anal beads in the doctor's office a Munroe family tradition or is that some hip newfangled young gadget, like a string of mini computers or somethingReplyDelete
- weaselsoupDecember 28, 2011 at 12:24 AM
oh sure, given a bit of time to acclimatise, anyone can pick up a language that's being spoken all around them. I meant that none of us could just be dropped into the Subura c 42BCE & walk up to someone & go 'salve, amice!' or whatever & be understood. (especially if all you have to go by is a translation of Harry fucking Potter which will have been written by someone whose first language was not Latin). to be fair Leahcim said 'I could totally live in Rome' and didn't say 'without a period of time to absorb the language' but then again, it would be pretty meaningless if he had, as anyone could live anywhere at any time if given a bit of time to absorb the language. I just don't really think the Latin we have from that time is enough to allow us to *speak* the language as it would have been spoken. I don't mean in terms of elisions and suchlike - we have pretty decent evidence for pronunciation & so on - just that it's like if all you had was plays and poetry written for the most part by upper class white men in London to go by and you expected to be able to chat to anyone in the pub in English without being laughed at. same goes for any dead language.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 28, 2011 at 12:34 AM
Yeah you're right. We do have graffiti though, nonetheless I'm sure the average hypothetical time traveller would head for the Palatine ASAP to meet with the emperor or the Curia in republican times. Would he stay and chat with the lower class locals? Maybe if he got refused admission or some such.ReplyDelete
- weaselsoupDecember 28, 2011 at 12:43 AM
I love Latin graffiti. epigraphy is a lot of fun. and there are many amusing curse words to be learned. Mr Munroe probably likes it cos there is a lot of graffiti about oral sex.ReplyDelete
re the new comic. blimey. This is the same guy who's given us thousands of white knight words about respecting wimmin on the internet, *sexualising* his *wife's* cancer treatment? for shame.
- AnonymousDecember 28, 2011 at 2:32 AM
For the first time in a couple of years I read xkcd (998) and laughed. However, I laughed at the absolute gift this comment is for xkcdsucksReplyDelete
I for one welcome Megan's constantly lactating usb-powered cyberboob.
- AnonymousDecember 28, 2011 at 2:32 AM
996. Fuuuuuuuck.ReplyDelete
SOME CONTEXT FOR THE CANCER COMICSReplyDelete
- Baraatun mina Allahi warasoolihi ila allatheena AAahadtum mina almushrikeenaDecember 28, 2011 at 3:03 AM
*tugs microphone*ReplyDelete
In the Red corner, from some ex-Soviet satellite and weighing in at 122lb, we have backward-spelling Michael. Michael is undefeated in the number of languages he can list and claim to speak. Hitherto unable to rein in his ego as reigning troll champion ALTF, has he now learnt to parry pleas to perform?
In the Blue corner we have new challenger, weighing in at whatever weight he pleases, the ubiquitus, undiquitous (no wait that's Rob) Anonymous, a man so great the list of people whose ability he can look up to only includes one name.
In today's round the competitors will challenge each other with the sort of basic Latin sentences a typical prep school boy masters in his first year. Michael will handwave a general idea and be well on his way to a high D in the first question of a Latin Common Entrance paper, while Anonymous will simulate the stilted translation of a bot, scraping a B. sic transit gloria Quinti.
In tomorrow's challenge they will record themselves singing the Soviet national anthem, e-pinky-swearing that they're not reading the lyrics from somewhere. Good rhythm makes good language. On Friday, ever resourceful, they'll each write a paper on communicating with their respective cats, use Babelfish to perfect a translation to Basque and have their submissions refused by Cat.Jour.Ling. before the end of the day. The .cat domain is not territorial.
By Saturday, competitors will begin looking through al Qaeda sponsored web sites for training tapes to translate to prove their mastery of Arabic. Each not able to believe that the other has not found a pre-existing translation or hired an Arab, they challenge each other to produce videos so convincing that no member of the community is able to distinguish this academic exercise from a genuine call to arms against the West.
By Sunday they're each sharing the same building with a ragtag group of nationalities. It turns out neither could totally live in Rome.
- TheMesosadeDecember 28, 2011 at 3:21 AM
I enjoyed reading this conversation, or at least attempting to parse some of stuff you were all saying, only knowing a cursory amount of French. (Also pig latin. oink.)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 28, 2011 at 3:21 AM
I didn't laugh at any of that, 3:03. There must be something wrong with you.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 28, 2011 at 3:25 AM
Anonymous@3:21, you're supposed to be bitch-fighting Leahcim, not the ref.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 28, 2011 at 4:03 AM
It made me smile, 3:21. I took the Common Entrance Latin paper about 15 years ago and it's spot on. By 4th Form we were reading Pliny and Virgil as preparation for GCSE, beyond any of the Latin demonstrated here, but none of us would say we're fluent or try to challenge each other like starved apes in a cage.ReplyDelete
The immature child thinks that best in their class must be approaching best anywhere, and that all they know must be approaching all there is to know. He picks fights with his littermates and occasionally nips at the heels of giants.
I recall a recent argument with a guy who had performed well in the IMO. He kept arguing that since pre-university exams in the UK were so easy anyone who hasn't scored top grades in them has no place in research. Such people are, according to him, wasting valuable positions and resources which should be occupied by the more intelligent. He highlighted Professor Brian Cox, a well-known promoter of science in the UK, who happened to score a D at A-level mathematics. Surely anyone who failed to score well in a particular elementary quiz is stupid. Surely they only got their Professorship through saying the right things at the right time and memorising answers to easy exams! Never mind their published research output, the actual measure of a good scholar.
Leahcim and the anon are textbook output of a system which puts excessive value on pressurised, standardised, ultra-competitive testing rather than creativity. I'm currently a PhD student and once you get here you realise that those angry little puzzle-solvers tend to drop out fairly early because they lack the wider gamut of skills required for success.
Wow, that was tl;dr and way too serious. Sorry guise. But all true.
captcha: buctort. You say it best when you say nothing at all.
- AnonymousDecember 28, 2011 at 4:07 AM
996 is downright hilarious. Just when you thought Randy's breast cancer fetish may be a fluke, he gives us THIS. This comic alone is enough hatefuel to last xkcdsucks all the way through 2012.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 28, 2011 at 4:10 AM
I wish Carl would come back to guest review this one. It would easily qualify for an angriest rant, and between this gift Randall has bestowed upon us, comic 1000, and new years 2012, the ground is obviously set for Something Great.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 28, 2011 at 4:59 AM
4:03 didn't do very well at A-levels/undergrad.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 28, 2011 at 5:23 AM
4:03 got 13 GCSES and 4 A levels at top grade (including top 150 at GCSE and top marks in country for an A level mathematics award) and has two Firsts in Mathematics and Computing at undergraduate level. Also I misled at least once in my previous post: while I took CE practice papers I actually got into Public school on a scholarship which included Latin at a higher level than CE. You now have enough information to find out who I am if your Internets skills are good enough.ReplyDelete
But I work with people far smarter than I am who didn't do so well grade-wise at school. I am able to acknowledge that I did well at school because I am geeky and know how to ace exams. My performance at school didn't reflect much of the affinity or lack of affinity for particular subjects. In short, I am intelligent but I am far from a genius.
What is more, the "smartest" kid I knew at school by IQ metric languished for years in a PhD programme before dropping out. He was an extraordinary puzzle-solver, manipulating 3D objects in his head which I had trouble arranging using pen or computer, but didn't seem to have the imagination or tenacity to create and engage in substantial original work. The guy's still brilliant at what he can do but he shows no signs of achieving much.
Having been constantly heaped with praise by those around me, I was 14 or so before I started to put my abilities into context and understand how limited I was. A precocious child can be forgiven for not seeing how small he is but Leahcim and the language anon (particularly) should be beyond that.
Also I'm trying to procrastinate as much as possible today so feel free to throw more one-liners at me so I can reply with essays.
- AnonymousDecember 28, 2011 at 5:30 AM
5:23 hates writing his useless comp sci thesis so much he spends his time on here, trying to goad people into googling for him (they won't).ReplyDelete
IT'S THE FINAL COUNTDOWNReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 28, 2011 at 5:45 AM
5:23 wants to immerse himself in work but it's his girlfriend's birthday and knows he'll end up ignoring her all day if he opens the books. He has plans for her for the afternoon and is determined not to let her down. But this morning she is having a lie-in so he can only annoy her so many times while she's resting.ReplyDelete
5:23 is often torn between work and pansy romantic faggotry. Hell, 5:23's mother has at least once asked him if he is homosexual - and that was also while he was going out with a woman.
FWIW, if 5:30 tried hard with his googling then he'd find 5:23 dragged up in a lovely red number. Pointing this out should hopefully elicit a short response like "attention whore!" and the opportunity to prepare another ramble.
@FINAL COUNTDOWNReplyDelete
That's what you said last time.
There I fixed my display name happyReplyDelete
- steventhehawkDecember 28, 2011 at 10:35 AM
#996: Shut the fuck up, Randall.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 28, 2011 at 10:51 AM
You know how you can tell how old a woman is by the number of rings round her nipples? Does this also work when the breast is cancerous?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 28, 2011 at 10:52 AM
Why wouldn't that work for guys too?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 28, 2011 at 10:53 AM
@10:52 Maybe it does. I haven't been close to any guy's nips but my own and I already know how old I am.ReplyDelete
captcha: ENTing, being ALTF's medical specialisation as these as the orifices in which she takes it.
Why is it that when Megan—who's been shown to have a one-dimensional torso—opens her shirt, there's a vast, dark void?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 28, 2011 at 11:12 AM
Cancers cause black holes.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 28, 2011 at 12:09 PM
- dodoman1December 28, 2011 at 2:32 PM
so what am I missing in today's comic that I don't understand it at allReplyDelete
You're supposed to flash your breasts to Mardi Gras necklaces.ReplyDelete
@5:23 The guy in your third-to-last paragraph sounds exactly like me: quit a bit of spatial ability but a fucking asshole with no creativity. Any chance we're related...?ReplyDelete
- dodoman1December 28, 2011 at 4:46 PM
Is that a Mardi Gras necklace? I couldn't tell from the god damn stick figures.ReplyDelete
- weaselsoupDecember 28, 2011 at 4:47 PM
what is the 'spare rechargeable battery' for? just for the nipple fairy lights? but then also why usb? it would be better if there was a little solar panel imho. Maybe if it didn't say spare it would make more sense. Spare makes it sound like it's for like a phone or a radio or whatever and he's imagining a scene where he'll be like, 'fuck, the battery's gone in my phone/smoke alarm/velociraptor-shaped vibrator and the shops are shut and what will we DO' and she'll say 'never fear' and pull out the 'spare'. but that makes no sense with the usb & the lights & all.ReplyDelete
otoh I expect built in multicoloured fairy lights would improve lots of people's tits. mine are pretty boring, for example
Goatkcd's looking good today.ReplyDelete
- MichaelDecember 28, 2011 at 5:05 PM
I think you're supposed to be familiar enough with the concept to assume it is; the fora have picked up on it nicely at least.ReplyDelete


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Whilst walking in one of our fine municipal parks, we came across this jewel of a "bluebird box". The sad thing was a mess: a scout project that breaks all kinds of rules. Can you spot them? (1) height at below eyeball level. Should be much higher, (2) no predator guard (!), (3) no ventilation holes, and (4) it was actually set back in a woody section where no self respecting bluebird would nest, and (5) tree-mounted. Sure, it is easy to check and clean out. But we should think of the birds, yes? I did give one point for the blasted thing: for having a sloped and overhang roof that helps to deflect rain. But that's weak recompense for the other failings. This could have been done better, and I hope homeowners do a bit better. This ends the sermon. :-).
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ICQ allows the sending of text message with offline support, URLs, multi-user character-by-character chats, resumable file transfers, SMSes, greeting cards and more. Other features included a searchable user directory and POP3 email support. Even though such features were made available since around 2000, many of the main competitors such as AOL Instant Messenger, MSN Messenger and Yahoo! Messenger have failed to implement such power-user oriented features even to this day. Instead, they have gone towards the route of targeting the younger users by overloading with colors, avatars and animations.
ICQ Features
- Send text messages to friends directly
- Offline message support
- File transfers, greeting cards, multi player games
- Searchable user directory
- Free PC to PC Voice and Video calls
Updates : ICQ Updates
Did You Know?
ICQ 6.5 includes video, audio, and text chat modes in a strong push to make the app the most versatile chat client around.


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In this lesson, students observe the surface of rotating potatoes to help them understand how astronomers can sometimes determine the shape of asteroids from variations in reflective brightness.
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One of the hardest to find Astrud Gilberto records on Verve – and one of the best! Deodato, Don Sebesky, and Pat Williams did the arrangements – and the sound here is a bit different than some of the straighter Gilberto sets of the time – still very bossa-inspired, but also in a style that mixes in some great Sunshine Pop and 60s easy influences too – particularly on the tracks arranged by Williams! Tracks are all quite short, but get a heck of a lot of magic into a tiny space – and the album features some really wonderful songs that break Gilberto's pattern a bit – including versions of the Marcos Valle tracks "Crickets Sing For Anamaria" and "Chup Chup, I Got Away" – plus takes on "Windy", "Sing Me A Rainbow", "Never My Love", and "Where Are They Now?" © 1996-2019, Dusty Groove, Inc.
(In fantastic shape!)
We realize that there are many different interpretations of the standard grades used for pre-owned vinyl record albums & CD, so we thought we'd offer you the ones that we are working with, so you have an idea what we mean when we give the grade for a non-new item on our pages.
Below are stated conditions for a used vinyl records at Dusty Groove. Grading for the cover should be assumed to be near (within a "+" or "-") the grading for the vinyl. If there is significant divergence from the condition of the vinyl, or specific flaws, these will be noted in the comments section of the item. However, please be aware that since the emphasis of this site is towards the music listener, our main concern is with the vinyl of any used item we sell. Additionally, all of our records are graded visually; considering the volume of used vinyl we handle, it is impossible for us to listen to each record. If we spot any significant flaws, we make every attempt to listen through them and note how they play.
The following grading conditions apply to the vinyl component of an album or single:
If something is noteworthy, we try to note it in the comments — especially if it is an oddity that is the only wrong thing about the record. This might include, but isn't limited to, warped records, tracks that skip, cover damage or wear as noted above, or strictly cosmetic flaws.