# Today's xkcd **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 19, 2012, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-xkcd/635150 "2012-09-19T08:02:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-xkcd/635150/1 "2012-09-19T08:02:34Z")
[Click and Drag](http://xkcd.com/1110/) Do like it says. Wow. Just…wow! The Mario references were my favourite, I think… Must have taken ages, even for stick figures. ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-xkcd/635150/2 "2012-09-19T08:26:48Z")
Wow! Is there any way to zoom out? ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-xkcd/635150/3 "2012-09-19T08:34:09Z")
Awesome! ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-xkcd/635150/4 "2012-09-19T08:36:07Z")
How big is that thing? Did anyone else find the X-Wing? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-xkcd/635150/5 "2012-09-19T08:38:24Z")
Great googly moogly! Have you explored the whole thing? I haven’t; found a hole in the ground that brought me full circle, but there are branches and directions I haven’t checked, yet. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-xkcd/635150/6 "2012-09-19T08:43:14Z")
That’s really fantastic. Really good looking as well–the tree/tower/bridge/building/rocket/etc. silhouettes look great. Did you find the huge underground area? I hope he adds a way to zoom out, but not for a little while. Part of the fun is exploring. But I really do wonder if there are disconnected areas that can’t be found with edge-following. It wouldn’t surprise me if there were a giant airship in the sky somewhere, for instance. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-xkcd/635150/7 "2012-09-19T08:55:49Z")
I found the X-wing. And the velociraptors (one feathered, one not). ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-xkcd/635150/8 "2012-09-19T08:56:37Z")
Someone on another forum posted links to full versions of the image, although the fine details seem lost; good for seeing a general overview at least. [Here](http://i.imgur.com/EXRed.png) and [here](http://i.imgur.com/o42WQ.png). They also recommended saving it to your computer and then opening it; just clicking on the link to see the image bogged his computer down trying to load it. > [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > It wouldn’t surprise me if there were a giant airship in the sky somewhere, for instance. On the full image I linked I noticed space whales. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-xkcd/635150/9 "2012-09-19T09:04:03Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Someone on another forum posted links to full versions of the image, although the fine details seem lost; good for seeing a general overview at least. [Here](http://i.imgur.com/EXRed.png) and [here](http://i.imgur.com/o42WQ.png). They also recommended saving it to your computer and then opening it; just clicking on the link to see the image bogged his computer down trying to load it. I wonder if the internet will be noticeably slower today. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-xkcd/635150/10 "2012-09-19T09:05:20Z")
I got lost underground, then found a submarine in a cave. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-xkcd/635150/11 "2012-09-19T09:22:31Z")
I had put fresh batteries into my wireless mouse just a few minutes before I opened the image. I needed to change them again half way through! ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-xkcd/635150/12 "2012-09-19T09:52:30Z")
All the images are stored in the directory [imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/](http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/) The file names are all \DIR1\DIR2.png DIR1 is n/s (north/south) DIR2 is e/w (east/west) For instance, [imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/1n1e.png](http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/1n1e.png) gives you the starting image, 1n1w.png is to the left of that etc. I can’t tell, but it’s possible that there are gaps in the images (i.e. since there are some things really high up, despite 2n1e not existing, 5n1e might). I’d make a composite based on the guideline image Trihs posted, but I only have MS Paint to work with so it would be really hard (I gave up after trying to get 3/4 together, it’s very hard with paint). ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-xkcd/635150/13 "2012-09-19T10:03:35Z")
Worst XKCD comic ever! And the rollover was so boring this time. :-p ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-xkcd/635150/14 "2012-09-19T11:40:37Z")
What the hell is that chasing the miner way underground? It looks like a set of cardboard boxes going SSSSS! ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-xkcd/635150/15 "2012-09-19T11:52:14Z")
[A Creeper from Minecraft.](http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Creeper) They sneak up behind you, hiss and explode. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-xkcd/635150/16 "2012-09-19T11:55:29Z")
Thanks. More fun: There’s a guy on the ship saying “Avast? Avast? Avast?” It is, after all, Talk Like a Pirate Day. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-xkcd/635150/17 "2012-09-19T12:01:33Z")
[Explain xkcd is in a tizzy!](http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page) ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-xkcd/635150/18 "2012-09-19T13:51:24Z")
Wow, it even worked on IE7! ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-xkcd/635150/19 "2012-09-19T14:23:05Z")
Just amazing. Every image stitches together seamlessly, although it was clearly not made as a monolithic whole. This comic has more than many webcomic artists’ entire archive. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-xkcd/635150/20 "2012-09-19T14:23:46Z")
This was like the coolest thing ever. Whenever I feel like I may be getting tired of xkcd, stuff like this happens. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-xkcd/635150.md?page=2)