# 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:** 2\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-xkcd/635150/81 "2012-09-21T08:36:11Z")
“I only hope the story of how _Building Wax Wings Enabled Me to Fly_ teaches everyone a lesson about hubris.” > **[XKCD #1110 - Click and Drag - Zoomable Map](http://xkcd-map.rent-a-geek.de/#10/5.8790/3.3117)** > > Explore the Gigapixel xkcd 1110 Webcomic in a Google Maps like interface. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-xkcd/635150/82 "2012-09-21T09:34:28Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > That’s still missing the point. The scroll itself is limited compared to other easier methods of viewing a large picture such as zoom in the same way that walking is limited compared to other easier methods of travel such as flight. Flight is quite literally the same as a zoom function; you go very high up, travel a smaller distance (or at least the same distance in a shorter amount of time), then go back down to ground detail. Just because I get the point doesn’t mean I want to drudge through it, any more than I would want to walk all that way when I could fly. I already got the message of what he was doing. Slowly going through it gives me no more information and just delays getting to see what’s in it so I can appreciate the work he put into it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-xkcd/635150.md?page=4)