# ­xkcd thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** comic-strips\ **Created:** [May 28, 2020, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574 "2020-05-28T00:57:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 95
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2022, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1883 "2022-12-17T16:07:20Z")
Worked for me in Firefox - though I crashed my vehicle near Niagara ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2022, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1884 "2022-12-17T16:38:25Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > there seem to be some weird coordinate singularities, where if you pass them the whole screen suddenly pivots around. Not entirely sure, but I think that happens when you’re at the balance point between gravity wells. It always wants to have the currently strongest field at the bottom of your screen. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2022, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1885 "2022-12-17T17:10:04Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > so far I’ve discovered that this page causes a really nasty crash if you try to view it in Firefox. When I view it in Firefox, all I see is a static starfield. Maybe that’s just as well. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2022, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1886 "2022-12-17T17:19:13Z")
I crashed into the starship enterprise. Well, bounced off of really. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2022, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1887 "2022-12-17T17:22:05Z")
Alas, it’s non-functional on a Chromebook in Chrome. I can move the rocket about the screen but nothing else changes/moves/happens. Poopy. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2022, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1888 "2022-12-17T19:37:25Z")
@thorny_locust and @smithsb , the ship is supposed to start off on a launch structure on a (small) planet. Do you not see that? And for what it’s worth, the Firefox crashes I was getting were OSX. I don’t know if anyone else is using a Mac. And I didn’t try to get it to emulate an Apple IIGS. ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2022, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1889 "2022-12-17T19:47:52Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > When I view it in Firefox, all I see is a static starfield. That’s how the preview on this site is displayed; are you clicking through to the comic itself? ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2022, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1890 "2022-12-17T20:05:55Z")
> [@Ponderoid](#): > > are you clicking through to the comic itself Yup. [ETA: and I was before, though I just tried it again now in case there was something tiny there that I missed.] > [@Chronos](#): > > the ship is supposed to start off on a launch structure on a (small) planet. Do you not see that? Huh. It’s there now; but it wasn’t there before. Now it’s taking up most of the frame; I couldn’t have missed it. Considering your experience in Firefox, though, I decided not to try playing it. Maybe I’ll try it later, in Safari on the iPad (Safari on the desktop isn’t updated.) ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2022, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1891 "2022-12-17T21:07:51Z")
I’m using Firefox with recently updated Win11, but I see I’m around 3 versions behind on firefox. Zero crashes on this game so far. [![](https://i.gyazo.com/c61d063f641dd51845a076f71efdd030.png) ](https://i.gyazo.com/c61d063f641dd51845a076f71efdd030.png) ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2022, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1892 "2022-12-17T22:35:45Z")
I got out of my ship and then entered a black hole. You can’t escape the black hole. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2022, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1893 "2022-12-17T22:59:51Z")
How do you get out of the ship? ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2022, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1894 "2022-12-17T23:51:45Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > @thorny_locust and @smithsb , the ship is supposed to start off on a launch structure on a (small) planet. Do you not see that? I’ve got the launch pad/rocket/two folks/the roll-over ‘It’s a long way down’. I can lift the rocket off the pad by holding down the mouse button and dragging it but nothing else changes. I’ve clicked all over the page. Not a big deal, Chromebooks aren’t gamish friendly. ---
**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:** [December 18, 2022, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1895 "2022-12-18T00:00:53Z")
Do you have a keyboard? Use WASD for control. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2022, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1896 "2022-12-18T00:10:33Z")
Hey, if your ship bumps into one of Newton’s cannon balls, the ship changes shape. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2022, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1897 "2022-12-18T01:37:52Z")
If you make it to the “planet” pictured above my post, there is a dot floating above the ground just to the east of the “The More You Know” symbol, at the top of the hill above the guy pushing the boulder up the hill. When I hit that marker, it ejected me from my ship and I was able to fly around as a stick figure. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2022, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1898 "2022-12-18T01:47:39Z")
I hit some soccer players somewhere and turned into a soccer ball. Then I got stuck on a sun remnant. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2022, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1899 "2022-12-18T02:49:12Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > Do you have a keyboard? Use WASD for control. Great! Thanks! Another hour wasted!!! 😄 ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2022, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1900 "2022-12-18T05:02:56Z")
I’ve tried very hard to achieve stable orbits around the various bodies, and I’ve come to the conclusion that it must not be using a 1/r2 rule for its gravity. ---
**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:** [December 18, 2022, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1901 "2022-12-18T21:31:11Z")
I’m stuck on the Great Attractor. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/1902 "2022-12-20T02:40:51Z")
> [@Ponderoid](#): > > There’s probably a ton more spoilers on the explainxkcd page by now. Good idea. > **[2712: Gravity - explain xkcd](https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2712:_Gravity)** > > explain xkcd is a wiki dedicated to explaining the webcomic xkcd. Go figure. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574.md?page=94) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574.md?page=96)