BS: xkcd infographic: lake & ocean depths

Subject: BS: xkcd infographic: lake & ocean depths
From: Desert Dancer
Date: 10 Apr 12 - 08:54 PM

xkcd, the nerd's favorite web comic, has a wonderful infographic comparing the depths of the worlds lakes and oceans, with a few other things for scale, like the Titanic, Edmund Fitzerald, and Deepwater Horizon well: Lakes and Oceans.

If you hover your cursor over the graphic, you get some additional text -- this is true for all xkcd comics.

Also, if you click on the image itself, you get a large format version (so you can actually see the details). Here's an intermediate/zoomable version, from Gawker.com.

~ Becky in Long Beach

Subject: RE: BS: xkcd infographic: lake & ocean depths
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 11 Apr 12 - 01:44 AM

What are David Bowie & Freddie Mercury doing there? (I assume it's a joke, but I don't think I get it.)

What's the story behind James Cameron's mysterious door?

Subject: RE: BS: xkcd infographic: lake & ocean depths
From: Desert Dancer
Date: 11 Apr 12 - 01:12 PM

Yeah, I need help with David Bowie and Freddie Mercury, too... kinda hoped some 'Catter could help! ;-)

It is a comic, after all...

~ Becky in Long Beach

Subject: RE: BS: xkcd infographic: lake & ocean depths
From: gnu
Date: 11 Apr 12 - 03:54 PM

Fun fact... that fun fact about ships sinking in shallow water is no mystery. Waves get bigger in shallow water. I've been to the beach and seen it first hand.

Subject: RE: BS: xkcd infographic: lake & ocean depths
From: Rapparee
Date: 12 Apr 12 - 10:11 AM

xkcd is very likely one of the best webtoons around today. Actually, many webtoons are good simply because they are actually intelligent.

Subject: RE: BS: xkcd infographic: lake & ocean depths
From: Midchuck
Date: 12 Apr 12 - 10:20 AM

xkcd is very likely one of the best webtoons around today.

THE best, from an intellectual standpoint. Fairly primitive from an artistic standpoint, but that's not what the author is after.

Actually, many webtoons are good simply because they are actually intelligent.

Girl Genius is so far ahead of anything else, overall, that there's no comparison. IMO, of course, but then, I AM the center of the Universe (my Universe, I mean). Questionable Content would be perhaps next.

Peter

Subject: RE: BS: xkcd infographic: lake & ocean depths
From: Amos
Date: 12 Apr 12 - 11:26 AM

PEter, it strikes me as purely wonderful that you have described three of my very favorite 'toons. Who knew?? I feel vindicated in my insulated idiosyncrasy!


A

Subject: RE: BS: xkcd infographic: lake & ocean depths
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 12 Apr 12 - 02:47 PM

Peter and Amos, and here I was thinking I was the only "elder" who enjoyed those three! I started reading them when my daughter was in college, to see what she was enjoying.
There's also Wondermark and Hark, a vagrant .

Great for nerdy minds!

Subject: RE: BS: xkcd infographic: lake & ocean depths
From: Desert Dancer
Date: 12 Apr 12 - 03:02 PM

A new entry in the field: November is Coming. Eek!

~ Becky in Long Beach

Subject: RE: BS: xkcd infographic: lake & ocean depths
From: Rapparee
Date: 12 Apr 12 - 05:35 PM

There's also "Not Invented Here" and "Unshelved" and "Sheldon" and "Drive" and I leave you to find them your own selves 'cause I'm a RETIRED librarian so Look It Up Your Self!

Subject: RE: BS: xkcd infographic: lake & ocean depths
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 13 Apr 12 - 09:16 AM

Reminds me of a cartoon I saw recently.

Customer to librarian: "Where are your self-help books?"

Librarian: "If I told you, it would defeat the purpose, wouldn't it?"

Subject: RE: BS: xkcd infographic: lake & ocean depths
From: Desert Dancer
Date: 13 Apr 12 - 10:33 AM

Music content! -- Sheldon

~ Becky in Long Beach

Subject: RE: BS: xkcd infographic: lake & ocean depths
From: Midchuck
Date: 13 Apr 12 - 03:35 PM

Speaking of Girl Genius - today's strip has perhaps what will become one of the classic lines in the whole strip.

"A charming pair of innocent hostages." Poor stupid bastard!

Peter.