tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1143548124391342110.post3556215476894089807..comments2023-09-05T09:18:00.454-05:00Comments on Ruler of the Interwebs: This Is Why I Love XKCDRuler of the Interwebshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03534833374365966417noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1143548124391342110.post-86499773463099354032011-08-12T01:54:59.363-05:002011-08-12T01:54:59.363-05:00"This sentence has 33 characters in it."..."This sentence has 33 characters in it."<br /><br />Planning the strip wouldn't be so bad. Because there's no scale in the second panel, and the circle graph can be any size, you can allocate basically any chosen amount of ink to both before you start drawing anything. This lets you compute the ratio of ink to total area, and relative amounts of ink in each panel. Then simply scale the graphs in panels 1 and 2 to the right size to use the appropriate amount of ink. At this point, finishing the strip is easy - just draw everything except panel 3, scale it down and stick it into panel 3, and repeat until the change is invisible. The strip may be self referential, but if you make your choices in the right order, each choice can be made in a unique and obvious way.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08238577555517612344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1143548124391342110.post-29992473732249334132010-04-12T01:02:03.387-05:002010-04-12T01:02:03.387-05:00Perhaps we might also realize that the ink drawing...Perhaps we might also realize that the ink drawings may only approximate what they purport to measure, thereby making a parody of self-referential recursion....Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01336314914154049579noreply@blogger.com