Yup :) the comic is stored in chunks of 2048x2048 pixels. I'm working on stitching it all together. Would be awesome to have it as a wallpaper in a room.
"Peter C. Ndikuwera" <[email protected]> wrote: >And xkcd fans out there? > >http://xkcd.com/1110/ > >It's a click-and-drag comic panel that took me two days to explore and >I >still missed most of the panels! > >Some statistics from another website: > >Today’s xkcd comic <http://xkcd.com/1110/>, unless someone can convince >me >otherwise, now holds the record for the biggest comic panel *ever*. >Fittingly, the strip is called “Click and drag” and you’ll have to do a >LOT >of it to read the entire thing. > >At 165888 x 79872 pixels, or 1.3 terapixels, the image would fill the >screens of 4212 iPads with retina displays in an 81 x 52 grid. The >grayscale image is 12.3 gigabytes in size. If it was printed at a size >big >enough that you could see the people, it would cover a football end >zone. >And as you might expect in a Randall Munroe comic, there are little >treasures to be discovered all over the place. I don’t want to spoil >the >fun, but yes, Waldo’s in there too. > >Yes, there are people who have started stitching the full image >together, >but we’d like to warn you that the full image is not safe for work. Not >that there are any naughty bits, but the full-size image is so large it >will crash most computers if you try to open it. > >P. > >P.S. http://xkcd-map.rent-a-geek.de if you don't have the hand >dexterity to >do the click-and-drag! > >-- >Evolution (n): A hypothetical process whereby infinitely improbable >events >occur with alarming frequency, order arises from chaos, and no one is >given >credit. > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > >Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: >[email protected] >Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > >The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: >http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > >The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them >in any way.
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