It's already been stitched. Google it! On Sep 20, 2012 6:05 PM, "[email protected]" < [email protected]> wrote:
> 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 respon >> sible >> for them in any way. >> >> > _______________________________________________ > 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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