March 3, 2014
...except that, like the original, that one starts at 1. Fixed version:
Original: 2008 Christmas Special (521), Hack (1337)
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March 3, 2014
...except that, like the original, that one starts at 1. Fixed version:
Original: 2008 Christmas Special (521), Hack (1337)
View in: (haven't found this post on Web Archive), xkcdsw.com, direct image link/enlarge
The 1337 XKCD Hacking Special
Due to the slowing economy, we could only afford to produce the prime-numbered panels. You should be able to infer the missing parts of the story easily enough. We apologize for the inconvenience.
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Two people, one with dark hair and the other with a ponytail, are standing, facing each other.
Dark hair: We could send it on a new mission... except we no longer have the equipment to send commands to it.
Ponytail: Can't we—
Close-up of the dark-haired person
Dark hair: NASA won't rebuild it. "Too expensive."
Ponytail: Seriously?
Dark hair: I know, right? So the internet found the specs, and we went to work.
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Close-up of a person wearing a headset looking at a computer screen.
Headset: Transmitting... We have a signal! We have control!
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The two people from the first panel are standing in a room, along with the person with the headset and one other person, both of whom are sitting at desks with computers.
Headset: My console went dead!
Other at computer: Mine too!
Dark hair: What's happening?!
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Same scene as before, with Headset's computer talking. The computer's text is shown in red.
Computer: M-E-S-S-W-I-T-H-T-H-E-B-E-S-T D-I-E-L-I-K-E-T-H-E-R-E-S-T
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A city at night seen from the distance. Two people are talking from a building.
Unknown person 1: Crash?
Unknown person 2: Yeah, burn?
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Title text: How could you possibly think typing 'import HACK_THE_STARS' was a good idea?