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Any other http://xkcd.com/c224.html fans?
 
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the guy in the cube next to mine has that cartoon posted in his cube. I think he reads it every day, and once or twice has sent me a link.

I've looked at a few - they seem very hit-or-miss to me. I am not addicted yet, but can see myself becoming so...
 
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Absolutely. There are many people in my company who are also addicted - as I wander along the hallways, I think I pass 5 cartoons just on this floor alone.

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Wow. I liked it. Thanks Stan.
 
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I like this one particularly,
http://xkcd.com/c214.html

and this...

http://xkcd.com/c171.html
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Initially I found it amusing it being geek oriented and all. Now I am addicted to it. I've bookmarked a few cartoons and look at them at not so infrequent intervals.
 
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These are great!! Thanks!
 
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There is an xkcd book available now.
 
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They can be quite instructive. I've explained the concept of SQL injection attacks with this one a couple times. I'm going to see fi I can sneak it into our coding standards document.


 
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Ryan McGuire wrote:They can be quite instructive. I've explained the concept of SQL injection attacks with this one a couple times.


http://bobby-tables.com/
 
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