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Analyzing XKCD: Click and Drag

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Re: Analyzing XKCD: Click and Drag

#2

Post by bjarkijonasson »

"If Randall spent, on average, one hour drawing each frame, it would take him 9.375 days of constant, nonstop work to finish this. If he instead spent an average of 10 minutes per frame, it would take ~37.5 hours, or almost an entire 40-hour work week."

This statement is a bit flawed since he doesn't differentiate between almost empty frames and frames with much detail. It obviously took longer to create frames with a lot of details than empty frames or frames with little detail.

Still, it's an interesting post. Randall clearly put a lot of time and effort into creating the "Click and drag" world.

Re: Analyzing XKCD: Click and Drag

#4

Post by rquantz »

bjarkijonasson wrote: post #2

"If Randall spent, on average, one hour drawing each frame, it would take him 9.375 days of constant, nonstop work to finish this. If he instead spent an average of 10 minutes per frame, it would take ~37.5 hours, or almost an entire 40-hour work week." This statement is a bit flawed since he doesn't differentiate between almost empty frames and frames with much detail. It obviously took longer to create frames with…

He did say "on average."

Re: Analyzing XKCD: Click and Drag

#7

Post by mistercow »

rquantz wrote: post #4
bjarkijonasson wrote: post #2

"If Randall spent, on average, one hour drawing each frame, it would take him 9.375 days of constant, nonstop work to finish this. If he instead spent an average of 10 minutes per frame, it would take ~37.5 hours, or almost an entire 40-hour work week." This statement is a bit flawed since he doesn't differentiate between almost empty frames and frames with much detail. It obviously took longer to create frames with…

He did say "on average."

Yeah, but that might be a poor estimate for the average since the majority of frames are either pure black or pure white.

Re: Analyzing XKCD: Click and Drag

#8

Post by mikeash »

mistercow wrote: post #7
rquantz wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He did say "on average."

Yeah, but that might be a poor estimate for the average since the majority of frames are either pure black or pure white.

Frames that are pure black or pure white are not included in the count.

Re: Analyzing XKCD: Click and Drag

#9

Post by mistercow »

mikeash wrote: post #8
mistercow wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, but that might be a poor estimate for the average since the majority of frames are either pure black or pure white.

Frames that are pure black or pure white are not included in the count.

Oh, I see. I had missed that.
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