Friday, April 29, 2011

892: Null Hypothesis

Null hypothesis

4/28: Randall Munroe clicks the "random article" link on Wikipedia and writes a comic based on its contents.

4/29: The article is vandalized.

Solution: Track Randall's Wikipedia usage and protect any page he spends more than a minute looking at. The page can safely be deprotected a week later.

Friday, April 15, 2011

886: Pripyat

Pripyat

You know, he could have just said "Chernobyl" and no wiki page would have been harmed in the making of the comic. Just sayin'.