Science
Common words, uncommon jobs
Using a set of only the ten hundred most often used words, people say what they do for a living with help from the Up-Goer Five word typing editor.
The Up-Goer Five Text EditorYou can refer to people by calling them Mr Surname or Mrs Surname (e.g. Mr Obama). If you want you can cheat slightly using this, for exa...- This, of course, is a spin-off of the xkcd comic "Up Goer Five" which used this approach to describe the Saturn V rocket.
xkcd: Up Goer FiveA webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. Permanent link to this comic: http://xkcd.com/1133/ Image URL (for hotlinking/embeddi...- A couple people started to use it to describe their research:
Just Like Cooking: Tell Job With WindowA friend pointed me towards Splasho's "Up-Goer Five Text Editor." Riffing on a theme from a recent xkcd comic, it challenges users to des...
Drug Discovery With the Most Common Words. In the Pipeline:Posted by Derek I got caught up this morning in a challenge based on this XKCD strip, the famous "Up-Goer Five". If that doesn't ring a b...- The challenge was issued on Twitter:
Can you describe a complex topic using only the thousand most common English words? splasho.nfshost.com/upgoer5/- And dozens of people have taken up the challenge:
@esargent184 Finally did it - my PhD using only the 1000 most commonly used words: http://splasho.nfshost.com/upgoer5/?i=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
My job as an urban hydrologist, only using the 1000 most common English words all-geo.org/jefferson/my-j… h/t @esargent184
Taking the Up-Goer Five challenge: making lots of stuff while making some money bit.ly/W77PPU #pmtweet
Here's my attempt to describe what I do only using the 1000 most common English words. Good thing rock is one of them. bit.ly/13FpN1r
Inspired by @Allochthonous: My field of study, using the most common 1k words http://splasho.com/upgoer5/?i=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
My research using only 1k most freq used words (up-goer 5 style) Hint: Titan- not one of those words :) http://splasho.com/upgoer5/?i=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
Oh this is fun. My research in only the 1k most freq used words per xkcd.com/1133/: bit.ly/VoFO91 (h/t @PlanetDr)
Holy moley this is hard! What I do, pulling only from the 1000 most common words: http://splasho.com/upgoer5/?i=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
Trying to explain black hole research using only the 1000 most common words. Try to explain your own research! http://splasho.com/upgoer5/?i=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
OK, time for me to play. Here is what I do, using the ten hundred most common words (per xkcd.com/1133/). bit.ly/11AL8dP- True to her simplified job description, Emily took an abstract and used the editor to tell us "what they said, using words that everyone else understands."
- This is fun. I took this abstract bit.ly/11AMfdx & translated it to ten-hundred-word version: bit.ly/11AMjtI Now time for bed!
what i do, described using only the 1000 most common english words: bit.ly/11ANWHL
My job, using only the 1000 most common English words. Can you do better? http://splasho.com/upgoer5/?i=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
