For today's 10000: amateur radio operators call Morse code "CW" since it's a Continuous Wave (unmodulated) transmission while you're pressing the key. The most basic kind is a straight key which simply transmits when you push and stops when you let go. Electronic keyers often use iambic paddles/buttons where you use one switch to create a series of "dits" and the other switch to create "dahs" yourself, which is less physically demanding and lets you hit higher WPM. There are examples of both types here.

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throw-qqqqq 6 days ago | parent [-]

> For today's 10000

Just in case someone didn’t catch the reference: https://xkcd.com/1053/

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low_tech_love 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

Nice, they used an obscure reference to explain another obscure reference, requiring two nested levels of explanation.

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swiftcoder 6 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

You can't 10,000 the 10,000...

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pkdpic 6 days ago | parent | next [-]

Somebody could probably throw out the probability of those two 10,000 sets overlapping. Not me though, unless it's 10,000^2...

	▲	type0 5 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		It's never 10,000^2. But the important part is: It's Over 9000!
	▲	swiftcoder 4 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		The Venn diagram of "people who regularly read xkcd" and "people who think about morse code" is pretty much a circle

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actionfromafar 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

You wouldn't 10,000 a car.

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colddevil 5 days ago | parent [-]

And this Jen, is the 10,000.

	▲	kps 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		Not to be confused with Jen the 8675309.

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thunderbong 6 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Mobile view https://m.xkcd.com/1053/