4.49.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

4.49.2.1 xkcd-style Plots

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/11350/xkcd-style-plots

 
 
 
I received an email to which I wanted to respond with a xkcd-style graph, but I couldn't manage it. Everything I drew looked perfect, and I don't have enough command over PlotLegends to have these  ...
 

- asked by Amatya (553 votes), answered by Simon Woods (409 votes)

4.49.2.2 Why round to even integers?

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/2116/why-round-to-even-integers

 
According to the Mathematica help: 
 
 
Round rounds numbers of the form x.5 toward the nearest even integer. 
 
 
For example: 
 
Round[{0.5, 1.5, 2.5, 3.5, 4.5}] 
 
 
gives 
 
{0, 2, 2, 4, 4} 
 
 
What's the  ...
 

- asked by wxffles (69 votes), answered by Per Alexandersson (43 votes)