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The morning after: "How are you feeling?" "B-better."

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I'm really sorry about last night (wasn't your fault)

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Probably for the best, anyway.

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It just... it wasn't meant to be.

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TEH KISSES! UMF MMF MOOB

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Now my head feels like I was usin' it to pound nails. What's with those two?

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Redeye Hanners and de-rezzing Station!

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Really interesting weather pattern...

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Burned out several processor banks...

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I was wondering why there wasn't any hot water for my shower.

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Is Marigold awake? We should start packing... She was in the shower when I got up.

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MAKEOUTS! eeeeEEEEE

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We didn't mean to barge in! No Holographic sock on the door!

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So... are you a WOMAN OF THE WORLD now? ("We didn't-- we just kissed a bunch!")

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Hannelore... "I was just curious!"

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(I... I might've touched his wiener.) GASP "...not quite woman of the world... Kuiper Belt Object?"

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You're welcome to visit again any time. Thank you for taking care of my daughter.

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Marigold/Francis KISSES!

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Another Hugging Hannelore! ("Bye dad. I love you." "I love you too, Hannelore.")

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Handshake between Marty & Lt. Potter

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I'd hug you too, Station... (Actually, I've modified a security droid...)

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I'm not any happier about this than you are. (Oh, shut up and hug her already.)

5 (7.1%)

Total Members Voted: 68

[Carl-E]

It's one of those multi-purpose terms. 


Now, quit being a moob.   

[GreatGonzo]

That would be a male foob? But I thought foobs could already be male; must ask Lynn.

[jwhouk]

"Moob" is the sound you make as you're positioning your mouth in a kiss, going from one side to the other as you slightly "mmmmmm" into their mouth.

Or, at least, that's how I'm reading it...

[jwhouk]

And what will our heroes discover when they get back to Earth?

Faye's moving in with Angus!    2 (3.9%)
Dora's moving to California!    0 (0%)
Winslow is getting married to Momo!    4 (7.8%)
PINTSIZE is getting married to Momo!    2 (3.9%)
Cosette accidentally burned COD down!    4 (7.8%)
Penelope and Wil eloped!    5 (9.8%)
Sven's decided to become a priest!    4 (7.8%)
Raven got her PhD in two semesters!    7 (13.7%)
Padma RETURNS!    5 (9.8%)
Spathe Ham!    4 (7.8%)
THE NEW GIRL ARRIVES!    14 (27.5%) - Boy, we really wanna see this new chick in action, don't we?

Total Members Voted: 51

[Throg]

The proper translation of "moob" is "a reasonable amount of babies."

[DSL]

So it's not "man boob," then?

[Milesb]

"Marten AND Hanners get a text: "Cosette burned down CoD, need bail money. Steve""

STEEEEEEEVE!!

[Method of Madness]

I didn't vote for it, but I'd like if Padma texted about the percentage of velocity times the speed of light times x.

[Gnomes2169]

We're going to be thrown for a loop somehow...

[Akima]

And we still need 10.21 Giga-watts of power.

Not to mention some gigagrammes of mass, gigajoules of energy, gigalitres of volume and other tautologies...

I had to google Richard Marx, and I have no idea what the reference is, so... Moob?

[cpflux]

moob.

Dude must be doing some mighty fine gropin', 'coz the last time we saw *moob* used as a sound effect, Pintsize was getting his... appendages in on them.

I mean those.

I mean her.

I think that was "woob", but sure.

Was it? Blaaaaaarrgh.

Also, moob.

[Wreck Smurfy]

I had to google Richard Marx, and I have no idea what the reference is, so... Moob?

They're in the Moob for Lub... "Simply because you're near me/Funny but when you're near me/We're in the Moob for Lub."

[TheBiscuit]

moob.

Dude must be doing some mighty fine gropin', 'coz the last time we saw *moob* used as a sound effect, Pintsize was getting his... appendages in on them.

I mean those.

I mean her.

I think that was "woob", but sure.

Was it? Blaaaaaarrgh.

Also, moob.

Yes. When Pintsize went where no man has gone before, it was "Woob, woob, woob."

In his own words. "It wath worth it."

Also, just because we're using strange words Jeph has used here, I'd just like to say, cump.

[Carl-E]

0_o

o_0


That was totally uncalled for, sir! 



Or ma'am.  Whatever. 

[iusticanun]

moob?

moob.

Boom.

[pendrake]

@iusticanun...  Perhaps you meant:

moob?

moob.

[Method of Madness]

[Alchemy]

Maybe it's similar to Woob

[Kugai]

It'll all end in tears


Or Sex


As for Dale, I have two words for you


SPACE LASER

[idontunderstand]

*Ahem*

I got them moobs like jagger,
got them moobs like jagger
nananaaa

[cesariojpn]

It's one of those multi-purpose terms. 


Now, quit being a moob.   

I beg to differ.

[Skewbrow]

There's something in the way she moobs...

[Jabberwocky]

(Man, I wish the word "whom" wasn't a thing, it looks so weird)

It's a perfectly cromulent word.

Not unlike, say, "moob" or "cump".

[TinPenguin]

Comic!

I don't think Station is emulating this time.

[Skewbrow]

This comic *should* come with the crackling sound of an electrical discharge. Synchronized with Station's hologram going out of focus.

[math_teacher] Observe that in spite of having all that computing power at his command Station cannot complete a computationally infeasible task. AI singularity notwithstanding. [/math_teacher]

[pwhodges]

The surprise is that he thought it worth trying.

[Carl-E]

Actually, it was probsably Hanelore egging her on.  After all, they enable each other. 



She needs to get back home to Noho. 

[sluthy]

I actually giggled at this one - then facepalmed at the fan on Twitter who totally missed the joke and said to Jeph "one of Station's animation frames are missing." 

[jmucchiello]

I found this comic unsatisfactory.  Even as a one-off joke, it fell somewhat flat. There had to be something more interesting to focus on in the last few space strips.

[Mr_Rose]

I actually giggled at this one - then facepalmed at the fan on Twitter who totally missed the joke and said to Jeph "one of Station's animation frames are missing." 

Those kinds of people aren't 'fans' except in the sense of "the shit hitting the…."

[sine-out]

[math_teacher] Observe that in spite of having all that computing power at his command Station cannot complete a computationally infeasible task. AI singularity notwithstanding. [/math_teacher]

It probably has something to do with the fact that while Stations computing power is substantial (in fact, I'd go as far as to assume that any computer in the QC verse that runs an AI is probably fairly powerful compared to what we have irl), it's still a conventional computer.
If AI's required a quantum computer to work, it's much more likely that the task could be computed.

[kent_eh]

Actually, it was probsably Hanelore egging her on.  After all, they enable each other. 

I  figured Hanners made an offhand musing aboout the origin of the patterns they were watching, and station decided he would get  her the answer that she desired.

Kinda like any guy on a date trying to do something that will impress his date.

[Throg]

I found this comic unsatisfactory.  Even as a one-off joke, it fell somewhat flat. There had to be something more interesting to focus on in the last few space strips.

Everything's relative, and your mileage may vary. 

I had a serendipitous experience with this strip: my computer was slow to load and scroll the comic, so I only saw the first two frames for about ten seconds. I was half-expecting "what's up with those two" to refer to a snuggly-cuddly Marigold and Francis.   

[Akima]

Actually, it was probsably Hanelore egging her on.  After all, they enable each other.  She needs to get back home to Noho.

Yes... It's been a while since Hanners pulled an obsession fuelled all-nighter. This is a reversion and not especially healthy. Note that Station has given himself bags under his eyes, albeit not quite the panda-eye shadows that Hanners has.

[Black Sword]

Ya know, Marten and LT. Abbie get along really well. It's a pity we won't get to see her again after the end of this week.

While it's a funny one-off gag, I also feel unsatisfied with it. Surely, if we're stuck up in space until Friday, there was something more relevant?

Warning - while you were typing the mole people have risen and conquered the surface. Nutbunnies.

[DSL]

Hanners, darlin', you're getting old. You used to be able to handle these things.

I mean, you're what, now? 23?

Damn kids.

[Skewbrow]

It probably has something to do with the fact that while Stations computing power is substantial (in fact, I'd go as far as to assume that any computer in the QC verse that runs an AI is probably fairly powerful compared to what we have irl), it's still a conventional computer.
If AI's required a quantum computer to work, it's much more likely that the task could be computed.

Possibly. I'm not up to speed with what quantum computers can do. The tasks that they can do (integer factorization being the best known example) they do unbelievably fast (in comparison to a conventional computer). But how many tasks have been successfully ported to a quantum computer? A former student of mine has written a textbook on quantum computing. Last time I asked him, he told me that the experts couldn't agree on whether the number of (essentially different) existing quantum computer programs was two or three...

[Mr_Rose]

Theoretically, a quantum computer can do anything a regular one can; the problem is coming up with stuff that only quantum computers can do. And one of those things is compute large factorials in less time than the estimated remaining lifespan of the universe.

But then, since the only thing regular computers can do is add numbers very fast, that's already more than twice as awesome.

[LordVaughn]

I dunno why, but I mostly laughed uncontrollably at Station's face upon scrolling down to the third panel. Partly because I expected the question to reveal Marigold and Francis sitting beside each other with frazzled hair and blushing faces, still staring at each other. Then again, it was odd of me to assume they have stopped making out.

[jwhouk]

I have laughed at Jeph's strips before. I will likely laugh at Jeph's strips in the future.

But this one...

 

[Carl-E]

Then again, it was odd of me to assume they have stopped making out.

They will be found later...

[iduguphergrave]

Had Marten already gone to breakfast when yesterday's strip happened? 'Cause if they had that room to themselves...

[sluthy]

They will be found later...

Hanners will bump into them doing the walk of shame, and end up holding a ten minute conversation with them without once picking up on it.

[dkorduban]

Possibly. I'm not up to speed with what quantum computers can do. The tasks that they can do (integer factorization being the best known example) they do unbelievably fast (in comparison to a conventional computer). But how many tasks have been successfully ported to a quantum computer? A former student of mine has written a textbook on quantum computing. Last time I asked him, he told me that the experts couldn't agree on whether the number of (essentially different) existing quantum computer programs was two or three...

You are right, there is a small number of known essentially different quantum algorithms. The common buzzwords are Shor's integer factoring (which actually is a special case of the Hidden Subgroup Problem) in polynomial time and Gover's "database search" which provides a quadratic speedup for CSP problems. Here's the whole zoo: http://math.nist.gov/quantum/zoo/.

[Skewbrow]

Thank you very much @dkorduban! Double, if you registered only to tell us about this

[Near Lurker]

Too many people think quantum computers are magic - it currently appears they're only slightly more powerful than normal computers with a source of randomness (which is actually likely to be superfluous), that list of problems there being basically the long and the short of it.  There are things tractable with a quantum computer that probably aren't with a normal computer (although none of these is technically certain yet... albeit much in the way it's not technically certain the sun exists), but only somewhat useful to AI, not the last big step to "The Singularity" as it's often treated.

[TinPenguin]

Honestly, if it weren't for this discussion, if somebody had mentioned the term "quantum computer" to me today I'd have assumed it was a made up sci-fi thing.

[DSL]

They will be found later...

Hanners will bump into them doing the walk of shame, and end up holding a ten minute conversation with them without once picking up on it.

Hanners' end of the conversation is likely to consist of the word, "buh."

[StevenC]

albeit much in the way it's not technically certain the sun exists

Wait, what?

[jwhouk]

albeit much in the way it's not technically certain the sun exists

Wait, what?

You obviously have never lived in the Pacific Northwest.