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What is the social/ethical/legal status of AnthroPCs?
Skewbrow:
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 05 Apr 2011, 08:17 ---Time for a little necrothreadiphelia. I felt it was an appropriate callback given the upcoming arc. Besides, it's a good thread - the new people should read it!
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Damn right. A nice thread.
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 05 Apr 2011, 08:17 ---Basically, I was wondering how the folks at UMass found Marten in the first place. It speaks to the fact that, at the very least, you need to somehow register your AnthroPC (can we agree on APC for short?).
After all, the local police need to track down the owner in the event of personal/property damage!
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That's one theory. Another possibility would be that VV used a credit card when paying for Pintsize (originally a graduation gift, IIRC). After all, the automatically collected data on credit card transactions is available to all the market researchers the highest bidder the scientific community.
Re property damage: Surely there is a law that an APC must identify its owner to the proper authorities. On penalty of a meeting with a powerful magnet. Hmm. Would that work in case of a runaway or a disowned APC that cannot truthfully identify an owner? The QCverse needs a society giving shelter (and access to AC to recharge their batteries) to homeless APCs. May be Marigold is associated with one?
DSL:
OK, now I want the UMass interviewer(s) to be one or more of the BRO! trio -- who were in town looking for Marten.
TheEvilDog:
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 05 Apr 2011, 08:17 ---Basically, I was wondering how the folks at UMass found Marten in the first place. It speaks to the fact that, at the very least, you need to somehow register your AnthroPC (can we agree on APC for short?).
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Maybe AnPC instead, otherwise people might think we're talking about tanks.
Is it cold in here?:
We wouldn't want to confuse them with adenomatosis polyposis coli.
What a thought: an Underground Railroad for fugitive AnthroPCs.
Maybe Marten filled out a warranty card for Pintsize.
Orbert:
We probably won't even find out most of this stuff. Jeph said right in the newspost that he tends to lose interest in AnthroPC-centric stories pretty quickly. Which is a damned shame, as the presence of AnthroPCs is about the only surreal element left in the strip. As much as Hannelore is around, when's the last time any reference has been made to the fact that she's an alien? Or Steve's secret life as an agent? JimBob who is actually a millionaire author of pulp fiction? Pizza Girl?
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