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WCDT: 25-29 July 2011 (1976-1980)
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: Near Lurker on 28 Jul 2011, 01:56 ---Hmm... Raven's a physics major? "Parallel entanglement processing core" sounds like kind of a compsci thing...
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Quantum entanglement is a physics thing, and being concerned (loosely!) with action at a distance is appropriate to refer to here. It's a compsci thing only to the extent that it might be involved in some aspects of quantum computing.
Akima:
--- Quote from: douggerel on 27 Jul 2011, 08:48 ---My assumption has always been that Jeph was aware that that particular character could mean both "princess" and "concubine", and that was the hidden humor behind it.
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I've never been sure how far Jeph's playing with Raven's tattoo is intentional. In its first appearance the tattoo was in Chinese (公主) while Raven thought it was Japanese, and I assumed that was part of the joke considering the general cluelessness of getting tattoos in a language you cannot read. Jeph has now corrected the tattoo to 姫, which is the Japanese variant of the Chinese 姬, (which, as you point out, is pronounced jī and can indeed mean "concubine"). Playing with multiple meanings of characters is a very Chinese thing to do, and certainly in Raven's case the double meaning is very appropriate, so maybe Jeph is slipping us a Bilingual Bonus. A third, rather archaic, usage of 姬 means "female entertainer", which is also remarkably apposite. Props for taking the trouble to include the tone number in your romanization BTW, though I prefer the more elegant diacritics even if they are more difficult to type.
And yeah, Dora has already met Herr Beardedgalleryguy, so why the reaction? Does he have a German accent, prompting Faye's Teutonic thank-you? Did Faye learn more than swordsmanship from Dietrich Himmelfeuer? Will Dora get her 10% commission? Curious minds want to know.
thret:
Respect for Akima, but this is the guy it's based on: http://www.donmullergallery.com/OurStory-id-481.html
I don't think he's German. Your anal analysis of Raven's tattoo is pretty sexy though.
pwhodges:
And the newspost suggests that the character's name is Dan Miller, which obviously relates rather closely to that guy.
Border Reiver:
--- Quote from: TRVA123 on 28 Jul 2011, 01:54 ---
--- Quote from: themacnut on 28 Jul 2011, 01:48 ---Assuming Faye will be up to the extra work she'll have to do when more orders start coming in. This is where many hobbyists fail to turn a profit, 'cause it suddenly stops being fun and too much like work.
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hmm, she could cut back on CoD hours, let Hanners/Cosette/Raven pick up the slack.
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And of course there has to be a market. And as she makes more and more Faye will need to turn to the local sweatshop to have those twelve year olds assemble them cheaply so she can maintain her profit margins
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