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WCDT 15-19 August 2011 (1991-95)
JLM:
Wait...isn't she a computer? Why is she using a separate computer to type up her resume?
Is it cold in here?:
Maybe that computer is where the printer is attached?
Does anyone use hardcopy resumes any more?
jwhouk:
The coolest middle name in QC is:
Louise (Marigold) - 4 (4.5%)
Ann (Penelope) - 3 (3.4%)
Scarlett (Faye) - 14 (15.7%)
Maria (Dora) - 0 (0%)
Tiberion (Marten) - 21 (23.6%)
Lovelace (Hannelore) - 17 (19.1%)
Stephano (Steve) - 1 (1.1%)
Kristin (Tai) - 2 (2.2%)
Raven (Blodwyn) - 19 (21.3%)
Sixtythree (Pintsize) - 1 (1.1%)
i (Winslow) - 0 (0%)
Waffles. - 2 (2.2%)
Jacques (he's hidden his real last name all along!) - 5 (5.6%)
Total Voters: 89
TheBiscuit:
--- Quote from: JLM on 19 Aug 2011, 13:52 ---Wait...isn't she a computer? Why is she using a separate computer to type up her resume?
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Their role as computers is massively downplayed. Marigold uses a traditional computer to access WoW, when it would be far more logical for Momo to temporarily hook herself up to a monitor, keyboard and mouse for the duration of the game. Marten seems to never use Pintsize for any useful purpose, largely because he can't be trusted to perform it right. That particular problem doesn't seem to apply to Momo or Winslow (the only other AnthroPCs we're well acquainted with) but their owners seem to prefer using a traditional PC for most things too. Certainly I can't recall any time at which we saw anyone actually making use of an AnthroPC, can you?
They seem to function as expensive pets for the most part. Maybe Marigold uses Momo as a file repository, considering her frankly amazing amount of storage. I know technology is a bit more advanced in the world of QC, but that's a lot. The biggest hard drives currently on sale seem to be about 4TB, and you could maybe stuff about five of them into a single PC if you wanted to... which still gives Momo a capacity about five times what can reasonably be achieved in a single device in our world.
Not to mention she's a lot smaller than any device I can think of which could hold the estimated five giant hard drives.
jwhouk:
Here's my guess on the AnthroPC question:
You can access the internet on your Xbox 360, Wii or PS3, but for the more mundane stuff - e-mail, documents, bill paying, etc. - you just use your regular PC or laptop.
As for the whole property vs. person-hood: I suspect that the constitutional amendment was only for the state of Massachusetts, and not nationally. As far as we know, the US government is still using sentient robots for defense purposes (cue Agent Turing). Yes, the (rather liberally minded) state of MA may have given citizenship to APC's, but to the rest of the country (and world) they're still computers and property.
However, I suspect that the real answer to the whole question was answered by Donald P. Bellisario, and echoed by Joel Hodgson.
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--- Quote from: JLM on 19 Aug 2011, 13:52 ---Wait...isn't she a computer? Why is she using a separate computer to type up her resume?
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It's funnier that way.
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Oh, yeah, there's the Rule of Funny, too... which I won't link to, since I've already sucked you into the Troper Vortex (muh-wah-ha-ha-HA...)
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