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WCDT 15-19 August 2011 (1991-95)
Skewbrow:
--- Quote from: TheBiscuit on 19 Aug 2011, 14:22 ---Certainly I can't recall any time at which we saw anyone actually making use of an AnthroPC, can you?
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There was that time when Marten was working on his music blog via Pintsize. I guess it's open to debate whether that was "making use of an AnthroPC" :-)
Blackjoker:
*puts on serious penguin hat* Actually using computers instead of the AnthroPCs isn't all that weird. Assuming that they (anthroPCs) are a fairly new thing most people would still be used to computers as normal. Plus, a lot of the features that would make the AnthroPCs practical as computers are either expensive addons (early on Faye mentioned stuff like hologram projectors and the like) or are impractical. Pintsize's mannerisms aside, just using him as an MP3 player would likely be hideously boring for him if all he could do was sit around, especially given that at his size he'd be awkward to carry. And to be blunt, most companies might be worried about their data being on something that can get angry and walk off if offended or on a whim so regular computers would probably be quite commonplace.
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: VonKleist on 19 Aug 2011, 10:08 ---
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 19 Aug 2011, 09:55 ---Another way of expressing what I meant is this:
--- Quote from: TheBiscuit on 19 Aug 2011, 09:03 ---Society treats difference from the norm as pathological, yes.
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You ever suffered from any mental disorder?
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Well no, though I have had therapy; I've also been attacked by a mentally ill relative. The fact that some people are ill doesn't alter the point of what I said.
TheBiscuit:
--- Quote from: Blackjoker on 19 Aug 2011, 15:10 ---*puts on serious penguin hat* Actually using computers instead of the AnthroPCs isn't all that weird. Assuming that they (anthroPCs) are a fairly new thing most people would still be used to computers as normal. Plus, a lot of the features that would make the AnthroPCs practical as computers are either expensive addons (early on Faye mentioned stuff like hologram projectors and the like) or are impractical. Pintsize's mannerisms aside, just using him as an MP3 player would likely be hideously boring for him if all he could do was sit around, especially given that at his size he'd be awkward to carry. And to be blunt, most companies might be worried about their data being on something that can get angry and walk off if offended or on a whim so regular computers would probably be quite commonplace.
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Given that I basically agree with all your points, it raises an interesting question. What is the point of owning an AnthroPC? Is it what I already said, they make nice (if expensive) pets? Is there some other reason? Leaving aside such purely individual quirks as Pintsize's malevolence, Winslow's slight crush on his owner and Momo's tendency to produce electric shocks and eels, is there a useful purpose to owning one? If not a useful purpose, then can we say it's sufficently enjoyable for the owners? I can't imagine they are cheap...
Is it cold in here?:
Winslow was used for Youtube access not long ago.
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