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WCDT 15-19 August 2011 (1991-95)
Blackjoker:
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--- 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...
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Well actually I can think of several. I even pointed a few out WAAAAAAAY back when there was a thread discussing the origins of Pintsize (in terms of his behavior and the like). One big one is this, when I was in college having someone that could help independently in research while I worked, as well as helping me bounce ideas off of would be really nice. Not to mention the fact that there is that whole 'oh cool, a robot friend'. Even ignoring those, though, anthroPCs can do computer stuff, Hannelore as an example mostly just uses a normal computer to look at porn and the like both out of a respect for Winslow and because...well it would be like having a friend watch you watch porn, kind of awkward for people without personal issues. But if you want to listen to music, watch videos, or just converse with someone that can literally call on the whole of the internet to possibly produce stimulating ideas..well what else could you want? Plus, yeah many people might not have AnthroPCs (out of the cast 3 of 12 people have them, and in two of those cases they were probably pretty big purchases.) but I can certainly see the appeal.
Tova:
--- Quote from: Blackjoker on 19 Aug 2011, 10:25 ---Long term health consequences? Really? Yes, she's fairly sedentary, but again, a person who sat and read instead of the games, or watched TV/movies for the same durations that Marigold plays video games would be just as sedentary.
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And would suffer some of the same health consequences, except for the RSI and related muscular problems.
Kugai:
Momo will be hired by Microsoft..
cesariojpn:
--- 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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http://www.pcworld.com/article/237878/can_you_do_real_work_with_the_30yearold_ibm_5150.html
--- Quote from: Andy147 on 19 Aug 2011, 16:04 ---
--- Quote from: Mr. Doctor on 19 Aug 2011, 05:45 ---Seriously.. what is she going to do with the poor eels? put them on down her skirt like on that alternative version of one of the strips?? Ugh... :psyduck:
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It's a reference back to her first appearance.
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Wait, she references "a model number" (HDC-4100X) in her first appearance, yet her "resume states another "model number" (Sony KawaiiPC). Am I missing something here?
jwhouk:
I suspect it's one of two things:
1. She has a different chassis, with the Japanese schoolgirl look, unlike her geisha-like outfit in that original cartoon, OR
2. Jeph just forgot.
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