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WCDT 22-26 August 2011 (1996-2000)
snubnose:
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--- Quote from: snubnose on 22 Aug 2011, 08:03 ---Errrrr .....What is the "most famous fictional AI" ? :?
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Your answer is in your list - next Monday's comic is number 2001.
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Eh, that's very debatable. While I'm a big fan of HAL, there are more famous fictional A.I.'s...C-3P0, for instance.
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Agreed.
Personally, I would have been torn for the first place between Data and R2-D2.
2001 isnt exactly a very enjoyable movie, it drives modern watchers nuts with its slowness.
jwhouk:
It also drives those of us who were living in 1969 crazy with the idea that we're never gonna be able to take PanAm for our vacation to an orbiting Space Station.
Akima:
--- Quote from: snubnose on 23 Aug 2011, 05:45 ---2001 isnt exactly a very enjoyable movie, it drives modern watchers nuts with its slowness.
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Speak for yourself! Regardless of the merits of 2001, quotations from HAL's dialogue are instantly recognisable to the point of cliché more than 40 years after the movie was released. I can't think of anything that Data or C3PO said that has the same recognition now, and we'll have to wait to determine how much they're remembered after 40 years. Actually, the only other AI/robot lines I can think of that approach HAL's for recognition in pop culture would be "Danger, Will Robinson! Danger!"
lepetitfromage:
--- Quote from: wrwight on 22 Aug 2011, 12:16 ---It would be pretty amusing to me if Jeph counted (or had someone else count, I dunno) the filler/guest strips he did, then subtracted those from the total, and did something special on the next large round number of the remainder, which would be all Jeph-drawn non-filler QC strips. I sincerely doubt this will happen, but like I said, it would be amusing, since I doubt many (I won't say no one has) have kept track of this number.
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.......I am fighting the urge to do this. I've been wanting to reread the comic in its entirety for the last few weeks but my need for productivity is getting in the way :-P
Taigan:
Wow. Ok, I think I just started shipping Leda/Pintsize. True, it would likely mean the end of the world, but they just say "soulmates" to me.
...either that or they would destroy each other. Either way it could be fun to watch. :laugh:
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