Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT 2071-75 (Dec. 5-9, 2011)
Carl-E:
--- Quote from: AnAverageWriter on 09 Dec 2011, 14:33 ---It IS, however, exceptionalism to claim that "No instrument, tool or machine has ever matched the capability of two eyes, two hands and a brain". It's arrogance, the kind of stuff that makes idiots sing about John Henry and his "victory" over a digging machine.
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But it's a really good song...
Besides, he dies in the end, a pyrrhic victory at best.
Soulsynger:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 09 Dec 2011, 12:50 ---
--- Quote from: AnAverageWriter on 09 Dec 2011, 10:29 ---I can safely say that your scientist quote comes from someone that deserves to be slapped across the face, soundly and repeatedly until he can no longer influence an argument in any meaningful way.
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It's from the principal investigator for the Mars rovers. Actually, what he said was that a field geologist could do it in 45 seconds.
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A scientist said that? Boy, they don't teach not to make outrageous generalisations anymore, do they?
45 seconds for what exactly? Does it include moving/walking around from sample to sample? Picking it up AND storing it in the designated storage space or without? Including photo and analysis? What about setting the transmitters to the right frequency?
I'm all FOR slapping that "scientist" across something. May it be face, ass cheek or back of the head. oO
And can we all step back from being misanthropic toward Padmarten? You guys are making me sad.
Is it cold in here?:
Look up how slowly the rovers do things. They are wonderful engineering but not designed to be fast.
sha'mad conde:
I'm having a Hanners moment right now... I'm looking at the current story arc and being creeped out because one of the two of them is laying in the wet spot...
I always change the sheets. Maybe they did also.
jwhouk:
Yes, it is here: What was the MOMENT OF THE WEEK?
Whoa, I better STOP and CONSIDER the deep PHILOSOPHICAL IMPLICATIONS! - 1 (1.2%)
...not if you want to GET to them someday. - 1 (1.2%)
Applied Robotics centerfold! - 5 (6%)
Way to use the ol' willpower, Marten! - 1 (1.2%)
C'mere. (WELP) - 16 (19.3%)
SweetTits Cameo! - 3 (3.6%)
I'm in trouble. - 10 (12%)
My grandma's doing okay... stick around a few weeks longer? - 5 (6%)
GOLD MEDALIST! - 1 (1.2%)
GRAMMY WINNER! - 1 (1.2%)
FIRST MAN TO MARS! - 4 (4.8%)
TIME MAN OF TEH YEAR! - 6 (7.2%)
"Yeah, that'd be pretty cool." - 29 (34.9%)
Total Voters: 83
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