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WCDT 8-13 December 2014 (Strips 2850-2854)
Indicible:
The colour out of space is indeed more likely...
vforvancouver:
Now I want to know more about Emily's project.
jheartney:
If you remember, Clinton was introduced as an interviewer asking Marten about his AnthroPC, Pintsize. Remember also that Pintsize has a "military chassis." Was the interview really just part of an academic study, or might it have had national security implications? Clinton may have more to him than it appears; if he's part of clandestine services of some sort, his protective attitude toward his sister may be based on knowledge of secret threats.
I was wondering what "NRO" could be. (Obviously not "National Review Online.") Given Clinton's involvement with robotics (his hand, and his part in AnthroPC research), it could be "National Robotics Office." As to "EMPing" her project, if it's supposed to mean "electromagnetic pulse," that seems a pretty blunt instrument to use if you just want to bork a student's project. It would likely destroy lots of surrounding electronics and call attention to itself. Further, it wouldn't do something amusing like replace text with eldritch runes; it'd fry her logic board and wipe her hard drive. Instead, I'm guessing EMP is some sort of targeted virus.
In the flashback, Emily has her long hair, so that must be before the trip out to the lake house. Clinton would have to have known about Emily at that time, so I don't know why he is acting surprised now.
Lubricus:
--- Quote from: jheartney on 10 Dec 2014, 22:39 ---In the flashback, Emily has her long hair, so that must be before the trip out to the lake house. Clinton would have to have known about Emily at that time, so I don't know why he is acting surprised now.
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Yeah, there's a bit of handwaving about that in the last few strips - we have seen Emily and Clinton interact a few times earlier, and Clinton KNOWS Marten and Emily work together, so why the surprise? Make little sense.
Zandin:
--- Quote from: jheartney on 10 Dec 2014, 22:39 ---I was wondering what "NRO" could be. (Obviously not "National Review Online.") Given Clinton's involvement with robotics (his hand, and his part in AnthroPC research), it could be "National Robotics Office." As to "EMPing" her project, if it's supposed to mean "electromagnetic pulse," that seems a pretty blunt instrument to use if you just want to bork a student's project. It would likely destroy lots of surrounding electronics and call attention to itself. Further, it wouldn't do something amusing like replace text with eldritch runes; it'd fry her logic board and wipe her hard drive. Instead, I'm guessing EMP is some sort of targeted virus.
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I'm almost positive NRO means National Reconnaissance Office, one of the USA's intelligence divisions. As for the EMP, I think the runes were BEFORE they EMP'ed her. She created a dangerous AI and they fried it in response. Since Clinton knows about it, it obviously was not meant to be secretive. Which begs the question of how Emily created something so dangerous the US government decided it necessary to launch a very public, very messy attack on it?
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