Topic: WCDT 2912 to 2916 (9-13 March 2015) (Read 118949 times)

ASB84 · « **Reply #400 on:** 12 Mar 2015, 04:19 »

Kind of a bittersweet strip. I think it's pretty true to life too, given the circumstances: awkward, not exactly cordial, but civil. It's the first step towards a longer conversation that will hopefully be had when the dust settles.

I agree with the earlier suggestion that this is probably the first time that Dora has had to fire anybody, or at least, somebody that she's become friends with. She knows she made an appropriate call and the right call, but that didn't make it any easier and it wasn't something she enjoyed.

jwhouk · « **Reply #401 on:** 12 Mar 2015, 04:21 »

Quote from: Natswash on 11 Mar 2015, 21:17

Quote from: valkygrrl on 11 Mar 2015, 20:33
Maybe tywren is a multiverse traveler. tywren did you bring any new Nirvana albums across the gap?
Of all the music they could bring, you want to know about Nirvana?

Yeah, really. I mean, what about that Beatles Reunion Album from 1995?

Zebediah · « **Reply #402 on:** 12 Mar 2015, 04:38 »

Quote from: valkygrrl on 11 Mar 2015, 20:33

Maybe tywren is a multiverse traveler. tywren did you bring any new Nirvana albums across the gap?

Screw that. Can you get a boxed Blu-ray set of The Complete Firefly, seasons 1-8? I've only seen through the end of season 5, and that was a shitty bootleg.

Akima · « **Reply #403 on:** 12 Mar 2015, 04:50 »

Quote from: ASB84 on 12 Mar 2015, 04:19

Kind of a bittersweet strip. I think it's pretty true to life too, given the circumstances: awkward, not exactly cordial, but civil. It's the first step towards a longer conversation that will hopefully be had when the dust settles.

Yeah... You can never go home again.

~~valkygrrl~~ · « **Reply #404 on:** 12 Mar 2015, 05:16 »

Quote from: Natswash on 11 Mar 2015, 21:17

Quote from: valkygrrl on 11 Mar 2015, 20:33

Maybe tywren is a multiverse traveler. tywren did you bring any new Nirvana albums across the gap?

Of all the music they could bring, you want to know about Nirvana?

Two traumas from my formative years that I never got over, the death of Kurt Cobain and the death of Aerith

Also, not one 'may the .horse be with you' joke yet? You people are slipping.

NilsO · « **Reply #405 on:** 12 Mar 2015, 05:32 »

Quote from: valkygrrl on 12 Mar 2015, 05:16

Also, not one 'may the .horse be with you' joke yet? You people are slipping.

That is the stuff of night mares

~~valkygrrl~~ · « **Reply #406 on:** 12 Mar 2015, 05:37 »

Quote from: Khazgar on 12 Mar 2015, 01:56

And on another note - am I the only one who misses Claire?

Probably, it has been less than a day in comic time since we've seen her. I'd have to double check April's timeline but I'm pretty sure we've seen her every day in comic time since Marten had his ONS with D.

ReindeerFlotilla · « **Reply #407 on:** 12 Mar 2015, 05:50 »

Claire appeared in just over 1/3 of the 40 strips before her last appearance. It's been 15 since she last showed up, and 4 since the beginning of the day.

NilsO · « **Reply #408 on:** 12 Mar 2015, 06:13 »

The .horse TLD actually exists. You can buy a .horse domain for the nice price of $24.99/year:
http://www.join.horse/
Personally, I prefer the .cat TLD:
https://directa.cat/

tomveil · « **Reply #409 on:** 12 Mar 2015, 06:14 »

Hello! I've been reading QC for a couple years, and occasionally lurking on the forum for almost as long. I finally created an account today, just to say
.horse
That is all.

NilsO · « **Reply #410 on:** 12 Mar 2015, 06:30 »

@tomveil: Welcome! Even the most unlikely reasons bring out some lurkers

hakko504 · « **Reply #411 on:** 12 Mar 2015, 06:38 »

And of course Henry the Horse dances the waltz.

Just trotting by to say that I hope we get a comic relief filler tomorrow, this week has been a bit too gloomy for me.

NilsO · « **Reply #412 on:** 12 Mar 2015, 07:06 »

Question: The http://www.questionablecontent.horse prank, was this done by Jeph himself? Or did any of you pranksters just grab that domain name?

If it was Jeph, is he planning to move the website to the .horse TLD? If so, he shall be in the company of another talented illustrator: http://cuddle.horse/

bhtooefr · « **Reply #413 on:** 12 Mar 2015, 07:07 »

I believe he did, and he's also responsible for walmart.horse, which Walmart has sent him a C&D for.

NilsO · « **Reply #414 on:** 12 Mar 2015, 07:27 »

Quote from: bhtooefr on 12 Mar 2015, 07:07

I believe he did, and he's also responsible for walmart.horse, which Walmart has sent him a C&D for.

Note to big evil corporations: Grab all possible TLDs while you can. It may cost you a few thousand dollars per year, but it is worth it.

On a different topic: The .horse T-shirt looks really nice on Faye, much better than the angry T-shirt that always seems to get her into trouble.

pwhodges · « **Reply #415 on:** 12 Mar 2015, 07:51 »

Alternate corporate plan - stop being so anal about your name. It's only a word.

Nah, won't happen!

Rghfrgl · « **Reply #416 on:** 12 Mar 2015, 08:02 »

Quote

And on another note - am I the only one who misses Claire?

I do, but I know we need something for her storywise and if we don't have it planned out yet it's best to wait.

Unless she's interacting with the rest of the cast, which is fine.

Wagimawr · « **Reply #417 on:** 12 Mar 2015, 08:03 »

Quote from: NilsO on 12 Mar 2015, 05:32

Quote from: valkygrrl on 12 Mar 2015, 05:16
Also, not one 'may the .horse be with you' joke yet? You people are slipping.
That is the stuff of night mares

well it gave me a damn heart attack when I went there so uh kinda?

BenRG · « **Reply #418 on:** 12 Mar 2015, 08:20 »

So, micro-poll for tomorrow. Will we have:

Continuation of Dora Arc - Some sort of emotional fall-out from this week?
Comedic one-off - Pintsize? Hanners and Mar-bear? You make the call!
Step sidways - An indirect conclusion to this week's strips such as Claire calming down Marten or Faye talking to Marten about her current ambivalence towards Dora?
Other - Specify in comment

For the record, I vote '1', with Faye ending up in the uncomfortable position of dealing with Dora, who has suddenly broken down during the process of removing her metalworking gear.

shrike1978 · « **Reply #419 on:** 12 Mar 2015, 08:31 »

Quote from: NilsO on 12 Mar 2015, 07:06

Question: The http://www.questionablecontent.horse prank, was this done by Jeph himself? Or did any of you pranksters just grab that domain name?

It was definitely Jeph. Notice where it takes you. It's a redirect to a page on the main QC website.

jwhouk · « **Reply #420 on:** 12 Mar 2015, 08:33 »

I'll go with 3. I don't think Faye's going to do the "wistful look back" thing, because that would essentially mean CoD is DOA.

NilsO · « **Reply #421 on:** 12 Mar 2015, 08:34 »

Agreed, definitely '1'. Jeph cannot let this hang.

~~valkygrrl~~ · « **Reply #422 on:** 12 Mar 2015, 09:10 »

Quote from: BenRG on 12 Mar 2015, 08:20

So, micro-poll for tomorrow. Will we have:
Continuation of Dora Arc - Some sort of emotional fall-out from this week?
Comedic one-off - Pintsize? Hanners and Mar-bear? You make the call!
Step sidways - An indirect conclusion to this week's strips such as Claire calming down Marten or Faye talking to Marten about her current ambivalence towards Dora?
Other - Specify in comment
For the record, I vote '1', with Faye ending up in the uncomfortable position of dealing with Dora, who has suddenly broken down during the process of removing her metalworking gear.

since it hasn't been an option in months I'm voting 4: Spathe ham

CaptainFish · « **Reply #423 on:** 12 Mar 2015, 09:22 »

I'm hoping for more CoD, but only because I'm hoping that Dora will interrupt Faye's look back with a silent (maybe tearful) hug.

I know it won't happen, but that's what I want, damnit. >:I

Aziraphale · « **Reply #424 on:** 12 Mar 2015, 09:28 »

Quote from: BenRG on 12 Mar 2015, 02:12

Quote from: Khazgar on 12 Mar 2015, 01:56
I've been wondering for a long while when (or if) Jeph is going to change the tone of the comic from "a bunch of guys in their early twenties hanging out" to "a bunch of guys in their mid-late twenties trying to find out what to do with their lives". I think that he himself has moved on from the first stage and has done very well for himself (congrats Jeph!)

If there is an autobiographical aspect to QC (and I believe that there is, at the very least on the subconscious level), then we can expect Marten and others to focus more and more on a settled life and careers and maybe even follow some long-held plans.

Even if it weren't autobiographical, I'd still expect to see some kind of change. I'd assume it's hard enough to write the same characters day in and day out for ten years. Harder still if those characters remain frozen in time once you've outgrown them.

Gladstone · « **Reply #425 on:** 12 Mar 2015, 09:56 »

It's possible that Friday's strip will be an out-of-order Pratchett tribute. Dora liked him, as Khazgar mentioned on the RIP thread, and Jeph likes to do the occasional tribute comic. If not, we'll certainly get some kind of background reference, I'm sure. COD's final blackboard special?

Oenone · « **Reply #426 on:** 12 Mar 2015, 10:26 »

I feel like Faye must want to have a moment with Dora, since she could've asked Hannelore or Marten or both to get her stuff.

ReindeerFlotilla · « **Reply #427 on:** 12 Mar 2015, 10:34 »

I doubt Hanners or Marten should be handling welding gear unsupervised.

chaospersonified · « **Reply #428 on:** 12 Mar 2015, 10:48 »

Quote from: ReindeerFlotilla on 12 Mar 2015, 10:34

I doubt Hanners or Marten should be handling welding gear unsupervised.

Not while it's in operation, no, but it wouldn't be during transport.

No, Faye has emotions, and good memories about CoD. She even admitted, she wants to get one last look around. There might not be a whole strip devoted to that aspect of this, but it's something that's going to happen.

Rghfrgl · « **Reply #429 on:** 12 Mar 2015, 11:28 »

Quote from: ReindeerFlotilla on 12 Mar 2015, 10:34

I doubt Hanners or Marten should be handling welding gear unsupervised.

Who knows what Hanners would build!

ReindeerFlotilla · « **Reply #430 on:** 12 Mar 2015, 11:29 »

I'm not sure what kind of equipment Faye uses. Could be gas (volatiles) or electric (voltage). While it's just kind of assumed by people that those things are safe when not operating (and they are in most applications most people encounter) they aren't safe, on or off.

Faye should know the state of her gear, and whether it needs additional steps to safe it for transport. She knows how to move it without damaging it, and what to watch out for. Whether Hanners or Marten would be in danger trying to move, or be a danger to it, isn't an issue if she gets it herself.

She has no income, so it's not like she's got a well of resources to pay for breakage, and if it is a gas set up she could be liable for endangerment if something happened.

Omega Entity · « **Reply #431 on:** 12 Mar 2015, 11:52 »

If I recall the welding sequences properly, it looked like a MIG or TIG setup (electrical, with a box) versus something like an oxy/acetylene setup (metal cannisters). The former would certainly be a lot easier to move around than the latter.

osaka · « **Reply #432 on:** 12 Mar 2015, 12:01 »

Quote from: BenRG on 12 Mar 2015, 02:41

Quote from: osaka on 12 Mar 2015, 02:14
I thought the whole point was to get Claire to desecrate the holy stacks with Marten. RAWR.

That incident will not be shown in the strip. All we'll get is clues, like Tai complaining that the CCTV footage for several hours one night had been erased. Momo keeps on saying that she "can't discuss it" and changing the topic. Before she leaves that day, she pockets something Marten gives her and says: "A pleasure doing business with you!" Meanwhile, Claire keeps on blushing and fidgeting as if she's getting a strong associative memory whilst stacking shelves.

Of course I didn't mean that it'd be shown. Just that it'd happen.

And to ~~the dude who said he only came here to say .horse~~ tomveil: Welcome aboard! After all, I joined to discuss the musical preferences of a sentient dildo.

ReindeerFlotilla · « **Reply #433 on:** 12 Mar 2015, 12:37 »

Faye's Equipment Faye implies flames.

I know it appears elsewhere, but I don't feel like looking anymore.

Omega Entity · « **Reply #434 on:** 12 Mar 2015, 12:41 »

Then it's very possible she has more than one setup. The first one you linked quite clearly has an electrical-based welding machine (good for materials with a higher threshold for heat), and she has some other gas setup in the second. The first one also clearly has no flame, but more of a spark appearance.

Welu · « **Reply #435 on:** 12 Mar 2015, 12:43 »

2173 is interesting in hindsight.

BenRG · « **Reply #436 on:** 12 Mar 2015, 12:47 »

Just a thought - Maybe Jeph has no background in metalwork and just draws what he regards as 'generic welding gear. I could be wrong and he might have carefully researched but I thought that I should include the option.

ReindeerFlotilla · « **Reply #437 on:** 12 Mar 2015, 12:59 »

Jeph draws detailed auto interiors (in terms of his style) such that I was able to ID cars to within 2 model years, and April was able to identify Tai's car from what little of the interior was shown.

He renders Northampton accurately enough that natives recognize the streets.

MIG and TIG welding use inert gas to shield the working area from reducing atmosphere, so says the internet. Jeph's rendering of the welder is accurate to that set up. So, from the comic, we can surmise that Faye has what is likely a TIG welder, and a blow torch (which makes sense for metal artist). Which means she probably has sources of pressurized inert (argon) and volatile gasses, and various metal working tools.

Omega Entity · « **Reply #438 on:** 12 Mar 2015, 13:01 »

Actually, I think the fact that he drew two kinds of specific welding gear illustrates that he did do his homework. Having both sets of equipment would make sense from an artistic stance, simply due to different welders working better with different materials.

EDIT: RF summed it up nicely. I'd forgotten about Argon versus oxy/acetylene. And then there's welding in the tiny sense (soldering) which might use acetylene, propane, or butane in the torches.

ReindeerFlotilla · « **Reply #439 on:** 12 Mar 2015, 13:09 »

Further reading confirms TIG as a MIG welder would be feeding wire from the gun, rather than a hand held filament for the bead line. So it's definitely an argon tank.

And now I know more about welding than I will ever need.

Ever.

Omega Entity · « **Reply #440 on:** 12 Mar 2015, 13:12 »

I know more about the stuff I've used, but even that isn't as much as I'd like to. I've done oxy/acetylene back in the day in college, but more recently I've been doing soldering with a butane torch and copper or silver. I'm also not very good at it

bhtooefr · « **Reply #441 on:** 12 Mar 2015, 13:33 »

Soldering isn't welding - soldering is melting a low-temperature melt alloy to stick two pieces of metal together. Welding is melting two similar metals (and sometimes a rod of the same type of metal) together.

Omega Entity · « **Reply #442 on:** 12 Mar 2015, 13:36 »

The way I do it it's a weld, which isn't the way it's supposed to go, lol. I did say I suck at it.

bhtooefr · « **Reply #443 on:** 12 Mar 2015, 13:52 »

There's not enough heat to actually get a weld! Copper's melting point is 1085 C, and I run my soldering iron at 350 C usually. I think the highest it can even go is 500 C!

Omega Entity · « **Reply #444 on:** 12 Mar 2015, 13:54 »

I work with wire, not large pieces of either copper or silver. If I can make copper headpins with it (melting the end to form a ball on the end of a length of wire) I assume I can get it hot enough to weld two pieces of the same wire.

Of course, it's possible that my wire isn't pure copper, and is really an alloy. It's hard to tell sometimes.

bhtooefr · « **Reply #445 on:** 12 Mar 2015, 14:23 »

What are you using to solder the wire anyway? (When I'm soldering, I'm working with wires, printed circuit boards, and integrated circuit (or IC socket) pins, FWIW.)

tywren · « **Reply #446 on:** 12 Mar 2015, 14:28 »

Maybe tywren is a multiverse traveler. tywren did you bring any new Nirvana albums across the gap?
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No you lucked out there; in my reality tangent Kurt Cobain ODed while recording In Utero.

Omega Entity · « **Reply #447 on:** 12 Mar 2015, 14:47 »

Quote from: bhtooefr on 12 Mar 2015, 14:23

What are you using to solder the wire anyway? (When I'm soldering, I'm working with wires, printed circuit boards, and integrated circuit (or IC socket) pins, FWIW.)

A little butane mini-torch. I haven't quite gotten the fine art of getting the solder to flow yet.

bhtooefr · « **Reply #448 on:** 12 Mar 2015, 15:32 »

Ahh. Yeah, that can get hot enough to melt copper or aluminum.

Flux is your friend, as it helps solder flow. And, I use one of these, much safer to the work because the temps aren't that high and are controlled: http://www.amazon.com/Aoyue-937-Digital-Soldering-Station/dp/B000I30QBW

If you're adding flux, add it first, then heat up the joint, then apply solder to the heated joint (while, at least with an electric iron, still applying heat). Should melt and start flowing pretty quickly.

Omega Entity · « **Reply #449 on:** 12 Mar 2015, 15:40 »

When I have more cash, I'll definitely look into that!

I have the flux and solder (at least for the sterling - the solder I have for the copper supposedly doesn't require it). I think part of my problem is that I simply haven't gotten the hang of the process yet. I need to practice more. My sister-in-law has actually invited me to go down to Taxco, Mexico and stay for a month to take some formal courses from the artisans there so I can learn better techniques. I'd love to go, but I don't think I can afford it

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