Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT 3361-3365 - 28 November - 2 December 2016
Mr_Rose:
--- Quote from: Storel on 30 Nov 2016, 01:42 ---
--- Quote from: Mr_Rose on 30 Nov 2016, 00:26 ---
--- Quote from: BenRG on 29 Nov 2016, 23:30 ---
--- Quote from: Mad Cat on 29 Nov 2016, 18:09 ---That's one of the goofiest grips on a handgun I've ever seen.
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Yeah, it's wrong. Shouldn't her right thumb be on the other side of the gun's body?
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No? Why would you want your thumb in the way of the slide where it will get broken the first time you pull the trigger?
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What slide? According to Jeph's note on Tuesday's strip, this is an "electromagnetic pulse pistol". Fairly sure those don't eject any cartridges, therefore no slide.
--- Quote from: Mr_Rose on 30 Nov 2016, 00:26 ---As for the rest of it, that looks like a fair representation of the Weaver Stance they teach to cops to minimise recoil recovery time and stabilise aim. Unlike the goofy over-under version you see in film and TV.
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Why would you need to worry about recoil from an EMP gun? No solid projectiles, no recoil.
Which pretty much supports the theory that Officer Roko is not terribly competent.
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In both cases, the answer is because officers are first trained in the "right" way to shoot a firearm until it's basically reflex because it's the more dangerous device, both to themselves and others, and training a second set of reflexes on top of that has generally been considered a waste of resources when the same grip will continue to work well enough.
Equally, coming up with another set of training protocols for AI officers would also likely be considered a pointless waste by the traditionally highly conservative police service, right until either the proportion of serving robot officers hits some kind of relatively high threshold or one achieves enough seniority to push the idea themselves.
Basically "if it works, don't fix it" multiplied by bureaucracy.
Storel:
--- Quote from: Storel on 30 Nov 2016, 16:33 ---
--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 30 Nov 2016, 03:56 ---
--- Quote from: Storel on 30 Nov 2016, 01:42 ---According to Jeph's note on Tuesday's strip, this is an "electromagnetic pulse pistol".
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It also said "by NERF". I wouldn't take those notes as canon, just amusing.
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I just took that to mean he designed its appearance after some variety of NERF gun, since there are a lot of those and it does look rather toylike.
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Hmm, my Google image search for nerf guns shows an awful lot of toys that actually look larger and more elaborate than what Officer Roko's got there. Either Jeph's model was a much older NERF gun, perhaps left over from his childhood, or my theory has been... shot down. :claireface:
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--- Quote from: Mr_Rose on 30 Nov 2016, 16:46 ---In both cases, the answer is because officers are first trained in the "right" way to shoot a firearm until it's basically reflex because it's the more dangerous device, both to themselves and others, and training a second set of reflexes on top of that has generally been considered a waste of resources when the same grip will continue to work well enough.
Equally, coming up with another set of training protocols for AI officers would also likely be considered a pointless waste by the traditionally highly conservative police service, right until either the proportion of serving robot officers hits some kind of relatively high threshold or one achieves enough seniority to push the idea themselves.
Basically "if it works, don't fix it" multiplied by bureaucracy.
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Aha, excellent points. Thank you! 8-)
Gyrre:
--- Quote from: Zebediah on 29 Nov 2016, 09:49 ---So if Roko is actually Roko's Basilisk, is she going after Corpse Witch for failing to help her come into existence?
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Alt link if the above doesn't work.
It sounds like someone using mathematical theorem type logic for philosophy.
(Watch the tail end of How to count past infinity)
Morituri:
Officer Roko is inept. She has screwed up in ways that could easily have cost lives (mostly her own), mostly by failing to consider tactics, exit strategies, cover, and backup. Rushing in past CW as she has here, for example, sets up CW to shoot her in the back of the head if so inclined and armed. It's the sort of move that works if and only if you have a partner covering things from the door. But if she has a partner, the partner is staying home here.
I still have a soft spot for Roko, because she's got courage (even if it's stupid courage) and she's clearly one of those who isn't on the take.
These 'open secret' kind of establishments - brothels, illegal fight rings, etc, where the customers have to know where to find it and therefore the cops know too but they never seem to get shut down - IMO can only exist because the operators have identified the right person to bribe or blackmail and the right thing to bribe or blackmail them with. This could be the police chief who can deploy officers elsewhere, or a judge who can refuse to issue warrants, or a DA who can decline to prosecute, or a judge who can refuse to convict, or even the actual could-have-been arresting officers (although that last is rare because it's so unreliable).
Roko's repeated failure to call for backup means, to me, that the police are actively being directed elsewhere. She's on her own here. I mean, it could also be explained by unbelievable stupidity, but if she were that stupid she'd have trouble getting dressed in the morning. She's the only one here because she's the only one who isn't giving up on the 'untouchable' establishment someone dirty is taking bribes to protect.
She might be glory-hounding, she might be inept, she might be inexperienced, but she might just be one of the only honest police officers the town has got.
Kugai:
She'll probably make Commissioner
(Yes, that was a Dark Knight reference)
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