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WCDT Strips 3391-3395 (9th to 13th January 2017)
Gyrre:
--- Quote from: tender on 11 Jan 2017, 10:35 ---
I'd actually say sometime around Marten + Claire = end of "regular" QC. I would have liked the strip to end at #2882 (sad ending), but would have been fine with #2890 (happy ending). Oh well. So it goes.
/tangent
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So would that make everything that's happened since a spinoff? Like what Skin Horse is to Narbonic, but with more characters from the previous comic being present.
EDIT: forgot to specify segment in quote
brasca:
--- Quote from: zmeiat_joro on 11 Jan 2017, 17:04 ---You do know that Desire is based on Annie Lennox and David Bowie?
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I'm referring to Envy from Fullmetal Alchemist. I didn't think his character was influenced by Desire even though the names are similar.
jwhouk:
I'm still saying Ms. Lennox is the voice character for our silver-faced friend.
Is it cold in here?:
"Do let us know if you start to go insane".
There I was, all primed to read that line as being a setup, and Emily said
"How will I know"
and the rest of that sentence just spoiled my fun.
Perfectly Reasonable:
First off, I'm with tupsharru and islan. I know not of this Desire of Expanse. And if Jeph is relying on 'ooh, -everybody- knows that' to carry his storyline, then he's not the storyteller I think he is.
In our world, the way to figure out a possibly compromised computer is to make a copy of its hard drive and mess with that. Here, that is not an option. Let's back up a few parasangs. We know, via Bubbles, that making backup copies of an AI is possible. But when you start the copy running, you have (I believe) created a new AI with all the ethical baggage that implies. (Such an AI will quickly become a distinct individual as soon as it starts accumulating its own life experiences.) And testing it, possibly destroying it, is the same as murder. So you -must- work directly with the AI involved. And Station fears his investigating might harm Bubbles, by setting off a logic bomb or some similar trap. So how is having Emily do the job any different? When GreyCreep says 'this is as much for our personal satisfaction', it's the first time I can believe what she's saying. GreyCreep assumes that Emily will go along with this, which I find interesting. It looks like GC & Co have been keeping tabs on Emily and are confident that she will be able to achieve something useful, or at least entertaining.
Bubbles, having made an existential leap of faith, clearly knows stuff about GreyCreep & Co that we don't.
I look forward to seeing where this goes.
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