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WCDT strips 3736-3740 (May 6th-10th 2018)
SmilingCat:
--- Quote from: Shjade on 11 May 2018, 19:59 ---
--- Quote from: SmilingCat on 11 May 2018, 18:37 ---Seems like more of a name of a mercenary company, maybe something organized from one of the various multi-state alliances to pop up during battletech's history.
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(click to show/hide)I wouldn't know about that, I haven't played Battletech games before. That said: I figure the company name is external, the mech names are internal. So I'd want a properly respectable and/or intimidating company name, but within the unit? Sure, mess around and have whimsical/weird names for each other to keep morale light.
(Current mech lineup, for funsies: King Crab "For Massive Damage," Highlander "Tactical Friendship," Stalker "Audible Whisper," Battlemaster "Aurorarray," and Dragon "Fools Rush In.")
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Fair enough.
ImVeryAngryItsNotButter:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 11 May 2018, 21:01 ---Bubbles is a walking talking LTR. Long term as in she is going to outlive Faye. Can she commit to the level of grief she will endure sixty years from now?
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Alternatively, Bubbles could take the Bicentennial Man route and mod in some mortality.
awgiedawgie:
--- Quote from: ImVeryAngryItsNotButter on 11 May 2018, 21:56 ---
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 11 May 2018, 21:01 ---Bubbles is a walking talking LTR. Long term as in she is going to outlive Faye. Can she commit to the level of grief she will endure sixty years from now?
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Alternatively, Bubbles could take the Bicentennial Man route and mod in some mortality.
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It's possible that mortality is already built in. I am reminded of an anime that features a retired battle android who whiles away as a civilian her last remaining days before she shuts down.
BenRG:
FWIW, I've always liked the form of AI mortality in the Halo universe: As the AI algorithm learns, it becomes progressively larger and more complicated until it becomes too bulky to process and begins to break down (a process not dissimilar to senility in humans). It doesn't feel like imposed 'retirement' or anything else forced; it's a part of their fundamental nature - true mortality rather than electronic euthanasia.
On unrelated note, from my recent reading of the bound volumes and the subsequent strips I can't help but notice that Jeph's art style from about strip 1500 to about strip 3000 was my favourite. I think it's become too cartoony for my tastes now.
TheEvilDog:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 12 May 2018, 00:00 ---FWIW, I've always liked the form of AI mortality in the Halo universe: As the AI algorithm learns, it becomes progressively larger and more complicated until it becomes too bulky to process and begins to break down (a process not dissimilar to senility in humans). It doesn't feel like imposed 'retirement' or anything else forced; it's a part of their fundamental nature - true mortality rather than electronic euthanasia.
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But you do realise that in that example, rampancy is incredibly dangerous, due to the affected AI developing delusions of god-like grandeur.
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