(https://si0.twimg.com/profile_images/3398653393/379e86f159d0097d07035e34043bab58_bigger.png) Oh my gosh I think my back is well enough for me to play guitar :o
tonight is gonna be a busy night for my block button
one of those "what the fuck do I draw" nights
I’ve played since I was 15, so 17 years now (oh god I’m old).
... while the other half kicked that flinching habit a decade or more ago?
Claire seems embarrassed.Well, she does definitely look sad to me.
And... disappointed? that Marten doesn't remember. maybe?
(Hoping it's the former. Expecting Jeph to troll us, and give us four more days of Pintsize and the guitar.)
I don't know what's more disturbing. The fact that Clinton's hand has a murder mode, or that it slips into it so often, Clinton has developed a stock method to solve the problem.
Working now.
Murders should be committed in the produce aisle, if the peaches are ripe.
Working now.
Murders should be committed in the produce aisle, if the peaches are ripe.
Just don't call mom.
Working now.
Murders should be committed in the produce aisle, if the peaches are ripe.
Just don't call mom.
aaah. Obscure cultural references to the early strips of a ex-indie hipster cartoon full of obscure cultural references.
Have we gone full circle?
Do all cyber-hands come with a murder-mode?
This seems a little off by Claire's standards, I kind of expected to make a smart-ass comment since that's what she did when Clinton's hand come up. Sisterly ribbing and such.They're alone here; she's actually looking for advice, or at least a sounding board, not making sure Clinton knows his place…
Well, in the hand's defense, it does have other modes (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2305). :roll:Do all cyber-hands come with a murder-mode?
Which begs the question, who thought it would be a good idea to even add murder-mode to a cybernetic hand?
THAT'S JUST ASKING FOR TROUBLE, PEOPLE!
She also seems to be missing the strand of hair that always frames her face.
Well, in the hand's defense, it does have other modes (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2305). :roll:
Go to the right deli and they might let you have a turkey neck.Somehow I'm reminded of this scene....
Robotic hand, turkey neck, and nuclear weapons?Go to the right deli and they might let you have a turkey neck.Somehow I'm reminded of this scene....
At some point presumably someone is going to let things slip such that a third party knows about both sides, and then has angst over whether to mention it to either or both of them.
Somehow I'm reminded of this scene....
Seeing how protective Clinton is, I don't think he will talk to anyone about this ever.
At some point presumably someone is going to let things slip such that a third party knows about both sides, and then has angst over whether to mention it to either or both of them.Seeing how protective Clinton is, I don't think he will talk to anyone about this ever.
So, Lazarus Long now has another Cat on Tellus Tertius.
Do all cyber-hands come with a murder-mode? Clinton doesn't seem the assassin type, so... it's a standard feature?
I almost wonder if this is setting up a conversation between Clinton and Claire, about any potential feelings that Claire has for Marten.
We already know that Clinton dislikes Marten, despite him being perfectly nice to Claire.
Much comedy could result from Clinton trying to talk Claire out of it. (Even if she's not actually into him at all.)
Do all cyber-hands come with a murder-mode? Clinton doesn't seem the assassin type, so... it's a standard feature?
There have already been an alarming number of cases of military robotic equipment showing up in the civilian market. Maybe this is just another one.
(Yes, I know there's only been one case. One is an alarming number when the case is Pintsize.)
Annnnnnnnd we're back to the drama! It's like jumping from the sauna of comedy into the icy lake of "feelings n' stuff"
"feels"Ugh. I can't explain it, but that usage just bugs the shit out of me.
Eh...I don't know what you mean. When did Dell buy Cray?Apparently they just partnered up for something and Dell sold some Cray hardware through their site. I guess I just assumed it was an acquisition, especially since Dell bought Alienware. Also can someone translate the previous 3 posts for me?
But he's also in hyperprotective mode and views anyone who could hurt Claire with suspicion.Decent brothers tend to be protective anyway, and pissing off one
But he's also in hyperprotective mode and views anyone who could hurt Claire with suspicion.Decent brothers tend to be protective anyway, and pissing off onepossessed byin possession of a murder-hand could be unwise.
Murder-hands should wear tight black leather gloves. As ZoeB points out, it is traditional.
All brothers posses murderhands at the right level of anger, Clinton's just happens to be made of metal.
But he's also in hyperprotective mode and views anyone who could hurt Claire with suspicion.Decent brothers tend to be protective anyway, and pissing off onepossessed byin possession of a murder-hand could be unwise.
Murder-hands should wear tight black leather gloves. As ZoeB points out, it is traditional.
All brothers posses murderhands at the right level of anger, Clinton's just happens to be made of metal.
I would like to believe that somewhere in the application process for cybernetic enhancements, is a check-box for whether the individual has a sister or daughter. And that murder-mode is standard if they check yes.
We're talking about robots in the QC universe. Are you actually surprised? :P
Edit: I should probably clarify before I get accused of speciesism... a lot (most?) of the robots portrayed in QC have been at the very least dangerously mischievous - Pintsize has been portrayed as normal for an AnthroPC.
Remember that early in QC Pintsize's parties were depicted, and all the anthroPCs present were models like him. It was a while before Jeph started widening the concept.I think Storel meant more in terms of personality and attitude than chassis model….
Clinton is Big Brother double plus good.
Heh you'd figure having a robot hand with murder mode would significantly decrease the instances of one's lunch money being stolen.
Their personality wasn't so far off his. They shared the same sense of humour, they shared an interest in embarrassing their owners (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=639), and who's to say they didn't share his delight in wanton destruction?And there were plenty of cases where the other AnthroPCs were just as destructive as Pintsize.
Coco Chanel would have been wrong.Coco Chanel was wrong about a lot of things... (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coco_Chanel#Activity_as_Nazi_agent)
Heh you'd figure having a robot hand with murder mode would significantly decrease the instances of one's lunch money being stolen.
unless the lunch-money-taker had one as well. a bigger robot hand. with spikes.
I really like today's comic (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2426). The colours, and the way the viewpoint changes, are nice.I'm a little saddened though.
Everyone my age knows that the most suitable way to deal with any bully is challenge him to a game, then kill and/or mindrape him when he inevitably loses because you are the King of Games.
I really like today's comic (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2426). The colours, and the way the viewpoint changes, are nice.I'm a little saddened though.
"And then you put yourself in a super-dangerous situation"
"Don't you lecture me about my personal safety. I live with that EVERY DAY."
I guess I was hoping that a post-singularity world, with AI people and orbital habitats would be a little less like this one in that regard. Though AI rights are something new and controversial to some, so it was no surprise. Of the characters, I'm still more like Momo than Claire.
Momo : Marigold's AnthroPC. Quite anime in design, slightly less anime in attitude. Very interested in AI history and civil rights.
Except I'm old enough to be Marigold's mother, and really quite staid. "Square" to use a word even older than I am. Just... maternal?
I guess I was hoping that a post-singularity world, with AI people and orbital habitats would be a little less like this one in that regard. Though AI rights are something new and controversial to some, so it was no surprise.
Of the characters, I'm still more like Momo than Claire.
"Square" to use a word even older than I am. Just... maternal?
Zoe, I have to say that the first thing I thought of when I read QC this morning (even before I read Jeph's newspost) was the stories you've told us here about the terrors trans people have to face. It's been enlightening, in an extremely disturbing way, and you've changed the way I think. So I'm just saying thanks for educating us on this.
That being said, Clinton is way over-reacting in this case. Perhaps understandably - sure, he's just worried about his sister and a guy he doesn't know too well yet - but we all know that Marten is the last guy who would even think about abusing Claire.
She also seems to be missing the strand of hair that always frames her face.yup, definitely gone for good. Shame.
yup, definitely gone for good. Shame.
"And then you put yourself in a super-dangerous situation"
"Don't you lecture me about my personal safety. I live with that EVERY DAY."
Nah, wouldn't think so. She's younger (or at least smaller and flat-chested) and had brown hair.
Unless she used fairy-magic.
She also seems to be missing the strand of hair that always frames her face.yup, definitely gone for good. Shame.
Claire may have figured out that Marten is about as dangerous as a stuffed manatee on codeine.
I really don't see Claire's response as having anything to do with slut shaming. Rather, the physical danger that trans people face on a regular basis. I thankfully haven't had to deal with anything stronger than verbal insults and disgusted looks yet. But the fact remains that even in 'safe' areas, trans people get attacked, even murdered for nothing more than being trans. Knowing that risk is an important part to deciding to transition, in my mind. And especially knowing how to guard yourself against it. It's not something I've ever forgotten and likely never will. And I always take steps to make sure I'm safe (like not getting drunk among strangers).
Presumably if Claire was to start seeing somebody seriously, the danger would be that Clinton would slip into full-blown Victorian patriarch mode and storm off to confront the person, to demand to know if their "intentions were honourable."Not that Marten hasn't done that himself.
Everyone my age knows that the most suitable way to deal with any bully is challenge him to a game, then kill and/or mindrape him when he inevitably loses because you are the King of Games.
Did I just detect a Yu-gi-oh reference?
My take on Clinton's attitude is that he's fine with having a sister, it's just he's not managed to adjust to being the brother of a sister.
Women are constantly told (often by men) to avoid "dangerous" situations, such as parties, or cities, or subways, or really anywhere you might go outside of your home. If something happens to a woman who happens to be in one of these situations people often act as though she deserves part of the blame for what happened to her because she willingly went to a party and decided to drink. No victim should be blamed for the heinous actions of their attackers, no matter where they were, what they were wearing, or how they were presenting.
Claire may have figured out that Marten is about as dangerous as a stuffed manatee on codeine.
I think you're giving Marten a little too much credit... not that he doesn't try to put his noodle spine up once in awhile as a very wimpy Prince Valiant.
Marten is the most harmless boy I've ever met.
I cannot imagine Marten hurting a friend.Although, Marten has tried to, while drunk, take advantage of sober women. Well, at least one woman (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1818). (FAYE used PUNCH! It's super effective!)Quote from: Dora in strip 453Marten is the most harmless boy I've ever met.
We have extensive proof that Marten doesn't take advantage of drunk women. Claire doesn't know that history but it's intriguing that she accurately sized up Marten.
I interpret her response to be bristling at him presuming to tell HER what kind of danger she lives with, as if he knows the risks of being her better than she does. I can't blame her for that response, I would have had a similar one. Probably with an expletive thrown in, cos... well, I do that a lot.That's pretty much how I read it too.
I cannot imagine Marten hurting a friend.Although, Marten has tried to, while drunk, take advantage of sober women. Well, at least one woman (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1818). (FAYE used PUNCH! It's super effective!)Quote from: Dora in strip 453Marten is the most harmless boy I've ever met.
We have extensive proof that Marten doesn't take advantage of drunk women. Claire doesn't know that history but it's intriguing that she accurately sized up Marten.
She also seems to be missing the strand of hair that always frames her face.yup, definitely gone for good. Shame.
It could be just playing with the artstyle rather than a actual haircut so it could pop up again.
I like the new look though. Looks a bit messier, but in a cute way, and it frames her face nicely.
Claire may have figured out that Marten is about as dangerous as a stuffed manatee on codeine.
I think you're giving Marten a little too much credit... not that he doesn't try to put his noodle spine up once in awhile as a very wimpy Prince Valiant.
I cannot imagine Marten hurting a friend.
Women are constantly told (often by men) to avoid "dangerous" situations, such as parties, or cities, or subways, or really anywhere you might go outside of your home. If something happens to a woman who happens to be in one of these situations people often act as though she deserves part of the blame for what happened to her because she willingly went to a party and decided to drink.Very true, and there is a tricky fine line between the impulse that decent men feel to protect women, and patriarchal systems using fear to control women, and restrict them to smaller lives than men's. There are many risk factors that all women have to consider, including trans-women.
That being said, Clinton is way over-reacting in this case. Perhaps understandably - sure, he's just worried about his sister and a guy he doesn't know too well yet - but we all know that Marten is the last guy who would even think about abusing Claire.Yes, obviously.
Presumably if Claire was to start seeing somebody seriously, the danger would be that Clinton would slip into full-blown Victorian patriarch mode and storm off to confront the person, to demand to know if their "intentions were honourable."I think that's guaranteed!
Presumably if Claire was to start seeing somebody seriously, the danger would be that Clinton would slip into full-blown Victorian patriarch mode and storm off to confront the person, to demand to know if their "intentions were honourable."I think that's guaranteed!
But you know what? I pity any predatory female who latches onto Clinton and mistreats him... Claire would rip her to shreds. I can see her having a serious talk with any G/F of his, just to make sure she won't break his heart un-necessarily. Clinton's life can't have been easy, think about it, he had a hand blown off as a child in a fireworks accident. His social skills need honing.
Even though Claire is (now) his sister, i think she'll always have that "big brother" mentality about Clinton :P
A day with no strip at all is better than a strip with Clinton in it for me.But Jeph can write whatever he wants :-) Even if that's not your cup of tea.
and then on top of that he has the gall to criticize her when she's probably doing better in life than he is.
He's a nasty little creeper who just automatically thinks the worst of anyone who isn't his sister,After what their father did to them (http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2371), i bet his hope in humanity was almost lost; and he doesn't wanna see Claire suffering like (i guess) her mother have to.
We don't know that much about his life (just maybe that he have a job as an AI "consultor", or make interviews, surveys, etc).
And that he has ideally hydrodynamic taste in swimwear. (http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2299) :emotrex::emotrex:
Does Clinton really worry about bus drivers, or was that just a way of teasing his sister?
I've never had a sister but I gather you're supposed to tease them
Yup. One of my sisters (two years younger) gets protective of me as often as I do of her ...
I've never had a sister but I gather you're supposed to tease them.No, they're supposed to tease you. Boys are eminently suitable for teasing. Brothers doubly so.
I think familial protection goes on, regardless of age, relative age, gender, actual relation, and real necessity. :-D+1 Insightful
We know Marten - Clinton doesn't.
Even though Claire is (now) his sister
English is hard enough; you start messing with pronouns and it gets all
Using the right ones is not "Messing with them", though.
Yes... but on the other hand, English *is* hard enough. We have things like....Your English may have that, but not my English. Which is yet another hardship.
AIR- 100 square meters (1/100th of a hectare) [although may also be pronounced AHR]
Ares AIRS- 100 square meter units [plural]
I really can't stand Clinton. These attempts to give him a more laudable side to his character aren't working on me at all. A day with no strip at all is better than a strip with Clinton in it for me. He's a nasty little creeper who just automatically thinks the worst of anyone who isn't his sister, and then on top of that he has the gall to criticize her when she's probably doing better in life than he is. His sole redeeming quality is that he thinks he's looking out for her best interests, but in the most obnoxious way possible.Pretty sure he didn't think the worst of Hannelore. Or Faye. Or anyone else he's met, at least not to their face.
Everyone my age knows that the most suitable way to deal with any bully is challenge him to a game, then kill and/or mindrape him when he inevitably loses because you are the King of Games.But if the bully itself is death, then he becomes a member of your band, and helps as you go on to found a new ideology of peace and rocking out.
*reads*Coco Chanel would have been wrong.Coco Chanel was wrong about a lot of things... (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coco_Chanel#Activity_as_Nazi_agent)
Yes... but on the other hand, English *is* hard enough. We have things like....
Texts from even a few generations ago could become more or less indecipherable, rendering the purpose of that information transfer dysfunctional.
Everyone my age knows that the most suitable way to deal with any bully is challenge him to a game, then kill and/or mindrape him when he inevitably loses because you are the King of Games.But if the bully itself is death, then he becomes a member of your band, and helps as you go on to found a new ideology of peace and rocking out.
Contrasting that with Icelandic speakers more or less being able to read the Old Norse texts a millennium later.
Everyone my age knows that the most suitable way to deal with any bully is challenge him to a game, then kill and/or mindrape him when he inevitably loses because you are the King of Games.But if the bully itself is death, then he becomes a member of your band, and helps as you go on to found a new ideology of peace and rocking out.
I am afraid that reference went over my head.
Compared to the changes German has undergone…
Mittelhochdeutsch (Middle High German), the German as it was in use between 1050 and 1350 is hardly comprehensable to a modern German speaker. Old High German is even worse.
Clinton made a bad first impression.
Then he made a bad second impression.
We don't know that much about his life (just maybe that he have a job as an AI "consultor", or make interviews, surveys, etc).
I know it's been mentioned before... but I think it needs emphasising.
Based on a whole heap of objective anatomical and consequent psychological evidence... not just subjective self-assessments...
Claire has always been his sister. She just didn't always look like it. Understand that, really accept it, you understand everything, it all makes sense, and is all so simple.
Try looking at the situation any other way, there will always be puzzlements and "wha....??" moments, things that don't jell.
-confusing things in English-
to the point of the same word being written the same way in completely different languages.
Understood, but when discussing Clinton's experience of the transition, isn't that what it looked like to him?
A potential upside.
I can't speak on behalf of the community and I don't claim to represent it, but the way I see it, what you're saying is just wrong, and I'm not sure you understand. Way too much emphasis is placed on transition, people make a big deal out of what should be completely irrelevant. Claire isn't a "trans person", she's just a person. She may have been born with some male traits, physically, but that doesn't change who she is, or was, at all. She's just Claire, and she's always been Claire. Think of "transition" like, say, surgery for a heart condition - do you think of that person any differently because they had surgery for a heart condition? Presumably it doesn't even cross your mind. In the same way that surgery for a heart condition is a non-factor, "transition" should be a non-factor in your mind.
Understood, but when discussing Clinton's experience of the transition, isn't that what it looked like to him?
What's being speculated upon here is not how Clinton should have thought about Claire, but how he actually thought about her.
Understood, but when discussing Clinton's experience of the transition, isn't that what it looked like to him?
I can't speak on behalf of the community and I don't claim to represent it, but the way I see it, what you're saying is just wrong, and I'm not sure you understand. Way too much emphasis is placed on transition, people make a big deal out of what should be completely irrelevant. Claire isn't a "trans person", she's just a person. She may have been born with some male traits, physically, but that doesn't change who she is, or was, at all. She's just Claire, and she's always been Claire. Think of "transition" like, say, surgery for a heart condition - do you think of that person any differently because they had surgery for a heart condition? Presumably it doesn't even cross your mind. In the same way that surgery for a heart condition is a non-factor, "transition" should be a non-factor in your mind.
"Should be" and "is" are often two different things. What's being speculated upon here is not how Clinton should have thought about Claire, but how he actually thought about her.
Let's talk further, over in the trans issues thread in Discuss.
Whoops, didn't see this. Sorry, I did not intend to derail this thread.
Clinton made a bad first impression.Then (for me) a bad third, a bad fourth, and... how many appearances has he made so far?
Then he made a bad second impression.
I am very sorry that I dared to have a preference. I shall return immediately to praising the great lord Jeph.A day with no strip at all is better than a strip with Clinton in it for me.But Jeph can write whatever he wants :-) Even if that's not your cup of tea.
Actually, HAVE we heard anything about their parents?
Claire isn't a "trans person", she's just a person.
Ugh, Clinton just introduced Emily to the worst thing that ever happened to the Mega Man franchise.
"Hey fellow Capcom employees, we're renowned for making some of the most awesome videogame music ever, so how about in all our future Mega Man games we give Mega Man an ability that the players would be foolish not to use, and also make it give off a constant high-pitched WEE WEE WEE WEE WEE sound to drown out the kickin' midi tunes?"
How is the library warm enough for a woman to be comfortable in a tank top and shorts?A bundle of energy like that would be warm in a snowstorm.
How is the library warm enough for a woman to be comfortable in a tank top and shorts?
Mega Man doesn't really mean anything to me, it's not a game I've ever seen, or has particularly ever come up before, so I'm not quite sure what Emily's surprise is for, unless she's running off to see about acquiring the later titles.Maybe she already has a Mega Man Mega Collection, and could never quite get anywhere with the later ones. Now she is armed with new knowledge, she actually stands more of a chance, maybe...
Hey, haven't we seen that second panel background before? Momo and the squirrel maybe, or Marten and Angus's slapfight?
New Comic!
The fact that he said "Which one?" instead of "No" scares me :psyduck: .
Next strip is Emily slamming into someone on her way home and beginning an arc of character development for her.
I'm thinking Sven. :evil:
Ugh, Clinton just introduced Emily to the worst thing that ever happened to the Mega Man franchise.
"Hey fellow Capcom employees, we're renowned for making some of the most awesome videogame music ever, so how about in all our future Mega Man games we give Mega Man an ability that the players would be foolish not to use, and also make it give off a constant high-pitched WEE WEE WEE WEE WEE sound to drown out the kickin' midi tunes?"
Emily's mind = blown
Next strip is Emily slamming into someone on her way home and beginning an arc of character development for her.She bumps into Sven who is still reading the same book and drops it again. She reads the whole thing that night and changes her major to history the next day.
I'm thinking Sven. :evil:
How is the library warm enough for a woman to be comfortable in a tank top and shorts?Because she's Emily. No further explanation should be needed.
Poll:
So, just what exactly *did* happen to Mieville?
That moth he ate was full of dreamshit so he morphed into a sabre toothed tiger and is currently terrorizing Hubbardston. - 8 (12.7%)
Learned how to travel through time/dimensions and was used as a bridge between Heinlein's later novels and Dr Who - 16 (25.4%)
Scratched the curtains, got turned in to the humane society, and has been readopted by a area family of cartoonists - 6 (9.5%)
Went to VEGAS, BABY! - 20 (31.7%)
Got kidnapped by Station as a way to coerce Hanners to come up to visit more often. - 9 (14.3%)
Other? - 4 (6.3%)
Total Members Voted: 63
How is the library warm enough for a woman to be comfortable in a tank top and shorts?
How is the library warm enough for a woman to be comfortable in a tank top and shorts?
I'd really love to see some development of Emily's character but I'm not sure a relationship would work. I do really miss Sven and although I don't think Emily is right for him that's mostly because Emily doesn't have much depth of character. She's just zany and off-beat and when I compare her to Hannelore or Marigold who have wackier moments she seems so shallow. She behaves as if she's younger than Sam (who is a hundred kinds of awesome) so a relationship arc feels a little creepy.Precisely why she needs Character Developmenttm, and who better to help her than a guy that's gotten much more grounded lately himself!
I'm not giving up on Emily, I'm just hanging in here trying to be patient while Jeph does his thing. And secretly hoping for more Sven :)
Large buildings, be they offices or public or factories, have a tendency to be cold, often around 65-70 degrees F (18-21 C). The possible reasons range from disdain for sweatiness to over-insulated obese people to master temp being controlled by morons (many buildings have only one control for temperature and some dummy thermostats scattered about) to leaky modern construction. It's kind of maddening to me where I work since it hovers on the cusp of jacket/no jacket.How is the library warm enough for a woman to be comfortable in a tank top and shorts?Huh? Are libraries particularly cold in America or something? What? :psyduck:
How is the library warm enough for a woman to be comfortable in a tank top and shorts?
Huh? Are libraries particularly cold in America or something? What? :psyduck:
have a tendency to be cold, often around 65-70 degrees F (18-21 C).
my ears will get cold very easily (especially if I'm cycling).Earsocks need to be a thing. A socially accepted thing.
50-60 is very hot for any serious physical exertion.
My cold tolerance tends to be pretty good, and my heat tolerance pretty poor.^this.
As in, I like to do serious exertion in the 50-60 F range, and I wear a moderately light jacket (one that's thin enough to wear even when it's 70 F out, if it's raining) even when it's below 0 F.
have a tendency to be cold, often around 65-70 degrees F (18-21 C).
You think 18-21 C is cold? That's adorable! That's like summer-temperatures.
Not only is it summer temperatures, it's also too warm for my taste… If it were up to me, I would have +13°C in the summer, and -15°C in the winter. Well. I'm a strange person sometimes. It's because of the heat. It's too warm here. Definitely the heat. :roll:We're not talking about outside temperatures though, we're talking about building temperatures. For humans, 72 F (78 was a typo) is the temperature at which heat created by metabolism and lost due to dissipation are at equilibrium, so 65-70 is cold in relation to that for people sitting in an office trying to do paper and computer work. I'm up and about running a scanner (and I arrive when it's still 55 F outside), and my 65 F office still has me shrugging in and out of a jacket all day.
Also our flat is directly under the roof, so I rarely ever have to use the radiator. I would prefer temperatures of around 17°C indoors, but currently, when I return from school we have 25°C in the whole flat. And summer hasn't even really started yet. Well, and my room's window opens into some kind of a back courtyard, so the air is barely moving in my room when I open all the windows in the flat.
Well, I just looked at the forecast. Today we had 16°C outside, tomorrow we will have 7°C and -3°C and snow at night… Well, at least it won't be so warm anymore! Woo!
Is that 72 (aka 22) figure for a naked body, though? My metabolism is slower than a younger person's - just through age - but I'm comfortable in a T-shirt in the lower 60s (aka 16-17).I'm just remembering what I've read from trivia and QA books. Here's some sourcing when I search on the topic.
Puts up hand...
You had Mieville there twice, so I changed one to Sven's missing cat - and adding Emily seemed obvious on a day that she's in the comic. As no-one had voted, no choices were affected.
Where'd Emily's clipboard go?
If it were up to me, I would have +13°C in the summer, and -15°C in the winter.Erm... water freezes at 0 °C. Humans are mostly water. Wouldn't extended periods in temperatures 0 °C or below be deadly?
Humans have fatty tissue that isolates from the cold and is able to preserve a rather consistent body temperature.If it were up to me, I would have +13°C in the summer, and -15°C in the winter.Erm... water freezes at 0 °C. Humans are mostly water. Wouldn't extended periods in temperatures 0 °C or below be deadly?
ahem. What have these two done between the two last panels? look at the clock…
ahem. What have these two done between the two last panels? look at the clock…
This reminds me of Winslow walking in on Hanners viewing the firemen pictures.
look at the clock…Nearly 10 hours? :psyduck:
ahem. What have these two done between the two last panels? look at the clock…
I guess she just played with her pussy, that's all...
Oh Please, kill me....
Emily: She likes video games!
I know that she came out as a trans but I'm not sure if she means transgendered or transexual?
Momo as a little sister would be freaking awesome... but also kinda awkward given her anime set up. Thankfully she seems more likely to punch me then call me "Onii-chan" or some crap. Come on Momo, big brother is going to teach you to fight the power today!Oh god. :psyduck: momo being trained as the most adorable (and badass) marine ever.
Claire is a confusing little puzzle. Calm down, I'm not hating on her or anything, she is pretty awesome. I know that she came out as a trans but I'm not sure if she means transgendered or transexual?Long answer - please try reading through these threads:
Now that we've split the thread, I'm intrigued as to Faye's taste in, um, visual relationships.
Also, I forgot to mention it, but for a moment Dora looked like Emily to mei thought that too for the first frame xD
ahem. What have these two done between the two last panels? look at the clock…
I guess she just played with her pussy, that's all...
Oh Please, kill me....
Also, I forgot to mention it, but for a moment Dora looked like Emily to mei thought that too for the first frame xD
Claire is a confusing little puzzle. Calm down, I'm not hating on her or anything, she is pretty awesome. I know that she came out as a trans but I'm not sure if she means transgendered or transexual?
Also - haters are not necessarily assholes. Often they're merely tragically misinformed.
Same here, I was very confused when suddenly Mieville was there.Also, I forgot to mention it, but for a moment Dora looked like Emily to mei thought that too for the first frame xD
Wait, is Dora now a "Lipstick Lesbian?" This strip confuses me.
Wait, is Dora now a "Lipstick Lesbian?" This strip confuses me.
She's never been exclusively lesbian...
Reminds me of the whole Erin/Jamie mess in Girls with Slingshots. Dora misses something. Let's just hope Tai is handy with a strapon. We all know Dora does not use a strapon. (That sounded way less awkward in my head...)
just looking at porn
Same here, I was very confused when suddenly Mieville was there.Also, I forgot to mention it, but for a moment Dora looked like Emily to mei thought that too for the first frame xD
Jeph's trolling us, knowing the "average" reader won't notice. Since he reuses backgrounds, it takes more effort to change from 6:02 to 3:51 than, say, 6:02 to 6:12...look at the clock…Nearly 10 hours? :psyduck:
ahem. What have these two done between the two last panels? look at the clock…
I guess she just played with her pussy, that's all...
Oh Please, kill me....
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m15tnnBLAs1qa8tjqo1_1280.jpg)
There are lots of guys who like to watch lesbian porn, so why couldn't a woman enjoy watching gay porn?
Though to be fair, there's probably a difference between the ole' strapon and actually being with a bloke. (Not that I know, I'm not female).Um.. while prudish, prim and proper as I am, even I know that's no barrier.
I would like to point out that one of the most common, and sometimes insulting, myths about bisexual people is that we 'need' both men and women (or others) to be satisfied. That being in a relationship with someone will make us long for or be unfaithful with someone of the other gender than our partner. This is no more likely to happen someone who is hetero or homosexual missing sex with other people. Neither is watching porn being unfaithful.
I've had people tell me that before, that bisexual people cannot be faithful, they'll always cheat with someone of the opposite sex than their partner. And I can say that for myself, that has never happened. Or for most of the people that I've known who are bi. Being bi doesn't mean you require sex from people of all sorts of genders, just that you can be attracted to people of all sorts of genders...
We do have evidence that Dora is hornier than average, and no evidence that she and Tai are doing anything yet that meets her physical needs.
I doubt that Dora's choice of porn means anything. I think it's unlikely that Jeph would write a subplot about Dora "missing men" now that she is in a gay relationship. That scenario isn't impossible, but portraying it would help to perpetuate a common stereotype about it happening to all (or even many) bi women. Jeph would probably try to avoid doing that with his only bi character.
I doubt that Dora's choice of porn means anything. I think it's unlikely that Jeph would write a subplot about Dora "missing men" now that she is in a gay relationship. That scenario isn't impossible, but portraying it would help to perpetuate a common stereotype about it happening to all (or even many) bi women. Jeph would probably try to avoid doing that with his only bi character.
We do have evidence that Dora is hornier than average, and no evidence that she and Tai are doing anything yet that meets her physical needs.
I doubt that Dora's choice of porn means anything. I think it's unlikely that Jeph would write a subplot about Dora "missing men" now that she is in a gay relationship. That scenario isn't impossible, but portraying it would help to perpetuate a common stereotype about it happening to all (or even many) bi women. Jeph would probably try to avoid doing that with his only bi character.
And I get even more confused. Then again, nobody's ever told me why Yaoi has mixed messages with women (Popular in Japan with women, completely niche and taboo in the USA).
For all we know, Tai is asleep on the other half of the bed,
I get the distinct impression that most everyone has already assumed that:
A) this is Dora's laptop
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@Masterpiece: That looks terrible.Well, tastes differ, it'd be a sad place if they didn't. I'm glad we have a choice, I chose this.
Reminds me of the whole Erin/Jamie mess in Girls with Slingshots. Dora misses something.
Well, tastes differ, it'd be a sad place if they didn't. I'm glad we have a choice, I chose this.
Yeah, I still use 7.
I skipped Vista too, after having used it on my fathers' machine for a while. It didn't differ too much UX wise from XP, just looked unnecessarily flashier and was so much slower. It never made any sense to switch to it, and I've been using Win7 after that happily.Well, tastes differ, it'd be a sad place if they didn't. I'm glad we have a choice, I chose this.
Well, that's fine. Didn't even know it was yours, just thought you were mentioning another operating system with it. I wouldn't want to go without regular desktop icons and that stuff.
Also this stationary computer is still on Windows XP, although my laptop is Windows 7. Never been much for jumping into Windows systems and very consciously skipped Vista because some techier friends were saying bad things about its performance at the time. My computers are mediocre enough without that. /shrug
Windows keeps track of your homies now? :psyduck:Nope.
Kind of surprised, really, the fight hasn't already started over whether Dora should or should not be using a MacBook as opposed to a PC laptop. Or even a (gasp) tablet. Now there's a fight to watch. Even more fun to watch than "USS Defiant vs. Millennium Falcon: Who'd win?"
My feelings towards MetroUI and W8Apps are not NEARLY as positive as yours. That said I plan to skip over W8 if at all possible and go straight to Windows Blue (or, as its being called now, Windows 8.1)I skipped Vista too, after having used it on my fathers' machine for a while. It didn't differ too much UX wise from XP, just looked unnecessarily flashier and was so much slower. It never made any sense to switch to it, and I've been using Win7 after that happily.Well, tastes differ, it'd be a sad place if they didn't. I'm glad we have a choice, I chose this.
Well, that's fine. Didn't even know it was yours, just thought you were mentioning another operating system with it. I wouldn't want to go without regular desktop icons and that stuff.
Also this stationary computer is still on Windows XP, although my laptop is Windows 7. Never been much for jumping into Windows systems and very consciously skipped Vista because some techier friends were saying bad things about its performance at the time. My computers are mediocre enough without that. /shrug
I've been using a Lumia 800 and 920 after for two years now, and I've been wanting to make the switch to Win8 ever since I first saw leaked images of it. It's Win 7 with a layer of candy on top (imho), boots in four seconds, sleeps in 1, synchs without effort to both phone and new laptop, and runs Visual Studio, Photoshop and Premiere. I'm happy to use it.
I have high hopes for Windows 9 because odd number Windows (98/XP/7) have been the better ones. Also...why does 7 need candy on it?One review I read somewhere recommended NOT upgrading from 7 to 8 unless you have a tablet, because the reviewer felt the new features of 8 were mainly tablet-oriented.
You know, though... all this discussion about Dora's taste in porn is making me think about how she and Marten split up. We're not looking at history repeating itself, are we?
You left out Win 2000, which was awesome. I used 2K for years and loved it. XP was the next version after 2K, so that's two good versions in a row. Since then, yeah, basically every other version has been good.
Waiting for the next OS after Windows 8 is a fools errand. It's a bridge between the desktop and the future as far as Microsoft is concerned, and the next OS will likely be completely Metro like, with no desktop. I think this is a fundamental error stemming from confusing about the difference between using a computer to consume or to produce and will cripple Windows as a productivity platform, but they didn't ask me.
My only workplace experience with Vista was wiping it so I could put XP on the company laptops.same here. In my uncle's office, there were several Vista 32 machines that I downgraded to XP. Never had to worry about vista in my home life. Several of my relatives had/still have vista machines, so I've had plenty of exposure to it. I Honestly don't mind it, if it runs smooth enough.
...and holy heck the progress bar for moving files is actually informative, realistic, and accurate.
...and holy heck the progress bar for moving files is actually informative, realistic, and accurate.
OMG, isn't that a Sign of the Apocalypse?? :-o
I never thought I would see that in my lifetime.
In an argument about Windows versions, don't expect OS X, Linux, FreeBSD, nor other Unixen to be hot topics.I've got four Linux machines, one OS X machine, and one FreeBSD machine running simultaneously, plus a couple Solaris machines, another couple Linux machines, and another OS X machine in my storage unit.
Unless neck-beard AI makes a cameo. 8-)
/me is mostly a Linux user, but the only thing keeping him from sharing his workplace experience with Vista, is the dread of reliving it all.
And Windows Vista, 7, and 8 respectively are technically 6.0, 6.1, and 6.2. :psyduck:
Before Windows 95, Windows was marketed by version number directly (eg. Windows 3.1).
Perhaps Microsoft has realized that the only way to get the stock price rising again is to sacrifice a version.
She does, however, seem to be sensitive (and not for the first time) to the (projected) opinion of one particular individual of of the species felis silvestris catus, and therein to me lies the joke of QC Two Thousand Four Hundred and Twenty Nine.I didn't make a connection between my own viewing habits, my cats and this comic until last night -- I mean, a cat is just a cat, right? But my long-ago neutered male Siamese has started humping my arm after I get into bed with my laptop. The little bastard gets angry with me when I throw him off.
EDIT: OK, here's my contribution to the overthink: We know Dora projects her opinions onto Mieville ("No, not murder. You always suggest that") so she lets the cat stand for her slight guilt feelings (because she reads the forums) about watching a guy-on-guy porn site. Not much of an overthink, I admit, but the best I have for now.
Meanwhile, I miss Mac OS 6.0.8.
I'm not so much waiting for the next OS as I am just keeping 7 because I have no reason not to.No argument there. I've never seen the point in buying a new OS if it's not coming with a new computer. If in some alternate universe I had the money for a desktop and a laptop so I could focus the desktop on performance and the laptop on weight, the desktop would probably still be running Windows XP with new parts. But I don't, so laptops only for me.
Also, I didn't notice the clock until it was pointed out. Ten hours? Is the idea supposed to be that she'd expose herself to Mieville by standing up, and so doesn't want to? Whatever it is, that is one patient cat. And Dora's legs are going to hurt like fuck tomorrow.Panels 3 & 4 show her trousers are very entirely on. If they weren't, she'd be exposed to us, never mind the cat!
Perhaps Microsoft has realized that the only way to get the stock price rising again is to sacrifice a version.Much better that the ant puns.
Honestly, OS X is my favorite *nix as a user, although the key is partially that most of what you see as a user isn't the traditional *nix world - it's EXTREMELY different (which is what NeXT was going for back in the 1980s, I know).Me too. I especially like the way I can run X Windows applications on the same desktop as Mac ones (albeit with different control conventions), and use the power of the command line, regular expressions etc. for system management and utility tasks.
Honestly, OS X is my favorite *nix as a user, although the key is partially that most of what you see as a user isn't the traditional *nix world - it's EXTREMELY different (which is what NeXT was going for back in the 1980s, I know). Yes, you can fire up Terminal.app, and get a somewhat BSD-like userland, but even then, a lot of what you work with is still NeXT/Apple, not BSD.
Perhaps Microsoft has realized that the only way to get the stock price rising again is to sacrifice a version.Much better that the ant puns.
I really liked the NeXT machines in the lab when I was in grad school. Of course, at the time I was working at home with a VT100 salvaged from the trash and a 1200 baud modem to hook up to the Unix servers... [/oldschool]