I could see Marten and Claire's moms being good friends.
Are the two non-Papyrus fonts real?
Maybe she just likes Undertale.
Are the two non-Papyrus fonts real?I hope so, I just downloaded one of them.
Nah, i believe Faye was just making fun. Does anyone else feel a little bit played by that name? After all those names here on forums and to have it named after a street. Trolling par excellance.
Oh my god, we've gone back in time...
Quick! Someone get the lottery numbers! We can become millionaires!
Thanks to the hard work of someone on the Subreddit and the magic that is Google Maps, I think that I may have found the real-world location: 3 Union Street. Check it out and tell me what you think!
Early comic and we finally have a shop name.
It would have probably been easier for people to guess it back in whatever old thread if it hadn't involved the street the shop is on.
The name has more than one layer. Yes, Union Street, but it also is a union of a human and AI giving the equivalent of healthcare to AIs.
I'm wondering how many other AI-based clinics there are in QC world. From May's previous predicament, it doesn't sound like it's a common type of service. I wonder how far it will go in replicating human health care; will there eventually be insurance policies Ais can buy to help out with unexpected catastrophic care? Would Faye and Bubbles be equipped to handle such care?
Yet May couldn't get her chassis breakdown covered.
Perhaps the law simply hasn't caught up yet.
Faye's box has changed in the final panel! It's no longer a font message. I wonder why it changed?
Faye's box has changed in the final panel! It's no longer a font message. I wonder why it changed?
Maybe the AIs opted out! Being in a health insurance pool with organics would be hella expensive for limited benefit.
May's chassis showed critical material-fatigue in a joint in under a year - ever heard of a human whose arms fell off simply due to use?
If May's chassis is defective at the time she received it (which appears to be the case, given her complaints about uneven leg length),
Faye's box has changed in the final panel! It's no longer a font message. I wonder why it changed?The wacky-font punchline was too obscure. Also a bit implausible that Bubbles is familiar enough with typography to know that Faye's font recommendations were crappy just from the font names.
Seriously. I don't want to go on recommending a font people hate so horribly. Tell me something else - ANYTHING else - that meets universal-use conditions as well as comic sans does.
Marker Felt (http://www.1001freefonts.com/marker_felt.font)
Curls MT (https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/mti/curlz-mt/)
(Both would be hideous choices for their logo.)
That's a shame - I guess Jeph thought it was too nerdish, perhaps?I'm not entirely sure that referencing the classic features of an old school geocities web page is actually any less nerdish than the font references...
Early comic!
If I had a hammer...
If I had a hammer...I'd precipitate artificial muscle in the morning.
To Method of Madness:
Thanks for posting the font-joke original. For a while, I thought the comment forum had lost its mind. (usually this means there was an update I missed, but not this time)
- Did Claire really not recogise a hammer?
To Method of Madness:
Thanks for posting the font-joke original. For a while, I thought the comment forum had lost its mind. (usually this means there was an update I missed, but not this time)
My thanks too, Method -- but it's gone! Has there been intervention?
- Did Claire really not recogise a hammer?
*dancing* It's all about the jokes, 'bout the jokes!
This is the posture of a woman who does not know if she's picked up an inert piece of metal and rubber or a bit of super-science that could explode with no obvious warning.
Early comic!I'd hammer in the morning, hammer in the evening, hammer at supper time.
If I had a hammer...
Seriously. I don't want to go on recommending a font people hate so horribly. Tell me something else - ANYTHING else - that meets universal-use conditions as well as comic sans does.
Arial.
I think Claire might have just been being goofy. *shrug*
This is the posture of a woman who does not know if she's picked up an inert piece of metal and rubber or a bit of super-science that could explode with no obvious warning.
You mean the posture where she's holding the possibly-explody-thingy right in front of her eyes?
(TBH - the rest of your explanation/headcanon about "Claire's Hammer" made sense to me. Not this part, though)
... but if all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.But its not true of course: if all you have is a hammer then *none* of your problems look even remotely like nails...
... but if all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.But its not true of course: if all you have is a hammer then *none* of your problems look even remotely like nails...
I think Claire might have just been being goofy. *shrug*
Nah, Claire isn't able to deliver a funny with a straight face. She always takes on this posture as if she's delivering a punchline on a sitcom and waiting for the laugh track to trigger.This is the posture of a woman who does not know if she's picked up an inert piece of metal and rubber or a bit of super-science that could explode with no obvious warning.
You mean the posture where she's holding the possibly-explody-thingy right in front of her eyes?
(TBH - the rest of your explanation/headcanon about "Claire's Hammer" made sense to me. Not this part, though)
'm going to have to watch how I type metaphors, especially ones exaggerated for comedic effect, around you, aren't I?
I think Claire might have just been being goofy. *shrug*
Nah, Claire isn't able to deliver a funny with a straight face. She always takes on this posture as if she's delivering a punchline on a sitcom and waiting for the laugh track to trigger.
I would say Helvetica.Seriously. I don't want to go on recommending a font people hate so horribly. Tell me something else - ANYTHING else - that meets universal-use conditions as well as comic sans does.Arial.
- Did Claire really not recogise a hammer?
I'm surprised they have all these tools. It didn't look like Bubbles and Faye left with much.Creepybot Grey may have arranged some transfers from CW's accounts.
That would depend on your approach to problem-solving ... either forging ahead with the knowledge and resources you have, whether strictly relevant or not -- or opting for inaction because conditions are not optimal.... but if all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.But its not true of course: if all you have is a hammer then *none* of your problems look even remotely like nails...
I'm surprised they have all these tools. It didn't look like Bubbles and Faye left with much.
Why did Marten have to move a heavy locker full of tools when it's recently been demonstrated that Bubbles is much better at that sort of thing?
Or Jeremy might have donated tons of CW's old repair tools, not having a lot of use for them himself.I'm surprised they have all these tools. It didn't look like Bubbles and Faye left with much.Creepybot Grey may have arranged some transfers from CW's accounts.
I would say Helvetica.Seriously. I don't want to go on recommending a font people hate so horribly. Tell me something else - ANYTHING else - that meets universal-use conditions as well as comic sans does.Arial.
And I would say that neither of those looks anything like hand-lettering.
I do, however, regularly recommend Helvetica if resemblance to hand-lettering isn't specifically required.
A really horribly bad version of Arial (which appears about 20% smaller) was, at least up to last year, installed by default on a lot of Linux machines and makes anything in Arial nearly unreadable to some fraction of browsers.
Come now, Faye. Pizza is a perfectly valid substitute for moving payment.I came here just to post the very same thing. A slice at least!
To be fair, my only problem with Comic Sans is that it looks bloody awful.
Partially disagree. Comic neue is much more primary school writing than Comic sans vague representation of comic lettering, so is even less use for the original purpose. OTOH a lot of the inappropriate use of comic sans is in situations where the author probably wanted primary school writing, so it does work better for that... I did work up a font of my own hand ball pen lettering, which was intended to have adequate small caps, but getting it really nice and even, at least with the software I have and time I want to devote, is a suprisingly large task...To be fair, my only problem with Comic Sans is that it looks bloody awful.If one absolutely NEEDS something that looks kinda like Comic Sans, a much better designed alternative is Comic Neue: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_Neue .
It's all in knowing where to hit. (http://www.oculussearch.com/blog/knowing-where-to-hit-it)I was going to post a clip of Storm Shadow demonstrating his techniques on a tank but my Google-fu is weak and I can't even remember which episode it was either.
Come now, Faye. Pizza is a perfectly valid substitute for moving payment.
Come now, Faye. Pizza is a perfectly valid substitute for moving payment.
I understand the wisdom in avoiding alcohol even if it's for others, but the least she could do is bring a pizza.
Why did Marten have to move a heavy locker full of tools when it's recently been demonstrated that Bubbles is much better at that sort of thing?
Why did Marten have to move a heavy locker full of tools when it's recently been demonstrated that Bubbles is much better at that sort of thing?
Wrto fonts that mimic hand lettering...
I'm wondering why comics must be in ALL CAPS. Does that tradition date from a time when comics were for little kids who had not yet learned to read Mixed Case?
I've wondered that myself. Makes it seem like the characters are YELLING. :psyduck:Basically when comics with text first appeared, capital text was used simply because it was simpler than cursive script, and in some instances, faster, which was especially critical due to the severe deadline nature of comics.
Why did Marten have to move a heavy locker full of tools when it's recently been demonstrated that Bubbles is much better at that sort of thing?
Or....she could be over in the corner, demonstrating to Claire how an English Wheel works.
And Lasers are cool.
I suddenly heard Fayes line in the last Panel in Gilbert Godfrieds voice. ;D
Now I'm curious as to what you all think of Anime Ace. (http://www.1001fonts.com/anime-ace-font.html)To be fair, my only problem with Comic Sans is that it looks bloody awful.
Seconded. It just plain looks bad.
If one absolutely NEEDS something that looks kinda like Comic Sans, a much better designed alternative is Comic Neue: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_Neue .
Surely that large Toolcase had wheels??Hes's like a spaghetti noodle. No muscle. He should try to be more like linguini (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JcwucdJsHtg).
On the other hand, maybe Marten really needs to work out mmor
daaaaaaaang indeed.
daaaaaaaang indeed.
Yeah, if I saw someone using a laser to cut cheese, I'd go "Daaaaang!" too. 8-)
I hope there is a shop for people in XXL-size around in town.
Hypnotising some of her friends!That's just sill- "ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTUSH!"
By the 60s, the printing technology still meant that the quality of the inks and paper meant the inks were prone to running and so capitalised letters still kept their legibility.Curiously, I have read that research into the legibility of text demonstrated that all lower-case text was easier to read in poor print quality, since it is less dense and has more distinctive letterforms.
Didn't Face give May shit for exactly this Objectification?
Didn't Face give May shit for exactly this Objectification?
And in any case isn't ogling a robot's posterior akin to getting all worked up about a shop window dummy?
Claire, when you´re done with that brie, maybe you could take Bubbles for some shopping? I hope there is a shop for people in XXL-size around in town.
for little kids who had not yet learned to read Mixed Case?I don't get this. Do kids not learn mixed case from the very beginning? Why would kids learn with all caps?
Didn't Face give May shit for exactly this Objectification?
And in any case isn't ogling a robot's posterior akin to getting all worked up about a shop window dummy?
A shop window dummy isn't a moving, talking, feeling person. That's the difference.
Didn't Faye give May shit for exactly this objectification?
It is clear that Jeph's Butts Disease is acting up again. Maybe there was a full moon out when he wrote this script.
By the 60s, the printing technology still meant that the quality of the inks and paper meant the inks were prone to running and so capitalised letters still kept their legibility.Curiously, I have read that research into the legibility of text demonstrated that all lower-case text was easier to read in poor print quality, since it is less dense and has more distinctive letterforms.
But the idea of all uppercase standing for shouting is actually a recent phenomenon, with the rise of emails and the internet in popularity in the last couple of the 90s. Before that, it was considered a more polite, though uncommon way to write things, especially for left-handed writers, architects and people with horrendous hand-writing.
And I'm pretty sure they consider the real life robot sex dolls to be sexually objectifying, at least when the robots look like women.Well, sex-dolls are sexually objectifying, but then they are inanimate objects. In the QCverse, sentient AI people complicate the issue in that some people see them as objects in a way that they don't see human beings (see the remark above comparing Bubbles to a shop-window dummy), and yet AIs as sophisticated as Bubbles are thinking, feeling, sentient beings surely as worthy of respect as we meat-bags. In a sense, all physical attraction is based on objectification, but I think it becomes objectionable if people are seen primarily (and often only) as sexual objects.
Now I'm curious as to what you all think of Anime Ace. (http://www.1001fonts.com/anime-ace-font.html)To be fair, my only problem with Comic Sans is that it looks bloody awful.
Seconded. It just plain looks bad.
If one absolutely NEEDS something that looks kinda like Comic Sans, a much better designed alternative is Comic Neue: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_Neue .
"I am a font of merriment and good cheer."
The rest of QC consists of the robots take over by subtle and not so subtle means.
Plot twist: Hanners and Bubbles explain, entirely serious, that they are not. The rest of QC consists of the robots take over by subtle and not so subtle means.
but it's a bit uncool to announce it like that. Better just to hand over the bottle of apple-juice, and pass over the reason in silence, I think.Wait, what? She just said that it was sparkling apple juice and apologized for not helping with the move. It's not like she said "here's apple-juice, IT'S NOT CHAMPAGNE, WINK WINK!" Unless there was another text change and I missed it?
It is clear that Jeph's Butts Disease is acting up again. Maybe there was a full moon out when he wrote this script.
It is clear that Jeph's Butts Disease is acting up again. Maybe there was a full moon out when he wrote this script.
It's just a phase.
It'd make about as much sense as Common Core education°.for little kids who had not yet learned to read Mixed Case?I don't get this. Do kids not learn mixed case from the very beginning? Why would kids learn with all caps?
Forget Comic Sans, we have Akima. :wink:Very droll. :P
If Hannelores dad is considered the God of AI, is Hannelore Jesus?Don't be silly. She'd be 'Yeshua', not 'Jesus'. :D
If Hannelores dad is considered the God of AI, is Hannelore Jesus?
Also, theologically speaking, that's a "no". Since Hanners and her dad are two entirely separate beings as opposed to being two parts of the same trinity (see the term "god head"). The deeper stuff is kind of hard to wrap your head around at first. Ravi Zacharias helps.
but it's a bit uncool to announce it like that. Better just to hand over the bottle of apple-juice, and pass over the reason in silence, I think.Wait, what? She just said that it was sparkling apple juice and apologized for not helping with the move. It's not like she said "here's apple-juice, IT'S NOT CHAMPAGNE, WINK WINK!" Unless there was another text change and I missed it?
(Also sparkling cider is gods damn delicious, I prefer the taste of it to champagne)
If Hannelores dad is considered the God of AI, is Hannelore Jesus?Don't be silly. She'd be 'Yeshua', not 'Jesus'. :D
Also, theologically speaking, that's a "no". Since Hanners and her dad are two entirely separate beings as opposed to being two parts of the same trinity (see the term "god head"). The deeper stuff is kind of hard to wrap your head around at first. Ravi Zacharias helps.
Does the US call sparkling apple juice "cider", then? Where I live, cider (or occasionally "cyder") is an alcoholic drink made from fermenting apples, stronger than beer and sold as a minority alternative to it.
I swear we've had the cider discussion here before.
Okay, I wasn't sure if that was deja vu again or not...
Forget Comic Sans, we have Akima. :wink:Very droll. :P
Forget Comic Sans, we have Akima. :wink:Very droll. :P
"akima" would actually be a good name for a font.
I for one welcome our new robot hegemons.
There are some interesting First Name logos (http://flamingtext.in/Name-Logos/Akima/) out there.
... And the exact same things were said then too.You must admit it would be distinctly disturbing if completely different things had been said back then.
Forget Comic Sans, we have Akima. :wink:Very droll. :P
"akima" would actually be a good name for a font.
Yes, but it would have to have both Chinese and Australian characteristics... somehow. :psyduck:
Forget Comic Sans, we have Akima. :wink:Very droll. :P
"akima" would actually be a good name for a font.
Yes, but it would have to have both Chinese and Australian characteristics... somehow. :psyduck:
The blog that that's from (http://lewisandquark.tumblr.com) also has several attempts at AI-invented recipes. One of them someone actually tried to make (http://ellis.scot/2017/05/baking-with-a-recipe-written-by-a-neural-network/), and they claim it's not completely horrible.I for one welcome our new robot hegemons.
Fortunately, it appears we don't have much to worry about in our universe... yet:
An AI invented a bunch of new paint colors that are hilariously wrong (https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/05/an-ai-invented-a-bunch-of-new-paint-colors-that-are-hilariously-wrong/)
Also, theologically speaking, that's a "no". Since Hanners and her dad are two entirely separate beings as opposed to being two parts of the same trinity (see the term "god head"). The deeper stuff is kind of hard to wrap your head around at first. Ravi Zacharias helps.
Not all Christians accept the teaching of the Trinity as being anything but recycled Babylonian paganism adopted for marketing reasons.
recycled Babylonian paganismI'm pretty sure you didn't mean to make the concept of the trinity sound awesome, but you did.
Thinking of AI taking over the world, here's one that writes very eccentric gay porn. (https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/05/22/deeptingle_ai_transforms_writing/) :psyduck:
You're setting the bar pretty high there, Case. 8-)Or low, as the case may be. :laugh:
Didn't Faye give May shit for exactly this objectification?
Yes, but in May's case she walked up to Bubbles and remarked about her posterior so it was more about her being rude than objectification which honestly everybody does and is only a problem if people act on those impulses.
And I'm pretty sure they consider the real life robot sex dolls to be sexually objectifying, at least when the robots look like women.Well, sex-dolls are sexually objectifying, but then they are inanimate objects.
Yes.
Your complaint has been noted, Jakk.
However, it should be stated that things are seldom so simple as the terms you've placed them in. Kudos for addressing that a double-standard does exist amongst part of the population in some regards. However, it should also be noted that that's 'one grain of rice weighed against a hundred' so to speak.
"Yes, but..." is the standard introduction for an example of a "two wrongs make a sort-of right" argument.