EDIT 3: Oh right, the shipper bait.
Think Elliot will ever fess up to Clinton or Brun?
Bubbles. It would be scary to be chased by Bubbles.
How old is Clinton supposed to be? I get the feeling he was older than me when first introduced and younger than me now, but I can't remember where he's at, exactly.At the time of Claire's introduction he was 21. 2281 (https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2281). We've had a (two?) timeskip(s) since then so he's probably ~22 by now.
Hell is other middle schoolers.Ours was pretty bad.
Seriously, though, I'm pretty sure nobody likes middle school. I sure as hell didn't.
Just about anything extinct that was aquatic - you can't see 'em coming and I am an awkward, splashy, terrible swimmer...Oh, good point. And here I was just thinking in terms of running away from something.
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Gorgonops looks like half cat, half alligator. Which is terrifying to me because I've been chased by a 'gator and I've been bitten twice by angry cats (hard enough to require a doctor visit).
I voted "Something else" but really it's more of an "all of the above, plus also a gator or a cat."
Middle school, on the other hand... (I was once working with some middle schoolers who asked me if I had liked middle school, and I replied "Nobody *likes* middle school. Which is probably also not universally true, and also probably not the best thing to say to kids who are near the beginning of their middle school experience.)
2) Keep 6th as part of elementary school and make middle school 7th, 8th, and 9th grades, while 10th, 11th, and 12th remain high school.
I went to school in California and Washington, and every school system I was in used a 6/3/3 division of grades. Elementary was K-6, junior high was 7-9 (though 9th-graders were still called "freshmen"), and high school 10-12.2) Keep 6th as part of elementary school and make middle school 7th, 8th, and 9th grades, while 10th, 11th, and 12th remain high school.
This used to be the arrangement in my province, except 7-9 was called junior high. (Grade 9 is now part of high school.)
That's OK, I'm sure Clinton's mother will be happy to oblige with a tomato juice bath - and with the whole Clinton/Elliot shipping thing , plus her own proclivity for younger men, it's pretty easy to see that this is going to be the most embarrassing night of Clinton's life :-DConnaissais! (Reviendraient vers Octaviorum, Mme auront apprécié l'odeur;) c'est de fragrances meilleures.
Connaissais! (Lorsque reviendraient vers Octaviorum, Mme auront apprécié l'odeur;) Cette est de meilleures fragrances.Anyone else who can't exactly make heads or tails on that french? I mean, I speak french on a daily professional basis, but really... With all due respect, but the ungrammaticality of that phrase is grating.
Probably why they said "Pardon my French" :-DConnaissais! (Lorsque reviendraient vers Octaviorum, Mme auront apprécié l'odeur;) Cette est de meilleures fragrances.Anyone else who can't exactly make heads or tails on that french? I mean, I speak french on a daily professional basis, but really... With all due respect, but the ungrammaticality of that phrase is grating.
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Quetzacoatlus was an Azhdarchid pterosaur that was the size of a giraffe and evidence on fossil specimens suggest it not only spent a significant amount of its time on the ground but could also gallop in addition to being able to fly.
Afterwards. But appreciated.Probably why they said "Pardon my French" :-DConnaissais! (Lorsque reviendraient vers Octaviorum, Mme auront apprécié l'odeur;) Cette est de meilleures fragrances.Anyone else who can't exactly make heads or tails on that french? I mean, I speak french on a daily professional basis, but really... With all due respect, but the ungrammaticality of that phrase is grating.
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I always say "...if you'll pardon my French" whenever I use a phrase such as coup d'etat or raison d'etre.Probably why they said "Pardon my French" :-DAfterwards. But appreciated.
...That's OK, I'm sure Clinton's mother will be happy to oblige with a tomato juice bath - and with the whole Clinton/Elliot shipping thing , plus her own proclivity for younger men, it's pretty easy to see that this is going to be the most embarrassing night of Clinton's life :-D
I always say "...if you'll pardon my French" whenever I use a phrase such as coup d'etat or raison d'etre.
I don't think there's any arrangement that would make it better. They're just at the age where they're old enough to be capable of doing horrible things, but too young to be socialized into behaving like a civilized human being.Hell is other middle schoolers.Ours was pretty bad.
Seriously, though, I'm pretty sure nobody likes middle school. I sure as hell didn't.
I've seen two suggested rearrangements for how the grades are split up.
1) Add 4th & 5th along with 6th grade to make up middle school while adding 7th to high school.
2) Keep 6th as part of elementary school and make middle school 7th, 8th, and 9th grades, while 10th, 11th, and 12th remain high school.
Not sure which I like the idea of more.
I'm aware of that; that's the joke - that I associate it with actual French rather than Anglo-Saxon.I always say "...if you'll pardon my French" whenever I use a phrase such as coup d'etat or raison d'etre.
In my experience, the phrase is more often associated with the use of four-letter Anglo-Saxon.
I'm aware of that; that's the joke - that I associate it with actual French rather than Anglo-Saxon.I always say "...if you'll pardon my French" whenever I use a phrase such as coup d'etat or raison d'etre.
In my experience, the phrase is more often associated with the use of four-letter Anglo-Saxon.
I'm appreciating just how well written the Faye/Bubbles storyline was.Yeah, people were still denying the inevitable right until the strip where they kissed for the first time even as other people had metaphorically already ordered gift baskets, set up the champagne glass pyramid, and hung the Arbor Day banner.
Whereas here, if you're not entertained by the shipping storyline, there's not much else going on.
New strip.
Can robots turn their noses off, or are they stuck with skunk stink?
Yes, but not just that. In that storyline, Jeph was able to develop multiple story threads at the same time and express those through Faye's and Bubbles' developing relationship. Faye's battles with alcoholism and intimacy, Bubbles' locked off memories and dealing with Corpse Witch, fending off Basilisk.
Whereas here, if you're not entertained by the shipping storyline, there's not much else going on.
I'm perfectly happy for something to happen with this story line. I'm maybe not being as clear as I think. I want more storylines to progress concurrently - not fewer!
I know. I just want everything! :-D
I think the issue is that May, for example, does have a dramatic plot in progress, but no romantic subplot. Whereas Elliot and Clinton are the other way around - all romantic subplot with no dramatic plot sitting on top. So we're cutting back and forth and progress on both is slow. If we could just combine the two somehow...
Can robots turn their noses off, or are they stuck with skunk stink?
New strip.
Can robots turn their noses off, or are they stuck with skunk stink?
Probably depends on the model. Most likely can, but a May or other low-end make might be stuck.
C'est marrant, je ne fais jamais ça, moi. Il faudrait que je tente "excusez mon anglais" la prochaine fois que je dis qu'on se retrouve pour un brunch :DI always say "...if you'll pardon my French" whenever I use a phrase such as coup d'etat or raison d'etre.Probably why they said "Pardon my French" :-DAfterwards. But appreciated.
Jeph noted that Elliot actually came close to death when he came up behind Yay in panel 2.
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Jeph noted that Elliot actually came close to death when he came up behind Yay in panel 2. We know that chassis has electromagnetic inductors in the hands. I wonder what other advanced technology with combat applications are hidden away in that chassis?
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That said, yes, I can see Roko, with a clothes peg on her nose, helping a couple of Yays and a disappointed-looking Melon to scrub Elliot down with stiff-bristled brushes and several dozen cans of pureed tomato.
i'm surprised there isn't more votes against the "I ain't scared of no" pterodactyl. Fun fact: it name is from it's catchphrase "I ain't scared of no ..." There are no survivors of "I ain't scared of no" pterodactyls......Also there's a piano arrangement of the Theme of Super Metroid called 'I Ain't Afraid of no Pterodactyl' by Vivi22 on the OCReMix album Reserve Tank:VARIAtions, and I may or may not have misremembered the title.
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Jeph noted that Elliot actually came close to death when he came up behind Yay in panel 2.
I so don't get the joke. Someone saying hi to you might result in body harm.
And Elliot dialog afterwards seems to imply he was in the wrong?
For what it's worth, my school was K-6 elementary school, 7-8 junior high (at the high school but in a separate building), and 9-12 high school.Mine was similar though the middle block was referred to as Senior Public but Highschool went to 13 - yeah that makes me ancient bu most webizzens standards.
This time it’s more a question of who’s going to be more surprised by the first kiss, Elliot, Clinton, or Brun…My guess/hope is for something a bit different - all three are sitting down with Brun between the two - the "awkward" intensifies to biblical proportions - Brun is tired - puts arms around both and pulls them close - "I like you both now kiss me" may or may not end with a damnit.
I read it as Elliot taking care not to surprise/startle people as he approaches them from behind. A man-mountain like Elliot can be rather imposing, particularly to those unaware that he is a marshmallow.
Jeph noted that Elliot actually came close to death when he came up behind Yay in panel 2.
I so don't get the joke. Someone saying hi to you might result in body harm.
And Elliot dialog afterwards seems to imply he was in the wrong?
Jeph noted that Elliot actually came close to death when he came up behind Yay in panel 2.
I so don't get the joke. Someone saying hi to you might result in body harm.
Would such a powerful being be startled by someone walking up behind them, even as large as Elliot?Wouldn't such a gentle being be worried about startling someone by walking up behind them, even as powerful as messieurs (https://somethingpositive.net/sp12262006.shtml)?;
for some reason, today's comic (not counting the last panel) makes me *ouch* (sorry if it's incomprehensible, I have weird synesthesia, and bad with word stuff.)his effecting environ's nightine graity, his curt whimsy.
awkward intensifying, Brun, tired, arms around ``like you both, kiss me (dammit).''Clinton's tacit grand-normalcy esteem, tolerately distasting strangeties, cautiously integrative; insisting exclusivity (polyamorwardan reluctance) into that intimate triple.
Also I stole it ("...if you'll pardon my French") from Neil Gaiman, who used it in the story "Keepsakes and Treasures" (in the collection Fragile Things).You attribute a saying said for several centuries to Neil Gaiman? He isn't that old. :)
Wouldn't such a gentle being be worried about startling someone by walking up behind them, even as powerful as messieurs (https://somethingpositive.net/sp12262006.shtml)?;
I just noticed the Chekhov's Skunk tag. Where did we see the skunk before?
Also I stole it ("...if you'll pardon my French") from Neil Gaiman, who used it in the story "Keepsakes and Treasures" (in the collection Fragile Things).You attribute a saying said for the several centuries to Neil Gaiman? He isn't that old. :)
But most of that has been very specific to their interactions with Roko, the AI they were explicitly trying to befriend.
Jeph noted that Elliot actually came close to death when he came up behind Yay in panel 2.
I so don't get the joke. Someone saying hi to you might result in body harm.
I can see what Jeph was probably going for, but I don't really believe it as it is written.
As far as I can make out, Jeph wants us to believe that Yay is a dreadfully dangerous and almost-omnipotent hive mind with very few ethical boundaries. Even though I don't think we've really seen a hint of them behaving in a way we would find unethical*, except perhaps in torturing Corpse Witch, someone who crossed one of those few ethical boundaries.
Would such a powerful being be startled by someone walking up behind them, even as large as Elliot? Even a being with limitations we can't hope to understand? That seems highly unlikely. And even if they were startled, would Yay wantonly kill? Sure, they've got no ethical boundary to prevent them, but would they be motivated to? The only real motivation we've seen from Yay recently is to be likable.
I just don't buy it. Frankly, I don't see Yay doing anything that might make them dislikable in the eyes of the QC audience.
There is an amusing thought lying underneath it -- Elliot normally startles people, but this time he has unknowingly sneaked up on an ominpotent being. Ha! I think that's what Jeph was getting it.
But I don't believe for a moment that there was any actual danger.
* Unless I've forgotten something. QC archeologists, activate!
* Unless I've forgotten something. QC archeologists, activate!
Thank you, Tova. Yes, this.You attribute a saying said for the several centuries to Neil Gaiman? He isn't that old. :)
The poster was attributing to Gaiman the subversion of the phrase through its literal use, not the phrase itself. Also, he's not saying Gaiman was the first to use the phrase in that way, just that Gaiman was the person the poster stole that specific usage of the phrase from.
It's dentirely possible Spooky finds cats too similar to themselves... :-P
Taking a look around Elliot's apartment:LPs were almost completely dead in the 90s. AFAIK everything new was almost 100% released on CD only. I'd guess 60s-80s as his main interest in music. It's probably easier to find new music on LP now than in the mid-late 90s.
- Old-style hi-fi sound system with a turntable; into classic tunes, maybe from the 80s and 90s?
That is absolutely true.And that they adore cats and dogs.
What that means, then, is that we don't really have anything else to go on in terms of understanding Yay's motivations. We know that Yay will act against people violating any being's sanctity of mind. And we know they want to be friends with Roko.
That's it.
Taking a look around Elliot's apartment:LPs were almost completely dead in the 90s. AFAIK everything new was almost 100% released on CD only. I'd guess 60s-80s as his main interest in music. It's probably easier to find new music on LP now than in the mid-late 90s.
- Old-style hi-fi sound system with a turntable; into classic tunes, maybe from the 80s and 90s?
Taking a look around Elliot's apartment:LPs were almost completely dead in the 90s. AFAIK everything new was almost 100% released on CD only. I'd guess 60s-80s as his main interest in music. It's probably easier to find new music on LP now than in the mid-late 90s.
- Old-style hi-fi sound system with a turntable; into classic tunes, maybe from the 80s and 90s?
Taking a look around Elliot's apartment:LPs were almost completely dead in the 90s. AFAIK everything new was almost 100% released on CD only. I'd guess 60s-80s as his main interest in music. It's probably easier to find new music on LP now than in the mid-late 90s.
- Old-style hi-fi sound system with a turntable; into classic tunes, maybe from the 80s and 90s?
Hmmmm.....I wonder what he listens to. Maybe early prog-rock?
HERCULES!If there is a Herc then there has to be a NEWTON [stupid centaur]
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Hmmmm.....I wonder what he listens to. Maybe early prog-rock?Taking a look around Elliot's apartment:LPs were almost completely dead in the 90s. AFAIK everything new was almost 100% released on CD only. I'd guess 60s-80s as his main interest in music. It's probably easier to find new music on LP now than in the mid-late 90s.
- Old-style hi-fi sound system with a turntable; into classic tunes, maybe from the 80s and 90s?
Every person I've ever known who had cats and dogs, the dogs were consistently bullied by the cats. Tom and Jerry lied to us.
As I understand it, 'location location location'. There were diehard hi-fi fans in the 90s, too. The concentration of them just depended on where you happened to be. NYC apparently had a fair few record stores in the 90s that pretty much only sold vinyl.Taking a look around Elliot's apartment:LPs were almost completely dead in the 90s. AFAIK everything new was almost 100% released on CD only. I'd guess 60s-80s as his main interest in music. It's probably easier to find new music on LP now than in the mid-late 90s.
- Old-style hi-fi sound system with a turntable; into classic tunes, maybe from the 80s and 90s?
It may be so that vinyl is bigger now than in the 90s, but I don't think it was dead by then. I think I was still buying vinyl in the early 90s at least, maybe even towards the mid 90s.
HIgh School, 8th grade through 11th, was quite nice. Everything before that was Hell on Earth, sociologically.
recordings on them have never been available in any other formI "never" play my vynil disks from damage. I know computerizing it is something about needle vibrating the magnet to analouge wire to a computer like a microphone, but the physics are donting, and i "can't" unless i understand.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_turntable
A few of today's search hits tried to imply it was "not digital", that is just market speak. The optical interface will not be analogue.
Our late cat would bury her face in anything that smelled like sweaty feet.One of our late cats was the same. If I came in all hot and sweaty from doing outside chores, the Best. Possible. Thing. for that cat to do was come over to where I was lying on the floor and roll in my left armpit. The wetter and nastier it was, the louder she'd purr. My right armpit wasn't nearly as interesting; go figure. And if I made the mistake of taking my Tshirt off, she'd groom my armpit hairs (which you can imagine what a cats tongue feels like on unprotected armpit skin).
Which specific whole mess are you referring to in your post? There are so many to choose from. :clairedoge:
I'd be curious to know what patents on this technology, if any, remain unexpired. The fundamental patent would have expired by now.
I suspect that the devil is in the implementation detail, as is the case with a lot of these kinds of ideas. But if it's as even half as straightforward as you say, why not go ahead and build one?
The biggest instigator for that little gem is Disney so that they can keep the mouse in the house.They won’t ever lose Mickey; trademarks can be refreshed indefinitely.
Patents get renewed, refreshed by minor tweaks to a formula [pharmaceuticals] or design modifications [yes changing one spec in a patent makes it "new"], or abandoned due to being encircled by similar patents that prevent any modification to the original.
Copyright is the latest tool to lock down technology through copyrighting code and the anti-hacking laws making third party service highly illegal.
Copyright is also death+70 years or some such crazy corporate shite since if it wasn't like that the creators would not be able create more work. [they're dead Jim]
P.S. I am not a lawyer, just an engineer, so my word on patents is far from gospel.Then you know a darn sight more than the Lawyers and all but maybe one or two judges.
I had to look that up - stereo on a record - sheeesh - I don't remember any of the records or players I have ever owned being stereo capable.
I had to look that up - stereo on a record - sheeesh - I don't remember any of the records or players I have ever owned being stereo capable.
- just checked my record accumulation and dang it, I do have some stereo LPs
- all of them are orchestral and operatic collections I picked up at various bazaars and yard sales over the years.
Fortunately that would only require a tad more work on the software side treating the left and right sides of the grove as separate data streams
Funny story. In 1957 there was an international meeting to agree the means by which stereo would be put into a record groove. The preferred way was agreed, and then the Bell Labs representative told the meeting that they had patents on that method, so everyone would have to pay them royalties. The British representative then, without a word, put a copy of an expired patent on the table. It was Blumlein's 1931 patent for the exact same thing, which Bell Labs were not even aware of! (Blumlein (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Blumlein) was one of the true technical geniuses of that time, and worked for EMI just outside London; he did pioneering work in sound reproduction, television and radar.)