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Personal video screens.

10 (5%)

Lay-flat seats.

11 (5.4%)

Mini wet-bar.

9 (4.5%)

Wi-Fi/Internet Connection.

22 (10.9%)

Great Food.

7 (3.5%)

Wait, this flight will last what, 30 minutes?

27 (13.4%)

Barf bags.

11 (5.4%)

COOKIES!

2 (1%)

WAFFLES!

12 (5.9%)

Emergency EVA suits.

18 (8.9%)

Space Toilets.

10 (5%)

Space Sleeping Bags.

1 (0.5%)

Space Pillows.

4 (2%)

Space Space!

6 (3%)

Tethers for Null-G "bumps".

7 (3.5%)

Duct Tape for AnthroPC's.

13 (6.4%)

Richard Branson sitting next to you.

8 (4%)

Winslow sitting next to you.

5 (2.5%)

Something COMPLETELY Different.

10 (5%)

Gravity Dampeners.

9 (4.5%)

Total Members Voted: 69

[akronnick]

Or, you know, the world blows up and all that's left are Marten, Marigold, Hanners, HannerDad and the others on HannerDad Station. 

Don't Panic!

[Litch]

I don't get Martin's comment "You too?" Is he talking to Hannelore or marigold? What's he mean?

[Method of Madness]

He was also forced by the government to remove a laser.  It was linked earlier in the thread.

[DSL]

Look along the wall to the left. There's an opportunity here for another QC character.

[ecstaticjoy]

He was also forced by the government to remove a laser.  It was linked earlier in the thread.

link agaiiiin...ok I'll scroll.

[Is it cold in here?]

Momo's not coming along. We're sure about this, because she's no longer small enough to pack.

...

Dear God, tell me that Pintsize isn't stowing away.

[Mojo]

Momo's not coming along. We're sure about this, because she's no longer small enough to pack.

...

Dear God, tell me that Pintsize isn't stowing away.

They might not need to travel with them, there's no reason they couldn't upload later...

[CompSarge]

Good lord. Wasn't expecting that.

[Nentuaby]

... oh boy.

I can't wait for the explanation of how that particular mistake is even possible.

[akronnick]

OMG!!!!!

You can see the hologram's dingus!!!!!




Why does a hologram have a dingus?

[pwhodges]

Think Pintsize.  Maybe he's not entirely an original, but a (hopefully extreme) representative of a certain pattern of behaviour not uncommon in some types of AI.  You have my permission to panic.

[Arancaytar]

oh my god their spaceship is piloted by dr. manhattan

... oh boy.

I can't wait for the explanation of how that particular mistake is even possible.

Mistake? I'm guessing this is Pintsize's brother or something.

[mustang6172]

I know I could have done without the holodong.

[iduguphergrave]

oh my god their spaceship is piloted by dr. manhattan

Damn you I totally had a Dr. Manhattan joke ready for next week's caption game and you beat me  

[WAYF]

For some reason, the thing I love the most about this comic is Hannelore saying "Hello, Spaceship!" like it's the most nautral thing in the world. Which, for her, probably is.

[cesariojpn]

So I was sorta right it'll be piloted by a batshit insane AnthroPC.....

[no one special]

Oh good lord, how long til someone asks "we saw cyberdong, what about cyberboobs"

/cuetrolls

[DudeBroGuy]

Oh good lord, how long til someone asks "we saw cyberdong, what about cyberboobs"

/cuetrolls

Cyberboobs please.

[Kugai]

It would only be fair if Jeph believes in making QC 'Equal Opportunity'


I definitely think the AI's related to Pintsize

[0kamisama]

"Could you, uh, put on some pants?"

"I'm sorry, Marten... I'm afraid I can't do that." "This atmosphere is to awkward for me to allow you to jeopardize it."

[BigSol81]

Did anyone else sit there staring at the holo-dong before reading the comic's comment trying to figure out what it was while in your mind saying "Nah, that's not a holo-penis, that's like...something on the chair behind him, right?"

[Soulsynger]

I can't stop giggling like a schoolgirl at this. Well played, Jeph, well hung... errrh... played!

[noteventhesameguy]

Does anyone else think it's kind of hypocritical of Marten to ask the hologram to put on pants? I mean jeez, I was starting to wonder for a while if Marten was ever going to wear pants again. 

[cesariojpn]

Oh good lord, how long til someone asks "we saw cyberdong, what about cyberboobs"

/cuetrolls

He'll hide it somehow, very slyly.

[Is it cold in here?]

When Hannelore was a curious adolescent, did she tinker with the display programming for the pilot?

[Blackjoker]

What I'm trying to work out is if the system forgot to CREATE the pants or if the AI was busy doing...something else and forgot its pants.

[gangler]

Pretty sure he was just hanging out pantsless before they arrived. I see no reason a man can't lean back, crack open a holo-brew and tune into the game with no pants on when nobody's home without it being something dirty.

[Akima]

For some reason, the thing I love the most about this comic is Hannelore saying "Hello, Spaceship!" like it's the most nautral thing in the world. Which, for her, probably is.

Yes, me too! As for the avatar materialising half-naked, perhaps they bought the rendering code from Linden Labs...

[pwhodges]

I don't recall that being a problem in Secondlife - but it's years since I went there.

[Soulsynger]

Could it be the QCverse's AI is just THAT good that it is actually capable of genuinely "forgetting" things the way humans sometimes forget to put on antiperspirant even though they've gone through the exact same morning routine a couple thousand times?

I like that thought. Because it means that aside from material decay and a non-near-lightspeed-thought-process the AIs in the QCverse are basically people. 

[Welu]

For some reason, the thing I love the most about this comic is Hannelore saying "Hello, Spaceship!" like it's the most nautral thing in the world. Which, for her, probably is.

It's probably the equivalent of talking to your appliances, which would be even more common in the QC world when there is talking appliances.

~~

I've just thought that there must have been someone who designed that robodong. It could be a stock hologram image now (the whole body, not just the dong) but at first there would have been a committee and discussion, with a brief, production plan and negotiations until they all agreed upon that design. This idea amuses me.

_{I'm studying media production. Does it show?}

[Is it cold in here?]

This doesn't quite hang together, but I'll try, anything other than admit that it was just a funny joke.

Accurately rendering fabric is CPU-intensive. What if the holo-pilot were in an optimized mode where he only expected to be seen from the waist up and skipped the CPU cycles for rendering pants?

[akronnick]

I've just thought that there must have been someone who designed that robodong. It could be a stock hologram image now (the whole body, not just the dong) but at first there would have been a committee and discussion, with a brief, production plan and negotiations until they all agreed upon that design. This idea amuses me.

Not necessarily.

Since the Holographic Avatar isn't actually a physical object, it (he?) can take any form that's convenient.

In this case, the Hologram is a visual representation of the AI's self image. It's possible that the image is created by the AI. If the AI sees himself with a dong, the Hologram would have a dong.

[cesariojpn]

This doesn't quite hang together, but I'll try, anything other than admit that it was just a funny joke.

Oh cock, now I can't read this site without looking for penis undertones in them.

[Welu]

I've just thought that there must have been someone who designed that robodong. It could be a stock hologram image now (the whole body, not just the dong) but at first there would have been a committee and discussion, with a brief, production plan and negotiations until they all agreed upon that design. This idea amuses me.

Not necessarily.

Since the Holographic Avatar isn't actually a physical object, it (he?) can take any form that's convenient.

In this case, the Hologram is a visual representation of the AI's self image. It's possible that the image is created by the AI. If the AI sees himself with a dong, the Hologram would have a dong.

You're most likely right but can I choose to be amused by thought any way?

[Mr. Doctor]

Oh man I would totally ask the pilot to take the form and voice of some celebrity or musician... I'm too excited about the thought so I haven't come up with any ideas yet.

[Manix]

It's notmy thing to criticize Jeph on his artistic choices, but if I was him I wouldn' have actually drawn the dong. I think it woul dhave been better to just draw them from the waist up. Why? Because a joke like this is funnier if we aren't shown such things, as no drawing could ever be a funny as what our own minds come up with. In this situation, Less is more. Truthfully, actually seeing the Dong kind of killed the joke for me.

[Welu]

Oh man I would totally ask the pilot to take the form and voice of some celebrity or musician... I'm too excited about the thought so I haven't come up with any ideas yet.

My obvious choice: Christopher Walken. Dancing. IN SPAAAAAACE.

~~

Considering how low the t-shirt is and the way the hologram is standing facing everyone (so butts-disease couldn't manifest), I'm not sure waist up would have actually got the joke across as snappy and clearly as the dong did. Waist up would just have the dialogue without the visual punchline.

Maybe we can put this down to some sleep madness if he's jetlagged from the vacation.

I'm also enjoying how "dong" has become a main word in my vocabulary today thanks to the comic.

[Soulsynger]

The joke is that drawing a dong (Yes, Welu, there it is) as clearly as this is not something you usually do in a webcomic. Jeph has pushed some internet-etiquette borders here... and in some ways has not because its just a holographic one.

The paradox implications made it funny for me.  °O

Oh man I would totally ask the pilot to take the form and voice of some celebrity or musician... I'm too excited about the thought so I haven't come up with any ideas yet.

Natalie Portman. And then make her act like its Star Wars. Wouldn't be able to help myself.

[Method of Madness]

internet-etiquette

I just want to thank you for not saying "netiquette".

[Border Reiver]

Think Pintsize.  Maybe he's not entirely an original, but a (hopefully extreme) representative of a certain pattern of behaviour not uncommon in some types of AI.  You have my permission to panic.

Thanks, we needed that.

[Soulsynger]

internet-etiquette

I just want to thank you for not saying "netiquette".

Don't thank me. If I'd know that abomination of a word existed I might have actually been tempted to use it. I am not that good a person, you know.

[SomeCanadianWeirdo]

The real explaination is that Pintsize hacked into the AI, and as a result THEY'RE ALL GONNA DIE A FLAMING DEATH!!!!!!   



Or end up in Cleveland, whichever is funnier.

[StevenC]

What's wrong with the word "netiquette"?

[pwhodges]

It implies that etiquette on the Internet is different than that elsewhere.  Which it isn't; but then again, actually it is, because of the need to recognise the absence of physical cues modifying nuance and meaning.

I use the word when dealing with matters of etiquette that are specific to the environment.

Incidentally, like netizen, the word is older than the web - it is not a recent coinage.

[Black Sword]

...why would an AI even NEED that equipment? 

[Skaltura]

...why would an AI even NEED that equipment? 

Because AI has to be fully functional, natch ...

[DSL]

...why would an AI even NEED that equipment? 

Docking.

[Throg]

I wonder who guessed right in the poll. Holographic WHAT indeed. Although "And now for something completely different" also applies.

Cyber-holo BUTTS disease (from Hannelore's perspective, anyway) -- in SPACE!

[Y]

I love how the girls are ashamed but still keep looking at it. I thought the holographic image was previously engaged in an activity, which also simulated all his senses.