Topic: WCDT: 2490-2494 (15-19 July, 2013) (Read 68116 times)

Method of Madness · « **Reply #100 on:** 16 Jul 2013, 19:57 »

Oh, regarding Monday's comic, the odds of Marten secretly being a scone are one in six.

~~cesariojpn~~ · « **Reply #101 on:** 16 Jul 2013, 20:02 »

Quote from: Perfectly Reasonable on 16 Jul 2013, 18:16

We know Dale has at least one anime poster on his walls.

I don't know of any blue skinned maids in anime. (Or at least there's no porn of them yet.)

Gimme a minute here.....

Toe · « **Reply #102 on:** 16 Jul 2013, 20:24 »

Could be a new feature introduced by a firmware update for his glasses. I mean, if firmware updates can give Momo & Pintsize thumbs, why not?

cesium133 · « **Reply #103 on:** 16 Jul 2013, 21:01 »

Quote from: Method of Madness on 16 Jul 2013, 19:57

Oh, regarding Monday's comic, the odds of Marten secretly being a scone are one in six.

Now you've done it! Tomorrow's comic will be four panels of Marten eating a scone.

Kugai · « **Reply #104 on:** 16 Jul 2013, 21:05 »

With animation in the forth panel.

St.Clair · « **Reply #105 on:** 16 Jul 2013, 21:22 »

... well okay then.
I suppose I should have expected something like this, but I really didn't.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #106 on:** 16 Jul 2013, 21:26 »

I'm getting a broken image.

J · « **Reply #107 on:** 16 Jul 2013, 21:39 »

well, that explains that

cesium133 · « **Reply #108 on:** 16 Jul 2013, 21:45 »

So the maid AI is basically a computerized version of Harriet?

Method of Madness · « **Reply #109 on:** 16 Jul 2013, 21:47 »

Who's Harriet again?

cesium133 · « **Reply #110 on:** 16 Jul 2013, 21:49 »

Sweet-Tits.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #111 on:** 16 Jul 2013, 21:59 »

Oh yeah. Then I guess she is.

Game and Watch Forever · « **Reply #112 on:** 16 Jul 2013, 22:01 »

Oh boy... can't wait until Dale has another run-in with Marigold and his virtual new friend gets the opportunity to get acquainted with her and Momo. Not saying iI think it's going to happen in this arc, but it's certainly one of those things that's begging to happen.

Also, if Harriet somehow managed to upload her brain into the actual QC Universe, let's hope to the gods that Yelling Bird doesn't manage the same. He'd probably rival Pintsize...

Emoroffle · « **Reply #113 on:** 16 Jul 2013, 22:02 »

I'm surprised she didn't change into a t-shirt and jeans then light up a holographic cig.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #114 on:** 16 Jul 2013, 22:03 »

Harriet's made cameos in universe, or at least her doppelganger has. But I don't think this new character can be seen outside Dale's glasses.

J · « **Reply #115 on:** 16 Jul 2013, 22:40 »

it wouldn't be all that surprising if she could interface with other machines, such as momo for example. i imagine the two of them having some sort of heated screaming argument, while dale tries in vein to calm things down & marigold just stands there being confused.

Sorflakne · « **Reply #116 on:** 16 Jul 2013, 23:01 »

Now I really want a pair of Dale's glasses.

Delator · « **Reply #117 on:** 16 Jul 2013, 23:16 »

"Everyone else opted out on me."

Gee, with that attitude, I wonder why??

Already waiting for this arc to be over...two weeks is it?? *sigh*

She's averaging a curse word per sentence. Classy. Clearly in Beta.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #118 on:** 16 Jul 2013, 23:19 »

If Dale's glasses have the processing power to host an AI personality, why didn't he have one already? Couldn't afford adoption fees?

Dr. ROFLPWN · « **Reply #119 on:** 16 Jul 2013, 23:38 »

Man, Dale, you just cannot escape the tsuntsun. First Marigold is in the diner lobbying to change her last name to Langley Soryu, and now this AI maid that is making the strip title a shameful mockery of truth. Tsunderes errywhere.

FunkyTuba · « **Reply #120 on:** 16 Jul 2013, 23:50 »

This is gonna be awesome. *pops some corn*

mtmerrick · « **Reply #121 on:** 17 Jul 2013, 00:01 »

I want those glasses now more that ever. :3

~~cesariojpn~~ · « **Reply #122 on:** 17 Jul 2013, 00:07 »

Wait, 15 people before Dale spurned her? You think for such a nerd centric product, the denial rate would be much lower......

T · « **Reply #123 on:** 17 Jul 2013, 00:09 »

So the virtual maid is an anthroPC for poor people? The fanservice of a anthropc maid without the gropping?

T · « **Reply #124 on:** 17 Jul 2013, 00:25 »

Quote from: cesariojpn on 17 Jul 2013, 00:07

wait, 15 people before dale spurned her? You think for such a nerd centric product, the denial rate would be much lower......

Anything starting with "Congratulation! You have been chosen..." Sounds very suspect on the internet. Of course some people do send money expecting to get rich with a lotto in Zimbabue or install a suspicious software to get new emoticons but I hope most people aren't that gulible...

mtmerrick · « **Reply #125 on:** 17 Jul 2013, 00:55 »

I have several family members who fall for shit like that. I've become the family virus remover.

TimO · « **Reply #126 on:** 17 Jul 2013, 01:19 »

Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 16 Jul 2013, 23:19

If Dale's glasses have the processing power to host an AI personality, why didn't he have one already? Couldn't afford adoption fees?

The second panel does say "... virtual companion service", so that could imply she's not running on his glasses, but remotely, and is just being projected by his glasses. I imagine we'll find out shortly.

I'm guessing that someone else may be able to see her, as others have said, Momo and/or Pintsize could be amusing. If she becomes more than a transient character, that'll have to change however (switch to a full sized "real" body, like Momo did?)

J · « **Reply #127 on:** 17 Jul 2013, 01:26 »

yeah, i'd assume she's running on a server somewhere, rather than on the glasses themselves.

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #128 on:** 17 Jul 2013, 01:29 »

Quote from: Method of Madness on 16 Jul 2013, 18:03

Ghost in A Shell.

Jest saying. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

In other news I think I might be in love with Jeannie... I do love an abrasive personality, and she swears almost enough to fit in with the people around me normally!

ChaoSera · « **Reply #129 on:** 17 Jul 2013, 01:51 »

Since I assume you're talking about the hologram, where'd you get that name from?

KOK · « **Reply #130 on:** 17 Jul 2013, 02:09 »

A guess: djinni/genie. In these stories, he problem is often getting the djinni back into the bottle.

slydon · « **Reply #131 on:** 17 Jul 2013, 02:18 »

Congratulations, Dale!
You've just won Virtual Schizophrenia!

Akima · « **Reply #132 on:** 17 Jul 2013, 02:27 »

Fear the glasses when they come bearing gifts...

Loki · « **Reply #133 on:** 17 Jul 2013, 02:54 »

Quote from: KOK on 17 Jul 2013, 02:09

A guess: djinni/genie. In these stories, he problem is often getting the djinni back into the bottle.

I thought it was taken from I Dream of Jeannie.

Masterpiece · « **Reply #134 on:** 17 Jul 2013, 03:12 »

I like Jeannie as a name. But we could always start a poll to determine her name...

bhtooefr · « **Reply #135 on:** 17 Jul 2013, 03:23 »

Why am I suddenly thinking of where QC and A Girl And Her Fed could cross over?

Zebediah · « **Reply #136 on:** 17 Jul 2013, 03:41 »

Aha! I know where this is going now! Dale can't figure out how to opt-out of Jeannie after opting in, and goes to a local authorized tech support person for help. That person happens to be Marigold.

Loki · « **Reply #137 on:** 17 Jul 2013, 03:49 »

Quote from: Zebediah on 17 Jul 2013, 03:41

That person happens to be ~~Marigold~~ Clinton.

Because reasons.

Mlle Germain · « **Reply #138 on:** 17 Jul 2013, 03:50 »

Do I just imagine this or has Jeph lately started a lot of different (potential) story arcs and left them off right in the middle? I mean, often its funnier just suggesting something than actually going through with it and in some instances I'm glad he didnt't, but still I feel that lately this has happened more often.
Examples: Angus has an audition in New York, Dale applies at CoD, Tai and Claire desperately want to set up someone, Marigold and Dale have "bonding time"
Ok, I can easily see that the third one probably only served the purpose of supplying a few gags, but I am sort of surprised that the other ones are just left hanging like that. Although I suppose this whole digital maid thing (in my opinion, her attire is demeaning. No wonder she is in such a mood) might lead back to Marigold somehow.

pwhodges · « **Reply #139 on:** 17 Jul 2013, 03:55 »

Remember that Jeph says he has three weeks worth of scripts already written (and validated by a critic he trusts!), so abandonment of the story seems unlikely.

Mlle Germain · « **Reply #140 on:** 17 Jul 2013, 04:02 »

Ah, that was a misunderstanding. I didn't mean this one. I meant the ones that were interrupted before this. And it's only my impression that they were, anyway. Maybe Jeph likes to have several storylines at once and will come back to them.

Welu · « **Reply #141 on:** 17 Jul 2013, 04:07 »

I'm really liking seeing more of Dale.

I'm guessing the AI played sweet with every other person, so it seems odd she'd be rejected that much. Although I'd be creeped out if I saw a blue maid in my room calling me, "Master."

Border Reiver · « **Reply #142 on:** 17 Jul 2013, 04:19 »

Two questions,:

a. If Dale goes off to pee, and doesn't take his glasses off, is his new friend going to follow; and
b. How did Yelling Bird get uploaded into a computer program?

I mean seriously, that avatar swears more than my Battery on ex....

judemorrigan · « **Reply #143 on:** 17 Jul 2013, 04:27 »

Quote from: Welu on 17 Jul 2013, 04:07

I'm guessing the AI played sweet with every other person, so it seems odd she'd be rejected that much. Although I'd be creeped out if I saw a blue maid in my room calling me, "Master."

For real. I think my response would have been, "that depends. If I accept, can you drop the whole "master" schtick? Because that's creepy as heck". I would have been downright relieved when she showed her real personality.

snubnose · « **Reply #144 on:** 17 Jul 2013, 04:41 »

For the record, I dont get why Dale is wearing glasses WHILE SLEEPING.

Thats highly impractical.

techkid · « **Reply #145 on:** 17 Jul 2013, 04:49 »

Quote from: Mlle Germain on 17 Jul 2013, 04:02

Ah, that was a misunderstanding. I didn't mean this one. I meant the ones that were interrupted before this. And it's only my impression that they were, anyway. Maybe Jeph likes to have several storylines at once and will come back to them.

Who knows? It could be part of a bigger storyline that he is working on, culminating in some weird, unlikely way. Either that, or I'm just making it all up. Hint: it's more than 50% likely to be the latter...

Jeph does have a large group of people in his cast. Of course, the more people there are, the more things there are going on around them. We'll see what goes on in the coming weeks.

Dang, does she have a mouth on her. But then, in any customer service role, there is generally a LOT of swearwords piling up behind people's smiles. Just imagine her language if Dale had declined

.

LordVaughn · « **Reply #146 on:** 17 Jul 2013, 04:50 »

Quote from: snubnose on 17 Jul 2013, 04:41

For the record, I dont get why Dale is wearing glasses WHILE SLEEPING.

Thats highly impractical.

He wasn't. He woke up and put them on. Saw her, and hid under the covers last comic.

bhtooefr · « **Reply #147 on:** 17 Jul 2013, 04:59 »

Well, Harriet is about that sweary. Probably from too much exposure to Yelling Bird.

I really don't think it's Harriet, though - Harriet has broader shoulders and isn't quite that flat-chested.

(And, re: the transphobic slur against Jeannie... just because Jeannie is flat-chested, doesn't say anything about her gender (I am making the assumption that she identifies as female, though). Two things to consider here: plenty of cis adult women are that flat-chested (I happen to prefer the flatter chests myself), and Jeannie being a hologram (and can presumably alter her appearance at will) that is presumably working a paying job, and especially given her speech patterns when trying to get Dale to agree to the beta, she may be intentionally presenting as somewhat immature in appearance to appeal to a segment of the population that is sexually attracted to immature-appearing females (which, we're talking about AR glasses here, so there's a fair amount of overlap between technophiles and otaku).)

And now, because of that slur, and thinking about how a (holographic) AI could even be trans, I've now got questions for the trans* discussion resulting from comic thread.

Overkillengine · « **Reply #148 on:** 17 Jul 2013, 05:52 »

I find the profanity to already be an upgrade.

Not that I have had any past observations of servile and overly sweet behavior masking all sorts of bad intentions or anything.

Black Sword · « **Reply #149 on:** 17 Jul 2013, 06:07 »

So... how much anime has J^2 been gorging on lately? Because this is pretty classical. I'm still busting a gut laughing!

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