Topic: WCDT: 2490-2494 (15-19 July, 2013) (Read 74915 times)

Mlle Germain · « **Reply #250 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 02:05 »

Since your avatar does, I would actually have imagined you with glasses!

Although making assumptions about someone's appearance due to his forum avatar is silly, of course,

rschill · « **Reply #251 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 02:50 »

Quote from: Loki on 19 Jul 2013, 01:44

...I just realized ya'll don't know I wear glasses.

How sure are you that we don't live in them?

bhtooefr · « **Reply #252 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 02:59 »

Honestly, ever since I stopped doing high-risk activities (read: being a kid in K-12 school), I haven't bothered to care where my backup pair of glasses is.

Of course, I don't actually need them to function, it's just that my right eye experiences significant strain when focusing on something without them (even though I'm not actually able to use it for anything other than peripheral vision).

ZoeB · « **Reply #253 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 03:04 »

The gal has ISSUES.
Starting with indentured servitude. What I'd call "slavery". ICKY for anyone involved.
As I said before, some serious ethical issues here.

Loki · « **Reply #254 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 03:06 »

Quote from: rschill on 19 Jul 2013, 02:50

Quote from: Loki on 19 Jul 2013, 01:44
...I just realized ya'll don't know I wear glasses.

How sure are you that we don't live in them?

...
http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3v8c1b/

bhtooefr · « **Reply #255 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 03:06 »

Interestingly, she phrased it as, "if you go the whole 2 days".

Sounds like there's an out that she's not telling Dale. (Or, this is a post-CFAA universe, and violating the ToS isn't a felony.)

rschill · « **Reply #256 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 03:31 »

Quote from: ZoeB on 19 Jul 2013, 03:04

The gal has ISSUES.
Starting with indentured servitude. What I'd call "slavery". ICKY for anyone involved.
As I said before, some serious ethical issues here.

Did she mean "have to" as in being forced to by a person or other entity or did she mean it as in the same way as I "have to" send off money for the power bill and go to work (wearing cloths other than what I prefer) later today.

The maid outfit is a lot more demeaning than what I have to wear though, but then there isn't an algorithm telling my employers that the customers would most likely prefer it.

Akima · « **Reply #257 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 03:53 »

"Schlong"? Oy gevalt! What kind of meshuggeneh chose BlueMeido for the role of companion AI? I bet Dale ends up with bupkes.

Sidhekin · « **Reply #258 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 05:02 »

Quote from: ZoeB on 19 Jul 2013, 03:04

The gal has ISSUES.
Starting with indentured servitude. What I'd call "slavery". ICKY for anyone involved.
As I said before, some serious ethical issues here.

She must have lost a bet.

Skewbrow · « **Reply #259 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 05:08 »

Quote from: Akima on 19 Jul 2013, 03:53

"Schlong"? Oy gevalt! What kind of meshuggeneh chose BlueMeido for the role of companion AI? I bet Dale ends up with bupkes.

Do you speak fluent yiddish or have you just stumbled upon a page serving foulmouthed polyglots?

Ok. I did google up "meshuggen", when Marten discussed the band Meshuggah while showing his new guitar to Faye,

Madmartigan · « **Reply #260 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 06:12 »

The female AI version of Pintsize. Only with a bit of Marvin from Hitch Hiker's Guide thrown in. Scary.

muon · « **Reply #261 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 06:18 »

Quote from: Mlle Germain on 19 Jul 2013, 02:05

Since your avatar does, I would actually have imagined you with glasses!

Although making assumptions about someone's appearance due to his forum avatar is silly, of course,

Yep, I definitely don't look like my avatar, although I certainly wouldn't mind being as cute as Claire.

westrim · « **Reply #262 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 07:18 »

My avatar is a mask, concealing and revealing my identity at the same time.

Pretty deep, eh?

Carl-E · « **Reply #263 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 07:23 »

Quote from: Akima on 19 Jul 2013, 03:53

"Schlong"? Oy gevalt! What kind of meshuggeneh chose BlueMeido for the role of companion AI? I bet Dale ends up with bupkes.

Oh please, "schlong" has long been part of common American usage.

Unlike "meshuggeneh", which my grandfather defined for me as "a poisen from Michigan"...

And my avatar was chosen for attitude, not verisimilitude.

DSL · « **Reply #264 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 07:32 »

I don't actually have an 18th-century naval gun on my head.

EDIT to fix spelling

snubnose · « **Reply #265 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 07:53 »

To be honest, I find the nose of that hologram annoying. It only shows up once you see her from the side. Otherwise its "invisible". Thats kind of irritating, really.

ankhtahr · « **Reply #266 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 08:10 »

I have to admit that I've chosen Steve from this era because of his beard, which is similar to mine. Not because of his personality, which isn't similar to mine.

cesium133 · « **Reply #267 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 08:19 »

Quote from: DSL on 19 Jul 2013, 07:32

I don't actually have an 18th-centiry naval gun on my head.

I may or may not be a giant inflatable spider.

Zebediah · « **Reply #268 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 08:48 »

I am probably not an eternal bandicoot. Although I haven't actually done any of the tests that would verify that.

celticgeek · « **Reply #269 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 08:54 »

My avatar looks almost, but not quite, exactly unlike me.

Sidhekin · « **Reply #270 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 09:19 »

Mine is a quick self-portrait.

... more than a decade old ...

bhtooefr · « **Reply #271 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 09:25 »

I'm not actually an Apple IIGS with an iPhone 3GS-style logo taped over it.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #272 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 09:31 »

I refuse to believe that.

~~Valdís~~ · « **Reply #273 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 09:44 »

My avatar is accurate for like.. 11 year old me. Still a blonde Swedish girl, but my hair has gotten longer. I don't really have a red hooded-cape, though.

Masterpiece · « **Reply #274 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 09:57 »

Dale has a similar hairstyle and beard to mine. But he's way nerdier than I am.

Neko_Ali · « **Reply #275 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 11:03 »

I am totally in truth two sitting faeries. That's a photograph taken last year. *nodnods*

Rghfrgl · « **Reply #276 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 11:23 »

I am, in fact, NOT a adorable blonde girl.

rschill · « **Reply #277 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 11:25 »

Method of Madness · « **Reply #278 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 11:34 »

I do not, in fact, own a monocle.

Blackjoker · « **Reply #279 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 11:35 »

on the subject of avatars, mine is just based off of one of my favorite characters from an anime series.

To be honest, I kind of wonder if the ai here might actually be intentionally trying to sabotage this. I can see the reason for it, anthroPCs have physical bodies, easier to see them as 'human' or at least deserving of rights when they're also ambulatory, with an AI being just a program it's easier to dismiss their rights and threaten them. That or she could just have a bad attitude and is taking it out on Dale.

DSL · « **Reply #280 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 11:35 »

Quote from: Method of Madness on 19 Jul 2013, 11:34

I do not, in fact, own a monocle.

You rent one?

Re the AI -- interesting that there could be the AI equivalent of shitty jobs to have ... We have seen that not all AI's are satisfied with their lines of work. We've seen the possibility that not all AIs are good at their jobs, and that some have ethical lapses, some are unmotivated ... and some are Pintsize. I am interested to see where Jeph takes the next couple of weeks with an AI that sees through Dale's eye(glasse)s and is not shy about passing judgment on what she sees.

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #281 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 11:51 »

Thought, what is Jeannie is ACTUALLY the test? She's not a beta program at all, it's a psychological study and it's her job to be as abrasive to any one she "partners" with as possible for the duration of the study period and collect data on the subject and their reactions.

Pilchard123 · « **Reply #282 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 14:30 »

I am not (usually) climbing out of a cupboard. My previous avatar though...well, I'm a touch crazy at times. A smidge.

Kugai · « **Reply #283 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 14:38 »

*Hands Ms Powers another Magazine*

Blackjoker · « **Reply #284 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 15:40 »

Quote from: GarandMarine on 19 Jul 2013, 11:51

Thought, what is Jeannie is ACTUALLY the test? She's not a beta program at all, it's a psychological study and it's her job to be as abrasive to any one she "partners" with as possible for the duration of the study period and collect data on the subject and their reactions.

Intriguing idea, but the problem with that is that there are some big ethical rules and regs that go into psychological study. This might be a bit of an issue given the potential privacy violations involved.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #285 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 15:48 »

Judging from Faye's therapist, ethics rules may be looser in the QC universe.

MillionDollar Belt Sander · « **Reply #286 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 15:53 »

Maidzilla is Yelling Bird reduced to a digital file and stored online while they rebuild his body. He attempted to fuck a blast-furnace while drunk on Scotch you see.

SageJiraiya · « **Reply #287 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 15:57 »

Re: comic

At the moment I think the new virtua-anthroPC is just gonna be an excellent means of getting to know Dale better. I look forward to learning more about his character.

Re: avatar

I am in fact a non-physical being without a form of any kind. I exist in an infinite 2-dimensional plane lacking color or depth.

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #288 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 16:12 »

Quote from: Blackjoker on 19 Jul 2013, 15:40

Quote from: GarandMarine on 19 Jul 2013, 11:51
Thought, what is Jeannie is ACTUALLY the test? She's not a beta program at all, it's a psychological study and it's her job to be as abrasive to any one she "partners" with as possible for the duration of the study period and collect data on the subject and their reactions.

Intriguing idea, but the problem with that is that there are some big ethical rules and regs that go into psychological study. This might be a bit of an issue given the potential privacy violations involved.

Those were probably located in that long winded agreement she failed to read.

J · « **Reply #289 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 16:27 »

nah, unfortunately the apa doesn't let you get away with that kind of trickery. that whole 'informed consent' thing is actually a real bitch to maintain in psychological research, since so many experiments (i'm sorry, studies) rely on the subject (i'm sorry, participant) not knowing what's going on.

*sigh*, we're just not allowed to be evil anymore

Rimwolf · « **Reply #290 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 18:05 »

"I'm only doin' it 'cause I have to." -- I hope we find out why she has to.

J · « **Reply #291 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 18:26 »

maybe she's in debt & the loan sharks are gonna break her digits.

first the 0s, then the 1s.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #292 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 18:38 »

Maybe it's just market research. Then again, isn't market research just psychology of profit?

Akima · « **Reply #293 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 20:15 »

My avatar is a reasonable "cartoon me", though of course I'm not dating Batman.

DrBear · « **Reply #294 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 22:21 »

Didn't know the discussion has gone to avatars as I just changed mine from a state-themed one to this Doctor Bear from a guest QC. It seems oddly appropriate, except for the housedress. I prefer orange.

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #295 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 22:36 »

Quote from: Akima on 19 Jul 2013, 20:15

My avatar is a reasonable "cartoon me", though of course I'm not dating Batman.

That's just what someone dating Batman would say.

ZoeB · « **Reply #296 on:** 19 Jul 2013, 22:53 »

Re : Avatar - what you see is what you get. Though I'm one of those people who look completely different depending on camera angle and lighting.

~~cesariojpn~~ · « **Reply #297 on:** 20 Jul 2013, 00:05 »

Quote from: Method of Madness on 19 Jul 2013, 18:38

Maybe it's just market research. Then again, isn't market research just psychology of profit?

Market research is nothing more than false info that is steadfastly held up as "the gospel" by idiots who paid stupid amounts of money to get a degree that entitles them to a position that requires a stupid money compensation.

Perfectly Reasonable · « **Reply #298 on:** 20 Jul 2013, 01:10 »

Waydaminnit... It never occurred to me to wonder how BluMeido sees what she sees.

As for me, I wear glasses (as you'll see when my avatar is up) and if I mislay them, I can't look for them until I find them.

techkid · « **Reply #299 on:** 20 Jul 2013, 04:15 »

On avatars: I find similarities (similar beard ("the kind of beard worn by people who weren't cut out by nature to be beard-wearers"), magical abilities and luck in my natural profession), but also differences (no WIZZARD hat, homicidal Luggage, nor have I saved the world (not even by accident)).

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