Topic: WCDT: 2563-2567 (28 October-1 November 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread (Read 42756 times)

Mr_Rose · « **Reply #100 on:** 29 Oct 2013, 21:19 »

Quote from: Method of Madness on 29 Oct 2013, 20:51

I'm confused, why are Dora and Tai looking at that? And is Dale also looking at that? What a strange comic.

The screenshot is Dale's machine. Dora&Tai just coincidentally happened to be looking at the same page, probably because they (Tai) got it into their heads that it would be hilarious.

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #101 on:** 29 Oct 2013, 21:21 »

I'm confused for a lot of reasons really.

Dale shouldn't be looking at wikihow for that any way! Dale turn around! The answer is on the wall! The Brigade Commander's wisdom can guide you!

Your weird fact for the day, there is a religion of sorts focused on Haruhi. No one is quite sure if they're taking the piss or not.

YourEvilExGirlfriend · « **Reply #102 on:** 29 Oct 2013, 21:27 »

Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 29 Oct 2013, 20:52

I'm also confused about why we have 2565 and 2567 but no 2566.

Presumably because it'll likely be a Happy Halloween splash page and Jeph hasn't gotten around to drawing it yet.

As for why Dora and Tai are both looking at the same page at the same time, that is quite the coincidence. Unless the comic meant to imply that they browse/contribute to wiki-how and have stumbled on that particular article sometime before... I have no idea. Either way, I hope that the advice Dale gets from the wikihow isn't somehow grossly misinterpreted...

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #103 on:** 29 Oct 2013, 21:30 »

Yeah it'd just be awkward. With a little misreading the road to heroin addiction could begin on that webpage!

YourEvilExGirlfriend · « **Reply #104 on:** 29 Oct 2013, 21:36 »

Quote from: GarandMarine on 29 Oct 2013, 21:30

Yeah it'd just be awkward. With a little misreading the road to heroin addiction could begin on that webpage!

Haha!

I admit, I actually ended up checking out the wiki-how articles on "How to Tell a Girl You Like Her" and was blown away by all the common sense.

Step 1 - Brush your teeth before you see her.

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #105 on:** 29 Oct 2013, 21:48 »

...I don't know what's sadder, that someone gave that advice or that someone out there probably desperately needed that advice.

Rghfrgl · « **Reply #106 on:** 29 Oct 2013, 21:50 »

It kind of feels like Dale is there just so it's not a 2 panel strip.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #107 on:** 29 Oct 2013, 21:55 »

I'd say that Tai and Dora are there just so it's not a 3 panel strip.

Tulpa · « **Reply #108 on:** 29 Oct 2013, 21:56 »

Is May ever coming back? His glowing glasses reminded me that he hasn't had them turned on in a while.

...Maybe not. She's not on the cast page. Station is even there.

Quantum Glass · « **Reply #109 on:** 29 Oct 2013, 22:01 »

I choose to believe that, assuming it isn't Halloween season in the series, the Jack O'Lantern is on the WikiHow logo because Dale is really sloppy at closing tabs and remembering to turn off his computer.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #110 on:** 29 Oct 2013, 22:09 »

Who turns off their computer?

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #111 on:** 29 Oct 2013, 22:44 »

Quote from: Method of Madness on 29 Oct 2013, 20:58

How'd you even know to check? Now I've seen Friday's comic, but not Thursday's. I guess if you want to talk about it use spoiler tags.

(click to show/hide)
Apparently we'll find out that Dale's a virgin. Also Faye and Dora are kind of shitty.

Spaceside2 has already used 2567 as a reference on the wiki.

Which is begging the question since I have no explanation for how Spaceside2 knew to look for it.

J · « **Reply #112 on:** 29 Oct 2013, 22:49 »

Quote from: GarandMarine on 29 Oct 2013, 21:21

Dale shouldn't be looking at wikihow for that any way!

it's really more of a yahoo answers type question

Method of Madness · « **Reply #113 on:** 29 Oct 2013, 23:22 »

Probably because Jeph mentioned doing this week's comics in advance.

Tova · « **Reply #114 on:** 30 Oct 2013, 00:53 »

Quote from: Mad Cat on 29 Oct 2013, 07:05

http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1597

My Archive-Fu is stronger than yours.

I really like your forum avatar.

Akima · « **Reply #115 on:** 30 Oct 2013, 01:18 »

Quote from: YourEvilExGirlfriend on 29 Oct 2013, 21:27

As for why Dora and Tai are both looking at the same page at the same time,

Because they are both looking at the same screen?

KOK · « **Reply #116 on:** 30 Oct 2013, 01:30 »

One good thing about them beeing so geeky is that they will probably RTFM before they get to the point where they need it. If they get that far.

Edited typo

Barmymoo · « **Reply #117 on:** 30 Oct 2013, 03:30 »

This feels a bit like the old-style QC, where things didn't always make 100% linear or chronological sense but we got to see several characters' takes on something Jeph was thinking about. I like it!

kyomi · « **Reply #118 on:** 30 Oct 2013, 05:24 »

Glowing glasses... I like where this is going. I miss May

toffee-skye · « **Reply #119 on:** 30 Oct 2013, 05:31 »

WikiHow to talk to people you like.. ah man, i could've done with that when i was younger.

Strangederby · « **Reply #120 on:** 30 Oct 2013, 05:46 »

Heh. I actually struggled for quite a while trying to work out what was going on in this one.

kyomi · « **Reply #121 on:** 30 Oct 2013, 05:47 »

You know, honestly.. when I saw today's comic.. I thought Dale was going to make glitter pumps for Marigold. It took me quite awhile to see that search box and what he typed in.

I think he should ask May for advice

Although not really the most reliable source.. she can actually give good advice.

Zebediah · « **Reply #122 on:** 30 Oct 2013, 06:33 »

Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 29 Oct 2013, 22:44

Quote from: Method of Madness on 29 Oct 2013, 20:58
How'd you even know to check? Now I've seen Friday's comic, but not Thursday's. I guess if you want to talk about it use spoiler tags.

(click to show/hide)
Apparently we'll find out that Dale's a virgin. Also Faye and Dora are kind of shitty.

Spaceside2 has already used 2567 as a reference on the wiki.

Which is begging the question since I have no explanation for how Spaceside2 knew to look for it.

For a couple of minutes last night the main URL questionablecontent.net would link to comic 2566, which was a broken image. If you happened to hit the "Next" link in an effort to get the comic to display it would take you to 2567. This was fixed quickly, but if you happened to check QC at the right time you could travel a couple of days into the future.

Neko_Ali · « **Reply #123 on:** 30 Oct 2013, 06:47 »

The funny thing is.. what got me about this comic is why if his google glasses were off all day (makes sense, when on a date) did Dale turn them on as he was sitting at his computer? It seems rather redundant to me...

Mr_Rose · « **Reply #124 on:** 30 Oct 2013, 07:17 »

Quote from: Neko_Ali on 30 Oct 2013, 06:47

The funny thing is.. what got me about this comic is why if his google glasses were off all day (makes sense, when on a date) did Dale turn them on as he was sitting at his computer? It seems rather redundant to me...

It could just be reflected screen glare I suppose? Or he's using them as a virtual multi-monitor setup….

Barmymoo · « **Reply #125 on:** 30 Oct 2013, 07:42 »

It looks like he did turn them on, but that makes sense to me. I often sit down at my computer with a book open, and maybe put on some catchup TV on iPlayer while also browsing blogs and checking my email. Technology overload!

Thrudd · « **Reply #126 on:** 30 Oct 2013, 07:51 »

It's only overload if something breaks or gets lost, otherwise it is just the road to saturation.

Dual monitors - check [have to get the third one fixed]
Sound System on and playing RUSH - check
Multiple browser windows open - check
Skype active - check
Refreshments - check

Is this what they call multitasking?

Neko_Ali · « **Reply #127 on:** 30 Oct 2013, 08:10 »

He wasn't multitasking though. Sure there are times when you want to do several things at once. But he just sat down, apparently turned on the glasses and computer just to brood over the date. My point being, anything he could do with the glasses, he can do with the computer. So why wait to sit in front of the computer to turn the glasses on? That's more like turning on two CD players at the same time.

PthariensFlame · « **Reply #128 on:** 30 Oct 2013, 09:37 »

Quote from: Neko_Ali on 30 Oct 2013, 08:10

He wasn't multitasking though. Sure there are times when you want to do several things at once. But he just sat down, apparently turned on the glasses and computer just to brood over the date. My point being, anything he could do with the glasses, he can do with the computer. So why wait to sit in front of the computer to turn the glasses on? That's more like turning on two CD players at the same time.

Not quite, though. He could be using the glasses as a sort of extra information layer, through which he could, say, view data about the people writing the answers. Even when you're not doing two completely separate tasks, cooperative concurrency can still be useful.

Legere-factus · « **Reply #129 on:** 30 Oct 2013, 09:40 »

I got a bit confused about this strip, wondering how Tai and Dora were spying on Dale's internet searches. I started wondering about they could do so remotely, did Dora's basic website building knowledge now mean she could hack into his personal pc and see his screen...

Then I read the forum. I saw the more reasonable responses. I told my brain to stop thinking so round-a-bout!

YourEvilExGirlfriend · « **Reply #130 on:** 30 Oct 2013, 09:54 »

Or he could have just sat down at the computer (as a force of habit) without turning it on and turned on his glasses instead.

Still, I don't think this is really all that complicated. The glow in the glasses is the glare from the screen. Dora and Tai are looking at the same page simply because it's coincidence. It's a comic. Things sometime line up that neatly and simply because story has more structure than real life.

However way you want to spin it, the take home message from this strip is "Dale likes Marigold and doesn't know how to tell her" and "up to now, he's being going about it all wrong by stalking her because stalking is bad- (of which the glowing glasses are a reminder of Dale's looming in the alley-way days). And just in case you don't trust wikihow as a source, in an unrelated context, Dora and Tai verify not-stalking as good advice."

Zebediah · « **Reply #131 on:** 30 Oct 2013, 09:55 »

Quote from: Legere-factus on 30 Oct 2013, 09:40

I got a bit confused about this strip, wondering how Tai and Dora were spying on Dale's internet searches. I started wondering about they could do so remotely, did Dora's basic website building knowledge now mean she could hack into his personal pc and see his screen...

Then I read the forum. I saw the more reasonable responses. I told my brain to stop thinking so round-a-bout!

Not to worry; this was one of the harder ones to parse. When I saw the third panel, I thought there was a layout error and an ad had been rendered on top of the comic. When I saw the fourth panel, I thought it belonged to a different comic. Took me a minute to piece together what was going on.

starkruzr · « **Reply #132 on:** 30 Oct 2013, 10:18 »

Someone help me out? How do we know Dale is stalking anyone, other than Jeph's cryptic note at the bottom which could be about anybody?

Mr_Rose · « **Reply #133 on:** 30 Oct 2013, 10:22 »

Quote from: starkruzr on 30 Oct 2013, 10:18

Someone help me out? How do we know Dale is stalking anyone, other than Jeph's cryptic note at the bottom which could be about anybody?

Apart from all the strips where he was stalking Mari through WoW and randomly jumping out of alleyways as she passed?

KOK · « **Reply #134 on:** 30 Oct 2013, 10:57 »

For all we know he just happened to meet her. He talked to her. He then walked into an alleyway in a - not entirely successful - attempt to make a dramatic exit. That is hardly stalking.

I have no idea what is considered appropriate behaviour in WoW.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #135 on:** 30 Oct 2013, 11:37 »

If she'd been alarmed I wouldn't have said "You're overreacting!".

starkruzr · « **Reply #136 on:** 30 Oct 2013, 11:38 »

Quote from: Mr_Rose on 30 Oct 2013, 10:22

Quote from: starkruzr on 30 Oct 2013, 10:18
Someone help me out? How do we know Dale is stalking anyone, other than Jeph's cryptic note at the bottom which could be about anybody?
Apart from all the strips where he was stalking Mari through WoW and randomly jumping out of alleyways as she passed?

I didn't think WoW was stalking, exactly, and don't remember the alleyways thing at all, which I guess is why this is confusing to me.

KOK · « **Reply #137 on:** 30 Oct 2013, 11:46 »

http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1771

Kugai · « **Reply #138 on:** 30 Oct 2013, 12:32 »

The world is weirder than you think.

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #139 on:** 30 Oct 2013, 12:40 »

and that's before you even get into Quantum Fetish Physics.

jwhouk · « **Reply #140 on:** 30 Oct 2013, 12:48 »

Did anyone pull out Occam's razor and make the obvious point?

The computer is running WOW; he didn't want to open a new screen or tab, so he turned on his glasses to do the search.

LookingIn · « **Reply #141 on:** 30 Oct 2013, 14:36 »

Quote from: Method of Madness on 29 Oct 2013, 22:09

Who turns off their computer?

Should be done every few days to clear out your computer's memory...

Sidhekin · « **Reply #142 on:** 30 Oct 2013, 14:48 »

Only if you're running some inferior OS, like Windows ...

Code: [Select]

$ uptime
 22:42:35 up 82 days,  4:48, 19 users,  load average: 0.79, 0.64, 0.46

Not bad for a laptop?

... and on the server:

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$ uptime
 22:44:57 up 139 days, 18:15,  2 users,  load average: 0.92, 0.99, 0.99

... I think that must have been a kernel upgrade. Reboots are still kinda recommended on those occasions.

cesium133 · « **Reply #143 on:** 30 Oct 2013, 15:20 »

Eh, it's not really true anymore even with Windows. The last time I rebooted this machine was (according to the uptime clock in Task Manager) 12 days ago, to install updates.

pwhodges · « **Reply #144 on:** 30 Oct 2013, 15:53 »

<yawn>

I reboot my Windows servers every few months to install the security updates. I don't do it every month because they're not badly exposed. I also don't reboot my OpenBSD firewall except for updates. My Win 7 desktop gets rebooted every week or two, not for its own sake, but because one or another stupid install forces me to - typically Adobe Acrobat [sic - not Reader] updates.

jwhouk · « **Reply #145 on:** 30 Oct 2013, 16:26 »

Stoopid Noob question (kinda) - how do you find the uptime on a Win7 machine? I can't find it in my Task Manager.

cesium133 · « **Reply #146 on:** 30 Oct 2013, 16:26 »

It's under the "Performance" tab.

jwhouk · « **Reply #147 on:** 30 Oct 2013, 17:00 »

Oh. Thanks.

2 days, 18 hours, 58 plus minutes.

westrim · « **Reply #148 on:** 30 Oct 2013, 17:20 »

Quote from: Sidhekin on 30 Oct 2013, 14:48

Only if you're running some inferior OS, like Windows ...

Outdated stereotypes are hilarious! Next someone will comment on the immunity of Apple to viruses or Linux driver difficulty.

Every OS has its flaws, but pointing them out solely to pump up your choice is either lame or sad depending on the accuracy.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #149 on:** 30 Oct 2013, 18:49 »

Interesting Momo-Marten chat tonight! Although Friday's comic is no longer accessible. I would never ever tell Jeph how to write his comic but I do hope that Monday's makes up for Friday's.

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Is Dale the prettiest princess?

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