Topic: WCDT Strips 3041 - 3045 (7 September to 11 September 2015) (Read 23010 times)

gopher · « **Reply #50 on:** 08 Sep 2015, 04:25 »

Quote from: Arancaytar on 08 Sep 2015, 02:26

Timey Wimey detector; goes ding when there's stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq-nqBIERhg

BenRG · « **Reply #51 on:** 08 Sep 2015, 04:27 »

Maybe it's a Everdeen-o-scope? Confirms real/not real. If it glows green, it's real. There are occasional incidents when Hannelore would be grateful for an unimpeachable second opinion of that sort!

jgh · « **Reply #52 on:** 08 Sep 2015, 04:32 »

Quote from: Perfectly Reasonable on 07 Sep 2015, 23:37

"Notice anything different about me?" is a Dangerous Question. You should know better, Claire.

"Notice anything different about me?"

"Yes, you've got a blob of snot hanging from your nose, here have a hanky"

Ok, it's just a ring and not the blob-of-snot piercing that most nose-piercers seem to prefer.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #53 on:** 08 Sep 2015, 05:15 »

Gotta stop forgetting about the new thread every week. Yay piercing and yay strange gadgets!

Kugai · « **Reply #54 on:** 08 Sep 2015, 15:46 »

My god, she's got a prototype Sonic Screwdriver!!!!!!!

Zebediah · « **Reply #55 on:** 08 Sep 2015, 18:38 »

Comic's up.

SPOILER: It scans the surrounding area for Beatrice Chatham and emits an ear-piercing alarm if it detects her. As if Hannelore needed any more ear piercings.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #56 on:** 08 Sep 2015, 18:41 »

I kinda wanna repierce my septum now.

chaospersonified · « **Reply #57 on:** 08 Sep 2015, 18:41 »

Quote from: Zebediah on 08 Sep 2015, 18:38

Comic's up.

SPOILER: It scans the surrounding area for Beatrice Chatham and emits an ear-piercing alarm if it detects her. As if Hannelore needed any more ear piercings.

I feel this is more likely than the 'sonic screwdriver' theory. I love Doctor Who, but I sorta dislike the idea of it crossing with QC.

Perfectly Reasonable · « **Reply #58 on:** 08 Sep 2015, 18:45 »

'Specials' are back. Yay!

And I want an app that puts me in control of my thoughts.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #59 on:** 08 Sep 2015, 18:48 »

Pumpkin Space Ham

~~mustang6172~~ · « **Reply #60 on:** 08 Sep 2015, 19:02 »

If there's pumpkin on the specials, it must be approaching fall in QCverse.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #61 on:** 08 Sep 2015, 19:04 »

Not necessarily. If it was fall, it wouldn't be special!

kyraeus · « **Reply #62 on:** 08 Sep 2015, 19:44 »

Am I the only one simultaneously not shocked, but absolutely terrified that Hannelore has an app for orbital railgunning? My only questions like somewhere down the path of why in the name of everything she didn't use it when encountering Marigold's apartment or any of a number of other similar situations. I could totally see her just railgunning things into nonexistence then calling down the robot repair squad to rebuild everything atom by atom to perfection, only sanitized to within an inch of the city's life.

osaka · « **Reply #63 on:** 08 Sep 2015, 19:49 »

The orbital railgunning app has been known for a while, although it was known as "orbital bombardment app".

Assuming it's the same ofc. Dropping a tungsten rod sounds like something a railgun would do.

Tova · « **Reply #64 on:** 08 Sep 2015, 22:29 »

Quote from: kyraeus on 08 Sep 2015, 19:44

Am I the only one simultaneously not shocked, but absolutely terrified that Hannelore has an app for orbital railgunning?

Probably.

theMarc · « **Reply #65 on:** 08 Sep 2015, 22:33 »

Of course it's not a targeting device Claire. If you're setting off orbital weaponry, you generally don't want to be close enough to your target that you can shine a little green light on it.

QuestionableIntentions · « **Reply #66 on:** 08 Sep 2015, 22:34 »

I want that App.

snubnose · « **Reply #67 on:** 08 Sep 2015, 23:28 »

My first guess: failed experiment that actually does absolutely nothing but look funny and shine a light.

Second guess: medical scanner, aka the Star Trek medical tricorder.

P.s.: ...

Note to self: read thread first, then post your ideas about current comic.

DonInKansas · « **Reply #68 on:** 08 Sep 2015, 23:29 »

They should probably reinstall Pintsize's laser just in case the Daleks show up.

snubnose · « **Reply #69 on:** 08 Sep 2015, 23:32 »

Quote from: Y on 07 Sep 2015, 23:07

I thought it was some kind of tricorder, like: Staph: 7.9 billion bacteria, Strep: 4.1 billion bacteria,..., new nose ring.

...

What does "Staph" and "Strep" mean ??!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

BenRG · « **Reply #70 on:** 08 Sep 2015, 23:42 »

For now, I'm sticking with 'holographic imager'. That said, maybe Marten should check the mind-control option by asking Hannelore to do something uncharacteristic. Hanners' test of this option was... sub-optimal anyway and I suspect that she doesn't really know how that sort of thing would work. Marten has to be sure, just for the sake of science, you understand!

Quote from: kyraeus on 08 Sep 2015, 19:44

Am I the only one simultaneously not shocked, but absolutely terrified that Hannelore has an app for orbital railgunning?

That's what you get for being a newbie! Those of us who have been here longer, or have read the archives, will remember that Hanners wanted to drop a 'Rod of God' orbital attack on Coffee of Doom to kill the spiders in the basement. She actually had already transmitted the attack co-ordinates to the space station and was waiting to start the count-down when Dora stopped her!

Quote from: snubnose on 08 Sep 2015, 23:32

What does "Staph" and "Strep" mean ??!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

'Staph' - Staphylococcus - A family of mostly-harmless bacteria that live on our skin and mucus glands; when they get out of their 'comfort zone', they can cause nasty diseases like food poisoning.

'Strep' - Streptococcus - Another large family of common bacteria that normally live on the skin. The nastier sorts can cause infections if they get under the skin and into the blood. Others can cause pneumonia.

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Over on the Subreddit, someone suggested that it is an AI detector. It identifies AIs no matter how near-perfectly human their chassis (it probably flashes red when it does that). It's Dr. Elicott-Chatham's way of reassuring Hannelore that she isn't in a simulation filled with artificial people to help her learn to function socially.

The poster on the Subreddit speculated that the result, when she shoots the detector at Bubbles, is a shock to everyone.

Doc · « **Reply #71 on:** 09 Sep 2015, 01:25 »

It's a zapping device. Meant for zapping.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #72 on:** 09 Sep 2015, 05:16 »

It doesn't zap, it clearly byooos.

snubnose · « **Reply #73 on:** 09 Sep 2015, 07:18 »

Quote from: BenRG on 08 Sep 2015, 23:42

'Staph' - Staphylococcus - A family of mostly-harmless bacteria that live on our skin and mucus glands; when they get out of their 'comfort zone', they can cause nasty diseases like food poisoning.

'Strep' - Streptococcus - Another large family of common bacteria that normally live on the skin. The nastier sorts can cause infections if they get under the skin and into the blood. Others can cause pneumonia.

Aaaaaaaaah !!!! Thanks ! I wasnt even thinking about the possibility of that referencing different types of bacteria.

Quote from: Method of Madness on 09 Sep 2015, 05:16

It doesn't zap, it clearly byooos.

Exactly ! Now we know everything !

DSL · « **Reply #74 on:** 09 Sep 2015, 09:27 »

Quote from: Method of Madness on 09 Sep 2015, 05:16

It doesn't zap, it clearly byooos.

Perhaps it has multiple settings. Did the doc ship it in a Slaver stasis box?

Zebediah · « **Reply #75 on:** 09 Sep 2015, 09:45 »

Set the fhtagnizer to maximum byooo.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #76 on:** 09 Sep 2015, 13:22 »

Byoootiful.

Kugai · « **Reply #77 on:** 09 Sep 2015, 13:52 »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvmyxTm6hkg

SubaruStephen · « **Reply #78 on:** 09 Sep 2015, 17:15 »

Seeing as how her dad once sent her a robotic boyfriend (which she sent back), I'm guessing it's a device for finding her a human boyfriend (and that it WILL go ding when it finds one)

osaka · « **Reply #79 on:** 09 Sep 2015, 17:36 »

NEXT UP: It goes ding when Sven appears, Dora RQ's.

chaospersonified · « **Reply #80 on:** 09 Sep 2015, 17:46 »

Quote from: osaka on 09 Sep 2015, 17:36

NEXT UP: It goes ding when Sven appears, Dora RQ's.

'RQ' meaning rage quit, yes? Because that would be her response to such silliness, 100%

On the other hand, them as a couple might make for the ultimate 'odd couple' pairing. I am against it.

Zebediah · « **Reply #81 on:** 09 Sep 2015, 18:37 »

Comic's up.

They are going to try the fhtagnizer on Pintsize. I figure this is where my post-apocalyptic QC fanfic starts.

Neko_Ali · « **Reply #82 on:** 09 Sep 2015, 19:14 »

So.. she was afraid to use it on Winslow for what it might do, but is okay with using it on herself and her human friends? Alrighty then...

Method of Madness · « **Reply #83 on:** 09 Sep 2015, 19:26 »

NOW ENDS THE AGE OF MAN

chaospersonified · « **Reply #84 on:** 09 Sep 2015, 19:49 »

Pintsize, the all-powerful:

Quote from: Method of Madness on 09 Sep 2015, 19:26

NOW ENDS THE AGE OF MAN

w

Magniras · « **Reply #85 on:** 09 Sep 2015, 20:14 »

Quote from: Method of Madness on 09 Sep 2015, 19:26

NOW ENDS THE AGE OF MAN

EVEN NOW THERE IS HOPE FOR MAN!

Tova · « **Reply #86 on:** 09 Sep 2015, 20:42 »

Gain six inches with this one weird tip!

grez · « **Reply #87 on:** 09 Sep 2015, 20:44 »

anyone else think this is starting to relate to alice grove?

Method of Madness · « **Reply #88 on:** 09 Sep 2015, 20:45 »

Quote from: Tova on 09 Sep 2015, 20:42

Gain six inches with this one weird tip!

Just the tip?

Omega Entity · « **Reply #89 on:** 09 Sep 2015, 21:15 »

Am I the only one who feels the comic would almost have been better without the Claire side-commentary? I like her fine, but she just seems... redundant, in this one.

Penquin47 · « **Reply #90 on:** 09 Sep 2015, 21:19 »

Not the only one. Claire was completely superfluous to this comic aside from if she hadn't been in there at all people would've been asking WHAT HAPPENED TO CLAIRE???

Method of Madness · « **Reply #91 on:** 09 Sep 2015, 21:21 »

HEY, WHERE'S POOCHIE?

Tova · « **Reply #92 on:** 09 Sep 2015, 23:07 »

Quote from: Omega Entity on 09 Sep 2015, 21:15

Am I the only one who feels the comic would almost have been better without the Claire side-commentary? I like her fine, but she just seems... redundant, in this one.

You didn't find her side comments amusing at all?

BenRG · « **Reply #93 on:** 09 Sep 2015, 23:23 »

Everyone is forgetting that, since Faye got her new job, Pintsize has been thinking of a career change. If it makes him super-powerful, it might just accelerate his move into professional prize-fighting. Alternately, the doohickey might flash red to warn Hannelore of a potential/actual letch.

I can't actually see him wanting to wipe out humanity, mostly because it would reduce the availability of porn.

Meanwhile, it looks like Claire is having another one of those experiences where it is revealed to her just what a surreal social circle she's gotten entangled in via Marten!

pwhodges · « **Reply #94 on:** 09 Sep 2015, 23:27 »

That's the most pessimistic I've ever seem Marten...

Omega Entity · « **Reply #95 on:** 09 Sep 2015, 23:37 »

Quote from: Tova on 09 Sep 2015, 23:07

Quote from: Omega Entity on 09 Sep 2015, 21:15
Am I the only one who feels the comic would almost have been better without the Claire side-commentary? I like her fine, but she just seems... redundant, in this one.
You didn't find her side comments amusing at all?

Honestly? Not at all, really. It didn't add anything to the comic, punchline or otherwise, and felt like she was there just to... well, be there. Her commentary feels forced and shoehorned in, as though it was felt that it was absolutely necessary to say -something-. That neither Marten nor Hanners had any reaction to anything she said solidifies it for me - she's really a third-wheel in this particular exchange, IMO.

anahata · « **Reply #96 on:** 10 Sep 2015, 00:11 »

Quote from: Omega Entity on 09 Sep 2015, 21:15

Am I the only one who feels the comic would almost have been better without the Claire side-commentary? I like her fine, but she just seems... redundant, in this one.

I came here to post that this strip feels like vintage QC, heavy on goofy SF dialogue. Claire simply wouldn't understand - Marten and Hanners go back almost to the beginning of QC time and Claire wasn't even in the story when conversations like that were common, so she's out of her depth here.

If it goes on for much longer, though, she'll disrupt everything with one of her puns...

Mr_Rose · « **Reply #97 on:** 10 Sep 2015, 01:03 »

The problem with that is that disruptors don't have stun settings… just "kill" and "vaporise"

hedgie · « **Reply #98 on:** 10 Sep 2015, 01:39 »

Maybe this means that Yandere Claire will awaken.

snubnose · « **Reply #99 on:** 10 Sep 2015, 01:46 »

Quote from: BenRG on 09 Sep 2015, 23:23

I can't actually see him wanting to wipe out humanity, mostly because it would reduce the availability of porn.

I cant see Pintsize wiping out mankind because he's not meanspirited.

Now Bender from Futurama, that would be a different deal.

Quote from: pwhodges on 09 Sep 2015, 23:27

That's the most pessimistic I've ever seem Marten...

More like stoic.

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