Topic: WCDT Strips 3181 to 3185 (21 to 25 March 2016) (Read 44349 times)

TheEvilDog · « **Reply #100 on:** 22 Mar 2016, 21:32 »

Who says entropy is the end?

Decay ultimately leads to new growth, which itself will lead to entropy and so on.

Hanners is right of course, breaking that cycle can lead to some nasty complications.

hedgie · « **Reply #101 on:** 22 Mar 2016, 21:39 »

Perhaps by "defeat" she does not mean "destroy", but instead to make entropy her slave.

Tova · « **Reply #102 on:** 22 Mar 2016, 21:46 »

If Emily wants to defeat entropy, she has a lot of work to do.

celticgeek · « **Reply #103 on:** 22 Mar 2016, 21:48 »

How big a step in defeating entropy was the "collapsible cardigan"?

BarGamer · « **Reply #104 on:** 22 Mar 2016, 21:57 »

Aw, Emily reads the 'Young Wizardry' series by Diane Duane! *plug*

zmeiat_joro · « **Reply #105 on:** 22 Mar 2016, 22:08 »

Thanks, Jeph! Theph! I also love Look Around You.

Deadcoder · « **Reply #106 on:** 22 Mar 2016, 22:17 »

Good for Emily for having goals! Honestly, I suspect she can already warp reality a little, so this is probably realistic for her.

explicit · « **Reply #107 on:** 22 Mar 2016, 22:24 »

My nemesis is going to be girls. They're gross and have cuties.

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Deadcoder · « **Reply #108 on:** 22 Mar 2016, 22:26 »

Also, what if Questionable Content is in the same Universe as Madoka Magica? Here me out on this one: Emily figures out a way to defeat Entropy, but the universe is already too close to heat death for her idea to work. So she invented a time machine to go back in time so she could make a difference. However, she screwed up on some calc, and accidentally traveled spacially in addition to temporally. The incubators discover humanity by meeting her. She gives them the method to prevent the heat death of the universe, since they have the resources to make the plan work, and trades the technology for a Banana Smoothie. They promptly deploy the Magical Girl system. It's absurd enough to be an Emily idea.

Emily is responsible for the setup of Madoka Magica, and QC is in the same universe.

sitnspin · « **Reply #109 on:** 22 Mar 2016, 22:38 »

Quote from: TheEvilDog on 22 Mar 2016, 21:32

Who says entropy is the end?

Physics.

Kugai · « **Reply #110 on:** 22 Mar 2016, 22:48 »

I've finally figured it out

Emily is a Time Lord suffering from memory loss.

Tova · « **Reply #111 on:** 22 Mar 2016, 22:58 »

Check for a Chameleon Arch resembling a fob watch...

Skewbrow · « **Reply #112 on:** 23 Mar 2016, 00:20 »

Emily on a mission to defeat entropy? That will take really advanced programming - at the level of Cosmic AC = Asimov's version of QC's Station. On steroids.

Timemaster · « **Reply #113 on:** 23 Mar 2016, 00:28 »

Entropy Rules!

(Pun intended)

I´m glad that I haven´t got a personal nemesis. But I could concider entropy to have been one, if I wanted to. I´ve been studying chemistry for three years and had to calculate a lot with entropy and thermodynamics in physical chemistry. I never really understood it and this was one of the causes I finally gave up chemistry and became a watchmaker.
So I´m completely with Emily here.

TM

EDIT:
Yay, 100 postings. Where´s the cake?

BenRG · « **Reply #114 on:** 23 Mar 2016, 00:34 »

The worrying thing is that I consider it entirely plausible that Emily will manage her victory. Naturally, she won't consider the consequences until things start going backwards in time. Knowing her, she'll think that it is funny!

Martin · « **Reply #115 on:** 23 Mar 2016, 00:51 »

Quote from: Timemaster on 23 Mar 2016, 00:28

Yay, 100 postings. Where´s the cake?

In the next testchamber. Pleas keep going and contribute for science.

BTW: Girls who know science are awesome.
...
So when does Emily impress Dr.Chatham and gets an offer for working on the spacestation?

explicit · « **Reply #116 on:** 23 Mar 2016, 01:29 »

I like to think that anyone who knows science is awesome. Science is awesome.

Timemaster · « **Reply #117 on:** 23 Mar 2016, 02:00 »

Quote from: Martin on 23 Mar 2016, 00:51

In the next testchamber. Pleas keep going and contribute for science.

Portal references rule, too.

TM

BenRG · « **Reply #118 on:** 23 Mar 2016, 02:16 »

You know, I think I know where the story in today's strip ends. It ends with a dark void without even the slightest energy difference between the few remaining particles. Suddenly, out of nowhere, Emily's voice rings out:

"Eureka! Let there be light!"

TinPenguin · « **Reply #119 on:** 23 Mar 2016, 03:56 »

Quote from: swapna on 22 Mar 2016, 18:02

It is not, but yes, there are people who'll hand the server their wallet (which was the question). Juicy lady is very rude, but the wallet-thing alone wouldn't be problematic, especially if there's a good reason. (sometimes even the people at the manicurists who don't want to ruin their new manicure do that...)

"Hey, thanks for preventing me from using my hands effectively, please take my money!"

Skewbrow · « **Reply #120 on:** 23 Mar 2016, 04:25 »

Quote from: BenRG on 23 Mar 2016, 02:16

You know, I think I know where the story in today's strip ends. It ends with a dark void without even the slightest energy difference between the few remaining particles. Suddenly, out of nowhere, Emily's voice rings out:

"Eureka! Let there be light!"

You were ninja'ed (but nice to see another Asimov fan).

Martin · « **Reply #121 on:** 23 Mar 2016, 05:22 »

Quote from: explicit on 23 Mar 2016, 01:29

I like to think that anyone who knows science is awesome. Science is awesome.

Totaly true

Method of Madness · « **Reply #122 on:** 23 Mar 2016, 05:24 »

So is Emily the smartest person in the QCverse by far?

pwhodges · « **Reply #123 on:** 23 Mar 2016, 05:33 »

Quote from: BenRG on 23 Mar 2016, 02:16

Suddenly, out of nowhere, Emily's voice rings out:

"Eureka! Let there be light!"

Followed by Raven saying: "Hey! That was going to be my line!"

Radium_Coyote · « **Reply #124 on:** 23 Mar 2016, 05:54 »

Being intelligent and being smart are two obviously different things.

chaospersonified · « **Reply #125 on:** 23 Mar 2016, 06:13 »

Quote from: Method of Madness on 23 Mar 2016, 05:24

So is Emily the smartest person in the QCverse by far?

She's good at figuring things out, at least, non-social things. This does not necessarily mean smart.

Zebediah · « **Reply #126 on:** 23 Mar 2016, 06:19 »

My take is that Emily is off-the-charts good at abstract reasoning. Concrete, real-world reasoning, not so much.

Aimless · « **Reply #127 on:** 23 Mar 2016, 10:34 »

Quote from: sitnspin on 22 Mar 2016, 21:17

Quite the opposite, really. The endgame for entropy is everything being uniformly distributed.

Uniformly messy

Wimblesaurus · « **Reply #128 on:** 23 Mar 2016, 15:29 »

Quote from: Method of Madness on 23 Mar 2016, 05:24

So is Emily the smartest person in the QCverse by far?

By raw intelligence? Yes, probably by a long shot.

By wealth of common sense and the ability to consistently apply useful life experiences to her current situation? No.

Claire is the smartest person in QC in the same way Osaka is the smartest person in Azumanga.

osaka · « **Reply #129 on:** 23 Mar 2016, 16:02 »

Somebody rang?

Also, I think you might want to edit that. Emily is a loving homage to Osaka, yes. But you typed Claire in there, and I'm almost positive that Claire has nothing to do with Osaka. In fact, if she were to be compared to an Azumanga character, my money would be on Yomi.

Radium_Coyote · « **Reply #130 on:** 23 Mar 2016, 17:16 »

The scariest thing is, she COULD win.

SubaruStephen · « **Reply #131 on:** 23 Mar 2016, 18:55 »

Quote from: Martin on 23 Mar 2016, 00:51

Quote from: Timemaster on 23 Mar 2016, 00:28
Yay, 100 postings. Where´s the cake?

In the next testchamber. Pleas keep going and contribute for science.

jheartney · « **Reply #132 on:** 23 Mar 2016, 18:58 »

Emily and Hanners are the two smartest QC characters, with Claire coming in third. (This would be more impressive if the male contingent of the comic were any sort of competition, but they aren't.) Both Emily and Hanners have the smarts to become world dictator, but Emily won't because she's too busy thinking about beetles, and Hanners isn't mean enough. Of course, Hanners has considered the idea.

Zebediah · « **Reply #133 on:** 23 Mar 2016, 18:59 »

Today's strip should be added to the Wikipedia article "Entropy in popular culture". But first somebody needs to create the article "Entropy in popular culture".

I'm honestly surprised it doesn't exist already.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #134 on:** 23 Mar 2016, 19:22 »

Wikipedia got rid of those after that xkcd.

St.Clair · « **Reply #135 on:** 23 Mar 2016, 19:28 »

Emily doesn't let little things like "insufficient data for a meaningful answer" stop her.

Tova · « **Reply #136 on:** 23 Mar 2016, 19:37 »

I don't think that even Emily's talent will overcome entropy. But that is okay! This is what makes entropy the perfect nemesis*.

Quote from: Method of Madness on 23 Mar 2016, 19:22

Wikipedia got rid of those after that xkcd.

What makes that comic funny, of course, is that it is mocking the Internet's fetish for popular culture references, a fetish that xkcd has itself fostered for many years.

* Nemesis, n.: A rival or opponent who cannot be beaten.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #137 on:** 23 Mar 2016, 19:37 »

Man, I like seeing tomorrow's strip early but I hate not being able to talk about it!

Quote from: Tova on 23 Mar 2016, 19:37

* Nemesis, n.: A rival or opponent who cannot be beaten.

Well, that doesn't mean you can't beat your nemesis, just that doing so makes them no longer your nemesis, right? Or at the very most it means they retroactively never were.

Tova · « **Reply #138 on:** 23 Mar 2016, 19:41 »

Quote from: Method of Madness on 23 Mar 2016, 19:37

Quote from: Tova on 23 Mar 2016, 19:37
* Nemesis, n.: A rival or opponent who cannot be beaten.
Well, that doesn't mean you can't beat your nemesis, just that doing so makes them no longer your nemesis, right?

Yes, exactly! Which means you need to find a new one. Finding an unbeatable one is far better.

TheEvilDog · « **Reply #139 on:** 23 Mar 2016, 20:14 »

Stay classy Pintsize.

Undrneath · « **Reply #140 on:** 23 Mar 2016, 20:14 »

I for one would never want a pooped burger no matter how well his chassis has been cleaned.

K1dmor · « **Reply #141 on:** 23 Mar 2016, 20:36 »

Marten might hate the idea, but I'm lovin' it™

chaospersonified · « **Reply #142 on:** 23 Mar 2016, 21:15 »

Quote from: Undrneath on 23 Mar 2016, 20:14

I for one would never want a pooped burger no matter how well his chassis has been cleaned.

Eh, I'd be cool with it, presuming said burger was cooked to my semi-precise specifications

Tova · « **Reply #143 on:** 23 Mar 2016, 21:55 »

It would go nicely with a cup of espresso.

cesium133 · « **Reply #144 on:** 23 Mar 2016, 22:27 »

...will not dredge up the tired "ass burgers" pun... ...will not dredge up the tired "ass burgers" pun... ...will not dredge up the tired "ass burgers" pun...

Omega Entity · « **Reply #145 on:** 23 Mar 2016, 22:28 »

Apparently people actually do have the ability to poop burgers.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #146 on:** 23 Mar 2016, 22:38 »

Maybe Jeph has a new syndrome to go with Butts Disease.

TheEvilDog · « **Reply #147 on:** 23 Mar 2016, 22:44 »

What's really surprising is that Marten and Claire have been going out for how long and Claire still doesn't know when Pintsize is setting up a joke?

Here's a hint - never trust a thing Pintsize says.

Really Marten should probably get a card printed up similar to the one about Bart in the Simpsons.

Tova · « **Reply #148 on:** 23 Mar 2016, 23:11 »

He was joking? Are you sure?

hakko504 · « **Reply #149 on:** 23 Mar 2016, 23:45 »

Quote from: Omega Entity on 23 Mar 2016, 22:28

Apparently people actually do have the ability to poop burgers.

Why did I click that link? I knew I was going to regret it. 'scuse me while I go and claw out my eyes.

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