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Re: WCDT Strips 3416 to 3420 (13th to 17th February 2017)
« Reply #100 on: 15 Feb 2017, 05:31 »

Um... those jars on the shelf in the Dei ex Machina apartment?  Would that be a brain, two eyes, and a hand, by any chance?
The brain and eyes are for the skull, the hand, of course, is for Clinton.
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Re: WCDT Strips 3416 to 3420 (13th to 17th February 2017)
« Reply #101 on: 15 Feb 2017, 05:34 »

I'm starting to think that greybots are all "Gary."  Maybe "Gary" is an acronym for a hive-mind collective, or perhaps simply an organization of cloned intelligences, or even simply like-minded AIs who have adopted a specific unique uniform chassis.

If so, what might G.A.R.Y. stand for?

Grey Awesome Robot Yodelers?

Grey Attack Robo-Youths?

Grey Android Retaliatory Yahoos?

Grey Androids (who are) Really... Yummy?


(is spiderbot part of the collective?  HOW DEEP DOES THE CONSPIRACY GO?!?)  :psyduck:


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Re: WCDT Strips 3416 to 3420 (13th to 17th February 2017)
« Reply #102 on: 15 Feb 2017, 06:53 »

I think the eye, hand, and brain are a reference to the first & second Terminator movies.  Those were the 3 parts of the T-800 that survived, and Cyberdyne unwittingly used them to complete the time loop and create Skynet.
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Re: WCDT Strips 3416 to 3420 (13th to 17th February 2017)
« Reply #103 on: 15 Feb 2017, 07:18 »

So instead of Creepybot, could we call them Legion?  :-o

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Re: WCDT Strips 3416 to 3420 (13th to 17th February 2017)
« Reply #104 on: 15 Feb 2017, 07:21 »

I think the eye, hand, and brain are a reference to the first & second Terminator movies.  Those were the 3 parts of the T-800 that survived, and Cyberdyne unwittingly used them to complete the time loop and create Skynet.

Eye did survive? Im remebering only damaged brain-chip and a hand.

This strip is awesome i was wondering whether we would see Station adress Creepybots.  Notice recharge station to the right. Now speculative question would be if those bodies are only remote-controlled avatars or they posses computational capacity on their own.

Also do you remember that strip, where super-human intelligences were discussed? There was mention that AIs like that have human-style consciousness only as a subroutine, as seen on station who uses his projected body only to interact with us, humans. On the other hand, creepybot collective seems to use bodies and they act as a human(cleaning, watching stars, cooking, pets, relaxing on couch) even if no one(except for dogs) is present. They may be more humanlike than not.

Edit: Maybe they want to be like humans? Would go nicely with whole "sanctity of mind" thing and could be made into future arc.
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Re: WCDT Strips 3416 to 3420 (13th to 17th February 2017)
« Reply #105 on: 15 Feb 2017, 07:42 »

I don't know if this has been suggested, but could it be possible that, ironic multiple clones notwithstanding, Creepybot is the anthropomorphic (or technomorphic?) personification of The Singularity?
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Re: WCDT Strips 3416 to 3420 (13th to 17th February 2017)
« Reply #106 on: 15 Feb 2017, 08:31 »

Since our pale companions wouldn't appear to have biological needs, I also wonder if that kitchen really only exists to make dog food... or does it have some other, more suspect purpose?

They're  just renting an apartment, and almost all apartments in the Northampton area are equipped with a kitchen. Assuming this is in Northampton, which it doesn't necessarily have to be given Creepy's distributed nature. Could be Los Angeles. Or Tokyo. Or Fargo. (It's probably not Fargo.)
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Re: WCDT Strips 3416 to 3420 (13th to 17th February 2017)
« Reply #107 on: 15 Feb 2017, 08:44 »

Since our pale companions wouldn't appear to have biological needs, I also wonder if that kitchen really only exists to make dog food... or does it have some other, more suspect purpose?

Hey now, maybe the AIbinos like to have clients over for dinner. As the main course.
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Re: WCDT Strips 3416 to 3420 (13th to 17th February 2017)
« Reply #108 on: 15 Feb 2017, 10:08 »

Who knows... They apparently had several bodies in Northampton for this event. but that doesn't mean the apartment is there. Having several cases of spare bodies there suggests this is not a temporary abode. It's possible they do have several bodies in the area to keep an eye on Hanners and Emily. Or maybe they didn't and just flew some in when they heard about Bubble's situation. It certainly doesn't seem like money would be a problem for them.
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Re: WCDT Strips 3416 to 3420 (13th to 17th February 2017)
« Reply #109 on: 15 Feb 2017, 10:35 »

Also just to point out but who the heck puts a spoiler on the hood?
It goes on the back end with the Type R sticker.

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Re: WCDT Strips 3416 to 3420 (13th to 17th February 2017)
« Reply #110 on: 15 Feb 2017, 12:12 »

Also just to point out but who the heck puts a spoiler on the hood?
It goes on the back end with the Type R sticker.


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Re: WCDT Strips 3416 to 3420 (13th to 17th February 2017)
« Reply #111 on: 15 Feb 2017, 12:40 »

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Re: WCDT Strips 3416 to 3420 (13th to 17th February 2017)
« Reply #112 on: 15 Feb 2017, 13:23 »

Nah. Go subtle. Put a "Type R" sticker on it and call it a day.

I really liked the little understated brass plaque that was mounted on the dash of a Lamborghini.

"Manufacturer suggests for safety reasons that the windows of this vehicle not be opened at speeds in excess of 200 miles per hour." 
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Re: WCDT Strips 3416 to 3420 (13th to 17th February 2017)
« Reply #113 on: 15 Feb 2017, 14:55 »

They're  just renting an apartment, and almost all apartments in the Northampton area are equipped with a kitchen. Assuming this is in Northampton, which it doesn't necessarily have to be given Creepy's distributed nature. Could be Los Angeles. Or Tokyo. Or Fargo. (It's probably not Fargo.)

Am I the only one who assumed they were in space, then?
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Re: WCDT Strips 3416 to 3420 (13th to 17th February 2017)
« Reply #114 on: 15 Feb 2017, 15:28 »

Also just to point out but who the heck puts a spoiler on the hood?
It goes on the back end with the Type R sticker.


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I'd be surprised if the coffee maker or Bubbles were to partake in time trial racing. So in the back it is.
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Re: WCDT Strips 3416 to 3420 (13th to 17th February 2017)
« Reply #115 on: 15 Feb 2017, 16:16 »

I'm starting to think that greybots are all "Gary."  Maybe "Gary" is an acronym for a hive-mind collective, or perhaps simply an organization of cloned intelligences, or even simply like-minded AIs who have adopted a specific unique uniform chassis.

I like this. We already know about "the Gary incident" from a fairly early strip, which suggested that at least one AI had evolved far enough to "watch over" things. Why couldn't Gary be a hive-mind collective, or a super-distributed single-mind with multiple chassisesises?

(I never know how to pluralize "chassis". :roll:)
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Re: WCDT Strips 3416 to 3420 (13th to 17th February 2017)
« Reply #116 on: 15 Feb 2017, 16:39 »

Apparently it's the same spelling for singular/plural, but until looking it up I'd assumed it was "chasses" (with a non-silent s). I was mostly right, the s is non-silent for plural.
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Re: WCDT Strips 3416 to 3420 (13th to 17th February 2017)
« Reply #117 on: 15 Feb 2017, 19:09 »

Um... those jars on the shelf in the Dei ex Machina apartment?  Would that be a brain, two eyes, and a hand, by any chance?

I notice you did not ask about the contents of the chest: Butts.
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Re: WCDT Strips 3416 to 3420 (13th to 17th February 2017)
« Reply #118 on: 15 Feb 2017, 19:12 »

Normally I like poop jokes, but that seemed out of place.
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Re: WCDT Strips 3416 to 3420 (13th to 17th February 2017)
« Reply #119 on: 15 Feb 2017, 20:15 »

Sorry, Hannelore, but Creepybot is forbidden from entering your mind.
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Re: WCDT Strips 3416 to 3420 (13th to 17th February 2017)
« Reply #120 on: 15 Feb 2017, 20:22 »

OH GOD, HE'S HAD A BUTT'S DISEASE RELAPSE! SOMEBODY CALL AN AMBULANCE!
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« Reply #121 on: 15 Feb 2017, 20:56 »

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Re: WCDT Strips 3416 to 3420 (13th to 17th February 2017)
« Reply #122 on: 15 Feb 2017, 22:17 »

Hannelore is asking the wrong AI, but if such things bother her that much maybe she could bail out Corpse Witch.
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Re: WCDT Strips 3416 to 3420 (13th to 17th February 2017)
« Reply #123 on: 15 Feb 2017, 22:34 »

Hahaha I don't think it bothers her quite that much.
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Re: WCDT Strips 3416 to 3420 (13th to 17th February 2017)
« Reply #124 on: 15 Feb 2017, 23:20 »

You know, Dora, it's okay just to make a point and not have to illustrate it with a real-life example. Especially if it's about gross bodily functions.  Especially if you're talking to Hannelore, who is extra-sensitive about these things. :roll:

I don't know about anyone else, but I'm looking forward to Faye and Bubbles' reaction to Spider-Jeremy. You see, I can't see him just stopping at four limbs. The more the merrier, yeah? If he hasn't got a full set of manipulators and movement limbs (most of them mismatched) I'd be surprised. Faye and Bubbles are probably going to spend the rest of the day fixing that mess.

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Re: WCDT Strips 3416 to 3420 (13th to 17th February 2017)
« Reply #125 on: 16 Feb 2017, 00:36 »

I'm starting to think that greybots are all "Gary."  Maybe "Gary" is an acronym for a hive-mind collective, or perhaps simply an organization of cloned intelligences, or even simply like-minded AIs who have adopted a specific unique uniform chassis.

Wait.

"Gary" is an anagram of "gray".

Coincidence??


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« Reply #126 on: 16 Feb 2017, 00:57 »

OR IS IT?
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« Reply #127 on: 16 Feb 2017, 00:59 »

Coincidence is an anagram of Coccidienne.
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Re: WCDT Strips 3416 to 3420 (13th to 17th February 2017)
« Reply #128 on: 16 Feb 2017, 01:56 »

Coincidence is an anagram of Coccidienne.
And 'coin den CICE'

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Re: WCDT Strips 3416 to 3420 (13th to 17th February 2017)
« Reply #129 on: 16 Feb 2017, 05:22 »

Maybe, but cheating is an anagram of teaching, so in a roundabout way it's educational.
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Re: WCDT Strips 3416 to 3420 (13th to 17th February 2017)
« Reply #130 on: 16 Feb 2017, 06:23 »

I don't know about anyone else, but I'm looking forward to Faye and Bubbles' reaction to Spider-Jeremy. You see, I can't see him just stopping at four limbs. The more the merrier, yeah? If he hasn't got a full set of manipulators and movement limbs (most of them mismatched) I'd be surprised. Faye and Bubbles are probably going to spend the rest of the day fixing that mess.

Spider? I think not. Hearken back to who their favorite comic book character is. I am thinking something a bit more fuzzy with four limbs and a fluffy fluffy tail.
I think you will be saying hello to the new Jeremy and his little fluffy tailed friends.

Hmm, Jeremy could go so far as to recruiting interested AIs to be their rodent legionnaires looking for lost washers bolts and wingnuts, disassembling wrongdoers and being the heroes that Northampton needs, not the ones it wants.

Did I mention the Fluffy Fluffy tail already?
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« Reply #131 on: 16 Feb 2017, 07:10 »

Buuuuuutts.  :laugh:

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Re: WCDT Strips 3416 to 3420 (13th to 17th February 2017)
« Reply #132 on: 16 Feb 2017, 12:12 »


(I never know how to pluralize "chassis". :roll:)

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Re: WCDT Strips 3416 to 3420 (13th to 17th February 2017)
« Reply #133 on: 16 Feb 2017, 12:31 »

No, Chassis is one of those words, like sheep, where the plural is the same as the singular.
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Re: WCDT Strips 3416 to 3420 (13th to 17th February 2017)
« Reply #134 on: 16 Feb 2017, 12:34 »

I may just be projecting, but it looks as if Jeph actually drew a more confident swing into Bubbles' stride in Panel 2.

Oh, and Hanners still hasn't gotten the whole "sanctity of mind" thing the Squid is so obsessed with. 
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Re: WCDT Strips 3416 to 3420 (13th to 17th February 2017)
« Reply #135 on: 16 Feb 2017, 12:34 »

I do think their going back is a good idea. I think Bubbles has a few things she may need to recover from the shop and I wouldn't be surprised if Faye  has a few of her tools stored there too.   It shall be interesting to see how things go now that there has been a'A Change of Management' there.

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« Reply #136 on: 16 Feb 2017, 13:49 »

Multiple arms or not, I'm looking forward to seeing how Jeremy takes all this.

There's been very little comment on the spare CreepyBot bodies that are racked in the closet, like Borgs in their regeneration pods. Apparently they're being supplied in some way from overhead tanks. What's the stuff in the tanks for, and why don't the CBs need it when they're out and about?

I'd been sort of assuming that the CBs were somehow self-assembling/materializing on site, when and as needed. This would explain how one just appeared next to Bubbles and friends in CoD, without anyone noticing the approach. And how they got into Officer Lilac's apartment.
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« Reply #137 on: 16 Feb 2017, 14:41 »

There's been very little comment on the spare CreepyBot bodies that are racked in the closet, like Borgs in their regeneration pods. Apparently they're being supplied in some way from overhead tanks. What's the stuff in the tanks for, and why don't the CBs need it when they're out and about?

A high-power AI probably needs high-power recharging facilities. My guess would be that the "tanks" are actually some sort of fancy recharging devices.

I'd been sort of assuming that the CBs were somehow self-assembling/materializing on site, when and as needed. This would explain how one just appeared next to Bubbles and friends in CoD, without anyone noticing the approach. And how they got into Officer Lilac's apartment.

Perhaps they have teleportation technology.
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Re: WCDT Strips 3416 to 3420 (13th to 17th February 2017)
« Reply #138 on: 16 Feb 2017, 15:16 »

No, Chassis is one of those words, like sheep, where the plural is the same as the singular.
Like I mentioned earlier, it's spelled the same, but the s is only silent in the singular.
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« Reply #139 on: 16 Feb 2017, 16:14 »

There's been very little comment on the spare CreepyBot bodies that are racked in the closet, like Borgs in their regeneration pods. Apparently they're being supplied in some way from overhead tanks. What's the stuff in the tanks for, and why don't the CBs need it when they're out and about?

A high-power AI probably needs high-power recharging facilities. My guess would be that the "tanks" are actually some sort of fancy recharging devices.
You know, given the stupendous advantage in energy density that liquid fossil fuels like gasoline have over batteries of any sort, that's not an unreasonable idea at all. Maybe the CBs carry gasoline-to-electricity fuel cells.
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« Reply #140 on: 16 Feb 2017, 17:22 »

There's been very little comment on the spare CreepyBot bodies that are racked in the closet, like Borgs in their regeneration pods. Apparently they're being supplied in some way from overhead tanks. What's the stuff in the tanks for, and why don't the CBs need it when they're out and about?

A high-power AI probably needs high-power recharging facilities. My guess would be that the "tanks" are actually some sort of fancy recharging devices.
You know, given the stupendous advantage in energy density that liquid fossil fuels like gasoline have over batteries of any sort, that's not an unreasonable idea at all. Maybe the CBs carry gasoline-to-electricity fuel cells.

Perhaps they're proto-typing synthesized fossil fuel.
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« Reply #141 on: 16 Feb 2017, 19:27 »

Comic's up.

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« Reply #142 on: 16 Feb 2017, 20:05 »

No foul. Raccoons, cute as they are, are nasty little critters.

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Re: WCDT Strips 3416 to 3420 (13th to 17th February 2017)
« Reply #144 on: 16 Feb 2017, 20:30 »

No foul. Raccoons, cute as they are, are nasty little critters.

But, damn. No Jeremy until next week.
Fun fact: Both the German and Japanese words for 'raccoon' loosely translate to English as "wash bear".
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Re: WCDT Strips 3416 to 3420 (13th to 17th February 2017)
« Reply #145 on: 16 Feb 2017, 21:01 »

As a friend of mine from southern Indiana (AKA northern Kentucky) used to say,

"Them's good eatin'!" 




Usually about roadkill, but the idea's the same. 
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Re: WCDT Strips 3416 to 3420 (13th to 17th February 2017)
« Reply #146 on: 16 Feb 2017, 21:38 »



Honour and Integrity were the only things Bubbles had left at one time. Now she has other things she values too, but those two remain.
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Re: WCDT Strips 3416 to 3420 (13th to 17th February 2017)
« Reply #147 on: 16 Feb 2017, 21:46 »

I came in here tonight, after reading the new strip, with only one question to pose to the forum, and then I see that it's one of the options in the weekly survey.

So, I give my question voice.

When do you think we'll get to see Bubbles out of her armor?
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Re: WCDT Strips 3416 to 3420 (13th to 17th February 2017)
« Reply #148 on: 16 Feb 2017, 22:03 »

Seeing as how Bubbles doesn't have to keep her criminal past a secret I'm going to assume that the raccoon was just a raccoon and not an unfortunate AI inspector. 
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Re: WCDT Strips 3416 to 3420 (13th to 17th February 2017)
« Reply #149 on: 16 Feb 2017, 23:17 »

I can't help but read Bubbles' body language in panel 5 of today's strip to indicate that she feels a deep and profound personal guilt about that raccoon. This is one of the lives ever on her conscience! Given the horror that she once experienced in the ceiling void of Coffee of Doom, I suspect that Faye doesn't empathise - To her it's more a case of 'good riddance' and 'thank god I didn't have to cart that thing out into the trash!'!

There's been very little comment on the spare CreepyBot bodies that are racked in the closet, like Borgs in their regeneration pods. Apparently they're being supplied in some way from overhead tanks. What's the stuff in the tanks for, and why don't the CBs need it when they're out and about?

My guess is that they are at least semi-organic in nature and those glass boxes are spawning vats where the organic sheath is 'grown' (more like a fungus than anything else). Self-replication is part of the Singularity, so it makes sense that Spookybot (I'm sticking with this name for now) would make their own chassis/avatars, given that they are basically being used in narrative terms as an indicator of the Singularity - the AI that is beyond human control and possibly even human undersanding.

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