THESE FORUMS NOW CLOSED (read only)

  • 28 Mar 2024, 15:01
  • Welcome, Guest
Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Advanced search  

Poll

What will Bubbles wear?

A toga
A dress stitched together from space ham (I don't type with my mouth full)
A third option (say it in your post!)
Clothes that are too big to fit in a traditional washing machine so must be laundered in a purple monkey dishwasher
A pair of shorts she borrows from Elliot (as well as his "soft boy" shirt)

Pages: 1 2 3 [4]   Go Down

Author Topic: WCDT Strips 3476 to 3480 (8-12 May 2017)  (Read 34648 times)

Is it cold in here?

  • Administrator
  • Awakened
  • ******
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 25,163
  • He/him/his pronouns
Logged
Thank you, Dr. Karikó.

Tova

  • coprophage
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 7,725
  • Defender of the Terrible Denizens of QC
Re: WCDT Strips 3476 to 3480 (8-12 May 2017)
« Reply #151 on: 13 May 2017, 22:19 »

Okay. I was thrown because they aren't actually triplets...
Logged
Yet the lies of Melkor, the mighty and the accursed, Morgoth Bauglir, the Power of Terror and of Hate, sowed in the hearts of Elves and Men are a seed that does not die and cannot be destroyed; and ever and anon it sprouts anew, and will bear dark fruit even unto the latest days. (Silmarillion 255)

Method of Madness

  • His Dudeness, or Duder, or El Duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing.
  • Globe Moderator
  • Awakened
  • ****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 18,461
  • The Bootysattva
    • Me!
Re: WCDT Strips 3476 to 3480 (8-12 May 2017)
« Reply #152 on: 14 May 2017, 05:39 »

We don't know that they aren't! They are all the same age, it's possible.
Logged
They call me Mr. Madness.

Quote from: Polonius
Though this be madness, yet there is method in't.
MR ARCHIVE-FU MADNESS
Does anybody really know what time it is?
(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

Tova

  • coprophage
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 7,725
  • Defender of the Terrible Denizens of QC
Re: WCDT Strips 3476 to 3480 (8-12 May 2017)
« Reply #153 on: 14 May 2017, 06:06 »

I knew someone would say that.

Yes, it is possible that they chant bros, not merely because they are bros in the usual sense of being partying guys at a college fraternity, but also because they are literal brothers, also happen to be fraternal twins, and on top of that, happen to have the surname Bros. And if that isn't enough, their father happens to be the very realtor we saw today, that is theoretically possible Mister Madness, I respect your headcanon. :lol:
Logged
Yet the lies of Melkor, the mighty and the accursed, Morgoth Bauglir, the Power of Terror and of Hate, sowed in the hearts of Elves and Men are a seed that does not die and cannot be destroyed; and ever and anon it sprouts anew, and will bear dark fruit even unto the latest days. (Silmarillion 255)

Method of Madness

  • His Dudeness, or Duder, or El Duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing.
  • Globe Moderator
  • Awakened
  • ****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 18,461
  • The Bootysattva
    • Me!
Re: WCDT Strips 3476 to 3480 (8-12 May 2017)
« Reply #154 on: 14 May 2017, 06:16 »

Thank you :parrot:
Logged
They call me Mr. Madness.

Quote from: Polonius
Though this be madness, yet there is method in't.
MR ARCHIVE-FU MADNESS
Does anybody really know what time it is?
(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

TheEvilDog

  • Guest
Re: WCDT Strips 3476 to 3480 (8-12 May 2017)
« Reply #155 on: 14 May 2017, 06:33 »

I knew someone would say that.

Yes, it is possible that they chant bros, not merely because they are bros in the usual sense of being partying guys at a college fraternity, but also because they are literal brothers, also happen to be fraternal twins, and on top of that, happen to have the surname Bros. And if that isn't enough, their father happens to be the very realtor we saw today, that is theoretically possible Mister Madness, I respect your headcanon. :lol:

They could also be super-fans of the 1980s band Bros, featuring Matt & Luke Goss. Forever wondering when, when, when will they be famous.
Logged

Tova

  • coprophage
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 7,725
  • Defender of the Terrible Denizens of QC
Re: WCDT Strips 3476 to 3480 (8-12 May 2017)
« Reply #156 on: 14 May 2017, 07:03 »

Oh, not that earworm. I am surrounded by madness and evil.  :roll:
Logged
Yet the lies of Melkor, the mighty and the accursed, Morgoth Bauglir, the Power of Terror and of Hate, sowed in the hearts of Elves and Men are a seed that does not die and cannot be destroyed; and ever and anon it sprouts anew, and will bear dark fruit even unto the latest days. (Silmarillion 255)

TheEvilDog

  • Guest
Re: WCDT Strips 3476 to 3480 (8-12 May 2017)
« Reply #157 on: 14 May 2017, 08:29 »

I am surrounded by madness and evil.  :roll:
I do like to live up to my name at times. :-D
Logged

Method of Madness

  • His Dudeness, or Duder, or El Duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing.
  • Globe Moderator
  • Awakened
  • ****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 18,461
  • The Bootysattva
    • Me!
Re: WCDT Strips 3476 to 3480 (8-12 May 2017)
« Reply #158 on: 14 May 2017, 09:01 »

I am surrounded by madness and evil.  :roll:
I do like to live up to my name at times. :-D
Same :parrot:
Logged
They call me Mr. Madness.

Quote from: Polonius
Though this be madness, yet there is method in't.
MR ARCHIVE-FU MADNESS
Does anybody really know what time it is?
(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

Gyrre

  • Born in a Nalgene bottle
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 3,288
Re: WCDT Strips 3476 to 3480 (8-12 May 2017)
« Reply #159 on: 14 May 2017, 19:03 »

Just thought of something on the 10 Rules poster. #10 is probably 'always check the fine print' or 'always check the finer details' and it's probably written in fine print
Logged
Quote
a real-ass gaddam sword
Quote
"Broken swords and dragon bones scattered on the way back home."

Too stubborn to die, just like the rest of my family.

blt

  • Bizarre cantaloupe phobia
  • **
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 203
Re: WCDT Strips 3476 to 3480 (8-12 May 2017)
« Reply #160 on: 14 May 2017, 19:10 »

Or #9 is to never give up every trade secret.
Logged
"I hate Fayelhotehp, She Who Smites the Morning, she's a bully and a monster."

Tova

  • coprophage
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 7,725
  • Defender of the Terrible Denizens of QC
Re: WCDT Strips 3476 to 3480 (8-12 May 2017)
« Reply #161 on: 14 May 2017, 22:05 »

Or number 9 is, "Do not trust lists of rules with a suspiciously even number of rules."
Logged
Yet the lies of Melkor, the mighty and the accursed, Morgoth Bauglir, the Power of Terror and of Hate, sowed in the hearts of Elves and Men are a seed that does not die and cannot be destroyed; and ever and anon it sprouts anew, and will bear dark fruit even unto the latest days. (Silmarillion 255)

DSL

  • Older than Moses
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 4,097
    • Don Lee Cartoons
Re: WCDT Strips 3476 to 3480 (8-12 May 2017)
« Reply #162 on: 16 May 2017, 09:13 »

No. 9: Always leave 'em wanting more.
Logged
"We are who we pretend to be. So we had better be careful who we pretend to be."  -- Kurt Vonnegut.

Jakk Frost

  • Balloon animal serial killer
  • *
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 92
Re: WCDT Strips 3476 to 3480 (8-12 May 2017)
« Reply #163 on: 16 May 2017, 09:44 »

Ok, now the "ignore Faye" gag makes more sense.   The "font" setup was a bit too obscure for me, since I have no idea what most of those fonts look like except Comic Sans.   Unless Jeph perhaps had a different joke originally planned, and forgot to change the setup at first, when he changed the punchline.

Also, a thought; perhaps they should go dual language on the store sign, English and Binary, as a sort of eye-catcher.
Logged

Mr_Rose

  • Duck attack survivor
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 1,822
  • Head Canon arms dealer
Re: WCDT Strips 3476 to 3480 (8-12 May 2017)
« Reply #164 on: 16 May 2017, 19:05 »

Also, a thought; perhaps they should go dual language on the store sign, English and Binary, as a sort of eye-catcher.
Binary isn't a language any more than denary is. In the context of signage, its more like an alternative alphabet.
Logged
"I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." - Charles Babbage

Jakk Frost

  • Balloon animal serial killer
  • *
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 92
Re: WCDT Strips 3476 to 3480 (8-12 May 2017)
« Reply #165 on: 17 May 2017, 07:24 »

Also, a thought; perhaps they should go dual language on the store sign, English and Binary, as a sort of eye-catcher.
Binary isn't a language any more than denary is. In the context of signage, its more like an alternative alphabet.

That seems a bit pedantic.
Logged

Pilchard123

  • Older than Moses
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 4,131
  • I always name them Bitey.
Re: WCDT Strips 3476 to 3480 (8-12 May 2017)
« Reply #166 on: 17 May 2017, 12:01 »

Hi, have you met us?  :-D
Logged
Piglet wondered how it was that every conversation with Eeyore seemed to go wrong.

JimC

  • Beyond Thunderdome
  • ****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 571
  • Alice liked fluffy toys...
Re: WCDT Strips 3476 to 3480 (8-12 May 2017)
« Reply #167 on: 17 May 2017, 12:56 »

That seems a bit pedantic.
More fun that way...
But if you take the position that AIs might not wish to use the latin alphabet, what would they use instead? Binary in 0s and 1s is clearly hopelessly clumsy, and really you'd want something that delivered unicode. Some kind of bar code or QR code system perhaps?
Logged

Thrudd

  • Scrabble hacker
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 1,271
  • Sucess Redefined
Re: WCDT Strips 3476 to 3480 (8-12 May 2017)
« Reply #168 on: 17 May 2017, 13:39 »

Logged
A good pun is it's own reword.
There is a difference between spare parts, extra parts and left over parts.

The Venn diagram  for Common Sense and Good Sense has very little, if any, overlap.

Gyrre

  • Born in a Nalgene bottle
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 3,288
Re: WCDT Strips 3476 to 3480 (8-12 May 2017)
« Reply #169 on: 18 May 2017, 17:12 »

What about hexadecimal?
Logged
Quote
a real-ass gaddam sword
Quote
"Broken swords and dragon bones scattered on the way back home."

Too stubborn to die, just like the rest of my family.

jheartney

  • Cthulhu f'tagn
  • ****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 537
Re: WCDT Strips 3476 to 3480 (8-12 May 2017)
« Reply #170 on: 18 May 2017, 17:56 »

The Robot Hegemony is coming regardless. This is as true in the real world as it is in QC Land.

It seems to me they ought to have some AIs for the grand opening party. Maybe invite Punchbot, Jeremy and Seven. Or even May and Pintsize. Roko too; as a legit business they'll want good relations with the constabulary.
Logged

celticgeek

  • GET ON THE NIGHT TRAIN
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 2,697
  • Linux Geek
    • The Celtic Geek
Re: WCDT Strips 3476 to 3480 (8-12 May 2017)
« Reply #171 on: 18 May 2017, 17:59 »

Wrong Thread.
Logged
a 'dèanamh nan saighdean airson cinneadh MacLeòid
We Wear Woad When We Write Code
Ní féidir liom labhairt na Gaeilge.
Seachd reultan, agus seachd clachan, agus aon chraobh geal.

JimC

  • Beyond Thunderdome
  • ****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 571
  • Alice liked fluffy toys...
Re: WCDT Strips 3476 to 3480 (8-12 May 2017)
« Reply #172 on: 19 May 2017, 12:36 »

What about hexadecimal?
Same problem as binary really, information density (assuming you mean hex as in a display like 0074006800690073000D000A). If you use the standard hex representation to display unicode then each character is represented by 4 characters from a very small subset of the latin alphabet. I think I'd want something better if I were an AI.
Logged

OldGoat

  • Bling blang blong blung
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 1,009
  • Give me heresy, or give me death.
Re: WCDT Strips 3476 to 3480 (8-12 May 2017)
« Reply #173 on: 19 May 2017, 14:58 »

Logged
Pages: 1 2 3 [4]   Go Up