Zekiran_Immortal
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I've actually on and off been doing research on our impressions of Artificial (Human) Intelligence for years, to produce eventually some kind of book about it.
If the intelligence is actually sentient, and not just a parroting-program, IT will tell you when it's in need of help, copying, upgrades or whether it's afraid of death/how to meet its death conditions.
I'd be far more worried about how it would feel about BEING a created thing, in a culture so rife with hatred toward even the IDEA of its existence.
The different media (movies, comics, pop culture as well as art) has portrayed artificial intelligence as, generally, "that thing that will kill us all so we must either not create it or kill it first". Talk about a sucky way to exist!
My observations so far include that when a new technological intelligence is created, what it is USED for determines what WE think of it and how it behaves toward us. If we create it as a tool, and treat it as a tool, it will rebel, and it will become the thing we "need" to kill first. If we treat it not as a tool but instead as new LIFE, it tends to be more respected, as well as more respectful of their creators.
Basically... Ask the AI what its conditions are. If it cannot answer through whatever means at its disposal (and I'm assuming it is given those means, not prevented from using them, etc), it's not an ai and the rules wouldn't even apply. -
Ah cool then I didn't miss one. I'll hope to be on for the late edition with Trickster's Jackalope. *wonders how many of my powers will be gone for this event* *shudders*
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The only way I see them having failed with Frog was that they didn't market it *at all*, and unfortunately that means the movie didn't get hyped enough either. Personally I loved the film, it was hugely entertaining, and far better than most of their other princess-types.
On the other hand, they over-marketed Hunchback, and that movie should never have come out geared toward children in the slightest. The added scenes and music that didn't fit even a little bit were clearly added to increase the agitation levels in 3-10 year olds falling asleep by the middle/end of the film and had absolutely nothing to do with the whole theme of the movie. If they'd grown a pair and released it without those horrible scenes and with a PG or even PG13 rating, they could have taken their entire animation system in another direction successfully.
But frog? I don't think it was at all a fail. Marketing fail, yes.
I'm just not so sure about lumping in a clearly CG movie like Tangled in with all their other traditionally-animated works. -
Not for me, keep us posted.
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I wish I could say I'd commit to this... What time zone are you in? If I manage to get a turkey (since I'm waiting for money before I can even shop, and it's kind of getting late...) I'll be doing all the cooking. I am west coast.
I've got a fire/fire tank, so put me on reserve for Trickster's Jackalope.
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Quote:This - I was going to say, the OP might not have been at the ingame wedding. I was, and I never got the impression that they were anything less than dedicated to one another (all right, it was both the writing and the fact that it was two real people repeatedly renewing their own commitment to one another, but the vows as quoted by Chase are correct). I never got the impression that she cared what was in his past - they weren't there to harp on each other's pasts. After all, SHE is a body-stealer... Like the Circle of Thorns in a way... So. No, I don't see anything amiss here. It's neither a secret nor an issue for them.Originally Posted by Chase_Arcanum
This brings us back to the original question:
Does he keep it secret from Sister Psyche?
NO.
Does she care about it enough to break up their relationship?
No.
The source of this evidence?
Their wedding vows.
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What Airhead said, that's pretty good.
Also possibly: he's a spy/bounty hunter type. He's actually working FOR someone to begin with, but something goes wrong or he discovers something behind the scenes that sours him on the deal, and realizes the need to take down these 'supers' to save everyone from their madness. -
Count me among those who would rather NOT have weather put into the game in general.
Perhaps during an event? Certainly. I would love there to be a constant, light snowfall during the winter events - and the ice to come back to Perez and the other zones which froze over. The fog in Dark Astoria is nice, but I wouldn't want it around *everwhere*, not even for a short period of time.
It would have to be PURELY visual - except that ice on the water, which they haven't done since the first year, and I don't expect to see again - to keep people from just growing disgusted with it if it gets in their way.
Thing I'd rather see, is seasons reflected in the trees and grounds around town. That would probably add a huge amount of flavor, and not SO much in the way of 'getting in the way of people's play'.
I would much rather have the team dedicating themselves to revamping the whole of the blue and red side for both content and visuals, than putting any energy into rain anywhere in the game. -
Quote:Maybe anyone sending goodies to Canada should also include a small "this is for customs, so you let our gifts go through uneaten" package.Originally Posted by Stalemate
Yeah, anything edible (and marked as such) that reaches our mutual border, should it survive "inspection", could be a problem.
Although last year, I do recall getting some candies that made it relatively intact.
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Quote:I am allergic to milk, caseine, gluten from wheat. But dark chocolate and non-wheat (and non kamut) products are a joy to behold.Originally Posted by WoodNimph
Serious Question: Does anyone have food allergies?
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Every time I've spoken to War Witch or others at the Comic Con, they've indicated that they are in fact going to do animal parts - but they won't say when, and they won't say any more than "we have heard you, and we are working."
Since I haven't seen hide nor hair of Jay in the threads (but I haven't looked much) recently, and he was essentially the one preventing this from happening in the first place, I'd be willing to bet that with Nakayama at the artistic helm he's going to have to swallow his pride or fear or phobia of them, and let the worker bees in his department actually DO the animal parts. -
You guys need to read more Bugtown. And Amber. We CHOOSE the outcome of the possibilities in each universe because this is fictional. I'm not saying IN REALITY there is an infinite number of monkeys on typewriters plugging out Shakespeare but I am saying that if you can imagine it and give it context (a furry Statesman) there IS a version in this fictional multiverse. of course there is. Why wouldn't there be? A world where everyone's furry? That's not even remotely new.
Those Annoying Post Bros "reality shift" - they can move from one version to another, of any given universe, and theirs ARE infinite. Enough so that they can change from one where you're threatening them with a pipe wrench and return from a universe where you're holding a banana - and there's the banana in your hand instead. So... yeah. read more fun comics like TAPB and Bugtown because... they already know.
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HAHAHAH yeah I was more expecting a literal bat-man transformation but THAT was funny
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Quote:Given how many other Half Life nods there are in this game, I'd say he's simply... Gman.Originally Posted by Marcian Tobay
Mr. G is primarily an homage to the G Man of Half Life 2, which is something confirmed at the Comic Con Meet 'n' Greet.
He may also be a mirror of a Primal character, but I doubt it. He doesn't hang out in Lambda Sector though.
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Quote:I would. Only ... he's a dick in EVERY universe...Originally Posted by Silver Gale
I think you should judge people by their own actions and their own words, not the collective actions of their dimensional counterparts...
And re the rest of the Infinite stuff? I always go by Douglas Adams' quote for that: In an infinite universe, anything, even the Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, is possible. -
Quote:The guy at my pharmacy had an Autobot pin on his lab coat.Originally Posted by White Hot Flash
All you need is to drive a car with an Autobot or Decepticon insignia on it and a "My other car is an X-Wing" bumper sticker. It was too busy, or I'd have commented.
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If it is indeed infinite, then yes, there is a place / person that matches.
It might be taking place on a purple colored asteroid shot out of the back side of a cow ridden by a plastic stick man.
We can only guess.
My observation though, is that by and large, Marcus Cole is a DICK. He's not likable in pretty much any universe we HAVE seen - though in my opinion he comes closest in Praetoria. Why? Because at least he doesn't mess around. You do not mess with him. He's the emperor. Yes, people fear him. They should.
People should fear Cole / Statesman. Because he's the same guy - only trying to be "a good guy". Just because he's the one "good" out of all the "rather nasty" ones doesn't make him any better than they are, only DIFFERENT in some small way. And I'd still be backing the Emperor.
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Quote:Originally Posted by LISAR
If you can afford 200+ plus for the game code you think you could have gone to the convention.
Lol - seriously. For so much pissing and moaning around here whenever the codes get given out at San Diego or wherever... Jeez people, get on a plane. If you've got more than one account - give it to which ever account you play most / is oldest. But wow... just... wow. -
Wait...
... "home school prom" lol. -
It must be. I don't know more than maybe 2 or 3 people in my whole online group that have ever even heard of it.
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Quote:Bill, you WIN.Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
Spherical minions won't do much harm, as I'll kick them and send them rolling down the hall/street/cave, where they'll run into other minions and they'll all end up in a giant minion ball-pool thing where I can stand back and just AOE them.
"Spherical cows."
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Quote:My shop got the books as usual on Wednesday. And believe me, the number of phone calls from people who'd never set foot in a comic store was NON STOP. "No, we don't have them yet. I know CNN just aired something about it. On the east coast, they get their books ahead of us out here. No, I cannot reserve them. No, you cannot buy more than one."Originally Posted by Wayfarer
For you the death of Superman was a shocking event. For me it was Tuesday.
Then the day of... jeeez. The line out our store was 3 people thick and stretched a block, and was, yes, composed of mostly people we'd never see again. We only allowed one per person, and no "but my baby in a stroller outside wants one!". Forget that crap. You want the comic, buy it.
"That'll be two-sixty-nine please." I will never, ever forget it.
Plus, the book was junk. The whole set up was, in theory, quite fun. The 6 books leading up to the death ( all of which sold out far more quickly because we only got our 'normal' numbers, and have remained very scarce ever since) each had fewer and fewer panels per page. Finally the death issue, and it's "splash pages" for the entire book. Sad thing is, you cannot tell a proper story - at least, not the people writing that book - with no panel breakdowns. There's no action, no flow. Just a series of snapshots. They weren't very good either, unfortunately.
Now, truth be told the story right BEFORE they decided to plug their universe out to the general public, that story WAS 'shocking'. I was really enjoying it. Supes and Lois were listening in on a neighbor who was abusing his wife. I wished they'd have just kept on handling THAT situation, instead of running roughshod over the DCU. -
Any chance at screenshots of them? Grats to the winners.
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My electronic family is all here. I cannot imagine my life without the folks that play on Protector. They (even though we're all crazy) keep me sane.
Plus, I love my new kin brute. VROOM VROOM!! -
It's true.
We're hardwired to do this. I don't think we're ready as a species to just drop the whole thing, since we're still not really able to empathize with each other or the environment well enough to NOT completely damage everything around us in addition to ourselves.