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Title: 8/06/09 [PF #74] - The test involved moving the subject onto a new platform
Post by: Jairus on August 06, 2009, 01:11:33 PM
Yay! Jakob's got a D8 face! Wooo!

Yak-boy doesn't look happy here, though. I see arguments and pain and suffering and maybe some bran muffins in the near future.
Title: Re: 8/06/09 [PF #74] - The test involved moving the subject onto a new platform
Post by: Ren Gaulen on August 06, 2009, 01:21:56 PM
Quote from: Jairus on August 06, 2009, 01:11:33 PM
Yay! Jakob's got a D8 face! Wooo!

Yak-boy doesn't look happy here, though. I see arguments and pain and suffering and maybe some bran muffins in the near future.
Uhh, I'm pretty sure you're mistaking Yak for Fa'Lina there, bro. :.

Also..
(http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh121/RentheKnight/Ioncestabbed.png)
..I felt it was somehow.. appropriate. :B

By the way, one of the possible names for the strip was "Confessions of a dangerous mind".
Title: Re: 8/06/09 [PF #74] - The test involved moving the subject onto a new platform
Post by: Zedd on August 06, 2009, 01:56:59 PM
I have a queen song stuck in my head now :.

Thanks boys D:<
Title: Re: 8/06/09 [PF #74] - The test involved moving the subject onto a new platform
Post by: Turnsky on August 06, 2009, 01:58:09 PM
Quote from: Zedd on August 06, 2009, 01:56:59 PM
I have a queen song stuck in my head now :.

Thanks boys D:<

"Lost Lake Rhapsody"?
Title: Re: 8/06/09 [PF #74] - The test involved moving the subject onto a new platform
Post by: Zedd on August 06, 2009, 02:03:11 PM
Quote from: Turnsky on August 06, 2009, 01:58:09 PM
Quote from: Zedd on August 06, 2009, 01:56:59 PM
I have a queen song stuck in my head now :.

Thanks boys D:<

"Lost Lake Rhapsody"?
Yeah....That's not helping big bro
Title: Re: 8/06/09 [PF #74] - The test involved moving the subject onto a new platform
Post by: Ren Gaulen on August 06, 2009, 03:07:57 PM
Quote from: Zedd on August 06, 2009, 02:03:11 PM
Quote from: Turnsky on August 06, 2009, 01:58:09 PM
"Lost Lake Rhapsody"?
Yeah....That's not helping big bro
Mama!~ I've just killed a man,
Put a gun against his head,
Pulled my trigger, now he's dead~
Title: Re: 8/06/09 [PF #74] - The test involved moving the subject onto a new platform
Post by: Tapewolf on August 06, 2009, 03:24:39 PM
Quote from: Ren Gaulen on August 06, 2009, 03:07:57 PM
Mama!~ I've just killed a man,

It always sounded like 'bear' to me, not 'man'.

Quote from: Ren Gaulen on August 06, 2009, 01:21:56 PM
By the way, one of the possible names for the strip was "Confessions of a dangerous mind".

I wanted to call it "Crime XOR Punishment" but not many people would get that.
Title: Re: 8/06/09 [PF #74] - The test involved moving the subject onto a new platform
Post by: llearch n'n'daCorna on August 06, 2009, 08:10:44 PM
Quote from: Tapewolf on August 06, 2009, 03:24:39 PM
I wanted to call it "Crime XOR Punishment" but not many people would get that.

Bweeheehee.
Title: Re: 8/06/09 [PF #74] - The test involved moving the subject onto a new platform
Post by: ChaosMageX on August 07, 2009, 12:12:14 AM
Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on August 06, 2009, 08:10:44 PM
Quote from: Tapewolf on August 06, 2009, 03:24:39 PM
I wanted to call it "Crime XOR Punishment" but not many people would get that.

Bweeheehee.

Hahaha, I also get it.  If I remember XOR properly, that means that you can either have both crime and punishment or no crime and no punishment, but not one without the other.
Title: Re: 8/06/09 [PF #74] - The test involved moving the subject onto a new platform
Post by: Garsemor on August 07, 2009, 02:03:04 AM
Well, it had to come out sooner or later, but what is Jackob going to do now and who is going to take the blame?
Title: Re: 8/06/09 [PF #74] - The test involved moving the subject onto a new platform
Post by: Madmann135 on August 07, 2009, 02:09:06 AM
I think I see where this is going in a way...
in short Dorcan should not have been able to kill a man.  Jakob is probably going to have to find out how and why the security features failed.
Title: Re: 8/06/09 [PF #74] - The test involved moving the subject onto a new platform
Post by: Ren Gaulen on August 07, 2009, 03:36:40 AM
Quote from: Madmann135 on August 07, 2009, 02:09:06 AM
I think I see where this is going in a way...
in short Dorcan should not have been able to kill a man.  Jakob is probably going to have to find out how and why the security features failed.
Oh, the security interlocks prevent Jakob's creations from attacking him or his colleagues. Or his other creations. The rest are free to be attacked. :B
Title: Re: 8/06/09 [PF #74] - The test involved moving the subject onto a new platform
Post by: hapless on August 07, 2009, 05:36:24 AM
Quote from: ChaosMageX on August 07, 2009, 12:12:14 AM
Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on August 06, 2009, 08:10:44 PM
Quote from: Tapewolf on August 06, 2009, 03:24:39 PM
I wanted to call it "Crime XOR Punishment" but not many people would get that.

Bweeheehee.

Hahaha, I also get it.  If I remember XOR properly, that means that you can either have both crime and punishment or no crime and no punishment, but not one without the other.

XOR - exclusive or. One or the other, but not both nor none of them.
0 ^ 0 -> 0
0 ^ 1 -> 1
1 ^ 0 -> 1
1 ^ 1 -> 0

... and besides, I had read Dostoyevsky. Now, who's gonna implement rest of the bitwise operators?
Title: Re: 8/06/09 [PF #74] - The test involved moving the subject onto a new platform
Post by: Turnsky on August 07, 2009, 05:39:01 AM
Quote from: Ren Gaulen on August 07, 2009, 03:36:40 AM
Quote from: Madmann135 on August 07, 2009, 02:09:06 AM
I think I see where this is going in a way...
in short Dorcan should not have been able to kill a man.  Jakob is probably going to have to find out how and why the security features failed.
Oh, the security interlocks prevent Jakob's creations from attacking him or his colleagues. Or his other creations. The rest are free to be attacked. :B

well naturally, first rule of mad science is to not build things that can turn around and kill you, after all. Dr Frankenstein learnt that the hard way, after all.  :B

Title: Re: 8/06/09 [PF #74] - The test involved moving the subject onto a new platform
Post by: Tapewolf on August 07, 2009, 06:14:14 AM
Quote from: ChaosMageX on August 07, 2009, 12:12:14 AM
Hahaha, I also get it.  If I remember XOR properly, that means that you can either have both crime and punishment or no crime and no punishment, but not one without the other.
As hapless says, it's either one or the other but not both (like how you can't press FF and RW at the same time on a tape deck/cd player/mp3 player).

What you're describing would be... actually I can't think of a gate that does that.  It's a bit like the sum of a NAND gate and NOR gate.

Quote from: Turnsky on August 07, 2009, 05:39:01 AM
well naturally, first rule of mad science is to not build things that can turn around and kill you, after all.

In case anyone is wondering how this works, dangerous, hateful actions are cross-checked against the security computer in the base and all other Jayhawk facilities.  If they leave the base it won't work and the action will be allowed by default.  On the base, Jakob and all other Jayhawk employees have RF transceivers in their ID cards.  Dorcan, Joshua and the panthers have theirs embedded.
Title: Re: 8/06/09 [PF #74] - The test involved moving the subject onto a new platform
Post by: Ren Gaulen on August 07, 2009, 06:17:04 AM
Quote from: Tapewolf on August 07, 2009, 06:14:14 AM
In case anyone is wondering how this works, dangerous, hateful actions are cross-checked against the security computer in the base and all other Jayhawk facilities.  If they leave the base it won't work and the action will be allowed by default.  On the base, Jakob and all other Jayhawk employees have RF transceivers in their ID cards.  Dorcan, Joshua and the panthers have theirs embedded.
Ah, so the security interlocks work only at Jayhawk facilities?
Title: Re: 8/06/09 [PF #74] - The test involved moving the subject onto a new platform
Post by: Tapewolf on August 07, 2009, 06:32:56 AM
Quote from: Ren Gaulen on August 07, 2009, 06:17:04 AM
Ah, so the security interlocks work only at Jayhawk facilities?

Basically, yes.  If as an android you were utterly determined to kill another employee you could probably find a loophole in it.  However, you'd have to be able to mask both your thoughts and emotions from the 'cubi employees as well and if you were that determined they would know about it.
Title: Re: 8/06/09 [PF #74] - The test involved moving the subject onto a new platform
Post by: Turnsky on August 07, 2009, 06:42:40 AM
Quote from: Tapewolf on August 07, 2009, 06:32:56 AM
Quote from: Ren Gaulen on August 07, 2009, 06:17:04 AM
Ah, so the security interlocks work only at Jayhawk facilities?

Basically, yes.  If as an android you were utterly determined to kill another employee you could probably find a loophole in it.  However, you'd have to be able to mask both your thoughts and emotions from the 'cubi employees as well and if you were that determined they would know about it.

and this is why Golems make far better servants, with the size of most of them, if they're determined to kill you, nothing much will stop them... provided they catch you, first. "It's like being hunted down by an angry boulder"
Title: Re: 8/06/09 [PF #74] - The test involved moving the subject onto a new platform
Post by: Ren Gaulen on August 07, 2009, 06:43:35 AM
Quote from: Tapewolf on August 07, 2009, 06:32:56 AM
Quote from: Ren Gaulen on August 07, 2009, 06:17:04 AM
Ah, so the security interlocks work only at Jayhawk facilities?

Basically, yes.  If as an android you were utterly determined to kill another employee you could probably find a loophole in it.  However, you'd have to be able to mask both your thoughts and emotions from the 'cubi employees as well and if you were that determined they would know about it.
And here I thought they had some sort of a list of people they cannot harm programmed into them. Like in RoboCop. :B
Title: Re: 8/06/09 [PF #74] - The test involved moving the subject onto a new platform
Post by: Tapewolf on August 07, 2009, 06:50:12 AM
Quote from: Turnsky on August 07, 2009, 06:42:40 AM
and this is why Golems make far better servants, with the size of most of them, if they're determined to kill you, nothing much will stop them... provided they catch you, first. "It's like being hunted down by an angry boulder"

While there is a certain element of "you owe me a favour" in the fact that Jakob saved their lives, the android project isn't really about crating servants.  The panthers are the closest to that and even they are effectively employees.

Quote from: Ren Gaulen on August 07, 2009, 06:43:35 AM
And here I thought they had some sort of a list of people they cannot harm programmed into them. Like in RoboCop. :B
That makes it awkward to update.  What I was thinking of was a bit more like a cross between LDAP and young Kzinti, where it sends a sort of "Can I attack it?" query to the server and gets a yes/no response.
Title: Re: 8/06/09 [PF #74] - The test involved moving the subject onto a new platform
Post by: hapless on August 07, 2009, 06:53:51 AM
Quote from: Tapewolf on August 07, 2009, 06:14:14 AM
Quote from: ChaosMageX on August 07, 2009, 12:12:14 AM
Hahaha, I also get it.  If I remember XOR properly, that means that you can either have both crime and punishment or no crime and no punishment, but not one without the other.
What you're describing would be... actually I can't think of a gate that does that.  It's a bit like the sum of a NAND gate and NOR gate.
Well, he's talking about reversed XOR, or XNOR (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XNOR_gate). CD4077 gate.
Speaking of which, I haven't played with analogue electronics for a long time... thanks for the prod.
//h
ADD:
Quote from: Tapewolf on August 07, 2009, 06:50:12 AM
That makes it awkward to update.  What I was thinking of was a bit more like a cross between LDAP and young Kzinti, where it sends a sort of "Can I attack it?" query to the server and gets a yes/no response.
Ewww, LDAP. Authors had weird definition of simplicity.
Title: Re: 8/06/09 [PF #74] - The test involved moving the subject onto a new platform
Post by: Tapewolf on August 07, 2009, 07:00:01 AM
Quote from: hapless on August 07, 2009, 06:53:51 AM
Well, he's talking about reversed XOR, or XNOR (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XNOR_gate). CD4077 gate.
I can't believe I didn't spot that.

QuoteSpeaking of which, I haven't played with analogue electronics for a long time... thanks for the prod.
It's digital logic.  They're only analogue if you worked for EDP back in the day (who IIRC abused TTL gates as part of the filter in their WASP synthesizer).
Title: Re: 8/06/09 [PF #74] - The test involved moving the subject onto a new platform
Post by: hapless on August 07, 2009, 07:13:37 AM
Quote from: Tapewolf on August 07, 2009, 07:00:01 AM
It's digital logic.
True, I misphrased. Anyway, I used to play with simple unintegrated electronics some time ago -most complex ICs I had use were timers, op amps and some of the voltage regulators- and now I want to do it again. :)
//h
Title: Re: 8/06/09 [PF #74] - The test involved moving the subject onto a new platform
Post by: Gabi on August 07, 2009, 01:13:40 PM
I'd never heard of the XNOR gate before, but I knew that as EQ (logical equivalence) or IFF (if and only if).
Title: Re: 8/06/09 [PF #74] - The test involved moving the subject onto a new platform
Post by: Tapewolf on August 07, 2009, 04:47:06 PM
(http://www.project-future.org/images/simeonpanel8-9.png) (http://www.project-future.org/simeon.php)
Title: Re: 8/06/09 [PF #74] - The test involved moving the subject onto a new platform
Post by: Gabi on August 07, 2009, 04:53:30 PM
Nice way of announcing it. :3
Title: Re: 8/06/09 [PF #74] - The test involved moving the subject onto a new platform
Post by: Turnsky on August 18, 2009, 01:35:16 AM
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v625/Turnsky/Sketches/pf_filler.jpg)

>:3
Title: Re: 8/06/09 [PF #74] - The test involved moving the subject onto a new platform
Post by: Ren Gaulen on August 18, 2009, 02:52:42 AM
Quote from: Turnsky on August 18, 2009, 01:35:16 AM
*image*

>:3
Best. Filler. EVAR.