04/03/10 [PF #109]

[Chairtastic]

That there is one clever robo-panther.

Also, I am beginning to think Kirian's sense of self-preservation is nonexistent.

[Ren Gaulen]

That there is one clever robo-panther.

Yeah, but doorknobs stop him dead in his tracks.

Also, I am beginning to think Kirian's sense of self-preservation is nonexistent.

Kirian is blissfully oblivious.

[Tapewolf]

Yeah, but doorknobs stop him dead in his tracks.

I suspect he'd be able to do it.  The doorknob wouldn't be round afterwards, though.  And Jakob would not be very pleased about it.

[Ren Gaulen]

I suspect he'd be able to do it.  The doorknob wouldn't be round afterwards, though.  And Jakob would not be very pleased about it.

That's why he does not do that.

[ChaosMageX]

IIRC, this was the last time R-Mac appeared in FH, which is a darn shame.  He was replaced by a female robo-panther whose name currently escapes me.  Hopefully that won't be the case in PF.

[Chairtastic]

Yeah, but doorknobs stop him dead in his tracks.

What about sliding glass doors?

[Tapewolf]

IIRC, this was the last time R-Mac appeared in FH, which is a darn shame.  He was replaced by a female robo-panther whose name currently escapes me.  Hopefully that won't be the case in PF.

Scanning the text, the last time he actually appears is in chapter 39 of FH, and he's present in most of chapter 14, albeit in a background role.  I'll see if I can give him a bit more screen time in PF, but he's not an easy one to write for.  L-ILY was far easier in that regard.  I'm vaguely tempted to switch her for R-MAC, and I might do that in a few places, but to be honest, that's not always going to work.
Some roles really do need her more aloof and flighty personality - Mac would be too gruff and coarse for those roles.

At the end of the day the story 'grew' more than it was deliberately planned, and the directions it grew in didn't involve Mac very much in the later stages.  But yes, he probably could do with a bit more screen time (though not too much as he's a pain to draw & shade).

What about sliding glass doors?

If it's an emergency, he could go through those, no sweat.

[Gabi]

Of course, he's a robot. Why would he sweat?

[Zedd]

Chocolate? Did you say..chocolate??

[Chakat Blackspots]

What is R-Mac so surprised by in the last panel?

[Chairtastic]

What about sliding glass doors?

If it's an emergency, he could go through those, no sweat.

Really? No chances of tiny fragments getting into the wires and junk, thus causing hilarity havoc?

What is R-Mac so surprised by in the last panel?

Rosey O'Donnell?!  D:

[Raskahn]

Yeah, but doorknobs stop him dead in his tracks.

I suspect he'd be able to do it.  The doorknob wouldn't be round afterwards, though.  And Jakob would not be very pleased about it.

Somehow I can picture Jacob telling him:"If you break another door, I will install cat doors throughout the base." 

[Tapewolf]

What is R-Mac so surprised by in the last panel?

We'll find out next week.

Really? No chances of tiny fragments getting into the wires and junk, thus causing hilarity havoc?

Not really.  The panthers are military-spec.  One reason they don't show up as much later is because they were a crossover from an earlier - unfinished - project of mine where they patrolled airbases.

[joshofspam]

Maybe are little portal maker has been on a chocolate stealing binge.

Nothing says disaster like half the worlds chocolate being found in one place.

I would think that the military would have a small fold up arm and hand that would allow them the ability to manipulate things like doors are to pick something up that needs a more delicate touch. Was the military that they where saved or built from plan's they had, afraid that would be giving them to many freedom's or was it an over site on their part?

[Tapewolf]

I would think that the military would have a small fold up arm and hand that would allow them the ability to manipulate things like doors are to pick something up that needs a more delicate touch. Was the military that they where saved or built from plan's they had, afraid that would be giving them to many freedom's or was it an over site on their part?

They were basically conceived as perimeter guards, like the patrol Dobermans in the missile silo in Deus Ex.  They don't really need hands for their original design goal.

[joshofspam]

I would think that the military would have a small fold up arm and hand that would allow them the ability to manipulate things like doors are to pick something up that needs a more delicate touch. Was the military that they where saved or built from plan's they had, afraid that would be giving them to many freedom's or was it an over site on their part?

They were basically conceived as perimeter guards, like the patrol Dobermans in the missile silo in Deus Ex.  They don't really need hands for their original design goal.

I take it that the base that Jacob visited had nothing but sliding doors for them to walk through then?

[Tapewolf]

I take it that the base that Jacob visited had nothing but sliding doors for them to walk through then?

Pretty much, yes.  It's kind of like the dog-things in Snow Crash, or most of the patrol robots in Deus Ex - they have little hutches built into the walls where they go when off-duty and it automatically opens for them.

[Chairtastic]

Chocolate? Did you say..chocolate?? -image snipped-

Wait, I just realized. Isn't chocolate deadly to canids because of theta-bromide?

Oh my; Kirian has been saving Jakob's life this entire time!

[Tapewolf]

Wait, I just realized. Isn't chocolate deadly to canids because of theta-bromide?

One would assume that either that doesn't apply to furres, or that Jakob's chocolate is dog-safe...

[Zedd]

Can I haz chocolate?

[Chakat Blackspots]

Wait, I just realized. Isn't chocolate deadly to canids because of theta-bromide?

One would assume that either that doesn't apply to furres, or that Jakob's chocolate is dog-safe...

Is it possible to remove the theta-bromide from chocolate?  Also, I've heard of some dogs not being affected from eating chocolate.

[Sind]

Actually it's called Theobromine >.>

And sadly, it comes from the solid of the cocoa bean, so without it it wouldn't be chocolate anymore

Edit: Nevermind, apparently white chocolate uses other parts of the bean, and thus doesn't contain theobromine  

Edit2: Nevermind again, White chocolate doesn't use cocoa at all, and is therefore not actually chocolate...

[Tapewolf]

Nevermind, apparently white chocolate uses other parts of the bean, and thus doesn't contain theobromine 

I have seen dog-safe chocolate on sale in pet stores.  I don't know what it tastes like, though...

[ChaosMageX]

Nevermind, apparently white chocolate uses other parts of the bean, and thus doesn't contain theobromine 

I have seen dog-safe chocolate on sale in pet stores.  I don't know what it tastes like, though...

Then you should buy some and try it yourself.  You wouldn't be the first person to sample the taste of dog treats.

[Gabi]

White chocolate uses cocoa butter, so yes, it's still chocolate.

Theobromine can also be found in mate. If that's what hurts dogs I won't let my dog eat yerba mate next time someone drops it on the floor. >_>

[techmaster-glitch]

Research!

[Tapewolf]

Still no word on 'Dark Angel' yet, I'll let people know as soon as I have the lineart.

[Tapewolf]

Once again we're going to be late on this.  Ren's current schedule at university seems to be heavy towards the end of the week.  Fingers crossed we'll be updating Saturday.

[Tapewolf]

Okay, finally, it's up.  Still no word on Dark Angel, though.

[AmigaDragon]

IIRC, this was the last time R-Mac appeared in FH, which is a darn shame.  He was replaced by a female robo-panther whose name currently escapes me.  Hopefully that won't be the case in PF.

Female? Unless robotics have progressed to a near-biological level, they don't reproduce sexually. Mechanically copying, perhaps. Male and female would be merely programmed personalities.