Talk:2498: Forest Walk - Revision history

BlackBeret at 23:24, 28 October 2021

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Yosei: help you down in 1860: Communicating

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help you down in 1860: Communicating

162.158.111.122 at 03:49, 10 August 2021

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172.69.68.184: Asking the tough questions

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Asking the tough questions

141.101.98.157: I accidentally overwrote my signature markup, it seems.

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I accidentally overwrote my signature markup, it seems.

141.101.98.156 at 23:05, 7 August 2021

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108.162.219.11 at 20:06, 7 August 2021

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172.70.114.87 at 20:04, 7 August 2021

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141.101.99.12 at 17:55, 7 August 2021

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Barmar at 12:54, 7 August 2021

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	:Though it could as easily end up being one edge of the 'chute (as seen from a chosen angle) as a saddle-like distribution with a centre (maybe just front or back?) held up and two limbs (of the presumably hemispherical, not aerofoil, style of construction surely typical of the day).		:Though it could as easily end up being one edge of the 'chute (as seen from a chosen angle) as a saddle-like distribution with a centre (maybe just front or back?) held up and two limbs (of the presumably hemispherical, not aerofoil, style of construction surely typical of the day).
	:It is of course a fairly trivial sketch of an entangled chute, not a complexly rendered simulation of an idealised draping and suspension-from. But I think I'd have mistrusted an all-taut set of guylines compared with that fairly feasible depiction. YMMV. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.111.122\|162.158.111.122]] 03:49, 10 August 2021 (UTC)		:It is of course a fairly trivial sketch of an entangled chute, not a complexly rendered simulation of an idealised draping and suspension-from. But I think I'd have mistrusted an all-taut set of guylines compared with that fairly feasible depiction. YMMV. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.111.122\|162.158.111.122]] 03:49, 10 August 2021 (UTC)
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		+	This page is on the list of beret guys strange powers. Is there anything here that qualifies as a strange power? Like it’s weird having D.B. Cooper in your yard, but it’s not a power. Should it be removed from the list? --[[User:BlackBeret\|BlackBeret]] ([[User talk:BlackBeret\|talk]]) 23:24, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

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	::::I assume you mean "right now" not "right know". [[Special:Contributions/172.70.126.165\|172.70.126.165]] 01:05, 7 August 2021 (UTC)Pat		::::I assume you mean "right now" not "right know". [[Special:Contributions/172.70.126.165\|172.70.126.165]] 01:05, 7 August 2021 (UTC)Pat
	::: My input: the "this instant" bit is not even mentioned as the focus of the linguist's attention, so I'd not consider that important. D.B. may also have only started to say that ''since'' the prior visitor, or only when directly addressing BG (with the long history of ignoring/refusing him). "Help me down" is an interesting construct in and of itself, as mentioned. But I could not tell you in what ways. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.158.106\|162.158.158.106]] 14:39, 6 August 2021 (UTC)		::: My input: the "this instant" bit is not even mentioned as the focus of the linguist's attention, so I'd not consider that important. D.B. may also have only started to say that ''since'' the prior visitor, or only when directly addressing BG (with the long history of ignoring/refusing him). "Help me down" is an interesting construct in and of itself, as mentioned. But I could not tell you in what ways. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.158.106\|162.158.158.106]] 14:39, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
		+	:Just FYI: I accidentally noticed that [[1860: Communicating]] has this caption: [...] “which explains why you haven't been able to convince anyone to '''help you down''' from that wall.” — [[User:Yosei\|Yosei]] ([[User talk:Yosei\|talk]]) 08:13, 20 August 2021 (UTC)

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 Not to question the artistic representation, but rather than Forest (tree canopy and dense undergrowth), I'd say that was more Woodland Savanna (individual tree growth smattered around grass/shrubland at most). Or maybe we just can't properly see the woods for the trees... (Or the action is set at the edge of a clearing, of course!) [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.184|141.101.98.184]] 13:32, 5 August 2021 (UTC)
 :It's Southwest Washington, where Pyroculture practiced over centuries changed the nature of the forests.  Your average forest, until recently when fire suppression came in, had very little undergrowth, and sometimes whole fields of Camas Lilly or Tarweed or other food plants valued by the Yakima.[[User:Seebert|Seebert]] ([[User talk:Seebert|talk]]) 19:43, 5 August 2021 (UTC)
 Doesn't it seem likely, that Beret Guy's trees have soup outlets on them?  Like his Business does? (Or, maybe Ghosts (like the business))
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 If D. B. Cooper is hanging from his parachute from a tree branch, why are the parachute lines slack? [[Special:Contributions/172.69.68.184|172.69.68.184]] 19:30, 9 August 2021 (UTC)

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	:: commentary: this probably actually works to give drones away, comparable to leaving furniture by the side of the street. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.11\|108.162.219.11]] 20:06, 7 August 2021 (UTC)		:: commentary: this probably actually works to give drones away, comparable to leaving furniture by the side of the street. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.11\|108.162.219.11]] 20:06, 7 August 2021 (UTC)
	::: The way to get rid of things by the side of the street is not to have a "free to a good home" sign, but to make it actually tempting to just take it. Many a broken fridge has been given a price-tag and "see owner" label and ended up (even less responsibly) taken away by someone who thinks that even if that price is a steal, they'll happily do their own stealing. (Anyway, the article now exists, after a fashion.) [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.157\|141.101.98.157]] 23:07, 7 August 2021 (UTC)		::: The way to get rid of things by the side of the street is not to have a "free to a good home" sign, but to make it actually tempting to just take it. Many a broken fridge has been given a price-tag and "see owner" label and ended up (even less responsibly) taken away by someone who thinks that even if that price is a steal, they'll happily do their own stealing. (Anyway, the article now exists, after a fashion.) [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.157\|141.101.98.157]] 23:07, 7 August 2021 (UTC)
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		+	If D. B. Cooper is hanging from his parachute from a tree branch, why are the parachute lines slack? [[Special:Contributions/172.69.68.184\|172.69.68.184]] 19:30, 9 August 2021 (UTC)

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 :: I think my desire to archive the comic along with everything else in case the universe ends is simplifying down to just pasting a link in here: https://xkcd.com/2499/ .  Presently accessible for me on xkcd.com .  Has a single panel showing a drone asking to be charged by an owner it gifts itself to.  Somewhat triggering around human slavery.  Caption describes an abandonment function that provides for unwanted drones to find new owners.  Reminds of discarded autonomous robots.  archive.org will be crawling it soon, hopefully before the universe ends, but I wrote a small summary here. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.114.87|172.70.114.87]] 20:04, 7 August 2021 (UTC)
 :: commentary: this probably actually works to give drones away, comparable to leaving furniture by the side of the street.  [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.11|108.162.219.11]] 20:06, 7 August 2021 (UTC)
-::: The way to get rid of things by the side of the street is not to have a "free to a good home" sign, but to make it actually tempting to just take it. Many a broken fridge has been given a price-tag and "see owner" label and ended up (even less responsibly) taken away by someone who thinks that even if that price is a steal, they'll happily do their own stealing. (Anyway, the article now exists, after a fashion.)
+::: The way to get rid of things by the side of the street is not to have a "free to a good home" sign, but to make it actually tempting to just take it. Many a broken fridge has been given a price-tag and "see owner" label and ended up (even less responsibly) taken away by someone who thinks that even if that price is a steal, they'll happily do their own stealing. (Anyway, the article now exists, after a fashion.) [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.157|141.101.98.157]] 23:07, 7 August 2021 (UTC)

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	:: I think my desire to archive the comic along with everything else in case the universe ends is simplifying down to just pasting a link in here: https://xkcd.com/2499/ . Presently accessible for me on xkcd.com . Has a single panel showing a drone asking to be charged by an owner it gifts itself to. Somewhat triggering around human slavery. Caption describes an abandonment function that provides for unwanted drones to find new owners. Reminds of discarded autonomous robots. archive.org will be crawling it soon, hopefully before the universe ends, but I wrote a small summary here. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.114.87\|172.70.114.87]] 20:04, 7 August 2021 (UTC)		:: I think my desire to archive the comic along with everything else in case the universe ends is simplifying down to just pasting a link in here: https://xkcd.com/2499/ . Presently accessible for me on xkcd.com . Has a single panel showing a drone asking to be charged by an owner it gifts itself to. Somewhat triggering around human slavery. Caption describes an abandonment function that provides for unwanted drones to find new owners. Reminds of discarded autonomous robots. archive.org will be crawling it soon, hopefully before the universe ends, but I wrote a small summary here. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.114.87\|172.70.114.87]] 20:04, 7 August 2021 (UTC)
	:: commentary: this probably actually works to give drones away, comparable to leaving furniture by the side of the street. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.11\|108.162.219.11]] 20:06, 7 August 2021 (UTC)		:: commentary: this probably actually works to give drones away, comparable to leaving furniture by the side of the street. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.11\|108.162.219.11]] 20:06, 7 August 2021 (UTC)
		+	::: The way to get rid of things by the side of the street is not to have a "free to a good home" sign, but to make it actually tempting to just take it. Many a broken fridge has been given a price-tag and "see owner" label and ended up (even less responsibly) taken away by someone who thinks that even if that price is a steal, they'll happily do their own stealing. (Anyway, the article now exists, after a fashion.)

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	:Sometimes DGBRTBot (however it's capitalised, etc, I forget) needs a nudge. It's a long long time since I last saw that need so seriously doing, so can't remember how difficult it was when everyone was last complaining about it... I'm sure others are checking that, but I'll poke around to see if it's possible to poke as an AnonIP too... [[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.12\|141.101.99.12]] 17:55, 7 August 2021 (UTC)		:Sometimes DGBRTBot (however it's capitalised, etc, I forget) needs a nudge. It's a long long time since I last saw that need so seriously doing, so can't remember how difficult it was when everyone was last complaining about it... I'm sure others are checking that, but I'll poke around to see if it's possible to poke as an AnonIP too... [[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.12\|141.101.99.12]] 17:55, 7 August 2021 (UTC)
	:: I think my desire to archive the comic along with everything else in case the universe ends is simplifying down to just pasting a link in here: https://xkcd.com/2499/ . Presently accessible for me on xkcd.com . Has a single panel showing a drone asking to be charged by an owner it gifts itself to. Somewhat triggering around human slavery. Caption describes an abandonment function that provides for unwanted drones to find new owners. Reminds of discarded autonomous robots. archive.org will be crawling it soon, hopefully before the universe ends, but I wrote a small summary here. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.114.87\|172.70.114.87]] 20:04, 7 August 2021 (UTC)		:: I think my desire to archive the comic along with everything else in case the universe ends is simplifying down to just pasting a link in here: https://xkcd.com/2499/ . Presently accessible for me on xkcd.com . Has a single panel showing a drone asking to be charged by an owner it gifts itself to. Somewhat triggering around human slavery. Caption describes an abandonment function that provides for unwanted drones to find new owners. Reminds of discarded autonomous robots. archive.org will be crawling it soon, hopefully before the universe ends, but I wrote a small summary here. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.114.87\|172.70.114.87]] 20:04, 7 August 2021 (UTC)
		+	:: commentary: this probably actually works to give drones away, comparable to leaving furniture by the side of the street. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.11\|108.162.219.11]] 20:06, 7 August 2021 (UTC)

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	Where's the page for yesterday's 2499:Abandonment Function? I know it was published late (after midnight last night), but is that a reason not to explain it? [[User:Barmar\|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar\|talk]]) 12:54, 7 August 2021 (UTC)		Where's the page for yesterday's 2499:Abandonment Function? I know it was published late (after midnight last night), but is that a reason not to explain it? [[User:Barmar\|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar\|talk]]) 12:54, 7 August 2021 (UTC)
	:Sometimes DGBRTBot (however it's capitalised, etc, I forget) needs a nudge. It's a long long time since I last saw that need so seriously doing, so can't remember how difficult it was when everyone was last complaining about it... I'm sure others are checking that, but I'll poke around to see if it's possible to poke as an AnonIP too... [[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.12\|141.101.99.12]] 17:55, 7 August 2021 (UTC)		:Sometimes DGBRTBot (however it's capitalised, etc, I forget) needs a nudge. It's a long long time since I last saw that need so seriously doing, so can't remember how difficult it was when everyone was last complaining about it... I'm sure others are checking that, but I'll poke around to see if it's possible to poke as an AnonIP too... [[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.12\|141.101.99.12]] 17:55, 7 August 2021 (UTC)
		+	:: I think my desire to archive the comic along with everything else in case the universe ends is simplifying down to just pasting a link in here: https://xkcd.com/2499/ . Presently accessible for me on xkcd.com . Has a single panel showing a drone asking to be charged by an owner it gifts itself to. Somewhat triggering around human slavery. Caption describes an abandonment function that provides for unwanted drones to find new owners. Reminds of discarded autonomous robots. archive.org will be crawling it soon, hopefully before the universe ends, but I wrote a small summary here. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.114.87\|172.70.114.87]] 20:04, 7 August 2021 (UTC)

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	Where's the page for yesterday's 2499:Abandonment Function? I know it was published late (after midnight last night), but is that a reason not to explain it? [[User:Barmar\|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar\|talk]]) 12:54, 7 August 2021 (UTC)		Where's the page for yesterday's 2499:Abandonment Function? I know it was published late (after midnight last night), but is that a reason not to explain it? [[User:Barmar\|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar\|talk]]) 12:54, 7 August 2021 (UTC)
		+	:Sometimes DGBRTBot (however it's capitalised, etc, I forget) needs a nudge. It's a long long time since I last saw that need so seriously doing, so can't remember how difficult it was when everyone was last complaining about it... I'm sure others are checking that, but I'll poke around to see if it's possible to poke as an AnonIP too... [[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.12\|141.101.99.12]] 17:55, 7 August 2021 (UTC)

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	: Kind of, but when you looked closer at [[556: Alternative Energy Revolution]] Don Quixote's beard is definitely better groomed and his hair is trimmed. I would rather compare this Cooper with the guy form [[725: Literally]]. [[User:CryptoNut1269\|CryptoNut1269]] ([[User talk:CryptoNut1269\|talk]]) 11:06, 6 August 2021 (UTC)		: Kind of, but when you looked closer at [[556: Alternative Energy Revolution]] Don Quixote's beard is definitely better groomed and his hair is trimmed. I would rather compare this Cooper with the guy form [[725: Literally]]. [[User:CryptoNut1269\|CryptoNut1269]] ([[User talk:CryptoNut1269\|talk]]) 11:06, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
	:: <humor> What if literally guy is alternate universe D.B. Cooper? </humor> Seriously speaking though, it seems the similarity is just because there aren't many different ways to draw stick figures. --[[User:4D4850\|4D4850]] ([[User talk:4D4850\|talk]]) 19:41, 6 August 2021 (UTC)		:: <humor> What if literally guy is alternate universe D.B. Cooper? </humor> Seriously speaking though, it seems the similarity is just because there aren't many different ways to draw stick figures. --[[User:4D4850\|4D4850]] ([[User talk:4D4850\|talk]]) 19:41, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
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		+	Where's the page for yesterday's 2499:Abandonment Function? I know it was published late (after midnight last night), but is that a reason not to explain it? [[User:Barmar\|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar\|talk]]) 12:54, 7 August 2021 (UTC)