Editing Talk:2204: Ksp 2

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Can someone create a KSP category? I don't have the rights to do that. Comics for that category include this one, [[1356:_Orbital_Mechanics]], [[1350:_Lorenz]], [[1244: Six Words]], [[1106: ADD]]. There may be others as well. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.211.184|172.68.211.184]] 18:05, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
:Yes I have done so: [[:Category:Kerbal Space Program]]. And found three more for a total of 8. Also a couple that "may" be a reference, but those I have not included. Just did a Kerbal search... --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 11:36, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

In the explanation, I took the "Unmarked Cash Payments" to be payoffs to the KSP2 team to delay their launch. [[User:OhFFS|OhFFS]] ([[User talk:OhFFS|talk]]) 18:07, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
: Hmm, that could be true too. Feel free to modify the explanation to add that. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.33.11|172.69.33.11]] 18:18, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

Are NASA engineers here splitting their time between working for both NASA and the KSP team (as suggested by the current explanation, as in ''actual'' 'moonlighting') or is it just that they're the kind of people who may 'catch' 24-hour flu to cover up their over-use of personal time to just enjoy the release as per all the other potentially fanatical but somewhat more armchair-expert individuals out there. I first understood the "Moon" people as being the actual KSP devs called in by NASA managemenr to persuade them to stagger their project away from NASA's (although I suppose it would have been more obviously that if it was a conference table setting, being faced over, rather than some typical office desk), with similar thoughts about the above cash payments comment (though I ''suppose'' it could be using petty-cash for site licensing or similar?)... Either way, I'm sure the "moonlighting" pun could be added into the explanation, if someone else would like to! ;) [[Special:Contributions/162.158.158.183|162.158.158.183]] 18:25, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
:I'm pretty sure the joke is that NASA engineers would be too busy playing KSP2 to assist the lunch, similarly to how MMORPG players take vacation when a new expansion comes out. That seems more in line with them taking sick days and NASA executives having to bribe the videogame company to make it stop, as opposed to suing their own engineers because they call in sick to take a second job.--[[Special:Contributions/188.114.103.101|188.114.103.101]] 18:54, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
::I agree.  I don't think the same people working for NASA are also working for the private Mexico-based company Squad that created KSP and are creating KSP 2.  The real joke is that the NASA engineers are likely to want to play with the new KSP, to the extent they would take vacation and sick days off to play it. If an engineer were truely working for two companies, they would still be required to come to work and couldn't just decide to stop working -- aside from abusing paid time off policies. [[User:N0lqu|-boB]] ([[User talk:N0lqu|talk]]) 19:37, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
:::Correction: Its Star Theory that's making KSP2, while SQUAD is currently maintaining KSP1. While SQUAD and Star Theory have been discussing over the development, Star Theory is independent from SQUAD. However, both are affiliated with Private Division. {{unsigned ip|141.101.99.65}}
::::Fixed it.  Playing with KSP2 is now the primary, with programming it being an alternate explanation. [[User:N0lqu|-boB]] ([[User talk:N0lqu|talk]]) 20:11, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

No Linux support for KSP 2... My disappointment is measurable. [[User:Linker|Linker]] ([[User talk:Linker|talk]]) 20:30, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
:Can you run Windonts or RDP to a cloud server? [[Special:Contributions/172.69.33.17|172.69.33.17]] 03:19, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

I think "give you the moon" may be a reference to the movie [[wikipedia:It's_a_Wonderful_Life|It's a Wonderful Life]]. [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 20:38, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
:I agree on this point. I would like to point out, upon rereading, that it says "a moon" not "the moon" - likely a reference to the fact that Mars has two moons. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.70.137|172.69.70.137]]
::Disagree it is for sure the naming. Randall has an asteroid {{w|4942 Munroe}} named after him... So he knows what that means, and also used it in [[1276: Angular Size]]. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 11:37, 19 September 2019 (UTC)
:::Could also be a more general figurative expression.  Offers to give somebody the moon and/or stars are not uncommon (e.g. in songs, love poems, etc.) as a way of expressing desire to please them.  [[Special:Contributions/172.69.33.29|172.69.33.29]] 01:58, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
:I don't know, is there some idiom or slang expression 'give sb a moon' with some obscure meaning? I'm not a native speaker of English. Maybe a variant of 'mooning' (showing one's buttocks to sb)? -- [[Special:Contributions/162.158.93.135|162.158.93.135]] 08:46, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
::You have a good grasp of idiom.  As an example if you are negotiating a deal and the other side is asking too much (another idiom "asking for the moon") you might break off negotiations saying "You want the moon, I'll give you the moon!" and figuratively or literally show him your buttocks.  This would be considered rude or illegal in almost all contexts, so not an idiom you want to use.  I don't believe this is the main meaning in the comic, but it  is an alternate interpretation and that is probably deliberate.[[Special:Contributions/172.68.206.28|172.68.206.28]] 16:35, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

I felt the standing Cueball more apologetic or confused and thus part of the KSP team. Probably partly because all the others have hair and talk. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.154.145|162.158.154.145]] 23:53, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
:I don't think so, but I can see your point at to how you could think this. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 11:36, 19 September 2019 (UTC
So we’re getting a YouTube play through of KSP2 from Randall, right lol?  {{unsigned ip|162.158.187.79}}

"... (Ksp for short) is a space flight simulation video game with a Keplerian orbital physics engine, allowing for semi-realistic orbital maneuvers" FTFY [[Special:Contributions/162.158.154.241|162.158.154.241]] 15:53, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Can I just say that I honestly don't think Randall would make a reference to Despicable me??? especially to try and make some obscure reference in an already kind of confusing comic? just me? Idk i would consider removing it - Grant 18:06 19 september 2019 (mt)