October 24th, 2013
Cmos Time
You may think that when your computer (and therefore robot) is off that it really is off. But, are you sure? Are you really sure? What about standby? Or the little battery that keeps the cmos clock running? In the case of a highly complex robot, there are so many processes and parts, something must still be going, somewhere in the cloud!
October 27th, 2013 at 9:35 pm
hey whats behind the dark?
and whats the gag about time?
When will we continue Dungeons and dragons
LUCAs
October 30th, 2013 at 4:14 pm
Hi Lucas,
It is dark because the robot is off and these are the ghostly thoughts going through his “mind”. As you probably know, computers, tellys and robots are rarely off – they just go into standby.
And, even if you really think you have turned a computer off, there is still a little battery keeping the clock running so when the computer is back on the time is correct!
So, of course the robot knows what time it is, but hasn’t got enough systems running to know what the word “time” means!
Look out for a continuation of this gag in a couple of strips time ….
October 31st, 2013 at 2:06 pm
Thamnks for saying, It makes more sense then.
See ya!
January 1st, 2014 at 4:44 am
Hey there Assif and Padre, loving this plot sequence!
Think the strip is very funny and also thought-provoking. Will be sure to check it more regularly from now on!
You might be interested in the Experience Machine thought experiment by Nozick (brief summary here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experience_machine) if you’re delving into true reality vs apparent reality/ consciousness philosophy.
January 3rd, 2014 at 5:02 pm
Welcome Sasha – it gives me great pleasure (real-world!) to welcome you to our strange and weird world.
You must get The Talented-One to sketch you into a strip or two.
Maybe the theme can be Nozick’s Thought Experiment. Which, by the way, completely blew my circuits.
January 12th, 2014 at 1:09 pm
hey sasha,
wow, you must be working hard, You’ve got asif confused!
I agree this is an awesome storyline so…
bye”
January 26th, 2014 at 2:35 pm
hi?
January 26th, 2014 at 2:35 pm
hi?