Comments on: Professor Madblood and the Lovelace Affair: January 31 – February 5, 2005 https://narbonic.com/comic/january-31-february-5-2005/ By Shaenon K. Garrity Sun, 14 Jul 2024 07:18:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Paul Anderson (pmanderson) https://narbonic.com/comic/january-31-february-5-2005/#comment-12147 Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:50:34 +0000 http://narbonic.com/?p=3599#comment-12147 @SamDaniel. Wouldn’t surprize me; Madblood would put a lock on his AI (which is what he has to show the other geniuses) until the presentation.

But I think she was being silent before because Helen was listening; the last thing she wanted was to attract a mad genius’s attention.

Then the GIGO hit the shredder in about a panel, and Lovelace was too shy, and too uncertain about her model of Dave, to know what to say. She only had about a minute before Dave stalked out, and he kept giving her more data to deal with.

]]> By: Sam Daniel (samhdaniel) https://narbonic.com/comic/january-31-february-5-2005/#comment-12146 Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:50:33 +0000 http://narbonic.com/?p=3599#comment-12146 @speedball: Maybe she can’t speak unless spoken to first….

]]> By: JP Chabot (speedball) https://narbonic.com/comic/january-31-february-5-2005/#comment-12145 Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:50:32 +0000 http://narbonic.com/?p=3599#comment-12145 So why did Lovelace never decide to just speak up while Dave was ranting?

]]> By: Ed Gedeon (eddurd) https://narbonic.com/comic/january-31-february-5-2005/#comment-12144 Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:50:31 +0000 http://narbonic.com/?p=3599#comment-12144 (TUNE: “The Crying Game”, Geoff Stephens, 1964)

Dave believes that he’s found out about his Lovelace love!
He’s gonna pout … ’bout his Lovelace love!
First there was romance … then there was hope …
Found she was fake,
A shower he’ll take
With plenty of soap!

Jumping to conclusions who had faked his Lovelace love …
He never knew … who he’s in front of!
But Helen sees her … yes, she can tell!
Knew in her heart,
‘Cause she’s really smart
And evil as well!

]]> By: Leon Arnott (l) https://narbonic.com/comic/january-31-february-5-2005/#comment-12143 Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:50:30 +0000 http://narbonic.com/?p=3599#comment-12143 Saturday:

They’re always geniuses, Lovelace. That’s what makes them so infuriating to work with.

The only thing I have left to say is that Dave is definitely shelving the Gerbil Hypothesis too early. He hasn’t even searched Madblood’s luggage for stray alfalfa shreds.

]]> By: Jon Stout (brasswatchman) https://narbonic.com/comic/january-31-february-5-2005/#comment-12142 Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:50:29 +0000 http://narbonic.com/?p=3599#comment-12142 Wonder what Madblood thought of “requiem for a dream,” then.

]]> By: Kay Gilbert (kaygilbert) https://narbonic.com/comic/january-31-february-5-2005/#comment-12141 Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:50:28 +0000 http://narbonic.com/?p=3599#comment-12141 tune: “Man smart (woman smarter),” Norman Span (Harry Belafonte, Calypso, 1956)

Dave feels dirty, ’cause he thinks that Lovelace
Is that nemesis guy
Helen isn’t such a fool
She sees through the ruse, talks to the AI

Let Dave sulk
Helen knows the score
Sen-ti-ent computer is Dave’s paramour
Sees the truth before her, plain as day
She’s smarter than Dave in every way

That’s right! Helen is smarter
That’s right! Helen is smarter
That’s right! Helen is smarter
Helen is smarter
That’s right!

]]> By: Frank (pokefan_frank) https://narbonic.com/comic/january-31-february-5-2005/#comment-12140 Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:50:27 +0000 http://narbonic.com/?p=3599#comment-12140 And he’s wearing a tie!

]]> By: il biggo (biggo) https://narbonic.com/comic/january-31-february-5-2005/#comment-12139 Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:50:26 +0000 http://narbonic.com/?p=3599#comment-12139 KISS HIM DAMMIT! Oh, right, you can’t. Sorry.

]]> By: So It Begins (soitbegins) https://narbonic.com/comic/january-31-february-5-2005/#comment-12138 Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:50:25 +0000 http://narbonic.com/?p=3599#comment-12138 Earth to Lovelace: SAY SOMETHING ALREADY!

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