Comments on: H Is H: September 12-17, 2005

By: Lars H

Lars H — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 16:35:52 +0000

Aha, so this is what they are! (When Ruby shows up in Skin Horse, the commenters got into some kind of hyper-referential mode that made the comments almost unbearable to read; I had to stop reading SH to instead crawl the archives of Narbonic. Which I’m still doing.)

Also, “twelve-digit primes” is probably random, but indeed the twelve-digit composite number 118670087467 is the first that is a Miller–Rabin pseudoprime to bases 2, 3, 5, and 7. (What’s important isn’t so much finding primes of a certain size, but checking whether a number is a prime.)

By: Ed Gedeon (eddurd)

Ed Gedeon (eddurd) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:13:12 +0000

(TUNE: "One Fine Day", Gerry Goffin & Carole King, performed by The Chiffons)

Artie's gay,
He's not bi ...
SMITH told him "Stay away,
Or you'll die!"
Artie's gay,
Forensic linguist makes him swoon!

Artie's gay!
Love is blind!
This lack of romance has him
In a bind!
Artie's gay!
He needs to get some action soon!

Guys he's likin'!
See heart icon?
It's seems he's got a little crush!
He'll confess, sure,
That Professor
ANTONIO SMITH, FORENSIC LINGUIST makes him blush!

Artie's gay,
As a man ...
For him to lean that way was
Shaenon's plan!
Artie's gay!
We're now a PG-rated 'toon!

By: Daniel Ross (nentuaby)

Daniel Ross (nentuaby) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:13:11 +0000

I always loved this strip. "I can hear the semicolons" is one of my go-to examples for a metatextual gag.

By: Pete (westrider)

Pete (westrider) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:13:10 +0000

And Artie's last line is just solid gold!

By: Ed Gedeon (eddurd)

Ed Gedeon (eddurd) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:13:09 +0000

(TUNE: "Sultans Of Swing", Dire Straits)

Against a giant foot, Artie's got no chance!
"Damn it, don't throw your life away!"
Though rope-swinging rescue represents romance,
It's not reciprocal, sad to say ...

Against that 'bot, what has Artie got that he can bring?
A furry shape and twelve-digit primes?
Rescue rope tied 'round his heartstrings!
Swept off that foot in the nick of time ...
Artie's saved by,
Artie's saved by a swing!

By: So It Begins (soitbegins)

So It Begins (soitbegins) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:13:08 +0000

It’s the hat.

By: Maricruz Villalobos-Zamora (maki_p)

Maricruz Villalobos-Zamora (maki_p) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:13:07 +0000

Artie's going the wrong way in this case. His power isn't turning into a gerbil, his power is to turn Human.

Wait. Artie can lift a car?

By: Maricruz Villalobos-Zamora (maki_p)

Maricruz Villalobos-Zamora (maki_p) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:13:06 +0000

Artie's going the wrong way in this case. His power isn't turning into a gerbil, his power is to turn Human

By: Shaenon Garrity (shaenongarrity)

Shaenon Garrity (shaenongarrity) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:13:05 +0000

Foot is much bigger than a car.

Anyway, it's not like Artie can lift a car, like, over his head. Just, you know, if he needs to straighten out a parking job or something.

By: Edwin Quantrall (reynard)

Edwin Quantrall (reynard) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 22:13:04 +0000

At least Aquaman can breathe underwater, withstand crushing pressure, see in near-total darkness and communicate with fish...