Decimal 45 (hex 2D) is the EBCDIC ENQ code (Dave’s pretty up on old-school tech). “Enquiries desk” is a British expression, a sort of combination reception and information booth. (Or I could be reading way too much into a simple visual gag.)
Helen’s a geneticist, while Dave’s an engineer; odds are Dave built the robots, so they see him as “the boss.” odds are any bio-engineered minions on the island would likely see Helen as the boss.
Helen isn’t Dave’s boss anymore after his awakening. They’re equals now, that was like the entire point. Exactly how Narbonics Labs is structured now isn’t clear, but I’d guess they’re equal partners with him running the new robotics division while Helen remains in charge of the older biologicals division.
Definitely Elephant Man.
Also, having Phil on the baseball team would be a NIGHTMARE for the opposing pitcher trying to hit his strike zone – the MLB actually banned people under X height after one team hired a dwarf who was only 3’7″ – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Gaedel
What a gem. I hope we’ll get to see this guy again some time.
So Phil’s getting attached to Dave, huh?
why does the sign say – in ASCII? Is that supposed to mean something?
Way late to this party, but:
Decimal 45 (hex 2D) is the EBCDIC ENQ code (Dave’s pretty up on old-school tech). “Enquiries desk” is a British expression, a sort of combination reception and information booth. (Or I could be reading way too much into a simple visual gag.)
Treating the sign as a binary number: 00101101 == 45 decimal == ASCII ‘-‘ (a hyphen).
Dave would TOTALLY have his robot secretary introduce itself as “Human-Cyborg Relations”. No matter how mad you go, the geek never goes away.
How come Helen isn’t the boss?
She bosses life, he bosses machines?
Helen’s a geneticist, while Dave’s an engineer; odds are Dave built the robots, so they see him as “the boss.” odds are any bio-engineered minions on the island would likely see Helen as the boss.
She still is in charge of Narbonics Labs, I think, but the robotics are Dave’s domain.
Helen isn’t Dave’s boss anymore after his awakening. They’re equals now, that was like the entire point. Exactly how Narbonics Labs is structured now isn’t clear, but I’d guess they’re equal partners with him running the new robotics division while Helen remains in charge of the older biologicals division.
Isn’t that an “Elephant Man” reference?
I was thinking more of a “Planet of the Apes” quote, but you might be correct.
Definitely Elephant Man.
Also, having Phil on the baseball team would be a NIGHTMARE for the opposing pitcher trying to hit his strike zone – the MLB actually banned people under X height after one team hired a dwarf who was only 3’7″ – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Gaedel