St. Charlie being St. Charlie they will now go about their business as if nothing had happened because they’ve heard this all before and are convinced that as long as no one laughs they should be OK. ^^
I thought it was an opening bid…”Tom, I can wipe out this train with two train schedules and a Teddy Ruxpin.”
Yes, it’s time to play Name That Doom! A Ralph Edwards Production…
Yes. It does. It’s a rather uncomfortable line to have to tap dance (Tip dance?) all around. At the risk of sounding depressing and gloomy, it’s one reason I will NEVER transfer over to Children’s Services.
It’s way too much time to give one Mad Genius free rein to respond, yes. But Mads have a hard enough time working together when there’s no time pressure; distract them from the very deliberate socialisation that lets them do so, and they’ll do an excellent job of disrupting each other such that nothing gets done.
This is a confidential anouncement, no this is not a test
Professional misgivings put to rest
May require a breach in confidentiality
Caused by explosive threats to St. Charlie
Know I can’t tell a lie, cause I am such a stand up guy
Approximately an hour, you’re all gonna die.
Dying. You will be dying.
Said dying. You will be dying.
You all. Will die.
Couple of schedules and a teddy bear
Gonna blow this science train out of the air
Beware, my threats are rather unorthodox
The doc thinks I’m credibly dangerous
Extermination, extirpation, go and kill everything
Or talk to Tip, cause he is listening.
Law of irony says they will all be saved in 59:58 minutes by a giant, sentient intergalactic pillow which was drawn here by the radio emissions from G.O.D.O.T.’s sensory neuralyzer thingie.
mnem
If the giant interdimensional trampoline doesn’t get there first…
So, am I to believe that a trans-dimensional train like St. Charlie has NO emergency stop-thingies everywhere like all normal trains do…? Those things tend to be non-overridable and would have the last word even against a homicidal AI in control of the engine (unless they all read “pull to flush toilet” or something now, that is)…
It’s very much a Mad Genius problem. On normal machinery, GODOT could write whatever the hell he likes, Emergency Stop controls are designed to be extremely obvious without reading the labels. In many carriages, they are the only controls there. All of this, however, assumes a normal train, not one run by Madboys.
Plenty of normal trains lack emergency brakes. It seems that someone realised that stopping a train a mile into a tunnel isn’t always the best solution to a problem onboard.
SCRAM-ing a nuclear reactor isn’t always the best solution to a problem with it, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to leave the option out when I build one.
I think “Tip Wilkin and the Professional Misgivings” would be a great name for a band.
St. Charlie being St. Charlie they will now go about their business as if nothing had happened because they’ve heard this all before and are convinced that as long as no one laughs they should be OK. ^^
If only Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California could have been resolved so easily.
The Teddy Ruxpin is optional, but it improves the flavor.
I thought it was an opening bid…”Tom, I can wipe out this train with two train schedules and a Teddy Ruxpin.”
Yes, it’s time to play Name That Doom! A Ralph Edwards Production…
I can wipe out this train with one train schedule and a Speak-N-Spell!
Panel 2- Tip is actually pretty cool and professional at times. I’ve heard this kind of dilemma comes up a LOT in social work.
I agree. Threat of annihilation doesn’t mean that his professional ethics doesn’t go flying out the window, nor the trust of his client.
Yes. It does. It’s a rather uncomfortable line to have to tap dance (Tip dance?) all around. At the risk of sounding depressing and gloomy, it’s one reason I will NEVER transfer over to Children’s Services.
Apropos of yesterday, thanks, Jay, for alluding to “The Box of Robbers,” the L. Frank Baum story that gave the nukes their names. I wasn’t familiar with it: http://www.personal.psu.edu/apc5099/art203/lesson3_exercise2.html.
What a delightful story! Thanks for the link!
One hour – is of course WAY too much time to give Mad Genius free reign to respond.
It’s way too much time to give one Mad Genius free rein to respond, yes. But Mads have a hard enough time working together when there’s no time pressure; distract them from the very deliberate socialisation that lets them do so, and they’ll do an excellent job of disrupting each other such that nothing gets done.
To the tune of “Warning” by Greenday
This is a confidential anouncement, no this is not a test
Professional misgivings put to rest
May require a breach in confidentiality
Caused by explosive threats to St. Charlie
Know I can’t tell a lie, cause I am such a stand up guy
Approximately an hour, you’re all gonna die.
Dying. You will be dying.
Said dying. You will be dying.
You all. Will die.
Couple of schedules and a teddy bear
Gonna blow this science train out of the air
Beware, my threats are rather unorthodox
The doc thinks I’m credibly dangerous
Extermination, extirpation, go and kill everything
Or talk to Tip, cause he is listening.
Law of irony says they will all be saved in 59:58 minutes by a giant, sentient intergalactic pillow which was drawn here by the radio emissions from G.O.D.O.T.’s sensory neuralyzer thingie.
mnem
If the giant interdimensional trampoline doesn’t get there first…
Well, naturally.
So, am I to believe that a trans-dimensional train like St. Charlie has NO emergency stop-thingies everywhere like all normal trains do…? Those things tend to be non-overridable and would have the last word even against a homicidal AI in control of the engine (unless they all read “pull to flush toilet” or something now, that is)…
Mad Geniuses.
It’s not a mad genius problem.
It’s a “Just press the button _labeled_ Emergency Stop” problem, given what the AI has demonstrated it does.
It’s very much a Mad Genius problem. On normal machinery, GODOT could write whatever the hell he likes, Emergency Stop controls are designed to be extremely obvious without reading the labels. In many carriages, they are the only controls there. All of this, however, assumes a normal train, not one run by Madboys.
Plenty of normal trains lack emergency brakes. It seems that someone realised that stopping a train a mile into a tunnel isn’t always the best solution to a problem onboard.
SCRAM-ing a nuclear reactor isn’t always the best solution to a problem with it, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to leave the option out when I build one.