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2015-02-24

by shaenon on February 24, 2015 at 12:01 am
Chapter: Mixed-Up Files
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  1. alurker
    February 24, 2015, 1:17 am | # | Reply

    Well… I’d hit that…

    • John Campbell
      February 24, 2015, 4:02 am | # | Reply

      More likely that would hit you, I think.

      • The Occupant
        October 13, 2015, 7:19 am | # | Reply

        Hitting will be involved though. I say that makes it a hit!

  2. Robert Nowall
    February 24, 2015, 2:24 am | # | Reply

    Find out how she feels about decorative popcorn tins…

    • DarkStarling
      February 24, 2015, 8:00 am | # | Reply

      She prefers them flattened…

  3. BrokenEye, the True False Prophet
    February 24, 2015, 4:25 am | # | Reply

    And later they might hit uglies.

    • Nyerguds
      February 25, 2015, 9:40 am | # | Reply

      But they don’t actually have any xD

  4. Max
    February 24, 2015, 4:30 am | # | Reply

    For shame! Having seen the power of “service is my only joy” we really shouldn’t fall for this sort of thing anymore, should we now…

  5. Robert Nowall
    February 24, 2015, 5:23 am | # | Reply

    In edduard’s absence…from “The Eyes of Texas are Upon You,” and I have no idea who wrote it.

    The I’s of Hitty are upon us
    Watch her slam and bang
    The I’s of Hitty are upon us
    Always sturm und drang.
    Always speaking in third person
    Four beats to the bar.
    The I’s of Hitty are upon us,
    In every strip so far.

    The I’s of Hitty are upon him.
    Moustachio must have heard.
    The I’s of Hitty are upon him,
    Can Ramshambler spare a word?
    Do not think he can escape her,
    For a coffee date.
    The I’s of Hitty are upon him.
    So for him, it might be too late.

    • waynezombie
      February 24, 2015, 9:20 am | # | Reply

      Very nice, especially working in the German! Though the author may be researchable, you can always do ‘traditional folk’ for attribution.

      • Robert Nowall
        February 25, 2015, 1:51 am | # | Reply

        What can I say? I needed a rhyme for “bang”…

    • maarvarq
      January 23, 2016, 10:38 pm | # | Reply

      Strictly speaking, the melody is I’ve Been Working on the Railroad, itself by that great composer Anonymous, and the words you used as a model were written by John Lang Sinclair after a request from Lewis Johnson – http://lhb.music.utexas.edu/history/songs/

      (Wikipedia is a wonderful thing)

  6. davidbreslin101
    February 24, 2015, 7:03 am | # | Reply

    Then Hitty shows Moustachio her etchings. Which are on a seldom-seen part of her chassis, done with battery acid by a crazed scrimshaw-bot who claims he sailed with Captain Nemo.

    • Shadowmehr
      February 24, 2015, 6:36 pm | # | Reply

      It would not surprise me in the slightest to find out that was an actual thing among mad tech bots, kind of like tattoos or henna designs.

  7. Foradain
    February 24, 2015, 8:07 am | # | Reply

    An illegal operation on an empty set… Is that the programming equivalent of a victimless crime?

  8. Dr. Steve
    February 24, 2015, 8:15 am | # | Reply

    It is also the robot equivalent of what goes on in Mel’s mind. “Hit, Hit, Hit” insteal of Kill, Kill, Kill. Hmmm… I wonder if there are robot sprites?

    • Freddie Freelance
      February 26, 2015, 9:14 am | # | Reply

      All of Hitty’s sprites say “Hit, Hit, Hit!”, except for one that says “HIT! HIT! HIT! HIT!”

      That’s the one she listens to the most.

  9. Smithnik
    February 24, 2015, 3:20 pm | # | Reply

    “The Eyes of Texas are Upon You” was written in 1903 by John Sinclair. It is set to the only-slightly-older “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad,” which was first published in the 1890s.
    There are rumors that the Texas song came from the Civil War, but that’s unlikely for a variety of reasons, one of which is that there are lines in the song [including the title] which parody a particular a particular University of Texas president.

    Yes, that illegal operation would be victimless crime, since the error code implies
    1) That hitting is her only joy
    2) That there is no concept in her programming for any other pleasure besides hitting.
    That explains a lot about the coffee line. It does not explain the “Tee hee.”

    • Robert Nowall
      February 24, 2015, 5:17 pm | # | Reply

      Ah.

  10. --jt--
    February 24, 2015, 5:18 pm | # | Reply

    Ah… Double square brackets… Somehow that is so relevant to me as I’m studying BASH shell scripting.

  11. David
    February 24, 2015, 5:49 pm | # | Reply

    Gerbils latest attempt to destroy humanity-
    http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31588671

    • oneuniverse2
      February 25, 2015, 3:30 pm | # | Reply

      That wasn’t a bad attempt

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