1190: "Time"

[kryton]

So short of reading the last 200 or so pages, what have I missed here?
Did I miss anything revolutionary? I mean besides the fact that when last I looked, a surprisingly comprehensive emerging religion seemed to have formed around this comic... I was going to put time aside make my own holy trebuchet and everything.

Well, the religion split into 2 +1 different sects, formed an inquisition, and is in the process of trying to form a knighthood(I prefer Knights Temporal or Knights(') Watch, myself)

Also, trebuchet are still holy but there is a holy acronym as well.

But who is custodian of the holy handgrenade?

[kryton]

Oh and "My parents' siblings" is genderless, as is "my siblings' kids" which is doubly genderlessless.

ADD: And "My parents' siblings' kids" = my cousins is then triply genderlesslessless?

wasn't cousins already sufficiently genderless?

So My parent's sibling's kid's cousin's becomes quintuplly genderlesslesslesslessless

[patzer]

Oh and "My parents' siblings" is genderless, as is "my siblings' kids" which is doubly genderlessless.

ADD: And "My parents' siblings' kids" = my cousins is then triply genderlesslessless?

wasn't cousins already sufficiently genderless?

So My parent's sibling's kid's cousin's becomes quintuplly genderlesslesslesslessless

wasn't "me" already sufficiently genderless?

[Exodies]

So short of reading the last 200 or so pages, what have I missed here?
Did I miss anything revolutionary? I mean besides the fact that when last I looked, a surprisingly comprehensive emerging religion seemed to have formed around this comic... I was going to put time aside make my own holy trebuchet and everything.

Short of reading everything, you've missed nothing. So get on with it.

[Dracomax]

Oh and "My parents' siblings" is genderless, as is "my siblings' kids" which is doubly genderlessless.

ADD: And "My parents' siblings' kids" = my cousins is then triply genderlesslessless?

wasn't cousins already sufficiently genderless?

So My parent's sibling's kid's cousin's becomes quintuplly genderlesslesslesslessless

wasn't "me" already sufficiently genderless?

Well, it could be your brother, sister, or a third parent's siblings children.

[Foarm]

So short of reading the last 200 or so pages, what have I missed here?
Did I miss anything revolutionary? I mean besides the fact that when last I looked, a surprisingly comprehensive emerging religion seemed to have formed around this comic... I was going to put time aside make my own holy trebuchet and everything.

Well, the religion split into 2 +1 different sects, formed an inquisition, and is in the process of trying to form a knighthood(I prefer Knights Temporal or Knights(') Watch, myself)

Also, trebuchet are still holy but there is a holy acronym as well.

But who is custodian of the holy handgrenade?

Shouldn't that be the Worm?

Edit: This would make an awesome Worms landscape...

[partingLance]

The south never agreed that 'you' as both singular and plural worked.
- "You, go over there"
> "just me or both of us?"
- "I meant y'all go over there"
> "oh, we can do that."

Though I hear reports that "y'all" is now being used as both singular and plural in some places.

How long until "all y'all" follows suit?

In high school, I briefly knew a guy from the US South (though I think he'd ended up in Canada by way of New York). He'd use "y'all" for the singular. We'd be playing baseball, I'd be in right field or someplace, and he'd shout "Y'all! This heah's a heavy hittah, play deep!" This would have been 35 years or so ago.

He may be slow, but it was Cueball that initiated the molding of the mound into the recursive model.

I hypothesize that Megan is the representative of Time, and Cueball the representative of Space. Just as Cueball made it so that scene would repeat itself forever, so is Megan constructing the structure and sea wall so that time will never end. As long as they work together the universe goes on, but if they were to get into an arguement, wait for it...

You're saying we should beware a rift in the Space-Time continuum?

[Dracomax]

The south never agreed that 'you' as both singular and plural worked.
- "You, go over there"
> "just me or both of us?"
- "I meant y'all go over there"
> "oh, we can do that."

Though I hear reports that "y'all" is now being used as both singular and plural in some places.

How long until "all y'all" follows suit?

In high school, I briefly knew a guy from the US South (though I think he'd ended up in Canada by way of New York). He'd use "y'all" for the singular. We'd be playing baseball, I'd be in right field or someplace, and he'd shout "Y'all! This heah's a heavy hittah, play deep!" This would have been 35 years or so ago.

He may be slow, but it was Cueball that initiated the molding of the mound into the recursive model.

I hypothesize that Megan is the representative of Time, and Cueball the representative of Space. Just as Cueball made it so that scene would repeat itself forever, so is Megan constructing the structure and sea wall so that time will never end. As long as they work together the universe goes on, but if they were to get into an arguement, wait for it...

You're saying we should beware a rift in the Space-Time continuum?

We could power a TARDIS with that...

[StratPlayer]

The south never agreed that 'you' as both singular and plural worked.
- "You, go over there"
> "just me or both of us?"
- "I meant y'all go over there"
> "oh, we can do that."

Though I hear reports that "y'all" is now being used as both singular and plural in some places.

How long until "all y'all" follows suit?

In high school, I briefly knew a guy from the US South (though I think he'd ended up in Canada by way of New York). He'd use "y'all" for the singular. We'd be playing baseball, I'd be in right field or someplace, and he'd shout "Y'all! This heah's a heavy hittah, play deep!" This would have been 35 years or so ago.

He may be slow, but it was Cueball that initiated the molding of the mound into the recursive model.

I hypothesize that Megan is the representative of Time, and Cueball the representative of Space. Just as Cueball made it so that scene would repeat itself forever, so is Megan constructing the structure and sea wall so that time will never end. As long as they work together the universe goes on, but if they were to get into an arguement, wait for it...

You're saying we should beware a rift in the Space-Time continuum?

We could power a TARDIS with that...

We're bringing that up again? Sheesh, this thread is getting a little reTARDISed...

[Dracomax]

The south never agreed that 'you' as both singular and plural worked.
- "You, go over there"
> "just me or both of us?"
- "I meant y'all go over there"
> "oh, we can do that."

Though I hear reports that "y'all" is now being used as both singular and plural in some places.

How long until "all y'all" follows suit?

In high school, I briefly knew a guy from the US South (though I think he'd ended up in Canada by way of New York). He'd use "y'all" for the singular. We'd be playing baseball, I'd be in right field or someplace, and he'd shout "Y'all! This heah's a heavy hittah, play deep!" This would have been 35 years or so ago.

He may be slow, but it was Cueball that initiated the molding of the mound into the recursive model.

I hypothesize that Megan is the representative of Time, and Cueball the representative of Space. Just as Cueball made it so that scene would repeat itself forever, so is Megan constructing the structure and sea wall so that time will never end. As long as they work together the universe goes on, but if they were to get into an arguement, wait for it...

You're saying we should beware a rift in the Space-Time continuum?

We could power a TARDIS with that...

We're bringing that up again? Sheesh, this thread is getting a little reTARDISed...

as long as it isn't in Cardiff. that would be a recipe for trouble.

[Flado]

Oh and "My parents' siblings" is genderless, as is "my siblings' kids" which is doubly genderlessless.

ADD: And "My parents' siblings' kids" = my cousins is then triply genderlesslessless?

wasn't cousins already sufficiently genderless?

So My parent's sibling's kid's cousin'^*s^** becomes quintuplly genderlesslesslesslessless

wasn't "me" already sufficiently genderless?

Ah, but you see, my parent's sibling's kid's cousin is not necessarily me. W'all¹ kind of form a class with respect to the "my parent's sibling's kid's cousin" relation. The class is somewhat closed, as new members cannot appear easily, but must be made by specific elements strongly outside² of the class, specifically my parents and my parents' siblings, unless of course they are genderless in which case it is strongly closed and self-contained.
Besides, me not genderless, is I now?

^* What has that apostrophe lost there?
^** Or the s, for that matter?
¹ See what I did here?
² In most cultures and in recent times, at least

[partingLance]

Never mind the TARDIS, has anyone posted this yet?

"Einstein" on Farscape

If so, tough. It kicked off what is still one of my favourite sequences in an already brilliant show.

EDIT:

Bit of out-of-Time gossip: I ordered some photochromatic jazz sunglasses today. They become more translucent the more light there is. It's like a hipness amplifier.

It may be that I've missed the joke, but based on my understanding of what translucent means, 'more translucent' surely doesn't make sense.
More transparent or more opaque, sure, but translucent is somewhere in the middle...

One wears more-translucent glasses with a shirt sized extra-medium.

I once overheard someone describing my country as "very mediocre." I was tempted to butt in with "well geez, that's something, isn't it?"

[StratPlayer]

The south never agreed that 'you' as both singular and plural worked.
- "You, go over there"
> "just me or both of us?"
- "I meant y'all go over there"
> "oh, we can do that."

Though I hear reports that "y'all" is now being used as both singular and plural in some places.

How long until "all y'all" follows suit?

In high school, I briefly knew a guy from the US South (though I think he'd ended up in Canada by way of New York). He'd use "y'all" for the singular. We'd be playing baseball, I'd be in right field or someplace, and he'd shout "Y'all! This heah's a heavy hittah, play deep!" This would have been 35 years or so ago.

He may be slow, but it was Cueball that initiated the molding of the mound into the recursive model.

I hypothesize that Megan is the representative of Time, and Cueball the representative of Space. Just as Cueball made it so that scene would repeat itself forever, so is Megan constructing the structure and sea wall so that time will never end. As long as they work together the universe goes on, but if they were to get into an arguement, wait for it...

You're saying we should beware a rift in the Space-Time continuum?

We could power a TARDIS with that...

We're bringing that up again? Sheesh, this thread is getting a little reTARDISed...

as long as it isn't in Cardiff. that would be a recipe for trouble.

Although... It does have a castle: http://www.cardiffcastle.com/

[HAL9000]

So short of reading the last 200 or so pages, what have I missed here?
Did I miss anything revolutionary? I mean besides the fact that when last I looked, a surprisingly comprehensive emerging religion seemed to have formed around this comic... I was going to put time aside make my own holy trebuchet and everything.

Well, the religion split into 2 +1 different sects, formed an inquisition, and is in the process of trying to form a knighthood(I prefer Knights Temporal or Knights(') Watch, myself)

Also, trebuchet are still holy but there is a holy acronym as well.

Add me as another in support of Knights Temporal. Sounds enough like 'templar' while still pertaining to Time.

[kryton]

The south never agreed that 'you' as both singular and plural worked.
- "You, go over there"
> "just me or both of us?"
- "I meant y'all go over there"
> "oh, we can do that."

Though I hear reports that "y'all" is now being used as both singular and plural in some places.

How long until "all y'all" follows suit?

In high school, I briefly knew a guy from the US South (though I think he'd ended up in Canada by way of New York). He'd use "y'all" for the singular. We'd be playing baseball, I'd be in right field or someplace, and he'd shout "Y'all! This heah's a heavy hittah, play deep!" This would have been 35 years or so ago.

He may be slow, but it was Cueball that initiated the molding of the mound into the recursive model.

I hypothesize that Megan is the representative of Time, and Cueball the representative of Space. Just as Cueball made it so that scene would repeat itself forever, so is Megan constructing the structure and sea wall so that time will never end. As long as they work together the universe goes on, but if they were to get into an arguement, wait for it...

You're saying we should beware a rift in the Space-Time continuum?

We could power a TARDIS with that...

We're bringing that up again? Sheesh, this thread is getting a little reTARDISed...

as long as it isn't in Cardiff. that would be a recipe for trouble.

Although... It does have a castle: http://www.cardiffcastle.com/

perhaps Cueball and Megan are attempting to construct a TARDIS around the castle to take it out of time/space that the rising caffinatedbabysemencoffeecancerdandrufcrudeoil threatens?

[SBN]

[mscha]

The little white box is apparently not a toolbox, since it wasn't needed to bolt the second set of poles. So, what is it?

[Valiant Cookie]

Completion of the fabrication era seems to draw near. Will the era of the box answer some of our questions, or will it remain docile?

[StratPlayer]

The little white box is apparently not a toolbox, since it wasn't needed to bolt the second set of poles. So, what is it?

Just some box that Megan borrowed from her friend Pandora. I'm sure nothing bad will come of it...

EDIT: ...and just to be clear, when I allude to Pandora's box, it is not another quim reference.

[HAL9000]

Completion of the fabrication era seems to draw near. Will the era of the box answer some of our questions, or will it remain docile?

Hey! No predictive naming! It could be the Age of Raptors for all we know.

[mewilliamson]

The little white box is apparently not a toolbox, since it wasn't needed to bolt the second set of poles. So, what is it?

no, she's still getting the crosspiece on top of the poles. the sitting on the crosspiece securing it is still in the futuretimes.

[SBN]

The little white box is apparently not a toolbox, since it wasn't needed to bolt the second set of poles. So, what is it?

no, she's still getting the crosspiece on top of the poles. the sitting on the crosspiece securing it is still in the futuretimes.

But, surely if she was going to need it for this crosspiece she would have brought it down before moving the ladder.

I thought she brought in two boxes anyway.

Edit: Frames 432 and 443 of The Book of Aubron.

[Valiant Cookie]

Completion of the fabrication era seems to draw near. Will the era of the box answer some of our questions, or will it remain docile?

Hey! No predictive naming! It could be the Age of Raptors for all we know.

Raptors!? Don't be ridiculous. What is this, the land before time?

[Whizbang]

That little bump/tower she added in 500-502 was added to the model way back in 382. At the time it was speculated that Cueball was adding himself. So, either Megan didn't know what that little bump was supposed to be and so added it to the larger version, or they've been planning this out to some degree.

[kryton]

The little white box is apparently not a toolbox, since it wasn't needed to bolt the second set of poles. So, what is it?

no, she's still getting the crosspiece on top of the poles. the sitting on the crosspiece securing it is still in the futuretimes.

Only NewPix will tell.....

[Febrion]

(Very) long Time lurker here, finally coaxing into registering..
I would like to take this opportunity to (informally) put in my formal request for induction into the Order of the Knights Temporal.

[kryton]

That little bump/tower she added in 500-502 was added to the model way back in 382. At the time it was speculated that Cueball was adding himself. So, either Megan didn't know what that little bump was supposed to be and so added it to the larger version, or they've been planning this out to some degree.

No, I think that's the tower with the flag on it, the little bump she just added is not on the model.

[Whizbang]

That little bump/tower she added in 500-502 was added to the model way back in 382. At the time it was speculated that Cueball was adding himself. So, either Megan didn't know what that little bump was supposed to be and so added it to the larger version, or they've been planning this out to some degree.

No, I think that's the tower with the flag on it, the little bump she just added is not on the model.

Went back and watched. You are right. I guess I just get excited or something.

[partingLance]

Completion of the fabrication era seems to draw near. Will the era of the box answer some of our questions, or will it remain docile?

Hey! No predictive naming! It could be the Age of Raptors for all we know.

Quite right (the proscription on predictive naming, that's to say). Time is like Life*; it can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived (or at least Waited for) forwards.

* Whence, presumably, Time-Life.

[Exodies]

The little white box is apparently not a toolbox, since it wasn't needed to bolt the second set of poles. So, what is it?

no, she's still getting the crosspiece on top of the poles. the sitting on the crosspiece securing it is still in the futuretimes.

But, surely if she was going to need it for this crosspiece she would have brought it down before moving the ladder.

I thought she brought in two boxes anyway.

Edit: Frames 432 and 443 of The Book of Aubron.

The two boxes are different. One has handles at each end near the top, the other had to be held at the bottom. When she fixed the first platform in place a couple of pixels were removed from poking out of the box.

[edo]

B/D/Gong

Careful Megan!

[histrion]

I thought the little box was actually a bucket that she used to pour something around the base of the posts.

[StratPlayer]

Spoiler:

B/D/Gong

Careful Megan!

Oooohhh, that ladder's going to fall and she's going to be left clinging. Good thing Cueball's on his way back to rescue laugh at her...

[Flado]

Nah, she's just sitting there dangling her feet, (gasp) WAITING FOR IT! The Second Coming? Whose?
ADD: She's one of us, no?

[iisjreg]

Wow, looking back at the umwelt thread is so weird now.

[tman2nd]

I vote for the name "Order of the Knights Temporal" also. Should we make a decision soon?

[AionArap]

I vote for the name "Order of the Knights Temporal" also. Should we make a decision soon?

I think we should wait for it...

[HAL9000]

I vote for the name "Order of the Knights Temporal" also. Should we make a decision soon?

I think we should wait for it...

We'll need to name ourselves eventually, and it's best to do so before we grow in numbers.

[StratPlayer]

I vote for the name "Order of the Knights Temporal" also. Should we make a decision soon?

I think we should wait for it...

We'll need to name ourselves eventually, and it's best to do so before we grow in numbers.

I already voted for the "Knights Temporal" also. While I would qualify for Cardinalship (having delurked to join the Time thread and having only posted in here), I just don't that kind of cardinal urge needed for the job.

But I could be a hard daze Knight, for sure!

[edo]

B/D/Gong