I’m betting that the computer could have withstood Livvie and Burnk but Science was simply too much to handle.
Coyoty
If you’re a wuss, the best time to object to being called a wuss is when the caller isn’t there to respond.
In my mind, the voice for the computer is that of Hitchhiker’s Guide’s Eddie the Computer.
Scorpinac
The original TV series Eddie, or the movie Eddie?
Coyoty
TV series.
Keith
I’d have to brick that computer. The movie version pfft, less annoying than a glass of water. Now the ORIGINAL from the BBC radio play and televisions show…that’s the one as needs bricking. I’m thinking a gigaton antimatter bomb should do.
Scorpinac
Considering the behavior of all the computers in this particular tale, I’m thinking you don’t understand the difference between sentient and non-sentient, pal.
Zero
It’s *currently* non-sentient, because it is a brick.
I think the point is it’s not actually hearing this right now.
does “seizing up” indicate the computer just committed suicide?
or perhaps sent itself into a computer coma?
or maybe it IS technically dead, but resurrection for computers is not as problematic as it normally would be for organics.
notStanley
“seizing up” may have just been forcing a divide by zero blue screen, will be fine after someone hits the power reset :}
rws
The fact that it made itself neutral seems to imply that it still has some sort of function. Perhaps keyboard only.
Pete Rogan
No one seems to have asked the relevant question, which is: When the Strib computer seized up, did it drop the shield? Or at least cease to control it?
Second most relevant question: Who’s winning the space battle? And how many Stribs have decided hiding under the nursery shield is a ‘winning’ combination?
Getting another lemonade. This week is off to a fine finish already.
I’m betting that the computer could have withstood Livvie and Burnk but Science was simply too much to handle.
If you’re a wuss, the best time to object to being called a wuss is when the caller isn’t there to respond.
In my mind, the voice for the computer is that of Hitchhiker’s Guide’s Eddie the Computer.
The original TV series Eddie, or the movie Eddie?
TV series.
I’d have to brick that computer. The movie version pfft, less annoying than a glass of water. Now the ORIGINAL from the BBC radio play and televisions show…that’s the one as needs bricking. I’m thinking a gigaton antimatter bomb should do.
Considering the behavior of all the computers in this particular tale, I’m thinking you don’t understand the difference between sentient and non-sentient, pal.
It’s *currently* non-sentient, because it is a brick.
I think the point is it’s not actually hearing this right now.
does “seizing up” indicate the computer just committed suicide?
or perhaps sent itself into a computer coma?
or maybe it IS technically dead, but resurrection for computers is not as problematic as it normally would be for organics.
“seizing up” may have just been forcing a divide by zero blue screen, will be fine after someone hits the power reset :}
The fact that it made itself neutral seems to imply that it still has some sort of function. Perhaps keyboard only.
No one seems to have asked the relevant question, which is: When the Strib computer seized up, did it drop the shield? Or at least cease to control it?
Second most relevant question: Who’s winning the space battle? And how many Stribs have decided hiding under the nursery shield is a ‘winning’ combination?
Getting another lemonade. This week is off to a fine finish already.
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