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Post by imaginaryfriend on Oct 2, 2024 7:06:25 GMT
As ye sow so shall ye reap. That's pretty cool. If Kat can figure out how to do that outside of a distortion she could make a bundle marketing it... maybe make something cross between a chia pet and a party popper. I wonder if the "USB seed" comment is a joke or no. If serious, she could make a chia pet that could tendril all your devices. |
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Post by shadow3 on Oct 2, 2024 8:12:26 GMT
Gnarly happenings, dudes
Imagine if they started up a weed farm in the distortion
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Post by csj on Oct 2, 2024 9:13:18 GMT
quitting gunnerkrigg forever for that pun, bye all
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Post by blahzor on Oct 2, 2024 11:55:04 GMT
No fuss automatic network cabling
The seeds are 802.11.zzz wifi combo routers
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Post by pyradonis on Oct 2, 2024 12:38:19 GMT
But is it plug-and-play?
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Post by gpvos on Oct 2, 2024 13:40:30 GMT
It seems to automatically connect to all nearby devices, so I guess yes. |
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Post by morrahadesigns on Oct 2, 2024 14:03:20 GMT
Well, that didn't quite go as expected.
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Post by peachpie on Oct 2, 2024 14:09:05 GMT
I feel like a lot of visual attention has been drawn this chapter to the chip that hard-links Kat to the computer system that vine is currently attempting to interface.
Does anyone else feel like a lot of visual attention has been drawn this chapter to the chip that hard-links Kat to the computer system that vine is currently attempting to interface? |
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Post by ctso74 on Oct 2, 2024 14:10:10 GMT
Give her some LAN and she will grow on it?
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Post by Gemminie on Oct 2, 2024 15:24:12 GMT
Following Bugsy's suggestion, Kat has taken some seeds back to her lab and planted them in a pot, having apparently filled the pot with dirt and watered them. As Annie, Renard, Shadow, and Robot look on, Kat's apparently ready to wait for the usual amount of time it takes for seeds to sprout.
But that's not what happens. The seeds sprout immediately, growing into tendrils that look just like the ones that were entangling the Foley students. They seem to immediately seek out nearby electronic devices and attach themselves to them. As Kat stares in wide-eyed surprise, Annie asks her if this is okay. Tom's comment is "USB Seed," probably a pun on "USB C."
Well, my previous theory that the tendrils represented the agreement the students had with the Court, of doing work in exchange for a name, may need some revision. Kat hasn't agreed to anything, and the tendrils aren't attaching themselves to any people, just devices. But the tendrils represent something; is it some kind of more general connection with the Court? I suppose the Foley students were doing math that was necessary for the creation/operation of the star ocean. I suppose the tendrils could represent the star ocean's need for Ether. Will they try to attach to Robot? What happens if one of the New People wanders in?
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Post by rabbit on Oct 2, 2024 15:33:40 GMT
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Post by eyemyself on Oct 2, 2024 15:44:52 GMT
plant-plug-and-play It's not just any USB seed, it's an automatic boot on startup, self-inserting USB seed with universal compatibility. |
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Post by Gemini Jim on Oct 2, 2024 16:45:19 GMT
Gnarly happenings, dudes Imagine if they started up a weed farm in the distortion "Every time I plant a seed, He say kill it before it grow ... he say kill it before they grow." = Seriously though, these fast-growing weeds are giving me creepy Audrey 2 vibes. Like they won't eat people, but they can try to connect them. |
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Post by gpvos on Oct 2, 2024 17:14:28 GMT
I feel like a lot of visual attention has been drawn this chapter to the chip that hard-links Kat to the computer system that vine is currently attempting to interface. Good point. Since it is a thing and not a living being, it may have turned into a seed as well? |
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Post by blahzor on Oct 2, 2024 18:59:29 GMT
plant-plug-and-play It's not just any USB seed, it's an automatic boot on startup, self-inserting USB seed with universal compatibility. USB-Seed compatible |
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Post by novia on Oct 2, 2024 19:32:58 GMT
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Post by TBeholder on Oct 3, 2024 1:03:05 GMT
Well, that didn't quite go as expected. How did you expect it to go? |
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Post by csj on Oct 3, 2024 1:09:41 GMT
plant-plug-and-play It's not just any USB seed, it's an automatic boot on startup, self-inserting USB seed with universal compatibility. When you're a seed bismuth, everything looks like a Unix printing service |
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Post by morrahadesigns on Oct 3, 2024 13:26:50 GMT
Well, that didn't quite go as expected. How did you expect it to go? Oh I expected something unsettling. I was speaking from the characters' POV. They're clearly shocked. |
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Post by hp on Oct 3, 2024 19:21:48 GMT
well the robots' CPUs had taken root and generated plants, now in hindsight it makes sense the seeds would be something computer related
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Post by Eversist on Oct 3, 2024 23:27:18 GMT
I feel like a lot of visual attention has been drawn this chapter to the chip that hard-links Kat to the computer system that vine is currently attempting to interface. Does anyone else feel like a lot of visual attention has been drawn this chapter to the chip that hard-links Kat to the computer system that vine is currently attempting to interface? Hah, great point. I had such a bad feeling when I read this page. I'm scared for Kat.  |
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Oct 4, 2024 1:00:27 GMT
I feel like a lot of visual attention has been drawn this chapter to the chip that hard-links Kat to the computer system that vine is currently attempting to interface. Does anyone else feel like a lot of visual attention has been drawn this chapter to the chip that hard-links Kat to the computer system that vine is currently attempting to interface? Hah, great point. I had such a bad feeling when I read this page. I'm scared for Kat. I think if something like that could actually endanger Kat she'd be unworthy of mecha-goddess status. I'm sure she's put all sorts of failsafe protocols in place and at worst spends the next chapter sorting her conflicting protocols out (again). There may even be an upside as she learns new ways to connect devices to each other and to people semi-metaphorically. We might get an end-of-chapter cliffhanger where Kat looks like she's in danger, though. |
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Post by zbeeblebrox on Oct 4, 2024 4:13:12 GMT
Oh great, another USB version
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Post by aggadahGothic on Oct 4, 2024 6:38:05 GMT
Oh, literal seeds... I interpreted the previous page as a joke about Bugsy thinking that planting seeds was arcane knowledge that Antimony and Kat would never have thought of.
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Post by Hatredman on Oct 7, 2024 6:01:03 GMT
Hah, great point. I had such a bad feeling when I read this page. I'm scared for Kat. I think if something like that could actually endanger Kat she'd be unworthy of mecha-goddess status. I'm sure she's put all sorts of failsafe protocols in place and at worst spends the next chapter sorting her conflicting protocols out (again). There may even be an upside as she learns new ways to connect devices to each other and to people semi-metaphorically. We might get an end-of-chapter cliffhanger where Kat looks like she's in danger, though. Totally agree! Kat is impulsive and tries things without a safety net. We've seen it. But when it goes wrong, she comes up with an update that deals with that. When Kat first bootstraped her neck interface, she was locked out with no way to login again. Paz and Annie hat to help. It seems just logical that she fixed that, and now her interface must have some kind of sandbox* to prevent this kind of "buffer overflow". *Sandbox is real IT jargon. [EDIT] Yes, it is possible that Tom would choose otherwise, and Kat will be in reeeeeeal trouble. It is a valid plot point and a helluva good one. I would be pleased both ways: prepared Kat and impulsive careless Kat. |
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