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    A Finished Babbage Difference Engine!

    Monday, February 28, 2011 - 04:31 PM

    Sheldonista Beau V. sent in this link...of a fully built Babbage difference engine. So, so rad. I had no idea anyone had ever completed one.

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    Toothfish and Sea Boogers

    Monday, February 28, 2011 - 11:47 AM

    Here's an exchange on the powers of marketing....

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    What does Arthur sometimes worry about?
    strip info entered by swburdine and approved by DaveKellett
    Panel Dialogue Location Props
    1 ARTHUR (musing, sitting on Gramp's head): Sometimes I worry that I'm like Charles Babbage. ...Too far ahead of my time.
    GRAMP (sitting in a chair, talking to Arthur): Who's Charles Babbage?
    Living Room (In Gramp's chair)
    • Chair (Arthur sitting on Gramp's head)
    • Newspaper
    2 ARTHUR (looking down, sitting on Gramp's head, talking to Gramp): Dude basically invented the computer in the 1820's. Like WAAAY before anyone could build one.
    GRAMP (Listening, looking at Arthur, sitting in a chair)
    Living Room (In Gramp's chair)
    • Chair (Arthur sitting on Gramp's head)
    • Newspaper
    3 ARTHUR (looking blankly, musing, sitting on Gramp's head, talking to Gramp): But what if I'm like that? ...Super ahead of my time??
    Living Room (In Gramp's chair)
    • Chair (Arthur sitting on Gramp's head)
    4 ARTHUR (looking blankly, musing, sitting on Gramp's head, talking to Gramp): Will people, 100 years from now, look at photos of me and go " We're only NOW realizing the full extent of his sexiness" "...There's So Much we can learn from that Duck's butt"
    GRAMP (annoyed): I do so treasure our chats.
    Living Room (In Gramp's chair)
    • Chair (Arthur sitting on Gramp's head)

    Character Info

    ARTHUR
    First Appearance
    December 10, 2001
    Recent Appearances
    May 07, 2006
    GRAMP
    First Appearance
    December 01, 2001
    Recent Appearances
    June 03, 2006
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