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Nope, that's pi approximation day.

Our own earthly cephalopods are pretty darned smart. Given the right conditions, it's not difficult to imagine a similar species attaining greater intelligence. Of course, such an intelligence, having developed in such an alien environment, would be radically different from ours. As Larry Niven says, there are brains out there that think just as well as yours...but differently.

Yes, but the problem is, if ALL employers are equally awful, then simply "finding a new job" doesn't do you any good. That is the case in much of the U.S.

Now, there are some really good employers. They are few and far between. The VAST majority of corporations are more than happy to screw their employers at every opportunity.

That's what unions are for. Yes, many unions are corrupt and greedy and irrational. But so are many corporations. You NEED a union as a check on the power of the company/employers. Period.

An artist's conception.

You mean, like this one?

I can't believe no one picked up on this...

Dinosaur comics

Sam

Here's your evidence to the contrary - http://www.qwantz.com/archive/000693.html. I actually have that printed and hanging on my wall. Sorry, but the grammar Nazi's have to stick together.

http://qwantz.com/archive/001057.html Tell your friends ok.

See Dinosaur Comics.

OGC

And don't forget objectivity or non-oppressive authority or equal opportunity, these things do not exist.

http://www.qwantz.com/archive/000469.html

I'll settle this! Or, rather, Ryan North/T-Rex will settle this!

I don't know, but if we're going to steal it we're running out of time!

is because they are embarrassed of the fact that a T-rex managed to steal the original one and now they need a replacement.

Nobody better tell T-Rex!

If they wouldn't keep taking away from my content. When roughly a third of the timeslot of my TV shows is being given over to advertisements, it makes me mad. When internet ads are huge and intrusive, I block them so I can return the website to a more functional state. There are well-designed webistes out there whose ads I leave intact, such as Dinosaur Comics, and last.fm. IndieClick, one of the groups that advertises on those sites, have done a good job of keeping their ads small and unobtrusive. I've made it a point not to block anything of theirs. I think if website designers and advertisers worked together to make less intrusive and more appealing ads, I would leave them alone more often.

HAH HAH

WHAT

What is NSFW about Finder? (This isn't a snarky comment; I honestly am unaware of what you are referring to.) I'll concede that I haven't read much of it, but to me it certainly doesn't scream "NSFW" at first glance.

I'll concede that Schlock is a fine comic if one enjoys a comedic twist on military SF, which, much to my surprise, I do. As long as we're recommending webcomics, my favourites are Scary Go Round and its precursor Bobbins, Sinfest, and dinosaur comics, though the latter is certainly pushing the envelopes of "webcomicness"(but that, of course, is part of what makes it so great).

Maybe?

Oh man I hate that word "obligitory"!

T-Rex.

It went like this:

T-REX: Dromiceiomimus, what have you done today? I'VE just made a machine that makes people age, with God's help!

DROMICEIONIMUS: So what's the symbolism there? Is it called "The Life Machine" or something?

T-REX: No. No, that would be good but this is actually just a machine that leaks invisible cell-decaying radiation.

UTAHRAPTOR: Holy cow! Why would you build something like that?

T-REX: B-Because God told me to?

UTAHRAPTOR: That's insanely dangerous, T-Rex! Geez!! I'm leaving. I don't want to be around a dude who has a LIFE-DESTROYING MACHINE nearby.

T-REX: Man, you're right! What was I thinking? Well, you can REST ASSURED that I'll be taking this up with God at my earliest convenience.

BUT LATER, ALL IS FORGOTTEN:

T-REX: So yeah! That's why I could never see myself using the word "twincest."

GOD: That's fair.

comic

They definitely do not own the ANTITIME!

Indeed, 'Begging the question' is when what you are trying to prove is assumed implicitly in one of your premises.

See Logical Fallacy Comics @ Dinosaur Comics for further (humorous) explication.

Better explanation

"Well, I suppose that begs the question, T-Rex: if it's used more often to mean "raises the question" than "a fallacy of presumption", doesn't that suggest that the definition of the phrase has evolved?"

"NO IT DOES NOT. What is suggests is that everbody sucks except me!"

As Explained by Dinosaurs.

Sorry, can't resist:

Begging the question

http://qwantz.com/index.pl?comic=667

IE shows me all the tag from just hovering over the image.

What's up with that?

toothpaste for dinner: http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/ white ninja comics: http://www.whiteninjacomics.com/ dinosaur comics: http://www.qwantz.com/ boy on a stick and slither: http://www.boasas.com/ questionable content: http://www.questionablecontent.net/

It's the same everytime... and yet it's not.

http://www.qwantz.com/

Now you have a reason to:

http://www.qwantz.com/posterchild/

Yeah, it's weird what's being considered a blog. My comic ( http://www.qwantz.com/ ) is listed, and I would be the first to argue that there is a difference between a daily comic and a weblog.

I think what people would want more is a way to exclude blogs from regular Google searches - is this an option?

Possibly one of the greatest webcomics since the inception of webcomics is Dinosaur Comics.

Strictly speaking, it's not a comic, because the art never changes. It's identical day in, day out, and that's completely intentional. Read a few, and you'll agree with me that it is quite a comic regardless of how it is not a stereotypical comic.

OH SHIT! IS ON THE MOON!

At some future date a liquid-fueled rocket will dock with the telescope and fire, hurling Hubble into the ocean. However, "Our best estimate is we probably will be able to continue to do science as we're doing it ...

Whoa! Extreme!"

T-Rex can already talk. Check it out! :D

http://www.qwantz.com/

Engaged at 19 and your first kid at 21? Why are you throwing your life away so early? Live a little man, sheesh.

The answer to your question is here: http://www.qwantz.com/index.pl?comic=401

Does it even require that the author be human? Some people get away with just putting different text over the same image every day, it wouldn't be too hard to automate that; either build up a few hundred strips worth of sentances, or just randomly generate them...

Interestingly enough, some people have learned to use this to their advantage. WebComics like Quantz.com and Achewood.com display the alt-text, and use it as a second punch line for the comic. I don't see how having the alt text pop up on mouseover makes the site look terrible. I mean, if he was really concerned about Lynx users he wouldn't create a site entirely made of images....

Americans can't small, but we can sexy!

Check out the Quantz daily dinosaur comic from December 8, 2004. That's the one where they discuss immortality and T-Rex learns that science means that not all dreams can come true .

Follow-up on 12/15/04.

Heh!

Check out the Quantz daily dinosaur comic from December 8, 2004. That's the one where they discuss immortality and T-Rex learns that science means that not all dreams can come true .

Follow-up on 12/15/04.

Heh!

Check out the Quantz daily dinosaur comic from December 8, 2004. That's the one where they discuss immortality and T-Rex learns that science means that not all dreams can come true .

Follow-up on 12/15/04.

Heh!

For instance, I do a comic strip at qwantz.com where the exact same images are used, without modification, every day. Put that in a print book and you can be a little put off, because it does look so computer-generated. But on a computer screen, it's natural.

Remember how ugly Frank Millers Dark Knight sequel was? He and his colourist Lynn decided they'd stop trying to make computer colouring look like real colouring and just go all-the-way with digital. The result was that the vast majority was turned off ("it looks so artificial!" they say). I'd venture that if it were published online, they wouldn't bat an eyelash.

Oh, and while I'm talking about online comics... you should also look at a softer world which is sweet and sad and you're going to fall in love with it.

First, a plug: people interested in small press independent comics might be interested in my dinosaur comics. They are a study in genre and form!!

About getting comics to the masses: all I'm intending to do is self-publish and sell over my web site (and in a few comic book stores locally). When the price of self-publishing is so small, and you can distribute so easily, I don't see the real allure of professional printing. You can even get things professionally bound for a couple of dollars at your local copy shop.

New comics every day! It is perhaps the best use of the internet... ever?

What's more, it's in Choose-Your-Own-Adventure comic-strip form.

Perhaps.. the perfect educational tool?