1630: Quadcopter - Revision history

42.book.addict at 18:30, 29 February 2024

2024-02-29T18:30:46Z

172.70.130.139: Cleaned up some wording, removed some weird irrelevancies

2023-09-08T18:31:04Z

Cleaned up some wording, removed some weird irrelevancies

172.70.90.3: /* Explanation */ Better change of punctuation, if you want it not to look like a hyphen. (Though I would have gone for "...aircraft. Or carried...", personally.)

2022-10-28T02:28:34Z

‎Explanation: Better change of punctuation, if you want it not to look like a hyphen. (Though I would have gone for "...aircraft. Or carried...", personally.)

Tsuchinoko: Changed punctuation

2022-10-27T21:14:14Z

Changed punctuation

Vandalbane: Undo revision 284541 by Bane, bane, vandalbane! (talk)

2022-05-30T01:26:52Z

Undo revision 284541 by Bane, bane, vandalbane! (talk)

Bane, bane, vandalbane! at 01:26, 30 May 2022

2022-05-30T01:26:25Z

PaintspotInfez: A helpful comma, and a typo fix.

2022-05-04T22:59:59Z

A helpful comma, and a typo fix.

Jacky720: rv

2022-05-04T21:10:08Z

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Ex Kay Cee Dee at 20:16, 4 May 2022

2022-05-04T20:16:09Z

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Davidy22: Reverted edits by X. K. C. D. (talk) to last revision by 173.245.52.65

2022-05-04T02:13:00Z

Reverted edits by X. K. C. D. (talk) to last revision by 173.245.52.65

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 This comic takes place during a lesson where [[Cueball]] is a teacher.  He is standing in front of his students ([[Megan]], [[Ponytail]] and another Cueball-like guy), presenting to the class. He has a quadcopter lying ready on the ground behind him, and has apparently handed the remote control to the other cueball, presumably so he can try it once the introduction is over.
-But then the teacher is attacked by three rogue quadcopters flying in from behind him. They grab him, lift him off the ground (a very complicated maneuver), and fly away with him. Meanwhile, his students just stand there watching and do nothing to help him. Afterwards Megan asks if they should actually have tried to help him, but then Ponytail takes the view that now that the drones are sentient, they have become a part of nature, and that you should not interfere but just "let nature take its course". This is a common comment in nature programs about wildlife, where the speaker tries to explain why the team that was there to film the animals dying did nothing to help them - because they will not interfere with nature. This would not be possible in real life assuming they weren't using unknown, advanced technology as Cueball outweighs the drones by several factors. {{Citation needed}}
+But then the teacher is attacked by three rogue quadcopters flying in from behind him. They grab him, lift him off the ground (a very complicated maneuver), and fly away with him. Meanwhile, his students just stand there watching and do nothing to help him. Afterwards Megan asks if they should actually have tried to help him, but then Ponytail takes the view that now that the drones are sentient, they have become a part of nature, and that you should not interfere but just "let nature take its course". This is a common comment in nature programs about wildlife, where the speaker tries to explain why the team that was there to film the animals dying did nothing to help them - because they will not interfere with nature. This would not be possible in real life assuming they weren't using unknown, advanced technology as Cueball outweighs the drones by several factors.{{Citation needed}}
 There is currently a drone called {{w|MQ-1 Predator}} which is used a lot by the {{w|CIA}} and {{w|USAF}}. Although it's not a quad-copter, the idea behind this comic could come from the drone's name-- taking the name literally and giving drones predatory behavior. This comic thus takes people's worries to the extreme, suggesting that the drones become sentient and can cooperate together just like a {{w|Pack (canine)|pack}} of {{w|wolves}} and grab a human being and fly off with him like an {{w|eagle}} would do with a smaller animal.

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 For this reason the US {{w|Federal Aviation Administration}} is now requiring any "drone" (unmanned aerial vehicle) to be registered so that it can find out whose fault it might be that a quadcopter interfered with commercial aircraft — or carried off a citizen to be devoured.
-This comic takes place during such a lesson where [[Cueball]] is a teacher of such a class. He is standing in front of his students ([[Megan]], [[Ponytail]] and another Cueball-like guy), presenting the class. He has a quadcopter ready, lying on the ground behind him, and has already handed the remote control to the other guy so he can try it once the introduction is over.
+This comic takes place during a lesson where [[Cueball]] is a teacher.  He is standing in front of his students ([[Megan]], [[Ponytail]] and another Cueball-like guy), presenting to the class. He has a quadcopter lying ready on the ground behind him, and has apparently handed the remote control to the other cueball, presumably so he can try it once the introduction is over.
-But then the teacher is attacked by three rogue quadcopters flying in from behind him. They grab him and lift him off the ground (a very complicated maneuver) and fly away with him. Meanwhile, his students just stand there watching and do nothing to help him. Afterwards Megan asks if they should actually have tried to help him, but then Ponytail takes the view that now that the drones are sentient, they have become a part of nature, and that you should not interfere but just "let nature take its course". This is a common comment in nature programs about wildlife, where the speaker tries to explain why the team that was there to film the animals dying did nothing to help them - because they will not interfere with nature. This would not be possible in real life assuming they weren't using secret military technology as Cueball outweighs the drones by several factors. {{Citation needed}}
+But then the teacher is attacked by three rogue quadcopters flying in from behind him. They grab him, lift him off the ground (a very complicated maneuver), and fly away with him. Meanwhile, his students just stand there watching and do nothing to help him. Afterwards Megan asks if they should actually have tried to help him, but then Ponytail takes the view that now that the drones are sentient, they have become a part of nature, and that you should not interfere but just "let nature take its course". This is a common comment in nature programs about wildlife, where the speaker tries to explain why the team that was there to film the animals dying did nothing to help them - because they will not interfere with nature. This would not be possible in real life assuming they weren't using unknown, advanced technology as Cueball outweighs the drones by several factors. {{Citation needed}}
-This comic shows how hypocritical that comment is, because if a lion decides to kill and eat humans, that would be natural, but we would do anything in our power to kill this lion, and not just let it run off with our children or the old and weak people. So in such a case with Cueball being taken by wild quadcopters we would not just let nature takes its course.
+There is currently a drone called {{w|MQ-1 Predator}} which is used a lot by the {{w|CIA}} and {{w|USAF}}. Although it's not a quad-copter, the idea behind this comic could come from the drone's name-- taking the name literally and giving drones predatory behavior. This comic thus takes people's worries to the extreme, suggesting that the drones become sentient and can cooperate together just like a {{w|Pack (canine)|pack}} of {{w|wolves}} and grab a human being and fly off with him like an {{w|eagle}} would do with a smaller animal.
 The title text refers back to the above as [[Randall]] confesses that he has to turn off any nature documentaries which show scenes of animals killing their prey, while the speaker tells that this would be part of nature. This continues the theme of treating drones as an occasionally-ugly but accepted part of nature.

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 There is large controversy over unmanned small-scale {{w|Quadcopter|quadcopters}}, which are a type of ''{{w|Unmanned aerial vehicle|radio-controlled helicopter}}''. Some people have objections towards the usage of quadcopters as, if equipped with cameras, they can potentially interfere with personal privacy and may pose a physical aerial hazard.
-For this reason the US {{w|Federal Aviation Administration}} is now requiring any "drone" (unmanned aerial vehicle) to be registered so that it can find out whose fault it might be that a quadcopter interfered with commercial aircraft—or carried off a citizen to be devoured.
+For this reason the US {{w|Federal Aviation Administration}} is now requiring any "drone" (unmanned aerial vehicle) to be registered so that it can find out whose fault it might be that a quadcopter interfered with commercial aircraft — or carried off a citizen to be devoured.
 This comic takes place during such a lesson where [[Cueball]] is a teacher of such a class. He is standing in front of his students ([[Megan]], [[Ponytail]] and another Cueball-like guy), presenting the class. He has a quadcopter ready, lying on the ground behind him, and has already handed the remote control to the other guy so he can try it once the introduction is over.

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 There is large controversy over unmanned small-scale {{w|Quadcopter|quadcopters}}, which are a type of ''{{w|Unmanned aerial vehicle|radio-controlled helicopter}}''. Some people have objections towards the usage of quadcopters as, if equipped with cameras, they can potentially interfere with personal privacy and may pose a physical aerial hazard.
-For this reason the US {{w|Federal Aviation Administration}} is now requiring any "drone" (unmanned aerial vehicle) to be registered so that it can find out whose fault it might be that a quadcopter interfered with commercial aircraft-or carried off a citizen to be devoured.
+For this reason the US {{w|Federal Aviation Administration}} is now requiring any "drone" (unmanned aerial vehicle) to be registered so that it can find out whose fault it might be that a quadcopter interfered with commercial aircraft—or carried off a citizen to be devoured.
 This comic takes place during such a lesson where [[Cueball]] is a teacher of such a class. He is standing in front of his students ([[Megan]], [[Ponytail]] and another Cueball-like guy), presenting the class. He has a quadcopter ready, lying on the ground behind him, and has already handed the remote control to the other guy so he can try it once the introduction is over.

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 | number    = 1630
 | date      = January 15, 2016
-| title     = Will Allen loves the Quadcopter
+| title     = Quadcopter
-| image     = Will Allen holding fish.jpg
+| image     = quadcopter.png
 | titletext = I always have to turn off nature documentaries when they show these scenes.
 }}

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 This comic shows how hypocritical that comment is, because if a lion decides to kill and eat humans, that would be natural, but we would do anything in our power to kill this lion, and not just let it run off with our children or the old and weak people. So in such a case with Cueball being taken by wild quadcopters we would not just let nature takes its course.
-There is currently a drone called {{w|MQ-1 Predator}} which is used a lot by the {{w|CIA}} and {{w|USAF}}. Although it's not a quad-copter, the idea behind this comic could come from drone names just like this. Here the comic takes the name literally giving drones predatory behavior. This comic thus takes people's worries to the extreme, suggesting that the drones become sentient and can cooperate together just like a {{w|Pack (canine)|pack}} of {{w|wolves}} and grab a human being and fly off with him like an {{w|eagle}} would do with a smaller animal.
+There is currently a drone called {{w|MQ-1 Predator}} which is used a lot by the {{w|CIA}} and {{w|USAF}}. Although it's not a quad-copter, the idea behind this comic could come from drone names just like this. Here the comic takes the name literally, giving drones predatory behavior. This comic thus takes people's worries to the extreme, suggesting that the drones become sentient and can cooperate together just like a {{w|Pack (canine)|pack}} of {{w|wolves}} and grab a human being and fly off with him like an {{w|eagle}} would do with a smaller animal.
 The title text refers back to the above as [[Randall]] confesses that he has to turn off any nature documentaries which show scenes of animals killing their prey, while the speaker tells that this would be part of nature. This continues the theme of treating drones as an occasionally-ugly but accepted part of nature.
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 ==Transcript==
-:[Cueball to the left talks to Megan, Ponytail and a Cueball-like guy, with a remote control. They are standing to the right. Behind Cueball, on the ground, there is a quadcopter.]
+:[Cueball to the left talks to Megan, Ponytail and a Cueball-like person, with a remote control. They are standing to the right. Behind Cueball, on the ground, there is a quadcopter.]
 :Cueball: Welcome to Quadcopter-flying school.
 :[Cueball looks over his shoulder as three other quadcopters fly in towards him from above and left. The other three people are in the same position.]
 :Cueball: Today we'll be learning the basics of-
-:Cueball: ...Uhh..
+:Cueball: ...Uhh...
 :[In this frameless image the three quadcopters all grabs hold of Cueball, two in each of his arms, one takes hold of his legs. And then they lift him up from the ground. He is thus hanging almost horizontally, with his head over Megan and his feet over the place where he stood before. The other three just stands there looking up at him.]