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The New Comic Thread for Friday, January 2, 2009

scsscsscsscs Registered User regular
edited January 2009 in Social Entropy++
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  • KovakKovak did a lot of drugs married cher?Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    robot

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  • scsscsscsscs Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Kovak wrote: »
    robot

    house

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  • As7As7 Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Someone explain the NC Soft, "thing."

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  • RinderRinder Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    His lower lip kind of looks like an ear.

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  • Captain UltraCaptain Ultra low resolution pictures of birds Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    geez, take my eye off it for a second.

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  • FutoreFutore Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I love his drunk man nose

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  • thorgotthorgot there is special providence in the fall of a sparrowRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    first new comic thread of the year

    how does it feel?

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2009
    As7 wrote: »
    Someone explain the NC Soft, "thing."
    http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2337763,00.asp

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  • GreenGreen Stick around. I'm full of bad ideas.Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    thorgot wrote: »
    first new comic thread of the year

    how does it feel?

    Year of the Robot

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Druhim how do you feel about this guy suing octopuses?

    pretty upset right?

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2009
    #pipe wrote: »
    Druhim how do you feel about this guy suing octopuses?

    pretty upset right?
    no way man
    octopus are dicks man
    all stealing my clams

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  • QuothQuoth the Raven Miami, FL FOR REALRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    i think this comic aptly describes the situation

    these people are very unlikely to win this lawsuit

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  • FutoreFutore Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    just imagined seeing an adorable little octopus walking over and snagging a clam and eating it. then you look up and see an otter that was about to reach for the clam and now he has a big ol' sad puppy face and d'awwwww

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2009
    Futore wrote: »
    just imagined seeing an adorable little octopus walking over and snagging a clam and eating it. then you look up and see an otter that was about to reach for the clam and now he has a big ol' sad puppy face and d'awwwww
    on the other hand, octopus is also pretty delicious and many critters like to eat them

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  • As7As7 Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    So if people bring frivolous lawsuits against people like this, and lose, do they have to pay for the defendants legal fees?

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Druhim wrote: »
    Futore wrote: »
    just imagined seeing an adorable little octopus walking over and snagging a clam and eating it. then you look up and see an otter that was about to reach for the clam and now he has a big ol' sad puppy face and d'awwwww
    on the other hand, octopus is also pretty delicious and many critters like to eat them

    Just file suit against them

    you clearly own the patent to opening clam shells and feasting on the sweet clam-flesh

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  • Run Run RunRun Run Run __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2009
    As7 wrote: »
    So if people bring frivolous lawsuits against people like this, and lose, do they have to pay for the defendants legal fees?

    In most european countries they indeed have to do that.

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  • QuothQuoth the Raven Miami, FL FOR REALRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Run Run Run wrote: »
    As7 wrote: »
    So if people bring frivolous lawsuits against people like this, and lose, do they have to pay for the defendants legal fees?

    In most european countries they indeed have to do that.

    i believe it is also the case in america

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  • Goose!Goose! That's me, honey Show me the way home, honeyRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Yay birthday comic!

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Quoth wrote: »
    Run Run Run wrote: »
    As7 wrote: »
    So if people bring frivolous lawsuits against people like this, and lose, do they have to pay for the defendants legal fees?

    In most european countries they indeed have to do that.

    i believe it is also the case in america

    isn't it decided by the judge as part of the damages

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  • MysstMysst King Monkey of Hedonism IslandRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Quoth wrote: »
    Run Run Run wrote: »
    As7 wrote: »
    So if people bring frivolous lawsuits against people like this, and lose, do they have to pay for the defendants legal fees?

    In most european countries they indeed have to do that.

    i believe it is also the case in america
    it's called the 'wasting my goddamn time' reimbursement

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  • Run Run RunRun Run Run __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2009
    Quoth wrote: »
    i believe it is also the case in america

    Really? I always thought it wasn't and that is why the whole sue happy culture thing existed in the first place.

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  • Clint EastwoodClint Eastwood My baby's in there someplace She crawled right inRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    He's really running with the John K styled grotesque characters. Not sure if I like it or not.

    It certainly lends itself well to humor though.

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  • QuothQuoth the Raven Miami, FL FOR REALRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Run Run Run wrote: »
    Quoth wrote: »
    i believe it is also the case in america

    Really? I always thought it wasn't and that is why the whole sue happy culture thing existed in the first place.

    the sue happy culture exists because they might not get stuck with the bill and moreover juries tend to favor the plaintiff for some stupid reason

    i blame the fact that juries consist of average people, who aren't intelligent or educated enough to understand the legal system

    gotta give it to lawyers... they realized that most people are not that smart and that most juries consist of those people and they ramped up the difficulty of legal bullshit so that juries will be baffled by their bullshit

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  • RingoRingo He/Him a distinct lack of substanceRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Quoth wrote: »
    i think this comic aptly describes the situation

    these people are very unlikely to win this lawsuit
    korodullin wrote: »
    There's a bit more than meets the eye with regard to why Worlds.com is pursuing this lawsuit, why they're targeting NCSoft specifically, and why they're pushing for this to be in an East Texas court system.

    I'll let Lum the Mad explain.

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  • SoultakerSoultaker Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    What a terrible comic; three times the same panel just to make one lame "joke" that has been made a million times.

    I hope they drop the retarded art style for some actual art, and try to focus on some original material instead of some lame commentary like this "frivolous lawsuits are frivolous... lol!!!!" bullshit.

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  • ButtersButters A glass of some milks Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    As7 wrote: »
    So if people bring frivolous lawsuits against people like this, and lose, do they have to pay for the defendants legal fees?

    Well the problem appears to be that the lawsuit isn't "frivolous" but rather their patent is incredibly broad. If worlds loses it would be due to their patent being considered invalid/unenforceable.

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  • QuothQuoth the Raven Miami, FL FOR REALRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    that makes me sad

    fuck those guys

    i would call for a boycott but they obviously don't produce anything so

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  • HunterHunter Chemist with a heart of Au Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    There's no way this will fly. Even if they get cash from a foreign maker, it will greatly effect American game makers like say MMO champ Blizzard and just getting some good buzz and momentum EA-Mythic.

    There's no way the movers and shakers won't warn all the right people about how this bullshit case could take money out of the hands of American businesses too. Businesses that pay taxes, lobbyists, and create jobs.

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Soultaker wrote: »
    What a terrible comic; three times the same panel just to make one lame "joke" that has been made a million times.

    I hope they drop the retarded art style for some actual art, and try to focus on some original material instead of some lame commentary like this "frivolous lawsuits are frivolous... lol!!!!" bullshit.

    oh man you're right!

    I'd love to read your webcomic, I bet it's awesome and the art sounds fabulous

    link me bro this place is balls

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  • DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    i'm not sure how i feel the increasing grotesque-ed-ness of Gabe's art. It sure sounds like the company this creature represents is a disgusting monstrosity though. I guess the grosteque-ittude works .

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  • QuothQuoth the Raven Miami, FL FOR REALRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    pipe what are you doing

    leave him alone and he'll go back under his bridge

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Quoth wrote: »
    pipe what are you doing

    leave him alone and he'll go back under his bridge

    he's totally right though!

    I've wished Gabe would drop the retarded art style for years

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    also did you see that semicolon?

    dude must know what he's talking about.

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  • CraziemanCrazieman Registered User new member
    edited January 2009
    As7 wrote: »
    So if people bring frivolous lawsuits against people like this, and lose, do they have to pay for the defendants legal fees?

    Its typically called "Loser pays" and the United States does not have a loser pays system. There is a push to implement it, but the trial lawyers are against it. They pay huge money to the democrats who then kill all attempts at loser pays legislation.

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  • TheySlashThemTheySlashThem Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    pipe I just now realized that the eyebrows in your avatar are uneven

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  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Crazieman wrote: »
    As7 wrote: »
    So if people bring frivolous lawsuits against people like this, and lose, do they have to pay for the defendants legal fees?

    Its typically called "Loser pays" and the United States does not have a loser pays system. There is a push to implement it, but the trial lawyers are against it. They pay huge money to the democrats who then kill all attempts at loser pays legislation.

    Can't you countersue for legal fees? "Countersuing for legal fees" sounds like a term I have heard. Maybe I am just misunderstanding what it means though!

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  • PedantophilePedantophile Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Why do people keep mentioning juries with regard to this suit? Most civil trials do not have a jury (and in most cases are not warranted.)

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  • TheySlashThemTheySlashThem Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Pedantophile wrote: »
    Why do people keep mentioning juries with regard to this suit? Most civil trials do not have a jury (and in most cases are not warranted.)

    seriously

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  • MysstMysst King Monkey of Hedonism IslandRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Speed Racer wrote: »
    Crazieman wrote: »
    As7 wrote: »
    So if people bring frivolous lawsuits against people like this, and lose, do they have to pay for the defendants legal fees?

    Its typically called "Loser pays" and the United States does not have a loser pays system. There is a push to implement it, but the trial lawyers are against it. They pay huge money to the democrats who then kill all attempts at loser pays legislation.

    Can't you countersue for legal fees? "Countersuing for legal fees" sounds like a term I have heard. Maybe I am just misunderstanding what it means though!
    it means you show up to their house with two sacks.

    In one sack you put anything you want of theirs, so as to cover your legal costs and the cost of travelling to their house.

    In the other sack you put them, and then light the house on fire.

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