Worlds of Peril: Eleventh Hour

Are you going to keep the ATA archives up?

In Response to reoffender12 (#20146):

See for yourself [goats.com]

In Response to reoffender12 (#20146):

Yup, they will continue to be available, forever, until the end of time.

Probably.

I thoroughly enjoyed the beefnut slaughter, though there could've been more _____________.
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Caffeine empties my soul.

Enjoying it fine... but not as much as I was Patent Pending!

In Response to banzai (#20150):

As much as I am loving Worlds In Peril I must admit that I want more! Three panels after a month of waiting seems like torture. Can I slip you a few bucks for a bit more action?

In Response to cactus (#20151):

You're a preemie, and an under 20?

Go post [goats.com] why don'tcha?

In Response to banzai (#20150):

I thoroughly enjoyed the beefnut slaughter, though there could've been more _____________.
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That is an excellent idea for a contest...
<sounds of evil plotting>off I go</sounds of evil plotting>

In Response to breeamal (#20152):

Trust me, I'd love to do more, if time would permit. Unfortunately, what takes you three minutes to read takes me twelve hours to create.

Which reminds me: I need to talk to Gary about getting some replicants made.

In Response to jon (#20159):

Even with all the advanced color techniques you've come up with recently, PP is still that time consuming?

In Response to zamphir (#20160):

When you have no extra time, every new project is time-consuming. I'm basically at the point where I need to stop doing something to do something new. Luckily, there are some things I'm working on doing less (like freelance work).

Drinking, however, will continue at the same frenzied pace.

I like it. Can't wait to see where it goes next.

Why is blood always red? I know it's easy to recognize an impaled alien with red stuff oozing out of it as blood but for once can a dying creature leak a different colored bodily fluid.

This isn't a criticism pointed at you Jon, just an overall question...

In Response to Rich (#20164):

Didn't you see Flash Gordon? [imdb.com]

In Response to Rich (#20164):

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Why is blood always red? I know it's easy to recognize an impaled alien with red stuff oozing out of it as blood but for once can a dying creature leak a different colored bodily fluid.

Because the color red will trigger the "Oh, blood." reaction mentally when you see it. If it's green, blue, yellow, or something, there's a suspension of your immersion in the story as you subconsciously think, "Huh ... lymph? Pus, or perhaps bile? Surely not bilirubin!"

Thus, the mental hiccup before you settle on "Oh right, non-earthly critter. It's blood. Carry on." means that you get less enjoyment from the story, and deep in your black, black heart, you hate Jon for causing the congnitive dissonance.

And frankly, I think that's pretty mean of you.

In Response to jon (#20159):

Replicants are no problem.

Oh, wait, did you want nonhomicidal? We should have that upgrade, um, shortly.

In Response to Rich (#20164):

A) There is no evidence that the Beefnuts are alien.

B) Blood that uses iron to trap oxygen is going to be red; physics says that, not me.

In Response to jon (#20172):

B) Blood that uses iron to trap oxygen is going to be red; physics says that, not me.

Assuming of course that the hemoglobin containing cells (as you point out, known as "red blood cells" for good reason) are not suspended in a "plasma" of/with other strongly colored ingredients like FGP (flourescent-green-protein) or blue food coloring.

Normal blood plasma is pretty clear, but that's not necessarily a requirement.

In Response to mjforbes666 (#20178):

So's your mom.

In Response to jon (#20172):

physics says that, not me

Isn't it chemistry that "says" that?

In Response to unFalln (#20182):

I think the reflective properties of something would fall into physics rather than chemistry wouldn't it? The bit about haemoglobin being able to carry oxygen is more chemistry.

In Response to tor (#20183):

Reflective properties of molecules in general can be explained using physics, but reflective properties of specific chemicals are usually noted in chemistry. At least that is how I saw it in high school.

In Response to unFalln (#20184):

But then color interpretation is determined by the optics of the eye and the processing in the brain, which means really its biology.

In Response to Dynedain (#20185):

But then color interpretation is determined by the optics of the eye and the processing in the brain, which means really its biology.

No, actually. That's psychophysics.

I'm not kidding.

In Response to zamphir (#20186):

Hopefully not physiopsychics. Damn those con-artists know how to rip me off.

In Response to unFalln (#20182):

Isn't it chemistry that "says" that?

Chemistry is a branch of physics.

Cheers,
Graham