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Dilbert: Half Of Employees Like Tails
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Lynn McGuire
Aug 18, 2021, 1:55:43 PM8/18/21
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Dilbert: Half Of Employees Like Tails
https://dilbert.com/strip/2021-08-18
A single tail would be useful. A second tail would put you on the road
to making you Doctor Octopus (The Amazing Spiderman !).
Lynn
https://dilbert.com/strip/2021-08-18
A single tail would be useful. A second tail would put you on the road
to making you Doctor Octopus (The Amazing Spiderman !).
Lynn
Christian Weisgerber
Aug 18, 2021, 4:30:06 PM8/18/21
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On 2021-08-18, Lynn McGuire <lynnmc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dilbert: Half Of Employees Like Tails
> https://dilbert.com/strip/2021-08-18
>
> A single tail would be useful.
There might be some genetic vestiges that could be useful to
> Dilbert: Half Of Employees Like Tails
> https://dilbert.com/strip/2021-08-18
>
> A single tail would be useful.
reactivate--I would like my vitamin C synthesis gene back, thank
you--but the vertebrate tail is not one of them. It would go
poorly with our bipedal upright gait.
> A second tail would put you on the road
> to making you Doctor Octopus (The Amazing Spiderman !).
intriguing. That would require engineering new structures from
scratch, though.
--
Christian "naddy" Weisgerber na...@mips.inka.de
Thomas Koenig
Aug 19, 2021, 2:27:08 AM8/19/21
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Christian Weisgerber <na...@mips.inka.de> schrieb:
See "The Mote in God's Eye", where Pournelle designed the perfect
Engineer - one powerful left arm, two delicate and sensitive
right arms.
The Moties don't use computers much, I don't know aht they would do
for the mouse / keyboard combination, both of which would require
more delicate control. Possibly, they would use touchpad
with one of their right hands.
No Dilbert humor, though. Any PHB would be a White.
Engineer - one powerful left arm, two delicate and sensitive
right arms.
The Moties don't use computers much, I don't know aht they would do
for the mouse / keyboard combination, both of which would require
more delicate control. Possibly, they would use touchpad
with one of their right hands.
No Dilbert humor, though. Any PHB would be a White.
Darryl H
Aug 19, 2021, 6:33:33 AM8/19/21
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Robert Woodward
Aug 19, 2021, 1:06:42 PM8/19/21
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In article <sfktjq$8ag$2...@newsreader4.netcologne.de>,
--
"We have advanced to new and surprising levels of bafflement."
Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan describes progress in _Komarr_.
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Robert Woodward robe...@drizzle.com
Thomas Koenig <tko...@netcologne.de> wrote:
> Christian Weisgerber <na...@mips.inka.de> schrieb:
> > On 2021-08-18, Lynn McGuire <lynnmc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Dilbert: Half Of Employees Like Tails
> >> https://dilbert.com/strip/2021-08-18
> >>
> >> A single tail would be useful.
> >
> > There might be some genetic vestiges that could be useful to
> > reactivate--I would like my vitamin C synthesis gene back, thank
> > you--but the vertebrate tail is not one of them. It would go
> > poorly with our bipedal upright gait.
> >
> >> A second tail would put you on the road
> >> to making you Doctor Octopus (The Amazing Spiderman !).
> >
> > Additional tentacles attached somewhere in the shoulder region sound
> > intriguing. That would require engineering new structures from
> > scratch, though.
>
> See "The Mote in God's Eye", where Pournelle designed the perfect
> Engineer - one powerful left arm, two delicate and sensitive
> right arms.
IIRC, they were Niven's contribution.
> Christian Weisgerber <na...@mips.inka.de> schrieb:
> > On 2021-08-18, Lynn McGuire <lynnmc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Dilbert: Half Of Employees Like Tails
> >> https://dilbert.com/strip/2021-08-18
> >>
> >> A single tail would be useful.
> >
> > There might be some genetic vestiges that could be useful to
> > reactivate--I would like my vitamin C synthesis gene back, thank
> > you--but the vertebrate tail is not one of them. It would go
> > poorly with our bipedal upright gait.
> >
> >> A second tail would put you on the road
> >> to making you Doctor Octopus (The Amazing Spiderman !).
> >
> > Additional tentacles attached somewhere in the shoulder region sound
> > intriguing. That would require engineering new structures from
> > scratch, though.
>
> See "The Mote in God's Eye", where Pournelle designed the perfect
> Engineer - one powerful left arm, two delicate and sensitive
> right arms.
--
"We have advanced to new and surprising levels of bafflement."
Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan describes progress in _Komarr_.
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Robert Woodward robe...@drizzle.com
Thomas Koenig
Aug 20, 2021, 10:32:49 AM8/20/21
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Robert Woodward <robe...@drizzle.com> schrieb:
Mote in God's Eye" to make sure).
> In article <sfktjq$8ag$2...@newsreader4.netcologne.de>,
> Thomas Koenig <tko...@netcologne.de> wrote:
>> See "The Mote in God's Eye", where Pournelle designed the perfect
>> Engineer - one powerful left arm, two delicate and sensitive
>> right arms.
> IIRC, they were Niven's contribution.
You're right, it was Niven (I just re-read "Building the
> Thomas Koenig <tko...@netcologne.de> wrote:
>> See "The Mote in God's Eye", where Pournelle designed the perfect
>> Engineer - one powerful left arm, two delicate and sensitive
>> right arms.
> IIRC, they were Niven's contribution.
Mote in God's Eye" to make sure).
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