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2018-10-16, 10:30 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Apr 2009
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Re: Girl Genius XXIV: Ask Vit a Bit More Terror
He'll have to be a bit careful about it, as Rakethorn is right there and Tarvek has probably already pegged him as a spy. It will have to be a lie or half truth so well crafted that it will satisfy Agatha, not make Rakethorn suspicious, and not give even a hint that Higgs isn't normal and innocuous.
For Tarvek, a minor effort, at best.
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2018-10-16, 10:42 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Dec 2010
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- right behind you
Re: Girl Genius XXIV: Ask Vit a Bit More Terror
The other issue is, experimenting and modifying yourself seems to be a bit of a past time. Gil is very unique as im pretty sure he mentioned his father basically trying to make him very hard to kill. So he gets resistances to all sorts of diseases, probably heals faster than normal, lord knows what else, and considering his family and backstory tarvek is likely the same.
"Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum Europae vincendarum"
Translation: "Sometimes I get this urge to conquer large parts of Europe."
"If you don't get those cameras out of my face, I'm gonna go 8.6 on the Richter scale with gastric emissions that'll clear this room."
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2018-10-16, 10:49 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Sep 2015
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- London, UK
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Re: Girl Genius XXIV: Ask Vit a Bit More Terror
We know for a fact that Tarvek and Martellus were genetically altered in the womb by the Mongfishes and it's heavily implied that Klaus reverse-engineered some of the Jager formula and applied it to both himself and his son. Maybe the reason Agatha invents time travel is that the only baseline spinal fluid suitable is from pre-overlay Gil.
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2018-10-16, 11:02 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Nov 2012
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- Colorado
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Re: Girl Genius XXIV: Ask Vit a Bit More Terror
This ... is my signature finishing move!
"It's never good when you make a fiend cringe" - MadGrady
According to some online quiz, I'm a 6th level TN Wizard. They didn't give me full XP for all the monsters I've defeated while daydreaming.
http://easydamus.com/character.html
I am a Ranger Archetype: Gleaming Warden (thx to Ninja Prawn)
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2018-10-16, 11:12 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Sep 2015
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- London, UK
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2018-10-16, 12:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Jan 2009
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2018-10-16, 01:03 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Apr 2013
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- Pacific NW
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Re: Girl Genius XXIV: Ask Vit a Bit More Terror
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2018-10-16, 01:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Nov 2012
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- Colorado
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Re: Girl Genius XXIV: Ask Vit a Bit More Terror
Leonardo was a Renaissance man, in fact they probably invented the term for him. That's not normally what I think of as Sparky; Sparks don't normally do painting and sculpture and the other fine arts.
While Galileo had impressive achievements in advancing the scientific method and experimentation as a way to discover truth.
ISAAC NEWTON INVENTED CALCULUS AND PHYSICS.
Galileo invented ways to learn truth; Newton picked up what was known and moved it forward a couple of generations.This ... is my signature finishing move!
"It's never good when you make a fiend cringe" - MadGrady
According to some online quiz, I'm a 6th level TN Wizard. They didn't give me full XP for all the monsters I've defeated while daydreaming.
http://easydamus.com/character.html
I am a Ranger Archetype: Gleaming Warden (thx to Ninja Prawn)
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2018-10-16, 01:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Aug 2017
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- France
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Re: Girl Genius XXIV: Ask Vit a Bit More Terror
Newton also spend a lot of time doing magic.
What about Archimedes? Allegedly invented the first death beam, and was too preocupied by SCIENCE! to care that he was running naked in the street or that an invading soldier was going to kill him?Last edited by Fyraltari; 2018-10-16 at 01:40 PM.
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2018-10-16, 02:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Feb 2005
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Re: Girl Genius XXIV: Ask Vit a Bit More Terror
Id nominate the forgotten Chinese alchemist who worked out the formula for black powder.
"How much burnt wood and bat poop do i need to mix together to make it explode, and what happens if i stick it in a bamboo tube pointed at someone's face?"
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2018-10-16, 02:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Nov 2006
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- Watching the world go by
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Re: Girl Genius XXIV: Ask Vit a Bit More Terror
I suspect that black powder was developed in stages:
1. If I mix sulfur with powerdered charcoal, it burns a little different.
2. If I mix saltpeter with that, it burns really well.
3. If I try to burn it in a closed space, it doesn't just burn, it explodes.
1 and 2 might have been "I want the burning properties of sulfur to mix with the burning properties of charcoal. How do I do that?"
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2018-10-16, 03:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Nov 2012
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- Colorado
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Re: Girl Genius XXIV: Ask Vit a Bit More Terror
Well, I suppose we need to go back to Euclid; it's pretty hard to science without maths, and Euclid invented standard geometry.
I remind you that Newton also was head of the royal mint, head of the Royal science academy, and yes, spent a lot of time doing alchemy. He invented physics and calculus in his spare time.This ... is my signature finishing move!
"It's never good when you make a fiend cringe" - MadGrady
According to some online quiz, I'm a 6th level TN Wizard. They didn't give me full XP for all the monsters I've defeated while daydreaming.
http://easydamus.com/character.html
I am a Ranger Archetype: Gleaming Warden (thx to Ninja Prawn)
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2018-10-16, 03:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Nov 2006
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- Watching the world go by
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Re: Girl Genius XXIV: Ask Vit a Bit More Terror
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2018-10-16, 04:30 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Nov 2013
Re: Girl Genius XXIV: Ask Vit a Bit More Terror
While it may of been developed by regular scientists, the guy who invented the Hwacha definitely was a Spark. Or possibly an Ork.
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2018-10-16, 08:56 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Sep 2008
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- Hudson Valley, NY
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Re: Girl Genius XXIV: Ask Vit a Bit More Terror
"We are the people our parents warned us about!" - J.Buffett
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2018-10-16, 09:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Nov 2006
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- Watching the world go by
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2018-10-16, 11:09 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Oct 2007
Re: Girl Genius XXIV: Ask Vit a Bit More Terror
I'm guessing Tarvek will say Higgs is his control group. We know how Agatha feels about that (and Christmas).
http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comi...6#.W8a4LHtKi1sLast edited by Ellen; 2018-10-16 at 11:19 PM.
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2018-10-17, 01:24 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Oct 2011
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- Mexico
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Re: Girl Genius XXIV: Ask Vit a Bit More Terror
To be fair when Leo got asked to do kitchen stuff he invented death traps that burned the kitchens down in the name of Culinary Science
He experimented with paints and fresco technique. The only reason his paintings survive it's because they didn't have enough moving parts and werent attached to anything that could explode
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2018-10-17, 01:30 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Nov 2006
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- Watching the world go by
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2018-10-17, 01:49 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Aug 2017
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2018-10-17, 02:03 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Feb 2007
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- Manchester, UK
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Re: Girl Genius XXIV: Ask Vit a Bit More Terror
No new strip today? Unusual for the Foglios to be late...
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2018-10-17, 04:08 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Sep 2015
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- London, UK
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2018-10-17, 09:00 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Feb 2007
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- Land of Stone and Stars
Re: Girl Genius XXIV: Ask Vit a Bit More Terror
Spoiler: My inventory:
1 Sentient Sword
1 Jammy Dodger (I was promised tea)
1 Godwin Point.
Originally Posted by Kairos Theodosian
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2018-10-17, 09:40 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Nov 2012
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- Colorado
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Re: Girl Genius XXIV: Ask Vit a Bit More Terror
If you edit the URL to insert today's date, it leads to a blank page.
I do hope the Professors are healthy & happy; this is not customary.
As for the 1812 Overture, it wasn't really possible to "play" the cannons properly until quite a while after the piece was written. Fuses are just not predictable, so until cannon could be fired electronically Tchaikovsky's vision was not truly realized. It's an interesting piece also because normally the losing side doesn't lionize a battle that resulted in their capital being burned to the ground, but the Russians haven't had a lot of military successes to celebrate....This ... is my signature finishing move!
"It's never good when you make a fiend cringe" - MadGrady
According to some online quiz, I'm a 6th level TN Wizard. They didn't give me full XP for all the monsters I've defeated while daydreaming.
http://easydamus.com/character.html
I am a Ranger Archetype: Gleaming Warden (thx to Ninja Prawn)
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2018-10-17, 11:13 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Feb 2013
Re: Girl Genius XXIV: Ask Vit a Bit More Terror
That's because you don't have the alpha numerics after the date to take you to the actual information, just the host frame. Yet another 'improvement' that actually makes the internet less usable.
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2018-10-17, 11:42 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Sep 2008
Re: Girl Genius XXIV: Ask Vit a Bit More Terror
Could today be the day where the Foglios finally missed an upload? After all a decade of consistently managing to upload a page of comics or anything related on a FWM schedule?
(It's really impressive, truth be told. Only Girl Genius holds this level of consistency from my knowledge.)Last edited by Grif; 2018-10-17 at 11:43 AM.
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2018-10-17, 11:58 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Nov 2007
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- Indianapolis
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Re: Girl Genius XXIV: Ask Vit a Bit More Terror
Schlock Mercenary, which at one point had a 100% updated on time record, and whose creator once stepped out of a 'who can go longest without a missed update' contest (had a modest cash value prize attached, IIRC) because it wasn't really fair to the lesser mortals. I think there may have been an additional missed update or site unavailable due to some hosting dickery later on, but one time the only known missed update was because the host's primary data center was literally on fire. (It was up and available from backups a day later.)
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2018-10-17, 12:19 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Apr 2013
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- Pacific NW
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Re: Girl Genius XXIV: Ask Vit a Bit More Terror
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2018-10-17, 12:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Aug 2008
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2018-10-17, 01:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Nov 2012
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- Colorado
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Re: Girl Genius XXIV: Ask Vit a Bit More Terror
This ... is my signature finishing move!
"It's never good when you make a fiend cringe" - MadGrady
According to some online quiz, I'm a 6th level TN Wizard. They didn't give me full XP for all the monsters I've defeated while daydreaming.
http://easydamus.com/character.html
I am a Ranger Archetype: Gleaming Warden (thx to Ninja Prawn)