...Okay, there's probably better things to do than bother the crabbier of the current Milliways trolls, but the chance of a working interdimensional communication system is too much to pass up.
After staring at the notice to make up his mind, Tyler's going to come over to Karkat.
"...okay, you've got my attention on interdimensional communications."
The man in the gray suit has heard about this kid from Hiro and Strong Bad, but this is the first time he's come directly to Michael's attention. And the claims the boy makes are even more impressive than the one Hiro mentioned, of having more or less coded Reality itself.
"The simplified version connects to other patrons' universes?" he asks. "Good Lord and butter, what features did you remove?"
"Probably for the best. I don't imagine it'd play well with the whole 'sort of amazing force-shielded temporal warp thing' they've got going on here. Very well, I'll take one if I may."
"YEAH THAT'S WHY I CUT THEM OUT. YOU CAN GET ONE FROM THE BAR, IT WILL CONFIGURE ITSELF AUTOMATICALLY WHEN YOU TURN IT ON. DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT COMPUTERS?"
Karkat, is eventually approached by what should be a familiar face by now. One that ruffles his hair on approach as she settles into the seat next to him. She comes, of course, bearing one of his little devices.
"These are pretty interesting. I'm surprised no one has thought of this before."
Karkat flails furiously, restoring his hair to its original pristine disaster. "MAYBE THEY JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE SUPERIOR TECHNOLOGICAL BASIS AND INTELLECT."
"Well it was very sweet of you to make sure everyone could get one. You should make sure Rose gets one for herself, I know she was trying to get a hold of her friends back home a while back."
"LALONDE HAS PESTERCHUM, IT'S THE SAME BASIC PROGRAM ONLY SHITTIER. IF SHE CAN'T GET THROUGH TO HER WORLD IT IS PROBABLY BECAUSE TIME IS FROZEN IN HER WORLD AND SHE DOESN'T HAVE TIMELINE CAPABILITIES."
Hint: It is extra cool to someone who originally came into Milliways from 1997, ended up moving to a world where it's now 2008, and hasn't quite gotten over how omnipresent and incredibly useful the Internet became in that missed decade.
He doesn't even have to ask - Bar pops a device up along with his usual raktajino.
Because he hasn't yet spent a year in the twenty-first century (and his old world was a little behind the curve development-wise anyway), Cal's first impulse is to leave a note with the Bar to thank Karkat for his generosity, but then he realizes.
Duh.
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(He rolls his eyes at the screenname, saying dryly to the device, "Oh, so you have a sense of humor too, do you?" He hasn't got the hang of picking them out yet, though, so he leaves it for now.)
AR: Thank you for providing these. They should be very useful for alot of people.
CG: OKAY CG: LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY GLITCHES OR PROBLEMS CG: THIS IS KIND OF AN OPEN BETA SITUATION, I AM STILL WORKING OUT THE BUGS CG: SOFTWARE BUGS CG: NOT LITERAL BUGS CG: I DON'T THINK THE KIND OF PARASITES THAT PREY ON THESE THINGS EVEN EXIST IN THIS ENVIRONMENT
Karkat looks up from his ~ath text and eyes him. "DO YOU MEAN WOULD IT WORK OR NOT OR DO YOU ACTUALLY WANT TO ATTEMPT TO GET TO GRIPS WITH THE SERVER ARCHITECTURE INVOLVED HERE?"
"IT SHOULD WORK AS LONG AS THERE IS SOME KIND OF CONNECTION OR LINK BETWEEN THE WORLD YOU ARE IN AND THIS BAR, YEAH. BASICALLY IF THE BAR WANTS IT TO LET IT."
He pauses and ruffles his hair, pondering how to explain this to someone who considers himself not overly familiar with technology. "SO LOOK, MOST ORDINARY DUMB NOOKSNIFFERS THINK THAT WHEN YOU SEND A MESSAGE FROM THAT THING TO ME ON MY CRABTOP HERE SOME KIND OF SIGNAL TRAVELS BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM LIKE TWO PRESERVATION CYLINDERS ON A SISAL UMBILICUS. BUT IT DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT."
"THERE IS AN INTERMEDIARY, YOUR HANDHELD TALKS TO THE SERVER AND THE SERVER TALKS TO MY CRABTOP. SO THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS IS IF THAT THING GETS OUT OF RANGE OF MY SERVER, AND FRANKLY I AM NOT SURE HOW TO CIRCUMSCRIBE THOSE LIMITATIONS GIVEN THE ELANSIBLE MORTAL SIMULTANEITY PRINCIPLE AND THE PROPERTIES OF BOTH THIS PLACE AND THE PLACE WHERE I BROUGHT THE ORIGINAL HARDWARE IN FROM."
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After staring at the notice to make up his mind, Tyler's going to come over to Karkat.
"...okay, you've got my attention on interdimensional communications."
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"LIKE IT SAYS, YOU CAN GET A DEVICE FROM THE BAR. I CAN'T MAKE ANY PROMISES, THOUGH, THIS IS A BETA."
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"JUST PULL THE DISPLAY TO THE RIGHT FOR THE OPTIONS, IT WILL LET YOU CHANGE THE TROLLTAG AND USER COLOR THERE."
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"The simplified version connects to other patrons' universes?" he asks. "Good Lord and butter, what features did you remove?"
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"These are pretty interesting. I'm surprised no one has thought of this before."
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"Well it was very sweet of you to make sure everyone could get one. You should make sure Rose gets one for herself, I know she was trying to get a hold of her friends back home a while back."
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Then he reads it again.
. . . holy shit, how cool is that.
Hint: It is extra cool to someone who originally came into Milliways from 1997, ended up moving to a world where it's now 2008, and hasn't quite gotten over how omnipresent and incredibly useful the Internet became in that missed decade.
He doesn't even have to ask - Bar pops a device up along with his usual raktajino.
Because he hasn't yet spent a year in the twenty-first century (and his old world was a little behind the curve development-wise anyway), Cal's first impulse is to leave a note with the Bar to thank Karkat for his generosity, but then he realizes.
Duh.
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(He rolls his eyes at the screenname, saying dryly to the device, "Oh, so you have a sense of humor too, do you?" He hasn't got the hang of picking them out yet, though, so he leaves it for now.)
AR: Thank you for providing these. They should be very useful for alot of people.
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CG: ALWAYS HELPING
CG: PRETTY MUCH PROVERBIAL FOR IT
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AR: I appriciate it. I have several friends here I've wanted to be able to stay in touch with more easily.
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CG: LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY GLITCHES OR PROBLEMS
CG: THIS IS KIND OF AN OPEN BETA SITUATION, I AM STILL WORKING OUT THE BUGS
CG: SOFTWARE BUGS
CG: NOT LITERAL BUGS
CG: I DON'T THINK THE KIND OF PARASITES THAT PREY ON THESE THINGS EVEN EXIST IN THIS ENVIRONMENT
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He pauses and ruffles his hair, pondering how to explain this to someone who considers himself not overly familiar with technology. "SO LOOK, MOST ORDINARY DUMB NOOKSNIFFERS THINK THAT WHEN YOU SEND A MESSAGE FROM THAT THING TO ME ON MY CRABTOP HERE SOME KIND OF SIGNAL TRAVELS BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM LIKE TWO PRESERVATION CYLINDERS ON A SISAL UMBILICUS. BUT IT DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT."
"THERE IS AN INTERMEDIARY, YOUR HANDHELD TALKS TO THE SERVER AND THE SERVER TALKS TO MY CRABTOP. SO THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS IS IF THAT THING GETS OUT OF RANGE OF MY SERVER, AND FRANKLY I AM NOT SURE HOW TO CIRCUMSCRIBE THOSE LIMITATIONS GIVEN THE ELANSIBLE MORTAL SIMULTANEITY PRINCIPLE AND THE PROPERTIES OF BOTH THIS PLACE AND THE PLACE WHERE I BROUGHT THE ORIGINAL HARDWARE IN FROM."
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