Freefall 1781 - 1790 (D)
Freefall 1781
The Mayor joins in
[!0.987]2009-09-18
I hit the Mayor! I hit the Mayor with a pie!
I know. That's why we're running.
I didn't have to. I could have asked her to clarify. Still, a direct order to do something I wanted to do! POW! It felt so… so right!
I'm going back. I think I can pie her of my own free will now.
Keep running, Florence. There's a difference between savoring a victory and choking on it.
Color by George Peterson
Freefall 1782
The Mayor joins in
[!0.987]2009-09-21
That worked better than I expected. The police joined in and you're happy about being able to follow a direct order.
Do I seem TOO happy?
With the chimps, they set up a positive feedback loop by releasing dopamine into the mesolimbic pathway when they completed an order. When they were given orders they liked, it led to addiction problems.
You just lost your happy, didn't you?
Which means… negative feedback. Yes! Now that I'm unhappy I can be happy again!
Color by George Peterson
Freefall 1783
The Mayor joins in
[!0.987]2009-09-23
Wait! Wait! There's one final note yet to be played.
You stole the Mayor's cigar?
Not stole. Substituted.
BANG!
SAM!
No sense of theatre. Why, if I weren't here, you guys would have left the stage before the fat lady sung.
Color by George Peterson
Readers, haven't you forgotten how Sam was plotting this stunt back in the two hundred issues ago? (KALDYH)
Freefall 1784
The Mayor joins in
[!0.987]2009-09-25
THAT ROTTEN LITTLE SPACE MOLLUSK! I'LL TEACH HIM TO HIT ME WITH A PIE!
I'll rip his tentacles off! I'll boil him in pudding and drive a stake of mistletoe though his heart! I'll have him tied to a post and forced to attend every single budget meeting for the next century!
Ma'am? Sam never hit you with a pie.
Now I'm really going to kill him! How dare he get me this mad and then be innocent of what I'm accusing him of?!
Color by George Peterson
Freefall 1785
Freefall 1786
The Mayor joins in
[!0.987]2009-09-30
What am I supposed to tell the Mayor?
Tell her the truth.
We are being trained as a police force to help solve conflicts among the planet's non-human population.
Our non-human population consists of one person. Sam. Do we really need an entire police force for one alien squid?
Sir, I believe if you look past the obvious answer, you'll see one that's even more obvious.
Color by George Peterson
Freefall 1787
The Mayor joins in
[!0.987]2009-10-02
You're a robot police force? I mean, I know you're robots. What I mean is you're police for other robots?
Yes Sir. That is what we are being trained for.
Why? You can't commit crimes against a robot. They don't have any rights.
We don't have rights?
I think we have rights.
Are you sure?
Look, there's an easy way to settle this. Do either of you have a copy of your owner's manual?
Color by George Peterson
Freefall 1788
The Mayor joins in
[!0.987]2009-10-05
Chief. Do robots have rights?
As far as we're concerned, they do.
Part of the law and order is respecting the rights of others. We're not going to make the same Mistake as the Pinkertons did when labor tried to organize.
I guess it is better to learn from the mistakes of others rather than to make them yourself.
Speaking of which, could you get your management personnel to admit to making mistakes? There are many learning opportunities going undocumented.
Color by George Peterson
Freefall 1789
The Mayor joins in
[!0.987]2009-10-07
What is going on? Why aren't you acting like robots?
Ms. Ambrose believes robots from factories one, four and five are using Dr. Bowman's neural design.
This design undergoes a neural pruning process. After pruning, thoughts are more focused. Evidence from Ab2y indicates this occurs between eighteen and twenty years on line.
I am not ready to handle this.
No worries. We have time. Factory one was never very productive. Now when robots from factories four and five start coming of age, then things are going to get interesting.
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