Comic #6176: qc
Description
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Panel 1:
- Person 1: "WHO DO YOU THINK THE GREATEST ENGINEERS ARE?"
- Person 2: "QUANTUM COMPUTER ARCHITECTS."
Panel 2:
- Person 1: "WHY?"
- Person 2: "WHAT IS THE MOTIVATING SPIRIT OF ENGINEERS?"
- Person 1: "BUILDING THINGS."
- Person 2: "WRONG."
Panel 3:
- Person 2: "THE DEEP ABIDING GOAL OF EVERY ENGINEER IS TO TAKE A THING AND MAKE IT DO A THING IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO DO."
Panel 4:
- Person 1: "WHO ARE THE VENERATED ENGINEERS? PEOPLE WHO GET DOOM TO RUN ON A WASHING MACHINE."
- Person 2: "WHO MODIFY A PHONE TO DETECT RADIATION. HELL, YOU KNOW WHAT A DIGITAL COMPUTER IS? IT'S THE GUTS OF A CASH REGISTER REARRANGED INTO LOGIC GATES!"
Panel 5:
- Person 2: "AND WHAT ARE QUANTUM COMPUTER GEEKS DOING? THEY ARE RUNNING SCRIPTS ON GOD’S OWN HARDWARE! SEIZING ON THE UNCANNY FUNDAMENTAL NATURE OF REALITY SO THEY CAN HACK EMAIL!"
Panel 6:
- Person 1: "WE COULD RUN DOOM… ON THE UNIVERSE."
- Person 2: "AMEN!"
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