When I was younger, I had a sign on my door that said: Caution, THIS IS SPARTA. And it has been scientifically proven that stripes do make cars move faster. Doubly so if they’re red.
I love all the little things ppl will do on youtube channles… like typeing FIRST, sometimes not even when their the first post and someone else got you. or… typing some little idea for the vid maker and saying that they need your likes so he/she can see their post even though half the time the video’s maker is not popualar enough to have trobles reading at least MOST of the posts on their vids…. both just to get a little love in their live…… (I WROTE THE THIRD POST! LOL… YAY …yay?)
I prefer Grotto, as my office is already my Fortress of Solitude. And Grotto sounds cooler (although Grotto of Dorkitude? not so sure about that one…) 🙂
What made him more impressive is his drive to release a new one every workday (Remember, most webcomics usually updated once or twice a week). Thanks for all the laugh Adam, I already turn one of my (internet) friend to read your comic regularly.
Cubert: Hey, Leela, help me apply these flame decals I got in my cereal. They’ll make the ship go faster.
Leela: And what’s your scientific basis for thinking that?
Cubert: I’m 12.
I was just reading a few books on age of sail maritime design. Some American schooners had their mast “raked” so that they tilted sternward/backwards. The backward tilt creates an optical illussion the ship’s hull is in motion (with the mast flexing backwards in response) even when the ship is sitting still. Common wisdom held raking the mast made the ship faster in motion but the design actually did little for actual speed but improved stability and handling in certain winds. People just thought the ships were faster because they looked faster. This led to ships having their mast raked by naive owners even through the ships hull and other charateristics couldn’t make use of the rake effect.
These were sailing ships, powered by the wind, so yes areodynamics did make them go faster. How the sails were rigged and the ship’s hull positioned relative to the true wind determined speed.
Sailing ships work backwards from every other kind of surface vehical. In land vehicals and powered ships, the motive force is applied to the bottom of the vehical so that the bottom moves first and the top last. If you have a flexible structure up top e.g. an antenna, it bends backwards and does more so the faster the accelleration. Smoke blows rearward. It also means that the front of the vehical tends to rise under accelleration.
In sailing ships, the motive force is applied by from the top down from the winds hitting the sails. Even more so because winds are strongest higher up. Since most sailing is done downwind with the wind at the back of the ship, the sails tilt forward, any flexible object on deck tilts foreward and smoke blows forwards. In sailing ships, motive force presses the bow downward and lifts the stern.
Naive people translated their experinece on land from horses, buggies and early trains where speed bent flexible items backwards, to sailing ship and translated that into an visual impression of motion even when the ship was still or depicted in model. From there it was assummed that since the ships looked faster, they must be faster.
Back racking is still used as a graphical element in fictional and artistic designs of all kinds to imply swiftness.
In the marines (many decades ago) we called such embellishments on a car, “Kentucky Go Fasters”. Military bases of the time were full of hot muscle cars. Even Rambler had a muscle car. An S C Rambler. The “Scrambler”. Very rare.
Moseying stripes, meandering flames, ambling decals, am I the only one who wants a really relaxed, mellow car that isn’t in a hurry all the time?
^–This.
Don’t forget the leisurely lightning bolts.
When I was younger, I had a sign on my door that said: Caution, THIS IS SPARTA. And it has been scientifically proven that stripes do make cars move faster. Doubly so if they’re red.
Red go fastah!
Three times fastah!
Too obscure?
How long has The Red Comet been obscure?
Well, people remember the Wing series more….
I love all the little things ppl will do on youtube channles… like typeing FIRST, sometimes not even when their the first post and someone else got you. or… typing some little idea for the vid maker and saying that they need your likes so he/she can see their post even though half the time the video’s maker is not popualar enough to have trobles reading at least MOST of the posts on their vids…. both just to get a little love in their live…… (I WROTE THE THIRD POST! LOL… YAY …yay?)
*sometimes not even when they are the first post and someone else got there first without you realizing
Imagine the life before the internet, when we need love we need to *gasp* go out!
We do not speak of the dark times.
Fortress of Dorkitude is how I shall henceforth refer to the domiciles of all my siblings!
And your room will be Dork Lord’s Quarter.
I concur, good sir!
I prefer Grotto, as my office is already my Fortress of Solitude. And Grotto sounds cooler (although Grotto of Dorkitude? not so sure about that one…) 🙂
There’s a town in Virginia, in the Shenandoah caves area, called Grottoes. I don’t know what the inhabitants look like, but I have ideas.
I do like the way your mind works. I have no idea *how* it gets where it gets, but I appreciate your taking us along for the ride!
What made him more impressive is his drive to release a new one every workday (Remember, most webcomics usually updated once or twice a week). Thanks for all the laugh Adam, I already turn one of my (internet) friend to read your comic regularly.
It’s da red ‘uns dat go fasta ya git!
Humies be silly gitz, not knowin’ dat.
So that’s why classic gangsters wore striped suits. They can run away from the coppers faster.
Where’s the Like button on this thing?
I am stealing “Fortress of Dorkitude”. And panel 3 sounds like a bad pick up line.
From Futurama:
Cubert: Hey, Leela, help me apply these flame decals I got in my cereal. They’ll make the ship go faster.
Leela: And what’s your scientific basis for thinking that?
Cubert: I’m 12.
I was just reading a few books on age of sail maritime design. Some American schooners had their mast “raked” so that they tilted sternward/backwards. The backward tilt creates an optical illussion the ship’s hull is in motion (with the mast flexing backwards in response) even when the ship is sitting still. Common wisdom held raking the mast made the ship faster in motion but the design actually did little for actual speed but improved stability and handling in certain winds. People just thought the ships were faster because they looked faster. This led to ships having their mast raked by naive owners even through the ships hull and other charateristics couldn’t make use of the rake effect.
You mean aerodinamics can make a ship that travels on water faster? *scratches head*
Well, yeah, because most of the ship is traveling through air.
Like a airplane that fails to get airborne?
Snakes. I need more snakes. Or a sharknado.
These were sailing ships, powered by the wind, so yes areodynamics did make them go faster. How the sails were rigged and the ship’s hull positioned relative to the true wind determined speed.
Sailing ships work backwards from every other kind of surface vehical. In land vehicals and powered ships, the motive force is applied to the bottom of the vehical so that the bottom moves first and the top last. If you have a flexible structure up top e.g. an antenna, it bends backwards and does more so the faster the accelleration. Smoke blows rearward. It also means that the front of the vehical tends to rise under accelleration.
In sailing ships, the motive force is applied by from the top down from the winds hitting the sails. Even more so because winds are strongest higher up. Since most sailing is done downwind with the wind at the back of the ship, the sails tilt forward, any flexible object on deck tilts foreward and smoke blows forwards. In sailing ships, motive force presses the bow downward and lifts the stern.
Naive people translated their experinece on land from horses, buggies and early trains where speed bent flexible items backwards, to sailing ship and translated that into an visual impression of motion even when the ship was still or depicted in model. From there it was assummed that since the ships looked faster, they must be faster.
Back racking is still used as a graphical element in fictional and artistic designs of all kinds to imply swiftness.
I’m such a dork, I’ve sometimes used my trusty sharpie to repair damaged signs. Technically it’s graffiti, but it’s helpful…
Am I the only one who thinks “Sauntering Stripes” sounds like a great name for a band?
No, you are not. Someone needs to start it.
In the marines (many decades ago) we called such embellishments on a car, “Kentucky Go Fasters”. Military bases of the time were full of hot muscle cars. Even Rambler had a muscle car. An S C Rambler. The “Scrambler”. Very rare.
Being a cheap SOB even then I had a VW.
That’s good for a pick up line “Babe, I got nothing to prove ;)”