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Internet Binary Heroes: That's All Folks
Rob Mach (Blog) - January 9, 2008 10:28 AM
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Binary Heroes
By retrospooty on 1/9/2008 10:39:36 AM , Rating: 5
Is it just me, or is Binary Heroes just not funny. I mean, they are current, and topical to a tech news site like this, but I cannot say I have ever actually laughed at one of them.

I vote NO =)




RE: Binary Heroes
By James Holden on 1/9/2008 10:44:30 AM , Rating: 2
Humor, for humor's sake, is an empty place. Humor for the sake of the truth -- that is what I long for :)

Kudos Rob. You will end up getting syndicated in Newsweek or one of the majors someday :)


RE: Binary Heroes
By retrospooty on 1/9/2008 10:51:31 AM , Rating: 5
"Humor, for humor's sake, is an empty place. Humor for the sake of the truth -- that is what I long for :)"

I agree with you there, but I just have never seen this particular strip as funny. I mean its a little bit funny, but not funny enough to publish (kind of like the family circus). I guess its just me.


RE: Binary Heroes
By retrospooty on 1/9/2008 10:31:01 PM , Rating: 2
I am sorry... Now I feel like a schmuck. I just now realized that this is not a somewhat nationally distributed/syndicated strip. It is from a staffer here. In that case its a good effort.


RE: Binary Heroes
By Spivonious on 1/9/2008 10:51:52 AM , Rating: 2
I kind of agree. Occasionally I'll chuckle at one of them, but they're usually not very clever. No offense meant at the author, just my opinion.


RE: Binary Heroes
By HotdogIT on 1/9/2008 12:22:35 PM , Rating: 2
Well, there's precious few comics out there about up-to-date technology, coming out as quick as Binary Heroes, so we takes what we's can gets I guess.


RE: Binary Heroes
By retrospooty on 1/9/2008 12:48:25 PM , Rating: 2
Thats my point I guess. Its not funny at all, and it really could be with a little more creativity put into it...


RE: Binary Heroes
By Vanilla Thunder on 1/9/2008 1:13:00 PM , Rating: 2
The comcast one was funny. Other than that, I have to agree. It rarely even makes me chuckle.

Vanilla


RE: Binary Heroes
By porkpie on 1/10/2008 1:35:43 PM , Rating: 2
Considering WB is a studio which got famous for its cartoons, I thought it was pretty funny.


RE: Binary Heroes
By madoka on 1/9/2008 1:10:39 PM , Rating: 2
A great strip that does sometimes touch on technology is Foxtrot. The one on 12/30/07 took on the absurdity of the Digital Milennium Act that we suffer under today.


RE: Binary Heroes
By Spyvie on 1/9/2008 1:07:16 PM , Rating: 1
Political cartoons aren't necessarily supposed to be funny, but at least they should be insightful or ironic satire or something. This series just plain fails on all counts, IMHO.

I wonder how Warner Bros feel about their IP being used in this toon...


RE: Binary Heroes
By masher2 (blog) on 1/9/2008 2:19:41 PM , Rating: 4
> "I wonder how Warner Bros feel about their IP being used in this toon... "

This is clearly a case of nominative fair use, and therefore not infringing.


RE: Binary Heroes
By thornburg on 1/9/2008 2:11:42 PM , Rating: 2
I've been feeling the same way, and just want to add my $.02.

My general response to the cartoons has been "meh".

I really like the idea of an occasional cartoon on DailyTech, but having read some of the excellent webcomics out there, I guess my standards of quality are higher than they would otherwise be.


RE: Binary Heroes
By kristof007 on 1/9/2008 2:19:45 PM , Rating: 2
I liked the Black Friday strip but that's the only memorable one for me


RE: Binary Heroes
By Murst on 1/9/2008 2:54:24 PM , Rating: 2
I like these cartoons because of the discussion that follows. :)


RE: Binary Heroes
By ImSpartacus on 1/9/2008 3:38:29 PM , Rating: 2
Good point


Not Acme!
By Trisagion on 1/9/2008 10:54:34 AM , Rating: 4
It should read 'Blue Ray' on the anvil :)




RE: Not Acme!
By Souka on 1/9/2008 11:24:05 AM , Rating: 2
My thoughts exactly...


RE: Not Acme!
By therealnickdanger on 1/9/2008 11:47:10 AM , Rating: 5
Well, the point is that "ACME" has been a staple of the WARNER BROTHERS cartoons (Bugs Bunny, Elmer, Daffy Duck, etc.) for decades. The cartoon is more clever than it first appears. He could have dumbed it down and written "Warner Bros." on the anvil, but it wouldn't quite have the same effect.

Still, including the 360 in the pile simply doesn't work. Microsoft will eventually release a Blu-Ray add-on for the 360. They said all along that they will follow consumer demands - obviously, once no more movies are released on HD-DVD, consumers will demand it. If anything, it helps Microsoft. Hypothetically, the $400 dollars burning a hole in a 360-owner's pocket can be used to buy a $100 add-on and $300 in movies and games rather than a PS3.

Plus, Blu-Ray stand-alone players will all soon be cheaper than even the entry model PS3, so incentive to buy the PS3 "as a BD player" will wane.


RE: Not Acme!
By masher2 (blog) on 1/9/2008 12:47:07 PM , Rating: 2
I'd have put "Acme Studios" on the anvil myself :)


RE: Not Acme!
By TSS on 1/9/2008 1:39:05 PM , Rating: 2
i would've rather seen a HD-DVD drive at the bottom of a dusty canyon hold up a "help" sign in it's tray and beeing overshadowed by a humongous boulder.

simply it took some time to get the joke, as i first thought that black thing ontop of the xbox was a ps3 :P and the xbox'll live regardless, microsoft will see to that. besides that, bugs as far as i can remember didn't really hurt anybody. they'd always get hurt by chasing bugs of their own action, the "rabbit season, duck season" episodes beeing the testimony of that. when it comes to trying to get something, putting epic amounts of energy into it only to have everything blow up in your face completely, is more of Wile E. Coyote's style then good ol' bugs.


RE: Not Acme!
By retrospooty on 1/9/2008 2:35:36 PM , Rating: 2
"i would've rather seen a HD-DVD drive at the bottom of a dusty canyon hold up a "help" sign in it's tray and beeing overshadowed by a humongous boulder."

See, now thats alot funnier than what the original author put out. They could have done great things with the "rabbit season, duck season" as well.


RE: Not Acme!
By rcc on 1/9/2008 5:02:19 PM , Rating: 2
lol, and his foot on top of the pile.


RE: Not Acme!
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