FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for August 02, 2024

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    sirbadger  3 months ago

    The Far Side artist, Gary Larson, occasionally drew bugs. Maybe this is where he got his ideas from.

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    Farside99  3 months ago

    I’ve used CAD systems that were that slow! Blastedly frustrating, but that’s all that was available at the time!

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    minty_Joe  3 months ago

    See, that’s what happens when you render animation on a PowerPC G3. Move up to a G4 or G5 Quad and you’ll get several dozen frames completed in half the time.

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    Robert4170  3 months ago

    90 minutes times 60 seconds per minute times 24 frames per second is 129,600 frames. At this rate, it will take decades to finish his movie.

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    win.45mag  3 months ago

    Yor parents need to splurge on a decent setup, Jason.

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    SquidGamerGal  3 months ago

    To be fair, Dreamworks and Pixar uses more powerful computers.

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    mourdac Premium Member 3 months ago

    Some comics don’t age well.

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    Steverino Premium Member 3 months ago

    Jason rendered it helpless.

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    calliarcale  3 months ago

    It is impressive how much computing power (or, failing that, time) it takes to render animation.

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    Angry Indeed Premium Member 3 months ago

    My notebook computer was acting a bit “wonky” for a few weeks. I did a system diagnostic and checked for updates to no avail. I had an ant problem where I kept it and I think I actually had computer “bugs” that got in it. I sprayed and set traps and the problem mysteriously vanished.

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    mindjob  3 months ago

    Jason just started shaving, and he cut his fingernails too

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    Dapperdan61  Premium Member 3 months ago

    This must be the early days of dial up internet. Those were weird times where you tied up your phone line and there were no iPhones yet

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    DatsunMan  3 months ago

    When I worked as a Customer Engineer (mainframe and other devices repair and install) for IBM, the latest baud rate we all celebrated was on a 2703 at 300 baud.

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    KEA  3 months ago

    What creative types want to do is typically 2_3 generations ahead of where the technology is currently

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    Petemejia77  3 months ago

    Shame Foxtrot doesn’t do daily long story arcs anymore. Would love to see what Jason would do with today’s A.I. software.

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    CoffeeBob Premium Member 3 months ago

    I won a copy of Corel Draw v7, it barely loaded on my wimpy eMachine running W-95, so I can really relate to Jason here! Hit render and go make dinner, have dinner, clean dishes, and come back to see if it was finished. Good times.

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    Strawberry King  3 months ago

    I’m surprised he doesn’t have long hair and a long beard.

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