Comments on: Jackhammer Jill, the animated GIF automata http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/jackhammer-jill-the-animated.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 11:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Jas Strong http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/jackhammer-jill-the-animated.html#comment-1470266 Jas Strong Sat, 07 Jul 2012 20:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169714#comment-1470266 I'm not buying it.  I've definitely heard people referring to them in the singular as "an automaton".  My internal grammar nazi sends everyone except two guys out of the room, blows up at them, and then weeps. I’m not buying it.  I’ve definitely heard people referring to them in the singular as “an automaton”.  My internal grammar nazi sends everyone except two guys out of the room, blows up at them, and then weeps.

]]> By: valiant66 http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/jackhammer-jill-the-animated.html#comment-1470225 valiant66 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 19:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169714#comment-1470225 I want the Coop version. I want the Coop version.

]]> By: valiant66 http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/jackhammer-jill-the-animated.html#comment-1470224 valiant66 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 19:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169714#comment-1470224 automata IS the feminine form: automato fell out of usage due to its fruit/vegetable associations. automata IS the feminine form: automato fell out of usage due to its fruit/vegetable associations.

]]> By: pitkataistelu http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/jackhammer-jill-the-animated.html#comment-1470201 pitkataistelu Sat, 07 Jul 2012 18:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169714#comment-1470201  Because such usage would imply there is a masculine form. There isn't.  Because such usage would imply there is a masculine form. There isn’t.

]]> By: grimatongueworm http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/jackhammer-jill-the-animated.html#comment-1470133 grimatongueworm Sat, 07 Jul 2012 16:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169714#comment-1470133 Then the site would be called "Poing Poing". Then the site would be called “Poing Poing”.

]]> By: Cory Doctorow http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/jackhammer-jill-the-animated.html#comment-1469871 Cory Doctorow Sat, 07 Jul 2012 06:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169714#comment-1469871  It appears that in the realm of modern automata (as opposed to "cellular automata" or other uses), the accepted term-of-art is "automata" for singular, presumably to distinguish hand-cranked, mechanism-over-a-box automata from other forms. IOW, "automata" is a coinage to describe a specific kind of automaton. This is definitely the usage internally in the community of automata makers.  It appears that in the realm of modern automata (as opposed to “cellular automata” or other uses), the accepted term-of-art is “automata” for singular, presumably to distinguish hand-cranked, mechanism-over-a-box automata from other forms. IOW, “automata” is a coinage to describe a specific kind of automaton. This is definitely the usage internally in the community of automata makers.

]]> By: penguinchris http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/jackhammer-jill-the-animated.html#comment-1469835 penguinchris Sat, 07 Jul 2012 04:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169714#comment-1469835 I love it but I'd like to suggest a small improvement - make the ponytails hinged so that they bounce like in the GIF (the bouncing boobs might pose a bigger challenge). I love it but I’d like to suggest a small improvement – make the ponytails hinged so that they bounce like in the GIF (the bouncing boobs might pose a bigger challenge).

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/jackhammer-jill-the-animated.html#comment-1469830 Stefan Jones Sat, 07 Jul 2012 04:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169714#comment-1469830  Never mind, there's a post by Ernie Reynolds right up there.  Never mind, there’s a post by Ernie Reynolds right up there.

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/jackhammer-jill-the-animated.html#comment-1469828 Stefan Jones Sat, 07 Jul 2012 04:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169714#comment-1469828 Wait . . . Ernie Fossilius? http://www.flickr.com/photos/stefan_e_jones/508929730/in/set-72157600242397151 Wait . . . Ernie Fossilius?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stefan_e_jones/508929730/in/set-72157600242397151

]]> By: Susan Carley Oliver http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/jackhammer-jill-the-animated.html#comment-1469728 Susan Carley Oliver Sat, 07 Jul 2012 02:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169714#comment-1469728  It's so lovely! Might you be offering plans in the future?  It’s so lovely! Might you be offering plans in the future?

]]> By: Rich Keller http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/jackhammer-jill-the-animated.html#comment-1469678 Rich Keller Sat, 07 Jul 2012 01:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169714#comment-1469678 Hats off to you, good sir!  Hats off to you, good sir! 

]]> By: ernier4154 http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/jackhammer-jill-the-animated.html#comment-1469645 ernier4154 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 00:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169714#comment-1469645 Thanks for the nice comments folks.  I enjoyed making it and watching it bounce around.  8^) Ernie Reynolds Thanks for the nice comments folks.  I enjoyed making it and watching it bounce around.  8^)

Ernie Reynolds

]]> By: Preston Sturges http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/jackhammer-jill-the-animated.html#comment-1469638 Preston Sturges Sat, 07 Jul 2012 00:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169714#comment-1469638 Jackhammer Jill is just her porn name. Jackhammer Jill is just her porn name.

]]> By: BarBarSeven http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/jackhammer-jill-the-animated.html#comment-1469617 BarBarSeven Fri, 06 Jul 2012 23:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169714#comment-1469617 She’s moving in a lewd & lascivious manner. She’s moving in a lewd & lascivious manner.

]]> By: Peppermint http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/jackhammer-jill-the-animated.html#comment-1469612 Peppermint Fri, 06 Jul 2012 23:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169714#comment-1469612 It's a jackhammer? D: What with the title "boing boing", I always assumed it was a pogo stick... My world is changed forever o_o It’s a jackhammer? D: What with the title “boing boing”, I always assumed it was a pogo stick… My world is changed forever o_o

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/jackhammer-jill-the-animated.html#comment-1469563 Antinous / Moderator Fri, 06 Jul 2012 23:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169714#comment-1469563 Why can't there be a feminine form of the word? Why can’t there be a feminine form of the word?

]]> By: skyhawk1 http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/jackhammer-jill-the-animated.html#comment-1469548 skyhawk1 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 23:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169714#comment-1469548 Cool. Cool.

]]> By: BobRH http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/jackhammer-jill-the-animated.html#comment-1469538 BobRH Fri, 06 Jul 2012 23:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169714#comment-1469538 ... and in my previous comment, my 'end pedantry' close tag didn't work :) … and in my previous comment, my ‘end pedantry’ close tag didn’t work :)

]]> By: BobRH http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/jackhammer-jill-the-animated.html#comment-1469537 BobRH Fri, 06 Jul 2012 23:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169714#comment-1469537 We all realize, of course, that she is an automaton, not an 'automata'. We all realize, of course, that she is an automaton, not an ‘automata’.

]]> By: Bokonon http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/jackhammer-jill-the-animated.html#comment-1469486 Bokonon Fri, 06 Jul 2012 22:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169714#comment-1469486 C'mon Ernie, Outstanding use of imagination. C’mon Ernie, Outstanding use of imagination.

]]> By: Jas Strong http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/jackhammer-jill-the-animated.html#comment-1469416 Jas Strong Fri, 06 Jul 2012 21:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169714#comment-1469416 Automata is plural.  Automaton is the singular form. Automata is plural.  Automaton is the singular form.

]]> By: grimatongueworm http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/jackhammer-jill-the-animated.html#comment-1469414 grimatongueworm Fri, 06 Jul 2012 21:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169714#comment-1469414 I see a whole new line of vibrators in the making: The Jackhammer Jill Bobble-Head vibe. I see a whole new line of vibrators in the making: The Jackhammer Jill Bobble-Head vibe.

]]> By: jerwin http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/jackhammer-jill-the-animated.html#comment-1469394 jerwin Fri, 06 Jul 2012 20:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169714#comment-1469394 The circle is now complete. The circle is now complete.

]]> By: Travis http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/jackhammer-jill-the-animated.html#comment-1469376 Travis Fri, 06 Jul 2012 20:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169714#comment-1469376 AniGif at https://dl.dropbox.com/u/567076/jackhammer-jill_a_GIFSoup.com.gif AniGif at https://dl.dropbox.com/u/567076/jackhammer-jill_a_GIFSoup.com.gif

]]> By: malindrome http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/jackhammer-jill-the-animated.html#comment-1469369 malindrome Fri, 06 Jul 2012 20:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169714#comment-1469369 Wonderful Things, now in analog! Wonderful Things, now in analog!

]]> By: David Pescovitz http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/jackhammer-jill-the-animated.html#comment-1469360 David Pescovitz Fri, 06 Jul 2012 20:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169714#comment-1469360 Wow. Really wonderful. We're touched, Ernie! Thank you! Wow. Really wonderful. We’re touched, Ernie! Thank you!

]]> By: blueelm http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/jackhammer-jill-the-animated.html#comment-1469339 blueelm Fri, 06 Jul 2012 20:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169714#comment-1469339 That's... brilliant! That’s… brilliant!

]]> By: Jason Weisberger http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/jackhammer-jill-the-animated.html#comment-1469336 Jason Weisberger Fri, 06 Jul 2012 20:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169714#comment-1469336 Incredibly fantastic! Incredibly fantastic!

]]> By: xzzy http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/jackhammer-jill-the-animated.html#comment-1469324 xzzy Fri, 06 Jul 2012 20:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169714#comment-1469324 It's good that it's hand cranked, because if it had an electric motor on it I'd be unable to resist the urge to dump as much power into as I could in attempt to bounce her to pieces. It’s good that it’s hand cranked, because if it had an electric motor on it I’d be unable to resist the urge to dump as much power into as I could in attempt to bounce her to pieces.

]]> By: BDiamond http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/jackhammer-jill-the-animated.html#comment-1469321 BDiamond Fri, 06 Jul 2012 20:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169714#comment-1469321 What a cute idea! What a cute idea!

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