Daily conversation: What is the worst possible answer?

[Declan127]

24 SEP 2026

What is one beneficial use of artificial intelligence in the roadgeek hobby?

I know someone said something similar to this, but you can tell it to screw off whenever it makes an obvious lapse in judgement and unlike a GPS it'll respond (irl I've done this with Siri for years)

[pderocco]

24 SEP 2026

What is one beneficial use of artificial intelligence in the roadgeek hobby?

Sending your self-driving car out to clinch highways for you.

This could have been an answer to the last question.

[kphoger]

25 SEP 2026

With how things are going currently, I think we may have a new Grand Alan by the beginning of April.

The prophecy has come true.

What will happen when Max Rockatansky hits 35,000 posts?

[1995hoo]

25 SEP 2026

What will happen when Max Rockatansky hits 35,000 posts?

Because we already have a "Grand Alan," the software will take its cue from the shield in your rank badge and name him the "Grand Ethan." That, in turn, will cause the forum to translate his comments into inane questions that could be answered with a Google search.

(Interesting thoughts for my 19,000th post.)

[Max Rockatansky]

25 SEP 2026

With how things are going currently, I think we may have a new Grand Alan by the beginning of April.

The prophecy has come true.

What will happen when Max Rockatansky hits 35,000 posts?

I'll use my power base to begin a siege of Quindaro.  It will be start of the Holy Butterfly War.

[kphoger]

I'll use my power base to begin a siege of Quindaro.  It will be start of the Holy Butterfly War.

On the one hand, there's no way that that's the worst possible answer.  Best, perhaps.

On the other hand, I look forward to hearing about it when it happens.

[JayhawkCO]

25 SEP 2026

With how things are going currently, I think we may have a new Grand Alan by the beginning of April.

The prophecy has come true.

What will happen when Max Rockatansky hits 35,000 posts?

I will spray my face with silver spray paint and yell "Witness!".

[Big John]

25 SEP 2026

With how things are going currently, I think we may have a new Grand Alan by the beginning of April.

The prophecy has come true.

What will happen when Max Rockatansky hits 35,000 posts?

all your posts will disappear and he will be the Grand Alan until someone else reaches 35000.

[kphoger]

all your posts will disappear and he will be the Grand Alan until someone else reaches 35000.

[Mapmikey]

25 SEP 2026

What will happen when Max Rockatansky hits 35,000 posts?

His local auto body shop will post his picture on their wall of fame.

[kphoger]

25 SEP 2026

What will happen when Max Rockatansky hits 35,000 posts?

All other ranks will be changed to "Goat".

[xonhulu]

25 SEP 2026

What will happen when Max Rockatansky hits 35,000 posts?

CalTrans will be pissed they have to replace them all.


Edit: Sorry, looks like Mapmikey had already made pretty much the same joke, That's what I get for posting before reading the other responses!

[kphoger]

25 SEP 2026

What will happen when Max Rockatansky hits 35,000 posts?

Scott has already cued A.I. to start creating forum posts under the agensteel53 user profile at that point—limited to seven posts per hour and a total of 31 posts per 24-hour period—until such time as it surpasses both Max Rockatansky and myself in total post count.  If Max or I post 22 or more posts per day, then the A.I. will throttle our post count by selecting some of our posts for deletion.  Once agentsteel53 reclaims the top spot, he will receive the [Grand Unified Alan of Alanland] rank, at which point all users' current ranks will become permanent.  Jake Bear will then officially become the Grand Unified Alan of Alanland, and he will be required by law to relocate his sign shop to the north wing of Quindaro Hall within six months or $500 (whichever comes first).

[Sapphuby]

25 SEP 2026

With how things are going currently, I think we may have a new Grand Alan by the beginning of April.

The prophecy has come true.

What will happen when Max Rockatansky hits 35,000 posts?

His comment UI will be due for the second ever site oil change that his shop will foot the bill for

[Molandfreak]

25 SEP 2026

With how things are going currently, I think we may have a new Grand Alan by the beginning of April.

The prophecy has come true.

What will happen when Max Rockatansky hits 35,000 posts?

@I-57/Route 66 Fan will also hit 35,000 posts.

[I-57/Route 66 Fan]

@I-57/Route 66 Fan will also hit 35,000 posts.

I hope so

[vdeane]

25 SEP 2026


What will happen when Max Rockatansky hits 35,000 posts?

Both will be forced to engage in a fight to the death to determine who the true Grand Alan is.

[I-57/Route 66 Fan]

25 SEP 2026

With how things are going currently, I think we may have a new Grand Alan by the beginning of April.

The prophecy has come true.

What will happen when Max Rockatansky hits 35,000 posts?

@kphoger will shut down the site!!!

[kurumi]

What will happen when Max Rockatansky hits 35,000 posts?

If post count is a 16-bit unsigned, then at 65,535 he would become MAX_INT

[Scott5114]

25 SEP 2026

With how things are going currently, I think we may have a new Grand Alan by the beginning of April.

The prophecy has come true.

What will happen when Max Rockatansky hits 35,000 posts?

An Alandown.

[Max Rockatansky]

9/26/26 - We already know what the transportation sector ROI is for the Optimus Robot.  What is the optimal transportation ROI for the Megatron Robot?

[xonhulu]

9/26/26 - We already know what the transportation sector ROI is for the Optimus Robot.  What is the optimal transportation ROI for the Megatron Robot?

Somehow, it will be -80%. Serves them right for investing in evil. Plus, transphobic right-wingers are going to ban the entire Transformers product and anything named after it, anyway. Sorry, Elon.

While I'm at it, the name of Optimus Prime's arch-enemy shouldn't have been Megatron, anyway.  It should have been Pessimus Composite.

Rambling answer concluded.

[formulanone]

9/26/26 - We already know what the transportation sector ROI is for the Optimus Robot.  What is the optimal transportation ROI for the Megatron Robot?

Me Grimlock do not understand question, and neither do Slag nor Snarl. Due to Dinobot Majority Rule, we no defeat Megatron before Insecticons or harvest suffer.

[Sapphuby]

9/26/26 - We already know what the transportation sector ROI is for the Optimus Robot.  What is the optimal transportation ROI for the Megatron Robot?

Bullying Meg already has an assumed 100% ROI no matter the apparent cost

[1995hoo]

9/26/26 - We already know what the transportation sector ROI is for the Optimus Robot.  What is the optimal transportation ROI for the Megatron Robot?

Something that results in the robot surviving when Shockwave appears on the scene. (I assume I'm not the only person who remembers this issue of the comic book. My brother had a copy.)