maybe it's a "what if?/elseworlds" comic

[rone]

Why does smccloud's map of Western Europe depict a Germany that encompasses Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, the eastern half of Austria, Hungary, and Slovenia (as well as Luxembourg and possibly Liechtenstein [thanks, eqe])?  UPDATE: Scott acknowledges and regrets the error.

Also, why does Google Chrome sound like Google is reinventing emacs as a Web browser, with Javascript instead of Lisp?

Comments

[ewx.livejournal.com]

Looks like he's drained the Black Sea too. Which should put an end to the strategic questions over Sevastopol.

[sweh.livejournal.com]

If history has taught us anything it's that drawing lines on a map is fun... err... doesn't work.

[pennyhill.livejournal.com]

Even more disturbing, Iceland seems to be speaking in that panel!

[erikred.livejournal.com]

Actually, it's Denmark's new plan. We only pretend to be mild-mannered reasonable Socialists.

[opadit.livejournal.com]

Duh, it's an allegory of Google's long-term scheme to take over as many sectors of the economy as it possibly can. It's only up to the allegorical equivalent of Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, the eastern half of Austria, Hungary, and Slovenia at the moment.

[eqe.livejournal.com]

Also, he's definitely got Luxembourg and, I think, Lichtenstein too.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Good catch, man.

[wisn.livejournal.com]

Ein volk, ein reich, ein browser!

And this is a problem????

[drieuxster.livejournal.com]

In the new world order countries need to feel safe about their needs to restore the wetlands and such to countries which could fall to terrorism or ferrign devil isms...

[damienw]

Well, emacs is a rather interesting operating system wrapped around an at best adequate text editor, so...

I guess you have been reading Yegge?

[dagbrown.livejournal.com]

Fortunately he's bridged England and France, although I don't remember England being quite that sea-cucumber-shaped in the past.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Never heard of him.

[brokensymmetry.livejournal.com]

All programs expand until they can run psychoanalyze-pinhead.

[damienw]

http://steve.yegge.googlepages.com/

summary: emacs/lisp/server-side javascript

I'm not sure what

[notr.livejournal.com]

Google Chrome sounds like, but it sure looks like the most disappointing Chick tract ever. I kept waiting for it to be too late for other browsers to accept Jesus.