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- [2010-05-05 14:20:10] =-= Topic for #site19 is ``Welcome to #site19 || http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/ || Sandbox for drafts: http://scpsandboxwiki.wikidot.com/ || #scpactiveduty || http://tinyurl.com/scpmap SCP User Map || The Password is Frozen Pool || Carl Sagan is Fucking Awesome, the Musical: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSgiXGELjbc''
- [2010-05-05 14:20:10] =-= Topic for #site19 was set by Bright on May-04-10 02:58:57
- [2010-05-05 14:20:15] <N00Bish_Legend> afternoon
- [2010-05-05 14:20:28] <Trace> ugh the stupid duets with the stupid lokomos in the fire realm I can't get it right
- [2010-05-05 14:20:40] <A_Fat_Ghost> oh hey, any of you kids think you could speed up some audio for me?
- [2010-05-05 14:20:52] <Zander> Mornin'
- [2010-05-05 14:20:58] <Trace> get audacity and do it yourself
- [2010-05-05 14:21:13] <A_Fat_Ghost> I don't know what that is and I don't want it
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- [2010-05-05 14:22:25] <Tribalbob> Did you just call me a kid?
- [2010-05-05 14:22:41] <Tribalbob> How old are you, obese ectomorph?
- [2010-05-05 14:23:07] <Alias> Bob did you read the chat guidelines?
- [2010-05-05 14:23:26] <Sparks> Yes
- [2010-05-05 14:23:26] <A_Fat_Ghost> old enough to party
- [2010-05-05 14:23:59] <Sparks> Huh, My highlights are off.
- [2010-05-05 14:24:13] <Sparks> Better fix that
- [2010-05-05 14:24:14] =-= YOU are now known as TheRaven
- [2010-05-05 14:24:14] *nickserv* This nickname is registered and protected. If it is your
- [2010-05-05 14:24:15] *nickserv* nick, type /msg NickServ IDENTIFY password. Otherwise,
- [2010-05-05 14:24:15] *nickserv* please choose a different nick.
- [2010-05-05 14:24:33] <MisterFlames> Ghost calls everyone a kid or son. Even me, and I'm prolly old enough to be *his* dad.
- [2010-05-05 14:24:50] <Gwendolyn> Anybody know of a free program that can take apart .swf files?
- [2010-05-05 14:25:08] =-= User mode for TheRaven is now +r
- [2010-05-05 14:25:08] *nickserv* Password accepted - you are now recognized.
- [2010-05-05 14:25:44] <A_Fat_Ghost> swftools?
- [2010-05-05 14:27:09] <Gwendolyn> I'll give that a try
- [2010-05-05 14:27:12] <TheRaven> Afternoon everybody.
- [2010-05-05 14:27:15] <Clef> Ghost is mentally a crotchety old man
- [2010-05-05 14:27:27] <A_Fat_Ghost> morning chickencrow
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- [2010-05-05 14:27:40] <A_Fat_Ghost> not only that, I'm also mentally a muppet
- [2010-05-05 14:28:52] <A_Fat_Ghost> http://itsgoodtotalk.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/waldorf_statler1.jpg
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- [2010-05-05 14:29:42] <Zander> http://www.chilligansisland.com/2009/09/27/statler-waldorf-vs-mystery-science-theater-3000-there-can-be-no-winner/
- [2010-05-05 14:30:46] <A_Fat_Ghost> mike and the bots appear to be on the wrong side of the theatre
- [2010-05-05 14:31:05] <Zander> Yeah, but it makes it look like they're looking at eachother there .
- [2010-05-05 14:31:17] <A_Fat_Ghost> your mum.
- [2010-05-05 14:31:55] <Zander> What about her? I mean, beyond the obvious that she's a psychotic whore.
- [2010-05-05 14:32:37] <TheRaven> Note to self: stay away from Zander's mom.
- [2010-05-05 14:32:38] <A_Fat_Ghost> those attributes are exactly relevant to the topic
- [2010-05-05 14:32:44] <A_Fat_Ghost> you just don't realise it yet
- [2010-05-05 14:33:33] <Zander> Ahh, fair enough on that. But yeah, good advice to follow Raven. Good advice.
- [2010-05-05 14:35:44] <Zander> It's hard to find good mother's day cards to cover that issue.
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- [2010-05-05 14:36:08] <Zander> "Happy Mother's day, please respect the restraining order."
- [2010-05-05 14:37:19] <A_Fat_Ghost> send a fathers' day card instead
- [2010-05-05 14:37:30] <A_Fat_Ghost> she'll understand
- [2010-05-05 14:38:02] <Clef> :P :P :P
- [2010-05-05 14:38:56] <Zander> The real fun part is that I got.. eh, about 30% chance of going mad like her, if the current understanding of schizophrenia is correct.
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- [2010-05-05 14:41:16] <A_Fat_Ghost> drop a bunch of acid
- [2010-05-05 14:41:21] <A_Fat_Ghost> it may just save your life
- [2010-05-05 14:41:38] <Zander> Or just move things along. Either way, really.
- [2010-05-05 14:41:48] <A_Fat_Ghost> well, I mean, when you get to that point
- [2010-05-05 14:41:49] <Zander> Can't think of a downside.
- [2010-05-05 14:42:07] <A_Fat_Ghost> for now just stick to whatever it is you're smoking
- [2010-05-05 14:42:33] <Zander> The sad part is, I'm stone sober right now.
- [2010-05-05 14:42:45] <A_Fat_Ghost> that's not sad at all
- [2010-05-05 14:42:51] <A_Fat_Ghost> it's not even noon yet
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- [2010-05-05 14:43:43] <Zander> Well, it's well past noon where I am . Though my coworker suggests 3 olive lunches every other day, we never follow his suggestion.
- [2010-05-05 14:44:02] <Alias> Alright, I did a proofreading run on this thing while fully conscious >.> http://scpsandboxwiki.wikidot.com/alias
- [2010-05-05 14:44:21] <A_Fat_Ghost> I prefer a sandwich-and-a-bong brunch
- [2010-05-05 14:44:34] <Alias> (Random-transforming guy SCP idea again)
- [2010-05-05 14:44:43] <A_Fat_Ghost> oh hey alias I didn't even notice you were awake yet.
- [2010-05-05 14:45:15] <Alias> <.< But we were discussing the weather.
- [2010-05-05 14:45:32] <A_Fat_Ghost> I've been up all night cut me some slack
- [2010-05-05 14:45:53] <A_Fat_Ghost> anyhow, first thing's first, you don't need the item title in the "item #:"heading"
- [2010-05-05 14:46:24] <Gnosis> !search gender
- [2010-05-05 14:46:25] <Nala> Gnosis: http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-113 - The Gender-Switcher
- [2010-05-05 14:46:37] <Alias> Yeah, I know. I usually stick it there in the drafts though cause otherwise I forget to make a title till the very last second.
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- [2010-05-05 14:47:24] <A_Fat_Ghost> also, regarding the addendum
- [2010-05-05 14:47:47] <A_Fat_Ghost> I can understand if it's a shapeshifter, but why the ability to grow metal?
- [2010-05-05 14:47:54] <A_Fat_Ghost> and why only reference it in the addendum?
- [2010-05-05 14:49:13] <Alias> ...that's a good point. And I suppose there's no reason for it to be metal, I'll change it to just 'conductive'.
- [2010-05-05 14:49:17] <A_Fat_Ghost> also, if it was an asian boy before turning into raiden, I don't think that would be considered a "first" form
- [2010-05-05 14:50:32] <Alias> Right, first /metamorphic/ form.
- [2010-05-05 14:52:47] <SophosBlitz> metalmorphic
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- [2010-05-05 14:53:09] <Zander> \m/
- [2010-05-05 14:53:22] <A_Fat_Ghost> metalli
- [2010-05-05 14:53:23] <A_Fat_Ghost> x
- [2010-05-05 14:54:03] <A_Fat_Ghost> also, the phrasing on "SCP-XXX could electrocute humans by consciously triggering a discharge while within range of the arc effect"
- [2010-05-05 14:54:14] <A_Fat_Ghost> seems a bit odd
- [2010-05-05 14:54:33] <Alias> Yeah wasn't sure how to say that.
- [2010-05-05 14:55:59] <A_Fat_Ghost> well, you mention in the sentence before that is caused arcs
- [2010-05-05 14:56:15] <A_Fat_Ghost> all you really have to do in that setnence there is convey that it can aim them
- [2010-05-05 14:57:46] <A_Fat_Ghost> also, I concur with the earlier sentiment that destroying the entire village is too much
- [2010-05-05 14:58:43] <A_Fat_Ghost> in fact, the actual backstory/retrieval of the item isn't really a necessity at all
- [2010-05-05 14:59:54] <Alias> Possibly. I added it because I felt like the article lacked any sort of conclusion before.
- [2010-05-05 14:59:58] <Alias> It just kinda stopped.
- [2010-05-05 15:00:07] <A_Fat_Ghost> such is the way
- [2010-05-05 15:00:13] <A_Fat_Ghost> you're not really trying to tell a story here
- [2010-05-05 15:00:28] <Zander> I really need to start working on this idea more. The basic premise is creepy (to me, anyway) but pulling it off with the appropiate amount of menace is hard.
- [2010-05-05 15:01:22] <TheRaven> Closure in the Foundation is "We set it on fire, and shot it. Then we fed it to Clef."
- [2010-05-05 15:01:42] <A_Fat_Ghost> closure is "The enclosure must be cleaned on a bi-weekly basis."
- [2010-05-05 15:03:03] <Zander> One of the worst jobs at the Foundation. Though... Frankly being the attending physician for the Montauk Procedure is close.
- [2010-05-05 15:03:04] <Alias> True, but I don't want it to end on that bulleted list Hmmm >.>
- [2010-05-05 15:04:59] <A_Fat_Ghost> you could turn it into an addendum if you want
- [2010-05-05 15:05:48] <A_Fat_Ghost> also, speaking of that bulleted list
- [2010-05-05 15:05:55] <A_Fat_Ghost> you can probably lose "SCP-XXX’s phobia of flying insects was noted and added to the containment procedures. "
- [2010-05-05 15:06:40] <A_Fat_Ghost> same for the "apparently" in "apparently female humanoid"
- [2010-05-05 15:06:45] <Alias> True, alright, got rid of that.
- [2010-05-05 15:07:16] <A_Fat_Ghost> in fact, since every entry on the list begins with "humanoid", you can probably lose those too, and just make it a note in the description section that it's always humanoid
- [2010-05-05 15:07:28] <TheRaven> We're doctors. We can tell a female humanoid when we look at one.
- [2010-05-05 15:08:05] <A_Fat_Ghost> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7n9jGw6aOco
- [2010-05-05 15:11:01] <A_Fat_Ghost> also, there are a good few occasions I'm seeing where "SCP-XXX" could be better replaced with "it"
- [2010-05-05 15:12:00] <A_Fat_Ghost> i.e. "roughly 30% of SCP-XXX’s waking hours"
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- [2010-05-05 15:19:05] <A_Fat_Ghost> also also, perhaps there should be something added to the procedures section about colling the thing, so it doesn't up and die on us
- [2010-05-05 15:19:10] <A_Fat_Ghost> cooling, rather
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- [2010-05-05 15:22:41] <Alias> Right. Current revision looks like this: http://scpsandboxwiki.wikidot.com/alias
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- [2010-05-05 15:24:17] <AssertiveRoland> Haha
- [2010-05-05 15:24:25] <AssertiveRoland> IWBTG in 914 on Fine?
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- [2010-05-05 15:24:27] <Sparks> May I suggest shortening "genetic testing suggests it was once █████████ █████, a young Asian male." to "genetic testing suggests it was once a young Asian male."? It seems more scientific to me.
- [2010-05-05 15:24:33] <AssertiveRoland> Hell, they probably did that poor researcher a favor
- [2010-05-05 15:24:43] * AssertiveRoland has beaten IWBTG. It was...unpleasant
- [2010-05-05 15:24:50] <Piedmont2> Ooh. What are we discussing?
- [2010-05-05 15:25:12] <A_Fat_Ghost> a draft
- [2010-05-05 15:25:13] <A_Fat_Ghost> http://scpsandboxwiki.wikidot.com/alias
- [2010-05-05 15:25:14] <Alias> http://scpsandboxwiki.wikidot.com/alias
- [2010-05-05 15:25:16] <A_Fat_Ghost> right there
- [2010-05-05 15:25:22] <Alias> Wait, what's this about IWBTG?
- [2010-05-05 15:25:59] <A_Fat_Ghost> oh for fuck's sake
- [2010-05-05 15:26:09] <A_Fat_Ghost> when will kids learn to stop putting videogames in the 914 test log
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- [2010-05-05 15:26:14] <AssertiveRoland> A 914 experiment involving I Wanna Be The Guy
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- [2010-05-05 15:26:26] <Bright> Hmm.
- [2010-05-05 15:26:49] <Sparks> I better do this before I get disconnected again.
- [2010-05-05 15:26:56] <Sparks> !search stairwell
- [2010-05-05 15:26:56] <Nala> Sparks: http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-087 - The Stairwell
- [2010-05-05 15:27:26] <Sparks> Yep, that's it. Thanks, Nala!
- [2010-05-05 15:27:29] <Kald> Oh for fuck's sake.
- [2010-05-05 15:27:34] <Kald> Why, Youtube, why?
- [2010-05-05 15:27:54] <A_Fat_Ghost> there's been a lot of that going around, kald
- [2010-05-05 15:28:11] <TheRaven> Youtube is cocks lately.
- [2010-05-05 15:28:21] <A_Fat_Ghost> but back to this draft; I notice that the blackout on the item's internal temperature is four boxes long
- [2010-05-05 15:28:25] <Kald> I looked up Rammstein's "Ich tu dir weh"
- [2010-05-05 15:28:33] <A_Fat_Ghost> you might want to take one or two of those out
- [2010-05-05 15:28:50] <Kald> And apparently, they have to change the sound to somethign earsplittingly horrendous or else Youtube will remove it.
- [2010-05-05 15:28:55] <Kald> Fuck you and eat shit, Google.
- [2010-05-05 15:29:00] <TheRaven> Basically.
- [2010-05-05 15:29:28] <Alias> There's meant to be a decimal point in there. You've got a point though >.> I'll shorten it.
- [2010-05-05 15:29:33] <Kald> Seriously
- [2010-05-05 15:29:34] <Kald> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqx1teBBNrU&feature=related
- [2010-05-05 15:29:43] <A_Fat_Ghost> really?
- [2010-05-05 15:29:51] <Kald> Does this not feel like the devil thrusting his musty cock into your ear canal?
- [2010-05-05 15:30:06] <AssertiveRoland> Well now I'm totally going to click on that link
- [2010-05-05 15:30:11] <A_Fat_Ghost> you're going to pull an "I think this milk is rotten, smell it"?
- [2010-05-05 15:30:15] <TheRaven> Yep.
- [2010-05-05 15:30:36] <Kald> No, I want you to share what I'm going through
- [2010-05-05 15:30:40] <Kald> Time to download the album
- [2010-05-05 15:30:52] <TheRaven> Kald, I've got it downloaded already.
- [2010-05-05 15:30:53] =-= Kald was booted from #site19 by A_Fat_Ghost (and I want a million sandwiches)
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- [2010-05-05 15:31:26] <Kald> Better get busy then
- [2010-05-05 15:31:31] * Trace switches Sakura for Ino, Ino for Hinata, and Hinata for Sakura. For Want Of a Nail, to the extreme!
- [2010-05-05 15:31:39] <A_Fat_Ghost> also, I think if the item has breached containment once or twice, it's containment needs an upgrade from "simple, padded cell"
- [2010-05-05 15:31:45] <TheRaven> Kald, that album is insanely fast to find.
- [2010-05-05 15:32:21] <Kald> Aye, but I am, by nature, a lazy person.
- [2010-05-05 15:32:29] <Alias> Well, it's also got all the measures mentioned above.
- [2010-05-05 15:32:52] <Trace> Ghost you swapped its for it's again
- [2010-05-05 15:33:13] <Trace> ...I think it shoudl be its
- [2010-05-05 15:33:31] <Kald> You're right, Trace
- [2010-05-05 15:33:38] <A_Fat_Ghost> son, if you worry about my punctuation over internet relay chat
- [2010-05-05 15:33:43] <A_Fat_Ghost> you're not going to have a fun time here.
- [2010-05-05 15:33:59] <A_Fat_Ghost> to quote mister zimmerman, I GUARANTEE IT
- [2010-05-05 15:35:10] <Kald> Anyway
- [2010-05-05 15:35:16] <Kald> Did anybody see the new Homestuck page
- [2010-05-05 15:35:34] <A_Fat_Ghost> now, concerning the containment procedures, perhaps craneflies or something should be used instead of wasps
- [2010-05-05 15:35:57] <A_Fat_Ghost> if you've counting on the item's phobia, it's probably best not to introduce a bunch of bugs that might sting it to death
- [2010-05-05 15:35:59] <Kald> ...say, could somebody link me that draft? I'm suddenly interested.
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- [2010-05-05 15:36:13] <A_Fat_Ghost> http://scpsandboxwiki.wikidot.com/alias
- [2010-05-05 15:38:09] <Alias> Crane flies... oh, /those/ things. Yeah, that would probably work better.
- [2010-05-05 15:38:12] * Alias shudder
- [2010-05-05 15:38:32] <A_Fat_Ghost> craneflies come to mind just because they're big and annoying
- [2010-05-05 15:39:23] <A_Fat_Ghost> there are probably better ones to use
- [2010-05-05 15:41:01] <Alias> Maybe blackflies? They're bitey without being potentially life threatening, and it might manage to kill a swarm of crane flies.
- [2010-05-05 15:41:18] <A_Fat_Ghost> go for it
- [2010-05-05 15:42:30] <A_Fat_Ghost> in the description section, you could probably ditch "always longer than a week and shorter than a year,"
- [2010-05-05 15:42:43] <A_Fat_Ghost> since you list a mean time right afterward
- [2010-05-05 15:43:40] <Alias> Right.
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- [2010-05-05 15:43:57] <Quikngruvn> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmidt_Sting_Pain_Index
- [2010-05-05 15:44:01] <Sparks> "Tall and then" you mean "Tall and thin", yes?
- [2010-05-05 15:44:27] <Alias> ...yes I do.
- [2010-05-05 15:44:43] <Alias> That typo survived a lot of proofreading >.>
- [2010-05-05 15:45:06] <Quikngruvn> "2.0 Yellowjacket: Hot and smoky, almost irreverent. Imagine W. C. Fields extinguishing a cigar on your tongue."
- [2010-05-05 15:45:16] <A_Fat_Ghost> the first entry in the bullet list there is one of those situations where you could drop "SCP-XXX" in favour of "it"
- [2010-05-05 15:45:30] <Quikngruvn> "3.0 Red harvester ant: Bold and unrelenting. Somebody is using a drill to excavate your ingrown toenail."
- [2010-05-05 15:46:00] <Quikngruvn> "4.0+ Bullet ant: Pure, intense, brilliant pain. Like fire-walking over flaming charcoal with a 3-inch rusty nail in your heel."
- [2010-05-05 15:46:37] <Alias> Oh, I missed that one. I meant to removed all the SCP-XXXs from the addendum. There, got it.
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- [2010-05-05 15:49:45] <Alias> ...I assume they named the bullet ant because its bite feels like being shot?
- [2010-05-05 15:50:03] <Quikngruvn> Probably. The scale only goes up to 4.
- [2010-05-05 15:50:48] * AssertiveRoland hrm hrm hrm
- [2010-05-05 15:51:21] <Quikngruvn> Also, I would be disappointed if the wasps were totally removed from the containment procedures, but that's just me.
- [2010-05-05 15:51:46] <Alias> Honestly black flies are almost worse.
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- [2010-05-05 15:52:23] <qntm> A rock the size of your home town.
- [2010-05-05 15:52:32] <Alias> Imagine a mosquito that you cannot kill no matter how hard you try >.>
- [2010-05-05 15:52:37] <qntm> Incoming at eleven kay em ess.
- [2010-05-05 15:52:51] <A_Fat_Ghost> what do
- [2010-05-05 15:53:02] <qntm> On impact: near-instantaneous human extinction.
- [2010-05-05 15:53:03] <A_Fat_Ghost> welcome back son
- [2010-05-05 15:53:09] <qntm> You have one hundred minutes. It's time to save the world.
- [2010-05-05 15:53:14] <Tom90deg> Evening all
- [2010-05-05 15:53:32] <Tom90deg> 100 minutes to save the world? bit of a tall order
- [2010-05-05 15:53:35] <A_Fat_Ghost> related: http://www.nfb.ca/film/blackfly/
- [2010-05-05 15:53:47] <qntm> Exactly the length of the motion picture, as luck would have it!
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- [2010-05-05 15:53:57] <TheRaven> Fuck blackflies.
- [2010-05-05 15:54:00] <A_Fat_Ghost> morning tommydegger
- [2010-05-05 15:54:09] <TheRaven> But deerflies are the worst in the world.
- [2010-05-05 15:54:16] <Tom90deg> Evening AFG
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- [2010-05-05 15:54:35] <Tom90deg> dunno, I hate those big ol flies that take a chunk out of you when they bite...forget the name..
- [2010-05-05 15:54:41] <Eric_H> Good afternoon everyone
- [2010-05-05 15:54:54] <TheRaven> Those are deerflies
- [2010-05-05 15:55:27] <Alias> Oh gah >.> "DEET-based insect repellents may attract greater numbers of black flies"
- [2010-05-05 15:55:36] <Alias> Well I'm not trying that again.
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- [2010-05-05 15:55:53] <Eric_H> Tom: horseflies.
- [2010-05-05 15:55:56] <A_Fat_Ghost> yeah horse/deer/gad flies are pretty much dicks
- [2010-05-05 15:56:27] <Tom90deg> indeed
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- [2010-05-05 15:56:43] <Tom90deg> they still use DDT over here in india
- [2010-05-05 15:56:52] <Eric_H> Really, Alias? So you get poisoned, plus you ATTRACT flies? Yech.
- [2010-05-05 15:57:25] <Tom90deg> i think it's diluted or something, or it's another chemical with the initals DDT
- [2010-05-05 15:57:35] <Eric_H> At least DDT works.
- [2010-05-05 15:57:37] <A_Fat_Ghost> in north ontar-i-o-i-o
- [2010-05-05 15:58:16] <AssertiveRoland> Anybody up to read a draft of my short story thing?
- [2010-05-05 15:58:16] <Eric_H> Here it got banned 30 years ago, so now there is a bedbug epidemic in the US.
- [2010-05-05 15:58:18] <Tom90deg> It...kinda does
- [2010-05-05 15:58:18] <TheRaven> It takes a hellofalot more than DEET to keep mosquitoes away here,
- [2010-05-05 15:58:35] <Tom90deg> the problem is that it kills all the mosquios. Except the ones resistant to DDT
- [2010-05-05 15:58:51] <Tom90deg> and then all the wildlife that eats mosquietos die from lack of food
- [2010-05-05 15:58:59] <AssertiveRoland> http://pastebin.com/zCdjPSF4
- [2010-05-05 15:59:01] <AssertiveRoland> Check it out folks
- [2010-05-05 15:59:02] <Tom90deg> then the DDT resistant mosquietos swarm
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- [2010-05-05 15:59:21] <TheRaven> http://img.webmd.com/dtmcms/live/webmd/consumer_assets/site_images/articles/health_tools/bad_bugs_slideshow/getty_rm_photo_of_deerfly.jpg
- [2010-05-05 15:59:33] <Tom90deg> On a happier note, Apple may be (finaly) getting invsstigated by the DOJ
- [2010-05-05 15:59:33] <TheRaven> That is a deerfly. We get them by the millions.
- [2010-05-05 15:59:46] <Sparks> Tom90deg: for?
- [2010-05-05 16:00:18] <Tom90deg> Uncompetive practices, the Adobe thing is getting them on their radar
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- [2010-05-05 16:00:59] <Gwendolyn> Uncompetive?
- [2010-05-05 16:01:11] <TheRaven> The Iphone SDK thing.
- [2010-05-05 16:01:13] <Tom90deg> Or something..hold on
- [2010-05-05 16:01:30] <A_Fat_Ghost> http://www.nfb.ca/film/log_drivers_waltz
- [2010-05-05 16:01:50] <Tom90deg> yah, they (I think) changed the EUA at the last moment, to basicaly freeze any Flash development
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- [2010-05-05 16:02:34] <TheRaven> Basically, HERP DERP NO FLASH FOR U.
- [2010-05-05 16:02:42] <Tom90deg> http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/wsj-confirms-apple-under-preliminary-antitrust-investigation-ove/
- [2010-05-05 16:02:52] * AssertiveRoland waits for any feedback
- [2010-05-05 16:03:00] <Tom90deg> I just think it's funny in a way that if MS was doing this, people would be screaming bloody murder
- [2010-05-05 16:03:06] <Tom90deg> moent AR, readin
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- [2010-05-05 16:03:38] <Trae> Whatcha reading?
- [2010-05-05 16:04:10] <Tom90deg> short stroy by AR
- [2010-05-05 16:04:32] <Trace> ...what happened to phones being used to CALL PEOPLE
- [2010-05-05 16:04:45] <TheRaven> ^
- [2010-05-05 16:04:53] <Tom90deg> Computers got small enough to fit in phones :)
- [2010-05-05 16:04:54] <Quikngruvn> How 20th Century.
- [2010-05-05 16:05:16] <Loreweaver> AR!
- [2010-05-05 16:05:18] * Loreweaver hucks Roland into a vat full of Dr Manhattan schlongs
- [2010-05-05 16:05:22] <Eric_H> Roland...good story, but the line "the eyes raised a half-filled glass" kind of threw me.
- [2010-05-05 16:05:37] <Trace> Screw the microcomputer WHERE IS MY FLYING CAR THAT FOLDS INTO A BRIEFCASE
- [2010-05-05 16:05:45] <Clef> BEHOLDERS
- [2010-05-05 16:07:05] <Eric_H> Trace, have you got my jetpack?
- [2010-05-05 16:07:05] <AssertiveRoland> AUGH!
- [2010-05-05 16:07:05] * AssertiveRoland is subjected to a fate worse than death
- [2010-05-05 16:07:05] <AssertiveRoland> Any feedback, Eric?
- [2010-05-05 16:07:05] <AssertiveRoland> does it provide a sense of menace?
- [2010-05-05 16:07:15] <Eric_H> Roland, yes...good sense of menace (once I went back to see what SCP-140 was).
- [2010-05-05 16:07:18] <Loreweaver> >=3
- [2010-05-05 16:07:18] <Loreweaver> I actually came in after you posted the link
- [2010-05-05 16:07:18] <Loreweaver> Repoast?
- [2010-05-05 16:07:31] <AssertiveRoland> http://pastebin.com/zCdjPSF4
- [2010-05-05 16:08:14] <AssertiveRoland> The story is more-or-less done, although I hope my assumptions about how the Foundation's personnel would treat the viewpoint character are more or less accurate?
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- [2010-05-05 16:10:37] <Trae> I'd rather have a teleporter. Or a holoroom.
- [2010-05-05 16:11:31] <AssertiveRoland> ?
- [2010-05-05 16:11:41] <A_Fat_Ghost> who's this trae?
- [2010-05-05 16:12:13] <Loreweaver> Hrm
- [2010-05-05 16:12:23] <Loreweaver> It's well-written
- [2010-05-05 16:12:46] <AssertiveRoland> But...?
- [2010-05-05 16:12:55] <AssertiveRoland> I sense a but
- [2010-05-05 16:12:57] <Loreweaver> But the Foundation is founded upon overcaution. He'd be bitter, yes, because his warning didn't matter--not because the Foundation didn't take steps.
- [2010-05-05 16:13:05] <Loreweaver> Other than that
- [2010-05-05 16:13:15] <Loreweaver> A few wordings choices I wouldn't have made, but very good
- [2010-05-05 16:13:46] <AssertiveRoland> My presumption was twofold
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- [2010-05-05 16:14:31] * Trae has been playing Warcraft 3 recently. Is so far behind the gaming times.
- [2010-05-05 16:14:44] <AssertiveRoland> the first is that it IS a little ambiguous if, even subconsciously, Thomas basically decided "Fuck it, they don't take me seriously anyways" and didn't make his feelings on the danger clear
- [2010-05-05 16:14:45] <Loreweaver> WC II is where it's at
- [2010-05-05 16:15:03] <AssertiveRoland> I mean, he's in an intensely frustrating position, right?
- [2010-05-05 16:15:12] <Loreweaver> Hrm
- [2010-05-05 16:15:15] <Loreweaver> That's true
- [2010-05-05 16:15:33] <AssertiveRoland> The Foundation's basically scientific; it's a hard sciences club. He's one of the few soft sciences/history guys, so I don't think he gets that much respect
- [2010-05-05 16:15:49] <Loreweaver> And he's in a sticky position because if he HAD warned them properly it might have been different
- [2010-05-05 16:16:00] <AssertiveRoland> Combine that with the maddening fact that he's expected to spout information for them, but not allowed to actually be a HISTORIAN, and he'd be intensely bitter
- [2010-05-05 16:16:47] <AssertiveRoland> He's not allowed to publish his research, teach, or further human knowledge- if anything SCP-140-A has a point; he's basically being told to waste his talents
- [2010-05-05 16:17:00] <TheRaven> SCP-140
- [2010-05-05 16:17:01] <Nala> TheRaven: http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-140 - An Incomplete Chronicle
- [2010-05-05 16:17:24] <AssertiveRoland> So he may have had that subconscious "You know what, they don't give a shit anyways. They've turned me into a chronicler, not a historian. This'll show them."
- [2010-05-05 16:17:38] <Alias> 140 really was a good one.
- [2010-05-05 16:17:43] <AssertiveRoland> VERY subconscious; he's not supposed to be an evil man
- [2010-05-05 16:17:49] <AssertiveRoland> but it might have been a factor
- [2010-05-05 16:17:56] <Loreweaver> And he's in a sticky position because if he HAD warned them properly it might have been different
- [2010-05-05 16:17:56] <Loreweaver> Hrm
- [2010-05-05 16:17:56] <Loreweaver> Also true I suppose
- [2010-05-05 16:17:56] <Loreweaver> But I think that the first thing to be eliminated from an organization like the Foundation would be beaurocratic politics
- [2010-05-05 16:17:56] <Loreweaver> They're inefficient
- [2010-05-05 16:17:56] <Loreweaver> Dangerous
- [2010-05-05 16:17:56] <Loreweaver> And harmful to humanity as an whole
- [2010-05-05 16:18:13] <AssertiveRoland> That and, well, there's probably no reasonable way to have warned them anyways
- [2010-05-05 16:18:44] <AssertiveRoland> You do know what I mean by the distinction between chronicler and historian, right?
- [2010-05-05 16:19:04] <AssertiveRoland> it's a very neurotic distinction
- [2010-05-05 16:19:17] <Loreweaver> True
- [2010-05-05 16:19:31] <Loreweaver> No, it's very well done, i approve heartily
- [2010-05-05 16:20:00] <AssertiveRoland> Ok, and I'm not violating canon or anything by having him be treated that way?
- [2010-05-05 16:20:01] <Loreweaver> I simply believe that the Foundation wouldn't have ignored ANY reasonable warning, so you're right, he must have said fuck it
- [2010-05-05 16:20:19] <AssertiveRoland> I don't want the Foundation to come off as incompetent, I've just assumed they're very science-biased
- [2010-05-05 16:20:27] <A_Fat_Ghost> well
- [2010-05-05 16:20:31] <A_Fat_Ghost> science is important, yes
- [2010-05-05 16:20:42] <Loreweaver> Yes, it is
- [2010-05-05 16:20:44] <Loreweaver> But
- [2010-05-05 16:20:46] <A_Fat_Ghost> but there are also a lot of considerations that have to be made about the items themselves
- [2010-05-05 16:20:46] <Loreweaver> But but but
- [2010-05-05 16:20:51] <A_Fat_Ghost> and their histories, if relevant
- [2010-05-05 16:20:52] <Loreweaver> They're a protection agency
- [2010-05-05 16:20:56] <DWR> The foundation is also very practical.
- [2010-05-05 16:21:00] <Loreweaver> With a lot of experience with the inexplicable
- [2010-05-05 16:21:16] <Loreweaver> They DO NOT ignore warnings because they're 'silly'
- [2010-05-05 16:21:21] <A_Fat_Ghost> all the stuff that basically isn't put into the article because it has nothing to do with actually containing the thing
- [2010-05-05 16:21:38] <Loreweaver> Even 'I think 131 has Keter potential' WILL be examined, HOWEVER brief it may be
- [2010-05-05 16:21:53] <A_Fat_Ghost> personally, I'm not exactly sure what's supposed to have happened at the dig being alluded to, or even who was digging for what
- [2010-05-05 16:22:29] <Loreweaver> Probably a surviving relic of the civilization got loose
- [2010-05-05 16:22:38] <DWR> http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/7609/hyut0npnbvt8.jpg
- [2010-05-05 16:22:48] <AssertiveRoland> It's in the article, Fat_Ghost. A Foundation archaeological team was digging up a site from the civilization
- [2010-05-05 16:22:56] <Trae> Hehe.
- [2010-05-05 16:23:11] <AssertiveRoland> and Bad Things Happened, they Woke Somewhat Which Was Not Meant To Be Woken, et cetera, et cetera
- [2010-05-05 16:23:12] <A_Fat_Ghost> ah
- [2010-05-05 16:23:21] <Loreweaver> Heehee
- [2010-05-05 16:23:29] <Loreweaver> 'I am not a clever man'
- [2010-05-05 16:23:44] <AssertiveRoland> So I'm being unfair in my presumption?
- [2010-05-05 16:24:00] <A_Fat_Ghost> not really
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- [2010-05-05 16:24:21] <A_Fat_Ghost> that's just your interpretation of events concerning an item that were otherwise not mentioned
- [2010-05-05 16:24:22] <Alias> Roland, would you mind if other people made SCPs connected to you Daevites? Not that I have anything particular in mind, but >.>
- [2010-05-05 16:24:25] <TroyL> Is CandidKiss's chat alter ego on right now?
- [2010-05-05 16:24:32] <AssertiveRoland> Not at all, Alias; I'd love it
- [2010-05-05 16:24:37] <A_Fat_Ghost> chat alter ego?
- [2010-05-05 16:24:39] <Loreweaver> =D
- [2010-05-05 16:24:40] <Loreweaver> Awesome.
- [2010-05-05 16:24:41] * AssertiveRoland would be positively tickled with delight
- [2010-05-05 16:24:44] <A_Fat_Ghost> what are you talking about?
- [2010-05-05 16:24:57] <Loreweaver> I was thinking of having Agent Finn encounter one or two as well
- [2010-05-05 16:25:01] <AssertiveRoland> Anyways, I doubt the Foundation exactly sponsors historical lectures or anything
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- [2010-05-05 16:25:36] <TroyL> There are about a dozen people who's chat names differ from their wiki names, and I've never seen anyone named "CandidKiss" in the chat, so I assumed they were different entities.
- [2010-05-05 16:25:51] <A_Fat_Ghost> candid has the same username both on and off irc
- [2010-05-05 16:25:58] <TroyL> Cooltimes.
- [2010-05-05 16:26:00] <Trae> Would discovered artifacts be given sub-SCP numbers or is it only the book?
- [2010-05-05 16:26:05] <Loreweaver> Jes' for clarification I don't usually vary my current handle x3
- [2010-05-05 16:26:07] <TroyL> Now I know, and knowing is half the battle.
- [2010-05-05 16:26:11] * MisterBibs done wrote a new story: http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/the-improbable-bibs
- [2010-05-05 16:26:19] <AssertiveRoland> Which is a large part of Thomas' frustration- (he's my in-universe parallel). He wanted to be a teacher
- [2010-05-05 16:26:39] <AssertiveRoland> and the Foundation basically snapped him up and said "screw that" after he Found Something That Was Not Supposed To Be There
- [2010-05-05 16:26:46] <DWR> Trae: just because an SCP is linked doesn't mean it has the same number.
- [2010-05-05 16:26:47] <A_Fat_Ghost> "a finite about of good luck in the universe"?
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- [2010-05-05 16:27:12] <MisterBibs> doh
- [2010-05-05 16:27:15] <AssertiveRoland> so he's been basically told "You can't do what you wanted to do in your life; welcome to a life as a glorified encyclopedia"
- [2010-05-05 16:27:32] <AssertiveRoland> And, quite frankly, his colleagues scare the crap out of him. :-P
- [2010-05-05 16:27:34] <Loreweaver> Question for the veterans
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- [2010-05-05 16:27:54] <AssertiveRoland> Trae, you can make them new numbers.
- [2010-05-05 16:27:57] <A_Fat_Ghost> also, you don't need to turn item designations into links
- [2010-05-05 16:28:01] <Loreweaver> If a Foundation employee wants to retire from service, are they given the MIB retirement option?
- [2010-05-05 16:28:06] <A_Fat_Ghost> kind of detracts from the narrative, I think
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- [2010-05-05 16:28:18] <MrUnimport> EXAMS SOON, FELLOW IB-ERS
- [2010-05-05 16:28:22] <AssertiveRoland> Who, me, Ghost?
- [2010-05-05 16:28:24] <MrUnimport> (when?)
- [2010-05-05 16:28:25] <MrUnimport> NOW
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- [2010-05-05 16:28:38] <MisterBibs> Hmm, I'll take that in mind when I edit it later; as you can tell I have a habit of typing quickly
- [2010-05-05 16:28:45] <Trae> Well I just mean that artifacts that are created by 140 don't necessarily have their own powers. But something created by a SCP is usually linked to it with a sub.
- [2010-05-05 16:28:58] <AssertiveRoland> Hrm...
- [2010-05-05 16:29:01] <AssertiveRoland> Good question
- [2010-05-05 16:29:23] <Loreweaver> Oh
- [2010-05-05 16:29:23] <Loreweaver> A suggestion
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- [2010-05-05 16:29:42] <Loreweaver> If, like this, there are sub-SCPs
- [2010-05-05 16:29:59] <A_Fat_Ghost> bibs
- [2010-05-05 16:30:11] <A_Fat_Ghost> I'm sorry, but I'm about six paragraphs in, and all I can see is
- [2010-05-05 16:30:12] <MisterBibs> yup>?
- [2010-05-05 16:30:14] <A_Fat_Ghost> BIBS IS GREAT YAY BIBS
- [2010-05-05 16:30:20] <MisterBibs> hahah
- [2010-05-05 16:30:21] <MisterBibs> read on.
- [2010-05-05 16:30:23] <AssertiveRoland> The way I'd do it is this, Trae.
- [2010-05-05 16:30:37] <Trae> Nothing required of course, just personal curiosity.
- [2010-05-05 16:30:50] <DWR> Ghost, go to the end.
- [2010-05-05 16:31:00] <AssertiveRoland> Artifacts only relevant to 140's article, such as ordinary archaeological relics, recovered documents and primary sources, etc...should be linked to 140.
- [2010-05-05 16:31:19] <AssertiveRoland> In a supplementary article
- [2010-05-05 16:31:28] <AssertiveRoland> like 93's "recovered materials" log
- [2010-05-05 16:31:31] <Loreweaver> If, like this, there are sub-SCPs
- [2010-05-05 16:31:31] <Loreweaver> Maybe we should group them as sub-articles
- [2010-05-05 16:31:31] <Loreweaver> Like an entry coded SCP-140-A
- [2010-05-05 16:31:31] <Loreweaver> Or 1 or whatever
- [2010-05-05 16:31:31] <Loreweaver> Though
- [2010-05-05 16:31:31] <Loreweaver> That would mean we'd have to change the decommission terminology
- [2010-05-05 16:31:31] <Loreweaver> Gah, internet troubles
- [2010-05-05 16:31:31] <Loreweaver> What'd I miss after my last chain of posts?
- [2010-05-05 16:32:00] <AssertiveRoland> Artifacts that are SCPs in their own right and would be able to stand on their own with no direct tie-in to 140 itself should be separate entries
- [2010-05-05 16:32:10] <AssertiveRoland> and their connection should be primarily implied rather than directly stated
- [2010-05-05 16:32:13] <A_Fat_Ghost> yeah, I sort of expected it to be something like that
- [2010-05-05 16:32:42] <DWR> Bibs told me what he was doing with this.
- [2010-05-05 16:32:44] <DWR> I found it hilarious.
- [2010-05-05 16:32:55] <A_Fat_Ghost> but that kinds of tips it more toward being a tl;dr version of CHOWDERCLEF
- [2010-05-05 16:33:52] <A_Fat_Ghost> the very short paragraphs aren't really doing it for me either
- [2010-05-05 16:34:00] <Trae> Yeah, that's what I mean. Just something that was created in the process of the book 'writing' itself, the artifact would be noted. Something that gains it's own powers it something entirely different.
- [2010-05-05 16:34:21] <MisterBibs> I've never been able to get past my habit of short paragraphs
- [2010-05-05 16:34:31] <TroyL> I thought it was funny.
- [2010-05-05 16:34:37] * TroyL shrugs
- [2010-05-05 16:34:42] <A_Fat_Ghost> protip: delete linebreaks
- [2010-05-05 16:34:45] <AssertiveRoland> Seems accurate, Trae. Although innocuous daevite artifacts should probably still have their own separate article, since the page for 140 should just be "Don't let this damn thing anywhere near ink"
- [2010-05-05 16:35:03] <AssertiveRoland> Actually...you know, I've a Notion
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- [2010-05-05 18:22:50] <Automaton> you're not allowed to draw explicit attention to your exceptional qualities
- [2010-05-05 18:23:05] <Automaton> it makes for an arrogant character or worse an arrogant author
- [2010-05-05 18:23:16] <Alias> I know I was kidding.
- [2010-05-05 18:23:38] <AssertiveRoland> Oh, I didn't mean to do that at all, actually
- [2010-05-05 18:23:56] =-= YOU are now known as Ravinoff
- [2010-05-05 18:24:01] <AssertiveRoland> If anything when I came up with the notion I was trying to restrain the natural urge to make a character all Awesome
- [2010-05-05 18:24:13] * teaflower eats Agasa's hat for him
- [2010-05-05 18:24:28] <Automaton> i know you were kidding alias, but i'm not certain /everyone/ knew you were
- [2010-05-05 18:24:40] <AssertiveRoland> was trying to *reduce* potential for any sort of Sueness
- [2010-05-05 18:25:01] <Alias> Sueness is the wrong word really.
- [2010-05-05 18:25:13] <AssertiveRoland> I know. I hate the term myself
- [2010-05-05 18:25:13] <Quikngruvn> As long as you maximize the potential for Suessness.
- [2010-05-05 18:25:14] <Automaton> and AR, i'm sure it was of the best intention, but sueness is a tough nut to crack
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- [2010-05-05 18:25:26] <Alias> The trouble isn't making a bad character, but making one that doesn't fit into the world.
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- [2010-05-05 18:25:31] <Quikngruvn> Er, Seussness.
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- [2010-05-05 18:27:28] <Loreweaving> Hey guys
- [2010-05-05 18:27:31] <AssertiveRoland> So I just kinda went with what I figured an ordinary academic would be like instead
- [2010-05-05 18:27:32] <Moose_Fisher> hey
- [2010-05-05 18:27:35] <AssertiveRoland> Yes, Lore?
- [2010-05-05 18:27:38] <Loreweaving> What are shovel blades usually made of?
- [2010-05-05 18:27:42] <Loreweaving> Steel?
- [2010-05-05 18:27:43] <Loreweaving> Iron?
- [2010-05-05 18:27:45] <Loreweaving> What?
- [2010-05-05 18:27:48] <AssertiveRoland> (also, do I have to post a 'New Stories' dealie?)
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- [2010-05-05 18:27:52] <Moose_Fisher> Stainless Steel probably
- [2010-05-05 18:27:57] <Moose_Fisher> To avoid rusting
- [2010-05-05 18:28:01] <AssertiveRoland> I think steel. Iron's usually heavier and more brittle
- [2010-05-05 18:28:47] <Moose_Fisher> You know... I've kinda lost my password to my registered name >_>
- [2010-05-05 18:28:58] <Automaton> AR: i must admit i know nothing about your character, i have read nothing involving him. all i know is that you showed up and declared him "the <something>-est character here" which makes me suspect Sueism
- [2010-05-05 18:29:03] <Moose_Fisher> Can Mibbit send me something to get it back?
- [2010-05-05 18:29:22] <Automaton> yes, i believe so
- [2010-05-05 18:29:30] <Automaton> well, maybe not mibbit
- [2010-05-05 18:29:38] <AssertiveRoland> Wimphood is Sue material? -Huh-. :-P
- [2010-05-05 18:29:44] <Moose_Fisher> Right now i'm using chatzilla
- [2010-05-05 18:29:48] <AssertiveRoland> I know, Auto, I was just being silly anyways
- [2010-05-05 18:29:54] <Loreweaving> Thanks guys
- [2010-05-05 18:30:00] <Automaton> but considering synirc requires an email address
- [2010-05-05 18:30:05] <Loreweaving> Oh
- [2010-05-05 18:30:10] <Loreweaving> What kind of wood?
- [2010-05-05 18:30:17] <AssertiveRoland> Various woods
- [2010-05-05 18:30:19] <AssertiveRoland> dunno
- [2010-05-05 18:30:22] <Moose_Fisher> Only the purist of mahogany
- [2010-05-05 18:30:29] <Automaton> i have wood?
- [2010-05-05 18:30:37] <Moose_Fisher> Torn away from weeping villiagers
- [2010-05-05 18:31:28] <Moose_Fisher> I really should write more : |
- [2010-05-05 18:31:58] <Moose_Fisher> I've mostly been lurking off and on
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- [2010-05-05 18:33:10] <Automaton> it's cool, I haven't written anything in like half a year
- [2010-05-05 18:33:30] <Automaton> or however long i've been here
- [2010-05-05 18:33:32] * Moose_Fisher offers Automaton a procrastination high-five
- [2010-05-05 18:33:41] * Automaton highfives
- [2010-05-05 18:33:55] <Automaton> see my problem is i can't come up with ideas
- [2010-05-05 18:34:08] <Moose_Fisher> Read stuff, twist and adapt?
- [2010-05-05 18:34:13] <Automaton> and then even once i do, i'm not that good at creepy
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- [2010-05-05 18:34:29] <Moose_Fisher> Think of what you're afraid of
- [2010-05-05 18:34:37] <Automaton> i can only ever pull off humorous
- [2010-05-05 18:34:53] <Automaton> ... but i'm not
- [2010-05-05 18:35:03] <Automaton> i'm not really afraid of much
- [2010-05-05 18:35:06] * Moose_Fisher shrugs
- [2010-05-05 18:35:25] * Automaton shrugs as well
- [2010-05-05 18:35:26] <Moose_Fisher> Read some Lovecraft? :P
- [2010-05-05 18:35:40] <Automaton> never liked lovecraft
- [2010-05-05 18:36:04] * Moose_Fisher gasps
- [2010-05-05 18:36:10] <Moose_Fisher> I understand though
- [2010-05-05 18:36:35] <Moose_Fisher> I haven't really read the Mythos stuff, mostly his earlier works
- [2010-05-05 18:36:57] <DWR> Lovecraft's dream stuff was awesome.
- [2010-05-05 18:37:08] <Moose_Fisher> Yeah, I need to get to that one too : |
- [2010-05-05 18:37:15] <Moose_Fisher> I like Rats in the Walls
- [2010-05-05 18:37:19] <Moose_Fisher> and the Lurking Fear
- [2010-05-05 18:37:30] <Automaton> my approach to lovecraft is the same as my approach to war hammer
- [2010-05-05 18:37:40] <Moose_Fisher> and that is?
- [2010-05-05 18:37:42] <Automaton> i know enough to make a couple of jokes
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- [2010-05-05 18:37:58] <Automaton> but i certainly don't want to bother getting into it
- [2010-05-05 18:39:08] <Moose_Fisher> hmmm... Have you read House of Leaves?
- [2010-05-05 18:39:18] <Automaton> me?
- [2010-05-05 18:39:20] <Automaton> no
- [2010-05-05 18:39:37] <Moose_Fisher> You may like it. It's a strange book
- [2010-05-05 18:39:55] <Automaton> you know what's good?
- [2010-05-05 18:40:10] <Moose_Fisher> It's a book about a book about a movie about a house that is a labrynth
- [2010-05-05 18:40:20] <Automaton> Neil Gaiman's Sandman series
- [2010-05-05 18:40:28] <Moose_Fisher> I agree
- [2010-05-05 18:40:41] <Alias> Yay sandman.'
- [2010-05-05 18:40:45] <Moose_Fisher> I didn't really finish the Wake >_>
- [2010-05-05 18:41:00] <Moose_Fisher> Just the funeral stuff
- [2010-05-05 18:41:02] <Automaton> i only have 3 volumes... >.>
- [2010-05-05 18:41:23] <Moose_Fisher> I had a CD full of scans... but I don't know what I did with it
- [2010-05-05 18:41:27] <Nioki> Mm, Sandman.
- [2010-05-05 18:41:37] <Nioki> Neil Gaiman is amazing.
- [2010-05-05 18:41:56] <Moose_Fisher> I need to read more of his stuff
- [2010-05-05 18:42:12] <DWR> Fisher: finish the Wake.
- [2010-05-05 18:42:18] <Moose_Fisher> I need to read more in general... But I use my time up with other things -_-
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- [2010-05-05 18:42:23] <DWR> It really does bring closure.
- [2010-05-05 18:42:26] <Nioki> Do so. I recommend basically everything he's written.
- [2010-05-05 18:42:59] <Nioki> American Gods, Anansi Boys, Neverwhere... just do it.
- [2010-05-05 18:43:07] <Moose_Fisher> Well, soon I'll be free from high school, then real life can begin
- [2010-05-05 18:43:24] <Nioki> I'll be graduating in a few weeks as well.
- [2010-05-05 18:43:42] <Automaton> i graduated two years ago now
- [2010-05-05 18:43:54] <AssertiveRoland> Damnit, Glee, why does your version of Don't Stop Believin' have to be such an ear worm!
- [2010-05-05 18:44:00] <Automaton> i kinda feel like i wasted it all
- [2010-05-05 18:44:09] <Automaton> but i found this place
- [2010-05-05 18:44:11] <Moose_Fisher> your two years?
- [2010-05-05 18:44:32] <Automaton> met clocks, got a girlfriend, so it wasn't a complete loss
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- [2010-05-05 18:45:27] * Nioki shall be college bound.
- [2010-05-05 18:45:35] <AssertiveRoland> Ah, yeah, you miss college too, huh?
- [2010-05-05 18:45:44] * Automaton was college bound
- [2010-05-05 18:45:49] * Automaton will be again
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- [2010-05-05 18:49:39] * Automaton failed
- [2010-05-05 18:49:47] * Automaton failed pretty hard
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- [2010-05-05 18:50:18] <Moose_Fisher> Fail?
- [2010-05-05 18:50:32] <Automaton> it's what i get for thinking i could handle college at 17 frsh out of high school
- [2010-05-05 18:50:35] <Ecks> guys
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- [2010-05-05 18:50:49] <Clef> http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Dallas-Braden-blasts-A-Rod-for-breaking-unwritte?urn=mlb,236110&cp=4#comments
- [2010-05-05 18:50:50] <Automaton> rape?
- [2010-05-05 18:50:51] <Ecks> i think paheal is broken
- [2010-05-05 18:50:55] <qntm> So I think the basic premise of the next thing I write will be "magic circles".
- [2010-05-05 18:51:25] <qntm> Basically, if you 1) inscribe the correct magic circle in any material on any surface, and 2) understand the meaning of the symbols, magic happens.
- [2010-05-05 18:51:44] <qntm> If you don't know what the symbols mean, the symbols have no power.
- [2010-05-05 18:51:47] <Ecks> like fma?
- [2010-05-05 18:52:08] <qntm> I saw one episode of FMA, got bored and junked it.
- [2010-05-05 18:52:13] <qntm> But, conceivably.
- [2010-05-05 18:52:19] <qntm> The point is that a magic circle can be any size.
- [2010-05-05 18:52:21] <AssertiveRoland> Thaumaturgy has to be done -very- carefully, qntm
- [2010-05-05 18:52:28] * AssertiveRoland loves that word
- [2010-05-05 18:52:33] <qntm> It can be as big as an airfield, or as small as an integrated circuit.
- [2010-05-05 18:52:40] <Ecks> just be prepared for everybody to compair to fma
- [2010-05-05 18:52:43] <Agasa> om nom nom
- [2010-05-05 18:52:49] <Agasa> my hat is deeeelicious.
- [2010-05-05 18:52:56] * AssertiveRoland randomly hugs teaflower
- [2010-05-05 18:52:56] <Moose_Fisher> So, traditional magical circles?
- [2010-05-05 18:53:00] <qntm> Never having seen FMA, I doubt I'll end up unknowingly plagiarising THAT much.
- [2010-05-05 18:53:01] <Moose_Fisher> Can I summon something?
- [2010-05-05 18:53:36] <qntm> I'm thinking more along the lines of "tiny magical circles drawn all over a ceramic tile and used as a cheap alternative to re-entry heat shields on the Space Shuttle".
- [2010-05-05 18:53:55] <Ecks> science magic?
- [2010-05-05 18:53:59] <AssertiveRoland> ...that's an interesting notion
- [2010-05-05 18:54:03] <AssertiveRoland> Energy conductor?
- [2010-05-05 18:54:05] <Automaton> like fma?
- [2010-05-05 18:54:09] <qntm> And "big magic circles on the underside of locomotives equals cheap levitation transit"
- [2010-05-05 18:54:11] <Clef> :|
- [2010-05-05 18:54:18] <qntm> SCIENCE MAGIC, BTICHEDS.
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- [2010-05-05 18:54:25] <qntm> Exactly right.
- [2010-05-05 18:54:29] <Ecks> can there be magic bullets?
- [2010-05-05 18:54:29] <Automaton> srsly, you're describing fma style alchemy
- [2010-05-05 18:54:43] * AssertiveRoland waves at Clef
- [2010-05-05 18:54:43] <Automaton> this is a bad idea
- [2010-05-05 18:54:50] <AssertiveRoland> And yeah, you really are, qntm
- [2010-05-05 18:54:53] <qntm> As I understand it the main point of FMA is a principle where the amount of energy in equals the amount of energy out
- [2010-05-05 18:54:59] <Moose_Fisher> Hmmm... PHYSICS EQUATIONS OF MAGICAL SCIENCE!
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- [2010-05-05 18:55:23] <DWR> http://scpsandboxwiki.wikidot.com/dwr thoughts?
- [2010-05-05 18:55:25] <AssertiveRoland> Not that it's a *bad* idea at all, because it's interesting, but folks may not like it for the site itself
- [2010-05-05 18:55:33] <qntm> Like I said I only saw 1 episode.
- [2010-05-05 18:55:38] <AssertiveRoland> What, I'm not good enough?
- [2010-05-05 18:55:41] <qntm> Also this story takes place in the present day.
- [2010-05-05 18:55:42] * AssertiveRoland sniffles at DWR
- [2010-05-05 18:55:47] <SophosBlitz> qntm: With FMA, you only need to draw a circle, maybe with a few lines and diagrams to symbolize what you want or something, and then think of what you want to transmutate from the available materials. So...yeah, you'll probably plagiarize a lot
- [2010-05-05 18:55:51] <qntm> Like, the premise is "what would NASA look like if magic was real"
- [2010-05-05 18:55:52] <Moose_Fisher> qntm, you should do some research of magical circles in the real world. How they were used and stuff
- [2010-05-05 18:55:59] <Automaton> qntm, it's a cool idea for a game maybe, but as an SCP we suddenly start using magic for everything
- [2010-05-05 18:56:03] <DWR> Roland, I like to get thoughts from people who've been here longer than myself.
- [2010-05-05 18:56:06] <qntm> "real world"? Hah.
- [2010-05-05 18:56:28] <Automaton> it's like making everybody a reality bender
- [2010-05-05 18:56:34] <Ecks> dude
- [2010-05-05 18:56:37] <Automaton> and then clef gets mad
- [2010-05-05 18:56:44] <Moose_Fisher> Well, yeah, magic circles are used in a lot of things
- [2010-05-05 18:56:48] <qntm> How would water purification be achieved if magic was real? Air travel? Music distribution?
- [2010-05-05 18:56:52] <Ecks> don't bring your crappy rl to my fiction land
- [2010-05-05 18:57:04] * Moose_Fisher is confused
- [2010-05-05 18:57:05] <SophosBlitz> qntm: Warfare
- [2010-05-05 18:57:08] <qntm> Disease prevention? Recycling? Hairstyling?
- [2010-05-05 18:57:15] <Ecks> rape?
- [2010-05-05 18:57:17] <qntm> Warfare is too obvious.
- [2010-05-05 18:57:23] <SophosBlitz> Oh noes, there are terrorists in Iraq
- [2010-05-05 18:57:23] <Automaton> oh wait
- [2010-05-05 18:57:27] <qntm> Magic war is too obvious.
- [2010-05-05 18:57:31] <Moose_Fisher> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_circles
- [2010-05-05 18:57:32] <qntm> Magic terrorism, now you're talking.
- [2010-05-05 18:57:36] <Automaton> qntm are you just writing up some kind of story?
- [2010-05-05 18:57:48] <qntm> Automaton, at the moment I am brainstorming.
- [2010-05-05 18:57:52] <Automaton> if so this is an acceptable idea
- [2010-05-05 18:57:56] <AssertiveRoland> qntm, again, I personally think it's an interesting idea, but is it a Foundation one?
- [2010-05-05 18:58:04] <Automaton> i thought you meant magic circles as an SCP
- [2010-05-05 18:58:27] <qntm> Uh, no this has nothing to do with the Foundation.
- [2010-05-05 18:58:33] <Automaton> oh ok
- [2010-05-05 18:58:35] <qntm> Sorry.
- [2010-05-05 18:58:38] * Automaton now approves
- [2010-05-05 18:58:40] <SophosBlitz> qntm: You also need a terrible pun like the best thing since sliced bread
- [2010-05-05 18:58:54] <Ecks> just remember
- [2010-05-05 18:59:00] <Ecks> as you can see from this chat
- [2010-05-05 18:59:10] <Ecks> ppl are gonna compair to fma no matter whaty you do
- [2010-05-05 18:59:19] <qntm> Screw FMA.
- [2010-05-05 18:59:33] <AssertiveRoland> Then by all means expand on it
- [2010-05-05 18:59:34] <Moose_Fisher> The Magic Circle is an informal term used to describe collectively what are considered to be either the five, or possibly six, leading London-based law firms, all of which employ primarily solicitors. It is also used as a term to describe the top four Commercial Chambers at the Bar. In the US, the term used to describe the leading firms is White shoe firm.
- [2010-05-05 18:59:36] <qntm> I know nothing about it, and the less I know, the less it's plagiarism.
- [2010-05-05 18:59:37] <Moose_Fisher> lol
- [2010-05-05 19:00:06] <Ecks> that's wasy to say and all but good luck convincing the fans
- [2010-05-05 19:00:16] <qntm> FMA isn't set in 2010, either.
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- [2010-05-05 19:00:41] <Ecks> don't underestimate weeaboos
- [2010-05-05 19:00:43] <Automaton> so are you going to do "suddenly magic"?
- [2010-05-05 19:00:45] <Alias> For example if you have a giant sword that eats people and shoots giant lasers, that's just like FMA >.>
- [2010-05-05 19:01:02] <SophosBlitz> Alias: Umm...no it's not
- [2010-05-05 19:01:07] <Automaton> or are you going to say it was always there
- [2010-05-05 19:01:14] <qntm> Not really "suddenly". People figure it out over the course of decades starting during the Cold War.
- [2010-05-05 19:01:26] <qntm> It's a US national secret to begin with.
- [2010-05-05 19:01:30] <Alias> "Ecks> ppl are gonna compair to fma no matter whaty you do" >.>
- [2010-05-05 19:01:32] <Alias> Was kidding.
- [2010-05-05 19:01:43] <SophosBlitz> What? Clearly Hitler pioneered the research before Stalin or the US
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- [2010-05-05 19:01:50] <Moose_Fisher> These magic circles, are they just something that is written on surfaces for desired effects, or is there more to it?
- [2010-05-05 19:02:11] <qntm> There is more to how they work, Moose, but that's irrelevant to the story.
- [2010-05-05 19:02:13] <Ecks> do you actualy have to write them or can you just rb tehshape?
- [2010-05-05 19:02:22] <qntm> (Then some Skunkworks researcher teaches the basic principles to her 5-year-old kid)
- [2010-05-05 19:02:23] <Ecks> and can you do them in air?
- [2010-05-05 19:02:31] <Loreweaving> Okay, question
- [2010-05-05 19:02:35] <qntm> Gotta write them. In air doesn't count.
- [2010-05-05 19:02:56] <qntm> Tying Hitler into this is cliched.
- [2010-05-05 19:02:59] <Ecks> what if you use a laser projextor or a spotllight?
- [2010-05-05 19:03:35] <Automaton> then qntm walks into the story and slaps you
- [2010-05-05 19:03:43] <qntm> If there's a clever filter in the spotlight, then the spotlight is the magic circle, not the thing it's projecting on.
- [2010-05-05 19:03:46] <qntm> Probably
- [2010-05-05 19:03:52] <qntm> Patterns of light != patterns of matter
- [2010-05-05 19:04:03] <Ecks> says you
- [2010-05-05 19:04:07] <qntm> I'm working out the rules as I go, honestly
- [2010-05-05 19:04:09] <Ecks> light is particles
- [2010-05-05 19:04:21] <Automaton> light is waves actually
- [2010-05-05 19:04:28] <qntm> Light is transient.
- [2010-05-05 19:04:32] <qntm> Matter is permanent.
- [2010-05-05 19:04:42] <Ecks> like homeless pppl?
- [2010-05-05 19:04:46] <Loreweaving> To get a second image posted in the article, in the same stuck-to-the-right-margin manner as the first
- [2010-05-05 19:04:46] <qntm> Exactly.
- [2010-05-05 19:04:53] <Moose_Fisher> Particles can act like waves
- [2010-05-05 19:04:59] <Loreweaving> What would I change about the image posting code
- [2010-05-05 19:05:01] <Moose_Fisher> but light cannot act like a particle
- [2010-05-05 19:05:12] <qntm> The point is that there's no such thing as a "shadow" or a "beam of light"
- [2010-05-05 19:05:21] <qntm> It's just an area where there is constantly light or no light
- [2010-05-05 19:05:22] <Loreweaving> nevermind
- [2010-05-05 19:05:29] <qntm> the photons themselves are in rapid and insane motion
- [2010-05-05 19:05:31] <qntm> which doesn't count
- [2010-05-05 19:05:32] <Ecks> what if you make hand signs to for the circle?
- [2010-05-05 19:05:36] <qntm> the magic circle has to be static
- [2010-05-05 19:05:38] <Alias> I think just put it into a different spot on the page.
- [2010-05-05 19:05:49] <qntm> and the circle would be complex enough that you'd need more than 2 hands. Like, 20
- [2010-05-05 19:05:52] <qntm> or 200
- [2010-05-05 19:06:06] <Alias> Click 'edit' on a page with multiple images and check how it works.
- [2010-05-05 19:06:10] <Ecks> so if i used a circle to grow 200 hands i couild do it?
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- [2010-05-05 19:06:28] <qntm> no circle is going to let you grow additional hands. That's silly.
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- [2010-05-05 19:06:48] <Ecks> what if i eat that fruit like in one piece?
- [2010-05-05 19:06:53] <Ecks> or robot hands?
- [2010-05-05 19:07:15] <qntm> Oh you mean One Piece with capitals
- [2010-05-05 19:07:18] <qntm> which I also have never seen
- [2010-05-05 19:07:24] <qntm> so I don't know
- [2010-05-05 19:07:25] <Ecks> what ifg i get a bunch of robots to follow me around and form into circles?
- [2010-05-05 19:07:47] <qntm> I don't know, maybe?
- [2010-05-05 19:07:48] <Automaton> first thing i would do is use the magic to make automatons
- [2010-05-05 19:07:56] <qntm> *automata
- [2010-05-05 19:07:59] <Automaton> if it's basically free energy
- [2010-05-05 19:08:01] <Ecks> don't copy my robots
- [2010-05-05 19:08:05] <Loreweaving> Yeah, Alias, I did that x3
- [2010-05-05 19:08:18] <Alias> Cool ^-^
- [2010-05-05 19:08:35] <Automaton> shipping market is totally run by boats and airships crewed by constructs
- [2010-05-05 19:08:42] <Quikngruvn> Lore, you're trying to put in a pic that's not right-justified?
- [2010-05-05 19:09:18] <Ecks> what about whorebots?
- [2010-05-05 19:09:37] <qntm> "Bender honey we love you" "Shut up baby I know it"
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- [2010-05-05 19:11:29] <Loreweaving> Hrm
- [2010-05-05 19:11:38] <Loreweaving> Having trouble expounding upon this concept
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- [2010-05-05 19:12:00] <Ecks> viagra circle
- [2010-05-05 19:12:02] <Loreweaving> "SCP-XXX functions as a normal shovel when used to dig holes; however, any attempt to fill the resulting hole (hereafter referred to as SCP-XXX-1) with solids or liquids results in their disappearance. The object then deposits itself, seemingly from thin air, at a random point approximately two meters from the edge of SCP-XXX-1."
- [2010-05-05 19:12:12] <Loreweaving> This also works on anything the blade is dug into
- [2010-05-05 19:12:15] <Loreweaving> i.e.
- [2010-05-05 19:12:21] <Loreweaving> If you stab someone with it
- [2010-05-05 19:12:29] <Automaton> qntm, would you just rather play a decent D20 modern campaign?
- [2010-05-05 19:12:53] <qntm> I barely even know what a decent D20 modern campaign is.
- [2010-05-05 19:13:00] <Alias> ...hmm, I'm not sure I like things just disappearing >.>
- [2010-05-05 19:13:05] <Automaton> ...
- [2010-05-05 19:13:11] <Automaton> D20 mdern
- [2010-05-05 19:13:15] <Automaton> modern*
- [2010-05-05 19:13:18] <qntm> What's D20 modern?
- [2010-05-05 19:13:25] <Automaton> it's D&D, set in now
- [2010-05-05 19:13:46] <qntm> I didn't know you could do that.
- [2010-05-05 19:13:50] <Automaton> add magic and it's exactly what you're describing
- [2010-05-05 19:13:54] <Automaton> ...
- [2010-05-05 19:13:58] <qntm> D&D doesn't have magic?
- [2010-05-05 19:14:01] <Automaton> srsly?
- [2010-05-05 19:14:11] <Alias> Maybe if you put stuff in filling it beyond a certain percent it spits it out?
- [2010-05-05 19:14:21] <Automaton> well it does, but D20 modern sometimes doesn't
- [2010-05-05 19:14:21] <qntm> I don't know jack about fantasy. This is exactly why I've decided to write some.
- [2010-05-05 19:14:39] <qntm> I think I'd have an original take on it, uncoloured by existing tropes.
- [2010-05-05 19:14:46] <qntm> I hope.
- [2010-05-05 19:14:57] <Automaton> but D&D is a game based entirely in fiction, you can do literally anything you want
- [2010-05-05 19:15:10] <qntm> I assumed D&D was a game based in a specific fantasy setting
- [2010-05-05 19:15:15] <Automaton> no, magic circles is about as trope as it gets
- [2010-05-05 19:15:25] <Automaton> technically i suppose it is
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- [2010-05-05 19:15:32] <qntm> I mean dungeons and dragons kind of constrain that setting somewhat
- [2010-05-05 19:15:44] <Loreweaving> That's what it's doing, Alias. The transfer is instant--when, say, a shovelful of dirt hits the bottom of the hole, it deposits itself next to the hole instead.
- [2010-05-05 19:15:49] <qntm> The modern world may have dungeon-like places, but few dragons
- [2010-05-05 19:15:53] <AssertiveRoland> No, qntm, D&D's pretty flexible. It has a default setting, but it's almost never used thuse
- [2010-05-05 19:15:54] <Automaton> well then D&D uses the mechanics referred to as D20
- [2010-05-05 19:16:00] <Loreweaving> I COULD have it jes' show up where it was taken from hoever
- [2010-05-05 19:16:02] <Loreweaving> *however
- [2010-05-05 19:16:08] <AssertiveRoland> Also, I just had a terrible, terrible idea
- [2010-05-05 19:16:16] <Loreweaving> Guy jumps in, he lands where he was standing
- [2010-05-05 19:16:22] <Alias> What if it got launched out instead of just vanishing?
- [2010-05-05 19:16:35] <qntm> Yes, but magic circles the size of airfields?
- [2010-05-05 19:16:42] <Alias> I'd like it better if you could put some stuff into the hole >.>
- [2010-05-05 19:16:43] <Automaton> lore, if that happens then what if i use the scp itself to fill the hole i just dug
- [2010-05-05 19:16:46] <qntm> Magic circles laid by the billion in integrated circuit boards?
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- [2010-05-05 19:17:09] <AssertiveRoland> Loreweaver, you wanna hear my dreadful idea?
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- [2010-05-05 19:17:18] <Automaton> filling the hole with the dirt from digging another hole
- [2010-05-05 19:17:27] <Loreweaving> Then you have two holes with dirt falling into them endlessly
- [2010-05-05 19:17:39] <Loreweaving> Sure, Ar
- [2010-05-05 19:17:44] <Automaton> thus perpetual motion
- [2010-05-05 19:17:50] <AssertiveRoland> Sorry to trumpet my own horn, but...
- [2010-05-05 19:18:00] <Automaton> who wants some of my free energy?
- [2010-05-05 19:18:02] <AssertiveRoland> SCP-140 or SCP-141 into SCP-914 on Fine or Very Fine. Discuss
- [2010-05-05 19:18:18] <qntm> Basically I want to make sure this idea is as original as possible
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- [2010-05-05 19:18:23] <qntm> Stuff To Stay Away From
- [2010-05-05 19:18:24] <Automaton> probably been done
- [2010-05-05 19:18:45] <Automaton> qntm, magic circles aren't very original
- [2010-05-05 19:18:57] <AssertiveRoland> Nor is magitek
- [2010-05-05 19:18:58] <Automaton> even on circuit boards
- [2010-05-05 19:19:13] <AssertiveRoland> Honestly, originality is overrated. Telling a good story should always be first concern
- [2010-05-05 19:19:15] <Automaton> yeah, that's just magitech
- [2010-05-05 19:19:15] <Alias> We shouldn't put SCP items in SCP-914 I think.
- [2010-05-05 19:19:24] <qntm> "Magitech" is a thing?
- [2010-05-05 19:19:29] <AssertiveRoland> Don't we do that all the time, Alias? :-P
- [2010-05-05 19:19:32] <Loreweaving> Hrm
- [2010-05-05 19:19:32] <Loreweaving> If the shovel is the only thing that can fill the holes up again it would solve the problem but take away a lot of the creepy and danger
- [2010-05-05 19:19:38] * Automaton facepalm
- [2010-05-05 19:19:49] <AssertiveRoland> Oh, don't get me wrong, Alias, the experiment would NEVER be approved
- [2010-05-05 19:19:50] <Automaton> qntm you had better be trolling right now
- [2010-05-05 19:19:57] <Alias> Well not things we only have one of.
- [2010-05-05 19:20:02] <AssertiveRoland> But it's an amusing thought
- [2010-05-05 19:20:11] <AssertiveRoland> Good point RE:141
- [2010-05-05 19:20:16] <AssertiveRoland> 140, though...multiple copies
- [2010-05-05 19:20:37] <Automaton> use the everything tree to replicate the SCP first
- [2010-05-05 19:20:46] <Loreweaving> I agree with Ar about originality
- [2010-05-05 19:20:55] <Alias> >.> another thing we shouldn't do.
- [2010-05-05 19:20:55] <Loreweaving> Take Tekken 6 and Street Fighter IV
- [2010-05-05 19:21:04] <Loreweaving> SFIV brought more new stuff to the table
- [2010-05-05 19:21:09] <AssertiveRoland> And yes, qntm, there's lots of stories with industrialized magic
- [2010-05-05 19:21:27] <qntm> Ah, nuts.
- [2010-05-05 19:21:28] <Loreweaving> But was uneven overall
- [2010-05-05 19:21:30] <qntm> Such as?
- [2010-05-05 19:21:39] <Loreweaving> Tekken 6 brought NOTHING new to the table
- [2010-05-05 19:21:48] <Loreweaving> But it refined its core mechanics to an astounding degree
- [2010-05-05 19:22:01] <Loreweaving> I enjoy Tekken 6 much more
- [2010-05-05 19:22:05] <Loreweaving> As do my friends
- [2010-05-05 19:22:13] <Loreweaving> Because it favored quality over originality
- [2010-05-05 19:22:32] <Automaton> every idea has been done before by someone
- [2010-05-05 19:22:41] <Automaton> originality is relative
- [2010-05-05 19:22:46] <Alias> That is not true at all.
- [2010-05-05 19:23:09] <Automaton> yes, yes it is
- [2010-05-05 19:23:26] <Loreweaving> No
- [2010-05-05 19:23:32] <Loreweaving> There are very few absolutes
- [2010-05-05 19:23:39] <Loreweaving> And not everything has been done before
- [2010-05-05 19:23:40] <qntm> I thought The Atrocity Archives was pretty original so I was going to take that idea a lot further.
- [2010-05-05 19:23:51] <Loreweaving> Most things
- [2010-05-05 19:23:55] <Loreweaving> But not everything
- [2010-05-05 19:24:10] <qntm> I've not even heard of the idea of "Magic NASA" being done before.
- [2010-05-05 19:24:13] <qntm> Correct me if I'm wrong.
- [2010-05-05 19:24:17] <Automaton> but what those most things are is impossible to prove
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- [2010-05-05 19:24:28] <Loreweaving> This is also true!
- [2010-05-05 19:24:29] <Automaton> qntm, magic spaceflight?
- [2010-05-05 19:24:30] <Quikngruvn> Spelljammer.
- [2010-05-05 19:24:39] <Automaton> been done
- [2010-05-05 19:24:45] <Automaton> many times
- [2010-05-05 19:24:45] <Loreweaving> But again
- [2010-05-05 19:24:57] <Loreweaving> I'd rather have a damn good hamburger than a crappy steak
- [2010-05-05 19:25:06] <qntm> "We will put a man on the Moon and return him safely to the Earth, using runes."
- [2010-05-05 19:25:14] <Automaton> Lore, i'm just saying to dwell on originality is pointless, because chances are it's been done before
- [2010-05-05 19:25:27] <Loreweaving> And I'd rather play Tekken 6 than SFIV
- [2010-05-05 19:25:30] <Loreweaving> Automaton
- [2010-05-05 19:25:34] <Loreweaving> We're not disagreeing
- [2010-05-05 19:25:36] <Loreweaving> =P
- [2010-05-05 19:25:43] <Automaton> simpson's did it
- [2010-05-05 19:25:48] <Alias> I am >.> Not everything has been done before.
- [2010-05-05 19:25:58] <Automaton> Alias, no not everything
- [2010-05-05 19:25:59] <Alias> Particularly sci-fi is a relatively new invention.
- [2010-05-05 19:26:08] <Clef> god I'm bored
- [2010-05-05 19:26:11] <Clef> I need something to rape
- [2010-05-05 19:26:11] <Quikngruvn> Those things that have not already been done, probably are not worth doing.
- [2010-05-05 19:26:14] <Automaton> but what has or has not been done before is immaterial
- [2010-05-05 19:26:20] <qntm> Sci-fi has been around since the 19th Century at the very latest.
- [2010-05-05 19:26:29] <Alias> And as new tech comes along new stuff becomes possible.
- [2010-05-05 19:26:52] <Alias> In fact, fiction as we know doesn't date back very far >.>
- [2010-05-05 19:26:53] <Automaton> Alias, you're arguing a point no-one is making
- [2010-05-05 19:27:23] <Automaton> no-one is saying /everything/ has been done
- [2010-05-05 19:27:24] <Loreweaving> Actually
- [2010-05-05 19:27:38] <Loreweaving> Cavemen were writing crude fiction
- [2010-05-05 19:27:44] <Loreweaving> But nobody did it before THEM =P
- [2010-05-05 19:27:52] <Alias> 'fiction?'
- [2010-05-05 19:27:57] <Automaton> we're just saying that to nit-pick over originality is pointless
- [2010-05-05 19:28:01] <Alias> How do we know they considered it fiction?
- [2010-05-05 19:28:16] <Automaton> does it matter?
- [2010-05-05 19:28:28] <Loreweaving> I was making a joke anyways
- [2010-05-05 19:28:35] <qntm> Basically my main idea is what if the Challenger disaster happened but NASA had been using magical components all the way through the Shuttle program
- [2010-05-05 19:28:49] <qntm> And instead of getting Richard Feynman to investigate, they got a mage
- [2010-05-05 19:29:18] <Automaton> qntm, if magic is a source of free energy then we would be colonizing by now
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- [2010-05-05 19:29:41] <Automaton> we could power massive engines
- [2010-05-05 19:29:42] <PikaChris> Oh yeah!
- [2010-05-05 19:29:46] <qntm> The key point is that a magic circle only works in the presence of somebody who understands it.
- [2010-05-05 19:29:48] <Automaton> synthesize air
- [2010-05-05 19:29:59] <Automaton> okay
- [2010-05-05 19:29:59] <qntm> These people are 1) very smart and 2) naturally limited in supply.
- [2010-05-05 19:30:03] <Alias> You are assuming magic does anything we want >.>
- [2010-05-05 19:30:11] <qntm> So magic has inherent limits.
- [2010-05-05 19:30:17] <qntm> And it doesn't work for the majority of people.
- [2010-05-05 19:30:22] <PikaChris> We're discussing magic?!
- [2010-05-05 19:30:25] <Automaton> qntm, magic become part of the cirriculum
- [2010-05-05 19:30:34] <Gnosis> oh hey it's qntm
- [2010-05-05 19:30:40] <qntm> It sure is.
- [2010-05-05 19:30:41] <Automaton> if it works then it's taught in science class
- [2010-05-05 19:30:43] <Gnosis> are you of qntm.org?
- [2010-05-05 19:30:47] <qntm> Yes.
- [2010-05-05 19:30:56] <Gnosis> cool :D
- [2010-05-05 19:30:59] <Loreweaving> So
- [2010-05-05 19:31:02] <qntm> Yes. :D
- [2010-05-05 19:31:07] <Loreweaving> If only a few people have the ability
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- [2010-05-05 19:31:09] <Alias> If magic works consistently like that it's not reeeally magic anymore.
- [2010-05-05 19:31:13] <Loreweaving> It's jes' like FMA
- [2010-05-05 19:31:17] <qntm> So NASA is staffed by smart people so they can use space rockets
- [2010-05-05 19:31:21] <qntm> but the problem is people are fallible
- [2010-05-05 19:31:28] <Gnosis> I don't think I've seen you around here before, but anyway
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- [2010-05-05 19:31:33] <qntm> so circles fail too when their users lose concentration for example
- [2010-05-05 19:31:33] <Loreweaving> Quantum
- [2010-05-05 19:31:38] <Alias> ...kind of like real NASA?
- [2010-05-05 19:31:40] <Automaton> but that's not really a problem
- [2010-05-05 19:32:00] <Automaton> that's accepted risk
- [2010-05-05 19:32:11] <qntm> Exactly! Just like the real Shuttle program
- [2010-05-05 19:32:17] <Automaton> that's human error, that applies to everything we do
- [2010-05-05 19:32:29] <qntm> But even so, a failure resulting in fatalities warrants a major investigation
- [2010-05-05 19:32:33] <PikaChris> Is this magic in the real world or magic in regards to SCP?
- [2010-05-05 19:32:38] <qntm> To find out who slipped up and why
- [2010-05-05 19:32:45] <Alias> I have no idea.
- [2010-05-05 19:32:48] <qntm> Magic as regards to a non-SCP-related thing I'm trying to write
- [2010-05-05 19:32:53] <PikaChris> oh
- [2010-05-05 19:32:55] <PikaChris> piff paff
- [2010-05-05 19:32:58] <Automaton> but given time and protocols, we would have engines and equipment to colonize other planets long before we do now
- [2010-05-05 19:32:59] <qntm> (There is no magic in the real world)
- [2010-05-05 19:33:11] <qntm> Depends how long ago we discovered magic.
- [2010-05-05 19:33:20] <Automaton> no it doesn't
- [2010-05-05 19:33:26] <Automaton> and i'll tell you why
- [2010-05-05 19:33:43] <Automaton> because right now we have fiction
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- [2010-05-05 19:34:20] <Automaton> and as soon as magic was discovered to work we would have flood of mail to the government listing ideas and calculations
- [2010-05-05 19:34:29] <Alias> It actually depends /entirely/ on how the magic in question works.
- [2010-05-05 19:34:51] <qntm> Not if it was kept secret!
- [2010-05-05 19:35:07] <Automaton> but if it /works/ why would we keep it a secret?
- [2010-05-05 19:35:20] <Alias> Maybe it's really dangerous.
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- [2010-05-05 19:35:31] <Alias> Maybe it doesn't work well for spaceships >.>
- [2010-05-05 19:35:32] <Automaton> and if it bends physics then you can't really put it in mudane things like a space shuttle
- [2010-05-05 19:35:44] <qntm> To gain the upper hand over the Russkies
- [2010-05-05 19:35:51] <qntm> *Politics*
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- [2010-05-05 19:36:02] <Automaton> but those are really stupid politics
- [2010-05-05 19:36:06] * Imants strides in!
- [2010-05-05 19:36:07] <qntm> Sure are!
- [2010-05-05 19:36:15] * Loreweaving trips Imants!
- [2010-05-05 19:36:17] <qntm> And if you're calling a Space Shuttle mundane then we have nothing more to say to each other
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- [2010-05-05 19:36:32] <Loreweaver> The Space Shuttle is simple technology
- [2010-05-05 19:36:35] <qntm> Politics will always be the limiting factor in scientific advancement.
- [2010-05-05 19:36:37] <Automaton> very
- [2010-05-05 19:36:40] <Loreweaver> A bunch of computers strapped to a big-ass rocket
- [2010-05-05 19:36:49] <qntm> The Space Shuttle is the most complex vehicle in human history.
- [2010-05-05 19:36:54] * Imants falls to his death.
- [2010-05-05 19:37:15] <Loreweaver> Totally awesome, but simple
- [2010-05-05 19:37:17] <Quikngruvn> Later, kids.
- [2010-05-05 19:37:18] <Imants> I'd call the space shuttle complex.
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- [2010-05-05 19:37:26] <Automaton> yes, and it depends of physical calculations easily made by any professor
- [2010-05-05 19:37:27] <Alias> I made a new SCP by the way.
- [2010-05-05 19:37:33] <qntm> Name a more complex vehicle.
- [2010-05-05 19:37:37] <Loreweaver> In that it has a lot of parts, sure it's complex
- [2010-05-05 19:37:47] <Loreweaver> Airplane.
- [2010-05-05 19:37:53] <Loreweaver> That actually has to fly.
- [2010-05-05 19:37:53] <Imants> wat
- [2010-05-05 19:37:57] <qntm> "Yeah it has about 1.5 million distinct moving parts, but it's still SIMPLE"
- [2010-05-05 19:37:59] <Alias> SCP-817
- [2010-05-05 19:37:59] <Nala> Alias: http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-817 - Random Metamorphism
- [2010-05-05 19:38:03] <qntm> what the hell?
- [2010-05-05 19:38:11] <Automaton> qntm, by mundane i mean it has to obey physics
- [2010-05-05 19:38:16] <Gnosis> qntm: moving parts is not a good metric of simplicity
- [2010-05-05 19:38:17] <Loreweaver> The shuttle gets boosted up.
- [2010-05-05 19:38:18] <qntm> You're saying a Space Shuttle is simpler than an aeroplane?
- [2010-05-05 19:38:29] <qntm> You're saying an aeroplane doesn't obey physics?
- [2010-05-05 19:38:31] <Gnosis> I mean, computers don't have terribly many moving parts
- [2010-05-05 19:38:36] <qntm> ??!?
- [2010-05-05 19:38:40] <Automaton> by mundane i mean it's easily observed by everybody
- [2010-05-05 19:38:44] <Loreweaver> We've had working rockets a lot longer than we've had 747s
- [2010-05-05 19:38:47] <Automaton> qntm, who said that?
- [2010-05-05 19:39:00] <Automaton> i never said anything about an airplane
- [2010-05-05 19:39:18] <Gnosis> list of moving parts in a modern computer: the keys, the fan, the hard disks
- [2010-05-05 19:39:20] <qntm> If you think the Shuttle is simple then you're insane.
- [2010-05-05 19:39:27] <Loreweaver> The shuttle is jes' an airtight compartment with a lot of computers and a rocket strapped to its back
- [2010-05-05 19:39:31] <PikaChris> The hard disks is up for grabs.
- [2010-05-05 19:39:32] <Gnosis> well, laptop
- [2010-05-05 19:39:36] <PikaChris> You can get solid state disks now.
- [2010-05-05 19:39:37] <qntm> If you think the Shuttle isn't the most complex thing imaginable, you're insane.
- [2010-05-05 19:39:39] <Gnosis> yeah.
- [2010-05-05 19:39:41] <qntm> Name a more complex thing.
- [2010-05-05 19:39:46] <qntm> That moves.
- [2010-05-05 19:39:52] <Loreweaver> Humans.
- [2010-05-05 19:39:55] <Imants> I assume the shuttle is complex because people are having issues replicating something similar, while existing technology still abounds.
- [2010-05-05 19:39:57] <TheRaven> A fukken boat.
- [2010-05-05 19:40:01] <Gnosis> you can build a computer whose only moving parts are like... the fans these days
- [2010-05-05 19:40:07] <Automaton> what i mean is, if you use magic in an object as observable by the pblic as a space shuttle, then someone somewhere will catch on
- [2010-05-05 19:40:09] <Gnosis> if you don't include a CD drive and you use an SSD
- [2010-05-05 19:40:22] <Loreweaver> The wheel isn't complex, doesn't mean it's obsolete, Imants
- [2010-05-05 19:40:27] <qntm> Nobody caught on about the Stealth Bomber
- [2010-05-05 19:40:36] <Imants> wat
- [2010-05-05 19:40:38] <qntm> just because something's visible doesn't mean you can reverse engineer it
- [2010-05-05 19:40:43] <PikaChris> FUCK THE WHEEL. I ride octagons!
- [2010-05-05 19:40:50] <Automaton> because it wasn't flown on camera for everyone to fucking see
- [2010-05-05 19:40:57] <Imants> what does that have to do with anything, Loreweaver?
- [2010-05-05 19:40:59] <qntm> just because something exists and has been heavily tested doesn't mean it's visible
- [2010-05-05 19:41:04] <Imants> I can buy an airplane kit, and build it.
- [2010-05-05 19:41:16] <Imants> I can then fly an airplane.
- [2010-05-05 19:41:20] <Imants> An honest to god airplane.
- [2010-05-05 19:41:23] <Automaton> but i could go to nasa and watch a space shuttle launch
- [2010-05-05 19:41:36] <Imants> I'm not arguing with you auto
- [2010-05-05 19:41:41] <Imants> I have no idea what you're even arguing about
- [2010-05-05 19:41:46] <Automaton> i know imouncl
- [2010-05-05 19:41:51] <PikaChris> I'm on a plane, dodging snakes and shit. They're shootin venom, gettin everyone all dead.
- [2010-05-05 19:41:53] <Loreweaver> Oh, sorry, misread your comment as 'replicating something better'
- [2010-05-05 19:41:57] <qntm> Apparently a Space Shuttle is "very simple"
- [2010-05-05 19:42:09] <Loreweaver> Relatively simple.
- [2010-05-05 19:42:09] <Automaton> i'm saying you can't put magic that bends the laws of physics in a space shuttle and keep it secret
- [2010-05-05 19:42:11] <PikaChris> The Space Shuttle is basically a box with an engine on it.
- [2010-05-05 19:42:16] <qntm> Relative to...
- [2010-05-05 19:42:21] <Loreweaver> The shuttle is jes' an airtight compartment with a lot of computers and a rocket strapped to its back
- [2010-05-05 19:42:21] <qntm> the LHC?
- [2010-05-05 19:42:22] <Automaton> that is may only argument
- [2010-05-05 19:42:24] <PikaChris> It just has lots of monitoring equipment for the box and engine.
- [2010-05-05 19:42:42] <qntm> The rocket alone is insanely advanced and complex.
- [2010-05-05 19:42:49] <Automaton> ok qntm, i'm not saying it's simple, i'm saying it's measurable
- [2010-05-05 19:42:55] <qntm> with or without the habitable compartment attached.
- [2010-05-05 19:43:10] <Alias> >.> is it just me or is this argument going in crazy circles?
- [2010-05-05 19:43:12] <Loreweaver> No, actually. 'Fuel+Chemical Reaction+Directed force=Propulsion'
- [2010-05-05 19:43:14] <PikaChris> Pchooooooo
- [2010-05-05 19:43:23] <Loreweaver> That's a rocket
- [2010-05-05 19:43:25] <Automaton> everybody else saying it's simple is besides my point
- [2010-05-05 19:43:38] <qntm> Okay, now build a rocket that can put you into orbit.
- [2010-05-05 19:43:40] <Imants> The idea of a space shuttle is simple.
- [2010-05-05 19:43:46] <qntm> These ideas do not scale easily.
- [2010-05-05 19:43:52] <qntm> The *idea* is simple.
- [2010-05-05 19:43:53] <Imants> It's a rocket that delivers people, just like a plane is a wing that delivers people.
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- [2010-05-05 19:43:58] <qntm> The execution is preposterous.
- [2010-05-05 19:44:06] <Loreweaver> Quantum, it jes' takes a LOT of fuel and metal to put it in
- [2010-05-05 19:44:12] <Loreweaver> Give me those and it's easy
- [2010-05-05 19:44:17] <qntm> You might as well say a human is just a big blob of carbon which moves about on its own.
- [2010-05-05 19:44:22] <Imants> A space shuttle itself is much more complex than a plane, by virtue of having to do much much more.
- [2010-05-05 19:44:23] <Automaton> ok qntm, calm down
- [2010-05-05 19:44:24] <Alias> Rockets are not that complicated.
- [2010-05-05 19:44:27] <PikaChris> It's not.
- [2010-05-05 19:44:28] <qntm> It's easy to trivialise.
- [2010-05-05 19:44:31] <Alias> Lots of physics, yes.
- [2010-05-05 19:44:32] <PikaChris> It's a big blob of water that moves around.
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- [2010-05-05 19:44:39] <PikaChris> It just has a carbon shell.
- [2010-05-05 19:44:40] <Imants> Qntm, that was my point.
- [2010-05-05 19:44:43] <Alias> But compared to an airplane, very simple.
- [2010-05-05 19:44:48] <PikaChris> Like M&Ms, except, alive.
- [2010-05-05 19:44:57] <Imants> 'a rocket with computers and a box' is incredibly accurate
- [2010-05-05 19:45:08] <Loreweaver> Thank you, Imants x3
- [2010-05-05 19:45:12] <Imants> just like 'a tube with two engines and a wing through it' is an airplane.
- [2010-05-05 19:45:15] <qntm> It's a trivialisation.
- [2010-05-05 19:45:27] <Automaton> all i'm saying is that if something that can bend physics is used in the operation of something that can be easily observed by the public, some physicist somewhere will call bullshit
- [2010-05-05 19:45:35] <JoshuaFH> Hey everyone, I'm real new here.
- [2010-05-05 19:45:35] <Imants> I can call a 747 more complex than an airplane with that reasoning as long as I want.
- [2010-05-05 19:45:38] <Imants> It does not make it true.
- [2010-05-05 19:45:43] <Alias> Hi new person?
- [2010-05-05 19:45:47] <Imants> Hello Josh, you joined in one of our debate sessions.
- [2010-05-05 19:45:52] <Alias> What's your favourite SCP?
- [2010-05-05 19:45:54] <Imants> Well, 'debate'.
- [2010-05-05 19:46:01] <Alias> Distract us from this argument!
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- [2010-05-05 19:46:20] <JoshuaFH> My favorite? 173. It gives me nightmares. But I didn't mean to interrupt.
- [2010-05-05 19:46:25] <qntm> Just because a physicist will say "hey something's wrong with that launch" doesn't mean they'll be able to reverse engineer the magic circle which allowed the launch to happen
- [2010-05-05 19:46:28] <Alias> Niiice.
- [2010-05-05 19:46:40] <qntm> or the software for the flight computers etc. etc.
- [2010-05-05 19:47:13] <Automaton> no, it doesn't but with enough poking around eventually people will ask questions and get scraps
- [2010-05-05 19:47:27] <Waxx> Lo chaps
- [2010-05-05 19:47:31] <Alias> Hey.
- [2010-05-05 19:47:33] <Loreweaver> And once they learn 'zomfg magic is teh reelz'
- [2010-05-05 19:47:34] <Automaton> when something bend the laws of physics it's a pretty big deal
- [2010-05-05 19:47:38] <Loreweaver> Then things happen
- [2010-05-05 19:47:47] <Loreweaver> Hiya Waxx
- [2010-05-05 19:48:09] <JoshuaFH> So what idea are you guys discussing?
- [2010-05-05 19:48:26] <Waxx> http://www.operatorchan.org/n/src/n58729_1255952028093.gif
- [2010-05-05 19:48:27] <Alias> Magic spaceships >.>
- [2010-05-05 19:48:29] <Loreweaver> Question two, Josh
- [2010-05-05 19:48:34] <Loreweaver> How'd you find the site?
- [2010-05-05 19:48:41] <JoshuaFH> Through TvTropes.com
- [2010-05-05 19:48:45] <AssertiveRoland> Blah....need brainstormity
- [2010-05-05 19:48:54] <Automaton> qntm seems to think that putting magic in the most complex vehicle on the face of the earth is a good way to keep magic a secret
- [2010-05-05 19:48:58] * AssertiveRoland mauls someone for brainpower, carefully avoiding hurting Josh
- [2010-05-05 19:48:59] <Loreweaver> Third question
- [2010-05-05 19:49:05] <Loreweaver> Have you read the site/chat rules?
- [2010-05-05 19:49:19] <Automaton> well, later folks
- [2010-05-05 19:49:22] <Automaton> \o
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- [2010-05-05 19:49:29] <Loreweaver> Adios
- [2010-05-05 19:50:00] <AssertiveRoland> cya Auto
- [2010-05-05 19:50:05] <JoshuaFH> Yes, but I don't think I'm ready if there's a quiz.
- [2010-05-05 19:50:11] <Loreweaver> Well, no xD
- [2010-05-05 19:50:23] <Loreweaver> We jes' needed to know you'd read them
- [2010-05-05 19:50:26] <Loreweaver> Welcome aboard =3
- [2010-05-05 19:51:35] <PikaChris> Now strip.
- [2010-05-05 19:52:12] <JoshuaFH> Do I have to?
- [2010-05-05 19:52:25] <Loreweaver> Only if you want some 447 juice
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- [2010-05-05 19:53:03] <AssertiveRoland> Blah. Loreweaver, anyone else, I'm officially conscripting you
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- [2010-05-05 19:53:47] <MrUnimport> "You might as well say a human is just a big blob of carbon which moves about on its own."
- [2010-05-05 19:53:48] <JoshuaFH> So what was the backstory behind this magic spaceships idea?
- [2010-05-05 19:53:53] <TheRaven> Why have w been conscripted?
- [2010-05-05 19:53:58] <MrUnimport> Wait, does the human count as part of the complexity of the space shuttle?
- [2010-05-05 19:54:13] <Loreweaver> For what, Ar?
- [2010-05-05 19:54:26] <AssertiveRoland> I feel the need to work more on my setting thing if I'm going to try and advertise it to writers here for participation, so I need some suggestions on what to work on
- [2010-05-05 19:54:47] <AssertiveRoland> Finish the angel writeup, write up some monsters, do more historical narrative...?
- [2010-05-05 19:54:53] <Loreweaver> Remind me
- [2010-05-05 19:55:37] <AssertiveRoland> Here, check it out
- [2010-05-05 19:55:37] <AssertiveRoland> http://nether.lucidfox.org/wiki/Main_Page
- [2010-05-05 19:55:59] <MrUnimport> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dai_shogi
- [2010-05-05 19:56:05] <MrUnimport> "Each player has a set of 65 pieces of 29 different types. In all, a player must remember 36 different moves. Each piece has its name written on it in Japanese kanji. '
- [2010-05-05 19:56:06] <TheRaven> Added to my reading list. Probably gonna be here again tomorrow, so I'll take a look then.
- [2010-05-05 19:56:08] <MrUnimport> :|
- [2010-05-05 19:56:22] <AssertiveRoland> it's the wiki for a setting I been working on for possible use. Was intended for an online RP campaign but due to people being distracted, has gone into hibernation.
- [2010-05-05 19:57:03] <Loreweaver> Hrm
- [2010-05-05 19:57:08] <AssertiveRoland> Been considering the possibility of attracting Foundation writers' interest for participation, contribution, writing stories set in that 'verse, etc. Only thing I'd want is editorial control for big big changes, since I'm gonna use the setting myself for things I'm hoping to publish
- [2010-05-05 19:57:09] <Loreweaver> Lemme read it for a few minutes
- [2010-05-05 19:57:17] <AssertiveRoland> Sure.
- [2010-05-05 19:57:19] <Loreweaver> I'll smasck you with some ideas
- [2010-05-05 19:57:30] <AssertiveRoland> I kinda wanna work on the historical narrative, but it's an intimidating idea
- [2010-05-05 19:57:43] <AssertiveRoland> I'm nowhere NEAR the "present" for the setting atm
- [2010-05-05 19:59:54] <atomicthumbs> MrUnimport: a human is a walking heap of controlled burning
- [2010-05-05 20:00:08] <MrUnimport> I wasn't the one who said it.
- [2010-05-05 20:01:17] <AssertiveRoland> ?
- [2010-05-05 20:03:42] <teaflower> ... ?
- [2010-05-05 20:04:15] <MrUnimport> ...?!
- [2010-05-05 20:04:21] * PikaChris write write write
- [2010-05-05 20:04:27] <PikaChris> WHAT IS A MAN?!
- [2010-05-05 20:04:35] <PikaChris> Nothing more than a miserable pile of secrets!
- [2010-05-05 20:04:41] <teaflower> :o
- [2010-05-05 20:04:43] <PikaChris> But enough talk!
- [2010-05-05 20:04:46] <PikaChris> Have at you!
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- [2010-05-05 20:05:23] <JoshuaFH> Wait! What is occurring?
- [2010-05-05 20:05:25] * AssertiveRoland tackles teaflower
- [2010-05-05 20:05:30] <BlackWing> We all gonna die!!
- [2010-05-05 20:05:33] <AssertiveRoland> teaflower! What should I write on?
- [2010-05-05 20:05:38] <BlackWing> paper
- [2010-05-05 20:05:38] * teaflower wants to go write but dammit theater teacher and dammit retard girl and dammit im an author i can format better than retard girl i can type faster than her and my ideas are more well formed than hers!!!
- [2010-05-05 20:05:39] <BlackWing> duh
- [2010-05-05 20:05:45] <AssertiveRoland> Historical narrative, angel design, or creature concepts!
- [2010-05-05 20:05:54] <BlackWing> Historical angelic concepts
- [2010-05-05 20:06:00] <BlackWing> With a narrative design
- [2010-05-05 20:06:00] <teaflower> I wanted to write something about angels.
- [2010-05-05 20:06:04] <teaflower> Do something else.
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- [2010-05-05 20:06:07] <MrUnimport> Whoa.
- [2010-05-05 20:06:13] <MrUnimport> What happened to Google?
- [2010-05-05 20:06:18] <Wilkes> Mornin
- [2010-05-05 20:06:25] <TheRaven> I noticed that too Uni.
- [2010-05-05 20:06:30] <teaflower> What do you mean?
- [2010-05-05 20:06:34] <PikaChris> Looks like google to me
- [2010-05-05 20:06:35] <MrUnimport> I don't like this new interface.
- [2010-05-05 20:06:58] <TheRaven> Neither do I. It's fucking weird.
- [2010-05-05 20:07:05] <PikaChris> What are you guy talking about?
- [2010-05-05 20:07:08] <Alias> Google.ca is the same as always >.>
- [2010-05-05 20:07:11] <PikaChris> It looks like google always looked.
- [2010-05-05 20:07:14] <AssertiveRoland> teaflower, s'not for SCP
- [2010-05-05 20:07:20] <Wilkes> Not seeing anything different for google.co.nz?
- [2010-05-05 20:07:20] <teaflower> Oh.
- [2010-05-05 20:07:26] <teaflower> Then carry on.
- [2010-05-05 20:08:01] * Alias checks newest SCP pages.
- [2010-05-05 20:08:10] <Alias> ...coolwhip? What? I don't get it.
- [2010-05-05 20:08:26] <MrUnimport> http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=blah&meta=&cts=1273099089379&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=
- [2010-05-05 20:08:36] <MrUnimport> Looks different to me.
- [2010-05-05 20:08:42] <MrUnimport> Maybe I only just noticed?
- [2010-05-05 20:08:44] <TheRaven> It loads normal, and then switches.
- [2010-05-05 20:09:03] <MrUnimport> Of course, the old one was http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/text/victories.html
- [2010-05-05 20:09:07] <TheRaven> Unimport, you using Firefox?
- [2010-05-05 20:09:13] <Alias> Oh, your right.
- [2010-05-05 20:09:19] <MrUnimport> Yes.
- [2010-05-05 20:09:22] <Alias> It is different when you search O.o
- [2010-05-05 20:09:34] <atomicthumbs> Unimport, you using Greasemonkey?
- [2010-05-05 20:09:37] <TheRaven> OK, so it's not the addons.
- [2010-05-05 20:09:50] <teaflower> Eh.
- [2010-05-05 20:09:51] <MrUnimport> No.
- [2010-05-05 20:10:08] <teaflower> Alright folks.
- [2010-05-05 20:10:23] <AssertiveRoland> yis?
- [2010-05-05 20:10:25] <teaflower> Should I force words out of me?
- [2010-05-05 20:10:29] <teaflower> Art out of me?
- [2010-05-05 20:10:33] <teaflower> Music out of me?
- [2010-05-05 20:10:37] <teaflower> Or simply play Earthbound?
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