13||0|2177|0|yes 0|0|0|||||SCIENCE%21%21%21|Barricade||15:42:19|04/14/2009|Random question%3A%0D%0A%0D%0AWhat -would- likely happen if you locked Skuld%2C Nikolai Tesla%2C Tony Stark%2C and Agatha Heterodyne into a R%26D %27think tank%27 room for 4 hours%2C with any%2Fall of the best R%26D equipment out there%2C and slipped a few pizzas under the door to them %28w%2F sodas too%29.%0D%0A%0D%0ARandom question %232%3A%0D%0ACan we see in a mini-story what might happen in such an occasion%3F Although I suspect much slapstick %26 SCIENCE%21%21 as I do actual R%26D. 1|1|0|||||RE%3A SCIENCE%21%21%21|clg||15:47:08|04/14/2009|%3EWhat -would- likely happen if you locked Skuld%2C Nikolai Tesla%2C Tony %0D%0A%3EStark%2C and Agatha Heterodyne into a R%26D %27think tank%27 room for 4 hours%2C %0D%0A%3Ewith any%2Fall of the best R%26D equipment out there%2C and slipped a few %0D%0A%3Epizzas under the door to them %28w%2F sodas too%29. %0D%0A%0D%0AJailbreak%3F I don%27t exactly see any of these people as amenable to being locked in a room.%0D%0A%0D%0A - Chad 2|1|0|||1||RE%3A SCIENCE%21%21%21|Wedge||16:12:20|04/14/2009|That sounds like a pretty awesome D%26D game to me.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable border%3D%220%22 cellspacing%3D%220%22 cellpadding%3D%220%22%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.gweep.net%2F%7Ewedge%2Fufchad_ficon.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btd%5DChad Collier%0D%0ASmirking Kilrathi%0D%0A%5Bfont color%3D%230000CC%5DThe Captain of the Gravy Train%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D 4|2|2|||||RE%3A SCIENCE%21%21%21|mdg1||18:17:21|04/14/2009|More like GURPS I.O.U. %3A%29 3|1|0|||1||RE%3A SCIENCE%21%21%21|remande||18:15:14|04/14/2009|%3ERandom question%3A %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EWhat -would- likely happen if you locked Skuld%2C Nikolai Tesla%2C Tony %0D%0A%3EStark%2C and Agatha Heterodyne into a R%26D %27think tank%27 room for 4 hours%2C %0D%0A%3Ewith any%2Fall of the best R%26D equipment out there%2C and slipped a few %0D%0A%3Epizzas under the door to them %28w%2F sodas too%29. %0D%0A%0D%0AA naked singularity.%0D%0A%0D%0A--rR%0D%0A 5|1|0|||1||RE%3A SCIENCE%21%21%21|SpottedKitty||19:07:03|04/14/2009|Don%27t forget the betting pool going on outside the room on %22time until the first explosion%22. IMHO if Agatha gets into full Spark mode%2C she could cause earth-shattering kabooms just boiling an egg...%0D%0A%0D%0A-- %0D%0AUnable to save the day%3A File is read-only. 6|1|0|||1||RE%3A SCIENCE%21%21%21|Gryphon||21:10:36|04/14/2009|I confess I%27m not really seeing the relevance to the particular forum in which this was posted%2C but for the sake of analysis%2C I would expect the first thing to emerge would be some sort of lock-defeating device%2C followed shortly by the test subjects.%0D%0A%0D%0AAlso%2C I%27m sure they%27d all be rather bemused%2C as three of them are from different fictional universes and one is dead. %28Or%2C if you%27re looking at it as a UF thing%2C one of them is still fictional.%29%0D%0A%0D%0AAlso also%2C there%27s only one %5Bi%5Di%5B%2Fi%5D in %5Bi%5DNikola Tesla%5B%2Fi%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0ASkuld voiced the primary obstacle to this sort of thing ever producing anything useful when she noted in %5Bi%5DTwilight%5B%2Fi%5D that super-geniuses are not good team players. When they collaborate%2C it%27s because they had an idea that they want to work together on%3B not because somebody tried to make them brainstorm like marketing executives at a corporate team-building camp. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Admin%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 7|2|6|||||RE%3A SCIENCE%21%21%21|Star Ranger4||21:42:17|04/14/2009|%3EI confess I%27m not really seeing the relevance to the particular forum %0D%0A%3Ein which this was posted%2C but for the sake of analysis%2C I would expect %0D%0A%3Ethe first thing to emerge would be some sort of lock-defeating device%2C %0D%0A%3Efollowed shortly by the test subjects. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A followed shortly by said subjects subjecting their gaoler to some serious definitions of pain%2C as well.%0D%0A%0D%0Alet me instead point out given they didnt need as much talent to rebuild the world engine%2C what the HELL would they NEED all that brainpower for%3F 9|3|7|||1||RE%3A SCIENCE%21%21%21|Terminus Est||07:55:45|04/15/2009|They needed manpower more than brainpower%2C I think. The people handling the monkey wrenches actually having some idea what the stuff they were working on was supposed to -do- was just a bonus%2C if you ask me. %28Of course%2C they actually had to have the technical skills to fabricate the parts%2C too.%29%0D%0A%0D%0AMy opinion%2C a buck fifty%2C Starbucks%2C etc. 8|2|6|||||RE%3A SCIENCE%21%21%21|Barricade||01:50:29|04/15/2009|Hmm%2C I thought Agatha had a cameo appearance in one of the UF%2FSymphonies%2C which is the only reason I mentioned her. As for why I posted in this forum%2C its likely because Symphony is the one I read the most%2C and most associate with the overall UFverse. Sorry if I stuck it in the wrong spot. 10|3|8|||||RE%3A SCIENCE%21%21%21|Star Ranger4||13:46:05|04/15/2009|%3EHmm%2C I thought Agatha had a cameo appearance in one of the %0D%0A%3EUF%2FSymphonies%2C which is the only reason I mentioned her. As for why I %0D%0A%3Eposted in this forum%2C its likely because Symphony is the one I read %0D%0A%3Ethe most%2C and most associate with the overall UFverse. Sorry if I %0D%0A%3Estuck it in the wrong spot. %0D%0A%0D%0ANope. It was in CSI%3ANA%2C the scene where Sara gets everyone together at the test track to help her quantify her new speed powers. And it wasnt a cameo%2C it was more of a single line gag. %22We%27re doing SCIENCE%21%22 11|1|0|||||RE%3A SCIENCE%21%21%21|Gulping Again||16:01:25|04/16/2009|Hmmmmmmmm. Switch Agatha out for Washuu %28since there is no Agatha in this universe%29 and add in Don Griffin to bring the roster up to five and we can have the UF Science Ninja Team Gatchaman.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd that would be completely amazing. 12|2|11|||1||RE%3A SCIENCE%21%21%21|Gryphon||16:04:23|04/16/2009|%3Eand we can have the UF Science Ninja Team Gatchaman. %0D%0A%0D%0AI suspect putting Mr. Tesla and Washuu on the same team would be a recipe for... not so much disaster as an absence of Mr. Tesla%2C actually. He had a long time in Valhalla to work out the excessive wariness of women he displayed in his first life%2C but there are %5Bi%5Dlimits.%5B%2Fi%5D %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Admin%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 13|3|12|||||RE%3A SCIENCE%21%21%21|Gulping Again||22:17:25|04/16/2009|%3EI suspect putting Mr. Tesla and Washuu on the same team would be a %0D%0A%3Erecipe for... not so much disaster as an absence of Mr. Tesla%2C %0D%0A%3Eactually. He had a long time in Valhalla to work out the excessive %0D%0A%3Ewariness of women he displayed in his first life%2C but there are %0D%0A%3E%5Bi%5Dlimits.%5B%2Fi%5D %3A%29 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E--G. %0D%0A%0D%0AThat%27s why she%27s the Obligatory Little Member. By the same token%2C Don is the Big Guy of the group. %28Although he%27s not all that tall%2C he%27s the only SCIENCE%21 person in UF who%27d really fit the role because you haven%27t introduced a supergenius Hoffmanite.%29%0D%0A