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    Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2011
    Javen wrote: »
    Why the fuck are flying cars being put down now? I mean yeah smart phones and the internet are goddamn amazing if you put any thought into what they mean at all, but what exactly is wrong with thinking about faster travel? Especially if you have friends/loved ones that live far away.

    Faster travel means teleporters

    I am totally okay with teleporters

    I am not okay with teleporters.

    The idea of completely deconstructing/destroying yourself and then rebuilding yourself is not one I enjoy.

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    LiiyaLiiya Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Hunter wrote: »
    Liiya wrote: »
    Javen wrote: »
    People drive poorly and aggressively enough now

    flying cars would be the single most deadly human invention ever

    Yeah, I was thinking this too. I can barely drive as it is, god knows what'd happen if you put me in the air.

    Well, you are a woman and come from a country that doesn't even drive on the right side of the road.

    That is correct, we drive on the left side of the road, not the right side.

    Liiya on
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    TonkkaTonkka Some one in the club tonight Has stolen my ideas.Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE YELLING ABOUT

    I AM PRETTY SURE IT WAS SOMETHING YOU DID.

    GO TO YOUR ROOM.

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    AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Smart Hero wrote: »
    Uriel wrote: »
    Smart Hero wrote: »
    Flying cars are stupid and you are stupid for thinking it's 'the future'

    People have tiny handheld devices that let them communicate with anyone in the world through a simple to use service and can share photos, videos, voice recordings and other information in seconds.

    Fuck you and your silly idea of 'the future.'

    Smart Hero, making serious posts.

    You are cramping my style.


    But seriously flying cars is cool. :(

    Do you really believe the general populace is capable of operating a vehicle that includes an additional dimension of movement.

    The only way flying cars will ever be a reality is if they are controlled by an autopilot.

    Do people ever realize just how complicated driving a car is and how quickly a human adapts to doing it? Yes, yes I do believe the general populace is capable of operating a vehicle with an additional dimension of movement especially if roads and driving laws are adapted for flying as well as they are for regular driving.

    Roads and road laws are incredibly complex and do an astonishingly good job, overall, of keeping people from getting fucking killed every single day. And people take that for granted constantly. Of course we'll see accidents and all sorts of damage, but not by any substantially higher amount if they take the same level of care and safety into the design of the laws and cars themselves as they do now.

    But cars are more or less restricted to the roads they operate on.

    This just in, flying car crashes into orphaned kitten factory.

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    ZoelZoel I suppose... I'd put it on Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Javen wrote: »
    Why the fuck are flying cars being put down now? I mean yeah smart phones and the internet are goddamn amazing if you put any thought into what they mean at all, but what exactly is wrong with thinking about faster travel? Especially if you have friends/loved ones that live far away.

    Faster travel means teleporters

    I am totally okay with teleporters

    This would be awesome because we would end up with laws that prohibited against the discrimination of people with differing understandings of physics.
    Javen wrote: »
    Why the fuck are flying cars being put down now? I mean yeah smart phones and the internet are goddamn amazing if you put any thought into what they mean at all, but what exactly is wrong with thinking about faster travel? Especially if you have friends/loved ones that live far away.

    Faster travel means teleporters

    I am totally okay with teleporters

    I am not okay with teleporters.

    The idea of completely deconstructing/destroying yourself and then rebuilding yourself is not one I enjoy.

    fight the good fight guys i believe in your rights

    anyway i'm gonna go to tokyo cyaaaaa

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    However, the ring will never leave your finger, and you will be unable to ever describe to another living person what you see.
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    Cilla BlackCilla Black Priscilla!!! Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Teleporters would be rad but I don't want to appear half a world away with like some other dude's nose or just be regular inside out.

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    UrielUriel Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Quoth wrote: »
    teleporters scare me because how would i know whether it's really me coming out the other side

    You can tell if it isn't you from the mustache and or goatee.

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    Metzger MeisterMetzger Meister It Gets Worse before it gets any better.Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    you know, there's a reason it's called the RIGHT side.

    because it's the proper one.

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    Viscount IslandsViscount Islands [INSERT SoKo HERE] ...it was the summer of my lifeRegistered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Quoth wrote: »
    teleporters scare me because how would i know whether it's really me coming out the other side

    What if every time you teleport you're killing yourself and creating a clone on the other end

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    JavenJaven Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Javen wrote: »
    Why the fuck are flying cars being put down now? I mean yeah smart phones and the internet are goddamn amazing if you put any thought into what they mean at all, but what exactly is wrong with thinking about faster travel? Especially if you have friends/loved ones that live far away.

    Faster travel means teleporters

    I am totally okay with teleporters

    I am not okay with teleporters.

    The idea of completely deconstructing/destroying yourself and then rebuilding yourself is not one I enjoy.

    Oh look at the teleporter expert

    tell us all about how these completely fictional teleporters would work

    Javen on
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    ZoelZoel I suppose... I'd put it on Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Quoth i didn't know you wore an ascot

    Zoel on
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    Metzger MeisterMetzger Meister It Gets Worse before it gets any better.Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Tonkka wrote: »
    I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE YELLING ABOUT

    I AM PRETTY SURE IT WAS SOMETHING YOU DID.

    GO TO YOUR ROOM.

    I DON'T HAVE A ROOM

    Metzger Meister on
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    AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Google's self-driven cars are incredible and have been on the roads for at least a month or two.

    That shit is mind-blowingly cool.

    The idea of ground-vehicles that create an optimum distance and speed between each vehicle and seamlessly merge into 'traffic' are gonna be way more efficient than flying cars, because they utilize the existing road infrastructure

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    JavenJaven Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Quoth wrote: »
    teleporters scare me because how would i know whether it's really me coming out the other side

    What if every time you teleport you're killing yourself and creating a clone on the other end

    what you don't know can't hurt you

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    lostwordslostwords Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Screw flying cars, I want a jetpack. And a sweet, aerodynamic helmet

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    QuothQuoth the Raven Miami, FL FOR REALRegistered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Quoth wrote: »
    teleporters scare me because how would i know whether it's really me coming out the other side

    What if every time you teleport you're killing yourself and creating a clone on the other end

    yeah this! D:

    i don't even think i own an ascot, zoel

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    ProjeckProjeck Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Teleporters kill you

    Not okay with getting killed

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    Cilla BlackCilla Black Priscilla!!! Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Smart Hero wrote: »
    Smart Hero wrote: »
    Uriel wrote: »
    Smart Hero wrote: »
    Flying cars are stupid and you are stupid for thinking it's 'the future'

    People have tiny handheld devices that let them communicate with anyone in the world through a simple to use service and can share photos, videos, voice recordings and other information in seconds.

    Fuck you and your silly idea of 'the future.'

    Smart Hero, making serious posts.

    You are cramping my style.


    But seriously flying cars is cool. :(

    Do you really believe the general populace is capable of operating a vehicle that includes an additional dimension of movement.

    The only way flying cars will ever be a reality is if they are controlled by an autopilot.

    Do people ever realize just how complicated driving a car is and how quickly a human adapts to doing it? Yes, yes I do believe the general populace is capable of operating a vehicle with an additional dimension of movement especially if roads and driving laws are adapted for flying as well as they are for regular driving.

    Roads and road laws are incredibly complex and do an astonishingly good job, overall, of keeping people from getting fucking killed every single day. And people take that for granted constantly. Of course we'll see accidents and all sorts of damage, but not by any substantially higher amount if they take the same level of care and safety into the design of the laws and cars themselves as they do now.

    But cars are more or less restricted to the roads they operate on.

    This just in, flying car crashes into orphaned kitten factory.

    There are plenty of orphaned kitten factories on the sides of roads, with nothing more than a while line and maybe a foot or so of sidewalk between them and horrible radioactive poison nerve gas truck extermination!

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    UrielUriel Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    To be fair Smart Hero is 100% correct about the rail system.

    It really needs work in the states.

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    QuothQuoth the Raven Miami, FL FOR REALRegistered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Javen wrote: »
    Javen wrote: »
    Why the fuck are flying cars being put down now? I mean yeah smart phones and the internet are goddamn amazing if you put any thought into what they mean at all, but what exactly is wrong with thinking about faster travel? Especially if you have friends/loved ones that live far away.

    Faster travel means teleporters

    I am totally okay with teleporters

    I am not okay with teleporters.

    The idea of completely deconstructing/destroying yourself and then rebuilding yourself is not one I enjoy.

    Oh look at the teleporter expert

    tell us all about how these completely fictional teleporters would work

    what do you mean, we've already successfully teleported a ball bearing

    like, in 2004

    Quoth on
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    TonkkaTonkka Some one in the club tonight Has stolen my ideas.Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Tonkka wrote: »
    I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE YELLING ABOUT

    I AM PRETTY SURE IT WAS SOMETHING YOU DID.

    GO TO YOUR ROOM.

    I DON'T HAVE A ROOM

    GO OUTSIDE AND PLAY I DON'T KNOW.

    Tonkka on
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    HunterHunter Chemist with a heart of Au Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Liiya wrote: »
    Hunter wrote: »
    Liiya wrote: »
    Javen wrote: »
    People drive poorly and aggressively enough now

    flying cars would be the single most deadly human invention ever

    Yeah, I was thinking this too. I can barely drive as it is, god knows what'd happen if you put me in the air.

    Well, you are a woman and come from a country that doesn't even drive on the right side of the road.

    That is correct, we drive on the left side of the road, not the right side.

    No wonder you couldn't defeat the Germans without our help. Twice.

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    Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2011
    Javen wrote: »
    Javen wrote: »
    Why the fuck are flying cars being put down now? I mean yeah smart phones and the internet are goddamn amazing if you put any thought into what they mean at all, but what exactly is wrong with thinking about faster travel? Especially if you have friends/loved ones that live far away.

    Faster travel means teleporters

    I am totally okay with teleporters

    I am not okay with teleporters.

    The idea of completely deconstructing/destroying yourself and then rebuilding yourself is not one I enjoy.

    Oh look at the teleporter expert

    tell us all about how these completely fictional teleporters would work

    Uh, in theory based on how we understand them now, they would have to deconstruct you piece by piece and then reconstruct you on the other side. That's assuming we use the same matter in the process.

    Other concepts involve creating an exact clone of yourself in the other place while leaving your existing clone with a heart condition that makes you die in your sleep during the night.

    How the hell do you think teleportation was supposed to work? Magic?

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    LiiyaLiiya Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    you know, there's a reason it's called the RIGHT side.

    because it's the proper one.

    Well, the Romans drove on the left-hand side, keeping the tradition alive!

    Liiya on
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    Shock GShock G Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Projeck wrote: »
    Teleporters kill you

    Not okay with getting killed

    they don't kill you

    they transport you to a different receptacle

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    DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    once we invent magic teleportation will be a breeze

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    StarcrossStarcross Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Javen wrote: »
    Javen wrote: »
    Why the fuck are flying cars being put down now? I mean yeah smart phones and the internet are goddamn amazing if you put any thought into what they mean at all, but what exactly is wrong with thinking about faster travel? Especially if you have friends/loved ones that live far away.

    Faster travel means teleporters

    I am totally okay with teleporters

    I am not okay with teleporters.

    The idea of completely deconstructing/destroying yourself and then rebuilding yourself is not one I enjoy.

    Oh look at the teleporter expert

    tell us all about how these completely fictional teleporters would work

    Uh, in theory based on how we understand them now, they would have to deconstruct you piece by piece and then reconstruct you on the other side. That's assuming we use the same matter in the process.

    Other concepts involve creating an exact clone of yourself in the other place while leaving your existing clone with a heart condition that makes you die in your sleep during the night.

    How the hell do you think teleportation was supposed to work? Magic?

    Wormholes!

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    JavenJaven Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Javen wrote: »
    Javen wrote: »
    Why the fuck are flying cars being put down now? I mean yeah smart phones and the internet are goddamn amazing if you put any thought into what they mean at all, but what exactly is wrong with thinking about faster travel? Especially if you have friends/loved ones that live far away.

    Faster travel means teleporters

    I am totally okay with teleporters

    I am not okay with teleporters.

    The idea of completely deconstructing/destroying yourself and then rebuilding yourself is not one I enjoy.

    Oh look at the teleporter expert

    tell us all about how these completely fictional teleporters would work

    Uh, in theory based on how we understand them now, they would have to deconstruct you piece by piece and then reconstruct you on the other side. That's assuming we use the same matter in the process.

    Other concepts involve creating an exact clone of yourself in the other place while leaving your existing clone with a heart condition that makes you die in your sleep during the night.

    How the hell do you think teleportation was supposed to work? Magic?

    I have no idea how one would work outside of science fiction, which is why I didn't posit how they would, unlike some teleporter experts I could name.

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    SeriouslySeriously Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    the only acceptable flying car would be the light jets from tron

    I can just take a header off a 10th story balcony and buzz the jerks in the swimming pool zoooooooom

    Seriously on
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    UrielUriel Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    We need some sweet music to ride across the universe.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2SCIoq0VX4

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    Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2011
    Teleporters create a copy of you with the same point of the stream of consciousness that you had prior to you entering the teleporter. It's the philosophical equivalent of you dying and having your exact physical/mental clone go on and live your life.

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    Metzger MeisterMetzger Meister It Gets Worse before it gets any better.Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Liiya wrote: »
    you know, there's a reason it's called the RIGHT side.

    because it's the proper one.

    Well, the Romans drove on the left-hand side, keeping the tradition alive!

    so that's two things the british have in common with the romans.

    the first being a former empire. :smugface:

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    HunterHunter Chemist with a heart of Au Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Liiya wrote: »
    you know, there's a reason it's called the RIGHT side.

    because it's the proper one.

    Well, the Romans drove on the left-hand side, keeping the tradition alive!

    They also had sex with young boys and puked up their food.

    So you guys are 1/2 way there with your bad food thing.

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    LiiyaLiiya Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Hunter wrote: »

    No wonder you couldn't defeat the Germans without our help. Twice.

    No. We're not having this argument.

    edit: Not having any of these arguments.

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    ZoelZoel I suppose... I'd put it on Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Javen wrote: »
    Javen wrote: »
    Why the fuck are flying cars being put down now? I mean yeah smart phones and the internet are goddamn amazing if you put any thought into what they mean at all, but what exactly is wrong with thinking about faster travel? Especially if you have friends/loved ones that live far away.

    Faster travel means teleporters

    I am totally okay with teleporters

    I am not okay with teleporters.

    The idea of completely deconstructing/destroying yourself and then rebuilding yourself is not one I enjoy.

    Oh look at the teleporter expert

    tell us all about how these completely fictional teleporters would work

    You mean how it does work?

    http://www.research.ibm.com/quantuminfo/teleportation/

    Zoel on
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    However, the ring will never leave your finger, and you will be unable to ever describe to another living person what you see.
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    QuothQuoth the Raven Miami, FL FOR REALRegistered User regular
    edited January 2011
    am i the only person who knows about the teleportation thing already happening

    is it supposed to be a secret

    is the government coming for me now D:

    Quoth on
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    Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2011
    Javen wrote: »
    Why the fuck are flying cars being put down now? I mean yeah smart phones and the internet are goddamn amazing if you put any thought into what they mean at all, but what exactly is wrong with thinking about faster travel? Especially if you have friends/loved ones that live far away.

    Faster travel means teleporters

    I am totally okay with teleporters

    I am not okay with teleporters.

    The idea of completely deconstructing/destroying yourself and then rebuilding yourself is not one I enjoy.

    Imagine if there was a blackout just as you teleported.

    Raijin Quickfoot on
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    Metzger MeisterMetzger Meister It Gets Worse before it gets any better.Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Tonkka wrote: »
    Tonkka wrote: »
    I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE YELLING ABOUT

    I AM PRETTY SURE IT WAS SOMETHING YOU DID.

    GO TO YOUR ROOM.

    I DON'T HAVE A ROOM

    GO OUTSIDE AND PLAY I DON'T KNOW.

    IT'S FUCKING 9 DEGREES.

    Metzger Meister on
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    Viscount IslandsViscount Islands [INSERT SoKo HERE] ...it was the summer of my lifeRegistered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Javen wrote: »
    Javen wrote: »
    Why the fuck are flying cars being put down now? I mean yeah smart phones and the internet are goddamn amazing if you put any thought into what they mean at all, but what exactly is wrong with thinking about faster travel? Especially if you have friends/loved ones that live far away.

    Faster travel means teleporters

    I am totally okay with teleporters

    I am not okay with teleporters.

    The idea of completely deconstructing/destroying yourself and then rebuilding yourself is not one I enjoy.

    Oh look at the teleporter expert

    tell us all about how these completely fictional teleporters would work

    Uh, in theory based on how we understand them now, they would have to deconstruct you piece by piece and then reconstruct you on the other side. That's assuming we use the same matter in the process.

    Other concepts involve creating an exact clone of yourself in the other place while leaving your existing clone with a heart condition that makes you die in your sleep during the night.


    How the hell do you think teleportation was supposed to work? Magic?

    Why would anyone use this device?

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    SeriouslySeriously Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Javen wrote: »
    Javen wrote: »
    Why the fuck are flying cars being put down now? I mean yeah smart phones and the internet are goddamn amazing if you put any thought into what they mean at all, but what exactly is wrong with thinking about faster travel? Especially if you have friends/loved ones that live far away.

    Faster travel means teleporters

    I am totally okay with teleporters

    I am not okay with teleporters.

    The idea of completely deconstructing/destroying yourself and then rebuilding yourself is not one I enjoy.

    Oh look at the teleporter expert

    tell us all about how these completely fictional teleporters would work
    Other concepts involve creating an exact clone of yourself in the other place while leaving your existing clone with a heart condition that makes you die in your sleep during the night.

    what


    that sounds like a case of too many scientists and not enough engineers

    or something

    Seriously on
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