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Imponderables: No Expectations

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Wednesday, March 25, 2009 11:59 AM

NVGHOSTRIDER


It's been a good year.

Previous Thread:

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Wednesday, March 25, 2009 1:37 PM

FREELANCERTEX


FIRSTIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*does firsties dance*


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Wednesday, March 25, 2009 4:46 PM

MSA


ok a ponder

what is the best evil plot to destroy/take over something you've ever seen in a movie??

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Wednesday, March 25, 2009 4:58 PM

FREELANCERTEX


all i can think of is the craziness of Fight Club, but Count of Monte Cristo, that was pretty well thought out on Edmond's part :P can't really think of destruction plots so much as escape plots (like the way kaiser sose (sp?) fooled everyone in the usual suspects, or the way thomas crown managed to evade a sea of cops and *still* steal a painting from a locked room, then get all the way to the helipad and gone before anyone followed him)


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Thursday, March 26, 2009 1:59 AM

SOLARFLARE


Interesting ponder. I'm mostly drawing a blank on it.

The movie "Heathers" comes to mind for evil-destruction plans... I don't know that I would call it "best."

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Thursday, March 26, 2009 4:48 AM

ZEEK


The bond movie where the guy has the satellite that focuses the sun like a big magnifying glass. As far as I know we have no weapons system to take out such a weapon and there's no defense from something like that.

Personally if I was chief of state I'd be sending up tons of satellites with frickin laser beams on them. Once we have the ability to shoot down anything launching into space and we can target a few thousand targets on Earth at once we can just declare ourselves the United States of the World and no one will really be able to stop us. Mwuahahahahahahahahaha

I should really really never be president though. I'd be very evil with that much power.

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Thursday, March 26, 2009 9:02 AM

NVGHOSTRIDER


BUMP

for almost Friday and plans to take over the world.

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Thursday, March 26, 2009 9:11 AM

FREELANCERTEX


YAY FRIDAY!! so wish i didnt have class tomorrow ><;;


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Thursday, March 26, 2009 2:40 PM

MSA


I will be home tomorrow... Peanut has registered a strong objection to the overwork so the doctor ordered me to take tomorrow off:)oh and my preggie pops are here...YAY

Personally I think Pinky and the Brain are the best at plotting world domination

HUGS to all

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Thursday, March 26, 2009 3:20 PM

ZEROKIRYU


Quote:

Originally posted by MsA:
Personally I think Pinky and the Brain are the best at plotting world domination



Funny as I was just thinking that earlier today while reading the thread.

As for pure evil...I'd have to say Light Yagami from Death Note. Guy practically had the entire world at his feet, just by using a notebook. Of course, nothing is more evil than someone who truely believes that what they're doing is good.

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Thursday, March 26, 2009 4:01 PM

FREELANCERTEX


lolz, yes MsA, Pinky and the Brain are the ultimate world dominating plotters XD

light yagami was just a fuckin psycho.


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Thursday, March 26, 2009 4:04 PM

MSA


Pinky and the Brain have style...

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Thursday, March 26, 2009 4:24 PM

ZEROKIRYU


Quote:

Originally posted by freelancertex:
light yagami was just a fuckin psycho.


In the end, yeah. When he started out his intentions were good though, and that makes him all the more evil. I mean come on, the guy had the president of the United States bow to his will.

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Thursday, March 26, 2009 4:34 PM

FREELANCERTEX


yeah, anyone being threatened with death would back down from a fight


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Friday, March 27, 2009 3:35 AM

RHYIANAN


Quote:

Originally posted by freelancertex:

light yagami was just a fuckin psycho.



I thought so too, in the beginning, only kept watching after the first episode because I wanted to see him get caught. However, as time went on, his pure genius grew on me. It's fiction, and contrived, but the way that he manages to manipulate the people around him is amazing. That is why he is an evil mastermind (as well as a psycho). I haven't reached the end of the series, mostly because I lost interest when L died, but I heard that eventually, someone will finally out maneuver him.

Mal said that there is nothing worse than monster that think's he's right with god, but in this case, there's nothing worse than a monster that thinks he is god.

(As an interesting aside, having watched the portion that I have subtitled, reading light's name using western convention is really odd)


I'm a leaf on the wind

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Friday, March 27, 2009 4:46 AM

ZEEK


Was this guy invincible or something? If someone threatens to kill you then you just kill them right back. What kind of a president can't get one lousy dude assassinated?

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Friday, March 27, 2009 5:17 AM

MSA


morning all

oooh villany gotta love villany first thing in the morning

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Friday, March 27, 2009 5:28 AM

NVGHOSTRIDER


Holy spoilerific anime morning Batman!

Good morning peoples.

Workin'.

That's about it.

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Friday, March 27, 2009 5:41 AM

FREELANCERTEX


Quote:

Originally posted by Zeek:
Was this guy invincible or something? If someone threatens to kill you then you just kill them right back. What kind of a president can't get one lousy dude assassinated?


He's not invincible, he has this notebook called the Death Note, which is the property of a spirit in the underworld (he dropped it into the human world on purpose for someone to find). every spirit (i forget their actual name, but they do have one) in this world feeds on other people's lives to survive, so when they need to take another life to sustain themselves, they write that person's name in the Death Note, and the mode of death, and that person will die of said method.
Light reads the Death Note's instructions and proceeds to start killing people, first villains experimentally, then other people he feels will get in the way of his work. he gets crazy out of control with the killing, but as no one else has a Death Note, they can't really threaten to kill him, that and for most of the story no one *actually* knows who he is, so they can't find him or kill him. Even so, he also carries a piece of paper from the Death Note around with him in case he encounters anyone trying to catch or kill him. (a few feds lose their lives that way ><)


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Friday, March 27, 2009 5:44 AM

MSA


NV

ok wow complicatedly cool plot

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Friday, March 27, 2009 5:56 AM

ZEEK


Quote:

Originally posted by freelancertex:
Quote:

Originally posted by Zeek:
Was this guy invincible or something? If someone threatens to kill you then you just kill them right back. What kind of a president can't get one lousy dude assassinated?


He's not invincible, he has this notebook called the Death Note, which is the property of a spirit in the underworld (he dropped it into the human world on purpose for someone to find). every spirit (i forget their actual name, but they do have one) in this world feeds on other people's lives to survive, so when they need to take another life to sustain themselves, they write that person's name in the Death Note, and the mode of death, and that person will die of said method.
Light reads the Death Note's instructions and proceeds to start killing people, first villains experimentally, then other people he feels will get in the way of his work. he gets crazy out of control with the killing, but as no one else has a Death Note, they can't really threaten to kill him, that and for most of the story no one *actually* knows who he is, so they can't find him or kill him. Even so, he also carries a piece of paper from the Death Note around with him in case he encounters anyone trying to catch or kill him. (a few feds lose their lives that way ><)


Pssh if I were president that guy would be caught and dead in no time. Even if he's trying to stay anonymous he'd have to get messages out somehow. I'd be able to track him down eventually and then bang bang bang dead. Besides just don't tell him your name and he has no power over you.

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Friday, March 27, 2009 6:06 AM

FREELANCERTEX


messages.....for what? oh, and there's something called 'the eyes of the shinigami' *the shinigami are the spirits, finally remembered* where the shinigami, who can see all, gives the person with the death note his eyes, so that person can see what the shinigami sees, thus knowing everyone's name without them telling him. i can't *quite* remember, but i'm pretty sure Light makes this trade at some point (correct me if i'm wrong Rhyianan). so there u go.


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Friday, March 27, 2009 6:12 AM

ZEEK


If he wants to make me bow to his will or do his bidding he has to tell me somehow. So, messages. Forensics and witnesses. He'd be dead in a matter of days.

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Friday, March 27, 2009 6:17 AM

FREELANCERTEX


his dad's a fed, he knows how to avoid it, and he communicates through indirect means.


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Friday, March 27, 2009 6:35 AM

MSA


ok ...anyone else hear the twilight zone theme playing?

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Friday, March 27, 2009 6:41 AM

FREELANCERTEX


lmao, don't worry MsA, it's just manga :P ^_^


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Friday, March 27, 2009 7:39 AM

ZEROKIRYU


Quote:

Originally posted by freelancertex:
messages.....for what? oh, and there's something called 'the eyes of the shinigami' *the shinigami are the spirits, finally remembered* where the shinigami, who can see all, gives the person with the death note his eyes, so that person can see what the shinigami sees, thus knowing everyone's name without them telling him. i can't *quite* remember, but i'm pretty sure Light makes this trade at some point (correct me if i'm wrong Rhyianan). so there u go.



Nope, Light never makes the trade. Twas Misa who had the eyes.

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Friday, March 27, 2009 8:10 AM

RHYIANAN


Correct, Light would not make the trade because it takes half of your remaining life to do so and he didn't consider the eyes worth it.


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Friday, March 27, 2009 8:24 AM

FREELANCERTEX


i remember that bit, and i remembered someone ended up getting the eyes, i just couldnt keep the exact details straight ><;; thanks.


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Friday, March 27, 2009 9:35 AM

MSA


hey for all I know it was some inside info on the president....giggle

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Friday, March 27, 2009 9:58 AM

FREELANCERTEX


LOLZ XD that would definitely call for a twilight zone theme


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Friday, March 27, 2009 1:38 PM

NVGHOSTRIDER


C'mon 5:00!

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Friday, March 27, 2009 1:58 PM

MSA


NV has an awesome tournament to go to... SIGH. Wish I could go to...stupid bed rest:(
Oh well it'll be worth it when Peanut gets here

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Friday, March 27, 2009 6:07 PM

FREELANCERTEX


ooh, tournament for what?



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Saturday, March 28, 2009 2:16 PM

FREELANCERTEX


*saturday evening bump*


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Monday, March 30, 2009 5:26 AM

NVGHOSTRIDER


Monday sucks.

Just sayin'.

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Monday, March 30, 2009 5:31 AM

ZEEK


agreed

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Monday, March 30, 2009 6:03 AM

FREELANCERTEX


twice agreed.


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Monday, March 30, 2009 7:01 AM

MSA


ok here's a ponder ...do you think we ought to go for the 4 day work week that is prevalent in some European countries??


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Monday, March 30, 2009 7:05 AM

NVGHOSTRIDER


They might force me to. Not too keen on getting up earlier and staying here later.

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Monday, March 30, 2009 7:27 AM

MSA


eeeeeeeeeeeeew
I meant 4 8 hour days not 4 10 hour ones...
I have heard of companies doing thatas a money saving thing, but if you work the same hours how is this saving money?



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Monday, March 30, 2009 9:17 AM

SOLARFLARE


Depending on the situation, they can save money on overhead, especially utilities.

If you go to 4 8-hour workdays, do you still get the same benefits? I would guess not.

Side note: About 8 years ago, the company I was working at introduced the option of a "flex week." You could work 4 10-hour days instead of 5 8-hour days. Most of the time, I was getting stuck working 10-hour days anyway (without overtime due to salary position). So, it was like an extra vacation day every week.

It was sweet while it lasted.

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Monday, March 30, 2009 10:21 AM

MSA


I don't think I'd survive it because I have a 2 hour commute daily and that'd make it a 12 hour day... but cool that it worked for you

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Monday, March 30, 2009 10:51 AM

ZEEK


Quote:

Originally posted by solarflare:
Depending on the situation, they can save money on overhead, especially utilities.

If you go to 4 8-hour workdays, do you still get the same benefits? I would guess not.

Side note: About 8 years ago, the company I was working at introduced the option of a "flex week." You could work 4 10-hour days instead of 5 8-hour days. Most of the time, I was getting stuck working 10-hour days anyway (without overtime due to salary position). So, it was like an extra vacation day every week.

It was sweet while it lasted.


I'd expect it to turn into 5 10 hour days way too quickly for me. Heck half the time that's what everybody works in the tech industry anyway. Bah!


So, took the kitty to the vet again today. Her numbers are still coming down so they're even more optimistic that she's going to be fully recovered soon. Yay! Double yay that pricking yourself with a needle that was just in a kitty isn't dangerous. That was my idiot moment yesterday.

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Monday, March 30, 2009 10:56 AM

MSA


Oh Zeek I am so glad your little kitty is ok. How on earth did you prick yourself with a needle???


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Monday, March 30, 2009 11:17 AM

ZEEK


Quote:

Originally posted by MsA:
Oh Zeek I am so glad your little kitty is ok. How on earth did you prick yourself with a needle???


lol I was pulling the used needle off the IV thing and instead of getting the needle off the cap came off and my knee jerk reaction was to put it back on. Except instead of going in the cap the needle decided to go in my finger. Stupid needle! And there was much blood and rejoicing...minus the rejoicing.

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Monday, March 30, 2009 1:34 PM

MSA


aww HUGS

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Tuesday, March 31, 2009 5:17 AM

NVGHOSTRIDER


Wow. Dead thread this morning.

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Tuesday, March 31, 2009 5:27 AM

ZEEK


*dies of finger infection*

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Tuesday, March 31, 2009 6:11 AM

MSA


oh now Zeek no dying on the job

why is it only Tuesday??

NV

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