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posted January 15, 2001 21:37           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Nitrozac and Snaggy, if you kill off the Sys Admin I will demand a Void recount!

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Tasslehoff
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posted January 15, 2001 22:48     Click Here to See the Profile for Tasslehoff   Click Here to Email Tasslehoff     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Oh! Wait, here's a better idea (read: "conspiracy theory")!

The TTB's have been fried again... barring another Nitrozacian Plot Twist. I bet the the anti-tube blast will give the SysAdmin amnesia and the remaining geeks will convince her that's she's really a good geek. Hmmmm....

We need another TTB to prepare for the unavoidable return of Lord Martha Stewart!

...or I need sleep.

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Mr Bill
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posted January 16, 2001 00:29     Click Here to See the Profile for Mr Bill   Click Here to Email Mr Bill     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
As long as the recount is not held in Florida,....

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Life Rule #2: It's all small stuff.

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Swiss Mercenary
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posted January 16, 2001 08:45     Click Here to See the Profile for Swiss Mercenary   Click Here to Email Swiss Mercenary     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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The TTB's have been fried again... barring another Nitrozacian Plot Twist. I bet the the anti-tube blast will give the SysAdmin amnesia and the remaining geeks will convince her that's she's really a good geek. Hmmmm....
WHAT! The SysAdmin become good , never, never.
Noooo... tell me that you are not going to do this to me (and other SysAdmin fans), please Nitrozac
That she survives to fight again yes ("curses, foiled again!"), shaking her fist at the TTB's ("I will be back"), but good, never!!!!

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Greg Wooledge
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posted January 16, 2001 09:09     Click Here to See the Profile for Greg Wooledge   Click Here to Email Greg Wooledge     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
On a more serious note: how far does the bluish blast reach? Will it shatter the tubes in which the TTBs are trapped? In a world based on tubes, will it destroy the economic and technological infrastructure of the cartoon alter-Earth?

If the tubes in which the TTBs are trapped get destroyed while the TTBs are being fried, do they get sent through some sort of wormhole? (Not that that would make any sense, necessarily... but it's standard sci-fi stuff....)

Oh, and I think this is my 100th post here. Let's see if I become something more than a Geek now....

[Edit: look ma, I'm a Super Geek!]

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Veldrane
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posted January 16, 2001 09:39     Click Here to See the Profile for Veldrane   Click Here to Email Veldrane     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Good, evil...what does it matter at long as the blast keeps ripping off more clothing?

Here's to hoping for a more sustained blast!

-Vel

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Petethelate
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posted January 16, 2001 11:23     Click Here to See the Profile for Petethelate   Click Here to Email Petethelate     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Veldrane:
Good, evil...what does it matter at long as the blast keeps ripping off more clothing?


Careful! Do you really want to see the Geek and Dude nude?

Ptl

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Veldrane
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posted January 16, 2001 12:46     Click Here to See the Profile for Veldrane   Click Here to Email Veldrane     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Petethelate:
Careful! Do you [b]really want to see the Geek and Dude nude?

Ptl[/B]


*shrug* I guess something should be done to entertain the female viewers.

Unless Nitrozac decides to throw in a gratuitous shot of the TTH.

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Ben
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posted January 16, 2001 13:24     Click Here to See the Profile for Ben     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Ding Dong the Bitch is Dead!
Which old Bitch? The Wicked Bitch!
Wake up - geeky head, rub your eyes, get out of bed.
Wake up, the Wicked Bitch is dead. She's gone where the prairie dogs go,
Below - below - below. Yo-ho, let's open up and sing and ring the bells out.
Ding Dong' the merry-oh, sing it high, sing it low.
Let the TTBs know.
The Wicked Bitch is dead!

maybe

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kimbrosan
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posted January 16, 2001 14:46     Click Here to See the Profile for kimbrosan   Click Here to Email kimbrosan     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
She looks quite stylish for someone that's being caught in a shockwave, like those big Robert Longo prints that they tend to hang in trendoid bars...you know, they've got their clothes billowing about and look like they're falling into a hole.

'Cept she's feeling the power of the bluish blast.

And Longo sullied the name of St. Gibson with that...thing with Keanu in it.

Rhetorical: Is the void like the area in Pac-Man where the ghosts get their bodies back?

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Tasslehoff
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posted January 22, 2001 11:47     Click Here to See the Profile for Tasslehoff   Click Here to Email Tasslehoff     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Ah, it would appear that the bluish blast has also proved effective in removing bits o' the TTB's stylish black infiltration-wear this week...

Naughty bluish blast.
What will we do with you?

MORE ABJECT SPECULATION:

So what effect will this wave of tube destruction have on the frozen T4's Ann and Cath? Also, while it's possible that the world now has one less Sys Admin, how will Tubes weather the explosion? It seems almost a shame to possibly lose him since he ended being an innocent victim of his daughter in the end.

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Section 8
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posted January 22, 2001 13:49     Click Here to See the Profile for Section 8   Click Here to Email Section 8     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Hmm....in all likelyhood being in a blazing inferno for a few moments might thaw the TTTTs slightly. Also, assuming their reaction times are good (and I'm assuming one of them is a twitch-gamer so this is almost assured) they should be able to time-travel or throw up a dark matter shield or whatever in between the time the tubes break and the time the glass from the tubes lacerates their vitals.

Personally, I'm worred about Relic. I know he's helluva tough and too grouchy to die and all, but can he live through the terrible trio of a tubepedo (still can't spell that right!) detonation, the ignition of 1.7 metric tonnes of premium hog [drat...can't smell manure...no, that's right...] manure, and a fall from 1200 meters into geek-eating groundhog territory!

Wait! That's the deux est machina! The groundhogs, who log ago established an alliance with Relic to eliminate the Web Monkeys as the dominant intelligent life-form on the Internet, set up a nice relaxing bed of prickly pear cacti leaves for him to land on! Then, the acupunture-like painkilling effects of the cactic prevent him from passing out!

Er...isn't the Geek and co. kinda messed as soon as the tubes on the bridge go up?

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Tasslehoff
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posted January 22, 2001 14:16     Click Here to See the Profile for Tasslehoff   Click Here to Email Tasslehoff     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
One would assume that the geeks on the dirigible would be safe from any tube-destrying waves since they're at the epicenter of the effect. Besides, aren't I correct in thinking that the only tubes onboard anyhow were the geek's project? The dirigible itself was powered by nature's own friendly fuel.

That's Pork Poop. The other alternative fuel.

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Snaggy
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posted January 22, 2001 14:23     Click Here to See the Profile for Snaggy   Click Here to Email Snaggy     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Er...isn't the Geek and co. kinda messed as soon as the tubes on the bridge go up?

Most of the tubes on the bridge of the geeks's dirigible already blew as a result of the first torpedo, and the resulting residual tube-0-static charge. That was when dear Scott redshirt was tragically killed.

Unlike the Dark Dirigible, (which is essentially one big tube filled with tubes) the geeks dirigible is a retro-fitted original style dirigible (Relic's dad caught it). It suffers damage, but survives the bluish blast.

As to Relic... well, at least we know his hat made it OK.

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Zwilnik
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posted January 22, 2001 17:50     Click Here to See the Profile for Zwilnik     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Plus (assuming they make it out of the blast), we have the TTBs minus rather a lot of clothing to look forward to

Here's to living in hope

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Greg Wooledge
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posted January 23, 2001 09:28     Click Here to See the Profile for Greg Wooledge   Click Here to Email Greg Wooledge     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
It looks like the tube shards are flying away from the TTBs. Apparently, at the time of the bluish blast, the pressure inside their tubes must've been a lot higher than the pressure outside. (Bluish Blast Bernoulli effect?)

As for reflexes and dark matter shields and all that... remember that Bambi was exerting her time-mistress powers as hard as she could at the time of the blast. So the question is three-fold (at least):


  • What, exactly, prevented Bambi's powers from working while she was encased in the tube?
  • What will be the effect of a sudden removal of said tube?
  • What will be the effect of a sudden exposure to Bluish Blast on Bambi at the instant that her fully-exerted time mistress powers are no longer impeded by the tube?

And just what were the other three TTBs doing at that time, anyway? I don't believe for a second that they were simply wringing their hands in despair....

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Petethelate
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posted January 23, 2001 11:16     Click Here to See the Profile for Petethelate   Click Here to Email Petethelate     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Snagalena: As to Relic... well, at least we know his hat made it OK.

LOL! Actually, I missed that the first time around; didn't notice that the gif was animated, so I scrolled down to look at the votes/jokes and went to the fora. Dunno if this means I need more or less caffeine when I'm reading the quickpoll.

BTW, with respect to the TTBs in the Tube Torture Device, there was a vacuum being pulled earlier. So, it looks like between Tube-o-netic damage and bluish blast HTML bombs, either the laws of cartoon physics got rearranged, or the exterior of the TTD sucked even worse than the interior.

/me wonders how Brandy did with the anode.

Ptl

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Tau Zero
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posted January 23, 2001 11:37     Click Here to See the Profile for Tau Zero     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Petethelate:
/me wonders how Brandy did with the anode.

Ptl


Are you saying she's anode-retentive?

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Snaggy
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posted January 23, 2001 14:09     Click Here to See the Profile for Snaggy   Click Here to Email Snaggy     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The bluish blast is a new, unstudied phenomena, but we do know it is related to an EMP (electro-magnetic pulse). It seems to have some force of its own (like a shockwave), but this force primarily effects tubes and women's clothing, as well as un-bluish blast hardened html in our Universe.

There is a theory that suggests the Electro tube-netic pulse also generates an anti-vacuum within the tube, resulting in an outward explosive force, but any shapnel and shards flying against the blast stream seem to be rapidly swept up in the stronger tube-netic wind.


Perhaps this anti-vacuum is what saves the TTBs from any major lacerations. Some of the debris's directional movement may also be due to the pressure of their little TTB fists pushing against the glass.

Time Mistresses are extrememly powerful, but they also have a very intimate relationship with the timestream. Methinks Bambi has sensed that the timestream had changed enough in her favour, and is letting it flow as usual, at least for the time being.

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posted January 23, 2001 14:48     Click Here to See the Profile for EngrBohn   Click Here to Email EngrBohn     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Snaggy
Methinks Bambi has sensed that the timestream had changed enough in her favour, and is letting it flow as usual

But she felt failure (again) when the circuit closed.

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Tasslehoff
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posted January 23, 2001 16:15     Click Here to See the Profile for Tasslehoff   Click Here to Email Tasslehoff     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Methinks the bluish blast may also soon have the power to repair plot holes...

Anyone else think we might be starting to over-analyze this at all? Let's just sit back and trust that the Nitrozac Distortion Field is going to make everything okay...

Good will prevail. Evil will be spanked.

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Petethelate
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posted January 23, 2001 16:41     Click Here to See the Profile for Petethelate   Click Here to Email Petethelate     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Tau Zero:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Petethelate:
[b]/me wonders how Brandy did with the anode.

Ptl


Are you saying she's anode-retentive?[/B][/QUOTE]

Who me? I'm not going to be responsible for your dirty mind. I get into enough trouble with my own.

Ptl


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posted January 23, 2001 18:28     Click Here to See the Profile for Snaggy   Click Here to Email Snaggy     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
But she felt failure (again) when the circuit closed.

Yes, and so did the other three First Fours... but that was before "another" switch was found and pushed by the remarkable and talented Spliff.

Now... if Spliff had not found the other switch, and the TTBs were fully toasted again, would Bambi have had enough courage to move back time again, or would she have given up and gone gently into the Land Beyond the Void?

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posted January 24, 2001 11:01     Click Here to See the Profile for mto   Click Here to Email mto     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by kimbrosan:

Rhetorical: Is the void like the area in Pac-Man where the ghosts get their bodies back?

Come to think of it, if they have bodies, doesn't that make them zombies or something like that?

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synrg
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posted January 24, 2001 11:59     Click Here to See the Profile for synrg   Click Here to Email synrg     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Snaggy:
Unlike the Dark Dirigible, (which is essentially one big tube filled with tubes) the geeks dirigible is a retro-fitted original style dirigible (Relic's dad caught it). It suffers damage, but survives the bluish blast.

... which brings up a point that has been bothering me. OK, I am pretty new here, so maybe this has been covered before. But tubes are filled with ... nothing, right? And dirigibles are given their lift by ... gas, right? So, what exactly was in the tube that was lifting the Dark Dirigible?

SynrG
who is wondering if perhaps it was simply held up by "suspension of disbelief"

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posted January 24, 2001 12:14     Click Here to See the Profile for Snaggy   Click Here to Email Snaggy     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
heh, as far as we know, the Dark Dirigible was held up by helium, just like modern airships. It's tube shape was more for show, just as a Mickey Mouse blimp is not filled with Mickey Mouse guts.

It was of course, filled with all kinds of real tubes as part of its systems.

There is a possiblilty that the anode and cathode within the Dark Dirigible were actually heating elements, warming up a gas within the vessel, so, Nitrozac and I will order a search party to comb the rubble of Tubes Rock Inc., to look for any surviving blueprints.

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Greg Wooledge
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posted January 25, 2001 09:22     Click Here to See the Profile for Greg Wooledge   Click Here to Email Greg Wooledge     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
"Gas" doesn't lift up dirigibles. What lifts them is the fact that they're lighter (i.e., less dense) than the air around them.

Vacuum's really, really light. It's even lighter than helium. A sufficiently large evacuated tube would float just as well as -- nay, better than -- any helium balloon.

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posted January 25, 2001 09:38     Click Here to See the Profile for synrg   Click Here to Email synrg     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Greg Wooledge:
"Gas" doesn't lift up dirigibles. What lifts them is the fact that they're lighter (i.e., less dense) than the air around them.

Vacuum's really, really light. It's even lighter than helium. A sufficiently large evacuated tube would float just as well as -- nay, better than -- any helium balloon.


Doh, I blundered right into that one. OK, so what material would be light enough so that the airship would still rise, yet strong enough so that the whole thing would not implode?

Oh well, I guess the point is moot now, since Snaggy has informed us the Dark Dirigible was filled with helium.

--
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who has been out of high-school so long that all the physics he ever learned there has apparently leaked out of his brain

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posted January 25, 2001 10:41     Click Here to See the Profile for Tau Zero     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by synrg:
Doh, I blundered right into that one. OK, so what material would be light enough so that the airship would still rise, yet strong enough so that the whole thing would not implode?
I seem to recall that it has been done, probably using graphite composite for the compression members (you need not only strength, but stiffness to avoid collapsing).  I found nothing definite in a quick scan of Google, but I did turn up this page from HowStuffWorks.

Interesting point:� Magnetic fields have pressure and weigh quite a bit less than helium.� If a durable room-temperature superconductor is ever developed which can handle high magnetic fields without quenching, it will create the possibility of vacuum balloons "inflated" by nothing more than the forces of magnetic fields acting against currents flowing through conductors.� In principle this could be as light as you want (and you could adjust the volume of the balloon by tweaking the current).

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posted January 25, 2001 22:27     Click Here to See the Profile for supaboy   Click Here to Email supaboy     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Greg Wooledge:
Vacuum's really, really light. It's even lighter than helium. A sufficiently large evacuated tube would float just as well as -- nay, better than -- any helium balloon.

Like, totally! Um, space is a good vacuum and all, and just look at what it does for floating the space shuttle around!

-supaboy, realizing if he's capable of that when simply tired, he'll probably be incomprehensible drunk

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posted January 26, 2001 09:22     Click Here to See the Profile for synrg   Click Here to Email synrg     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by supaboy:
Like, totally! Um, space is a good vacuum and all, and just look at what it does for floating the space shuttle around!

Hm.

* SynrG eyes the debris field of fir needles across the floor

Which reminds me, I need to shuttle the vacuum across this space ...

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