now featuring ben
Quoth the Raven: Nevermore
Guys, I’m all out of quotes, except for the one that I used for the title (Edgar Allan Poe). Actually I’m just really lazy, umm if I get enough feedback from people who want me to continue this feature, then I might continue, otherwise sayonara (also my biggest idol just discontinued his feature and I don’t know how to go on doing my feature anymore, even though it required little if any effort at all). Also I’m too silly of a person to keep doing serious quotes, so maybe I’ll change the format and make the quotes funnier? But probably not. Instead of reading what people have said, my suggestion to you, the reader, is to go out and say things yourself, so that you won’t have to rely on others who are mostly dead for inspiration and you can find it in your own life wherefore it more directly applies to thou… I mean you. So I lied… here is my last quote:
“Goodbye.”
– Michael Stamm
BREAKING (ALREADY BROKEN) NEWS
Guys, I’m all out of ideas. Who knows when I’ll be back on schedule. Until then, don’t expect too much.
i say we steal this site design
Quote of the Week: Yesterday
“If you don’t trust your abilities, nobody else will”
– Anonymous
Podcast 9: Stammisode
click, download, listen, preferably in that order
News Bulletin
Quote of the Week #8
Again sorry about the lateness.
“I came to the conclusion long ago … that all religions were true and also that all had some error in them, and whilst I hold by my own, I should hold others as dear as Hinduism. So we can only pray, if we are Hindus, not that a Christian should become a Hindu … But our innermost prayer should be a Hindu should be a better Hindu, a Muslim a better Muslim, a Christian a better Christian.”
– Mohandas Gandhi
Podcast 8: Took Long Enough
New podcast, etc.
The Great Comparison
The Translocator: The translocator was originally created by the Liandri Mining Corporation to allow the workers to be able to escape in the event of a cave in. The translocator is a disc, that fits into a launcher and can be launched in for a great distance in any direction.
Pros: This gun can be fire fired anywhere, and with a little clever use of physics can allow the user to a very wide range of transport. As the translocator forcibly places the person in the area of the disc, anything else that is there is vaporized. This makes the translocator a somewhat unique weapon. The translocator can be opened anywhere (in midflight, under water, in a teleport, etc..), allowing the user to hop around quickly.
Cons: The translocator can only be used by the person wielding it, and it is a one way trip. To get back, the disc must be relaunched. The translocator has a terrible aversion to a person carrying a flag while using it. It looks ugly as all hell.
The Portal Gun: The portal gun is a hand held device produced by the Aperture Science Center. This gun can fire two “portals”, one orange and one blue, that open a gateway between each other. It can pick up and carry objects.
Pros: After the portal ends are set, anything and anyone can go through them. Single ends of the portal can be manipulated independently of each other, which coupled with the fact momentum of objects is conserved through the portal, allows the user to propel themselves wherever they please (this of course, takes a certain amount of skill and a high tolerance for pain). It is aesthetically appealing
Cons: Because the portal gun is so contrary to our perception of physics, it is very easy to mess up while using it. VERY EASY. The user has to have a visible line between them and the desired portal position, which makes portal placement limited. In addition, the portal itself is a passive and nonviolent entity, even though it could be used indirectly for violent purposes (such as dropping blocks on people, making them fall until they reach terminal velocity and catch fire, launching them into the sun, etc..).
Author’s choice: Both? I don’t know they both have their purposes, and having a translocator I could fire through a portal would be sweet.