Real-Life Weirdness - Page 118

tshiggins · 04-29-2016, 12:03 PM

A weasel in the works.

Apparently, a suicide mustelid shorted out the Large Hadron Collider.

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-w...collider?sc=tw

According to a couple of links inside that story, this isn't the first time feathered or fuzzy little forest creatures have invaded high-tech, big-science research facilities.

http://blogs.nature.com/news/2009/11...aguette_b.html

http://www.fnal.gov/pub/today/archiv...y06-06-19.html

Anaraxes · 04-29-2016, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by tshiggins

Apparently, a suicide mustelid shorted out the Large Hadron Collider.

Obviously a descendant of the CIA training program that produced the 14 spy squirrels that Iran narrowly stopped from sabotaging their nuclear reactor back in 2007. But now that training has been turned against the West by an extremist faction.

simply Nathan · 04-29-2016, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Anaraxes

Obviously a descendant of the CIA training program that produced the 14 spy squirrels that Iran narrowly stopped from sabotaging their nuclear reactor back in 2007. But now that training has been turned against the West by an extremist faction.

How could a weasel be descended from a squirrel except by adoption?

Daigoro · 04-29-2016, 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by simply Nathan

How could a weasel be descended from a squirrel except by adoption?

It was a very advanced CIA training program.

ak_aramis · 04-30-2016, 12:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Anders

If you want a real-life example of Hard to Kill, you should probably look up Michael Malloy. That man survived practically anything they gave him to drink.

Grigori Rasputin survived several concerted efforts to kill him... including a day in the volga under the ice....

Anaraxes · 04-30-2016, 07:51 AM

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Originally Posted by simply Nathan

How could a weasel be descended from a squirrel except by adoption?

Weasels aren't as literal as some humans in their interpretation of text. That's why they're famously known for "weasel words".

Anders · 05-08-2016, 03:04 PM

A biotech company has been given permission to try and bring dead brains back to life.

This is just asking for the zombie apocalypse.

Flyndaran · 05-08-2016, 05:32 PM

I swear I had to get two thirds of the way through that article before I could fully convince myself it wasn't a weird April Fool's story.
Pretty much a throw everything including the kitchen sink at the brain dead machine tethered patients and hope something happens.

Kymage · 05-25-2016, 09:09 AM

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...years-ago.html

Hmmm, so Mars may have been more active that we thought in the past. There are quite a few gaming possibilities here.

(E) · 05-26-2016, 01:15 PM

Robot Slavery can begin, robots can now be made to feel pain

04-29-2016, 12:03 PM	#1171
tshiggins Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Denver, Colorado	Re: Real-Life Weirdness A weasel in the works. Apparently, a suicide mustelid shorted out the Large Hadron Collider. http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-w...collider?sc=tw According to a couple of links inside that story, this isn't the first time feathered or fuzzy little forest creatures have invaded high-tech, big-science research facilities. http://blogs.nature.com/news/2009/11...aguette_b.html http://www.fnal.gov/pub/today/archiv...y06-06-19.html __________________ -- MXLP:9 [JD=1, DK=1, DM-M=1, M(FAW)=1, SS=2, Nym=1 (nose coffee), sj=1 (nose cocoa), Maz=1] "Some days, I just don't know what to think." -Daryl Dixon.

05-08-2016, 03:04 PM	#1177
Anders Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gothenburg, Sweden	Re: Real-Life Weirdness A biotech company has been given permission to try and bring dead brains back to life. This is just asking for the zombie apocalypse. __________________ “When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...” Marcus Aurelius

05-08-2016, 05:32 PM	#1178
Flyndaran Untagged Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Forest Grove, Beaverton, Oregon	Re: Real-Life Weirdness I swear I had to get two thirds of the way through that article before I could fully convince myself it wasn't a weird April Fool's story. Pretty much a throw everything including the kitchen sink at the brain dead machine tethered patients and hope something happens. __________________ Beware, poor communication skills. No offense intended. If offended, it just means that I failed my writing skill check.

05-25-2016, 09:09 AM	#1179
Kymage Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Kentucky	Re: Real-Life Weirdness http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...years-ago.html Hmmm, so Mars may have been more active that we thought in the past. There are quite a few gaming possibilities here.

05-26-2016, 01:15 PM	#1180
(E) Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: New Zealand.	Re: Real-Life Weirdness Robot Slavery can begin, robots can now be made to feel pain __________________ Waiting for inspiration to strike...... And spending too much time thinking about farming for RPGs Contributor to Citadel at Nordvörn