Who's mom lives under the bed
Oh, no, oh, no! Spontaneous poetic exclamations. Lord, spare me college boys in love.
Dr. Walsh ,'Potential'
Lost 2: Tied to a Tree in a Jungle of Mystery
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Frankenbuddha - Oct 13, 2006 8:39:21 am PDT #2381 of 5968
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Steph L. - Oct 13, 2006 8:40:21 am PDT #2382 of 5968
I look more rad than Lutheranism
::creeped out forEVER now::
(That episode was FUCKED UP.)
§ ita § - Oct 13, 2006 8:41:29 am PDT #2383 of 5968
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Because it discharges the magnetic hoo-hah mojo build-up.
But why? I mean, why do that completely numb-brained and weak-linked setup? There's no reason you have to have someone enter the numbers to discharge the hoo-hah, is there? Can't the computer just do it on its own?
Amy - Oct 13, 2006 8:41:53 am PDT #2384 of 5968
Because books.
Who's mom lives under the bed
(That episode was FUCKED UP.)
I was distracted by talk of the butt genie. Are you talking about the X-Files episode, "Home"?
Very fucked up. But one of my favorites.
Polter-Cow - Oct 13, 2006 8:42:43 am PDT #2385 of 5968
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Can't the computer just do it on its own?
Yeah, but then you don't get to fuck with people psychologically.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 13, 2006 8:43:46 am PDT #2386 of 5968
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Hey, the genie was on a rolling cart; Ma Peacock was on a rolling cart. Coincidence? I think not.
And I say to myself,
it's wonderful, wonderful
Oh, so wonderful my love!
§ ita § - Oct 13, 2006 8:50:54 am PDT #2387 of 5968
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
then you don't get to fuck with people psychologically.
And thus the why remains unanswered for me.
Topic!Cindy - Oct 13, 2006 8:58:55 am PDT #2388 of 5968
What is even happening?
But why? I mean, why do that completely numb-brained and weak-linked setup? There's no reason you have to have someone enter the numbers to discharge the hoo-hah, is there? Can't the computer just do it on its own?
That computer couldn't, because it was old. In fact, they just had a terminal, didn't they? And also it couldn't because part of the experiment involves getting a new influx of people only when the poor sap sucked into inputting the numbers gives up or dies.
With magnets.
§ ita § - Oct 13, 2006 9:06:25 am PDT #2389 of 5968
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
That computer couldn't, because it was old.
Is this stated, or inferred?
In fact, they just had a terminal, didn't they?
What bearing does this have on the computer's capability?
I can't imagine a program that on input of a predictable constant does a task that it cannot do without the input of said predictable constant--the rationale for this is psychological, but until we know what the tests are and are for, I still consider the question fundamentally unanswered.
Topic!Cindy - Oct 13, 2006 9:16:56 am PDT #2390 of 5968
What is even happening?
You missed the whole this-answer-is-all-nonsense-with-magnets context, huh?