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Yes, they could depending on how graphic it was and if it was of the right species. You could probably win a war with that sort of attention to the right places.

Very true! My thought exactly!

He would have if he was alive to see the technology!

He would have thought of it! You know it!

Who knows. My Tardis is still broken! I can't ask him for awhile.

Like Machivelli, he'd probably be appalled by some of the permutations of his teachings...especialy if such were used to undermine his own position....

(Face it, good ol' Machi would be cut to chunk-sized bait by the modern refined neo-yuppie and spin-doctor crowd)

That's very true!

And how people have twisted their ideas over the time since they lived.

PLus circumstances have changed.....Machivelli's feudal mindset with devotion to a city, or a neighborhood, or a particular family may suffer in its application to a larger scale, such as a national party, where the potential for damage can quickly go out of control....


Sun Tzu probably had the right of it with regards to military matters, since not much as changed with regard to the prosecution of combat, but I wonder what he'd make of the 'war' of public opinion, that can do as much damage, or perhaps more, than an actual battle between armies....Pity our Italian and our Chinese could not have met....that might have been an interesting conversation(provided either deigned to talk with the other...Sun Tzu was probably the classier of the two, while Machivelli was a station-seeking weasal).

If he had time to study it, he might think it still fit with his ideas.

darkmax wrote:Actually humans never learn. We always make the same mistakes and always recycle the same ideas.

"Everything of significance has had its precedent in human history before the first lunar landing."---H. Beam Piper(Space Viking)

darkmax wrote:hmm... even the lunar landing wasn't new at all!

You could look for precedent in BeeBee's diving expeditions, or the first scuba-divers on independent life support, setting foot on the ocean's bottom.

Interesting pattern of thought going on here.

The first time a lungfish set forth onto dry land...
"That's one small slither for a fish, one giant evolutionary leap for marine veterbrates!"

darkmax wrote:"Hmm.... how come a sudden overcast? AAHHH!!!!!! It's an...."

Alien: "Ah....fishing is just so much more satisfying when you catch them on the cusp of an evolutionary leap!"
"And tastier too!"

darkmax wrote:Yes indeed you get that slight differential in taste from the regular faire.

ah...essence of Wasted Potential....now a new psychofragrence and seasoning from Emotaton....'We Bottle the Cosmos"

Hmm Cosmetics and food now! Who'd a thought it!

Aramanthus wrote:Hmm Cosmetics and food now! Who'd a thought it!

Face it...some men would be really/only turned on by a woman's perfume that smells like a cheeseburger.....
Of course, many women would claim that a lot of men already LOOK like cheeseburgers...(whetehr or not they're turned on by that, I leave to your own imaginations/polling methods).

ROFLMAO!!! That's true. I know several who could be mistaken for a Cheese burger.

darkmax wrote:Sigh... wish I can be one of those... at least I don't look like the laughing Buddha when I have my head cropped really short.

Hey...we can't all be BUrger-Face!

Or, back on the track of Advertizing....SANDWICH MAN!!!!

(now, what powers would a sandwich-oriented superhero have? Besides hiding out at the local Subway?)

How much of a PP/dexterity bonus for extra mayo?

darkmax wrote:Depends.... I don't think they get additional PP, perhaps additional strike bonus like +10....

Nah, strike bonus comes from extra onions....effectively acts as a tear-gas strike...

And what do you consider Jalapinos. I personnally consider them bioweapons, since I'm allergic to them. (Mild food allergy.)

And what about the armor penetrating qualities of a gherkin?

(Hey, if turnips in KODT have massive anti-armor performance, can we be so quick to dismiss the potential lethalityof the humble cucumber?)

Of course, if we're taking allegeric reactions here, the UN would do well to ban peanut butter from the world food fighting arsenals....

"Alas Poor DemonKing! He survived the combined nuclear assault of the United World Armies, but fell to Kid Wonderbread's PB&J!"

darkmax wrote:you guys haven't even mention the most lethal of them all, an overly done steak..... One would need a diamond saw to get through one!

Ah...the plank steak....I think my college issued portable cicrular saws on Steak Night...Hardly an endorsement for our food services...
"Lose Weight AND Build Strong Teeth! Chew Our Tenderloin Steak for Hours!"

Word of Mouth(or Word of Gumming) advertizing for you...

darkmax wrote:yes... once I ordered a medium rare, but they gave me a well done. I actually bent my fork while trying to push it in....

SLAP!SLAP!SLAP!SLAP!
"I ordered medium-rare! Does this FEEL like medium-rare to you!!!???"
SLAP!SLAP!CRACK!THUD!!!
"I concede your point, sir...just quit hitting Pierre with your steak, please, and we'll get you a fresh order!"

Yeah, but after studing parasites................. I'll take my steak Medium welldone!

darkmax wrote:HAHAHAHA..... what's a little bacterial? It should be good for the body. But then again, I seldom eat steak 'cos it is not exactly a staple here, rice and fish are.

Should we start talking about snail-gestated parasites then?

But seriously, I agree...better well-done and well-boiled than tempting microbiology.

And the parasites I'm talking are round worms and tape worms. Ugh!

darkmax wrote:That would be bad... my niece has just gotten some worms in her stomach for eating some hawker food. Guess I have an iron stomach.

Hope your niece has gotten prompt medical attention and is feeling better! That's wretched luck, contracting something like that from a fast-food treat!

"Remember...it may not taste good thoroughly burnt, but at least it's a SAFE burnt!"
---Failed ADvertizing Slogan for 'Honest Ahab's Burger Cremetorium'

darkmax wrote:Hawker's food aren't fast food at all. They are open-market food. She's was taken to the hospital a few days after her stomachaches began. She's alright now of course.

Children these days eat food that are far too processed and environment that is too bacterial free, making them way too vulnerable to what used to be small problem for the human body.

Apparently I too have a lack of certain worms in my body, which is why my dermantitis is in such a bad state.

Ah, the benefits of internal flora and fauna symbiotes...

darkmax wrote:something we in the first world countries are increasingly getting less of.

Well...pluses and minuses to it all....Greater degree of control over food quality means a reduced 'learning curve' for peoples' digestive tracts, and fewer out and out deaths due to failures to make the grade...
On the OTHER hand, greater processing of food results in less roughage and less stimulation of respective digestive tracts..
Case in point, Inuit who used to be able to bite through seal blubber with their teeth(which were the most handy cutting edges in lieu of stone knives) have been ruined by the increase in sugar(virtually unknown in the Arctic regions before the peoples of warmer climes infringed on them) in their diet.

After I eat certain foods for dinner I usually follow my dinner with some yogurt. It help to replenish certain limited aspects of your internal flora.

darkmax wrote:here's a little something to ponder on... sugar is currently the biggest problem for all us humans, especially the Caucasians.

About a century ago, each individual in the western society only had about 0.5-1 kg of sugar a year. Today each of you guys are consuming something like 100x as much..... scary. It is the major cause of many illness today.

Yep, time to go back to the roadkill and grass diet....
But after I finish my burrito and iced tea with honey and ginseng...

darkmax wrote::lol:

you seem to be another sugar addict!

Just realistic...and(sadly) increasingly overweight....
Granolaaaaaa!!!!!!!!

darkmax wrote:actually if you don't have any serious health issue, the Atkin diet can do wonders. I lost some 30 kgs in 6 weeks.

Except that didn't Mr. Atkin kill himself stumbling down a flight of stairs?
Hardly a ringing endorsement....
NO, I'm relying on four flights of stairs and greenway bike paths to keep fit...
That, and sweating stress(you'd be surprised how many calories you burn strangling some upnoxious punk who thinks 'the old guy' can't move fast or aggressively enough when Junior won't go outside to use his cell phone...or so I've calculated). There's a reason librarians aren't allowed to carry plasma rifles...

darkmax wrote:HAHAHAHA... or a vibro-blade. They are quieter.

Nah...I wanna make an object lesson of the fool who crosses me;

BAddabeebeeBAddabeebee"Hello...?"
(SWWAAAAZZZZZZHHTTT!!!!)
*****sssiiizzlllleeeee........*****
"Anyone else wanna try taking a cell phone call in the Quiet Room?"

ROFLMAO!!!! I had a Libaraean like that back in Catholic High School! She was a monster at that time!

darkmax wrote:but..but... you just broke tha golden rule, silence in the library!!!

Are your really, really, going to argue with a crazed and trigger-happy librarian toting a fully-charged plasma rifle, if you're not at least as well armed?

For senior prank day someone unleashed a greased piglet in the enclosed courtyard. She went ballistic! She screamed at everyone. I don't remember her reaction when someone during the night someone rebuilt a VW bug up on the opposite roof. (Another senior prank.) And then one time someone locked the library doors with a heavy chain and heavy duty lock for yet another senior prank day. (She went truly ballistic that day!) And she was a Nun. OMG it was frightening!

Sister Elizabeth loved to scream at people! I miss those days!

I never did anything! I was a good student! Not perfect, but I wasn't horrible. For the nost part I stayed out of trouble, except for one time the school druggie and I had a bit of a rowe. We shoved each other all around the hallway, slamming into lockers. We had a talk with the vice principal and I was released to class and the druggie was suspended for a day. What a shame!

Aramanthus wrote:For senior prank day someone unleashed a greased piglet in the enclosed courtyard. She went ballistic! She screamed at everyone. I don't remember her reaction when someone during the night someone rebuilt a VW bug up on the opposite roof. (Another senior prank.) And then one time someone locked the library doors with a heavy chain and heavy duty lock for yet another senior prank day. (She went truly ballistic that day!) And she was a Nun. OMG it was frightening!

Sister Elizabeth loved to scream at people! I miss those days!

Hmmm..the fact that there was the mechanical talent to rebuild a VW shows promise....That's a classic gag, and one worthy of a hat's off!

They didn't it was a shell. But they rebuilt on the roof across from the library where she could see it!


Please continue with your idea Darkmax! Please elaborate on it! Add more to it!

They could always use some metal plates with the boots were attached too. Just suppose it was up-side down with the boots hanging from it! And the sign could also say....... No Strings Attached!

darkmax wrote:Sorry which one? "The Drugs For Sale"?

Hey! I've just think so something... wouldn't it be redundant to find a magnetic boots cobbler on planet-side?! How would one know if it has been fixed properly??

Dang! I got beaten to the 'metal ceiling' ploy! But that WOULD be the way to both test and advertize....Customers would also be encouraged to pull on them and test how strong the grip is(you want it neaither too weak nor too strong...variable strength e-magnets are the best, but the power consumption and attendant EM signature are of concern to some users....MOre advanced models use 'gecko grips' or molecular fusing to grip on.).

No, I'd think the most expensive ones would have the ability to molecular fuse as the foot is set down and then release when the foot pulls up. And repeats the procedure for each foot step.

darkmax wrote:bio-intelligent.... cool...

Smart-sneaks with 'fuzzy logic' that can tell the difference between hull vibration and deliberate efforts to shuffle across the hull...

Put 'em on an orc and you could very well have a pair of boots smarter than the wearer!
"NO, you idiot! Right foot! RIIIIGHHHTTTTT FFOOOOOTTTTTT!!!!! Geez, your momma still have to dress you if I'm not around?!"

darkmax wrote::lol:

Run, Boots! No Not towards the enemies! Away! Away!....

Worse yet, if your own boots decide to kick your behind...or kick you in the head...

And Grommett thought he had it bad with the robo-pants....

darkmax wrote:Ouch... the aches and pains from twisting one's legs the wrong way... or worse, the muscle tear from splitting his/her legs....... ouch....

Real bad news if the microprocessors in each boot drop out of synch with each other and go on independent mode....

Walk-about takes a new meaning in that case!