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by thebutcher
Mon Sep 28, 2015 6:14 am
Forum: Storytime
Topic: Squee!
Replies: 1069
Views: 434853

Re: Squee!

It was pretty cool, but even better would have been an immediate two word answer like it was something she learned in school.

"What kind of coin do you need for world peace?"

"A star."

Like it was akin to asking a little girl what four plus three is.
by thebutcher
Thu Feb 26, 2015 11:59 am
Forum: Storytime
Topic: There should be an Effulgence thread
Replies: 664
Views: 274153

Re: There should be an Effulgence thread

I noticed the timing on the terrorism one too. On Monday. I've been rereading some of my favourite stuff and am now finished and thus sad. I miss Incandescence...
by thebutcher
Sun Feb 22, 2015 4:35 pm
Forum: Miscellanea
Topic: Reference in Methods of Rationality.
Replies: 40
Views: 22548

Re: Reference in Methods of Rationality.

Put a snail on a glowing piece of coal. It twitched as it burned up, but he made it stay put with a casual wave of his wand. He removed it when only the Shell was left. Signifies Voice torturing Shell, using his control and turning her into a shell of herself. For Sarion have him peel open a ...
by thebutcher
Sun Feb 22, 2015 4:14 pm
Forum: Spoilerland!
Topic: Daevinity Worldbuilding Info
Replies: 630
Views: 287622

Re: Daevinity Worldbuilding Info

I just realized that it wouldn't be all that laserlike, but I don't care enough to correct the why. Just that the burst might actually turn into ALL kinds of exotic particles after all, thus be more explodey and less gamma rayi than I thought: Because the pions might be ripped apart too and the ...
by thebutcher
Sun Feb 22, 2015 6:19 am
Forum: Spoilerland!
Topic: Daevinity Worldbuilding Info
Replies: 630
Views: 287622

Re: Daevinity Worldbuilding Info

Well, antimatter is the most efficient because it releases energy from twice it's own mass, by destroying matter of the thing you want to attack. If you have one kilogram of antimatter and put it into a target of matter you gain 2 kilogram of energy, because you're using some of the enemy's energy ...
by thebutcher
Fri Feb 20, 2015 2:26 pm
Forum: Storytime
Topic: Squee!
Replies: 1069
Views: 434853

Re: Squee!

And a flecked feather with the next bellflower... Is he reading this and decided to really hammer it in?

On the other hand, Effulgence IS the biggest rationalfic in existance. This is his legacy and he's honoring it in his last arc.
by thebutcher
Fri Feb 20, 2015 2:25 pm
Forum: Spoilerland!
Topic: Daevinity Worldbuilding Info
Replies: 630
Views: 287622

Re: Daevinity Worldbuilding Info

This is actually about 25 billion times as much energy as one kilogram of matter-antimatter explosion; I'm not sure if that means my calculations are wrong or my intuition that the matter-antimatter explosion must be bigger is wrong. Mh. I thought so too at first, but: Consider that in an uranium ...
by thebutcher
Fri Feb 20, 2015 2:19 pm
Forum: Storytime
Topic: Squee!
Replies: 1069
Views: 434853

Re: Squee!

OK, now It's just too blatant. A desire for privacy in the flower and the first magical ingredient being a glowing red hexagon...
by thebutcher
Thu Feb 19, 2015 2:32 pm
Forum: Miscellanea
Topic: Reference in Methods of Rationality.
Replies: 40
Views: 22548

Re: Reference in Methods of Rationality.

Ah, well no wonder I didn't find it, it was in the wrong forum... and I am late because I read it on the train to work and am only now coming back...
by thebutcher
Thu Feb 19, 2015 2:08 pm
Forum: Miscellanea
Topic: Reference in Methods of Rationality.
Replies: 40
Views: 22548

Reference in Methods of Rationality.

"A potion of effulgence, to quench the purple fire," Professor Quirrell said. "It is made by adding the same ingredients, over and over again, in slightly different ways. Imagine some eager young group of first-years, passing all the other chambers, thinking they are just about to reach the magic ...