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Offline Andromeda

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Guardian article - Are the 2012 Olympics part of a plot to take over the world?
« on: July 16, 2012, 08:43:55 AM »
An old article someone just mentioned on FaceBook.  Pretty darn funny and good for a game of Conspiracy Theorist Bingo.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/dec/05/olympic-games-2012-alien-conspiracy-theory
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Re: Guardian article - Are the 2012 Olympics part of a plot to take over the world?
« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2012, 11:55:18 AM »
Like, OMG - we're just hearing about this now?

Quickly, Sancho! My armor!
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Re: Guardian article - Are the 2012 Olympics part of a plot to take over the world?
« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2012, 01:39:33 PM »
Well the article is dated December 2010, but I only just found out about it.  Funny, funny stuff.
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Re: Guardian article - Are the 2012 Olympics part of a plot to take over the world?
« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2012, 03:08:43 PM »
Given the screw ups, inefficiencies and overruns Wile E Coyote must be running the show.

Also, what is it with these secret organisations that makes them want to build symbolism into their nefarious plots? The only other villains I know who do that are in Scooby Doo cartoons and we know what happens to them.
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Re: Guardian article - Are the 2012 Olympics part of a plot to take over the world?
« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2012, 03:55:57 PM »
They'd have gotten away with it if it hadn't been for those meddling kids...
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Re: Guardian article - Are the 2012 Olympics part of a plot to take over the world?
« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2012, 04:21:40 PM »
I remember seeing a list of "Rules For Supervillians"  (or something like that) that included things like:

When you have your arch-enemy at your mercy, never stop to gloat before you kill him.

It seems to me conspirators could use a list like that.
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Re: Guardian article - Are the 2012 Olympics part of a plot to take over the world?
« Reply #6 on: July 21, 2012, 04:34:40 PM »
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Re: Guardian article - Are the 2012 Olympics part of a plot to take over the world?
« Reply #7 on: July 21, 2012, 08:56:17 PM »
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Any data file of crucial importance will be padded to 1.45Mb in size.

There's an entire generation of kids that won't get this. I feel old. :'(
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Re: Guardian article - Are the 2012 Olympics part of a plot to take over the world?
« Reply #8 on: July 21, 2012, 09:32:27 PM »
To be honest, I don't get it.
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Offline Not Myself

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Re: Guardian article - Are the 2012 Olympics part of a plot to take over the world?
« Reply #9 on: July 21, 2012, 10:03:36 PM »
Quote from: gillianren on July 21, 2012, 09:32:27 PM
To be honest, I don't get it.

Kids these days  ::)

The 3.5 inch high-density "floppy" drive (they were usually in a hard plastic case, and not very floppy) had a storage capacity of 1.44 Mb.
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Re: Guardian article - Are the 2012 Olympics part of a plot to take over the world?
« Reply #10 on: July 21, 2012, 10:25:51 PM »
Quote from: Coelacanth on July 21, 2012, 10:03:36 PM
Quote from: gillianren on July 21, 2012, 09:32:27 PM
To be honest, I don't get it.

Kids these days  ::)

The 3.5 inch high-density "floppy" drive (they were usually in a hard plastic case, and not very floppy) had a storage capacity of 1.44 Mb.
The drive itself inside the case is indeed very floppy though - as floppy as the drive in the 5 1/4 inch floppy case!  :)
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Re: Guardian article - Are the 2012 Olympics part of a plot to take over the world?
« Reply #11 on: July 21, 2012, 10:43:43 PM »
Quote from: theteacher on July 21, 2012, 10:25:51 PM
Quote from: Coelacanth on July 21, 2012, 10:03:36 PM
Quote from: gillianren on July 21, 2012, 09:32:27 PM
To be honest, I don't get it.

Kids these days  ::)

The 3.5 inch high-density "floppy" drive (they were usually in a hard plastic case, and not very floppy) had a storage capacity of 1.44 Mb.
The drive itself inside the case is indeed very floppy though - as floppy as the drive in the 5 1/4 inch floppy case!  :)

Oops - I meant "disk", not "drive".  The drive wasn't floppy at all, assuming it was working correctly :)

Wasn't sorry to see them go - notoriously unreliable.  I had a brief ceremony when moving house, where I took a big pile of them, pressed a magnet against them, then tossed them into the rubbish.
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Re: Guardian article - Are the 2012 Olympics part of a plot to take over the world?
« Reply #12 on: July 21, 2012, 11:20:06 PM »
Hey, I still have some of the things around here.  Doesn't mean I remember their capacity off the top of my head.
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Re: Guardian article - Are the 2012 Olympics part of a plot to take over the world?
« Reply #13 on: July 21, 2012, 11:37:05 PM »
Quote from: gillianren on July 21, 2012, 11:20:06 PM
Hey, I still have some of the things around here.  Doesn't mean I remember their capacity off the top of my head.

If you had a lot of critical files that were 1.45Mb, you'd remember the capacity!
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Re: Guardian article - Are the 2012 Olympics part of a plot to take over the world?
« Reply #14 on: July 21, 2012, 11:57:10 PM »
Given that most of my files were text, not likely.
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