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  • #61
    A fusion powered car
    Clinical immortality
    A personal forcefield
    A deathstar
    The ability not to need to sleep (or for very short period of times)
    Brain manipulation
    Speaking of Erith:

    "It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda Smith

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    • #62
      Originally posted by UberKruX
      i discussed this with some people in my minds and machines (cognative science) classes, and the general consensus is that it would be great for a lot of things (imagine being able to define any word by thinking about it, recalling historical facts etc) but there are a LOT of drawbacks.
      Very true indeed. This idea mainly came from reading Neutronium Alchemist by Peter F Hamilton, and he gets around many of the drawbacks by routing the "neural net" through a sentient supercomputer (the habitat), which can censor negative broadcasts. The AI was also brought up to be honorable.

      Implemented properly, it has a lot of potential.

      Originally posted by Andemagne
      but dear Skanky, money do grow on trees here in Finland.
      Ship one of those plants over here then!
      I'm building a wagon! On some other part of the internets, obviously (but not that other site).

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      • #63
        I'm going to be very humble here and just request one of those Goa'uld hand weapons from Stargate SG-1. Stylish, eyecatching, and with a gesture I can send people flying backwards or shatter all the bones in their body.

        With additional ability to make my eyes glow when angry please.
        Exult in your existence, because that very process has blundered unwittingly on its own negation. Only a small, local negation, to be sure: only one species, and only a minority of that species; but there lies hope. [...] Stand tall, Bipedal Ape. The shark may outswim you, the cheetah outrun you, the swift outfly you, the capuchin outclimb you, the elephant outpower you, the redwood outlast you. But you have the biggest gifts of all: the gift of understanding the ruthlessly cruel process that gave us all existence [and the] gift of revulsion against its implications.
        -Richard Dawkins

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        • #64
          Longevity Vaccine.

          Of course I plan to live forever...but a thousand years will do. Even five hundred would be nice.
          No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.

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          • #65
            I went for the slightly higher secret project Mad Monk
            Speaking of Erith:

            "It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda Smith

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            • #66
              True...but I'd rather keep my body, thankyouverymuch.
              No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.

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              • #67
                Don't knock being a brain in the car. As long as I could have complete control over lots of devices and nanotechnology and stuff and the ability to expand my mental capacity boundlessly, I would be quite happy
                Speaking of Erith:

                "It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda Smith

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                • #68
                  Yes, but you wouldn't be very popular with the ladies, now would you?

                  No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.

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                  • #69
                    So, nothing would change, really...


                    sorry, I had to...
                    urgh.NSFW

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                    • #70
                      A time machine.
                      A cloaking device.
                      A hover pack.
                      'Wrap-around vision' glasses.

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                      • #71
                        Originally posted by Sandman
                        A time machine.
                        Gives Sandman a clock. Hey, you didn't say what kind of "time machine", did you?
                        "I read a book twice as fast as anybody else. First, I read the beginning, and then I read the ending, and then I start in the middle and read toward whatever end I like best." - Gracie Allen

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                        • #72
                          Originally posted by Provost Harrison
                          The ability not to need to sleep (or for very short period of times)
                          72+ hours isn't enough?

                          Of course, one can't think all the clearly at that point.

                          "I read a book twice as fast as anybody else. First, I read the beginning, and then I read the ending, and then I start in the middle and read toward whatever end I like best." - Gracie Allen

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                          • #73
                            To be president of the US (so I could have control of all those nuclear weapons...), but that will never happen, since I don't have millions of dollars or a powerful father.

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                            • #74
                              Originally posted by Azazel
                              So, nothing would change, really...


                              sorry, I had to...
                              Watch it, I never set up that joke, so I could deem it as an insult
                              Speaking of Erith:

                              "It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda Smith

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                              • #75
                                You guys don't want much, do you?

                                Why not just answer "everything"?

                                Me, I'm content with my little old jetpack.

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