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« Reply #50 on: August 27, 2008, 08:56:57 pm » |
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However, one could also say that laboratory space and furniture were evidently designed by a man with no sense of reality. Specifically fume cupboards. Come to think of it, fume cupboards just aren't made for short people like me.
At the risk of sounding crass, in my experience fume cupboards just weren't designed for humans (of any size/stature) I'm not too sure about that, I've managed to cram one or two fairly large victims experiments in there without too much trouble... Sound proofing for the screams would be helpfull though.  SS We seem to have a mis-understanding, I meant for humans to OPERATE, not to be experimented upon. Generally speaking I've found a good celler is best for that. Hee Hee |
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« Reply #51 on: August 27, 2008, 09:25:35 pm » |
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Obviously, one must be mad and of a scientific nature to be a mad scientist. It helps to have a lair in an unexpected and inaccessible place, such as underground, underwater, or at a remote mountaintop. Bonus points for anyone who has managed to construct a flying lair. Or better yet, a Baba Yaga lair on mechanical legs. Remember to secure all of your lab equipment, though, because the ride gets rather bumpy when you're at a canter.
I believe that the maniacal laugh has already been discussed ad nauseam, but for good reason. A distinctive and intimidating insane laugh will get one noticed. Unfortunately, mine tends to degenerate into an abrasive, snorting bray. While certainly distinctive, this fails to be even slightly intimidating. I ought to record a laugh and play it when appropriate...
Two or three personal quirks are helpful also. Something like an addiction, an odd compulsion, strange collection, bizarre tic, unique speech pattern, etc. Paranoia is fairly standard, though obliviousness can be substituted.
In other news, hefty protective apparel is in vogue this year. Mad Scientist Couture recommends calf-length laboratory coats, leather gauntlets, and of course effective and stylish eye protection for work. For casual wear, it is appropriate either to be extremely fastidious or extremely unkempt. Either is a good, noticable indicator of an unbalanced mind.
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Ambie
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« Reply #52 on: August 27, 2008, 09:40:23 pm » |
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I believe that the maniacal laugh has already been discussed ad nauseam, but for good reason. A distinctive and intimidating insane laugh will get one noticed. Unfortunately, mine tends to degenerate into an abrasive, snorting bray. While certainly distinctive, this fails to be even slightly intimidating. I ought to record a laugh and play it when appropriate...
Hmmm, instead of recording an evil laugh, one could train or acquire an assistant whose main job was to laugh on cue. Or perhaps the minion could be the back-up system. |
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« Reply #53 on: August 27, 2008, 09:46:19 pm » |
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Hmmm, instead of recording an evil laugh, one could train or acquire an assistant whose main job was to laugh on cue. Or perhaps the minion could be the back-up system. Good idea! Though... minion fees have shot up recently with the oil prices. I'm not sure I could work an extra minion into my budget, now that the Federal Government has revoked my grant... Apparently they're uncomfortable funding my efforts at world-domination. |
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« Reply #54 on: August 27, 2008, 11:12:34 pm » |
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Good idea!
Though... minion fees have shot up recently with the oil prices. I'm not sure I could work an extra minion into my budget, now that the Federal Government has revoked my grant... Apparently they're uncomfortable funding my efforts at world-domination.
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« Reply #55 on: August 28, 2008, 12:00:33 am » |
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Try DARPA, they'll back anything.
Will they now? I shall have to contact them. ~strokes invisible goatee~ |
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« Reply #56 on: August 28, 2008, 12:14:13 am » |
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Will they now? I shall have to contact them. ~strokes invisible goatee~
Aye, and I'm still wondering what they wanted the exploding frogs for... maybe the next war will be with france. *shrugs* They paid me enough not to care. |
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« Reply #57 on: August 28, 2008, 01:20:27 am » |
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Aye, and I'm still wondering what they wanted the exploding frogs for... maybe the next war will be with france. *shrugs*
They paid me enough not to care.
I imagine some epicure will receive quite a shock when his hors d'oeuvres go up in his face... ~scans lists of former projects~ I don't think that the solar-powered submarine was thought through very well. |
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« Reply #58 on: August 28, 2008, 06:09:39 am » |
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« Reply #59 on: August 28, 2008, 11:08:51 am » |
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This bottom quark is travelling backward in time. It is also antigreen.
I have a charmed meson. Its decay displays conservation of strangeness.
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« Reply #60 on: August 28, 2008, 11:11:41 am » |
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Someone, somewhere must have made that up... I'm quite happy at the moment, actually. The kids who play on my street called me a mad scientist.  |
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Hey, it's not my fault that science is really combustible.
PM me about adding a thread to the OT archive! _|¯¯|_ r[]_[] |
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« Reply #61 on: August 28, 2008, 12:31:39 pm » |
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All science is just made up. It's what you do with it that counts. (Cue the experimentalist:theoretician debate.)
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« Reply #62 on: August 28, 2008, 01:23:49 pm » |
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Scientists who aren't mad to begin with and wish to be could try mercury poisoning. It worked for Sir Isaac Newton.  I was always a mad scientist and am stuck with it, though. Be very sure it's what you want before proceeding... |
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« Reply #63 on: August 28, 2008, 03:34:29 pm » |
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The quest for immortality appears to be another sure-fired path to madness.
Although personally, I think that a scientist should not seek out madness itself but rather let that come to her as a natural consequence of her work. One's efforts are better spent working on the problem (whatever that is for an individual scientist) then developing the charming madness. Like better to become famous for your great work/deeds then simply working to be famous.
Just me own take though, madness might bring advantages to solving the 'problem' and it that be true I could understand inducing madness.
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« Reply #64 on: August 28, 2008, 10:03:54 pm » |
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The quest for immortality appears to be another sure-fired path to madness.
That's because you'd have to be completely insane to want to live forever in THIS screwed up world. |
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It is by combustion of coal and boiling water that the engines acquire speed.
For protection, the eyes acquire goggles,
The goggles become a warning.
It is by steam alone that I set my contraptions in motion."
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