crasyk wrote:
If you had one day to do whatever you wanted with no consequences at all, let's just say it's erased from history, what would you do?
Let's also assume traveling anywhere in the world is done by teleporting and would not require any time.
Lets see, first i'd find a nice cave somewhere really remote and teleportable and set up a power infrastructure. teleport in a large generator, fuel, food, solar, etc. Then i'd teleport in a U.S. mint printing press, one of the $20, $10 and $5 plates (the larger denominations attract more attention) and the requisite paper, ink, etc. Also some startup legitimate money from various major bank vaults, etc. Once I had my large pile of neverending cash, I'd set up legitimate bank accounts around the world with large amounts of electronic funds, including a largeish one in russia. I'd then buy an island (20-50 miles in diameter) with water, suitable location for an airstrip, a harbor area and potable water. I'd then use the russian account to buy 2 decomissioned russian nuclear missile submarines (complete with a few missiles), 2 nuclear attack submarines, a huge pile of small arms, anti aircraft weapons, a few Migs, some helicopters, maybe some surface warships. along with as much power, sewer, water and data infrastructure as I could purchase. I'd also buy several large vertical CNC mill and lathe installations suitible for constructing large warships, aircraft, and tanks. I'd then bring in people to turn the island into an impregnable fortress backed by a nuclear deterrent, start building a massive navy and start my war of conquest to rule the world. It would take more than a day, but if I had unlimited funds I could at least sign all the contracts to pay for it and get it started in one day.
Nilatai wrote:
Can we give Bijou a title early, but make it so he still can't actually see it?
Maybe we already did and its so tiny no one can see it!
His Excellency Aethien wrote:
I see a problem here. Just how many posts long was the longest thread ever?
it was up near 36,000 when I killed it.
Belkira wrote:
LebargeX wrote:
Do you live in the northwest?
http://nwpublicmedia.typepad.com/our_northwest_water/2009/12/new-zealand-mud-snails-invade-olympias-capitol-lake.html
I live in Hawaii. We have lots of weird bugs here.
ETA: I google imaged mud snails. These do not have shells. The back part is soft, and squishy.
It might be a slug of some sort. Here are pictures of common slugs of hawaii. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Slugs_1896.jpg and a video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw2wwjxmWY4 They eat plants so they are pests. try pouring salt on it and see if it shrivles up and dies. if it doesn't, its not a slug or a snail.