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icarusancalion ([personal profile] icarus) wrote2008-09-20 11:34 am

McKay destroys 5/6ths of a solar system, or a 10 billion dollar supercollider, whichever comes first

McKay destroys 5/6ths of a solar system.

Okay, actually, the world's largest supercollider has been damaged. But it seems the sort of thing McKay would wreck early in his career. "What do you mean, it wasn't designed to run fourteen hours at a crack? What sort of shoddy workmanship is that? Just what do you get for ten billion dollars these days?"

In other news, I am completely hooked on The Ventures. If you ask nicely, I'll upload one of the tracks not listed on their album, which I think is their best. "The Cruel Sea" is far too short.
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[personal profile] ariadne83 2008-09-20 09:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Ahaha yeah sounds like Rodney's been at work

[identity profile] rike-tikki-tavi.livejournal.com 2008-09-20 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Yep, sounds like some electrician is going to get yelled at.

And after listening to the samples on amazon, I'll ask very nicely indeed for anything you'll choose to put up by these guys. That music is fun.

[identity profile] icarusancalion.livejournal.com 2008-09-20 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Ten billion dollars....

That music is fun.

Isn't it? I've been having a blast.

The Cruel Sea by The Ventures: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?y4kmee3yzy2

I have it on good authority ([livejournal.com profile] rabidfan's husband) that this is real surfer music.

[identity profile] icarusancalion.livejournal.com 2008-09-21 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
That one's their best, I think. *grins*

[identity profile] rellan.livejournal.com 2008-09-21 06:53 am (UTC)(link)
$10 billion, of course it's gonna break right away. The more they over think the plumbing the easier it is to gum up the works.

And shoddy workmanship will get you every time. Years of work and cost on something this scientifically important and ya can't be bothered to check *everything* 10 times over? I sure as hell would've, just to keep from looking like an idiot if for no other reason.

Besides, I was looking forward to the mini-black holes.

And the Ventures dominate!
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[identity profile] dossier.livejournal.com 2008-09-23 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
wow, I have that album on the original vinyl. We played it until the tracks were worn off! I still have it though I have no turn table, and I'm sure it is warped beyond use.

[identity profile] icarusancalion.livejournal.com 2008-09-23 05:49 am (UTC)(link)
It's fabulous. I only wish I'd found them sooner (credit [livejournal.com profile] rabidfan).