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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Well you know how Dr Bruce Banner can grow extremely large and strong? Pretty much exactly the same as that except on a really really tiny localized scale inside his organs. 
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Well you know how Dr Bruce Banner can grow extremely large and strong? Pretty much exactly the same as that except on a really really tiny localized scale inside his organs. I am thinking more "Akira" and less The Incredible Hulk
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Zopotantor posted:What superpowers did it give you? Well, after the Uptake scan, everything tasted like copper. Like, everything. Even Tabasco sauce.
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Trying to find the story someone posted about the plasma torch and the engineer who wanted to use it to test something. Anyone remember where that was?
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DAD LOST MY IPOD posted:Trying to find the story someone posted about the plasma torch and the engineer who wanted to use it to test something. Anyone remember where that was? https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3763899&pagenumber=7&perpage=40#post456936340
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Kilo is pretty much a proto Fallout ghoul.
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Platystemon posted:Preventing diamond theft, 1954‐style: Let my people glow.
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Decrepus posted:Let my people glow. Black Vulcan origin story?
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Randabis posted:Kilo is pretty much a proto Fallout ghoul. loving smoothskins
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Kilo147 posted:loving smoothskins A friend just added more proof that his crew are dead men walking to facebook (not 100% sure it's his original picture - coulda been pinched off another website).  And this is from a mining fails facebook group I look at. 
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Humphreys posted:A friend just added more proof that his crew are dead men walking to facebook (not 100% sure it's his original picture - coulda been pinched off another website). Feel like posting some greatest hits from that group?
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Watch your step, floor is a bit wet. http://i.imgur.com/dT5haH5.gifv
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At least the mirror is clean! 
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Humphreys posted:A friend just added more proof that his crew are dead men walking to facebook (not 100% sure it's his original picture - coulda been pinched off another website). That looks like a house line, so it's potentially the least dangerous of all the "still deadly as gently caress" options?  I don't know what would be worse, him snapping that wire, or him having enough force from falling to pull a whole set of lines off the pole.
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I've been on a radiation accident kick as of late. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_Clinic_of_Zaragoza_radiotherapy_accident quote:The 1990 Clinic of Zaragoza radiotherapy accident was a radiological accident that occurred from December 10–20, 1990, at the Clinic of Zaragoza, in Spain.
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JayKay posted:I've been on a radiation accident kick as of late. The Therac-25 cases a few years before were pretty interesting. A software bug no one noticed because previous Theracs had hardware interlocks preventing this from happening caused patients intended to get short bursts of diffused 5 MeV electrons to get several continuous narrow beams of 25+ MeV ones. The narrow beams were supposed to strike a plate that would give off x-rays but since they weren't in x-ray mode the target wasn't there and people got cooked in several hospitals from 1985-1987. The net result was over 100 times the intended dose, killing 3 people and injuring several others before the machines were recalled. Even better, the problem had been reported during development but the engineers blew it off as impossible. dis astranagant fucked around with this message at 12:33 on Jun 6, 2016 |
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JayKay posted:I've been on a radiation accident kick as of late. I don't remember if this was in this thread, or in the news lately http://www.auntminnie.com/index.aspx?sec=ser&sub=def&pag=dis&ItemID=90713 quote:The ER doctor ordered x-rays and CT scans to check for damage to the boy's cervical spine. The child was taken to the scanning room, where radiologic technologist Raven Knickerbocker performed CT scans at C-spine levels C1 through C4 in the same section of the midmaxillary sinuses, midclivus, and posterior fossa. Over the next 68 minutes, the toddler was exposed to 151 scans. quote:Dr. Fred Mettler, a radiation injury specialist at the radiology department of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, estimates the boy received the following radiation doses: 5.3 Gy to the brain and salivary glands, 7.3 Gy to the skin, and 1.54 Gy to the lenses of both eyes, according to Stockett. The child will probably develop cataracts within three to eight years, Mettler concluded. Have a look at this: http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/nuclear/radevents/index.html for your radiological accidents
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There's a canister on the floor that says Arsenic - DO NOT OPEN. Looks like an industrial style vacuum can. At least the can says nilfisk and they make floor cleaners. Hmmm I kinda want to open it.
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Lime Tonics posted:Watch your step, floor is a bit wet. so that's why they have the drains in the floor
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Therac-25 is what caused software engineering to become an officially recognized engineering discipline by professional engineering organizations in Canada. Now programmers need to be professional engineers and need a certificate of authorization in order to work on systems that could put public safety at risk and can be legally liable for deaths and injuries. Essentially every form of regulation can be traced back to a pile of bodies and missing limbs
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DemeaninDemon posted:There's a canister on the floor that says Arsenic - DO NOT OPEN. Looks like an industrial style vacuum can. At least the can says nilfisk and they make floor cleaners. Hmmm I kinda want to open it. Open it from a distance so as to minimize risk; explosives are probably most suitable.
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I received radiation treatment following surgery for a tumor in my leg. I've always wondered how much radiation I was exposed to, not that I could've avoided it. The first time the nurses cleared out before the rads started I looked back at the door as they swung it shut and realized it was like the one you'd find on a bank vault. And I was on the wrong side of it. I still joke about hearing the old Windows error sound over the PA before one of my treatments. Turns out they had a Windows 98 machine in the control room that handled scheduling.
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Dick Trauma posted:I received radiation treatment following surgery for a tumor in my leg. I've always wondered how much radiation I was exposed to, not that I could've avoided it. Upside, glow in the dark leg.
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As a minor control freak I will always find it completely unnerving to be in those situations where I have to just let go and trust that the people with my life in their hands are competent at their jobs, all the equipment is properly maintained, and that no one is under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time. But you know that at least one of these is untrue at any given time, so you just go "Welp" and hope you live.
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I mean, the alternative is dying from some all-natural cancer.
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Volcott posted:I mean, the alternative is dying from some all-natural cancer. Yeah, but this applies to any medical procedure, amusement park rides, public transportation, flying, even eating out at any restaurant. Everything is out of your control so you just have to try not to think about it.
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Imagined posted:Yeah, but this applies to any medical procedure, amusement park rides, public transportation, flying, even eating out at any restaurant. Everything is out of your control so you just have to try not to think about it. Riding in a car with someone in dangerous conditions bugs me, but flying or riding a bus doesn't bother me since I'm able to assume that the operator isn't a moron like I know my friends are. Restaurants are ok since I have confidence in the immune system of my powerful body.
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Imagined posted:Everything is out of your control so you just have to try not to think about it. Once you start thinking about the near infinite amount of ways you could be killed/maimed in random incidents you'll realise that you're potential in mortal danger every second of your life. Some airline mechanic in Cairo might have been having a bad day and forgotten to properly bolt together the engine frame on the 747 which is currently flying 20,000 feet above you. A renovator might have done a lovely DIY job removing the asbestos in that hotel you spent a night in 20 years ago. The factory which prepared the canned salmon in the sandwich you're about to eat might have left a bone in it which will get lodged in your throat and make you choke to death. The real estate agent may have lied about that Indian burial ground underneath your house.
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Goddammit Susan I specifically asked about that
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Once you start thinking about the near infinite amount of ways you could be killed/maimed in random incidents you'll realise that you're potential in mortal danger every second of your life. Some airline mechanic in Cairo might have been having a bad day and forgotten to properly bolt together the engine frame on the 747 which is currently flying 20,000 feet above you. A renovator might have done a lovely DIY job removing the asbestos in that hotel you spent a night in 20 years ago. The factory which prepared the canned salmon in the sandwich you're about to eat might have left a bone in it which will get lodged in your throat and make you choke to death. The real estate agent may have lied about that Indian burial ground underneath your house. Basically, it's kind of amazing to think about how lucky you are to reach the age you have. People die from falling out of bed or slipping in the shower every day. Driving to work in the United States is statistically incredibly dangerous in many areas, but nobody really gives the daily commute much thought. A sudden illness or brain aneurysm could kill you with no way to prevent it at any random time. We're basically spending every moment of our lives narrowly avoiding death by the skin of our teeth.
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Imagined posted:As a minor control freak I will always find it completely unnerving to be in those situations where I have to just let go and trust that the people with my life in their hands are competent at their jobs, all the equipment is properly maintained, and that no one is under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time. But you know that at least one of these is untrue at any given time, so you just go "Welp" and hope you live. Some situations are worse than others... I just had LASIK and boy did I have to suppress the old fight or flight something fierce. I can't imagine they have as many accidents as the radiation sources, but it must happen I guess. I'm just not brave enough to Google LASIK accident.
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I looked a bit and it seems there have not been any outright accidents reported. The worst i heard was cuts by the microkeratome being done wrong and damaging, but not blinding, the eye, back in the early 90s. Nowadays the procedure is a lot more simple and thus also more safe, with the cutting of the flap done by a laser as well.
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darkhand posted:Goddammit Susan I specifically asked about that Ohhh I thought you meant Indians like from India. You never asked about Native Americans. Look, I got the seller to cover the closing costs. This is a good deal, Brad!
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Imagined posted:As a minor control freak I will always find it completely unnerving to be in those situations where I have to just let go and trust that the people with my life in their hands are competent at their jobs, all the equipment is properly maintained, and that no one is under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time. But you know that at least one of these is untrue at any given time, so you just go "Welp" and hope you live. Despite pre-rads simulations and molds for my leg position they misaimed the beam and fried me. The beam is supposed to strike the skin from the perpendicular but the edge of it fired right down the side of my leg, toasting me. So those little target tattoos were for nothing and they wound up drawing on me with a Sharpie to make their adjustments. The hair on that side of my leg still hasn't grown back after 12+ years. Whoops!
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Mithaldu posted:I looked a bit and it seems there have not been any outright accidents reported. The worst i heard was cuts by the microkeratome being done wrong and damaging, but not blinding, the eye, back in the early 90s. Nowadays the procedure is a lot more simple and thus also more safe, with the cutting of the flap done by a laser as well. When LASIK accidents do happen there are no witnesses left.
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neonbregna posted:When LASIK accidents do happen there are no witnesses left. Baconization is certain.
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chitoryu12 posted:Basically, it's kind of amazing to think about how lucky you are to reach the age you have. This. I won $5,000 on a $5 scratch off ticket the other day and thought I was lucky. Today, I avoided having my right forearm crushed by a piece of angle iron by a quarter of an inch. Currently counting my blessings.
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