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WCDT: 2470-2474 (17-21 June, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Storel:
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--- Quote from: LordVaughn on 21 Jun 2013, 03:56 ---As for the poll, wouldn't Hanners be more likely to use her parents' influence to get a laser for the cake, as cutting it would be a lot less messy that way, provided she doesn't have a cake laser already?
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Depending on what type of laser it is, it might be a lot messier than cutting the cake with a knife. To cut the cake effectively you would need a high-power laser with a very narrow collimated beam (or a beam with a very broad* focus), because you're cutting a cake that is at least (random guess) ~6 inches thick, versus the <1 inch-thick steel a cutting laser would normally be used for. You'd probably want something like a pulsed Nd:YAG laser rather than a more typical CO2 laser, because who wants a burned piece of cake? Then there's the issue of what's behind the cake. You'd probably want something very sturdy behind the cake that can take a very intense laser pulse without getting a hole shot through it.
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Narrow-beam, short-length (shorter than usual, that is) lightsaber. You could hold it horizontally and cut down through the cake without having to worry about anyone standing behind the cake, since it stops at a certain point. (As long as they're not standing too closely behind the cake.) I'm sure all the best post-Empire cookware shops carry them.
DSL:
Would not the moisture in the cake flash into steam, 'sploding the cake all over the room?
(My favorite quote from one of the "Science" channel shows about the science, or something, of Star Wars was that the most practical way to use a lightsaber as a weapon would be to mail it to your enemy with a note saying, "Turn this on.")
Mr_Rose:
Ultimate lightsaber: tonfa-style handle with two variable blades, one at each end of the long section and fingertip controls for the blades in the side handle. Then, when the thing inevitably breaks down due to its monstrous complexity, at least you still have a metal tonfa you can beat people to death with…
westrim:
There are books with diagrams of lightsabers and justifications for their operability and construction (as well as a good chunk of the ships and craft of the movies.) It basically boils down to plasma in a magnetic bottle that also traps the heat (somehow). Still doesn't explain how Liam Neeson stood next to a melting door without worry- probably different physics or the Force or something.
Also, they look cool.
--- Quote from: Storel on 21 Jun 2013, 15:50 ---I'm sure all the best post-Empire cookware shops carry them.
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Only as novelties; any real chef sticks with tried and true vibroblades.
blacksinow:
Jeph, I agree with you and this is why. Tai sounds as though she would do well with Selphie's victory dance from Final Fantasy 8 in conjunction with Victory Fanfare from final fantasy 8.
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