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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 7167601, member: 10461"]Full marks for creativity, but let’s put it to the 1-10 random number generator test.</p><p><br /></p><p>1- you get shot for selling trough water at fifty cents a pop. Kaput.</p><p><br /></p><p>2,3,4- you get arrested for same, are in jail after midnight, and the unobtainium crystals in your time machine disintegrate, causing the whole contraption to crumble into rusty powder, leaving you stranded in 1865.</p><p><br /></p><p>5,6,7- you get arrested but manage to get out in time to return to your machine, but you only have one hour left and the dime in your pocket. Where will you go? Be quick about it!</p><p><br /></p><p>8,9,10 (being rather charitable with the odds)- your luck manages to hold for long enough for your scheme to work.</p><p><br /></p><p>Let’s see...</p><p><br /></p><p>(Hang on a sec...)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1274693[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>D’oh! Well, the good news is, you do eventually get lots of neat 19th century coins. Because you’re stuck in the 19th century for most of the remainder of your life. You never get to bring them to the 21st century, because you only live until the early part of the 20th century.</p><p><br /></p><p>People think you’re a crackpot when you mention the then-unimaginable 21st century, and few believe you, but on the other hand, you do keep just a few vague memories of the future, and do gather a small circle of people who are amazed by your prophecies and inventions. You never manage to invent another time machine, but you do meet and secretly inspire Thomas Edison. He’s such a bad character that he rips you off, however, and gets all the glory.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 7167601, member: 10461"]Full marks for creativity, but let’s put it to the 1-10 random number generator test. 1- you get shot for selling trough water at fifty cents a pop. Kaput. 2,3,4- you get arrested for same, are in jail after midnight, and the unobtainium crystals in your time machine disintegrate, causing the whole contraption to crumble into rusty powder, leaving you stranded in 1865. 5,6,7- you get arrested but manage to get out in time to return to your machine, but you only have one hour left and the dime in your pocket. Where will you go? Be quick about it! 8,9,10 (being rather charitable with the odds)- your luck manages to hold for long enough for your scheme to work. Let’s see... (Hang on a sec...) [ATTACH=full]1274693[/ATTACH] D’oh! Well, the good news is, you do eventually get lots of neat 19th century coins. Because you’re stuck in the 19th century for most of the remainder of your life. You never get to bring them to the 21st century, because you only live until the early part of the 20th century. People think you’re a crackpot when you mention the then-unimaginable 21st century, and few believe you, but on the other hand, you do keep just a few vague memories of the future, and do gather a small circle of people who are amazed by your prophecies and inventions. You never manage to invent another time machine, but you do meet and secretly inspire Thomas Edison. He’s such a bad character that he rips you off, however, and gets all the glory.[/QUOTE]
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