• cmhickman358 [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    7 months ago

    I like the Infinite Improbability Drive of the starship Heart of Gold in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: it determines the exact probability that the ship will instantly teleport to a specific point in the universe and uses that improbability equation to fulfil the requirements to make the odds 1:1 enabling the ship to travel anywhere in the universe as long as it can figure out exactly how unlikely it is for the ship to actually arrive at that destination.

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      7 months ago

      Which was an upgrade on the previous version, which was powered by the improbable energy created by the fact that for some reason everyone has paid their fair share for lunch but the check still doesn’t add up. (If I am remembering my Douglas Adams correctly, it has been years).

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        7 months ago

        It’s the other way around! Bistromath is obviously the more advanced metod of dining/transportation :D