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The Tangent Side - Engineer's Encouragement

Posted June 22, 2013 12:00 AM by Juzek89

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06/24/2013 8:10 AM

How do you inject more energy into a closed system?

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06/24/2013 8:49 AM

Introduce chaos from an outside force (i.e. MORE. COFFEE.), remove any assumptions made (I think this fellah might be dead), and if all else fails - increase the temperature or pressure til you notice a visual change in behavior (or lack thereof. please don't hurt someone with this).

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06/24/2013 4:05 PM

Everyone vote against the incumbents at the next election. It's needed on both sides of the pond.

Or is that too overtly political for the prefects?

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06/24/2013 7:06 PM

Might be too political, but I agree. Better if we had term limits, so we could guarantee new blood without the political bloodshed!

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06/24/2013 9:28 PM

Pass a paycheck under their nose.
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06/25/2013 12:42 PM

Catnip to the cat!

(Sorry, Del. But I'm pretty sure YOU wouldn't compromise YOUR integrity for a weed, or anything else green. Right?)

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06/24/2013 9:20 PM

Schrödinger's Engineer?

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