First shot in the lab... kid is only wearing flip flops. There's some fine safety protocol.

Actually...a lot could go right. As the article mentioned, containing a plasma would come in handy for nuclear fusion.

That headline made me think of this. (new window)

wasn't there an episode of Miami Vice about this?

Meh first thought of in this show.




/Has Fark finaly been stumped.

What the hell are you people talking about? I just see streetlights.

What could possibly go wrong?

It gets blocked by a Tundra Wolf and you've wasted it.

LIGHTNINGBOLT!
LIGHTNINGBOLT!
LIGHTNINGBOLT!
LIGHTNINGBOLT!
LIGHTNINGBOLT!
LIGHTNINGBOLT!
FIREBALL!
LIGHTNINGBOLT!
LIGHTNINGBOLT!

Ball lightning is what I call my sperm, so I am really getting a kick out these replies....

/Automan

Diminishing return?

globalwarmingpraiser: /Has Fark finaly been stumped.

I am surprised that Automan has his own Wikipedia page.

As long the scientist is the right level and the enemy fails their saving throw, nothing can go wrong!

ShamWowofDamocles: Ball lightning is what I call my sperm, so I am really getting a kick out these replies....

/Automan

Thank you. I knew there was a balls joke in here somewhere and I just couldn't get to it.

THAT'S what would go wrong.

/hotlinked

I just want a SpinFuser. No more, no less.

Koloc also theorized that if a donut-shaped plasmoid was created accidentally -- say, during a lightning strike -- it would remain stable for a period of seconds of minutes

Holy Cripes! Seconds of minutes is almost as long as minutes of hours!

Best part? It's called the "Phased Hyper-Acceleration for Shock, EMP and Radiation," or PHASER for short

PPC!

You know who else used lightning war?

I can see how shooting lightning at a doods balls would work as a deterrent, but what are they going to use against chicks?

Those mooslims use chicks as their terror mules now.

/The ball lightning does nothing!

Ninja Wicked: You know who else used lightning war?

Zeus?

Call me when they can cast magic missile

/where are the Cheetos?!

I came here for D&D, MtG, and Battletech references.

MtG, satiated.

Could use more Btech, but at least see it's referenced.

And D&D, come on guys? We got no wizards here?

the_sidewinder: Best part? It's called the "Phased Hyper-Acceleration for Shock, EMP and Radiation," or PHASER for short

Which made me start looking for other signs of a spoof. Such as mentioning that it could be set to stun...

/Then again, anyone working in this field is an uber geek.

the_sidewinder: Best part? It's called the "Phased Hyper-Acceleration for Shock, EMP and Radiation," or PHASER for short

I'm stunned by this revelation.

In other news, next door, God spoke to Kent.

AlecRazec: I came here for D&D, MtG, and Battletech references.

MtG, satiated.

Could use more Btech, but at least see it's referenced.

And D&D, come on guys? We got no wizards here?

Hello-oo?!

Don't worry! As long as you hit that wire with the connecting hook at precisely 88 miles per hour, the instant the lightning strikes the tower... everything will be fine.

The mech wars shall be fought by the clans, with technologies currently being researched by the our own scientists. Until they invent a portable gauss rifle as an option, I propose strengthening the advancement of potato guns. PPC + potato = baked potato.

Blizzard will nerf it because they hate Shamans

This is why you should always have a persona available that nulls lightning...

Nothing really. We like it just fine!

AlecRazec:
Could use more Btech, but at least see it's referenced.

PPCs ain't ball lightning, they're lightning guns that give a kick to the balls.

/Clan ER PPC: Best, weapon, ever.
//I don't want a Clan-hating rant, I hear enough of that from my friends.

My husband's working on this project, so I'm getting a real kick...

/no really
//really really
///he is, in fact, an ubergeek

ninjakirby: I just want a SpinFuser. No more, no less.

the SpinFusor is my fave as well. MA's and all.

i saw a big (or close) ball o' lightning going down I-35 in south Austin once and every car/truck slowed until it vanished. it was freaky.

UNC_Samurai: What could possibly go wrong?

It gets blocked by a Tundra Wolf and you've wasted it.

I am so, so happy someone beat me to the M:TG reference.

// three red mana

Approves

well nevermind then. Sypha from Castlevania.

so...we're not far away from blasters? WHEN CAN I HAVE ONE!?

UFO
UFO
UFO
They are lying to us. I knew it, I knew it! Everybody run!

sapper_pig: Approves.

Everything is going as I have foreseen

I was expecting to see a story about a cop hitting some perp in the nuts with a taser...too bad...would have been funny

A walmart bag, floating in the wind,...weapon'izzzed......
Only if you cover it in bacon grease, and float it through bagdad.

/
//

There once was a man from Grant's Pass
With two balls that were made of brass
When they clanged together
During stormy weather
Then lightning shot out of his ass

saintstryfe: Blizzard will nerf it because they hate Shamans

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA

/My Shammy thanks you

Gads! All my little dreams of world domination are coming true! Now all I need is to finish the space station lair...