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"The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp." — Terry Pratchett
by arcatek 12y ago
"The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp." — Terry Pratchett
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- TheOtherHobbes 12y ago'He was the sort of person who stood on mountaintops during thunderstorms in wet copper armour shouting 'All the Gods are bastards.' - Terry Pratchett
- insin 12y ago"He says gods like to see an atheist around. Gives them something to aim at." I love Small Gods :-(
- kazinator 12y agoIf you're encased in copper, wet or not, you have a fair chance. The copper provides a conductive path around you that is better than through you. Lightning rods and their cables also get wet, and are touching the building, which is also wet.
- iamcurious 12y agoI wonder if Terry knew that and had taken into account. Even if he didn't, it resonates strongly with the audacity implied.
- vacri 12y agoOnly if the copper creates a contiguous channel around you. If you wore armour like say the old Greek breastplate-and-shinguards, there's a lot of space to travel with no copper conduit. Likewise the helmet may not be in contact with any of the other armour, so the next port of call for the electron stream is your scalp...
- Florin_Andrei 12y agoI don't know. The armor is a bit too close to the skin for comfort. There will be quite a bit of heat dissipated, to say nothing of purely mechanical shockwaves and deafening noise.