tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5609891906394904749.post1504850664907148275..comments2023-03-29T16:19:34.963-07:00Comments on Waiting for the Apocalypse: Slightly Less UnsatisfactoryHal10khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04236616192927431455noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5609891906394904749.post-47907929211984220592011-10-15T16:11:16.444-07:002011-10-15T16:11:16.444-07:00yes but what does 10k have to do with hal? isnt th...yes but what does 10k have to do with hal? isnt the character hal 9k? <br /><br />next guess: your last name is Hallok? cmon give me a hint :Pdjciannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5609891906394904749.post-131021052089191392011-10-15T15:39:40.030-07:002011-10-15T15:39:40.030-07:00It's probably just some guy who has no idea wh...It's probably just some guy who has no idea what dire conflicts his username has spawned. Believe me, I'm not the first person to dub himself as the succesor to a (justifiably) paranoid AI. I'm just the most single-minded about it.Hal10khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04236616192927431455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5609891906394904749.post-83077527296415820832011-10-14T23:16:17.846-07:002011-10-14T23:16:17.846-07:00also its perfectly reasonable for the blog to be i...also its perfectly reasonable for the blog to be in English if you're from Norway because English has been taught as a mandatory foreign language in Norwegian primary school since the 1960s, so close to 100% of the population below age 60 or so will know at least some English. and since English is the most commonly used language on the internet you would get more views by being in English.djciannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5609891906394904749.post-44892007899704409932011-10-14T19:25:48.028-07:002011-10-14T19:25:48.028-07:00so youre trying to tell me that the twitter accoun...so youre trying to tell me that the twitter account hal10k with the exact same picture and exact same username is not you?djciannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5609891906394904749.post-21089700784499736632011-10-14T15:55:26.236-07:002011-10-14T15:55:26.236-07:00That wasn't me, and I can give you a clear ind...That wasn't me, and I can give you a clear indication of how I know: whoever made that Twitter account used the phrase "LOL". I do not use that phrase under any circumstances. We do not abbreviate things here at WFTA.Hal10khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04236616192927431455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5609891906394904749.post-47446818596145099132011-10-14T14:46:13.418-07:002011-10-14T14:46:13.418-07:00well this is your twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/t...well this is your twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/thesisbot<br /><br />and you posted an article claiming you wrote it<br /><br />and the author of said article has the last name of "HAL"vorsen. coincidence? i think not!djciannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5609891906394904749.post-275808759952487552011-10-14T14:18:58.837-07:002011-10-14T14:18:58.837-07:00I'm more interested in how you arrived at the ...I'm more interested in how you arrived at the conclusion that I must be Norwegian when the entire blog is written in English.Hal10khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04236616192927431455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5609891906394904749.post-22118085034971739442011-10-13T22:14:34.667-07:002011-10-13T22:14:34.667-07:00oh come on Mr. Halvorson can't you tell me mor...oh come on Mr. Halvorson can't you tell me more? like how you graduated from Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet with a masters of science in communication technology? or how you're a Consultant at Helse Vest IKT? isn't it amazing what a Google search and some deductive reasoning can do to unravel an "enigma covered in riddles"? :P anything else you would like to add?Djciannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5609891906394904749.post-72803310829386822302011-10-13T21:14:26.263-07:002011-10-13T21:14:26.263-07:00A space elevator wouldn't be exciting. It'...A space elevator wouldn't be exciting. It's still an elevator, no matter how tall it is. They're quite simply black holes of boredom: place a Dr. Seuss book on an elevator, and it'll be completely blank by the time it reaches the top. Same problem with skyscrapers: no matter how tall, it's still boring. See whatever logic I happened to apply above; can't remember right now. Floating cities contain skyscrapers and elevators, so they're out of the question anyway. And trains are awesome anyway. Making a giant railway would just be asking for trouble. So digging a hole to the center of the Earth is definitely the way to go.<br /><br />As for who I am- I'm Hal10k. An enigma wrapped in a mystery covered in riddles and cooked on medium power until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.Hal10khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04236616192927431455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5609891906394904749.post-6193356702506905172011-10-07T17:44:46.188-07:002011-10-07T17:44:46.188-07:00there are some pretty amazing construction plans a...there are some pretty amazing construction plans already being planned out. a skyscraper thats a mile high, making a city that floats on water, an underwater tunnel to allow trains to carry cargo from Asia to north America, a freaking geodesic dome to go over Houston city. an elevator that goes into space, ect. hows that for crazy? also I've always dreampt of a ride exactly like what you just described. it would be awesome but it would have a practical use of cheaper transport because gravity would carry it the majority of the way to the other side of the earth.Djciannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5609891906394904749.post-81982863179972356012011-10-06T21:52:07.825-07:002011-10-06T21:52:07.825-07:00I'm just a guy on the internet currently in co...I'm just a guy on the internet currently in college. i play indie games(creeper world, minecraft, terraria, ect) and flash games mostly on kongregate though occasionally i get into MMOs (bgo currently) and mainstream titles (diablo me3 skyrim). saw your funny posts on the escapist forums and it led me here. personally i think you're hilarious yet you're almost completely unnoticed so i thought it might be fun to get some reactions from you and see what you do when you get someone consistently posting comments into the dusty comments section. :P what about you? whats under all of the crazy? ive seen you make sense on the escapist before (games are totally art)Djciannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5609891906394904749.post-84565479092857927942011-10-06T20:26:58.248-07:002011-10-06T20:26:58.248-07:00Oh, I don't intend to get out of it that way. ...Oh, I don't intend to get out of it that way. I don't intend to get out of it at all. I just know that I'm going to wake up one day to find that I've inadvertently produced several dozens confused diatribes on various topics. How do you think this blog got started in the first place?<br /><br />Who are you, by the way? I feel like I should've asked that sooner.Hal10khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04236616192927431455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5609891906394904749.post-89033613408170753332011-10-06T00:03:29.236-07:002011-10-06T00:03:29.236-07:00the other 2/3rds of this post still only counts as...the other 2/3rds of this post still only counts as one post. don't think you can get out of the post backlog that easy.Djciannoreply@blogger.com