Now, I am become Death...

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02 Sep 2011, 8:31 am

Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer quoted the Bhagavad Gita when he saw the first nuclear test in history. He was reported to have said "Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." So I ask you, imagine you've just seen the first mushroom cloud in history. As a result of your work. What do you say? I can't top Dr. Oppenheimer's quote.

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02 Sep 2011, 8:38 am

Cor blimey!

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02 Sep 2011, 9:02 am

ooooooh - that's gonna leave a mark...

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02 Sep 2011, 9:31 am

Muahahahaha, What transcendant beauty, what pure light, my precious creation the omega, bringer of death.

I really dont know what I would say, I'd probably just be laughing very hard.

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02 Sep 2011, 10:20 am

"It worked!"

(Also an Oppenheimer quote, btw...)

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02 Sep 2011, 12:57 pm

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So I ask you, imagine you've just seen the first mushroom cloud in history. As a result of your work. What do you say?

"My time machine worked! I hope the crew managed to get off that burning sailing ship before the magazine blew."

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02 Sep 2011, 1:03 pm

"oooohhhhhhh shiny"

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02 Sep 2011, 1:12 pm

... f**k s**t stack. >.<

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02 Sep 2011, 1:55 pm

What have I done?

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02 Sep 2011, 2:07 pm

"Heh heh, cool."

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02 Sep 2011, 10:18 pm

"Step one, complete."

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03 Sep 2011, 2:05 am

a bunch of flashes

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03 Sep 2011, 4:29 am

I'd probably wouldn't have any thoughts because I'd be in shock

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03 Sep 2011, 7:41 am

That's not a good sign...

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03 Sep 2011, 7:49 am

You did say it was insured, right?

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03 Sep 2011, 10:26 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f94j9WIWPQQ[/youtube]

"We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that one way or another."

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