Accidental Post: voice plus images
[ Suddenly, there's an image on your PCD! Not exactly a recording, either; this appears to be broadcast from some sort of mapping program. It might be familiar since it's pretty much the same as this map of the Northwest Quarter. The green bits glow from a central point. ]
"All right, so...currently the generator is powering a good...48% to 52% of the Northwest Quarter as it stands, see? We can alter it to maintain capacity for another +/- 10% but after that we'll need other generators. Which are nearly impossible to build so the alternative becomes creating smaller, easier to maintain sources of power for other places in the city.
I think windmills would work."
"Aww that's so cute. We'd be like setting up for Don Quixote and everything. But how do you suggest we lay several hundred yards of wiring to all the other houses? "
"Well if the windmills were localized that might help. One windmill per...I don't know, 5 blocks or so?" [ The image changes to an overall map of Adstringéndum, with little green dots dispersed every 2 miles or so. ] There's the sound of tapping a pen against the desk. "These people would have to be proactive and help which might be asking a lot right there."
"And are we doing this out of the goodness of our hearts? Cause you know the pro bono thing is mostly Claire, although sometimes I'll admit to dabbling in it. I'm usually just in charge of creating the people that run the operation, not the other way around." There's a rattling sound. "Materials are going to be problematic."
"We're doing this because it'd be a lot more useful than if we just let the place continue into decline. Besides, if the generator here isn't running the entire area I can divert some of it's power back into the building. Increase the output on the tracking program, for one, and possibly run it through something other than the PCDs.
Besides, I'm bored."
"True, building a computer from nothing is a lot harder than I thought. Curse you Radio Shack! Why can't you exist in the apocalypse!
If you're bored I can think of other things you can do...." There's a dramatic pause. "Like beating my high score in Pac Man!!"
"The controls are all left-oriented, Topher." A huff. "I know there are things we could do but long-term projects are kind of my forte."
"Oh. I can fix that! Why didn't you tell me sooner! I forget these things. Maybe I should change it and then try playing with my right hand. A natural handicap!
Not that there's anything wrong with being handicap. Er--
...What did you want me to do again?"
A pause and then...a laugh. "Promise me you'll never change. Also help me figure out what materials would be best for windmills while you're at it."
[ OOC: Plain text is Bennett, Italics are Topher, they have no idea this recorded. ]
"All right, so...currently the generator is powering a good...48% to 52% of the Northwest Quarter as it stands, see? We can alter it to maintain capacity for another +/- 10% but after that we'll need other generators. Which are nearly impossible to build so the alternative becomes creating smaller, easier to maintain sources of power for other places in the city.
I think windmills would work."
"Aww that's so cute. We'd be like setting up for Don Quixote and everything. But how do you suggest we lay several hundred yards of wiring to all the other houses? "
"Well if the windmills were localized that might help. One windmill per...I don't know, 5 blocks or so?" [ The image changes to an overall map of Adstringéndum, with little green dots dispersed every 2 miles or so. ] There's the sound of tapping a pen against the desk. "These people would have to be proactive and help which might be asking a lot right there."
"And are we doing this out of the goodness of our hearts? Cause you know the pro bono thing is mostly Claire, although sometimes I'll admit to dabbling in it. I'm usually just in charge of creating the people that run the operation, not the other way around." There's a rattling sound. "Materials are going to be problematic."
"We're doing this because it'd be a lot more useful than if we just let the place continue into decline. Besides, if the generator here isn't running the entire area I can divert some of it's power back into the building. Increase the output on the tracking program, for one, and possibly run it through something other than the PCDs.
Besides, I'm bored."
"True, building a computer from nothing is a lot harder than I thought. Curse you Radio Shack! Why can't you exist in the apocalypse!
If you're bored I can think of other things you can do...." There's a dramatic pause. "Like beating my high score in Pac Man!!"
"The controls are all left-oriented, Topher." A huff. "I know there are things we could do but long-term projects are kind of my forte."
"Oh. I can fix that! Why didn't you tell me sooner! I forget these things. Maybe I should change it and then try playing with my right hand. A natural handicap!
Not that there's anything wrong with being handicap. Er--
...What did you want me to do again?"
A pause and then...a laugh. "Promise me you'll never change. Also help me figure out what materials would be best for windmills while you're at it."
[ OOC: Plain text is Bennett, Italics are Topher, they have no idea this recorded. ]