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tsumake - May 4, 2003

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		tsumake	May 4, 2003
		Hey Guys, Where does "All your base are belong to us" come from?? I have no idea what the joke is about this phrase. I'm not l33t or anything. Is it an online phrase used in multiplayer games like Warcraft? Also, are there any other phrases I should be aware of on these kind of boards? Thanks, I know this is a stupid newb question, but I gots to know...

		mtxblau	May 4, 2003
		http://www.planettribes.com/allyourbase/st...tory.... Enjoy.

		tsumake	May 4, 2003
		Thanks MTX, Now that's a phenomenon!

		Jeffrey	May 4, 2003
		Originally posted by tsumake@May 4, 2003 @ 05:09 PM I'm not l33t or anything. Even I knew where that phrase came from... but what the hell is "l33t"?

		ratfish	May 4, 2003
		It's hax0r talk for "elite." Also refer to: "1337" or "31337" as in: "i am teh 1337 hax0r, my computar is on teh intarweb!!!1" :cheers

		IceDigger	May 4, 2003

		Gallstaff	May 4, 2003
		What the hell is a jiggawatt?!

		Cecilia Chen	May 5, 2003
		What a stupid thread.

		mtxblau	May 5, 2003
		Originally posted by Gallstaff@May 4, 2003 @ 01:10 AM What the hell is a jiggawatt?! A fictional measurement of power. Haven't you seen back to the future?

		racketboy	May 5, 2003
		Originally posted by MTXBlau+May 5, 2003 @ 09:11 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(MTXBlau @ May 5, 2003 @ 09:11 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'> <!--QuoteBegin-Gallstaff@May 4, 2003 @ 01:10 AM What the hell is a jiggawatt?! A fictional measurement of power. Haven't you seen back to the future? [/b][/quote] the quote is from the movie

		JCTango	May 5, 2003
		Originally posted by Cecilia Chen@May 5, 2003 @ 02:27 PM What a stupid thread. I whole-heartedly agree... =(

		Gallstaff	May 5, 2003
		Originally posted by racketboy@May 5, 2003 @ 10:15 PM the quote is from the movie Jesus at least you get it.

		maidtina	May 6, 2003
		if you check the dick-shun-airy it lists jiggawatt as an acceptable pronounciation of "Gigawatt"

		cherok	May 6, 2003
		Originally posted by MTXBlau+May 5, 2003 @ 09:11 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(MTXBlau @ May 5, 2003 @ 09:11 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'> <!--QuoteBegin-Gallstaff@May 4, 2003 @ 01:10 AM What the hell is a jiggawatt?! A fictional measurement of power. Haven't you seen back to the future? [/b][/quote] On set they began to say "Jigawatt", but then realized "Gigawatt" was the correct pornounciation, although left it as "jigawatt" because it sounded cool

		Gallstaff	May 6, 2003
		Now that I think about it... what the hell IS a gigawatt?!

		Nadius	May 6, 2003
		It's 1000 kilowatts... think of 90-100 decent sized tv's being powered on at the same time.... ... I'm sure I'm wrong. That sounds awfully wrong.

		mtxblau	May 6, 2003
		No, 1,000 kW = 1 MW (1 Megawatt). So, 1,000 MW = 1 GW. Still, only ~3 GW? That's not alot for time travel.

		Nadius	May 6, 2003
		ah thanks for the clarification, so it's 1000 tvs at once, or the power they use up within an hour.... the whole kilowatt hour thing confuses me. When a tv has a rating of 115 watts is that per hour? edit, no it's simply the length of time it's used right? i'm gonna go read a book.

		Gallstaff	May 6, 2003
		Originally posted by MTXBlau@May 6, 2003 @ 07:31 PM No, 1,000 kW = 1 MW (1 Megawatt). So, 1,000 MW = 1 GW. Still, only ~3 GW? That's not alot for time travel. Dude I think it was 1.21 "Jigawatts" that they needed.

		gameboy900	May 6, 2003
		Originally posted by Gallstaff@May 6, 2003 @ 12:14 PM Now that I think about it... what the hell IS a gigawatt?! It's a billion watts. Just like a gigabyte is a billion bytes.

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