I mentioned this in chat, but I figured I would just post it here so you guys would know.
Recently I created a Doomsday Device.
Today, while testing the calibration, I accidentally activated it.
Don't be too worried, I had the countdown set for September 8th, 2010, so it's not going to happen right now, you can enjoy your summer, for the most part.
So that you know what to expect, I'll explain how the device works.
It is a Quantum Psycoreductive Paralax Broadcaster. Basically, it absorbs sentient emotions from this dimension of this universe, channels them through other dimensions and universes at random, and then broadcasts them back into hosts based upon their suitability.
To put it in laymans terms, it is powered by human suffering, amplifies it, turns it into pure evil, and channels it into the minds of people. People in positions of power are the most effected by this, but some 'splash evil' will be inserted into pretty much everyone.
It works no matter it's location, can't be turned off, and once activated, it's effects will remain even if it is destroyed.
I had intended to design it with a failsafe, but I couldn't afford the extra titanium, so there is no way to stop it now.
Again, I'm sorry. It's my fault that the world is about to end. I didn't mean to. Don't get mad at me.
Anyway, I just thought you guys might like to know what to expect, so I'll tell you the settings that I had it on when I activated it.
(I left some of these random because I don't know which value means 'yes' and which means 'no'. It's hard to decode the universe.)
Doomsday Device Settings:
Start Time: September 8th, 2010 9:15am EST
Duration: Medium (5-10 years)
Intensity: 11 (Maximum)
Chaos: 11 (Maximum)
Over 9000: Enabled
Chuck Norris Effect: Disabled (I'm not sure what this does, but I know it doesn't disable Chuck Norris.)
Zombies: Disabled (Sorry guys, finger slipped, no zombies.)
Aliens: Disabled
Alien Hoax: Random
Vogons: Disabled
Monsters: Random
Demons: Random
Terminators: Disabled
Velociraptors: Disabled
Mayan 2012: Enabled
Multidimensional: Disabled
Biblical: Enabled
Angry Jesus: Enabled
Rapture: Disabled
Comet/Meteor: Random
Earthquakes: Incremental
Volcanoes: Random
Supervolcano: Random
Supernova: Disabled
Geomagnetic Reversal: Disabled
Black Hole: Disabled
Waterworld: Disabled
Mad Max: Enabled
WWIII: Enabled (Israel vs Iran v2.113 Installed)
Plague: Enabled
Starvation: Enabled
Leeroy Jenkins: Enabled
Internets: 101 (scale goes from 0 to 1337)
Epic: FAIL
Economic Effects: Hyperinflation
Survivability: 9%
Your base are belong to us: All
Girls: 2
Cups: 1
mc^2 = E
Cake: False
There are over 100 other variables within the coding of the machine that I could not decode and therefor I have no idea what those extra settings do. I think most of them have to do with the location, duration, and intensity of the above settings, but I can't be sure. Anyway, I pretty much just randomized anything that I didn't fully understand.
Now you know what to expect in the next 5 to 10 years.
I know you're all upset at me, so let me again say that I am sorry. I forgot that the safety was off when I was calibrating the device and it just kinda went off. I hope that the descendants of the survivors(if any) of the end of the world will realize that humanity did not suicide, we were just cleaning our 'guns'.
Remember, it is possible to survive. There are plenty of reference materials available online about how to survive teotwawki.
At any rate. I wish you all the best in the coming years.
Jallen