Corrine Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 This is the never-ending story -- The story has been started. Now its up to the next person to pick up where it left off and continue the story. Your post can be as long or as short as you wish, but it has to follow along from where the previous poster left off. Try to keep to a theme. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ And so it begins . . . Once upon a time there was a wondrous intergalactic empire known to all from far and near as SNF, populated by Highlanders. Handsome and charming King Scot ruled SNF with kindness and generosity. King Scot was ably assisted by an assemblage of Knights but it was the Highlanders who brought SNF to life. King Scot, his court and all the Highlanders were very happy until one dark and stormy night when . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 And so it begins . . . Once upon a time there was a wondrous intergalactic empire known to all from far and near as SNF, populated by Highlanders. Handsome and charming King Scot ruled SNF with kindness and generosity. King Scot was ably assisted by an assemblage of Knights but it was the Highlanders who brought SNF to life. King Scot, his court and all the Highlanders were very happy until one dark and stormy night when young Prince Temmu decided to experiment with a small cold-fusion-in-a-cup toy he recently bought at Nukes R Us. Unbeknownst to all, the Prince, in his usual mad genius way, modified the children's toy using a cyclic booster device. Using a small magnetic launching sled the Prince did toss the now very dangerous device squarely into the neighboring realm of Spam-a-Lot. In retaliation for the damages sustained by Spam-a-Lot's main sewage treatment facility, they... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corrine Posted March 9, 2013 Author Share Posted March 9, 2013 And so it begins . . . Once upon a time there was a wondrous intergalactic empire known to all from far and near as SNF, populated by Highlanders. Handsome and charming King Scot ruled SNF with kindness and generosity. King Scot was ably assisted by an assemblage of Knights but it was the Highlanders who brought SNF to life. King Scot, his court and all the Highlanders were very happy until one dark and stormy night when young Prince Temmu decided to experiment with a small cold-fusion-in-a-cup toy he recently bought at Nukes R Us. Unbeknownst to all, the Prince, in his usual mad genius way, modified the children's toy using a cyclic booster device. Using a small magnetic launching sled the Prince did toss the now very dangerous device squarely into the neighboring realm of Spam-a-Lot. In retaliation for the damages sustained by Spam-a-Lot's main sewage treatment facility, they gathered together their massive army of bots. Spam-a-Lot had the meanest, nastiest bots of all of the neighboring kingdoms. These bots were capable of causing grievous damage merely by . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ross549 Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 .....launching a massive attack against the stalwart Highlanders, tempting them with offers of perpetual motion devices and calendars with pictures of scantily clad computers. The Highlanders were ready for the onslaught, as they had taken refuge in the Cloud Computing Division of the Googleplex. Google's servers caught most of the spam, but Jeber was tempted by the image of an overclocked PCI network card, and sadly, he was infected. Jeber's infection did not las long, but it did cause him to give out some Really Bad Advice. Some members did follow it, causing...... (http://forums.scotsnewsletter.com/index.php?showtopic=376&hl=advice&st=0) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Oh noes... cross-posting confusion in our story. Must recompile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ross549 Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 Oh noes... cross-posting confusion in our story. Must recompile. Already done. Splines have been reticulated, and paradoxes have been satisfied. Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corrine Posted March 9, 2013 Author Share Posted March 9, 2013 Get the story back on topic, boys. Grrrrr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 .....launching a massive attack against the stalwart Highlanders, tempting them with offers of perpetual motion devices and calendars with pictures of scantily clad computers. The Highlanders were ready for the onslaught, as they had taken refuge in the Cloud Computing Division of the Googleplex. Google's servers caught most of the spam, but Jeber was tempted by the image of an overclocked PCI network card, and sadly, he was infected. Jeber's infection did not las long, but it did cause him to give out some Really Bad Advice. Some members did follow it, causing...... (http://forums.scotsn...&hl=advice&st=0) Utter mayhem and bouts of further really bad advice which everyone loved. Then one day Cluttermagnet brought in his Dirk for a story spin and tried to do something similar to this story and it got derailed too. So... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corrine Posted March 9, 2013 Author Share Posted March 9, 2013 Unfortunately, Phoenix was not prepared for the effect of the potion added to his Scotch Ale that he imbibed to wash down the heavy salami sandwich and his head slowly fell to the desktop, hitting the keyboard and setting off . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted March 9, 2013 Share Posted March 9, 2013 A Mid Summer's Dream...or was that actually turning into a Nightmare on Elm Street? ?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corrine Posted March 9, 2013 Author Share Posted March 9, 2013 Ah, but it was more than a nightmare when Phoenix' head crashed to the keyboard in the unusual (and highly secret) key combination, the unusual combination of keys to be used only in the direst of catastrophic events . . . Xyzzy! Suddenly . . . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 little did mia and phoenix know that on the other side of town... Securitybreach discovered a securitybreach. No he had not invented the mirror, though that may come in useful later on. His darling monitors were missing.Who could have done such a dastardly deed? It must have taken a highly organised network of criminal masterminds.Realising that he needed a networking specialist with contacts in the "undergrowth". Securitybreach sent out a call to CNNA for a contractor....................... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corrine Posted March 10, 2013 Author Share Posted March 10, 2013 meanwhile, back at the warehouse, phoenix was reimaging all of his crashed systems, and mia was liberally applying air freshener to anything that moved (which, of course, was phoenix.) After 5 cans of air freshener, Mia wasn't noticing any improvement and was beginning to feel a bit woosey. "What is happening here, Phoenix?" she managed to mumble, having forgotten about the damages to Spam-a-Lot's sewage treatment facility. Phoenix, having recovered from the drugged Scotch Ale, was madly plotting his next move for he knew without a doubt that the only way their army of bots would be able to successfully overcome the Kingdom of Highlanders was to put Princess Bambi out of commission. This task, however, was likely to be nearly impossible to achieve because . . . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 It was a good story. I hear some scuttlebutt about movie rights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corrine Posted March 11, 2013 Author Share Posted March 11, 2013 Administrator Note: It is apparent that Prince Temmu, a member of the troop of Highlanders sent by Princes Bambi to ascertain the state of Spam-a-lot's bots, was overcome by the stench from the sewage treatment plant. Do not fear, he will recover, although whether he will be the same again is highly questionable. Neverending Definition: adj. Having no foreseeable end. The Neverending Story of the Higlanders continues evermore! At the googleplex, adam was marshaling the gang and ensuring supplies were evenly distributed. “no one’s heard from the king. Perhaps we should send out a scout?” queried abarbarian. "No!", responded Princes Bambi emphatically, "We need to remain mindful of the primary objective -- protecting Highlanders from the onslaught planned by the Spam-a-lot bots." "To that end," continued Princess Bambi, "we not only need to be on our guard. It is time to encrypt and move to the cloud the data SecurityBreach has been storing." Unfortunately, SecurityBreach has been distracted and . . . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 It LIVES! It LIVES AGAIN! Frankenstory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corrine Posted March 12, 2013 Author Share Posted March 12, 2013 "There are problems at the googleplex, Eric. There is another zero-day on the loose and it has infiltrated each of the shuttles to the 'plex. The shuttles are over run with Bugs (enhanced microscopic image below), for which there is no know solution yet. I cannot allow proceeding with the transfer of our data until that issue has been resolved. Security analysts believe it is the work of the Spam-a-lot bots." Eric, scratched his bearded chin, sighed and, in complete frustration . . . ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Enhanced Bugs Image: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Eric replied, "Well, you know my thoughts on anything Google." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 You guys have a heck of an imagination...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corrine Posted March 12, 2013 Author Share Posted March 12, 2013 Eric replied, "Well, you know my thoughts on anything Google." "I know." said Corrine, "That being the case, we are going to be forced to fight the Spam-a-lot bots. It may even come down to hand-to-hand combat. Are the Highlanders prepared?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 "Of course, they're prepared. They're Highlanders, after all." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Picture of Eric 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Picture of Eric I knew it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corrine Posted March 12, 2013 Author Share Posted March 12, 2013 narrator: and to think, when i saw the thread updated, there'd been progress on the story... sigh. Perhaps it is time to end the Neverending Story unless there are others who wish to contribute. If so, pick up the story from There was a port-knock [c.f.] on the googleplex outer door. “you-who, let meeee iinnn…” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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