Reported by the Associated Press:
After hacking into the Islamic jihadist magazine “Inspire,” British Intelligence agents changed the directions for making a home-made bomb to a recipe for making cupcakes.
I think that’s hilarious. I’m going to have Rictor do something similar to that, purely as a throwaway bit, in a future issue of X-Factor.
PAD
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Terrorists have a magazine? No way. Then again, I suppose even Islamic fundamentalist loons need something to read in the Dentist’s waiting room.
Wow, the British Intelligence people are WAY nicer than I am. I would have altered the instructions ever so slightly, keeping them the same right up to the point where the red wire suddenly becomes the blue wire and the result is an earth shattering kaboom.
(and for you kids at home, I suspect that this is exactly and precisely what has been done to at least some of the recipes for explosive fun making one can locate on the internet. I don;t know if they are deliberately trying to make it so your mom has to cut your pancakes for the rest of your life or they are just incompetent but some of the instructions I have come across are seriously flawed. Don’t do it!)
There are some sick people out there.
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Remember that most of the earliest computer viruses were just designed to trash your system and/or files.
Wow, the British Intelligence people are WAY nicer than I am.
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You clearly have never tasted an MI-6 cupcake. They are dry and flat in exactly the same way that good cupcakes are moist and cakey, and topped with something that is almost, but not quite, entirely unlike frosting.
Those bášŧárdš!!!
MI6 is the forerunner of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation? Who knew?
I would think at some point the absolute lack of explosive materials would be a tip-off that something isn’t right with the process. (“Who knew that flour, sugar, and melted butter could do so much property damage? And the sprinkles…”)
Still, kudos for creativity!
Pork Cupcakes?
I remember reading about that. Bravo to British Intelligence for coming up with such an amusing and witty method for foiling terrorism.
On a slightly related note, you’re really knocking it out of the park with this latest storyline. I love how you’ve handled the love triangle, and the chemistry you’re building between two characters that for all purposes would be bitter rivals. The umbrella scene from last issue, and now the “beautiful” scene this issue, were such heartwarming moments. (Okay, also kind of funny.)
Also very excited at the news of the new artist.
Would be good if it was a mexican recipe, given Julio Esteban’s nationality
I think it’d be funnier if he didn’t like Mexican food. You wouldn’t expect it.
I don’t know which is odder, that terrorists have their own magazine, or that terrorists have their own magazine in a time when print is dying.
I think it’s an online “magazine”.
Actually, Peter, I wish you were still writing The Hulk so you could use this:
http://keckobservatory.org/news/black_hole_eats_star_belches_gamma_rays/
Well, gamma ray bursts are nothing new. Scientists have known about them for some time now, as well as the fact that they’re the most dangerous phenomenon in space, particularly if one is pointed in the direction of Earth.
Have they ever done the premise of an entire planet hit by black hole gamma rays, turning it into Hulk World?
OT: I know youre really more of a Marvel guy PAD, but I would love to hear your thought on the new Green Lantern flick. I wont be able to sleep till you do =p.
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Saw this a few weeks ago. Thought it was funny as hëll then.
Bwahaha. I had to delurk just to say, please do put this in X-Factor, it’d be perfect. I like how you’ve gradually turned Rictor into the technical whiz kid and superhacker of the team. But whose is the cupcake recipe, I wonder? Terry’s, Rahne’s, or did Madrox once send a dupe to cookery school? Layla may know stuff about cupcakes, but I’d think twice before eating one of hers…
(p.s. apologies if this comment shows up twice, the first time didn’t appear to work and I didn’t know if it was a glitch or pre-moderation).
Hey PAD,
I would like to discuss your books on e-readers.
Quick question, who decides if they are lendable?
New reader here really enjoying the Star Trek books.
Thanks.
-MC
You mean from a library? The publisher does.
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PAD
I have donated quite a few of your novels to my local library, Peter – and since there’s no place else to say it, Happy Father’s Day to you:)
Imagine if they had been Firefly cupcakes….
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It seems the new plan to defeat terrorists involves making them fat and tired…or gourmands….
When I say “lendable,” I mean from Barnes & Noble, some books are lendable from one person with an e-reader to another person with an e-reader. Lots of books are not lendable, which seems to include your books. I was wondering who decides on their website if they are lendable or not. Thanks for the reply.
Also, who decides which books are published in the e-reader format? I wanted The Two Front War, but I couldn’t get it in e-reader format.
Again, many thanks.