Stremik Posted May 31, 2003 Share Posted May 31, 2003 With all due respect, how the heck did you come up with this name? And what does od[Force] exactly mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted May 31, 2003 Share Posted May 31, 2003 from marc's page : "Od-force is an archaic reference to something supernatural controlled by a supreme power. This supreme power directs the entire creation; all plants, stars, who get energy to function in the right order and without that energy or force the creation would be no more and totally dead.This all powerful energy gives life to human beings and if it is withdrawn the human beings cease to exist. Od-force has also been tied to illusion and sleight of hand, when it appears that a magician or conjuror has invoked supernatural powers within objects that do not possess their own energy." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stremik Posted May 31, 2003 Author Share Posted May 31, 2003 Mark. What were you on when you wrote that? P.S. No offence. Ilike it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted May 31, 2003 Share Posted May 31, 2003 I think it may be similar the 'ether' theorys: in physics and astronomy, a hypothetical medium for transmitting light and heat (radiation), filling all unoccupied space; it is also called luminiferous ether. In Newtonian physics all waves are propagated through a medium, e.g., water waves through water, sound waves through air. When James Clerk Maxwell developed his electromagnetic theory of light, Newtonian physicists postulated ether as the medium that transmitted electromagnetic waves. Ether was held to be invisible, without odor, and of such a nature that it did not interfere with the motions of bodies through space. The concept was intended to connect the Newtonian mechanistic wave theory with Maxwell's field theory. However, all attempts to demonstrate its existence, most notably the Michelson-Morley experiment of 1887, produced negative results and stimulated a vigorous debate among physicists that was not ended until the special theory of relativity, proposed by Albert Einstein in 1905, became accepted. The theory of relativity eliminated the need for a light-transmitting medium, so that today the term ether is used only in a historical context. ah...High School Physics...good times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted May 31, 2003 Share Posted May 31, 2003 Well, since you all asked so nicely. I'll tell you where it comes from. Firstly, let me say that I didn't write that description of od[force]. It was written by an old SESI employee when he did an interview with us for their new site. He managed to scrounge that up off the internet somewhere and I thought it was pretty cool so I kept it So, are you ready? Please make yourself comfortable.. Once upon a time, a long...*cough, cough*... excuse me. Lets try that again... Once upon a.... *cough COUGH!*....*wheeeeze*... ahem!, excuse me again. Hang on while I get some water.. *sip* ok, where were we? So, umm blah, blah, blah... ah yes. So we couldn't think of a cool name for our soon to be launched Houdini site. We went around offering free pizza to the first person who could come up with a cool name that had some bearing on the content of the site. While they were all thinking (or not) we went to a thesaurus and searched for synonyms for magic, illusion, sleight of hand etc. One of the words we found was od-force which sounded obscure enough to be cool. So we used it. We then proceeded to buy ourselves pizza in celebration of our cleverness. It was actually total coincedence that the elaborate description sounded cool too . Lucky us.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stremik Posted May 31, 2003 Author Share Posted May 31, 2003 Great story. *cough, cough* Thanks Grandpa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfwood Posted June 1, 2003 Share Posted June 1, 2003 So I guess the question now becomes, who is the "Supreme Power"? Jason or Marc? Or both in a Tyler Durden sort of way. On a side note I think Od-Force needs a mascot. I nominate the ninja. jim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stremik Posted June 1, 2003 Author Share Posted June 1, 2003 On a side note I think Od-Force needs a mascot. I nominate the ninja. Great idea! Not the ninja tho You've lost one vote man Mark. Do you have more info on that force? Maybe somebody will come up with something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted June 1, 2003 Share Posted June 1, 2003 I dunno, I kinda like the ninja idea. Just not in that form maybe. We could come up with some ideas and vote on it . It took me long enough to come up with a logo for the site, so I'll defer the mascot to you creative folk . As for more info, search on google, you'll find quite a few. Marc P.S. As for the supreme power... well Jason thinks he is. But I'm the power behind the throne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcronin Posted June 1, 2003 Share Posted June 1, 2003 Here's my interpretation: Od-force is an archaic reference to something supernatural (Houdini) controlled by a supreme power (The Houdini User). This supreme power (The Houdini User) directs the entire creation; all plants, stars, who get energy to function in the right order and without that energy or force the creation would be no more and totally dead. When I read that, this was my original interpretation, and I thought you guys had really put alot of thought into naming the site. You've shattered that illusion for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted June 1, 2003 Share Posted June 1, 2003 Well, that was the amazing coincidence. When I read that description I thought exactly what you did. Almost identical to what you just described actually. Sorry about shattering the illusion. But if you want you can think that it was fated for us to name the site od[force], which is just as cool (I think). Maybe I should quietly delete this thread to keep anyone else from learning the sordid and mostly boring truth of our past Cheers marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red4kat Posted June 3, 2003 Share Posted June 3, 2003 Oh no no no Marc, I think you should keep it. Brainwash, *cough*, I mean educate the young ones... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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