[Scorpion]

http://i.gizmodo.com/5146010/death-s...es-the-us-debt

If you had $15.6 septillion and 94 cents in your account, would you save the world from the economic crisis or build a Death Star, destroy the world, and move on to invade the galaxy?

A guy called Ryszard Gold—who probably is an alien villain from the Outer Rim planets and got a 49-point score in our Geek Social Aptitude Test—made the calculation of the most basic Death Star's price with current materials and space transport costs here on Earth. Here's a quick summary:

• First, assume that 1/10 of the 17.16 quadrillion cubic meters of the Death Star is something other than empty space and 6/10 of the total volume is pressurized space.
• That will require 1.71 quadrillion cubic meters of steel, about 134 quadrillion tonnes. That's $12.95 quintillion in current 2008 prices, and that's without counting strange alloys and elements.
• Shipping that to space will cost $95 million per tonne: So add $12.79 septillion in transport.
• Now you need to add air, which will require 8.23 quintillion cubic meters of Nitrogen, and 1.65 quintillion cubic meters of oxygen, for a total delivery cost of $2.81 septillions and $212.46 quintillion.

The total: $15,602,022,489,829,821,422,840,226.94.

Yes, that's a whooping 1.4 trillion times the current US Debt. Or a sightly more meaningful number: 124 trillion years of war in Iraq.

That will only get you the very basic model of Death Star, no options, no GPS, no radio, no leather heated seats, no mega-laser to obliterate planets, no turbolaser towers, no computer systems, no miscellaneous life support systems, no crew quarters, no turbo-elevators, no energy generators, no showers, no air conditioning, no Darth Vader's jacuzzi, no Emperor's home theater system, and no bloody canteen. And don't get me started on the cost of all the lunch trays and the constant supply of penne all'arrabbiata and peas needed for all the Death Star personell*. That will probably double the final bill, coupled with the construction costs, for a total of more than $31 septillions.

[Russian325is]

I would buy all the car manufacturers and close down the useless ones.
That's right...no more civics, genesis, etc...then build a mini death star

[xraymd]

Well sure it's a lot of money. But you have to look at the "big" (pun intended) picture. How soon can you turn a profit once you use your new Death Star for piracy and extortion. I'm sure it will pay for itself in no time.

[aut0sh0cker]

Originally Posted by xraymd

Well sure it's a lot of money. But you have to look at the "big" (pun intended) picture. How soon can you turn a profit once you use your new Death Star for piracy and extortion. I'm sure it will pay for itself in no time.

why would you need piracy or extortion??? you would have a DEATH STAR. Earth can fuck off!!

[TK-421]

Originally Posted by aut0sh0cker

why would you need piracy or extortion??? you would have a DEATH STAR. Earth can fuck off!!

[GAM3OVR85]

i'll give my 94 cents to the world and keep the $15.6 septillion lol

[xraymd]

Originally Posted by aut0sh0cker

why would you need piracy or extortion??? you would have a DEATH STAR. Earth can fuck off!!

Wait now. You've got your Death Star and you're just going to sit there in it? I mean you built that death ray and everything. You have to use it for something, right? And it's a Death Star for crying out loud. It's not meant for doing good. You can't park it in orbit and have people look up and say, "Wow, look at the gorgeous Death Star set." You built it to destroy and intimadate, not just cruise around and pick up chicks. OK, maybe picking up some girls. But then what, Skywalker. Eventually you're going to want to blow something up.

[aut0sh0cker]

Originally Posted by xraymd

Wait now. You've got your Death Star and you're just going to sit there in it? I mean you built that death ray and everything. You have to use it for something, right? And it's a Death Star for crying out loud. It's not meant for doing good. You can't park it in orbit and have people look up and say, "Wow, look at the gorgeous Death Star set." You built it to destroy and intimadate, not just cruise around and pick up chicks. OK, maybe picking up some girls. But then what, Skywalker. Eventually you're going to want to blow something up.

EXACTLY. Think about it. I will be chillin up in the Moon Version 2.0 and everyone on Earth is gonna look up and be like "DAAAAAAAMN son! Check out his ride, he ballin!!" and the bitches gonna be all like "I wish I could be see rollin with that homie. That would be fly, yo."

Then I will recruit all of the top scientists in the world to come work on the Moon Version 2.0 to build me super badass technologies you cant even imagine in the presence of Earth. Then, when the "laser" is fully operational, I point it at the Earth and tell everyone to get on spacecrafts and fly to my Moon v2.0 before I blow up the planet. Then everyone gets on their spacecrafts and try to board my Moon v2.0.

When the get to the hangar, however, they will be greeted by me and my horde of scientists with new superweapons at which point we (me and my horde) will rank every girl from 0-10 (because some girls dont even deserve "1") Only the 10's will be allowed in my Moon.

Then, as all the normal humans (now refered to as "normies") will be forced to return to Earth. But just before they land, I will turn on my FULLY OPERATIONAL laser beam and make Earth go BOOM. MUHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Then me and my scientists will cruise around the galaxy along with approximately 1 MILLION totally hot bitchez!

[number335]

I like this business plan better:

Phase 1: Collect Underpants
Phase 2: ?
Phase 3: Profit!

[Nixon]

Originally Posted by Scorpion

That will only get you the very basic model of Death Star, no options, no GPS, no radio, no leather heated seats, no mega-laser to obliterate planets, no turbolaser towers, no computer systems, no miscellaneous life support systems, no crew quarters, no turbo-elevators, no energy generators, no showers, no air conditioning, no Darth Vader's jacuzzi, no Emperor's home theater system, and no bloody canteen.

So what you are saying is that even Darth Vader gets screwed for options at the dealerships?