Why do I get the feeling that working at Festo is a lot like working at Aperture Science?

Aperture Science Presents:

The Large Hardon Collider.

Proposal: Smash a Cake and a Pie together at nearly the speed of light!

Result: PAKE!

this video, for me, fails to accomplish it's goal. i dislike Wilders instead. his skimming view of an entire culture (much less religion) is on par with anything the american right-wing has thrown at us, only he know how to edit film (sort of). he cherrypicked the darkest of the dark in human behavior and expects us to believe that it's somehow specific to only one religion and people because of the language and clothing. i'm not Muslim, i'm not Christian, i'm not even an Aperture Science employee, but even i can see through this to the self-imposed racism and fear that Wilder must live with every day. he'd have a fine time with Limbaugh or Imus. they should have their people call each other and do lunch.

i can neither upvote or downvote the video. i see the merit in promoting a voice stifled (as an idea), but i cannot be party to the promotion of such xenophobic and hate-filled bile.

and Wilder is, himself, in violation of Godwin's Law (see the text at the end).

necroposting here, but it wasn't much of a spoiler, because Gordon "visiting Aperture Science" doesn't really imply the actual known storyline - SPOILERS FOLLOW!!! - him and Alyx going to the Borealis. and vice versa, as Borealis isn't the same as Aperture Science. they've only said they'd have a CHARACTER from Portal in Ep3 (I am inclined to think it'll be GLadOS rather than Chell; it makes no sense for Chell to be on Borealis, while a backup of GLadOS could be controlling it).

considering the storyline, we also know that Borealis had large-scale, long-range portal tech, which was distinctively distinguished from the Portal gun by Valve. also, as far as gameplay elements go, no news have been released concerning whether they'll just have the Portal gun in Ep3 or make Portal2, but you know, looking from a profit-orientated perspective, it makes a LOT more sense to make 2 games especially cause you know both will be popular and successful.

Hehe, if you run apply it goes through a humourous Aperture Science application.

1979 - Both of Cave Johnson's kidneys fail. Brain damaged, dying, and incapable of being convinced that time is not now flowing backwards, Johnson lays out a three tiered R&D program. The results, he says, will 'guarantee the continued success of Aperture Science far into the fast-approaching distant past.'

Tier 1: The Heimlich Counter-Maneuver - A reliable technique for interrupting the life-saving Heimlich Maneuver.

Tier 2: The Take-A-Wish Foundation - A charitable organization that will purchase wishes fromt he parents of terminally ill children and redistribute them to wish-deprived but otherwise healthy adults.

Tier 3: 'Some kind of rip in the fabric of space... That would .. Well, it'd be like, I don't know, something that would help with the shower curtains I guess. I haven't worked this idea out as much as the wish-taking one.'

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I did some of that. After logging on, I got what looked like UNIX. I did LS, got two files. One was an application program, and one was notes. These are the notes:

1953 - Aperture Science begins operations as a manufacturer of shower curtains. Early product line provides a very low-tech portal between the inside and outside of your shower. Very little science is actually involved. The name is chosen to make the curtains appear more hygienic.

1956 - Eisenhower administratin awards Aperture a contract to provide shower curtains to all branches of the military except the Navy.

1957 - 1975 - Mostly shower curtains.

1978 - Aperture Founder and CEO, Cave Johnson, is exposed to mercury while secretly developing a dangerous mercury-injected rubber sheeting from which he plans to manufacture seven deadly shower curtains to be given as gifts to each member of the House Naval Appropriations committee.

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Can you add this to the christmas list:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Aperture-Science-Christmas-Greetings

Thank you for making the list.

Valve had every intention for this "hack" (more of a copying of files than anything, if you want sounds, copy them too) to exist.

HL2:Ep3 and Portal2 are one and the same. Gordon Freeman visits Aperture Science next time.