Wait a second...

[Nazzer]

I'm sorry if this has been posted before, but think about how small the furnace you dropped the weighted companion cube in. Now, consider that when you are sliding into the fire pit, GLaDOS says that there was no chance of a equipment malfunction due to heat because "All Aperture technologies remain safely operational up to 4000 degrees Kelvin. Rest assured that there is absolutely no chance of a dangerous equipment malfunction prior to your victory candescence."

So wait. If GLaDOS is right, then the weighted companion cube might not actually be gone. Of course, you might point out that GLaDOS's different AI cores were able to be destroyed in the same kind of furnace that you put the cube in, but I'm sure that since the Aperture scientists were obviously worried about the AI going haywire (The red phone, the fact that there's a furnace in the room.) they would probably not have made those parts so heat resistant.

So what do you think? Think the WCC would have been fireproof to the same degree?

[Sgt. Boner]

Well of course, it was waiting for you at the end of the game!

[MADDOGGE]

Yeah remember? It was at the party you missed!:mad: Haven't a clue OP but something to think about for sure.

[Darksider]

HOLY CRAP! We now know what the point of Portal 2 is going to be!!! We're going to have to find the WCC and escape with it!

[TOBI239]

HOLY CRAP! We now know what the point of Portal 2 is going to be!!! We're going to have to find the WCC and escape with it!

lol survivors has escaped *l4d2 musick plays* *i'm FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UUUUUU*

[mr turkey40]

A cube isn't exactly "technology". Also, that was an "Aperture Science Emergency Intelligence Incinerator" meaning that it is used for destroying things like intelligence so nobody will find out about said intelligence.

[Zekiran]

Leave it to Aperture to devise such a horribly dangerous and hard to use document shredder.

[MADDOGGE]

Leave it to Aperture to devise such a horribly dangerous and hard to use document shredder.Giggle!:D

[Twilight Mage]

Leave it to Aperture to devise such a horribly dangerous and hard to use document shredder.

Nice one.

[ruthlessebk]

lol survivors has escaped *l4d2 musick plays* *i'm FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UUUUUU*

*Goes on the helicopter holding WCC*
Pilot: Have some pills for who knows what
*Main character automatically drops the WCC out of helicopter because of that*
*Helicopter flys away*
Player: FFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

[slipperywhenwet]

I'm sorry if this has been posted before, but think about how small the furnace you dropped the weighted companion cube in. Now, consider that when you are sliding into the fire pit, GLaDOS says that there was no chance of a equipment malfunction due to heat because "All Aperture technologies remain safely operational up to 4000 degrees Kelvin. Rest assured that there is absolutely no chance of a dangerous equipment malfunction prior to your victory candescence."

So wait. If GLaDOS is right, then the weighted companion cube might not actually be gone. Of course, you might point out that GLaDOS's different AI cores were able to be destroyed in the same kind of furnace that you put the cube in, but I'm sure that since the Aperture scientists were obviously worried about the AI going haywire (The red phone, the fact that there's a furnace in the room.) they would probably not have made those parts so heat resistant.

So what do you think? Think the WCC would have been fireproof to the same degree?

even if it did die, there was more then one. after the wcc dropped from the vent, another fell down. or was that just a regular cube?

[mr turkey40]

even if it did die, there was more then one. after the wcc dropped from the vent, another fell down. or was that just a regular cube?

It was the WCC. Maybe just a WCC

[rifle_grunt]

You bring up a valid point though- GLADOS had her cores stuffed into the incinerator, they may be resistant to the heat so perhaps this is how she is still alive?

[Francis_4_Dead]

You bring up a valid point though- GLADOS had her cores stuffed into the incinerator, they may be resistant to the heat so perhaps this is how she is still alive?

I don't think it's possible, since GLaDOS herself said that she was curious about <Player name Here>, but <Player name Here> destroyed that part of her (Curiosity Core).

...I think.

[smashdude29]

What if the Aperture Science Emergency Intelligence Incinerator heats up to 4001 degrees Kelvin?

[theLazerFrog]

What if the Aperture Science Emergency Intelligence Incinerator heats up to 4001 degrees Kelvin?

the heat! It's OVER 4000 DEGREES KELVIN! couldn't help myself.

[Solarmech]

Eh, that incinerators arn't that hot. I dropped a radio into one and it still kept playing. sm

[Nazzer]

Consider just how hot 4,000 degrees Kelvin is, though. That's 6740.6 degrees Fahrenheit. For comparison, the surface of the sun is 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit, and 5,777 degrees kelvin. Also, the melting point of diamond is 3,820 degrees kelvin.

I don't think that the furnaces could reach that high of a temperature.

And of course the WCC is a technology. It is weighted with precision, it is incredibly helpful, the size dimensions are consistent, and it tells the best jokes.

[-=Dran=-]

It said Appeture Science technologies not cubes... a block is a not tech.

[smashdude29]

I don't think that the furnaces could reach that high of a temperature.

But this is Aperture science we are talking about

[Nazzer]

It said Appeture Science technologies not cubes... a block is a not tech.

You are going to tell me that Aperture science calls what are just great big light-up buttons "Fifteen Hundred Megawatt Aperture Science Heavy Duty Super-Colliding Super Buttons", but they don't consider a Weighted Companion Cube an example of technology?

[Disabled Option]

*Goes on the helicopter holding WCC*
Pilot: Have some pills for who knows what
*Main character automatically drops the WCC out of helicopter because of that*
*Helicopter flys away*
Player: FFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

Is that from Left 4 Dead 2 ?

I hope we get a gnome achievement in Portal 2 too, but with the Gnome replaced with the WCC

[MADDOGGE]

Nah we need the gnome achievement. Once they included him in L4D2 it's almost a set up for a ongoing and continuing joke achievement in all future Valves games. I actually expect to see him if as nothing more than a easter egg in P2. I think I would be mildly disappointed if I didn't. After all Valve could have easily used a stuffed animal in L4D2 but they instead used the gnome.:cool:

[Lakail]

I don't think that the furnaces could reach that high of a temperature.


And I don't think there are guns that shoot portals that connect time/space. But apparently there are!

[danm36]

I don't think that the furnaces could reach that high of a temperature.

Aperture Science stick a candle in an infinite loop of 6 pairs of inter-connected portals. They then move one portal tiny ammounts on a vibrating platform and a heat based paradox occurs, allowing the emergency incinerators to heat to well beond that level.


Or, knowing Cave, he fired a portal into the sun.

[Darksider]

It said Appeture Science technologies not cubes... a block is a not tech.

They consider a radio a piece of Aperture Science Technology, so why not THE weighted companion cube.

If radios can survive the incinerator, then so can the WCC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[smooth]

AFAIK, GLADOS was lying about the effects so we'd hop in. There isn't any reason to believe anything survived incineration.

[Xenophin]

This is just a shot in the dark but most people know GLaDOS as a compulsive liar, so why wouldn't it be any different here? Also, if you look at the ASHPD's model there's a bar-code then the number 4. This would suggest that there were other portal guns for the other test subjects. (or the ratman whatever you want to call them) Now with that information, each of them probably suffered a tragic burning death and there is no trace of there portal guns.

[Moleculor]

The fact that it's called the "Aperture Science Emergency Intelligence Incinerator" implies that it's designed to incinerate Aperture Science technology in case of an emergency.

Thus, it must exceed the safe tolerances of their technology. Note that the fire pit you're dropping into is just 'boring, basic fire' and not the red hot glow of the incinerator.

[Rumina]

A cube isn't exactly "technology".

One that can talk to you is :D

You should probably disregard anything he says though.

[MADDOGGE]

Mine talks to me all the time but I have to keep sharp objects out of the house!:eek:

[Nazzer]

The fact that it's called the "Aperture Science Emergency Intelligence Incinerator" implies that it's designed to incinerate Aperture Science technology in case of an emergency.

Thus, it must exceed the safe tolerances of their technology. Note that the fire pit you're dropping into is just 'boring, basic fire' and not the red hot glow of the incinerator.

But consider that making GLaDOS fireproof is just silly. You only need to make one of her, not presumably hundreds like you would the turrets or storage cubes, and you know that there's a chance she'll need to be destroyed. I'm sure she could be an exception to the "4000 Kelvin" rule.

[Darekin]

But consider that making GLaDOS fireproof is just silly. You only need to make one of her, you know that there's a chance she'll need to be destroyed. I'm sure she could be an exception to the "4000 Kelvin" rule.

I think the physical body of GLaDOS is susceptible to heat damage, but trying to kill AI that is still plugged in would be fruitless. Since she could just copy herself elsewhere.

[MADDOGGE]

I think the physical body of GLaDOS is susceptible to heat damage, but trying to kill AI that is still plugged in would be fruitless. Since she could just copy herself elsewhere.What was that movie where the AI transfered itself to the internet? No wait I think that was a X-files and the guy downloaded his brain. I don't remember but yeah, you would have to find all her backups before you could really kill her.

[Darekin]

What was that movie where the AI transfered itself to the internet? No wait I think that was a X-files and the guy downloaded his brain. I don't remember but yeah, you would have to find all her backups before you could really kill her.

Well terminator played on that a bit, as did the Matrix. But I do believe what you are thinking of is the X-Files episode.

[theLazerFrog]

Well terminator played on that a bit, as did the Matrix. But I do believe what you are thinking of is the X-Files episode.

Are you sure it isn't Lawnmower Man?

[Darekin]

Are you sure it isn't Lawnmower Man?

Hey yeah... wow I have not seen that movie in ages. People still remember it?

[Solarmech]

Hey yeah... wow I have not seen that movie in ages. People still remember it?

Many people do their best to try to forget it. sm

[Fluffles]

Then how did you kill Glados... oh yeah, shes not reaaaaaaaaally dead.

[CypherColt]

hmm.. even if you destroyed the weighted companion cube.. you may not have noticed but on that level, it was deployed from one of the cube tubes. And there was another weighted companion cube sitting in the tube...

[Solarmech]

hmm.. even if you destroyed the weighted companion cube.. you may not have noticed but on that level, it was deployed from one of the cube tubes. And there was another weighted companion cube sitting in the tube...

But that was not YOUR beloved Companion Cube! It's just a cube that looks like you Companion Cube. sm

[Otto-Grainer]

Yeah, but it's the same friend, just a copy. :)


No Companion Cube will be destroyed by a mere "fire". What a preposterous and insulting thought. You really think I'd actually BURN my dear companion? The bare thought makes me vomit on your face. :p

[KaneXLS]

Hey yeah... wow I have not seen that movie in ages. People still remember it?

oh my god, please no :eek:

[Mordekai5]

There can be only one!!!! One weighted companion cube, that is. And as said before it was an Aperture Science Emergency Intelligence Incinerator, so it was more than likely meant to euthanize the Companion Cube.. My faithful Companion Cube...

[MADDOGGE]

I made a suicide pack with my faithful cube! We both jumped in rather than live without each other. Sniff, sniff.

[iSpaceman]

Consider just how hot 4,000 degrees Kelvin is, though. That's 6740.6 degrees Fahrenheit. For comparison, the surface of the sun is 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit, and 5,777 degrees kelvin. Also, the melting point of diamond is 3,820 degrees kelvin.

I don't think that the furnaces could reach that high of a temperature.

And of course the WCC is a technology. It is weighted with precision, it is incredibly helpful, the size dimensions are consistent, and it tells the best jokes.

Nahh.
the best part is that it never threatens to stab you :)

[Hoss]

It's a furnace made to destroy Aperture Science ♥♥♥♥. It's hot.

[gosthy31]

The incenerator isn't over 4000 or it would self-destruct.

[Zomgkiller]

It depends on the materials they built it with.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melting_point

Carbon sublimes at 4 thousend kelvin degrees, so maybe the major components of the enrichment center stuff were made out of this (the only reason i'm saying this is that the game itself gives us only this reference...)

[Moose Muscles]

EMP

Electro-Magnetic Pulse...kills glados as long as (like others have said) its no longer plugged in anywhere...