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Postby BenEsq on Fri Mar 17, 2006 2:45 am

How would you define it?

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Postby JonCore on Fri Mar 17, 2006 2:54 am

Power = Work per unit Time

P = W/T, 1 Watt = 1 Joule/1 Second.

Which is basically a very true statement. The more powerful you are, the more work you can get done in a certain time, or the faster you can do a certain amount of work. For example, the US government is more powerful than the UK government because it could destroy the world in a shorter amount of time. Perhaps a bad example...
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Postby Duggeh on Fri Mar 17, 2006 3:24 am

Something that He-Man has.

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Postby novium on Fri Mar 17, 2006 8:39 am

people doing what i tell them to? :-P

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Postby Malkier on Fri Mar 17, 2006 9:19 am

The ability to have other people do what you wish them to do, occasioning the result you desire. Through any means.

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Postby Cain on Fri Mar 17, 2006 10:02 am

power is when A gets B to do something that B would not do otherwise.

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Postby motorhead on Fri Mar 17, 2006 11:07 am

The power of sheer physical strength, as in i could batter you i could.

Same for states i could blow you up i could, or i could stop trading with you.

the power of women - you are not getting
any sex untill you massage my feet.

the power of a shark, i am an evil shark and i am going to eat all the smaller fish.

the power of george bush, i am going to force democracy through coercion and lies.
the power of greyskull - he man

the power of the beast - i am going to eat a small calf

the power of electricty - i am going to heat you r house


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Postby Atangaladhion on Fri Mar 17, 2006 3:29 pm

Power is getting someone else to do something you want them to do for you without even having to suggest it.




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Postby Elz on Fri Mar 17, 2006 4:41 pm

something which I crave but lack!
also full control over your own emotions and destiny.
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Postby cam on Fri Mar 17, 2006 4:46 pm

'Power' - ask Dr Gabriella Slomp and she will give you a truly hillarious account of what 'power' is.
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Postby Dave the Explosive Newt on Fri Mar 17, 2006 6:27 pm

Quoting Atangaladhion from 15:29, 17th Mar 2006
Power is getting someone else to do something you want them to do for you without even having to suggest it.


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My old boss used to say something along those lines. "Power isn't just making other people do things for you, it's making them want to do those things."

But then, he was a bit nuts.

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Postby Anon. on Fri Mar 17, 2006 7:49 pm

Quoting Duggeh from 03:24, 17th Mar 2006
Something that He-Man has.


So have Snap!.
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Postby Jess on Sat Mar 18, 2006 12:47 am

corruptive

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Postby David Bean on Sat Mar 18, 2006 1:40 am

Yes, real power is the ability to have people do things for you just because they know you want them to. Pretty ordinary in the definition, but quite extraordinary in its exercise.

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Postby suigeneris on Sat Mar 18, 2006 3:12 pm

The degree to which anything (person, electrical current, country) is able to exert an effect upon a discrete object.
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Postby Chain Mailer on Sun Mar 19, 2006 2:50 pm

Being able to manipulate everything to your desired state :)

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Postby ShinyHappyPerson on Sun Mar 19, 2006 6:35 pm

i faintly an A Level Politics textbook definiton being along the lines of...

"the ability to make a person or group of people do something they wouldn't have done otherwise"

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Postby Power Metal Dom on Mon Mar 20, 2006 1:31 am

The word added to the front of "metal" to create my favourite genre of music.

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Postby Darth Fanboy on Mon Mar 20, 2006 1:42 am

Knowledge is power. Power is energy. Energy is heat. Heat makes fire. Fire causes destruction...

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Postby Sid on Mon Mar 20, 2006 3:49 am

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