Word: wonka
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...able to slowdown or stop time. 2) The Production Problem: The availability of raw materials at the North Pole seemed fairly limited. Also, Santa Inc. did not seem like a viable business, what with all the pro bono work. Counter-argument: Santa could be the Rupert Murdoch cross Willie Wonka of toy sellers: a big-hearted tyrant tycoon with his own slave-race. 3) The Flying Reindeer Problem: Reindeer don't usually fly. Counter-Argument: The sleigh itself could run on some sort of solid fuel rocket that pushes the passive reindeer (rocket power being the only other possible means...
Tucked away in an unremarkable industrial building on the outskirts of town is a little machine about the size of a three-drawer filing cabinet. There's a curious Willy Wonka look to it. Feed a bit of metal powder into its maw, and after a moment of whirring and digesting, it spits out, say, a valve for a diesel engine or a gear for a car transmission or a pump component for a hot tub. It's an odd bit of industrial alchemy to watch--mere dust transforming itself into highly refined hardware...