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Rock Lee? Is that you?!?
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I agree. I think Darwinisms only legitimate definition is the classical one, where individuals/species that posses the genetic/physical/intellectual capacity to survive a given environment will outlive any that don't. Social Darwinism may include a sociocultural component that is not explicitly described in the classical definition, however it is, at best, simply a specific case of the original.
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I disagree. Survival of the fittest has nothing to do with being fair. Darwinism does not have a "fairness" component. It is a process whose outcome is the result of any arbitrary number of environmental and/or genetic factors. The concept of what is "fair" simply cannot be defined in this paradigm, either at an individual or social level. Being natural does not make a difference one way or another, as our concept of fairness cannot be defined from a naturalistic standpoint either.
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I understand what you are saying Nyoks, however I think what you are talking abut might better be described as natural variation, not chaos. Variation in the midst of stability is certainly a good thing, however chaos, by definition, does not possess any component of stability whatsoever. I think people use the term chaos a little too loosely...

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Palm Pistol

Posted in Images on October 27th, 2008 by Phyreblade | Report This Post | Add to favorites
Tags: Weapons, wtf

A remake of an old classic…

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Smooth Pooch

Posted in Images on October 26th, 2008 by Phyreblade | Report This Post | Add to favorites
Tags: Cute As Hell Animals, Humor

Hey Babe… How YOU doin…?

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   diabeetus (UID# 1628) 0  0
   October 26, 2008 at 12:04 am

   Furries….
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   r10pez10 (UID# 4230) 0  0
   October 26, 2008 at 12:23 am

   

   Green laser eyes, eh
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   caio (UID# 104) 0  0
   October 26, 2008 at 12:29 am

   Not bad how are you, dawg?
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   diabeetus (UID# 1628) 0  0
   October 26, 2008 at 12:56 am
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   dub_1211 (UID# 3576) 0  0
   October 26, 2008 at 1:45 am

   hehehehehhe now that is a pup with regal disposition. awesome post.
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   tardex (UID# 2119) 0  0
   October 26, 2008 at 10:35 am

   @diabeetus: I dont believe that has anything to do with the topic at hand.
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   blackdog33 (UID# 17955) 0  0
   February 28, 2012 at 3:33 am

   

   Yeah, chick, my sled’s a Beemer.

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Russian Boob Ceiling

Posted in Images on October 24th, 2008 by Phyreblade | Report This Post | Add to favorites
Tags: Humor

They don’t get much bigger than these.

And I’m not buying the “Leaking upstairs plumbing” line either.

Via Inventor Spot

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   special-kail (UID# 4815) 0  0
   October 24, 2008 at 9:25 pm

   well that was pointless.
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   dieantagonista (UID# 2287) 0  0
   October 24, 2008 at 9:29 pm

   

   in Russia ceiling sexually harasses you
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   nyoki (UID# 3444) 0  0
   October 24, 2008 at 9:38 pm

   

   Is there a point to this, other than making 12 year old boys giggle and point?
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   nyoki (UID# 3444) 0  0
   October 24, 2008 at 9:39 pm

   

   @dieAntagonista: heheh
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   pjh3000 (UID# 380) 0  0
   October 24, 2008 at 9:56 pm

   

   They’re just going to get the boobs drunk and have rough sex with them. I’ve seen Russian porn.
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   paul_is_drunk (UID# 796) 0  0
   October 24, 2008 at 10:45 pm

   

   From www.geekologie.com, I presume?

   It’s much funnier with the original article.

   ____________________________________________
   Apparently suspended ceilings are popular in Russia because upstairs neighbors have a penchant for getting drunk and leaving the bathtub running all night.

   In Russia suspended ceiling is not only a stylish element of the flat interior, it can simply save your dwelling from flood made by the careless neighbors living above. Like in this case the practice shows that it is able to gather and hold all the water. Now the question is how to pour it off safely. But just imagine you wake up one morning and your ceilings look like this!

   If I woke up one morning and my ceiling looked like that I’d think, “damn, I got a sexy fuckin’ ceiling.” And then, if nobody was around, I might do some light to moderate fondling. Just kidding, I don’t care who sees.
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   dieantagonista (UID# 2287) 0  0
   October 24, 2008 at 10:51 pm

   

   @Paul_Is_Drunk: Bahah. That’s hilarious.
   Those crazy Russians.
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   phyreblade-2 (UID# 1414) 0  0
   October 25, 2008 at 4:00 am

   

   Paul_Is_Drunk (UID#796) on October 24th, 2008 10:45 pm
   If I woke up one morning and my ceiling looked like that I’d think, “damn, I got a sexy fuckin’ ceiling.” And then, if nobody was around, I might do some light to moderate fondling. Just kidding, I don’t care who sees.

   ROFL… I’d buy your reason over the “careless upstairs neighbor” line…

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Magnetic Air Car

Posted in Images on October 24th, 2008 by Phyreblade | Report This Post | Add to favorites
Tags: Cars, Science!, wtf

A new take on an old idea. An air powered car, with an on board compressor turned initially, by a magnetic motor powered by a high endurance, high efficiency automotive battery, and in steady state, by recycled compressed air.

Individually, all of these components, air powered cars, compressors, etc., already exist. Combine them with a little “Secret Sauce” and you get… The magnetic air car.

So far so good. Except for one thing. They claim that once in motion, you will get an *unlimited* driving range out of their combination. Supposedly without somehow violating the laws of physics.

Personally, I can see the potential for an extremely efficient system here, but *UNLIMITED* driving range? Unless that secret sauce is pixie dust or something, I’ll believe it when I see it.

Via: The Red Ferret Journal
Sauce: Magnetic Air Cars
More Info: Almaden Times Weekly

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   shipoopie (UID# 4838) 0  0
   October 24, 2008 at 7:06 pm

   Unlimited driving? opps- Another target for the government to kill. Drill Baby Drill!
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   wookie_x (UID# 962) 0  0
   October 24, 2008 at 7:10 pm

   It’s not pixie dust! It’s powdered Unicorn horn!
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   reboot (UID# 436) 0  0
   October 24, 2008 at 7:14 pm

   

   In this house we obey the laws of thermodynamics!
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   thelotuseater725 (UID# 1616) 0  0
   October 24, 2008 at 7:26 pm

   

   I was just about to say ” this looks like a job for Reboot.”

   Maybe it seems unlimited since it is a ridiculously long distance?
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   casemods (UID# 667) 0  0
   October 24, 2008 at 8:10 pm

   

   They will be using hopes and dreams, as said by vin deisel in fast and furious. They only laughed at it because it was not yet stable, but due to modern technology, it is!
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   darthmalt (UID# 1206) 0  0
   October 24, 2008 at 9:23 pm

   Possibly it uses power from braking to recharge.
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   wistfuld (UID# 5057) 0  0
   October 24, 2008 at 9:33 pm

   @Darthmalt,

   No mention of hybrid capacity, how would they store the energy (a flywheel would work, I suppose)?

   I’m guessing it is simply efficient, and the “unlimited” is simply marketing hype (“it’s range is unlimited… as long as you keep refueling”).

   But seriously, a car that candy is an expensive toy. It HAS to be high performance. Douches with too much money expect no less. I’m guessing it gets 20 mpg.
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   hellb0y666 (UID# 3398) 0  0
   October 24, 2008 at 9:33 pm

   “secret sauce”=Gasoline!!
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   phyreblade-2 (UID# 1414) 0  0
   October 25, 2008 at 3:57 am

   

   @Darthmalt:They claim primary source of power is supposedly air, not electricity, so I think regenerative braking would be only of ancillary benefit, but even if it were purely electric, that would still not net them enough power to become self sustaining…

   @WistfulD: They don’t claim to be designing a hybrid, this is a purely air powered vehicle. No gasoline whatsoever. The energy storage mediums would have to be compressed air reservoirs and capacitors.

   And saying “unlimited” when they mean “extended” is kind of lame. Why start out the gate with a blatant lie? Obviously people are going to know the difference, and may be quite peeved when they run out of “gas” (literally) in the middle of nowhere…
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    namelis1 (UID# 39) 0  0
    October 25, 2008 at 9:58 am

    If you can’t say what it is, it usually means that the secrect sauce is a nice helping of bullshit.

    Were never-ever gonna hear from this company again either.
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    stormhold (UID# 17733) 0  0
    May 15, 2010 at 8:32 pm

    

    I think many of you misunderstand something…

    The scientific principal that dictates that perpetual motion is impossible actually states that you cannot sustain motion without an infusion of outside energy.

    As the vehicle moves, it collects a new source of fuel. It is essentially a ram scoop, which has been a valid scientific concept since long before it became even remotely viable.

    Since it is constantly taking in new fuel, this vehicle does not defy the principal of perpetual motion being impossible. It will continue moving only by infusion of new energy, and regular maintenance.

    (I know I’m a year and a half late for the debate… But in case anybody else stumbles in here.)

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An Unusual Dragon

Posted in Images on October 23rd, 2008 by Phyreblade | Report This Post | Add to favorites
Tags: Fantasy - Science Fiction

Looks like a cross between a Chimera and a Raven…

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   nyoki (UID# 3444) 0  0
   October 23, 2008 at 9:21 pm

   

   Thanx for my new wallpaper.
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   crazy5hadow (UID# 4532) 0  0
   October 24, 2008 at 12:35 am

   yup same as nyokki….
   pretty badass XD
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   puulaahi (UID# 4552) 0  0
   October 24, 2008 at 1:41 am

   

   It’s Smaug from The Hobbit!
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   elzarcothepale (UID# 1877) 0  0
   October 24, 2008 at 11:24 am

   @Puulaahi:
   you goddamn liar- Smaug was Purple! Not to mention he was in the Two Towerb, before the movie hacked the story to shit.
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   svartmetall (UID# 3728) 0  0
   October 24, 2008 at 1:09 pm

   Yeah, and I can’t believe they cut the lightsabre fight from Return Of The King, either…
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   lukev1-5 (UID# 1029) 0  0
   October 24, 2008 at 1:50 pm

   They cut the Mouth of Sauron, dude.

   The Mouth of Sauron.

   Like, what the hell.
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   puulaahi (UID# 4552) 0  0
   October 24, 2008 at 2:43 pm

   

   @elzarcothepale: Smaug wasn’t in Two Towers.You are thinking of the fell beasts.

   Smaug wasn’t purple but his belly was covered in gold and gems.
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   elzarcothepale (UID# 1877) 0  0
   October 24, 2008 at 4:42 pm

   @Puulaahi: No, he totally was, but they cut the scene were Metroid kills him
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   nyoki (UID# 3444) 0  0
   October 24, 2008 at 4:49 pm

   

   I thought it was a Cylon that killed him.
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    elzarcothepale (UID# 1877) 0  0
    October 24, 2008 at 6:16 pm

    @nyokki:
    Dammit, Nyokki- the Cylons are the giant Anti-Mutant Robocops. You play too much World of Warhammer and don’t pay enough attention to REAL sci-fi.
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    phyreblade-2 (UID# 1414) 0  0
    October 25, 2008 at 3:16 am

    

    ROFl… OK then…

    Smaug was a reptilian red-gold dragon. Also, I’m thinking Nyokki may be on to something.

    No regular human could fire an arrow with the kind of accuracy that Bard had… I’m thinkin’ Bard had to be a Ceylon skin job…
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    elzarcothepale (UID# 1877) 0  0
    October 25, 2008 at 11:06 am

    @Phyreblade:
    sigh.
    really? you’ve never kept an Obvious Troll thread alive? your cue was to take the video game thing and correct me with more false information and then assert a false claim about “real sci-fi” like saying that the best sci-fi was Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas.
    I mean- what the hell, you correct the color of the dragon, but you let the Metroid thing go? Consistency sir. Consistency, even in failure.

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C120 Renaissance Fighter

Posted in Images on October 23rd, 2008 by Phyreblade | Report This Post | Add to favorites
Tags: Cars

Apparently isn’t sure whether it’s a Gundam, a jet fighter, or a motorcycle…

Via The Red Ferret Journal

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   deuce (UID# 933) 0  0
   October 23, 2008 at 12:21 pm

   That seat does not look very comfy…
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   mack (UID# 1642) 0  0
   October 23, 2008 at 12:30 pm

   I think thats a version of the Confederate Wraith. I’d recognise those twin forks anywhere
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   mack (UID# 1642) 0  0
   October 23, 2008 at 12:33 pm

   Yup. Straightened out and made longerrr. Descendant of the B91 Wraith

   www.bikez.com/pictures/confederate/2008/27430_0_1_2_wraith%20b120_Image%20credits%20-%20Confederate.jpg
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   notjesus (UID# 4740) 0  0
   October 23, 2008 at 12:38 pm

   Well, it’s got a Harley motor, so it’s not a motorcycle.
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   tiki-god (UID# 1) 0  0
   October 23, 2008 at 12:51 pm

   

   @NotJesus: wtf wat?
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   lukev1-5 (UID# 1029) 0  0
   October 23, 2008 at 1:26 pm

   Yes I am bewildered.
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   shipoopie (UID# 4838) 0  0
   October 23, 2008 at 1:46 pm

   @NotJesus: HAHA- did you work for Harley too? DEFECTIVE.
   Okay, befor you get all crazy American culture on me.. Harley-Davidsons “were” bad-ass back in the day.. Now they build some pretty crapy stuff- by crapy i mean “defective”. The market is directed towards rich doctors and lawyers -so now they build them to be broken. Without oil expect to burn your motor in 4 miles. Brakes suck- suspension sucks(ever follow one?-watch it weave around on the road)- the weight is top heavy- and wtf are you listening to a radio for? If none of this matters to you and you can afford repairs- then have fun with one. BUT- if you care about performance, strength, durabilty, even comfort- there are much better bikes for the same price. If your into the history and craftsmenship about motorcycles today- get an Indian. (i ride a honda and worked for harley 5yrs)
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   thatonejimguy (UID# 3565) 0  0
   October 23, 2008 at 1:49 pm

   i think that little gap in the seat is where your balls are supposed to go.
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   shipoopie (UID# 4838) 0  0
   October 23, 2008 at 1:53 pm

   The bike is art. not very practical- no fenders(shit does fly up w/out them on)or lights? i am curious if that front suspension is alittle stiff. never felt coil-over on front. I see your K&N filter-Good add on. exhuast looks like Buells’.
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    one (UID# 3779) 0  0
    October 23, 2008 at 2:43 pm

    Does it fly?
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    joeyisapest (UID# 2844) 0  0
    October 23, 2008 at 3:43 pm

    Will it take off?
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    hellb0y666 (UID# 3398) 0  0
    October 23, 2008 at 4:20 pm

    no lights??? pretty, fast and weird..Yes, I love it!
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    sumosnipe (UID# 4452) 0  0
    October 23, 2008 at 6:47 pm

    If feet on pegs, hands on grips, ass in seat…. that’s not a motorcycle, its a vasectomy machine!
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    rsixidor (UID# 950) 0  0
    October 23, 2008 at 7:16 pm

    

    I’m pretty sure that’s a Lego Technic model.
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    casemods (UID# 667) 0  0
    October 23, 2008 at 7:38 pm

    

    This thing is badass, it looks more like a can opener or lighter though.

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Ginormous Ferris Wheels

Posted in Images on October 23rd, 2008 by Phyreblade | Report This Post | Add to favorites
Tags: Technology

In Ascending order:
1. The London “Millennium” Eye - 443Ft/Mar 2000 (Off center A-Frame)
2. The Star of Nanchang - 525Ft/Apr 2006
3. The Great Wheel of Berlin - 607Ft/2009
4. Dubai Wheel - 607ft(or larger)/2009
5. Great Wheel of China - 684Ft/2009

Not shown:
6. Great Orlando Wheel - 400ft/2010
7. Singapore Flyer - 541Ft/Mar 2008

The final Dubai wheel size is currently still up in the air, since they may go for a 686Ft wheel just to outdo the Great China wheel… Typical Dubai…

More info: Inventor Spot

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   ian356094 (UID# 3738) 0  0
   October 23, 2008 at 11:42 am

   Thats no Ferris Wheel… its a space station.
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   tiki-god (UID# 1) 0  0
   October 23, 2008 at 12:52 pm

   

   no no, I’m pretty sure those are ferris wheels.
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   nyoki (UID# 3444) 0  0
   October 23, 2008 at 12:56 pm

   

   The Millennium Wheel is fantastic looking at night.
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   evil-illuminati (UID# 3896) 0  0
   October 23, 2008 at 5:55 pm

   the Ferris Wheel is the Eye of the Illuminati, there is some sort of effect they achieve
   and notice where they are going
   power nodes of the future
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   pjh3000 (UID# 380) 0  0
   October 23, 2008 at 7:53 pm

   

   I wonder what the people of Dubai think about their leader pissing away his=their money?
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   ian356094 (UID# 3738) 0  0
   October 23, 2008 at 10:23 pm

   c’mon tiki, you didn’t get my Star Wars reference?
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   phyreblade-2 (UID# 1414) 0  0
   October 25, 2008 at 2:37 am

   

   @AlecDalek: Actually, i think they have too much to care… LOL

   But you do have to give them props on the way they spend money. They are actually being very smart. Rather than rely on oil, they are investing significant amounts of that money into becoming a premium tourist spot, and creating tons of jobs in the process.

   At the rate they are going, (assuming they keep it up) I daresay they will be able to sustain the country entirely off the tourism even after all of their oil wells run dry…

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Nissan Nuvu EV

Posted in Images on October 23rd, 2008 by Phyreblade | Report This Post | Add to favorites
Tags: Cars, wtf

Electric vehicles are the future. There’s no denying it. But if this is what the future is gonna look like, I want no part of it…

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   dieantagonista (UID# 2287) 0  0
   October 23, 2008 at 7:56 am

   

   Why make ugly cars? I can’t imagine any reason why they had to pick that colour. Not that the rest is any less unacceptable.
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   rompsku (UID# 3843) 0  0
   October 23, 2008 at 10:28 am

   I don’t think it’s ugly, just very… feminine. Guys generally like their cars big, lots of shiny bits and bobs and enough decimals form the engine to vibrate panties.
   This looks like something that would come from an all female society. This thing is covered in little flowery things too… ghey!
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   thatonejimguy (UID# 3565) 0  0
   October 23, 2008 at 10:51 am

   how is it that we make electricity again? hmm…. OH YEAH we burn the shit of of a ton of coal. I remember.
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   ack (UID# 1582) 0  0
   October 23, 2008 at 10:56 am

   @dieAntagonista:
   Why make ugly cars? You will have to ask Fiat that question, they own the ugly car market. Ugly electric vehicles are falling into Fiats cruel and unusual trap…
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   hvymetal86 (UID# 2348) 0  0
   October 23, 2008 at 11:29 am

   Fucking ugly, feminine or not. I wouldn’t want my woman driving around in a terrible piece of shit like that.
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   nemo-intermundorum (UID# 3011) 0  0
   October 23, 2008 at 12:22 pm

   I think it looks pretty cool and unusual. ~Futurey~! What you consider to be your badass Hummer would look like an ugly sissy carriage to an early 20th century Model T driver. I mean, it has colors, it’s smoother than a box on wheels, and the seats are actually comfortable. WTF!?
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   deuce (UID# 933) 0  0
   October 23, 2008 at 12:25 pm

   I’d call it butt-ugly, but it’d be an insult to butts everywhere.
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   dyna-mole (UID# 3992) 0  0
   October 23, 2008 at 2:07 pm

   steering wheel dildo set. very nice. elegance is just so overlooked these days, but not here.
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   shipoopie (UID# 4838) 0  0
   October 23, 2008 at 2:38 pm

   I fail to see how 10 inch wheels, 20cft of space, 2.3 seats, the dildo steering, the diararia /water colors,etc.etc.. -are practical and SAFE to actually drive on the road. This is full of rainbow. Can’t wait to cut one off-RESPECT the CHEVY!
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    cplus3 (UID# 3634) 0  0
    October 23, 2008 at 3:16 pm

    Electric vehicles are the future? The electric car already came and went, killed by car companies, the Bush government and of course oil companies.

    Haven’t you ever watched the movie “Who killed the Electric Car”? Watch it, it’s sickening.

    The future they are pushing is Hydrogen so oil companies will have a fuel to sell you…and of course make billions and billions of money on.
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    tardex (UID# 2119) 0  0
    October 23, 2008 at 3:36 pm

    THE SPEED IS IN KM/H! FUCK YEA CANADA!
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    ndraper (UID# 1157) 0  0
    October 23, 2008 at 4:46 pm

    Hey I like it. Sure the color is ugly as fuck, but I think the design is sweet.
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    caio (UID# 104) 0  0
    October 23, 2008 at 4:56 pm

    Wait, did someone just suggest that an electric car is plugged directly into a coal factory?
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    pjh3000 (UID# 380) 0  0
    October 23, 2008 at 7:58 pm

    

    What a little faggot car.
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    puulaahi (UID# 4552) 0  0
    October 24, 2008 at 1:46 am

    

    Cool interior, but really ugly exterior. The colors are all wrong too.I want an electric car, just not this one. I bet it doesn’t even go 60MPH too.
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    srendon (UID# 5120) 0  0
    October 24, 2008 at 8:21 pm

    im sorry but if the future is going to look like this.. then i dont want any part on it lmao.. that shit is gross /wrists =,(
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    phyreblade-2 (UID# 1414) 0  0
    October 25, 2008 at 2:30 am

    

    @Cplus3: I did watch that, it was interesting and irritating at the same time. Greed is an ugly thing.

    But I also believe that we are at the point where there are a lot of independents who can see the potential, and are really interested in advancing electric technologies to consumer levels.

    Once it gets cheap enough, the big car/big oil will soon no longer be able to strangle it, because a gazillion independents will want in on the ground floor.

    There are just soo many advantages, and the technology is almost primetime, I think it will soon become impossible to kill, no matter how hard they try. They will have no choice but to jump on the bandwagon.

    I can already see it happening…

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Project Orion

Posted in Images on October 23rd, 2008 by Phyreblade | Report This Post | Add to favorites
Tags: Military

AKA the worst rocket idea EVAR.

Project Orion was a NASA “Nucular” rocket propulsion system from the 1950s. Except that nuclear powered, in this instance means nuclear BOMB powered.

The Orion rocket was essentially a nuclear pulse rocket designed to use a series of controlled/directed nuclear detonations for propulsion.

Nuclear reactions are some of the most energetic for any given mass of fuel, and could technically be an ideal energy source for high endurance, long range, space flight applications.

However, used in this fashion, it comes at the cost of some rather horrific radiation related side effects. The movie on the sauce page, give a little humorous insight about the problems, crew member radiation levels, eyeburn etc…

And that doesn’t even cover the environmental effects that a number of sequential, high yield nuclear explosions might occur at ground level after the fact… *shiver* But I suppose it would be better than the entire planet getting destroyed…

Sauce: DRB

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   wartoaster (UID# 4130) 0  0
   October 23, 2008 at 6:58 am

   Getting to the moon cheaply: all it takes is 10,000 nuclear bombs under your ass.
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   bfd (UID# 4113) 0  0
   October 23, 2008 at 8:52 am

   “environmental effects that a number of sequential, high yield nuclear explosions might occur at ground level after the fact…”

   Or you could build in orbit, use chemical rockets to get to a higher orbit, and then light off the pulse drive.
   Orion would be a great way to mine the asteroid belt, and get rid of those newkluler bombs so many are so very afraid of.
   “Sauce” contains an epic fail as well, equating the nuclear pulse drive with a nuclear powered ramjet. Entirely different concepts, sharing only the scary word “nuclear”. Well, that and “propulsion”, I suppose.

   Imagine an automated Orion spacecraft launching from lunar orbit and surveying the asteroids. Imagine the next generation of Orion probes using that data and sending the valuable asteroids back to a more convenient orbit for mining.

   Certainly not the worst idea EVAR … more like a visionary design waiting for an application.
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   phyreblade-2 (UID# 1414) 0  0
   October 23, 2008 at 11:35 am

   

   @bfd:
   I’ll grant you that building an Orion in orbit would certainly resolve the ground level radiation problem (though it is rather disturbing that all of the illustrations show only ground based launch platforms).

   However the other thing that bugs me is the mentality that nuclear waste is something we can just chuck “somewhere else” and not worry about it. Radiation is radiation, whether it is on earth or in space.

   The same applies for nuclear waste. We have seen, first hand, the kinds of environmental problems it causes, when dumped locally. And we know even less about deep space that we do about or own environment. Knowing this, it seems grossly irresponsible for us to continue that unhealthy trend in space.

   Besides the obvious disregard for the planet side effects, that is why I think this program phails. It would only make sense if was the only way to prevent the destruction of the planet in it’s entirety.

   The source page does also show a nuclear powered ramjet, though I didn’t get the impression they were equating the two, just attempting to list other forms of nuclear based interstellar propulsion…
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   agzed (UID# 2298) 0  0
   October 23, 2008 at 11:48 am

   Worst idea evar? More like BEST idea evar! Possibly not the best idea for near-Earth travel, but space is big. Really, really, really big. You set off a nuclear bomb in the depths of space, all those lil radioactive particles go flying off at ridiculous speeds, and with nothing to “stick” to, and no gravity well keeping ‘em down, it wouldn’t take very long for the radiation from the bomb to have dispersed to a level that it would be indistinguishable from background radiation.
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   reboot (UID# 436) 0  0
   October 23, 2008 at 12:04 pm

   

   The “horrific environmental effects” are highly overrated. Ted Taylor and Freeman Dyson calculated the that the world-wide cancer rate would go up by one for every launch of an Orion craft.
   The proposed Orion craft was HUGE. Approximately the size of aircraft carrier. It would have been capable of reaching any planet in the Solar system within a few months, as opposed to chemical rockets that take 18 months just to get to Mars.
   Everyone should read The Orion Project by George Dyson and quit pissing their pants every time they hear the word “radiation”.
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   shipoopie (UID# 4838) 0  0
   October 23, 2008 at 2:54 pm

   @AgZed: True that. “BAD” words are what hold science back. “IF” this was build in space it could use solorwind to get far enough from our system to light them off BUT people don’t realize that “Empty space” is FULL of BAD radiation. Spliting an atom for energy is what the stars do. hello? did i lose anyone- the sun is NUCLEAR. The sun emits TONS of radiation every second.. what is a tiny blast in nowhere going to do?
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   gor (UID# 2620) 0  0
   October 23, 2008 at 6:22 pm

   The line drawing was from a sci-fi book written in the 80s called “Footfall”. Basically, the earth is being attacked by genetically engineered elephants that aliens took from earth thousand of years before (they “elephants” were intelligent but without creativity). Orion is the story was humanities only great attempt to fight bon ack at their giant orbiting ship, but had to built and launched from the ground under cover to keep from being attacked. Better good science was written into the story, not a bad book at all.
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   pi_neutrino (UID# 4432) 0  0
   October 23, 2008 at 7:41 pm

   I want one.
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   wistfuld (UID# 5057) 0  0
   October 23, 2008 at 9:55 pm

   First and foremost, this was not really a specific “project” so much as a number of related plans, ideas, half-baked schemes, and partially worked out ideas all based around the idea of using nuclear detonation based thrust (a useful distinction, since nuclear rockets using fusion or fission as a energy/heat source also exist, and in the case of nuclear battery powered un-manned craft, have already been launched). Some of them are far more preposterous than others. Let’s remember that during that time, some really zany ideas made it onto discussion tables within the U.S. government. I remember hearing about people suggesting artificial harbors be carved into the Alaska landscape using atom bombs, but like Orion, never got beyond the storyboard phase.

   As to whether Orion is a good idea or a bad idea, there are at least two obvious facts. One) a hypermassive, Earth-launched, Saturn-bound craft with 14-20 crew was a pipe dream from the get go, had ramifications the designers never thought of, and would never work. On the other end, since controlled fusion power and antimatter have not exactly become efficient technologies like our most optimistic science fictionists had hoped, the orion drive (or a preposed updated “nuclear pulse drive,” which used more frequent, but smaller nuclear explosions much closer to the ship, capturing more of the resultant energy) is the only likely way we will ever have any kind of interstellar transportation. This is because it is the only rocket technology that has a hope of producing the total thrust per pound of fuel required to get to another star within even a century.

   Hopefully the human race will live long enough that eventually a mission might happen where an Orion engine powered mission will be launched (probably from orbit around Jupiter), and head towards the stars. Myself, I’m going to read some Arthur C. Clarke and hope that we don’t destroy ourselves before we get to Mars.
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    phyreblade-2 (UID# 1414) 0  0
    October 25, 2008 at 2:23 am

    

    @reboot: The world wide cancer rate would increases by one? I have a hard time buying that.

    Both Taylor and Dyson were *for* the idea long before they actually did any calculations about it’s feasibility and/or effects.

    People who want something to work often subconsciously skew their own research to make it look better.

    And most importantly, looking back at the fully documented, long term effects of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, there is a whole lot of physical, practical and measurable evidence that would indicate otherwise.

    I am not a scientific fear monger. I fully believe that fear of what *might* happen should never be a reason not to experiment with new and sometimes dangerous things.

    However I’m not a blind follower of scientific experimentation for the sake of scientific progress either. There are consequences, positive and negative to every action.

    And I believe every scientist has an obligation to weigh the consequences, and act not in terms of scientific advancement, but in human advancement. There is a big difference between the two.

    In this case, we have volumes and volumes of easily verifiable evidence that contradicts Taylor/Dysons estimation, including and far beyond just cancer rates, and any honest scientist will tell you that calculated theory has nothing on observed reality…
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    (UID# ) 0  0
    June 30, 2012 at 6:06 pm

    Where on earth did you get the crap about genetically engineered elephants? The Fithp in Footfall are common-or-garden aliens; there is a plot-engine that comes from the fact that they are herd animals; they look similar to elephants but with multiply-branching trunks which they use like a pair of hands; but they do not have a Terran origin.

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Plant Bot

Posted in Images on October 23rd, 2008 by Phyreblade | Report This Post | Add to favorites
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If a plant had legs and could move around, it would probably do what this thing does…

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   caio (UID# 104) 0  0
   October 23, 2008 at 4:06 am

   That cat is adorable.
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   deuce (UID# 933) 0  0
   October 23, 2008 at 1:47 pm

   The cat is saying “WTF?”

   I’m with the cat on this.
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   jediadept (UID# 3758) 0  0
   October 23, 2008 at 1:52 pm

   After watching ‘Day of the Triffids’ on TV, it walks into the kitchen and gets itself a beer.
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   purple-banana (UID# 655) 0  0
   October 23, 2008 at 7:55 pm

   Ooh that’s a Cycad- along with ginko biloba, it’s the only coniferous plant with motile, flagellated sperm
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   nyoki (UID# 3444) 0  0
   October 23, 2008 at 9:04 pm

   

   Does the wood floor look like that on purpose? If so, cool. If not, damn.
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   phyreblade-2 (UID# 1414) 0  0
   October 25, 2008 at 2:01 am

   

   @nyokki: LOL… My guess would be the latter…

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Cartrider

Posted in Images on October 23rd, 2008 by Phyreblade | Report This Post | Add to favorites
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Shopping Go Carts are now obsolete…

Found on Neatorama

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   flyingmantisshrimp (UID# 1114) 0  0
   October 23, 2008 at 3:07 am

   

   The kid from The Goonies?
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   casemods (UID# 667) 0  0
   October 23, 2008 at 3:46 am

   

   Wasn’t this one of those crappy free online games?
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   natedog (UID# 1905) 0  0
   October 23, 2008 at 9:47 am

   

   looks liek heel on the shins
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   natedog (UID# 1905) 0  0
   October 23, 2008 at 9:47 am

   

   *hell*
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   lukev1-5 (UID# 1029) 0  0
   October 23, 2008 at 4:01 pm

   Looks like heel on the ass, too.

   Ever sat in a shopping trolley?

   Not coo’, mang. Not coo’.

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Lego Palin

Posted in Images on October 22nd, 2008 by Phyreblade | Report This Post | Add to favorites
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All we need now is the G.I. McCain doll and we’d have a winning ticket…

Found on Gizmodo

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   thatonejimguy (UID# 3565) 0  0
   October 22, 2008 at 4:18 pm

   fail.
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   dacianprick (UID# 4994) 0  0
   October 22, 2008 at 4:32 pm

   Fail is agreed upon
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   dieantagonista (UID# 2287) 0  0
   October 22, 2008 at 4:40 pm

   

   Sad face
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   special-kail (UID# 4815) 0  0
   October 22, 2008 at 4:48 pm

   i give it a win for effort and creativity.
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   jayarmstrong (UID# 3642) 0  0
   October 22, 2008 at 4:52 pm

   Even with my expectations lowered (from reading the caption), this still fails in many ways.
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   puulaahi (UID# 4552) 0  0
   October 22, 2008 at 4:52 pm

   

   Needs chipmunk cheeks.
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   thatonejimguy (UID# 3565) 0  0
   October 22, 2008 at 5:33 pm

   this kind of reminds me on the robots from Bill and Ted. But worse.
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   marrock (UID# 3993) 0  0
   October 22, 2008 at 7:52 pm

   I’d rather vote for the legos.
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   pjh3000 (UID# 380) 0  0
   October 22, 2008 at 8:52 pm

   

   They found a way to make her even more butt-ugly.
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    casemods (UID# 667) 0  0
    October 23, 2008 at 3:39 am

    

    She looks hotter here, but then again, good from far, far from good.

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Groovy Sun

Posted in Images on October 22nd, 2008 by Phyreblade | Report This Post | Add to favorites
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From DRB:
“This is a composite image from three wavelengths (171Ã…, 195Ã… and 284Ã…) – revealing solar features unique to each wavelength. (corresponding to temperatures from 1 to 10 million degrees C).”

IE Our sun on some really psychedelic stuff…

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   colonel-yum-yum (UID# 2597) 0  0
   October 22, 2008 at 5:01 am

   

   Where’d the goatse go?
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   nimbo (UID# 2449) 0  0
   October 22, 2008 at 5:21 am

   The Goatse was bought out by a group of wealthy, hermaphrodite, dutch investors. There is talk of some manner of Goatse hedge funds or some other type of financial product.
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   ronthepirate (UID# 594) 0  0
   October 22, 2008 at 9:39 am

   That’s the sun? I thought it was the Earth after global warming takes its course.
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   shipoopie (UID# 4838) 0  0
   October 22, 2008 at 11:31 am

   the suns convection is still a mystery to science. did you know the sun had two north poles in march 2000? well the poles switch every 11 years- the south pole had simply gone inside and traveled north but the magnetic north was still there when another magnetic north showed up..crazy shit.

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Peugeot HYmotion3

Posted in Images on October 22nd, 2008 by Phyreblade | Report This Post | Add to favorites
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Yet ANOTHER trike… This time a green electric one from Peugeot.
ViaEcoFriend

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   pjh3000 (UID# 380) 0  0
   October 22, 2008 at 7:45 am

   

   More like KY Lotion.
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   error401 (UID# 808) 1  0
   October 22, 2008 at 8:32 am

   The trees are green, and I’m kind of skeptical about the electric part (with that muffler and all).
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   lukev1-5 (UID# 1029) 0  0
   October 22, 2008 at 10:08 am

   I’d drive it.
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   flood123 (UID# 4029) 0  0
   October 22, 2008 at 11:52 am

   if it actually is electric I would buy it, but i agree with error401. Whats with the muffler on an electric vehicle.
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   storminator (UID# 2681) 0  0
   October 22, 2008 at 2:17 pm

   

   PEUGEOT is french for “very heavy and underpowered”… LOL
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   phyreblade-2 (UID# 1414) 1  0
   October 22, 2008 at 2:49 pm

   

   @Error401: Good eye… This is not a pure electric, but a hybrid. It uses a small (20bhp), high efficiency IC motor in conjunction with hub mounted electric motors to maximize efficiency…
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   hvymetal86 (UID# 2348) 0  0
   October 23, 2008 at 1:40 am

   Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay.
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   loki_03 (UID# 5095) 0  0
   October 23, 2008 at 3:10 am

   Nope.. Sorry! Trix are 4 kids but….

   www.campagnamotors.com/T-REX/video.html
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   loki_03 (UID# 5095) 0  0
   October 23, 2008 at 3:35 am

   Ohh yeah.. here’s a newer version and they are coming out w/ another in 2009

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:%2707_T-Rex_(Auto_classique).JPG

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Alarming Gun O’Clock

Posted in Images on October 22nd, 2008 by Phyreblade | Report This Post | Add to favorites
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This is what I really want to do to my alarm clock some mornings…
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   one (UID# 3779) 0  0
   October 22, 2008 at 12:10 am

   www.ubergizmo.com/photos/2008/8/laser_target_alarmclock2.jpg
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   proctojew (UID# 2089) 0  0
   October 22, 2008 at 12:11 am

   Looks like a good training tool for accuracy while still groggy.
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   kero (UID# 64) 0  0
   October 22, 2008 at 12:51 am

   

   www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/gear/a28d/
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   phyreblade-2 (UID# 1414) 0  0
   October 22, 2008 at 1:27 am

   

   Hmmm… I think I like the other (Think geek, et al…) one better…
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   pjh3000 (UID# 380) 0  0
   October 22, 2008 at 7:47 am

   

   I would think this would be a bad idea down in the states, what with all the piles of guns laying around the house.
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   shanghai_factor (UID# 473) 0  0
   October 22, 2008 at 12:35 pm

   

   This is a great idea, except those of us who own real guns could be in a pickle when woken up. Imagine the look on your neighbor’s face if you actually shot your alarm clock. Imagine the look on a robber’s face when you pull out a fancy laser pointer.

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Brudelli Leanster

Posted in Images on October 21st, 2008 by Phyreblade | Report This Post | Add to favorites
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Another Crazy Trike with a name that sounds like that of a college frat buddy. I’m also beginning to wonder what’s with the recent rash of trike and quad designs…

More info here.

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   elepski (UID# 3800) 0  0
   October 21, 2008 at 10:47 pm

   I’d rock it
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   bigjoe2k7 (UID# 4139) 0  0
   October 21, 2008 at 11:16 pm

   I’d rock that too. That’d be the best 30 seconds of my entire life, but it’d almost be worth it. Anyone know the cost on this beast??
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   bigjoe2k7 (UID# 4139) 0  0
   October 21, 2008 at 11:22 pm

   never mind my last post. I found the website. It’ll cost about $30k US.
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   puulaahi (UID# 4552) 0  0
   October 22, 2008 at 12:45 am

   

   I’d do burn outs all day on that thing.
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   storminator (UID# 2681) 0  0
   October 22, 2008 at 2:16 pm

   

   i think the gas prices have created this market. they are designed for people who can’t balance a real motorcycle.

   i want to try one- but, of course, i want to drive EVERYTHING.

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The Retriever

Posted in Images on October 21st, 2008 by Phyreblade | Report This Post | Add to favorites
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Tow Truck Driver? Gas Prices Getting You Down? We Have the Solution!
Get THE RETRIEVER!! Never mind that you will never tow anything heavier than an Sports Compact vehicle at anything more than a snails pace, and that you will have wheelchair traffic passing you, you will never have to worry about high gas prices again…!!!

Found on The Red Ferret

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   njch412 (UID# 1235) 0  0
   October 21, 2008 at 9:42 pm

   Or an AWD vehicle.
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   hufnmouth (UID# 3256) 0  0
   October 21, 2008 at 9:48 pm

   

   With gas prices the way they are, we’ll all have sports compacts pretty soon.
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   thrella (UID# 3595) 0  0
   October 21, 2008 at 9:55 pm

   They’re going down here in Miami Woo

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Wild West Hummer

Posted in Images on October 21st, 2008 by Phyreblade | Report This Post | Add to favorites
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Hummers WEST!!

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   special-kail (UID# 4815) 0  0
   October 21, 2008 at 7:07 pm

   hummers are stupid.. especially H3s… especially H3s with wagon wheels..

   also, “looks like this ones back on the wagon”
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   lakov_sanite (UID# 5082) 2  0
   October 21, 2008 at 7:10 pm

   YOU HAVE DIED OF DYSENTERY
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   special-kail (UID# 4815) 0  0
   October 21, 2008 at 7:12 pm

   @lakov_sanite: win +5 internets
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   shipoopie (UID# 4838) 0  0
   October 21, 2008 at 7:50 pm

   don’t worry, he’s English…

   seriously, thats the most gangster nigga rolling suv i’ve ever seen..although it is missing the Orange paint job- with lime green interior..

   “Dat nigga FAIL”
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   dub_1211 (UID# 3576) 0  0
   October 21, 2008 at 9:08 pm

   that bitch in the last pic would look good spread eagle on the hood of that penis-compensator.
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   marrock (UID# 3993) 0  0
   October 21, 2008 at 9:27 pm

   I wonder if it’s powered by an amish midget on a treadmill.
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   thrella (UID# 3595) 0  0
   October 21, 2008 at 9:58 pm

   Who the fuck imports an H3 to Europe with 8 dollars for the liter of gas and adds fucking COACH wheels on the damn thing. I’m sure that doesn’t help the mileage/Passing yearly car inspection. Jesus fucking christ.
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   nyoki (UID# 3444) 0  0
   October 21, 2008 at 10:01 pm

   

   Even the H3 is too wide for European parking spaces.
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   jascas_ (UID# 3739) 0  0
   October 21, 2008 at 10:41 pm

   I’d like to echo Special Kail’s sentiment. +1 more internet from me.
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    stolid (UID# 1669) 0  0
    October 21, 2008 at 10:42 pm

    Damn! On 36s?
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    casemods (UID# 667) 0  0
    October 21, 2008 at 11:15 pm

    

    “You have purchased 30″ rims, spent $3,000.

    Ho’s on your nuts made your wife jealous, lose 5 days.

    You get HIV from one of the ho’s and die, game over.”

    Guess you weren’t cut out for the Oregon Trail: 2010!
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    bigjoe2k7 (UID# 4139) 0  0
    October 21, 2008 at 11:24 pm

    That’s gotta be the most douche-like thing I’ve ever seen on a car, even worse than spinners or large rims on an old Impala.
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    error401 (UID# 808) 0  0
    October 22, 2008 at 8:48 am

    Spike strip kryptonite. Or, how about some sparkly 4WD doughnuts. The possibilities are endless.

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Octocube

Posted in Images on October 21st, 2008 by Phyreblade | Report This Post | Add to favorites
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An extremely efficient fractal based radiator design inspired by the Peano space filling curve. While the design is probably very efficient in terms of transferring heat to the surrounding air via conduction, compared to traditional radiator designs, I get the feeling it may not be quite as effective at providing radiant heat, as the vast majority of it’s surface area is obscured by it’s own convolutions…

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   suicydking (UID# 2291) 0  0
   October 21, 2008 at 5:03 pm

   

   This is your brain when you’re not on drugs.
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   jediadept (UID# 3758) 0  0
   October 21, 2008 at 5:24 pm

   This would’ve made for a MUCH more interesting Star Trek Borg cube design.
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   deutschlandia (UID# 1045) 0  0
   October 21, 2008 at 5:30 pm

   So what you’re saying is that I should use this in my water-cooling system?
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   reboot (UID# 436) 0  0
   October 21, 2008 at 6:12 pm

   

   Cool design, but not paragraph is seriously confused about thermodynamics. These wouldn’t be efficient at heat transfer in any sense.
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   shipoopie (UID# 4838) 0  0
   October 21, 2008 at 6:44 pm

   so where do i put the maple syrup, eh?
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   ieattime20 (UID# 4648) 0  0
   October 21, 2008 at 7:13 pm

   reboot, I’m a little rusty, but this seems to be designed to have the greatest surface-area per volume contact (at least for a given tube radius) with air. Now, granted, if there was no air flow it’d be extremely bad, but it seems to me if you just put a fan behind it it would very effectively generate warm air.
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   reboot (UID# 436) 0  0
   October 21, 2008 at 7:24 pm

   

   @ieattime20: If you have a fan it would be better, because then you are actually using convection, moving hot air way and moving in cool air. But air flow through that is going to be poor compared to a conventional liquid, cooled heat sink. It’s an issue of laminar vs. turbulent flow. The surface-area per volume isn’t maximizes at all; a coil with the same length of tubing would be much more effective.
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   ieattime20 (UID# 4648) 0  0
   October 21, 2008 at 7:30 pm

   I think for a given tube size this still maxes surf. area to volume, given that’s sort of what the Peano Curve is all about (just imagine a given length of coil, but unwind one of the turns and stick it through the middle; now the ‘underside’ of the coil isn’t touching other coil and instead touches air).

   But you’re definitely right now that I think about it about the air flow; the coil has simple, non-chaotic airflow through it, ensuring efficient convection, while the Peano radiator goes all nuts.

   …Kinda makes you almost wish for a screaming match instead, doesn’t it? Tonight, on MCS: Thermo- and fluid dynamics!
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   phyreblade-2 (UID# 1414) 0  0
   October 21, 2008 at 8:58 pm

   

   @reboot: I agree with most of the other who have posted here. For a tube of any given diameter, this is designed to maximize the surface area that can be presented to the surrounding air, for any given space.

   So from a pure surface area per given volume perspective, it should provide very good conductive heat dissipation. However from a practical perspective, I think you would need to force air through it in order to fully reap the efficiencies of the additional surface area it provides.
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    tardex (UID# 2119) 0  0
    October 21, 2008 at 9:04 pm

    That shit is tiny! You could fit at least 6 of those in the same space as 1 average sized radiator and it would probably be only 1/10 the wait. Along with its other efficiencies, this thing kicks the radiators ass.
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    reboot (UID# 436) 0  0
    October 21, 2008 at 9:29 pm

    

    @Phyreblade: The problem is that without forcing air (or some other cooling fluid) through this, the interior will reach thermal equilibrium and stop transferring any heat. If you scale this up beyond a few inches, it won’t have anymore cooling efficiency than a lumpy box. There is a reason why heat exchange systems aren’t just thrown in a knot like christmas lights.
    And as I and ieattime20 have already discussed, the efficiency of the fluid flow around the tubing will be less than conventional designs.
    Its a neat design, but there’s no efficiency gain.
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    one (UID# 3779) 0  0
    October 21, 2008 at 10:58 pm

    wat?
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    casemods (UID# 667) 0  0
    October 21, 2008 at 11:11 pm

    

    Imagine trying to repair a broken part…or looking for possible damage…
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    alfalfasprouts (UID# 1748) 0  0
    October 22, 2008 at 6:46 am

    OH HI! I UPDATED YOUR RUBIKS CUBE!
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    vondread (UID# 1343) 0  0
    October 22, 2008 at 12:14 pm

    Looks like a map of the internet to me.
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    (UID# ) 0  0
    June 11, 2011 at 12:22 pm

    Would like to see it light up if possible xx Cool as shit xx by the way love your work xx

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Constipated Frog

Posted in Images on October 21st, 2008 by Phyreblade | Report This Post | Add to favorites
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Really shouldn’t have had that extra helping of Dragonfly…
via DRB.

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   bigtankdee (UID# 5079) 0  0
   October 21, 2008 at 5:16 pm

   DAMNED TACO BELL
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   deuce (UID# 933) 0  0
   October 21, 2008 at 6:11 pm

   I accidentally an entire dragonfly, is that bad?
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   recondomoe (UID# 3299) 0  0
   October 21, 2008 at 8:02 pm

   He will end up rupturing and have to have a colostomy bag for the rest of his life.

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