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Pope John Peeps II
12/03/08

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This would be a nightmare to dust.
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Curves
12/03/08

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Very cool design, though the thickness of the board wastes a lot of space. I need at least 4 of these, probably more.
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taciturnforsale
11/18/08

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Is it suppose to be a modern day metaphor that the dude in the photo is looking away from the books and out the window? Did Steve Jobs photograph this?
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Kaiser-Machead
11/19/08

@taciturnforsale: Maybe he's wondering who the hell rotated his window again.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
11/18/08

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But, doesn't a mobius strip fold over rather than make a figure 8? Otherwise wouldn't it just be a circle?
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Hilo
11/18/08

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I was just thinking, my sister does A LOT of reading, and spends like $1000 a year on just books alone. most of them she reads once then never looks at again. is there any kind of like...video rental store but for books? would make things a lot cheaper, plus once one person has read one the next person can get enjoyment from it, etc.
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92BuickLeSabre
11/18/08

@Hilo: I can't remember what it's called, but there is a place near my house like this. You get a membership card and you just borrow the book for a few days and return it for the next user.

Best of all it's free!

And it's huuuuge, with giant lions out front and everything.

Like this:

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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
11/18/08

@92BuickLeSabre: What if the lions turn into giant demon dogs that hunt the keymaster and the gate keeper?
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92BuickLeSabre
11/18/08

@Lite: I've never had that happen, but I do remember one of them growling at me once.

It was scary at first, but we ended up dancing to some disco-funk, fighting monkeys on motorcycles, and leading the charge against an evil sweatshop owner, so it was all cool in the end.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
11/18/08

@92BuickLeSabre: Sounds Wiz
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92BuickLeSabre
11/18/08

@Lite: Huh? I don't get it.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
11/18/08

@92BuickLeSabre: Monkies on motorcycles... Sounds like it's from The Wiz.
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92BuickLeSabre
11/18/08

@Lite: (I know, I was just joshin' ya.)
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Kaiser-Machead
11/18/08

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The bookshelf is infinite, and an infinite number of books, but not every book is good, thus there is a finite number of books. The population of good books in the bookshelf, compared to infinity, would be near zero in comparison. Since infinity is close to nothing in an infinite bookshelf, the book you probably read (and liked) is probably the product of your deranged imagination?
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bosskev
11/18/08

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With but a minor modification it could also serve as the slot car racetrack setup of of my childhood dreams.
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bosskev
11/18/08

@bosskev: -"of" (oops oops)
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92BuickLeSabre
11/18/08

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"*Yes, I was lying."

Those bloggers who do not overshare, undershare.
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syko21
11/18/08

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how do you get to the books on the inside of the loops?
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ripfire
11/18/08

@syko21: Good question. They should've used a mobius loop.
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92BuickLeSabre
11/18/08

@syko21: You crawl underneath where it intersects in the middle.

Totally not awkward at all!
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