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    Ten Inventions That Freed Themselves By Killing Their Masters
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    Image of not a sailor boy not a sailor boy
    12/16/08

    In reply to Ten Inventions That Freed Themselves By Killing Their Masters
    well, surely Steve Ballmer destroyed his creator...


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    not a sailor boy was starred not a sailor boy was unstarred
    Image of Curves Curves
    12/16/08

    @not a sailor boy: I have to agree, Steve has always reminded me of "The Monster", only with a lot more sweat.
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    Image of Jkoenig96 Jkoenig96
    12/15/08

    In reply to Ten Inventions That Freed Themselves By Killing Their Masters
    Well the LHC has some interesting possibilities that could leapfrog it's inventors onto that list.
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    Image of 1350ft.in.a.Concorde.blow*ng.up.balloons 1350ft.in.a.Concorde.blow*ng.up.balloons
    12/15/08

    @Jkoenig96: My thoughts exactly.
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    Image of Jacob Hausler Jacob Hausler
    12/15/08

    In reply to Ten Inventions That Freed Themselves By Killing Their Masters
    Note that noone was ever killed by the cornballer.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    12/16/08

    @Jacob Hausler: "Note that noone was ever killed by the cornballer."


    The cornholer on the other hand has left plenty of damage in it's wake...

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    Image of LordGriffin LordGriffin
    12/15/08

    In reply to Ten Inventions That Freed Themselves By Killing Their Masters
    One of the original uses for Radium was as a health tonic. It emitted a "healthy green glow". No foolin'. (Just don't ask me to site a source, 'cause I'm lazy).
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    Image of lpranal lpranal
    12/15/08

    @LordGriffin: and there's still a lot of debate about whether or not there was a shred of truth behind that line of thought.
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    12/16/08

    @lpranal:
    Well...a steady intake of radioactive chemicals would have the benefit of killing most of the parasitic organisms in your body.
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    Image of DeadWriter DeadWriter
    12/15/08

    In reply to Ten Inventions That Freed Themselves By Killing Their Masters
    The footage of Franz Reichelt testing his vertical egress outfit by jumping off the Eiffel Tower may be the earliest snuff film/news real.


    Nothing gory, but weird that it was filmed, edited and survives today on Youtube.

    .


    I suppose that times really don't change when it comes to media consumption.

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday
    12/16/08

    @DeadWriter: Dude, you're in France in the early 1900's. Didn't they have people you could hire who you could push off to test this out?
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    Image of twistfunk twistfunk
    12/15/08

    In reply to Ten Inventions That Freed Themselves By Killing Their Masters
    cornballer?
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    Image of qbrad qbrad
    12/15/08

    @twistfunk: Definitely cornBALLER. Chen just has a filthy mind.
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    Image of scarbrtj scarbrtj
    12/15/08

    @twistfunk:
    Real-life stuff similar to the cornholer on Arrested Development...
    Beavis was on Arrested Development maybe?

    + Watch video
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    Image of Jason Chen Jason Chen
    12/15/08

    @qbrad: Oops, my mistake! In my defense, Lucille also made the same mistake.
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    Image of qbrad qbrad
    12/15/08

    @Jason Chen: Lucille 2? Or a loose seal? Nice.
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    Image of 1350ft.in.a.Concorde.blow*ng.up.balloons 1350ft.in.a.Concorde.blow*ng.up.balloons
    12/15/08

    In reply to Ten Inventions That Freed Themselves By Killing Their Masters
    I felt like this was an assignment half way through. I gotta go take a break....
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    1350ft.in.a.Concorde.blow*ng.up.balloons was starred 1350ft.in.a.Concorde.blow*ng.up.balloons was unstarred
    Image of 1350ft.in.a.Concorde.blow*ng.up.balloons 1350ft.in.a.Concorde.blow*ng.up.balloons
    12/15/08

    @1350ft.in.a.Concorde.blow*ng.up.balloons: I meant to say is "What a wonderful read and many thanks for their sacrifices..."
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    Image of admoseremic admoseremic
    12/15/08

    @1350ft.in.a.Concorde.blow*ng.up.balloons: Yeah man, finals are taking their toll on me as well.
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    Image of William Gu William Gu
    12/15/08

    @admoseremic: Fuck, I got so distracted I forgot I should be studying...


    But Heroes is in 25 minutes...

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    Image of 1350ft.in.a.Concorde.blow*ng.up.balloons 1350ft.in.a.Concorde.blow*ng.up.balloons
    12/15/08

    @William Gu: Holy sh*t, I forgot. Thanks! lulz


    'Pushes sleep button and walks away from the computer'

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