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    Duct Tape With Embedded LEDs Opens Up a New World of Half-Assed Possibilities

    Duct Tape or Zip-Ties: Which Is Your Favorite Quick Fix?

    Nuclear Grade Duct Tape: You Wouldn't Want To Be Gagged With This Stuff

    Use No. 7,853 For Duct Tape: Intricately Sculpted Batman Mask

    If You Build a PC Case Out of Duct Tape, Geeks Will Come

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    Image of Soldier_CLE says DON'T STOP AT THE STAR! REVOKE THE WHOLE DAMN THING, OWEN!!! Soldier_CLE says DON'T STOP AT THE STAR! REVOKE THE WHOLE DAMN THING, OWEN!!!
    11/02/09

    In reply to Duct Tape With Embedded LEDs Opens Up a New World of Half-Assed Possibilities
    I'm waiting for someone to pull a SARK or TRON costume out of this.

    Maybe even do this to a frisbee? #sculptalight
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    11/02/09

    @Soldier_CLE says DON'T STOP AT THE STAR! REVOKE THE WHOLE DAMN THING, OWEN!!!: I can see many office pranks going down with this invention.

    Good times will be had! Oh yes good times indeed...

    Btw "!" #sculptalight
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    11/03/09

    @Witzbold: Witz, how did you lose your star on here? #sculptalight
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    11/03/09

    @Soldier_CLE says DON'T STOP AT THE STAR! REVOKE THE WHOLE DAMN THING, OWEN!!!: I think the star system is separated by sites. Since I havent commented here on Giz for a long time I think never was around to get one lol.

    I usually lurk on Giz. Since as you know Im not the tech guy lol Im the kinda "point and do" fellow so to speak haha

    Also left you a message
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    Image of Soldier_CLE says DON'T STOP AT THE STAR! REVOKE THE WHOLE DAMN THING, OWEN!!! Soldier_CLE says DON'T STOP AT THE STAR! REVOKE THE WHOLE DAMN THING, OWEN!!!
    11/03/09

    @Witzbold: I'll check it out.

    It musta surprised Owen that despite his radical thinking that I am able to star on ALL GAWKER sites.

    Maybe I were the first to have done so? I even posted in Jezebel from time to time. #sculptalight
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    11/02/09

    In reply to Duct Tape With Embedded LEDs Opens Up a New World of Half-Assed Possibilities
    Someone's gonna party like its 1999... #sculptalight
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    Image of GreyHammer GreyHammer
    11/02/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: looks more like 89 to me #sculptalight
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    11/02/09

    In reply to Duct Tape With Embedded LEDs Opens Up a New World of Half-Assed Possibilities
    Judging by my previous work with duct tape, there is no chance in hell I am ever getting both ends of the tape to touch each other. Can we get a working prototype that requires one end to be torn at a odd angle that is stuck to itself with stray bits of string dangling off the end while the other end is balled up and folded back in under itself from being too long? #sculptalight
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    11/02/09

    In reply to Duct Tape With Embedded LEDs Opens Up a New World of Half-Assed Possibilities
    Prediction...

    I just know at least one dude with a ridiculously stickered Honda Civic will use this to hold his aftermarket, primer grey front fascia in place.

    And, he will drive through my neighborhood all the time, just to annoy me.
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    04/08/09

    In reply to Duct Tape or Zip-Ties: Which Is Your Favorite Quick Fix?
    I never use zip ties... for cable management I've used twist ties because you don't have to lop them off with wire cutters to change your wiring. I'd never use duct tape on wiring... but it makes a good impromptu patch for torn fabrics like the arms of my office chair. I even carried a wallet I made entirely out of duct tape and tin foil - make a wallet out of zip ties!
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    04/07/09

    In reply to Duct Tape or Zip-Ties: Which Is Your Favorite Quick Fix?
    Q: What has a light and a dark side and holds the universe together?


    A: Duct Tape.

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    Image of madog madog
    04/07/09

    @JawzX2: Now With 60% More Beer!: Ohhhhhhhh deep--------ish.


    I like it though.

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    04/07/09

    In reply to Duct Tape or Zip-Ties: Which Is Your Favorite Quick Fix?
    When you tie zip ties too tight, it can leave a mark on the skin. Also, depending on how scared they are and badly they are perspiring, the duct tape can sometimes leave a residue.


    After a while I've evolved into just breaking their legs so they can't escape. It saves on money, and if done right, won't leave any initial marks on the outside of the body, leaving them still clean and pure.


    I do still use Duct Tape (isn't it funny that it sounds like Duck? For the longest time I even thought it WAS Duck Tape! How silly of me!) in conjunction with a piece of clothing to keep them from yelling. It's not that I mind the screaming so much, but I don't want the neighbors to hear. You all know how THAT can go.


    Anyway, what was I talking about? Oh yeah, Duck(!) Tape. I love how strong it is, and mostly waterproof. Again though, if they are sweating from fear when you first apply it, it can cause it to weaken and the sticky side to get a little slimy. Personally, I don't mind the blood and everything, but Duct Tape slime? Ewwwwwwwwww!

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    Image of Cody Cuzzo Cody Cuzzo
    04/07/09

    In reply to Duct Tape or Zip-Ties: Which Is Your Favorite Quick Fix?
    what are zip ties good for other than wires? can zip ties fix a broken chair? or hold together my broken blender? hold a poster on a wall?


    when zip ties start giving out scholarships for kids that wear zip tie dresses to prom, THEN ill CONSIDER the possibility that zip ties are close to duct tape.

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    04/08/09

    @Cody Cuzzo: Already been done:
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    Image of bnsqueak bnsqueak
    04/07/09

    In reply to Duct Tape or Zip-Ties: Which Is Your Favorite Quick Fix?
    Electrical tape and a bungee chord can fix anything in the world. Gaffers tape is nice, too.
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    04/07/09

    @bnsqueak: Electrical tape stretches too much.
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    04/08/09

    @bnsqueak: I'm curious what a bungee chord sounds like.
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    Image of zenpoet zenpoet
    04/07/09

    In reply to Duct Tape or Zip-Ties: Which Is Your Favorite Quick Fix?
    Zip it, duct it, and if that doesn't work, then fuck it.
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    04/07/09

    @zenpoet: Proper fucked?
    Turkish: Yes, before "Zee Germans" get there.
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    04/08/09

    @zenpoet:

    +1, you just made me want to go watch that now.
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    04/08/09

    @orphic1: I started laughing so much after I typed that, I went home and watched the movie last night.
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    Image of Justin Van Bibber Justin Van Bibber
    04/07/09

    In reply to Duct Tape or Zip-Ties: Which Is Your Favorite Quick Fix?
    What, no Mighty Putty?
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    04/07/09

    @Justin Van Bibber:

    is good, but I prefer:
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    04/07/09

    In reply to Duct Tape or Zip-Ties: Which Is Your Favorite Quick Fix?
    Zip ties are great for cutting off the circulation to Hippie peace signs and the duct tape muffles their cries.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    04/07/09

    @Scared Korean: Yes.
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    04/07/09

    In reply to Duct Tape or Zip-Ties: Which Is Your Favorite Quick Fix?
    I once put the accelerator back on a pickup truck with zip ties. The police wanted to tow it and I knew if they located a large quanity of dried plant material in the back we'd all be screwed :P
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    Image of Dan Seifert Dan Seifert
    04/07/09

    @Josh_Geyer: i used a series of zip ties to hold together my entire shifting cable mechanism well enough to make a 5 hour drive home from maine safe and sound. probably my proudest moment of zip-tying.
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    04/07/09

    @Dan Seifert: My driver's side headlight in my old Volvo 240 was held in adjustment with two small zip ties after the mounting for the set screw snapped off.
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    04/07/09

    @dingus: I got a cracked in half horizontally brake fluid holder to not leak with Zip ties and 100mph tape.
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    04/07/09

    In reply to Duct Tape or Zip-Ties: Which Is Your Favorite Quick Fix?
    Zip ties are somewhat better as they can apply external pressure on a patch, can be removed cleanly, can be re-used, and are better for restraining people. They also come in varying strength and sizes. Just my humble opine.
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    04/07/09

    @Oligarch_GitEmSteveDave: How can you reuse a zip tie? Once those suckers are engaged, they don't come apart unless you cut em.
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    04/07/09

    @admoseremic: If you insert something like a dental probe in from behind, you can disengage the locking tab, and release it.
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    Image of chizelord chizelord
    04/07/09

    In reply to Duct Tape or Zip-Ties: Which Is Your Favorite Quick Fix?
    Duct tape leaves too much of a mess. With zip-ties you just cut and you're done. Much easier. Also, you can piggy-back them together to make them bigger as needed. All around better invention.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    04/07/09

    @chizelord: And have you ever heard of zip-tying someone to a wall?
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