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    What is This?

    What Is This?

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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    09/12/09

    In reply to What is This?
    William Hung's recording studio..?
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    09/12/09


    @Jrsy Devil's Food Cake®:
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    Image of StupidSimple StupidSimple
    09/12/09

    In reply to What is This?
    The sound absorbing foam with the metal panels doesn't make any sense at all.
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    Image of Homerjay is utterly alone. Homerjay is utterly alone.
    09/12/09

    In reply to What is This?
    This looks like the "after" shot on Trading Spaces.
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    Image of Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected
    09/11/09

    In reply to What is This?
    The blue spy concealed almost all evidence of his intrusion; excecpt for a slightly misplaced ceiling tile, it's as if he was never there.
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    Image of RuBBa_cHiKiN: The real question is can it fit in the Batmobile? RuBBa_cHiKiN: The real question is can it fit in the Batmobile?
    09/11/09

    @Mike Zuniga: Gentlemen?
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    Image of Araam Vafai Borhanian Araam Vafai Borhanian
    09/11/09

    @Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected: This will be the second worse news today, other than the photos of your mom.
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    Image of Underscore_Lysdexia Underscore_Lysdexia
    09/14/09

    @Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected:
    Where's the sentry??

    WHERE'S THE SENTRY?
    OH GOD
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    Image of Harman_M Harman_M
    09/11/09

    In reply to What is This?
    The sealing looks like the foam inserts on the coffins Apple sends out.
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    Homerjay likes Belgiumese Puke Porn promoted this comment Harman_M was starred Harman_M was unstarred
    Image of Homerjay is utterly alone. Homerjay is utterly alone.
    09/12/09

    @Harman_M: SOMEONE had to find a way to make this about Apple.
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    Image of chanaz chanaz
    09/12/09

    @Homerjay likes Belgiumese Puke Porn:

    You could have just as easily ignored the comment, preventing "them" from seeing his post.
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    Image of Homerjay is utterly alone. Homerjay is utterly alone.
    09/12/09

    @chanaz: I keep forgetting I have that power... Sowwy!
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    Image of syko21 syko21
    09/11/09

    In reply to What is This?
    Does the roof come down on you to crush you in anechoic spike silence?
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    Image of anon anon
    09/11/09

    @syko21: Those kind of cones are also in RF chambers. Also, did you notice the HAL9000 over on the right?
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    Image of EBone EBone
    07/28/09

    In reply to What Is This?
    Everyone knows the engine room if the new Enterprise looks like a brewery.
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    Image of twilight-arc twilight-arc
    07/29/09

    @EBone: The Budweiser brewery to be exact ;)

    Clearly we weren't imagining things: http://www.wired.com/underwire/2009/05/exotic-star-trek-locales-are-all-over-th.../
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    Image of alphanumeric1971 alphanumeric1971
    07/28/09

    In reply to What Is This?
    "I'm sorry Dave, I can't do that."
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    Image of Curves Curves
    07/28/09

    In reply to What Is This?
    Its beautiful, but what a bitch to keep clean.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    07/28/09

    @Curves: hahahaha, i love it when you girls say that.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked
    07/07/09

    In reply to This is How Your Plastic Objects Are Made
    Somewhere, a 12 year old girl just sqeeued with delight seeing all those unstacked cups.
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    07/07/09

    @TheyCallMeStacey_GitEmSteveDave: For the record, she's now 23 years old and, after a storied career at the Univ. of Minnesota, was drafted as a point guard in the WNBA in April.


    [www.wnba.com]


    (Sadly, she was cut before the season started.)

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked
    07/08/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: I said "A" 12 year old girl, not "THAT" 12 year old girl. It was the first result on YouTube, and I was tired.
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    Image of tehdorkz tehdorkz
    07/07/09

    In reply to This is How Your Plastic Objects Are Made
    if this is a regular post...just imagine how boring the "what we didn't post" post will be..
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    07/07/09

    @tehdorkz: It'd have to be something really lame and useless.


    Maybe an update on the Zune HD?


    (HEY-OH!)

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    Image of Matingmonkey is a proud eMac owner Matingmonkey is a proud eMac owner
    07/07/09

    In reply to This is How Your Plastic Objects Are Made
    I've already seen it all on How It's Made.
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    07/07/09

    @Matingmonkey is a proud eMac owner: Congratulations?
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    Image of Benguin Benguin
    05/11/09

    In reply to How Lego Bricks Are Made: The 80s Version
    That giant Lego man (megafig?) is frightening.
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    05/12/09

    @Benguin:
    More in the sculpture range, I'd say.
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    05/11/09

    In reply to How Lego Bricks Are Made: The 80s Version
    I knew the baseplates were vacuum-formed rather than injection-molded, but I didn't realize it was the same plastic as the regular bricks.


    Anyways, there are quite a few points in this video that are no longer accurate. TECHNIC figures have not been produced in quite a while, minifig heads are no longer placed on the torso, nearly _all_ parts are bagged before being placed in boxes (which rarely include inner trays), and they stopped putting those clear display trays in sets a long time ago. I think they might still release the occassional large set that comes with a front flap over a celophane-lined window so you can see what's inside, but it's really rare to see those anymore.

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    Image of Fuzi Lojak Fuzi Lojak
    05/11/09

    In reply to How Lego Bricks Are Made: The 80s Version
    I bought my step daughter her first Lego set (Spongebob Squarepant's Mr.Crab's shack) this weekend. We had a lot of fun putting everything together by the instructions but she still doesn't get the real fun of making things up. I guess I'll have to get her more Legos so she has more to work with.


    I was disappointed that some of the blocks required stickers rather than them being printed on. :(

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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    05/11/09

    @Fuzi Lojak:
    Stickers cost less money, so one-time deco requirements have been getting the sticker treatment lately. There are even two LEGO Factory sets that went back to the long-abandoned torso stickers on minifigs. The LEGO Batman sets went a step further by including extra Batman logo stickers on every sticker sheet.
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