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    Time Magazine's Best and Worst Inventions of 2009

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    Image of logruszed logruszed
    11/13/09

    In reply to Time Magazine's Best and Worst Inventions of 2009
    No cock-bib? #bestandworstinventionsof2009
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    Image of Hiphopopotamus Hiphopopotamus
    11/13/09

    In reply to Time Magazine's Best and Worst Inventions of 2009
    P&P&Z was a great book - and my opinion is valued more than Times'. Case closed. #bestandworstinventionsof2009
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    11/13/09

    In reply to Time Magazine's Best and Worst Inventions of 2009
    I don't think I'd want to be huffing that woman's bra. #bestandworstinventionsof2009
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    Image of UnderLoK UnderLoK
    11/13/09

    @Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: Sounds like a job for PBR. #bestandworstinventionsof2009
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/13/09

    In reply to Time Magazine's Best and Worst Inventions of 2009
    Boy, if I was subjected to item no. 1, I'd be fucking manic. #bestandworstinventionsof2009
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    Image of Kyonko Kyonko
    11/13/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: For the Japanese, though, that's just part of their work code. Only they can pull something like that off.

    Then again, they could've required all Tokyo subway workers - male or female - to wear item number 4 if it had existed in 1995. #bestandworstinventionsof2009
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    Image of Gann Gann
    11/13/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Also, wouldn't it be a little creepy to ride the rail surrounded by fake looking smiles, knowing they're all just thin veneers over a train wreck of anger and frustration? #bestandworstinventionsof2009
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/13/09

    @Kyonko: I suppose it isn't much different from the venomous saccharine mannequins that work at TGI Friday's, forced to be unrealistically chipper, which I may have to explain to management one day gives me awful indigestion. #bestandworstinventionsof2009
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/13/09

    @Gann: I can only assume it's because upper management don't have to do this kind of shit (anymore) and don't stop to think that maybe people respond better to quality professional service and courtesy than they do to big stupid grins. #bestandworstinventionsof2009
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    Image of Gann Gann
    11/13/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Wait, are you implying that the appearance of quality is not the same as quality? #bestandworstinventionsof2009
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    11/13/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Or you could just wear one of the bra-cup gas masks with a smile painted on it.. #bestandworstinventionsof2009
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    11/13/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: "I suppose it isn't much different from the venomous saccharine mannequins that work at TGI Friday's, forced to be unrealistically chipper"

    And they're forced to wear those stupid pieces of flair. #bestandworstinventionsof2009
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/13/09

    In reply to Time Magazine's Best and Worst Inventions of 2009
    You know last year peek was their best.

    How is a book an invention for that matter? #bestandworstinventionsof2009
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    Image of ReconToaster misses garnett :( ReconToaster misses garnett :(
    11/13/09

    @tande04: yeah... I was wondering the same thing. #bestandworstinventionsof2009
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    11/13/09

    @tande04: Eh... a list by Time Magazine journalists? Probably just a bunch of pissed off English majors who feel like their world is being raped by popular culture. #bestandworstinventionsof2009
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/13/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: And it probably is. It's just a matter of caring, which we probably won't. #bestandworstinventionsof2009
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    11/12/09

    In reply to Our 10 Best of Popsci's 100 Best Innovations of the Year
    If you can nerd up that car a bit more, I may make it the Dorkmobile 2.0 when I get to SF #bestinnovations
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    Image of PN - gooapplesoft PN - gooapplesoft
    11/12/09

    In reply to Our 10 Best of Popsci's 100 Best Innovations of the Year
    good compilation of a list. Thanks giz.

    I stared at the diamond traffic thing for a good 10 minutes... still cant figure it out. Update: Found the video... it makes sense now.
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    Jason Chen promoted this comment Edited by PN - gooapplesoft at 11/12/09 4:19 PM PN - gooapplesoft was starred PN - gooapplesoft was unstarred
    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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    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_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    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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    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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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    12/12/08

    In reply to MSNBC's Jerk Gadget List is Condescending Even to the Mainstream
    "Linux


    Linux is great. It's a free, open-source operating system (OS) based on work done by Linus Torvalds in the early '90s. Again, it's free, powerful and easy to ...


    Oh wait, it's a pain to use. Let's get this straight: Linux is very good, and leads the charge in an ongoing revolution in free software. However, a lot of Linux users out there give the whole thing a poor name. They forget that most people don't know as much as they do about computers. Some people garden, write poetry, fall in love or ... er, bloviate about gadgetry.


    Please don't confuse your fanaticism with superiority and, for the love of Jobs, stop telling us we're sheep under the sway of Microsoft. No one likes Comcast either, but until it's convenient to string our own fiber optic cable we're sticking with it. (Msnbc.com is a Microsoft-NBC Universal joint venture.)


    Cool if: You're not heaping disdain on the rest of us, or maybe if you're in charge of a server farm.


    Not cool if: You feel your mastery of computers excuses your inability to control a neck-beard."


    Sounds like someone slipped of his meds..

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