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    The Things Malcolm Ate

    In a Fight Between Candle and Laptop, Candle Usually Wins

    Segway-Powered Sledding Guarantees Your Kid Will Grow Up Fat and Lazy
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    Image of trevisol: Stop putting words in my mouth trevisol: Stop putting words in my mouth
    11/05/09

    In reply to The Things Malcolm Ate
    Malcolm, for one, does NOT welcome our cuddly feline-robot overlords.

    Right on, Malcolm. Fight the power. #nature
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    Image of Fractal the Meek Fractal the Meek
    11/06/09

    @trevisol: Yeah, this article reminds me I need to adopt my own fuzzy defender. #nature
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    Image of barrywoods barrywoods
    11/05/09

    In reply to The Things Malcolm Ate
    My great dane went through the same phase. He actually ate a hole in an outside wall of my house! I broke him of chewing on electrical cords by wiring an extension cord he already chewed(unplugged fortunately) to an electric fence charger. Only took one night to fix that problem. #nature
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    Image of abates25 abates25
    11/05/09

    In reply to The Things Malcolm Ate
    Exercise your dog more and this wouldn't happen. I'm just sayin'... #nature
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    Image of CraigJ CraigJ
    11/05/09

    @abates25: not true.

    Puppies just do this shit. Now, if your dog is 3 and he does this then I'd have to agree with you.

    My puppy, now a little over a year old, ate 2 pairs or prescription sunglasses, $200 and $400 (somehow he got them off my desk, still haven't figured that out), chewed through the cord to our Dyson Vac, $40, ate a lamp cord (yet to be repaired) has shredded numerous pare of socks and underwear (always dirty, go figure), ate the power cord on my brand new mac book power supply ($79), he got the charger to my wife's bluetooth charger, and to her cellphone as well (we had a spare) a couple of rugs, and a bunch of other shit I can't remember. Now he doesn't do any of that stuff. #nature
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    Image of oldgraygeek oldgraygeek
    11/05/09

    In reply to The Things Malcolm Ate
    Roaches do beat RAID... I've seen it.

    I worked in an auto parts store that had an ancient TRIAD computer system. It used two huge hard drives, mirrored: one went home with the boss every night.

    All was well until data started to disappear. TRIAD's computer techs went nuts for three days looking for the problem. Finally, the boss came out and said, "It's fixed, but the data that disappeared is gone."
    I asked what had happened, and he said, "It was a bug on the hard disk."
    I wasn't satisfied: "What kind of bug? An electrical problem? A software error?"
    He was pretty exasperated. "Come up here and look, smartass."
    There it was: the electrified remains of a small insect, fused down into the magnetic media. #nature
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    Image of Mike Mike
    11/05/09

    In reply to The Things Malcolm Ate
    You should've snagged the "toy" from the Gizmodo Gallery for him. He would "enjoy" that. #nature
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    Image of Snes Snes
    11/05/09

    In reply to The Things Malcolm Ate
    Try Tabasco sauce. #nature
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    Image of thechansen thechansen
    11/05/09

    @Snes: My pitbull had a habit of eating her leash. So I tried to use Tabasco to stop this. I came home to find only the metal pieces remaining. #nature
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    11/05/09

    @thechansen: Yeah. Adding seasoning doesn't help. #nature
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    Image of thechansen thechansen
    11/05/09

    @ripfire: She has really taken a liking to curry dishes and buffalo wings. #nature
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    Image of Nipple Juice Nipple Juice
    11/05/09

    In reply to The Things Malcolm Ate
    You should put him down.
    (now i wait for peta retorts) #nature
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    11/05/09

    @Nipple Juice: Wha... why... how can you... that doesn't even... *sigh* #nature
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    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    04/13/09

    In reply to In a Fight Between Candle and Laptop, Candle Usually Wins
    ok.. so they're waxing to remove the hair from the keyboard...
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    Image of DeadWriter DeadWriter
    04/13/09

    In reply to In a Fight Between Candle and Laptop, Candle Usually Wins
    The ambiance at a restaurant bested me once.


    I scorched the back of a laptop cover, the kind that attaches to the laptop, with the candle that the server placed on the table. Five minutes into working the server dropped off fairly large candles that were lit, and I pushed my laptop back onto it. No real damage was done, but I smell burnt plastic for a time.


    Anybody can make this kind of mistake once. Accidents are just that. His mistake is a lesson to us all.

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    Image of Nick Nick
    04/13/09

    @DeadWriter: haha, i was about to ask what is this new technology lingo. then i realize you mean waiter when you said server. gettin all PC on me. get it? PC? cause it means two things. nevermind.
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    Image of The Analrapist: Half Analyst Half Therapist The Analrapist: Half Analyst Half Therapist
    04/13/09

    In reply to In a Fight Between Candle and Laptop, Candle Usually Wins
    He should have just said he was an artist and this was some sort of a mix of new and old tech, then everyone would have loved him and he would have all the weird art chicks he could handle...
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    04/13/09

    @Hiroak: Haven't you heard, this is the only way to truly purge Conficker from your system. That, or install Linux.
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    04/13/09

    In reply to In a Fight Between Candle and Laptop, Candle Usually Wins

    "In a Fight Between Candle and Laptop, Candle Usually Wins"


    "Candle Usually Wins"...I get all teary-eyed every time I hear Elton sing it.

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    Image of Nick Nick
    04/13/09

    @bosskev: leave it to boss to reference candle in the wind. now, are you talking the original or the princess di version?
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked
    04/13/09

    @bosskev: OK, so

    Paper beats Rock

    Scissors beat Paper

    Rock beats Laptop

    Scissors beat Candle

    Candle beats Laptop

    Laptop shocks Scissor


    Am I missing anything?

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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    04/13/09

    @Nick: "...are you talking the original or the princess di version?"


    Well, the latter.



    Specifically, the Madame Tussaud remix--much more appropriate to this story's theme.

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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    04/13/09

    @WhiteGuyOnWebCam_GitEmSteveDave:


    God creates dinosaurs,

    God destroys dinosaurs,

    God creates man,

    man destroys God,

    man creates dinosaurs,

    dinosaurs destroy man.........woman inherits the earth!

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked
    04/13/09

    @Lite: does not like fishsticks...: She's, ah, tenacious.
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    Image of Brain.wav Brain.wav
    04/13/09

    @WhiteGuyOnWebCam_GitEmSteveDave: You forgot Lizard and Spock.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked
    04/13/09

    @Brain.wav: There's no lizard or Spock in the picture above. Just a laptop and a candle/
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    04/13/09

    In reply to In a Fight Between Candle and Laptop, Candle Usually Wins
    LindsayJoy's Dell Inspiron Is Into S+M
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked
    04/13/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Doesn't candle wax fall into the "BD" catergory?
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    04/13/09

    @WhiteGuyOnWebCam_GitEmSteveDave: Nope, S+M


    Bondage and discipline isn't specifically wax related.

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    Image of Nick Nick
    04/13/09

    In reply to In a Fight Between Candle and Laptop, Candle Usually Wins
    i peed on my HP and it worked after a couple of days drying. this guy should be fine with the right love and care.
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    Image of linuxidiot linuxidiot
    04/13/09

    @Nick: I am probably gonna regret this, but why did you pee on your HP? I am guessing drunk and thought you were at the toilet?
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    04/13/09

    @linuxidiot: yes i was (i love birthdays). and i thought the floor was the toilet and the HP was a casualty of it all. it only smelled for about an hour or so after i started using it again.


    moral of the story? don't get pi$$ drunk

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    Image of EBone EBone
    04/13/09

    In reply to In a Fight Between Candle and Laptop, Candle Usually Wins
    That's what happens when you mix modern technology with technology from the dark ages...
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    Image of Darrone Darrone
    04/13/09

    In reply to In a Fight Between Candle and Laptop, Candle Usually Wins
    The cool part is if he removes it slowly he could get a nice wax mold of his keyboard.


    /eternal optimist.

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    Image of frigg frigg
    04/13/09

    @Darrone: Fortunately, the laptop was there to shield his desk from the candle drippings.


    /adds to eternal optimism.

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