That's great, but... my $5 flashlight has a handle on the bottom that flips out, and if you crank it for a few seconds you have a half hour of light. #mpoweremergencyilluminator
@AmishJohn: flashlights don't need to be pretty as long as they shed light on the pretty things. 20 years of no battery purchases certainly would be worth it to me, but I won't buy one to be honest. It IS a 250.00 flashlight after all. ;-) #mpoweremergencyilluminator
@Faslane's avatar is squished: Read the article. The battery only lasts 20 years if you never, ever use it. It's like my car that gets a million miles per gallon as long as the engine is never started. #mpoweremergencyilluminator
........the battery doesn't LAST for 20 years of use...Rather, when not connected to terminals, the battery will still be able to provide power 20 years in the FUTURE as they figured out some way to eliminate erroneous power dissipation. #mpoweremergencyilluminator
@TheSonOfKrypton: Actually, there is a mechanically actuated membrane that separates the electrolytes until needed. This membrane is what gives the battery a 20 year shelf life. Once activated, you get typical battery life.
@bselnick: What the hell...Are my speaking Greek? What I said AGREES with what you said. Your explanation of there being a "mechanically actuated membrane that separates the electrolytes until needed" merely agrees with my less specific "they figured out some way". And my "....the battery doesn't LAST for 20 years of use" agrees with your "....what gives the battery a 20 year shelf life". #mpoweremergencyilluminator
@TheSonOfKrypton: Sadly, the ability to read does not confer comprehension, nor the ability to make inferences based on context clues. The upshot is that the rampant act-first-look-later conclusion-jumping (typically involving an egregious sens eof self-righteousness) gives us plenty of fodder for irony-based meta-llurgy with which to catch them at the bottom. #mpoweremergencyilluminator
@TheSonOfKrypton: "Designed by Porsche, This $250 Flashlight Has a 20 Year Battery" - My beef. In case any of you didn't implicitly understand that. #mpoweremergencyilluminator
That's a poor design, from an ergonomic, engineering, and cost perspective. And the flashlight doesn't stay on for 20 years, it just supposedly stays available for 20 years in case you want to use it. I'd much rather have a $5 motion-induction-recharged flashlight that will last 100 years... oh wait, I do. #mpoweremergencyilluminator
@Curves: You know, I thought the same damn thing when it came up on my screen... "20 year Porsche Fleshlight? Hmmm...*click*" Just imagine my disappointment. #mpoweremergencyilluminator
@B-low: Poor Frooch... enduring the endless Fleshlight jokes. I say bravo, to the bold Frucci, for having the courage to do that article, jokesters be damned! *bows head respectfully* #mpoweremergencyilluminator
After looking through big detailed pictures of this car, I can't learn to love it. The Maser Quattroporte is a much prettier four door exoticar, and BMW has the profile just right. This thing is like a squat Cayenne. Damn Porsche, why do you make me sad like this?
@OMG! Ponies!: Sadly they applied that principle to the first form of transportation they wanted to try out on the 94th floor. The horse did not seem to be receptive to the idea. The re-assembly had a success rate equal to Senator John "Bluto" Blutarsky's GPA at Faber.
I bet that car dealer is really pissed he offered free delivery with the purchase of any new car. On the plus side, the guy bought the rust coating and the dealer floor mats.
Why do people get so touchy when it comes to Google Street View and Google Earth? First of all, it's in the public where everybody else is seeing you. And really, what are the chances of Google capturing you on cam? And even if they did acquire a picture of you, what's the odds of that picture being unflattering? Plus, they blur faces. What more can you ask for?
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cheers ;-) #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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I'm so pissed at that flashlight that I wanna go cut someone with the Porsche Type 301 knives! #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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If only some people would read the article.. #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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Sorry, I've resolved not to spend more than $70 on a flashlight unless it can cut off Ponda Baba's arm in a bar fight. #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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@met2art: Courage would be laying with this hot puppy. Incidentally also designed by Porsche.
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@B-low: Don't judge me!
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College pranksters used to do stuff like disassemble the dean's car and rebuild it in the dean's office all the time in the 1960's.
Scientia Est Bonus - Emil Faber
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Takashi, you know you're not supposed to park that on campus.
Secretary Yu Zhengsheng's gonna hear all about this. You'll rue the day!
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So actually for all we know...they could be old ones.
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