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    Glass Rubik's Cube Allows The Satisfaction of Shattering it in Frustration

    The Revomaze Puzzle Dares You To Put $120 On the Line

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    Image of infmom infmom
    10/19/09

    In reply to GPS Puzzle Box Only Opens In One Specific Location
    It would have been nicer if enough money to cover all travel expenses had been stuffed inside the box. #puzzles
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    10/19/09

    In reply to GPS Puzzle Box Only Opens In One Specific Location
    Hi. I'm wondering if anyone can help me out here. I got this present for my wedding - it's a GPS Puzzle box. I'm having a little problem with it... You see, for years I have had a strange fascination with button-pushing... I mean...TV remote buttons, elevator buttons, ejection seat buttons.... Anyway, when I got this gift I pushed the button A LOT because it was a really great button as far as buttons go (and I know my buttons). The thing is, there's apparently a 50 push limit before it doesn't tell you where to go anymore... and now I'm lost in France of all places, and I don't know where to go to get the box open! I tried using LeGooglé to see if I could find some help forums or something, but I forgot that there's an invisible uselessness bubble encircling all of France - and even google turns useless once you're France. Also, now that I'm in France, I'm pretty useless. If anyone outside (and not french) could help, that would be great. #puzzles
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    Image of A Pimp Named DaveR A Pimp Named DaveR
    10/19/09

    In reply to GPS Puzzle Box Only Opens In One Specific Location
    Before I saw the spoiler, I was going to guess "the place where you keep the axe".... #puzzles
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    Image of Curves Curves
    10/19/09

    In reply to GPS Puzzle Box Only Opens In One Specific Location
    What a fun idea...and it gives them something to do on the hornymoon. #puzzles
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    Image of LolpantsofArabia LolpantsofArabia
    10/19/09

    @Curves: If that's what you need to spice up your honeymoon, you married the wrong broad. #puzzles
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    Image of Curves Curves
    10/19/09

    @LolpantsofArabia: I was joking, and, if you marry a man who calls you a "broad" you married the wrong one. #puzzles
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    Image of Allwheeldriveturbosportwagon Allwheeldriveturbosportwagon
    10/19/09

    @Curves: How about "dame"? And I don't mean like Judy Dench.
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    Image of yougottabekidding yougottabekidding
    10/19/09

    @Curves: One way or the other, someone is getting into a box! #puzzles
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    Image of Curves Curves
    10/19/09

    @Allwheeldriveturbosportwagon: Whereas "broad" has a derogatory connotation (based on a term used by butchers for a piece of meat with a hole in it), the term "dame" is one based in honor , and being a classy dame myself (in the best Mickey Spillane fashion) I dont have a problem with that. #puzzles
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    Image of LolpantsofArabia LolpantsofArabia
    10/20/09

    @Curves: Wow, someone really was paying attention in feminism 101, weren't they?

    Still - broad, dame, whatever. I was going for anything that worked with a typewriter and a cigarette. #puzzles
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    Image of LolpantsofArabia LolpantsofArabia
    10/20/09

    @LolpantsofArabia: btw, I'm not convinced by your derivation of 'broad'. I can find suggestions that it's simply a reference to width, or that it comes from 'abroadwoman' (ie. not with her husband, and therefore a slave or prostitute), but nothing about meat. I'd be curious to see a reference, if you have one. #puzzles
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    Image of Allwheeldriveturbosportwagon Allwheeldriveturbosportwagon
    10/20/09

    @Curves: Srsly? Meat with a hole... Frucci would totaly tap that. #puzzles
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    Image of Curves Curves
    10/20/09

    @LolpantsofArabia: Wiki defines it as derogatroy while text copied from the Urban Dictionary defines it as "a butchers term for a slab of meat with a hole in it.
    men use it to classify women". I cant seem to paste links, but you can look either one up, in case you dont consider slave or prostitute to be bad enough. #puzzles
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    Image of LolpantsofArabia LolpantsofArabia
    10/20/09

    @Curves: I'm still not buying it, and I can't find any other reference to it as a term for meat. I'm not wholly sold on the 'abroadwoman' thing, either.

    No question, though, that it's in some way derogatory – but the fact that it's fallen out of use for that reason makes it usefully evocative of a certain genre. Still, best to jump on any words you don't like, eh? #puzzles
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    Image of Curves Curves
    10/20/09

    @LolpantsofArabia: Since you responded to my comment, yes, I felt quiet justified in it and I still stand on my opinion that marrying a man who calls you broad is a bad idea. #puzzles
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    Image of Allwheeldriveturbosportwagon Allwheeldriveturbosportwagon
    10/20/09

    @Curves: What if he wants you to call him a sausage? #puzzles
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    Image of Curves Curves
    10/20/09

    @Allwheeldriveturbosportwagon: I somehow dont think I would marry a guy named "sausage" but if thats what he wants, fine.
    Behind closed doors, all bets are off. ;) #puzzles
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    Image of BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2 BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2
    10/19/09

    In reply to GPS Puzzle Box Only Opens In One Specific Location
    It opens up in France? I hope there is also a free ticket out of France inside. #puzzles
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    10/19/09

    In reply to GPS Puzzle Box Only Opens In One Specific Location
    Does someone die every time you press the button? #puzzles
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    Image of QuarterToTomorrow QuarterToTomorrow
    10/19/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_Hates #DoucheDad: I sure hope so! #puzzles
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    Image of BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2 BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2
    10/19/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_Hates #DoucheDad: No, France brings home 10 soldiers from foreign conflicts #puzzles
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    Image of liebermojo liebermojo
    10/19/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_Hates #DoucheDad: No, but bald germ-a-phobe pops out to tell you that you just accepted a deal from the banker and traded in your dignity which is what was in the case to begin with. #puzzles
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    Image of Nick Nick
    10/19/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_Hates #DoucheDad: and where is my million bucks #puzzles
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    10/19/09

    @Nick: You'll get it during next years MillionModo contest. #puzzles
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    Image of FayMerenda FayMerenda
    09/25/09

    In reply to Glass Rubik's Cube Allows The Satisfaction of Shattering it in Frustration
    Try this for solving rubiks cubes:

    http://www.wrongway.org/cube/solve.html
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    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    09/25/09

    In reply to Glass Rubik's Cube Allows The Satisfaction of Shattering it in Frustration
    Is it also filled with nitroglycerin and tiny needles inside?
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    Image of Curves Curves
    09/25/09

    In reply to Glass Rubik's Cube Allows The Satisfaction of Shattering it in Frustration
    Two words: "finger" "prints".
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    Image of nathantrumbull nathantrumbull
    09/25/09

    In reply to Glass Rubik's Cube Allows The Satisfaction of Shattering it in Frustration
    Ever thrown a Rubik's cube to the ground in anger/Curiosity? It's like a frag grenade.
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    Image of Monty Monty
    09/25/09

    @nathantrumbull: Aside from the old concept of moving the stickers, taking the Rubik's Cube apart (tossing it on the floor was one method, but could actually break it) and putting it back together "solved" was an easy solution to the puzzle. Moving the stickers had the nasty habit of making it look like someone cheated by moving the stickers. Taking the cube apart was less obvious. Not that I would have tried either, mind you.
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    Image of pr0faiin pr0faiin
    09/25/09

    In reply to Glass Rubik's Cube Allows The Satisfaction of Shattering it in Frustration
    how am I supposed to solve this if I can't move the stickers?
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    Image of RJackson RJackson
    09/25/09

    @pr0faiin: Memorising some relatively simple algorithms that I didn't bother memorising. :)
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    Image of Monty Monty
    09/25/09

    @pr0faiin: Grab the stickers from an old fashioned cube and put it on the glass pieces for easy "solving" of the puzzle. While some might complain that this defeats the aesthetic beauty of a glass Rubik's cube, it still allows for the ever-important toss the stupid thing on the floor to destroy it concept.

    Cheating - er, I mean interesting ways to solve a Rubik's cube aside, this glass design is actually quite nice. If the price was reasonable, I would be tempted to pick one up.
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    Image of Jux Jux
    09/25/09

    @RJackson: Yeah, it's surprisingly easy once you actually see the algorithms.
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    Image of noire noire
    09/23/09

    In reply to The Revomaze Puzzle Dares You To Put $120 On the Line
    "if you succeed, a code will be imprinted on the core that you can register on the manufacturer's website."

    Drink your Ovaltine.
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    Image of alowishus wants to run a Saab Sonett III at LeMons alowishus wants to run a Saab Sonett III at LeMons
    09/22/09

    In reply to The Revomaze Puzzle Dares You To Put $120 On the Line
    Two words: Band. Saw.
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    Image of JoeKhurr JoeKhurr
    09/23/09

    @alowishus finally has his Miata: Four More:

    Fuck. That.

    Plasma. Torch.
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    Purple Dave promoted this comment JoeKhurr was starred JoeKhurr was unstarred
    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    09/23/09

    @JoeKhurr:
    No, no, you don't want to damage the internals too much. See, if you get two copies of each version, you can cut open one copy of each and use it to map out the solution for the uncut copies.
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    Image of josephers: I approve your comment josephers: I approve your comment
    09/22/09

    In reply to The Revomaze Puzzle Dares You To Put $120 On the Line
    This is not actually a puzzle... this is a plot by the government to recruit super geniuses that will mate with beautiful women for the rest of their lives to colonize Mars.
    Send me a cheque for $120 and I'll mail you one.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    09/22/09

    In reply to The Revomaze Puzzle Dares You To Put $120 On the Line
    The real puzzle that needs to be solved is figuring out how they're getting people to pony up $120 dollars for a glorified butt plug in this economy...
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    Image of CrispyAardvark CrispyAardvark
    09/22/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Bright Idea®: How much do I win if I use it as a butt plug and solve it while it's up there?
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    Image of JoeKhurr JoeKhurr
    09/23/09

    @CrispyAardvark: The fine print reads "1 Free Internets to be delivered by FedEx"
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    09/23/09

    @CrispyAardvark: An assload of cash?
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