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    Video: Arm Chair Reaches 98,268 Feet in New Toshiba Commercial

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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    11/16/09

    In reply to Video: Arm Chair Reaches 98,268 Feet in New Toshiba Commercial
    Wow, something on this page is causing 50% cpu utilization non-stop as soon as it loads.

    If I close it, all is good. But starting this particular page blows. #toshibaspacechair
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    11/16/09

    @Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: Use Firefox. If you do, then update it and adobe flash. #toshibaspacechair
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    Lite: hates Illinois Nazis promoted this comment Kakkoii was starred Kakkoii was unstarred
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    11/16/09

    @Kakkoii: I'm using Firefox, and Flash is updated. It was specifically something either with the video or the ad that was showing. WHatever it was, when I closed this page, utilization dropped back to nothing. #toshibaspacechair
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy
    11/16/09

    In reply to Video: Arm Chair Reaches 98,268 Feet in New Toshiba Commercial
    So it cost like $3,000 to make a chair to destroy? I'm just trying to figure out what they would say to someone who may have been hit by this:

    My husband was hit in the head by your falling chair and is now dead!

    Yeah, but did you see the commercial? #toshibaspacechair
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    11/16/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked: Also, the chair was a prop, made out of balsa. Not exactly oak we're talking about here. #toshibaspacechair
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    GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked promoted this comment fsusmithc2 was starred fsusmithc2 was unstarred
    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy
    11/16/09

    @fsusmithc2: I know it was balsa. It was listed right before the price. #toshibaspacechair
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    11/16/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked: I just figured a few scraps of balsa gently floating to the ground wouldn't kill a man but hey, stranger things have happened right? #toshibaspacechair
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    Image of Frisky Unicorns Frisky Unicorns
    11/16/09

    @fsusmithc2: Well, if the thing weighed about 4 pounds, and terminal velocity was 50 m/s, the force would be 90 newtons. 21 pounds of force. That would hurt. Probably wouldn't kill though.

    Am I right? I am not an arithmetist. I work with people here. #toshibaspacechair
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    The Lab promoted this comment Frisky Unicorns was starred Frisky Unicorns was unstarred
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    11/16/09

    @Frisky Unicorns: How did you calculate the terminal velocity? You'd need to know the wind resistance. Are you just using some common value of terminal velocity, because something with a large size to weight ratio like this would have a much lower terminal velocity. #toshibaspacechair
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    11/16/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked: Maybe the chair wouldn't have hurt anyone but what about the two cameras? #toshibaspacechair
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    Image of Serolf Divad Serolf Divad
    11/16/09

    In reply to Video: Arm Chair Reaches 98,268 Feet in New Toshiba Commercial
    4lbs, including the3 camera? Wow... that's almost the most impressive part of this.

    I wonder how much time ti would take a person to make the same fall? #toshibaspacechair
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy
    11/16/09

    @Serolf Divad: Depends on what body position they took. But in the beginning, they would be both be falling at the same rate. #toshibaspacechair
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    Image of Protector one Protector one
    11/05/09

    In reply to The World's Wittlest 320GB Hard Dwive
    This post needs a #stowage tag. #toshibamkxx33gsg
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    Image of GustavoSM GustavoSM
    11/05/09

    In reply to The World's Wittlest 320GB Hard Dwive
    Looks just like a battery. What's that thing they put on its side for size comparison? #toshibamkxx33gsg
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    11/05/09

    In reply to The World's Wittlest 320GB Hard Dwive
    This would be nice for my 5th gen iPod if only it was a PATA drive. Toshiba does has a 240GB drive for it though..

    [www.rapidrepair.com] #toshibamkxx33gsg
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    Image of joule79 joule79
    11/05/09

    In reply to The World's Wittlest 320GB Hard Dwive
    I want toshiba batteries... they look HUGE. #toshibamkxx33gsg
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    11/05/09

    @joule79: You made me think, why the heck has battery technology changed so much for laptops and cars etc. but the 1.5 V AA battery has remained the same for all this time? It hasn't gotten too much more efficient and/or longer lasting. Since it's size remains the same, it should at least double in power every couple years. Wait, does Moore's law apply to batteries? #toshibamkxx33gsg
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    11/05/09

    @PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: : battery technology is improving every year. In terms of what chemicals produce the best reaction while being the least harmful to whatever they don't want to harm. The AA cannot really improve much more without changing its size/shape, which would defeat the purpose of being an AA battery. There are more powerful and smaller batteries, it's just hard to adapt their technology to still produce 1.5 V in that size. #toshibamkxx33gsg
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    11/05/09

    @psychiccheese: Still, battery tech is improving at a slower pace than the rest of technology. Battery tech is actually what is keeping us from advancing even more quickly. Though I did see that there were some recent breakthroughs, I can't wait till they're out. #toshibamkxx33gsg
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    11/05/09

    @Digo: another thing I forgot to mention is backwards compatibility. When someone designs a faster, more efficient CPU, if they can't make it fit on existing motherboards, they simply make a new motherboard for it. With batteries, even today, new gadgets run on AA batteries, because they're the most widespread and universal. Not because they're the best kind, but because everyone will have access to them. #toshibamkxx33gsg
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    Image of WhatMan WhatMan
    11/05/09

    In reply to The World's Wittlest 320GB Hard Dwive
    Typo:
    The World's Wittlest 320GB Hard Dwive

    The World's Littlest 320GB Hard Drive? #toshibamkxx33gsg
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    lostarchitect promoted this comment WhatMan was starred WhatMan was unstarred
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    11/05/09

    @WhatMan: I'm going to have to shoot you with my waser wifle. hold still. #toshibamkxx33gsg
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    Image of vercordio vercordio
    11/05/09

    In reply to The World's Wittlest 320GB Hard Dwive
    And already out of date. It's kind of undeniably sad when a company spends what was probably a tidy sum on a product that will be DOA. #toshibamkxx33gsg
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    BergenCountyJC promoted this comment vercordio was starred vercordio was unstarred
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    11/05/09

    @vercordio: Perhaps Toshiba can find other markets aside from us, such as airlines, racing, etc. that still use this type of storage. Plus, it's cheaper then the flash alternative. Just a thought... #toshibamkxx33gsg
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    10/28/09

    In reply to The Future of Charging Gadgets? Toshiba's Methanol Fuel Cell Is Promising, Flawed
    "And while the charger itself is cleared for airline travel, the methanol bottles aren't. Toshiba hopes to sell them at airports for quick charges before or after flights."

    Or, ya know, use a wall outlet in the airport for free. #toshibadynariocharger
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    10/27/09

    In reply to The Future of Charging Gadgets? Toshiba's Methanol Fuel Cell Is Promising, Flawed
    Interviewee A - "It was kind of crazy how it happened. My phone had died in the middle of a call so I thought I'd give it a quick charge. Next thing I know my iPhone's doing the quarter mile in 3.2 seconds. Coincidentally, I may have busted my phone, but I qualified for the NHRA finals in Pamona next month." #toshibadynariocharger
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    10/27/09

    In reply to The Future of Charging Gadgets? Toshiba's Methanol Fuel Cell Is Promising, Flawed
    Uh... methanol? Aren't we trying to go AWAY from these kinds of fuels? #toshibadynariocharger
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    Image of Spinnyd Spinnyd
    10/27/09

    @Eruanno: What ? the bio-fuels? #toshibadynariocharger
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    Duckspwn promoted this comment Spinnyd was starred Spinnyd was unstarred
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    10/27/09

    @Spinnyd: The blinding fuels. #toshibadynariocharger
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    10/27/09

    @Duckspwn: Ahh, but aren't they all blinding? #toshibadynariocharger
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    10/27/09

    @Spinnyd: Methanol has a special place in our hearts for that purpose. #toshibadynariocharger
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    10/27/09

    In reply to The Future of Charging Gadgets? Toshiba's Methanol Fuel Cell Is Promising, Flawed
    $35? I'm not feeding this thing classier alcohol than I feed myself. #toshibadynariocharger
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    10/27/09

    In reply to The Future of Charging Gadgets? Toshiba's Methanol Fuel Cell Is Promising, Flawed
    So, does this require some "special, magic" methanol, or will regular reagent-grade methanol work?

    And what about ethanol? Is the cell methanol-only, or can you find a wino and pour his Thunderbird into it, if you're caught with a low battery on your Blackberry in a bad neighborhood? #toshibadynariocharger
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    Image of Sticks Calhoun Sticks Calhoun
    10/27/09

    In reply to The Future of Charging Gadgets? Toshiba's Methanol Fuel Cell Is Promising, Flawed
    Given that you can buy a gallon of methanol for about 4 bucks in the US, it might do better there.
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    Edited by Sticks Calhoun at 10/27/09 12:04 PM Sticks Calhoun was starred Sticks Calhoun was unstarred
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