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    Vase Clock Is Designed To Break When The Right Moment Comes

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    Image of geodesigner geodesigner
    11/06/09

    In reply to Vase Clock Is Designed To Break When The Right Moment Comes
    I find the message of this product remarkably important, discursively speaking. Every time we use a product we are breaking it, just like this clock. It reminds me of an artwork by Chris Burden, called "Samson", which consists on a huge hydrauliuc jack connected to a gear box and a turnstile.

    " The 100 ton jack pushes two large timbers against the bearing walls of the museum. Each visitor to the exhibition must pass through the turnstile in order to see the exhibition. Each input on the turnstile ever so slightly expands the jack, and ultimately, if enough people visit the exhibition, Samson could theoretically destroy the building. Like a glacier its powerful movement is imperceptible to the naked eye. This sculptural installation subverts the notion of the sanctity of the museum (the shed that houses art)."

    Samson is currently assembled in a museum near my city (Belo Horizonte, Brazil), awesome experience. #clockvase
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    11/06/09

    In reply to Vase Clock Is Designed To Break When The Right Moment Comes
    I'm sincerely and incredibly surprised that nobody has slipped in a crack about Apple products yet... and the whole typical spiel about how "when they break, it's not a bug, it's a feature."

    ha, there. now you're not clever or funny for saying it. so... don't. #clockvase
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    Image of JCiccone JCiccone
    11/06/09

    @brobot: Hur Hur this is just like all apple products.
    when they break, it's not a bug, it's a feature... #clockvase
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    11/09/09

    @JCiccone:

    brobot demoted this comment.

    brobot disapproved this comment. #clockvase
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    Image of Fractal the Meek Fractal the Meek
    11/06/09

    In reply to Vase Clock Is Designed To Break When The Right Moment Comes
    I've heard that #RosaRocks, but I seriously have no idea how you find this stuff, Rosa. Is it magic Rosa powers? #clockvase
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    Image of KassiaHaoe KassiaHaoe
    11/05/09

    In reply to Vase Clock Is Designed To Break When The Right Moment Comes
    What's the point of this invention?
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    11/05/09

    @KassiaHaoe: Or why can't it be accomplished with an alarm clock and a hammer? #clockvase
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    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    11/05/09

    @KassiaHaoe: Wouldn't be half as odd though, no? #clockvase
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    Image of KassiaHaoe KassiaHaoe
    11/05/09

    @Rosa Golijan: But oddness isn't always cool. For example, I'm single. #clockvase
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    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    11/05/09

    @KassiaHaoe: I'm sure that you're the coolest single person at your keyboard. #clockvase
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    Image of KassiaHaoe KassiaHaoe
    11/05/09

    @Rosa Golijan: And your next suggestion is that I stare at myself in the mirror until I find myself beautiful? Or that I wake up every day and rip another page off my 365 a day motivational calendar?

    Or that I share a keyboard? #clockvase
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    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    11/05/09

    @KassiaHaoe: No use lying to yourself if you're none of those things. All I was saying is that I'm sure you could be a nice person, that's it. #clockvase
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    Image of KassiaHaoe KassiaHaoe
    11/05/09

    @Rosa Golijan: Interesting way to put it. #clockvase
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    Image of El Guano El Guano
    11/05/09

    In reply to Vase Clock Is Designed To Break When The Right Moment Comes
    It's not an intendional feature. You're an intendional feature. #clockvase
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    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    11/05/09

    @El Guano: Well, now that's just mean to say. #clockvase
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    Image of Con Seannery Con Seannery
    11/05/09

    @El Guano: How could you say something like that? We all know that #RosaRocks! #clockvase
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    Image of El Guano El Guano
    11/08/09

    @Con Seannery:

    Suck it, Trebek! :) #clockvase
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    11/08/09

    @Rosa Golijan: Sorry, it came off as more than just light snark. You could say it was unintendional :)

    Damn, I'll never learn! #clockvase
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    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    11/09/09

    @El Guano: *groans* Forgiven. Just no more puns! #clockvase
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    Image of LoganAdams LoganAdams
    11/05/09

    In reply to Vase Clock Is Designed To Break When The Right Moment Comes
    Sorry to be a jerk about it, but have you guys ever considered hiring a copy editor? #clockvase
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    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    11/05/09

    @LoganAdams: And spare me the embarrassment of owning up to my typos? Never!

    Fixed though. Thanks for pointing it out in a non-jerk-ish way. #clockvase
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    Image of zenfluence zenfluence
    11/06/09

    @Rosa Golijan: But jerkish is the way to go. I'm in Atlanta, you have to be an ass to get anywhere #clockvase
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    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    11/06/09

    @zenfluence: But I'm in Florida. Ya gotta be nice to those below you. #clockvase
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    Image of Someone horked my name at engadget Someone horked my name at engadget
    11/05/09

    In reply to Vase Clock Is Designed To Break When The Right Moment Comes
    Finally, I can put that Ming on my mantle to good use. #clockvase
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    11/05/09

    In reply to Vase Clock Is Designed To Break When The Right Moment Comes
    in-tendon-ial? the mechanism happens in tendons, that's not a vase, but a living creature?! #clockvase
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    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    11/05/09

    @this_is_my_screen_name: Yes! And it's freed when the vase shatters. #clockvase
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    Image of spectralveil spectralveil
    11/05/09

    In reply to Vase Clock Is Designed To Break When The Right Moment Comes
    Did you intend to say intenzionale?
    ;P #clockvase
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    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    11/05/09

    @spectralveil: Maaaaybe. #clockvase
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    Image of Tyler Sebastian Tyler Sebastian
    11/05/09

    In reply to Vase Clock Is Designed To Break When The Right Moment Comes
    It's only time before someone pulls a "prank" on a passed out friend and puts their head in place of the vase.

    Any word on how you get a time from this? Or do you just have to wait until the darn thing shatters and makes a mess of your living room? #clockvase
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    11/05/09

    @Tyler Sebastian: It's like old clock towers. The number of chimes correlates to the time. #clockvase
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    11/05/09

    @Rosa Golijan: Last time I took a hammer and a chisel to a flower pot, the only sound that was made was the sound of breaking pottery. #clockvase
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    06/02/09

    In reply to PC-In-A-Vase Was Created by a Real Company, Not a Dodgy Hacker
    You guys really, really need to hire some proper geeks. Pretty much anyone who's built their own Computer knows ECS, and anyone who's done much work with computers knows to avoid them like the plague.


    ECS boards are a big part of why PCs have a reputation for being crashy.

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    06/02/09

    In reply to PC-In-A-Vase Was Created by a Real Company, Not a Dodgy Hacker
    Looks like just another way to hide your pr0n to me.
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    Image of bobojuice bobojuice
    06/02/09

    In reply to PC-In-A-Vase Was Created by a Real Company, Not a Dodgy Hacker
    ECS is little known? Granted they're not really the greatest pcb maker in the world, but I wouldnt describe them as that "little known" i have an ECS motherboard in a Athlon 1.3 (thunderbird) system that still works flawlessly after who knows how many years.
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    06/02/09

    @bobojuice: He said "little known" -- not "not known". You, sir, are the minority. Congrats on being little.
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    06/02/09

    @TriZz: ECS is quite well known to just about anyone who doesn't just buy a computer as-is.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    06/02/09

    In reply to PC-In-A-Vase Was Created by a Real Company, Not a Dodgy Hacker
    You'd be more impressed with my collection of web cams disguised to look like bedroom furniture.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    06/02/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: You'd be?
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    06/02/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: My webcam looks like a bathroom mirror.
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    06/02/09

    @SewerShark: Ew. BathroomCams weird me out.
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    06/02/09

    @31y/oToday_GitEmSteveDave: Depends on who is on the bathroom. And what is she doing there.
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    06/02/09

    @SewerShark: Playing Battleshits?
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    06/02/09

    @31y/oToday_GitEmSteveDave: Please note the member of the Obama Administration on the right. ;)
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    06/02/09

    In reply to PC-In-A-Vase Was Created by a Real Company, Not a Dodgy Hacker
    Next we need PC-in-a-Bong/Hookah to make this a multi-tasker. I think the final step would be Ball-In-A-Cup-PC.
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