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Cyril Sneer posted:Found this local kickstart that is just completely This is killing me it's so good. quote:How can I order the UFO Mug after the campaign finished and sold out?
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I am going to back this demented UFO man but I don''t want to risk drinking out of his UFO mug
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Young Freud posted:I've seen this demonstrated when it was some Russian hacker building the thing (and it's likely the same guy trying to monetize his creation) and releasing the plans on the internet and the common conclusion was that this isn't really for doing a data wipe, but vandalizing computers. This thing is hilarious. Why not just disable the ports if you're so paranoid? Although on the upside, it did remind me of this classic: 
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mobby_6kl posted:This thing is hilarious. Why not just disable the ports if you're so paranoid? Was this the SEGA-Killer guy?
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No, etherkiller is as old as the Internet.
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https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ibreathe-fresh-air-anytime-anywhere--3#/ Fresh air any time, anywhere... which is just going to diffuse back into the surrounding atmosphere, thus having no real effect on the quality of air you actually breathe. Remember that Bluetooth-enabled water bottle? How's this for something that probably doesn't need to connect to a smart phone? https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/700989404/looncup-the-worlds-first-smart-menstrual-cup/description Crust First posted:I sure wish I had a magic USB powered cutting board. Crust First posted:Some kind of... magic usb drive. I wonder how Kickstarter's "working prototype rule would affect them. At least the laser razor thing showed a laser cutting hair (just way too slowly to be practical).
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Cockmaster posted:https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ibreathe-fresh-air-anytime-anywhere--3#/ Also lol @ it "destroying allergens". You know, allergens, like pollen, cats, mold, and cum. It's going to destroy them.
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Cockmaster posted:Remember that Bluetooth-enabled water bottle? How's this for something that probably doesn't need to connect to a smart phone? Nah, this is lousy in different ways-- like the fact that it has a non-rechargeable non-replaceable battery life of six months. Menstrual cups last at least six years. At thirty bucks it's actually cheap for a cup so it's not a completely worthless project but the battery thing, geez.
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neongrey posted:Nah, this is lousy in different ways-- like the fact that it has a non-rechargeable non-replaceable battery life of six months. Menstrual cups last at least six years. Only one size (for light or normal flow) because they didn't meet their "Stench Goal" (  ) so that's a whole bunch of period-havers who are going to be disappointed.But yeah seriously, it only lasts six months? That's bullshit. For $40 you'd want it to last a lot longer than six months. At that rate why not just buy pads and tampons? e: or a regular loving menstrual cup without super special colour-analysing software e: also """Loon Cup""" huh
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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fractalgears/fractal-gears-a-revolutionary-idea schizophrenic man pitches his cactus-inspired math theory/mechanical design. quote:Obviously our ancestors had access to very advanced technology that became lost in the immediate milleniums afterwards, a technology and means modern science still cannot explain until now. This invention shows how to make advanced gears , wheels , and drills from the cactus forms readily available in the desert climates where most megalithic structures are found. Any manufacturing engineer who looks at the cactuses in the video above should be able to see how a drill can be made from the natural forms by using a casting mold. Watching the pitch video is strongly encouraged
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CROWS EVERYWHERE posted:e: also """Loon Cup""" huh Completely original name. Do not steal.
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I think all menstrual cups need some sort of circuitous (or not) reference to the moon in them. Thanks, 1970s feminism!
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Holy cow. There's a guy like this who comes into my work sometimes and runs his powerpoint presentations by me. The last one was called 'AN EMERGING COSMOLOGY'. quote:I didn't want to look at any of the theories. I wanted to make a theory 'blind' edit: getting in a conversation with someone like this makes me want to smash my head through a wall. Nice Guy Patron has a new favorite as of 19:46 on Nov 8, 2015 |
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mobby_6kl posted:This thing is hilarious. Why not just disable the ports if you're so paranoid?
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Collateral Damage posted:Or just fill the port with hot glue. Better protection would be to fill the keyboard with goop. 
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goatse.cx posted:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fractalgears/fractal-gears-a-revolutionary-idea Holy poo poo this is great. It starts out a bit weird, but just gets progressively crazier and crazier as it goes on.
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neongrey posted:Nah, this is lousy in different ways-- like the fact that it has a non-rechargeable non-replaceable battery life of six months. Menstrual cups last at least six years. How feasible would it be to build a reliable watertight battery compartment into such a small space? Though I suppose there's also wireless charging. And speaking of batteries, both Kickstarter and Indiegogo regularly have people trying to get into the electric bike industry. This generally involves some attempt at innovation which, when you think about it, would offer little to no real-world improvement over the many e-bikes readily available today. Such as this: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/reveloflex/flex-smartest-folding-electric-bike-that-fits-you?ref=nav_search They brag about their "pedal assist" feature, which consists of pedals mounted directly to the front wheel like a child's tricycle. If you've ever so much as looked at someone riding a bike, you'll know that there's no way you can get any real torque in like that. Or this "solar powered" bike where the solar power comes from some little carport-like thing (if you commute via bike, there's a good chance you live somewhere where you wouldn't have the outdoor space for it): https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/xkuty-one-the-ibike-made-for-iphone#/
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Cockmaster posted:How feasible would it be to build a reliable watertight battery compartment into such a small space? Though I suppose there's also wireless charging. And if someone's got more than that pressure down there, they need to see a doctor.
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Nintendo Kid posted:They can put a works to 30 meters of water seal on the battery compartment of $8 tiny Casio watches, they could surely do one on that thing. Kegels, man. Kegels.
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Cockmaster posted:How feasible would it be to build a reliable watertight battery compartment into such a small space? Though I suppose there's also wireless charging. It's definitely not trivially addressed with the materials available to be used (everything's gotta be body-safe, for one, and actually still able to fit comfortably, for another), that's for sure. But I don't really think the answer to the problem is to cut your losses, say 'eh, gently caress it, you get six months', and leave it at that.
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A Kickstarter has been started to take something up to eleven. Depending on the stretch goal hit, it could be Experiment 1103, 1106, 1109 or 1112.
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BiggerJ posted:A Kickstarter has been started to take something up to eleven. Depending on the stretch goal hit, it could be Experiment 1103, 1106, 1109 or 1112. I scrolled down to read all the tiers and, after the "own a Crow" and "own a Servo" I am frankly disappointed there's no "own a Joel". I WOULD have been willing to put up the money, but alas. edit: Also, someone has already pledged the lone spot in the top (10,000 buckaroos) tier. That person must really fuckin love MST3K.
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Especially as the fine print mentions that actually that tier is 15k, Kickstarter tops out at 10, they expect the person to pay an additional 5,000 after.
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BiggerJ posted:A Kickstarter has been started to take something up to eleven. Depending on the stretch goal hit, it could be Experiment 1103, 1106, 1109 or 1112. I really like MST3k, but please god no....
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Mike isn't involved, and neither are Kevin and Bill, judging from the bot voices in the video.
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Yeah, it will feature new mads, a new host, and new voices for the bots.
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RandomPauI posted:Yeah, it will feature new mads, a new host, and new voices for the bots. HEY GUYS HELP US RESURRECT THIS THING YOU LOVED* * may actually be entirely different from the thing you loved
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I'd back it if they just made new robots. New everything else, why not new robots?
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muscles like this? posted:Especially as the fine print mentions that actually that tier is 15k, Kickstarter tops out at 10, they expect the person to pay an additional 5,000 after.
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I'm not that attached to characters from MST3K, so I'm completely fine with RiffTrax. I understand Joel wants to get back on TV, but I don't think it's such a good idea.
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Some things are best left observed through the rose colored glasses of nostalgia.
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I don't follow MST3k really but is there some sort of bad blood between Joel and the other cast members? It seems like all of the important cast is either involved with Rifftrax or Cinematic Titanic, so how do you try to bring back the show without involving any of them? It wouldn't be impossible to bring back MST3K and do it right. If you had the old cast members and wrote it well, it would be like picking up right where they left off. This seems like a half-baked idea.
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Hell you could use a new cast, just do different robots or whatever and actually change the show up. Don't just re-use the old stuff and pretend that the voices aren't different or whatever. As for bad blood between Joel & the other guys, according to Wikipedia quote:In contemporary interviews, Hodgson stated he was uncomfortable with acting and being in front of the camera, citing that as the reason he quit the show. During a 1999 interview with The Onion A.V. Club, Hodgson added that he and producer Jim Mallon had been fighting over creative control of MST3K. His departure allowed the show to continue and gave him the opportunity to focus more on his preferred creation and production work than on performing, which he did only reluctantly.
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wa27 posted:I don't follow MST3k really but is there some sort of bad blood between Joel and the other cast members? It seems like all of the important cast is either involved with Rifftrax or Cinematic Titanic, so how do you try to bring back the show without involving any of them? I think a lot of them don't want to pledge in to this unless it starts really getting in the cash. Separately, I mean, there were 5 and a half seasons of the show done without joel at all (outside of cameos). Absolutely nobody who was there when the show first started, or even when it was first on cable, was still there by the end, save Jim Mallon who was the pretty much never on screen producer guy and like maybe one other behind the scenes dude. So even just in the context of the original show, there's been several major changeups in staffing, as people went off to do other things, had their own careers. So it's not really a surprise that you don't have any given episode's full cast ready to go with Joel's project right now. Unfunny Poster posted:Don't just re-use the old stuff and pretend that the voices aren't different or whatever. Crow had two different actors, Servo had two actors with one of them changing the voice while he did it, Gypsy has been done by like 4 or 5 different people. It's hardly unheard of in MST3K!
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Mike Nelson put out a post saying that he isn't interested because he's spent the last nine years putting Rifftrax together and that takes up all his time. CT ended a while back and it sounded like the whole thing just completely fell apart because AFAIK you can't buy their back episodes anymore. Joel actually put out a statement about the whole new cast and the reason why he's doing it that way. Basically he wants to establish this as a new chapter for MST3K.
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wa27 posted:I don't follow MST3k really but is there some sort of bad blood between Joel and the other cast members? It seems like all of the important cast is either involved with Rifftrax or Cinematic Titanic, so how do you try to bring back the show without involving any of them? Cinematic Titanic was Joel's project. If I remember correctly Rifftrax and Cinematic Titanic had some live shows together, so I don't think there's any bad blood between them.
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Nintendo Kid posted:Crow had two different actors, Servo had two actors with one of them changing the voice while he did it, Gypsy has been done by like 4 or 5 different people. It's hardly unheard of in MST3K! That I did not know, but I'm also trying to remember watching the show from when I was a kid so there's that too. Thanks for the clarification.
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