the San Francisco treat. toot toot.
Backdrop college. I worked the binding machine at the campus copy shop (party ova heeeere)- whilst reading/binding an excerpt from the “traffic flow modeling” notes of a civil engineering course- i realized they were 20 years old… and this was like 7 years ago. (for you fellow art ppl- thats 20+7= 32 years) Coincidence? hardly.
The clips a bit slow in the beginning but wait for the pay off…. Now imagine doin this to 101 traffic during rush hour holmes!
Boingboing.net rox my sox. They just reposted an article discussing the economic impacts as well as what pretty much was the diamond industry’s worldwide PSYOPS campaign. Psychologically, consumption is hard wired. Conspicuous consumption, on the other hand, is steadfastly learned. The psychological manipulation of the general populace by savvy marketeers to swing towards such ridiculous norms for financial gains (aka ADVERTISING :P) is somewhat… Well, arseholish. Listerine coined the word HALITOSIS to scare the general (i.e. stupid) populace and drum up sales for its famed mouthwash. BUT mouthwash isn’t exactly a social status/ ritualistic necessity worth billions of dollars and thousands of lives… although some heads should REALLY look into it…esp on bart…
The craving for what essentially is super dense dino doodoo has always eluded me - they’re completely ordinary. on the tip of a drill sure they do great… but shit, if you rub MUD for long enough- it’ll shine… Now that recent developments in manufactured diamonds have peaked- the possibility of the syndicate’s world market collapsing hovers weakly over their heads. Are these cartels indeed holding back the world’s progress by keeping us out of possibly the next age – the Carbon/diamond Age? With cheap manufactured diamonds (aka CARBON) -replacing silicon/IC technology in computers and EVERYTHING from coating engine pistons to sushi knives, life could be improved a hundred fold… Alas the bottom dollar says it all I suppose. And De Beers is certainly not looking forward to this huge paradigm shift. That is, if it ever even happens…this article was after all written 20+ years ago :D
“legitimate diamonds” = sold conflict diamonds
oh and lookie here… De Beers might have lost it. but the market is still awash with ppl pining for that rock… kinda like crack.
Dear lord jesus dont show me sh!t like this. I’d never leave the house, cept for the occasional drug addled fornication stint… ok no.
YES. Thats a tap that’ll pour your favorite bubbly corn soda right in the convenience of your own home… no more blackouts in dirty peepee filled alleys- no more waking up in random barns. er houses. now you just wake up inside your oven or at the least with your face on the foreman grill… SCORE.
I’ve been lusting after late model VW turbo diesels just to gut it to make one of these. Only in sweaty Califas is it practical to be lugging around 10 gallons of cold-weather-coagulating fat in the trunk. but lordy, lordy- thats free mileage at only an estimated 10% power loss! Most restaurants have to pay a disposal fee for their fat fryer oil. thus VIOLA! free gas b*tches! you can always swab your teenage sisters face or squeeze gheri curls for that extra mile…
no really with tons upon tons of agricorp crops goin to waste in fields in the name of “market stabilization”, one would figure that could be sold to biofuel refineries etc. The subjects been beaten to death but Mcdonalds with its fat packed commodities could theoretically open a biofuel branch itself… i mean c’mon…Biodiesel’s been integrated into most European infrastructures already- yes EUROPE. they dont even have a CAN in their name! We’re ‘MeriCANS!
Anyone has any oldie diesels laying about?! Imagine, life could be a roadtrip based solely on driving to the next town to eat that deep fried cheesecake! The dream would end only from arterial plaque.
cmon!? it dances sings and bodypops! how can they kill this to keep PS3 from dying… then again it was supposed to go for something in the ballpark of 20000 usd. who needs friends when you can just have like 4 of these… or 15…
robots doing the robot to the robot!
oh and Qrio’s ginormous but eerily charming cousin ASIMO talks! He also runs like a desperately bathroom-seeking toddler. Of course it peepee dances accordingly.
omfg. transformer robo watch the video!
ok you b@astards no longer need sniper-like accuracy when R-kelly’ing (remix) in the bathroom… the FYOOTURE saves the dirty likes of all you! Through the wonders of nanotechnology - your bumbum needs not be voilated by dirty toilet ever again… or so the theory goes.
So wait. if the material oxidizes constantly- wont it vapourize your butts? Would that make Duchamp’s “fountain” a bonafide work of modern art?!
Your in Urine!
Seriously. i’d sell my house for one. Who wouldnt. its a f*ckin REAL mecha! like a giant one that can throw 1200lbs each arm! ok you have to pilot it and it doesnt transform. BUT wouldnt you feel like a stublefaced beaucoup badass savin childrens with yo hydraulic claws- fightin’ evil with yo high tech snowplow! check out the interface! holy shite. Who wouldnt do the robot or body pop with that on?!
OK, so i know non lethal death implements “solutions” are of course what we should be working towards and encouraging. However, one would imagine we could come up with something a bit less… well, obnoxious and high in @sshole factor. Apparently this weapon’s as ‘Merican as it gets - it inexplicably gets under your skin then proceeds to cause immense pain and suffering. Blares obnoxiously announcing its presence in foriegn public spaces. (if you travel alot that’s a HAHA) Not to mention it parades about blinding n’ dazzling “furriners” with its ridiculously expensive accoutrements. not to mention it drives a HUMMER! (ok fine its military- we’ll let it slide. this time…) If thats not enough it can just shoot ppl if being a d$ck fails. (much like in Oakland or E. LA)
Hell while we’re at it, i suppose its not as muchuva humanitarian party without thermobarics either!
Ahhhh the fresh scent of civilization’s progression- /sniff sniff. smells like…
burnt cordite?
Singed flesh?
HELL NAW. smells like FREEDOM tah ME!
/cue electric guitar.
bamboo + plywood = Plyboo?! i’d make a green anything just to say i used PLYBOO init… this is actually a East village/ New York bakery called the “birdbath.” Greenie building materials were used in the entire construction. Our environmental footprints still remain but atleast they’re a bit less sasquatch like.
So it looks like Disney’s pretty serious about trying to buy Pixar. While that may not bode well for Pixar’s practice of unrestrainedly crafting innovative and resonant entertainment, with any luck, we just may finally get “That’s so Raven 3D.”
