The Geek Crew › General Category › The Mother Board › Random Stupidity
(Moderators: b0b, MediaMaster)
‹ Previous Topic | Next Topic ›
Page Index Toggle Pages: 1 ... 148 149 [150] 151 152 ... 155 Send TopicPrint
Very Hot Topic (More than 100 Replies) Random Stupidity (Read 413966 times)
b0b
GeekCrew Administrator
FTP Server
*****
Offline


The revolution will not
be televised.

Posts: 7803
Location: Battle Creek, Michigan
Joined: Oct 15th, 2005
Gender: Male
Re: Random Stupidity
Reply #2235 - Feb 20th, 2014 at 1:26pm
Print Post  
Alright, which one of you bums sent this to me?



Thank you, I'm going to throw it in my coat pocket and whip it out whenever I need to clean up my 'do.


-b0b
(...is going to be a big hit with the ladies.)
  
Back to top
WWWFacebookTwitter  
IP Logged
 
MediaMaster
GeekCrew Administrator
FTP Server
*****
Offline


Holy Xenu!

Posts: 1884
Location: Detroit
Joined: Oct 15th, 2005
Gender: Male
Re: Random Stupidity
Reply #2236 - Feb 21st, 2014 at 1:44am
Print Post  
Wink
  
"Our Constitution is designed only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate for any other."&&&&John Adams&&
Back to top
WWW  
IP Logged
 
b0b
GeekCrew Administrator
FTP Server
*****
Offline


The revolution will not
be televised.

Posts: 7803
Location: Battle Creek, Michigan
Joined: Oct 15th, 2005
Gender: Male
Re: Random Stupidity
Reply #2237 - Mar 10th, 2014 at 5:16pm
Print Post  
Tomorrow, a robot is going to face off against a world champion in a game of ping pong.  This should be interesting!




-b0b
(...take a hike, Deep Blue!)
  
Back to top
WWWFacebookTwitter  
IP Logged
 
b0b
GeekCrew Administrator
FTP Server
*****
Offline


The revolution will not
be televised.

Posts: 7803
Location: Battle Creek, Michigan
Joined: Oct 15th, 2005
Gender: Male
Re: Random Stupidity
Reply #2238 - Mar 26th, 2014 at 8:29am
Print Post  
I've been keeping a close eye on the Oculus Rift virtual reality device and I was going to pick up a second-hand dev kit, but now I'm having second thoughts.  Facebook has announced intentions to buy Oculus for $2 billion.  Lots of people that are huge supporters of the technology are up in arms over the announcement, as this almost surely spells doom for the game-oriented design of the product.  Facebook has a history of buying companies and running them straight into the ground.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/facebook-to-acquire-oculus-252328061.htm...

Valve was working on their own VR tech for awhile and gave away a lot of their research to Oculus.  Apparently, no good deed goes unpunished in the business world.  Also, John Carmack of Id fame (Doom, Quake, Rage, etc.) left Id and their parent company Bethesda a couple months ago to become the CTO of Oculus.  That means John Carmack now works for Facebook.  Think about that for a minute.


-b0b
(...ugggggh.)
  
Back to top
WWWFacebookTwitter  
IP Logged
 
The_Fat_Man
Wootzor von Leetenhaxor
FTP Server
*****
Offline


Grand High Overlard

Posts: 928
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Joined: Oct 17th, 2005
Gender: Male
Re: Random Stupidity
Reply #2239 - Mar 26th, 2014 at 2:51pm
Print Post  
I posted on NeoGAF that this is the equivalent of Starbucks buying Tesla Motors.

I just don't understand.
  
Back to top
YIMAIM  
IP Logged
 
X
Post Whore
FTP Server
******
Offline


And the truth shall set
you free

Posts: 4131
Joined: Oct 16th, 2005
Gender: Male
Re: Random Stupidity
Reply #2240 - Mar 27th, 2014 at 5:32am
Print Post  
The_Fat_Man wrote on Mar 26th, 2014 at 2:51pm:
I posted on NeoGAF that this is the equivalent of Starbucks buying Tesla Motors.

I just don't understand.


Ha!  That's a great comparison!

X
  
In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king. - Max Payne
Back to top
 
IP Logged
 
b0b
GeekCrew Administrator
FTP Server
*****
Offline


The revolution will not
be televised.

Posts: 7803
Location: Battle Creek, Michigan
Joined: Oct 15th, 2005
Gender: Male
Re: Random Stupidity
Reply #2241 - Apr 24th, 2014 at 10:30am
Print Post  
OK, so maybe you wouldn't download a car, but a company in China is now using a large-scale 3D printer to build houses.

http://www.designboom.com/technology/3d-printed-houses-in-24-hours-04-24-2014/

I really think this is the future of the construction industry.  Sure, there will always be fancy buildings that aren't really amenable to 3D printing, but I imagine designers, engineers, and architects will gradually adapt their projects toward 3D printing construction.


-b0b
(...seriously cool stuff.)
  
Back to top
WWWFacebookTwitter  
IP Logged
 
The_Fat_Man
Wootzor von Leetenhaxor
FTP Server
*****
Offline


Grand High Overlard

Posts: 928
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Joined: Oct 17th, 2005
Gender: Male
Re: Random Stupidity
Reply #2242 - Apr 24th, 2014 at 9:47pm
Print Post  
Next step, Industrial replicators from Star Trek.
  
Back to top
YIMAIM  
IP Logged
 
b0b
GeekCrew Administrator
FTP Server
*****
Offline


The revolution will not
be televised.

Posts: 7803
Location: Battle Creek, Michigan
Joined: Oct 15th, 2005
Gender: Male
Re: Random Stupidity
Reply #2243 - Apr 25th, 2014 at 9:14am
Print Post  
I can't wait for the advent of nanobot-scale manufacturing.  Everybody will have a replicator sitting in their kitchen.


-b0b
(...has been reading Ray Kurzweil's books lately.)
  
Back to top
WWWFacebookTwitter  
IP Logged
 
b0b
GeekCrew Administrator
FTP Server
*****
Offline


The revolution will not
be televised.

Posts: 7803
Location: Battle Creek, Michigan
Joined: Oct 15th, 2005
Gender: Male
Re: Random Stupidity
Reply #2244 - Apr 28th, 2014 at 8:33am
Print Post  
And now for something completely random...




-b0b
(...doesn't get the ending?)
  
Back to top
WWWFacebookTwitter  
IP Logged
 
b0b
GeekCrew Administrator
FTP Server
*****
Offline


The revolution will not
be televised.

Posts: 7803
Location: Battle Creek, Michigan
Joined: Oct 15th, 2005
Gender: Male
Re: Random Stupidity
Reply #2245 - May 13th, 2014 at 8:50am
Print Post  
Here's a nifty website that demonstrates how correlation doesn't equal causation.

http://www.tylervigen.com/

Here is my favorite, demonstrating how worldwide non-commercial space launches correlate with sociology doctorates awarded in the US:

http://www.tylervigen.com/view_correlation?id=805


-b0b
(...math!)
  
Back to top
WWWFacebookTwitter  
IP Logged
 
b0b
GeekCrew Administrator
FTP Server
*****
Offline


The revolution will not
be televised.

Posts: 7803
Location: Battle Creek, Michigan
Joined: Oct 15th, 2005
Gender: Male
Re: Random Stupidity
Reply #2246 - May 22nd, 2014 at 10:00am
Print Post  
  
Back to top
WWWFacebookTwitter  
IP Logged
 
X
Post Whore
FTP Server
******
Offline


And the truth shall set
you free

Posts: 4131
Joined: Oct 16th, 2005
Gender: Male
Re: Random Stupidity
Reply #2247 - May 22nd, 2014 at 6:04pm
Print Post  
I'm learning and getting jiggy with it...at the same time!!!

X
  
In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king. - Max Payne
Back to top
 
IP Logged
 
b0b
GeekCrew Administrator
FTP Server
*****
Offline


The revolution will not
be televised.

Posts: 7803
Location: Battle Creek, Michigan
Joined: Oct 15th, 2005
Gender: Male
Re: Random Stupidity
Reply #2248 - May 22nd, 2014 at 9:13pm
Print Post  
Yeah, it totally has that Tunak Tunak Tun flair to it.
  
Back to top
WWWFacebookTwitter  
IP Logged
 
b0b
GeekCrew Administrator
FTP Server
*****
Offline


The revolution will not
be televised.

Posts: 7803
Location: Battle Creek, Michigan
Joined: Oct 15th, 2005
Gender: Male
Re: Random Stupidity
Reply #2249 - Jun 3rd, 2014 at 2:10pm
Print Post  
Detroit's new RoboCop statue will be unveiled today.

http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2014/05/detroits_10-foot-tall_bronze...


-b0b
(...bets it will get tagged instantly.)
  
Back to top
WWWFacebookTwitter  
IP Logged
 
Page Index Toggle Pages: 1 ... 148 149 [150] 151 152 ... 155
Send TopicPrint
‹ Previous Topic | Next Topic ›
 
  « Board Index ‹ Board Top  

The Geek Crew » Powered by YaBB 2.6.12!
YaBB Forum Software © 2000-2024. All Rights Reserved.

Valid RSS Valid XHTML Valid CSS Powered by Perl Source Forge