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if necessity if the mother of invention......

03/30/2008 3:03 PM

Than what the hell do you call this?

I thought we needed to NEED the stuff before it was invented. I don't need this and I sure as hell don't think anybody else does.

If I were sitting next to some bastard doing that on the bus or in the train or anywhere else it might infringe into my life unwanted, I would force feed the damn thing to the user.

Why do we need this shit?

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Re: if necessity if the mother of invention......

03/30/2008 3:46 PM

Now, now, you don't want to hurt their self-esteem by chipping their teeth. Force-feed from the other end.

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03/30/2008 3:48 PM

Young people love this stuff, and they will buy it. Also, a salesman could find some use for it. I didn't think I needed a cell phone, now I can't live without it. Build it, and they will come.

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Re: if necessity if the mother of invention......

03/30/2008 4:02 PM

If I had a small penis I might think one was some compensation?

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Re: if necessity if the mother of invention......

03/30/2008 4:03 PM

Another distraction.

I don't think the need was here to develop it, but because they could due it. Unfortunatly there are people with short attention spans that will buy it.............Oh, I see the need now, the need to make money.

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Re: if necessity if the mother of invention......

03/30/2008 4:45 PM

Hello case491

The big question remains....

Will battery technology improve to be able to use that new invention?

Kind Regards....

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03/30/2008 5:23 PM

No need, just go backwards in technology like this


Force them to carry one of these babies around and I guarantee it will not catch on.

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Re: if necessity if the mother of invention......

03/30/2008 5:50 PM

Hello case491

Ha ha ha

I do remember that passing phase in personal communications, but never could afford one, nor did I consider it necessary.

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03/30/2008 6:46 PM

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03/30/2008 7:32 PM

From the article: "The projectors may be particularly useful for business presentations — for example, when road warriors need to show a product video to small groups."

That could be useful. Unfortunately, it will probaly just be another G-Awful mess that we all have to deal with, by people trying to boost their importance with electronics.

P.S. I will hold them, while you do the feeding!

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03/31/2008 3:30 PM

We need a third one for the feeding up the wrong end of the battery unit, DEL..where are you? Oh there goes Sandra, she will do.

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03/31/2008 12:22 AM

I like it!

However, out of respect for you, case491, I'll use it only when I'm in the john.

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03/31/2008 3:21 PM

I hope you mean on the John

In the John you could be in trouble and bound to make a mess.

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Re: if necessity if the mother of invention......

03/31/2008 10:43 PM

I had to look up the meaning of "john".

I thought it meant the room itself, not the bowl, but according to my dictionary, it is the room.

In Men in Tights (or a movie with a title like that), King Richard punished Prince John by declaring that, "from this day forth, all lavatories shall be called 'johns'!"

Anyway, it'll be a nice change from reading a magazine or newspaper while taking a crap.

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04/01/2008 7:28 AM

Yes, it'll be a great change to see Sandra's holiday photos instead of reading Time or Popular Mechanix.

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04/01/2008 8:22 AM

Ok, I thought it was the bog itself. Wrong again, never mind.

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03/31/2008 4:09 AM

That will be real fun...now we can all see Sandra's holiday photos

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Re: if necessity if the mother of invention......

03/31/2008 9:58 AM

ok Del, who the heck is Sandra?

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Re: if necessity if the mother of invention......

03/31/2008 9:18 AM

Interesting.... I've always thought that should be, "Necessity is an inventive mother."

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03/31/2008 3:24 PM

Hey, what if a fpelling miftake between friendf?

Hey fjit, I fuddenly have a lifp.

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Re: if necessity if the mother of invention......

03/31/2008 9:56 AM

I guess it would save them from having to go round the office showing their cell phone videos to everyone individually.

We could have instances of 'wall rage' as people fight over suitable areas of blank wall.

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03/31/2008 10:01 AM

"Necessity is the mother of invention" is a common expression. However, many argue that boredom or technology are the mothers of invention.

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Re: if necessity if the mother of invention......

03/31/2008 9:31 PM

Actually, I think lazyness is the mother of invention!!

We are always looking for an easier way to do something.

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03/31/2008 10:08 AM

Oh, PUH-LEEZE! Use your imagination, man...we NEED this kind of krep to more fully and effectively annoy our fellow travelers! Panasonic is happily and efficiently filling this need with the unit, and you apparently will be helping them sell several more units than they anticipated (to replace those you stuffed somewhere).

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Re: if necessity if the mother of invention......

03/31/2008 10:38 AM

everybody thought R2D2 was pretty cool when he/it projected Princess Leia to Luke and Obe Wan. heh heh .. this technology may not be the final answer, but you never know what will come next, based on this link in the chain.

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03/31/2008 12:03 PM

for example, there is a story from ancient times... that Gudea had the plans for a temple shown to him in 3D on his lap by the gods. (in a dream.. or was that virtual reality)

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Re: if necessity if the mother of invention......

03/31/2008 11:15 AM

You have the premise backwards. The correct version is "Invention is the mother of necessity".

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03/31/2008 11:33 AM

Hmmm...I always heard it as "Necessity is a MOTHER..."

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Re: if necessity if the mother of invention......

03/31/2008 12:01 PM

Need has NEVER been a pre-requisite for much of anything having to do with retail sales. Just look at bottled water, the biggest fraud pulled off on the American public since I don't know when. People paying several bucks for the ability to walk around with what's suppose to be a status symbol which, unfortunately, isn't particularly well regulated so..... wonder where a lot of that water comes from? Me too....

It will be a lot of fun to carry one of these around with a continuously rotating color wheel to "over write" (over lite?) the projected spam.

Of course, then we'll have the power wars, where more & more powerful LED's will be used to make the owners projector ->The Biggest, Brightest & Best!<- Yet another method for compensating for various personal inadequacy's of their owners. Another useless hummer of a device.

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03/31/2008 3:56 PM

I was in the supermarket yesterday and saw they now have little boxes of water! And the expiration date is 2013! Wow! Do they irradiate these? If the Russians and the US get back into a cold war, I'm buying some for my fallout shelter.

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03/31/2008 4:07 PM

Why, do they block radiation really well or something? How high do you need to stack them to survive an atomic bomb dropped at less then 1000K away? Does it also work with H-bombs?

Maybe I should keep up with the times more and read some of those supermarket advertising leaflets, I am sure they tell you all this as it is a great selling point.

Beer in cans keeps for a long time too, why don't you buy that instead?

Ok, I'll mark myself off topic here and go away.

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03/31/2008 4:41 PM

Since it's already O-T... I just found out something over the weekend. Harley Davidson made a special edition (3,000 bikes only) called the 'Night Train' that comes from the factory with a matte black powder (I presume electrostatic coating) finish on the tank, fenders, and most of what is normally chrome. It is gorgeous, and I'm told it is durable (doesn't get shiny soon). If you still have an interest, let me know and I'll see what more I can find out.

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03/31/2008 4:49 PM

Special edition, for a while H-D couldn't even keep up on the demand of it's production bikes.

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03/31/2008 4:56 PM

Hey enviroman, Night Train has been out for years man. What date was on that mag of yours?

Night train was black as the night and yes it was crinkle black finish which does not go shiny. But hope you never touch the stuff with any polish because if you do, you will have a hard job getting it back off. You will be there forever trying to wash the stuff out of those crinkles.

Yes I agree it looked good but I am biased, I think most look good. I am just not such a sucker that I go running to the dealer stealer every year to get my dose of new man hype thrown at me for my hard earned money.

I don't pose, I ride.


Nice deep black engine enamel. Almost as good as Duff beer but than with 88% pigment.

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03/31/2008 5:38 PM

No mag, new bike - buddy of mine just picked it up during Daytona Bike Week. And no crinkles either, just a smooth matte black. This is a whole new 'Night Train' I guess. But last I heard, you were fascinated with a black and blue (hey, those are MY colors, too! ) paint job.

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03/31/2008 4:55 PM

"Beer in cans keeps for a long time too,.."

not unless you figure bud or something like that is good beer & worth keeping...

Real beer isn't pasteurized hence is still alive. The only one(s) that keep