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by unclerob

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It's thursday today (4/13/06) and since tomorrow's a day off (Good Friday), I thought it might be fun to share some opinions & links to the weirdest computer accessories that you don't have yet & why you don't have them.

I'll start it off with this one,
USB powered desktop tanning center,
here's the link:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/usbtanner.shtml?cpg=28H

I don't have one of these because I burn like a sinner - I'm fair skinned and a few hours in the hot sun changes my skin color from ghost white to dark red/purple. I can only imagine what my face would look like after a day of having this usb powered desktop tanning center running at my desktop.

What's the weirdest computer accessory that you don't have (& why)?

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by dr dij

maybe you could use it as a portable pizza cooker!

I don't have one of those prototype 'printers'. They 'print' layers of plastic on top of each other and create plastic prototypes from your cad design. Reason I don't have one? Cost!

by jdclyde

the tanner attachments, what kinds of EMI and RF they send off to scramble your monitor and speakers?

by Member 25348569

?13.00. That's around $22 in your funny green money.

http://www.gadgetsquick.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=208

A question...

Why are the US notes all the same size and colour? Must be a real bugger if you're blind. I know your wonderfully user-friendly capitalist system doesn't want to re-engineer note slots in vending machines just for a few blind people but don't you think that it's a bit naff? Bloody easy to counterfeit, as well.

Couldn't the different denominations have different smells?

by dr dij

to green and tannish-orange. to make them harder to counterfeit.

I think we're afraid to change as many of the world's other countries hoard $ as a hedge in case their own country hyperinflates, or for their own smuggling, or drug operations.

If it changes color, they'll think the money is not real (and then the value of US currency will collapse :)

I think we're also afraid of the 'brazil factor' where they have 'interior designer' type notes in pink and purple I hear. we're just too uptight.

Plus they have the nickname 'greenbacks..' hard to change.

by old guy

After seeing some people take their paper money out of their shoes, their socks, their bras (a lot of these usually don't look very, shall we say clean), and other places, I really wouldn't want to sniff any of the money. :-(

by jdclyde

you can tell which one dollar bills have been through the peeler joints! :0 How is THAT for a visual?

Better than the canuks though. With the "loonie" coin, what do you do, pretend she is a slot machine? ;\

by jdclyde

They say the vast majority of all paper currency in the US has traces of cocain on it....

If you lick enough of it, you just might get a rush! :D

by jaqui

they went worse than that in the shrapnel attack, they also have a twonie. rumour has it that they are designing a five dollar coin also.

benefit, the coins have, at time of release a face valuse and metal content value that match.

the loonie is worth one dollar in metal content.
the twonie is worth two dollars in metal content.

by oneamazingwriter

Is an ultra sonic field that is so powerful that it will repel liquids from hitting my keyboard when I spill the drinks that I am not supposed to sip at my computer. I think it would be a great companion to Neil's cup warmer.

Now get to work, Guys, and invent one for me!! I'll market it for you!

by colonel panijk

...on the front of the machine to hold your drink, and sip through a straw. You know, the cupholder that pops out with a whirring noise when you press the button? What do you mean it's not...

by oneamazingwriter

So that's what that thing is!! ROFL (Another end user "bytes" the dust, thanks To TR Support!)

Edit: "Bytes" is cooler, don't you think? :D

by dr dij

I saw their catalog

soap with caffeine in it, absorbs thru your skin, ideal for the lazy geek who finds it too much trouble to make a cup of coffee. (but then why would they take the trouble to shower?)

Apparently I have an unwanted pc accessory - my pens keep disappearing from my desk, so I'm thinking there must be a mini-singularity / black hole PC accessory hidden somehow by my jet black file cabinet, tuned to suck in pens. Possibly invented by Deadly Earnest (see his discussion on gravity wave lasers)

by stargazerr

As for particularily lazy geeks showering ... I am guessing their wives force them each week .. :p

]:)

by unclerob

walking around all day long, wouldn't be used to walking around with something so big & heavy hanging from that general area...

....hmmmm... methinks I've said too much

- I think I'll stick to that coffee cup warmer/usb hub discussion

;-)

by jaqui

those lazy geeks don't get out enough to meet a woman to get married to! :P ]:)
their only "action" is the palm sisters.
[most likely the only action they have ever had ]

by ni70

I thought it was Rosey Palm and Mary Fist?

BTW, this geek was once upon a time married, but she couldn't handle me not making enough when I first started out in the IT field. When she wanted a divorce, I would not fill out or sign the papers because I didn't want her know how much I make:) (started out 28K and now 60K!) Take that to the bank now!

by dr dij

I mean, 'Tractor Beams'!

we've heard of them.

I'm adding them to my latest starcruiser ;)

by itgirli

That's the one I want and don't have. Thinkgeek also has USB george forman grill. One of these days I'm going to get them both and I'll never need to go into the kitchen ever again. Now if they could only make a USB toilet......

by dawgit

I didn't know there was a market for loonies over there. And they're worth a whole dollar? I should invest in some.

by unclerob

http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/7f5a/

Description: USB Beverage Chiller is the only way to keep a drink cold while you're at your computer - and it looks cool on any desktop. With the USB Beverage Chiller at your side, you can keep your beverage chilled and stay at your computer longer. This translates into greater work or gaming productivity - and what geek doesn't enjoy increasing their efficiency.
Just seconds after plugging the chiller into a USB port (no external outlet needed), the coldplate chills to 45 degrees Fahrenheit, the perfect temperature for helping keep your beverage cool.

Connection via USB
Coldplate chills to 45˚F
Helps keeps your beverage cool
USB cable length: 5 feet
Dimensions: 5.25" x 3.25" x 1.4"
Bottle of Bawls not included

* I've never heard of the brand "Bawls" before, I don't think we can get that here in Canada, but I'm sure other beverage can or bottle drinks would work.

Reason why I don't have it:
.... because I just found out about it today, could be a possible purchase though

by dr dij

Have been checking out auctions for these on eBay. $10k min, truck frt only; some pickup only.

Oh well! Due to cost and space considerations (and gf who says 'No!' to having this humonstrous thing in the house, complete with radiation source) will have to stick to my intel-play microscope attached to my PC. Not as clear an image tho.

by unclerob

the latest in a series of great typing courses by Mavis Beacon... don't get her angry during the lesson or ZZZZZZZAP!!!!

Apparently it's either guaranteed to get you typing 100wpm by the end of lesson 1 or a nasty nosebleed that doesn't stop for a few days.

... The joys of shock therapy, buy yours today!

That was hilarious, thanks for the link.

by dr dij

Does he know they are selling parts of his brain?

I've seen some interesting posts by him.
Might be worth getting one of these units.

by colonel panijk

I don't know about other countries, but in the U.S. it's been a lon-n-n-ng time since the metal in the coin was worth anything near the face value of the coin. I'd be surprised if anyone else had coins worth their metal content in day-to-day circulation -- it's an open invitation to melt them down or file off the edges (that's why coins have ridged edges, to make "clipping" easier to detect). A few years ago, when copper prices soared, people were hoarding pennies in hope that their copper content would exceed $0.01 each (BTW, U.S. pennies are mostly zinc now). Like paper money, metal coins no longer have intrinsic (metal content) value, just what the government says they are worth. Don't be surprised to see plastic coinage some time in the future, maybe with an embedded RFID chip!

by caduser

I beg to differ with you. It takes 160 pre-1984 pennies to make a pound. As a result, copper needs to be $1.60/lb. It is now ~$2.75/lb.

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