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Riches from Dumb Ideas

ercoerco Posts: 20,260
edited 2011-03-28 18:52 in General Discussion
Maybe we're overthinking things here. Perhaps everything doesn't need a processor. Or Bluetooth, Hifi, Wifi, HDMI, MP3, dongles, USB, IR remote, auto-sync, or even an app.

http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/8-ridiculous-ideas-made-people-ridiculously-rich-20110322-154408-053.html

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-10-most-idiotic-inventions-weve-ever-encountered-2010-10

I wonder if this would work for people: http://cgi.ebay.com/Medium-SlowEm-Down-Pet-Bowl/320674569534?_trksid=p1468660.m2000037

Comments

  • HollyMinkowskiHollyMinkowski Posts: 1,398
    edited 2011-03-28 10:41
    erco, here's another dumb idea that will probably make someone rich.

    "Cloud Girlfriend is a service that will allow you to "connect and interact with [your perfect girlfriend whom you have defined] on your favorite social network.""

    Virtual Girlfriends LoL
    http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/mimssbits/26567/?nlid=4279


    Maybe I could start up a service to provide virtual gf's that are technologically
    inclined. ...Guys sometimes ask me where they can find a tech savvy gf like me.
    (If they are really cute I say "well, here I am ...if they are creepy pests I say
    "I don't know, I've been looking for one for years"" LoL :-)
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,260
    edited 2011-03-28 10:47
    Holly, you have a snappy answer for EVERYTHING.

    Just like me.

    Boids of a feathuh... :)
  • HollyMinkowskiHollyMinkowski Posts: 1,398
    edited 2011-03-28 10:58
    Yes, I'm snappy.
    (sometimes a wise-*** it has been alleged) LoL

    I have to fight the urge everyday to be sarcastic...it's sometimes
    really tough to hold back...unleashed I'm more Joan Rivers than
    I am demure.
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,260
    edited 2011-03-28 11:18
    Who's gonna question the girl with a galil?

    I mean, you RULE the motion control world: http://www.galilmc.com
  • sam_sam_samsam_sam_sam Posts: 2,286
    edited 2011-03-28 13:42
    Yes, I'm snappy.
    (sometimes a wise-*** it has been alleged) LoL

    I have to fight the urge everyday to be sarcastic...it's sometimes
    really tough to hold back...unleashed .
    <...............I feel your pain your not alone
  • doggiedocdoggiedoc Posts: 2,246
    edited 2011-03-28 13:58
    I have to fight the urge everyday to be sarcastic...it's sometimes
    really tough to hold back....

    I too have the Sarcasm Gene. It gets me in more trouble. :D
  • HollyMinkowskiHollyMinkowski Posts: 1,398
    edited 2011-03-28 14:25
    I had no idea there was an automation company named galil :-)

    The galil I referred to is a firearm....but of course you know that.

    In uniform I look like a nervous girl scout with a weapon. I don't carry it
    around though, I'm classified as someone who will never see combat.
    The course we take is called "Gunner 02"...nothing like the actual
    troops take. My Dad begged me to send him a few pics of me in my
    uniform while holding out that scary gun and making a grimace.
    I refused, I don't want him dragging that out at family get togethers
    till the day I die...arrrrggghj I told him they don't like even the low
    level officers posing in ways that could tarnish the dignity of the force.

    They called me in when I decide to get my mandatory service over with.
    and asked me why I had such a big mouth. I was stunned, I had no idea
    what they were talking about. They felt that I may have said sensitive things
    about defense equipment and methods on some internet blogs. I just started
    scratching my head and saying they must be looking at the wrong blogs
    they just couldn't be mine and that I would never reveal unpublished data of
    any sort. It took 3 months for them to scour all the websites, blogs, boards
    ...etc etc and research to make certain I was right. Finally a report was worked
    up and it stated that not in a single instance was confidential information breached.
    WheW! Once that was over I started posting on the web again, you may have noticed
    my 3 month absence,... I never even went back to my assembly language blog at all.
    The ordeal just took the wind out of my sail for that project :-(

    After all that hoohaaa and a bunch of tests it was decided I would make a passable intelligence officer so
    I got the lowest rank you can get and still be an officer, Segen mishne סג"מ
  • sam_sam_samsam_sam_sam Posts: 2,286
    edited 2011-03-28 14:32
    Holly

    Your full of surprise and you seem to lead an interesting live keep up the good work
  • HollyMinkowskiHollyMinkowski Posts: 1,398
    edited 2011-03-28 14:48
    DoggieDoc
    When you have a flair for sarcasm and a ready wit you are packing
    dynamite. The stuff just pops into your head and you know that the whole
    room will erupt with laughter if you would just spit it out. It's like trying
    to keep away from drugs if you are an addict.

    I can't handle hurting someones feeling and with sarcasm, no matter
    how hilarious it is, feelings will be hurt. :-(

    I once was about 10 years old back in the southwest US and was with
    my Dad checking out at a car repair place. This place was called the Pep
    Boys and had a mascot sign with three guys on it named Manny Moe and Jack.

    The guy in front of us in line felt he was being cheated and treated unfairly and
    was arguing back and forth with the clerk. finally something sarcastic popped
    into my little head and I just blurted it out and grinned real big. I said "Manny, Moe
    and Gyp" Everyone in line started laughing, I though one guy was going to fall
    on the floor LoL You had to just be there...it was scream out loud funny in person.

    I was somewhere else with an uncle and he asked the plumbing guy if the boy he
    was sending out to replace the shower did good work. He looked at the wall where
    an old sign said "Service is Our Middle Name" I instantly quipped "is your first name
    Shoddy"? (shoddy is not the word I used..I cleaned it up for the forum) every man
    in that place broke down laughing..it was a riot.
  • RavenkallenRavenkallen Posts: 1,057
    edited 2011-03-28 18:52
    @Holly... I am also the chief of sarcasm at my house. I have been called a smart*** many times:) Even by my own mom... Seriously, though. I am glad you told us why you were away from the forums for so long. We missed your witty input:)
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