Cool Rube Goldberg Machine...

[trickblue]

For those of you that don't know what a Rube Goldberg Machine is, Wikipedia describes it as such:

Rube Goldberg machine or device is any exceedingly complex apparatus that performs a very simple task in a very indirect and convoluted way. It first appeared in Webster's Third New International Dictionary with the definition, "accomplishing by extremely complex roundabout means what actually or seemingly could be done simply." The expression has been dated as originating in the US around 1930to describe Goldberg's illustrations of "absurdly-connected machines".​

They are usually pretty fascinating but relatively short in time to perform their function. This one goes for three minutes which is pretty long for this type of machine...

http://www.chilloutzone.de/files/player.swf?b=10&l=197&u=ILLUMllSOOAvIF//P_LxP92A42lCHCeeWCejXnHAS/c

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

That was pretty cool.

I copied your post and shared it on a couple of guitar forums I visit.

 

[joseephuss]

Rube Goldberg machine or device is any exceedingly complex apparatus that performs a very simple task in a very indirect and convoluted way.

At first I thought this was good description of Congress. But they Congress doen't actually perform the tasks, they just move in an indirect and convoluted way.

 

[Danny White]

At first I thought this was good description of Congress. But they Congress don't actually perform the tasks, they just move in an indirect and convoluted way.

That is hilarious!

 

[trickblue]

At first I thought this was good description of Congress. But they Congress doen't actually perform the tasks, they just move in an indirect and convoluted way.

touche'...

Funny in the wikipedia piece is references politics and Rube Goldberg machines...

 

[DallasCowpoke]

Does anyone have a link to that Honda or maybe it was a Toyota commercial that was going around the web about 8-10 years ago that was one of these "Rube G" themed things? It was never released in the states, but made the email rounds pretty heavily.

 

[trickblue]

Does anyone have a link to that Honda or maybe it was a Toyota commercial that was going around the web about 8-10 years ago that was one of these "Rube G" themed things? It was never released in the states, but made the email rounds pretty heavily.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UScbWzhieNc

 

[DallasCowpoke]

http://img.***BLOCKED***/albums/v628/cowboyszone/thread_stuff/use_google.jpg


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UScbWzhieNc

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[Faerluna]

Cool people use Ask, because Google is de debil.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

Cool people use Ask, because Google is de debil.

Hard to trust a company that fired the dear old butler.:

Poor Jeeves is out on the bread lines now.

 

[trickblue]

Cool people use Ask, because Google is de debil.

I've used Ask, but it doesn't return near the results on Cowboys articles as do Google and Yayhoo...

 

[Yeagermeister]

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Were did you find that pic of TB? :laugh1:

 

[Faerluna]

I've used Ask, but it doesn't return near the results on Cowboys articles as do Google and Yayhoo...

I'll do a little research and run that up the flagpole.