Random thoughts thread

[jawn]

I'm getting an alignment and the only thing they have on the TV is Law and Order SVU. I guess it's getting rapey today.

[Dimman]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Tape deck, door window, laser welder,... gotta tweak 'em all to get them to work just right. Story of my life.

I can has laser welder?

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Dimman

I can has laser welder?

You would make a great Bond Villon!

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Dimman

I can has laser welder?

Haha... I also interned for 3 years at Sandia National Labs. Not my toys.

[jawn]

[jawn]

Oh good. It's an SVU marathon.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by babydriver

I bet when you finished with the laser welder, it worked like the one Goldfinger tried to use to cut James Bond in half:

JB: "Do you expect me to talk?"

GF: "No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die."

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=...7ADDEA0015E187

They were all experimental setups that were wide open and quite lethal. Think of Leonard's lab multiplied by 1000.

Then, after college, I went to design motion systems for the company that made all those toys pictured.

[Dimman]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Haha... I also interned for 3 years at Sandia National Labs. Not my toys.

Wait what kind of laser welder are we talking about?

I only need ~100-150 Joules with a microscope. Jewelry stuff, not burning off Tco- err... Mr Bond's nutsack stuff.

Surely a little, tiny, unsuitable for torture, $25K laser welder wouldn't be missed...

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Dimman

I only need ~100-150 Joules with a microscope. Jewelry stuff, not burning off Tco- err... Mr Bond's nutsack stuff.

I would not be so much this





more this

[Talus1]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

...Three times now we have gone in and they have said "oh we just replace it but they don't make that one anymore take this one"...

That reminds me of the consulting company I worked at after university. There was some kind of photocopier sales war going on at the time. We just called up Xerox and they sent over a trial unit for free. After six months the sales guy started calling about whether we were going to buy it or not. We just called Cannon and got another trial unit, then on to a third company (I forget). Eventually we even went back to Xerox for the next newer model. We went for a couple of years without actually buying a photocopier before the sales guys got wise (or started to care)!

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Talus1

That reminds me of the consulting company I worked at after university. There was some kind of photocopier sales war going on at the time. We just called up Xerox and they sent over a trial unit for free. After six months the sales guy started calling about whether we were going to buy it or not. We just called Cannon and got another trial unit, then on to a third company (I forget). Eventually we even went back to Xerox for the next newer model. We went for a couple of years without actually buying a photocopier before the sales guys got wise (or started to care)!

Himmmm you may be onto something there since some of the car dealerships are doing 48 hour test drives. I wonder if I could get through any bad weather periods without driving my car?

[Teseo]

Debut of Zinedine Zidane as head coach was outstanding. Go Real Madrid!!

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Dimman

Wait what kind of laser welder are we talking about?

I only need ~100-150 Joules with a microscope. Jewelry stuff, not burning off Tco- err... Mr Bond's nutsack stuff.

Surely a little, tiny, unsuitable for torture, $25K laser welder wouldn't be missed...

You just need a magnifying glass.

The biggest one was a 20 Kw CW Nd-YAG. It would shoot through schools.

[WhiteFRS69]

IM ALIVE!!!