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Title: You aren't a geek if you don't have this.
Post by: microsoft windows on Thu, 02 September 2010, 19:52:15
(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=12343&stc=1&d=1283474860)

Yes, here it is. The Flying Toaster screen saver from After Dark. I've had it on a floppy disk for years. You can't be a true geek without it.

(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=12342&stc=1&d=1283474786)
It's got some more screen savers if you're in the mood or get tired of watching the toasters.

I put it into a .zip file for you all to download  (http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=12344&stc=1&d=1283475084)it and get a taste of true geekiness.
Title: You aren't a geek if you don't have this.
Post by: wellington1869 on Thu, 02 September 2010, 19:58:54
anyone without a swiss army knife on their keychain cant possibly be a geek.
Title: You aren't a geek if you don't have this.
Post by: didjamatic on Thu, 02 September 2010, 20:24:33
Quote from: wellington1869;219361
anyone without a swiss army knife on their keychain cant possibly be a geek.

I tried to pack this but it's too heavy.  (Swiss Champ XXLT)
(http://www.swissmade.com/en/shop/image_calculate.php?id=4924&s=Victorinox%20-%20SwissChamp%20XAVT.jpg)

This is what I pack now, the single greatest warranty voider in existence:
(http://www.altrec.com/images/shop/detail/swatches/LEA/851.44075_d.jpg)
Title: You aren't a geek if you don't have this.
Post by: Superfluous Parentheses on Thu, 02 September 2010, 20:28:38
That thing in the OP looks like a windows program. Therefore, it's disqualified.


this is the mark of a geek (http://media.ks1075.com/AM%20SHOW%20JULY%202010/guy02.jpg)
Title: You aren't a geek if you don't have this.
Post by: EverythingIBM on Thu, 02 September 2010, 20:54:52
Quote from: ripster;219365
Fisher Space pen on your keychain.
Show Image
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4118/4883436900_e67885d832_z.jpg)


Hey Ripster, did your wife make you get a honda? Figures. You need a real American vehicle.
Title: You aren't a geek if you don't have this.
Post by: wellington1869 on Thu, 02 September 2010, 21:08:07
Quote from: didjamatic;219372


This is what I pack now, the single greatest warranty voider in existence:
Show Image
(http://www.altrec.com/images/shop/detail/swatches/LEA/851.44075_d.jpg)


i have one of those in my backpack :) I think that qualifies me as uber-geek. At the very least, I'll never meet a can that i cannot open.
Title: You aren't a geek if you don't have this.
Post by: clickclack on Thu, 02 September 2010, 21:24:54
Well except for the odd sandals and rippy's space pen stabby thingy I am sporting pretty much what was listed including the screensaver =) ... well kinda. I will up the ante by adding metal swatches, plastic swatches, and metal testing kit to my wallet and keychain.


I have an old Mac IIci and I have After Dark and More After Dark. But I need a new monitor and I need another copy of After dark so I can play Lunatic Fringe! My absolute favorite game of all time! I only wish I could get it for pc. I last played it 13 or so years ago but I think about it and miss it everyday =(
Title: You aren't a geek if you don't have this.
Post by: iMav on Fri, 03 September 2010, 00:21:17
Quote from: Microsoft Windows
Yes, here it is. The Flying Toaster screen saver from After Dark. I've had it on a floppy disk for years. You can't be a true geek without it.

Correction.  You can't be a true nerd without it.  ;)

Quote from: clickclack;219391
Lunatic Fringe! My absolute favorite game of all time!

The only old school windows game I liked was Hot Death Uno.  I'd love to get an online multi-player version of that game.
Title: You aren't a geek if you don't have this.
Post by: clickclack on Fri, 03 September 2010, 01:18:12
Quote from: iMav;219416
Correction.  You can't be a true nerd without it.  ;)
The only old school windows game I liked was Hot Death Uno.  I'd love to get an online multi-player version of that game.


I will look up that game you mentioned =)
That game Lunatic Fringe by the way was only a Mac game. It was odd too since it was part of the screen saver. So when the computer would go to sleep it would come on. It was soooooo damn cool! The sounds, the little hilarious space ships and fire power. I wish companies would re-release more old stuff.
Title: You aren't a geek if you don't have this.
Post by: EverythingIBM on Fri, 03 September 2010, 01:30:55
Quote from: clickclack;219422
I will look up that game you mentioned =)
That game Lunatic Fringe by the way was only a Mac game. It was odd too since it was part of the screen saver. So when the computer would go to sleep it would come on. It was soooooo damn cool! The sounds, the little hilarious space ships and fire power. I wish companies would re-release more old stuff.


I regret throwing away some of my old computer stuff -- you can pile on as many emulators and abandonware all you like, but it's just not like the real experience. And some of it is highly evasive anyhow.
Title: You aren't a geek if you don't have this.
Post by: clickclack on Fri, 03 September 2010, 01:47:44
Yeah I know what you mean, well I do now anyway =S
I still have that old IIci and the AEK II keyboard that came with it. It was my first mechanical keyboard but I didn't know that at the time =)
Here is a screen shot I found that shows the space ship (left side) in Lunatic Fringe and one of the bad guys (upper right). The odd blue and white pizza was your home base station that recharged you and spun around. Awesome, just AWESOME!
(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=12346&stc=1&d=1283496429)
Title: You aren't a geek if you don't have this.
Post by: EverythingIBM on Fri, 03 September 2010, 02:12:27
Quote from: clickclack;219428
Yeah I know what you mean, well I do now anyway =S
I still have that old IIci and the AEK II keyboard that came with it. It was my first mechanical keyboard but I didn't know that at the time =)
Here is a screen shot I found that shows the space ship (left side) in Lunatic Fringe and one of the bad guys (upper right). The odd blue and white pizza was your home base station that recharged you and spun around. Awesome, just AWESOME!
Show Image
(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=12346&stc=1&d=1283496429)

That reminds me of a game called "3D Astro Blaster", there would be alien ship bosses that kind of look like the pizza thing.
(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=12347&stc=1&d=1283497861)

Although I had to take a screenshot of it myself as I couldn't find any on google. It was published by romtech -- later to be known as eGames. You don't see too many eGames things anymore though... I remember when their games were plastered in every store. eGames this, eGames that. I'm one of the few who knows they did dirty tricks such as spyware into their installers.

I talked to the developer who made this game for them:
(http://www.villagetrading.com/images/spookyCastle_box.jpg)
He told me about it. They also treated him unfairly... and they would ask the movement for the keys to be changed: and then when they realized it was a stupid way of doing it, they would blame him! "why did you change it to this..." blah blah blah.
I'm kind of glad eGames is gone since they were so snobby, but at the same time due to nostalgia, it's shocking to me that I don't see their games on shelves anymore.
Title: You aren't a geek if you don't have this.
Post by: Findecanor on Fri, 03 September 2010, 02:40:52
I think that I have got a Flying Toaster screensaver on my old Amiga, but I have not used it for over a decade.
Title: You aren't a geek if you don't have this.
Post by: didjamatic on Fri, 03 September 2010, 02:50:29
Anyone running 3.1 should use HotDog Stand theme.  The end.

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VXvfsLM51Ew/SnjZUtlPpDI/AAAAAAAAAt4/aBBGVZ4mQJs/s400/windows-311-hotdog-stand-scheme.png)
Title: You aren't a geek if you don't have this.
Post by: nathanscribe on Fri, 03 September 2010, 12:44:45
I can still remember where the keywords are in Sinclair Basic on the ZX Spectrum.  Does that count?
Title: You aren't a geek if you don't have this.
Post by: HaaTa on Fri, 03 September 2010, 16:15:43
Quote from: didjamatic;219441
Anyone running 3.1 should use HotDog Stand theme.  The end.

Show Image
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VXvfsLM51Ew/SnjZUtlPpDI/AAAAAAAAAt4/aBBGVZ4mQJs/s400/windows-311-hotdog-stand-scheme.png)


I dunno, my burning retinas are telling me otherwise :P
Title: You aren't a geek if you don't have this.
Post by: ch_123 on Fri, 03 September 2010, 16:16:34
Jesus, that picture is actually painful to look at...

Was always more of a CDE fan myself. At least it ran on OSes that could actually do stuff -

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4b/DECwindows-openvms-v7.3-1.png)
Title: You aren't a geek if you don't have this.
Post by: microsoft windows on Fri, 03 September 2010, 17:40:04
Quote from: kishy;219379
Thanks MW, appreciated.


Sorry it took me so long though. Just had to get around to finding the floppy in all the plies of junk on my desks.

Make sure you run it on an old computer. If you don't, it'll run too fast.
Title: You aren't a geek if you don't have this.
Post by: TexasFlood on Fri, 03 September 2010, 21:20:13
Quote from: ch_123;219635
Jesus, that picture is actually painful to look at...

Was always more of a CDE fan myself. At least it ran on OSes that could actually do stuff -

Show Image
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4b/DECwindows-openvms-v7.3-1.png)

Man, reminds me of Solaris workstations back in the day.
Title: You aren't a geek if you don't have this.
Post by: instantkamera on Fri, 03 September 2010, 21:31:38
Quote from: TexasFlood;219712
Man, reminds me of Solaris workstations back in the day.


there's a good reason for that...
Title: You aren't a geek if you don't have this.
Post by: TexasFlood on Fri, 03 September 2010, 22:03:59
Quote from: didjamatic;219372
I tried to pack this but it's too heavy.  (Swiss Champ XXLT)
Show Image
(http://www.swissmade.com/en/shop/image_calculate.php?id=4924&s=Victorinox%20-%20SwissChamp%20XAVT.jpg)
That's just crazy.  It was tools like that which inspired this:
hl=en_US&fs=1">hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385">[/youtube]

[QUOTE="didjamatic;219372]This is what I pack now, the single greatest warranty voider in existence:
(http://www.altrec.com/images/shop/detail/swatches/LEA/851.44075_d.jpg)[/QUOTE]
I never got a squirt, but may I need one, :wink:.  I have a few multitools, more than I'll like to admit.  I like the Juice S2.  I got a yellow Juice KF4 earlier which I also like but the S2 is a better EDC choice.  There are better multitools, such as the Victorinox swisstool RS, and a number of others depending on your taste.  I knew a guy retired from the air force but still doing government work who swore by the swisstool RS, not the issued gerbers like most of them, carried it in the pocket of his jeans all the time.  It's nice but to bulky and heavy for my pocket.  I find the S2 hard to beat for EDC.  It's light and comfortable enough to keep in your pocket but still very functional.  You have to be careful once you get used to carrying these.  I was at the airport not long back where another ex-military tech was flying overseas and having to surrender his gerber cause he was so used to it that he just forgot he had it, he was understandably bummed.

Leatherman Juice S2
(http://media.rei.com/media/202837.jpg)

Victorinox SwissTool RS
(http://media.rei.com/media/cc/aa658308-1f90-464c-b23b-26d5e4c21976.jpg)
Title: You aren't a geek if you don't have this.
Post by: TexasFlood on Fri, 03 September 2010, 22:05:10
Quote from: instantkamera;219718
there's a good reason for that...

I thought so.  I have one in the closet.  Perhaps it's time to blow the dust off of it.
Title: You aren't a geek if you don't have this.
Post by: TexasFlood on Fri, 03 September 2010, 22:07:19
Quote from: didjamatic;219441
Anyone running 3.1 should use HotDog Stand theme.  The end.

Show Image
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VXvfsLM51Ew/SnjZUtlPpDI/AAAAAAAAAt4/aBBGVZ4mQJs/s400/windows-311-hotdog-stand-scheme.png)

Can't read the rest of this thread, my eyes are bleeding.
Title: You aren't a geek if you don't have this.
Post by: washuai on Fri, 03 September 2010, 22:23:04
Thanks for the flying toasters (although, I haven't borrowed a copy).  
I've been lazy since I last reloaded my system and am still using starfield and XP default blue.
I don't have any of those things and probably many others.  Given more often than not I'm not allowed to be armed, unless I want unpleasant complications, I can't even carry my wanna be swiss army knife.  
I'm a still proud to be a geek.

yea, that hot dog stand is horrible.  Only way to make it worse, would be to change the red to hot pink.  I like my color schemes dark, so not as to shine too much painful light into my eyes.  I'm so not happy that my employers have changed things to blinding frickin' white.  I miss the old mushroom colors.

It is like we went from
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BEaKoMc7mLc/Sv2Xx3Rjq7I/AAAAAAAABNc/uGILDaoMSXs/s400/The+Nerd-Rick+and+Willum.jpg)
to
(http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/02/500x_bobotheteddy_04.jpg)(http://www.walyou.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/steve-jobs-plush-doll-birthday.jpg)
Title: You aren't a geek if you don't have this.
Post by: keyboardlover on Fri, 03 September 2010, 22:38:36
Quote from: microsoft windows;219360

Yes, here it is. The Flying Toaster screen saver from After Dark. I've had it on a floppy disk for years. You can't be a true geek without it.


And...what is a floppy disk exactly?
Title: You aren't a geek if you don't have this.
Post by: EverythingIBM on Fri, 03 September 2010, 23:03:25
Quote from: keyboardlover;219746
And...what is a floppy disk exactly?

It's one of these:
(http://www.mumoh.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/5140-pc-convertible.jpg)

You shove them hard in your computer.
(http://eightinchfloppy.com/images/storage-8inch-floppy.jpg)

Here is the Japanese man at IBM who invented the floppy Disk:
(http://www.body-pixel.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Dr._NakaMats_1.jpg)

What else can they be used for instead of storage?
Art
(http://shechive.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/floppy-disk-nick-gentry-8.jpg)

Handbags:
(http://www.designboom.com/history/floppydisk/07.jpg)

The floppy ball:
(http://greenupgrader.com/files/2008/03/image143.jpg)

Pen holders:
(http://images.teamsugar.com/files/users/1/15111/28_2007/floppy-disk-pen-set.jpg)

OH yeah, and they can be used for storing files too, just make sure you have the right drives:
(http://www.walyou.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/funny-floppy-disk-image-thumb.jpg)
Title: You aren't a geek if you don't have this.
Post by: TexasFlood on Fri, 03 September 2010, 23:19:22
You shove them into one of these and type in your program then hand it off to the operator to run for you.  Modern technology much more advanced than a deck of punch cards!  :wink:

(http://www.science.uva.nl/museum/pictures/ibmdatastation.gif)
Title: You aren't a geek if you don't have this.
Post by: wellington1869 on Fri, 03 September 2010, 23:24:32
I'd like a flying toaster t-shirt.

basically just a pic of this (actual size) dead center on a plain black T.

(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.downloadsquad.com/media/2006/10/toaster91204.jpg)


or maybe this pic:
(http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090118014920/uncyclopedia/images/thumb/4/4d/496454_de246455ef.jpg/250px-496454_de246455ef.jpg)
Title: You aren't a geek if you don't have this.
Post by: TexasFlood on Fri, 03 September 2010, 23:51:45
Quote from: wellington1869;219764
I'd like a flying toaster t-shirt.

basically just a pic of this (actual size) dead center on a plain black T.

Show Image
(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.downloadsquad.com/media/2006/10/toaster91204.jpg)



or maybe this pic:
Show Image
(http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090118014920/uncyclopedia/images/thumb/4/4d/496454_de246455ef.jpg/250px-496454_de246455ef.jpg)


Check here (http://www.cafepress.com/+flying_toaster_fitted_tshirt,65101886) for flying toaster t-shirts, hats, mouse pads, clocks, coffee mugs, even underwear, :eek:
Title: You aren't a geek if you don't have this.
Post by: EverythingIBM on Sat, 04 September 2010, 00:05:34
Quote from: TexasFlood;219767
Check here (http://www.cafepress.com/+flying_toaster_fitted_tshirt,65101886) for flying toaster t-shirts, hats, mouse pads, clocks, coffee mugs, even underwear, :eek:


Look what else they sell as underwear:
http://www.cafepress.com/+usb_classic_thong,394305808 (http://www.cafepress.com/+usb_classic_thong,394305808)
Title: You aren't a geek if you don't have this.
Post by: wellington1869 on Sat, 04 September 2010, 00:10:10
Quote from: TexasFlood;219767
Check here (http://www.cafepress.com/+flying_toaster_fitted_tshirt,65101886) for flying toaster t-shirts, hats, mouse pads, clocks, coffee mugs, even underwear, :eek:


of course, cafepress :)  Thanks for the link ;) I might upload my own toaster pic though and put it on a T.  On most image-tshirts i find the images are too big for my taste. I like small/subtle images on tshirts.
Title: You aren't a geek if you don't have this.
Post by: Mercen_505 on Sat, 04 September 2010, 10:42:31
I'll see you are raise you one: I've coded my own screensavers.
Title: You aren't a geek if you don't have this.
Post by: ch_123 on Sat, 04 September 2010, 10:53:08
Quote from: TexasFlood;219762
You shove them into one of these and type in your program then hand it off to the operator to run for you.  Modern technology much more advanced than a deck of punch cards!  :wink:

Show Image
(http://www.science.uva.nl/museum/pictures/ibmdatastation.gif)


BUT OMG THEY CANT RUN WINDOWS

(And thus aren't a 'real' IBM, whatever that means)
Title: You aren't a geek if you don't have this.
Post by: KillerBee on Sat, 04 September 2010, 12:38:17
does this make me a geek?

(http://www.bigprojects.net/andy/nes/nintendo_nes.jpg)
Title: You aren't a geek if you don't have this.
Post by: KillerBee on Sat, 04 September 2010, 12:51:35
Quote from: kishy;219871
Only if you have these to go with it.

Show Image
(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=12372&stc=1&d=1283622093)


yup, thou I have a Super Nintendo not a PS3 like you (side grin)
Title: You aren't a geek if you don't have this.
Post by: EverythingIBM on Sat, 04 September 2010, 17:05:44
Quote from: kishy;219871
Only if you have these to go with it.

Show Image
(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=12372&stc=1&d=1283622093)


Not a valid youtube URL

GHOSTBUSTERS!
Title: You aren't a geek if you don't have this.
Post by: FourOhFour on Sun, 05 September 2010, 10:13:40
Quote from: TexasFlood;219729
That's just crazy.

No. This is just crazy:
(http://www.thinkgeek.com/images/products/frontsquare/giant_swiss.jpg)
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/tools/8b97/
Title: You aren't a geek if you don't have this.
Post by: mr_a500 on Sun, 05 September 2010, 10:39:17
Quote from: Mercen_505;219838
I'll see you are raise you one: I've coded my own screensavers.


Who hasn't? I've made literally hundreds.

Back in the DOS days, a favourite was one that took all the text on the screen and dropped it into a pile on the bottom. That really confused the hell out of people in the computer lab.
Title: You aren't a geek if you don't have this.
Post by: TexasFlood on Sun, 05 September 2010, 13:01:49
Quote from: FourOhFour;220101
No. This is just crazy:
Show Image
(http://www.thinkgeek.com/images/products/frontsquare/giant_swiss.jpg)

http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/tools/8b97/
All of these monsters are nuts with little practical value, it's just a matter of degree, :smile:.
Hammacher Schlemmer (http://www.hammacher.com/Product/74670) actually sells an even larger one.
(http://a248.e.akamai.net/f/248/9086/1h/s7diod-isorigin.scene7.com/is/image/Hammacher/74670?scl=2&fmt=jpeg)

Geeks need their toys.  Thus has it always been, :wink:.  Proof being the tool (big boy toy) (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1247230/The-Roman-Army-Knife-Or-ingenuity-Swiss-beaten-1-800-years.html) shown below which is on display at the Greek and Roman antiquities gallery at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge.
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/01/30/article-1247230-081570E4000005DC-940_964x310.jpg)

The tool which was excavated from the Mediterranean area more than 20 years ago could be called a "Roman army knife", precursor to modern multi-tools.  An intricately designed Roman implement, which dates back to 200AD, it is made from silver but has an iron blade.  It features a spoon, fork as well as a retractable spike, spatula and small tooth-pick. Experts believe the spike may have been used to extract meat from snails. It is thought the spatula would have offered a means of poking cooking sauce out of narrow-necked bottles, perhaps a real luxury custom made item carried by a wealthy traveller.  A spokesman added: 'While many less elaborate folding knives survive in bronze, this one's complexity and the fact that it is made of silver suggest it is a luxury item. This was probably made between AD 200 and AD 300, when the Roman empire was a great imperial power.'
Title: You aren't a geek if you don't have this.
Post by: Konrad on Sun, 05 September 2010, 14:25:05
The Really Useful Pointy Thing has been around since the age of antiquity?
Title: You aren't a geek if you don't have this.
Post by: washuai on Sun, 05 September 2010, 15:40:50
I have NES, SNES, PS, PS2, game cube, Wii, PS3, GBC, GBA, PSP, & DS Lite.  Yes, I have games and accessories to go with.
My NES needs a little repair, though.  It likes to blue screen, more than actually load the damn games.

However, gamer or retro to modern (rennaissance) gamer is its own subcategory of electronic geekness, so I'm not entirely sure it applies to this thread.
Title: You aren't a geek if you don't have this.
Post by: Rajagra on Mon, 06 September 2010, 19:34:21
Quote from: microsoft windows;219360
Yes, here it is. The Flying Toaster screen saver from After Dark. I've had it on a floppy disk for years. You can't be a true geek without it.

I think I have a copy somewhere. But thanks - you prompted me to revisit Really Slick Screensavers (http://www.reallyslick.com/index.html), and they have an update (includes a new saver.) I just love the Euphoria and Hyperspace savers, but don't expect to run them with onboard graphics, they really need some horsepower.

Title: You aren't a geek if you don't have this.
Post by: microsoft windows on Mon, 06 September 2010, 19:45:19
It would be nice if there was a remake of the flying toaster screen saver that wouldn't run too fast on newer computers.
Title: You aren't a geek if you don't have this.
Post by: EverythingIBM on Mon, 06 September 2010, 20:06:33
Quote from: microsoft windows;220581
It would be nice if there was a remake of the flying toaster screen saver that wouldn't run too fast on newer computers.


You could easily make one yourself you know.

Gamemaker would be able to do it -- there was some thing to allow it to make screensaver files.

Or you could just program one in C++ (or maybe visual basic).
Title: You aren't a geek if you don't have this.
Post by: Konrad on Tue, 07 September 2010, 03:14:34
There's also UNEASYsilence ToasterClone (http://uneasysilence.com/toast/) (Win9x/NT/XP/2K and Mac versions).
 
I've never used it, some people claim it won't run properly on XP.
Title: You aren't a geek if you don't have this.
Post by: microsoft windows on Tue, 07 September 2010, 18:57:54
That remake is totally unacceptable. It's got the wrong toast!
Title: You aren't a geek if you don't have this.
Post by: Konrad on Tue, 07 September 2010, 19:52:55
Hmmm ... you could always record an 8-hour AVI of your flying toasters then use your media player as a screensaver.  I don't foresee any compatibility issues and it would certainly correct the "wrong toast" bug.
Title: You aren't a geek if you don't have this.
Post by: Konrad on Tue, 07 September 2010, 23:38:44
I think that sort of request would more likely be issued by Vivendi Media Conglomerate (http://www.vivendi.com/), a DMCA thug.
 
Why would Vivendi U have a beef against flying toasters? Conflict of interest with their epic Toasterizer MMORPG or their Toaster flightsim?
 
[Edit]
 
The Toaster FlightSim screensaver ... possibilities boggle the mind.
Title: You aren't a geek if you don't have this.
Post by: microsoft windows on Thu, 09 September 2010, 17:29:34
I got a flying toaster for my avatar. How do you all like it?
Title: You aren't a geek if you don't have this.
Post by: Senor_Cartmenez on Sun, 12 September 2010, 16:51:17
Quote from: FourOhFour;220101
No. This is just crazy:
Show Image
(http://www.thinkgeek.com/images/products/frontsquare/giant_swiss.jpg)

http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/tools/8b97/


DAmnit, beat me to it...
But 999 is too expensive.
Checkout amazon.de, they actually have it "on sale" ;)
http://www.amazon.de/Wenger-Schweizer-Offiziersmesser-Messer-Schatulle/dp/B000R0JDSI/ref=sr_1_38?ie=UTF8&s=sports&qid=1272737556&sr=8-38 (http://www.amazon.de/Wenger-Schweizer-Offiziersmesser-Messer-Schatulle/dp/B000R0JDSI/ref=sr_1_38?ie=UTF8&s=sports&qid=1272737556&sr=8-38)

Note the pictures in the top (Darth Vader, McGuyver, Crocodile Dundee) and for the Germans here: Read the user reviews.

Quote: "Really a fantastic and handy all-purpose tool. What bothers me just a little is that basic every day functions are some times tough to reach or handle. The particle accelerator for example can only be operated correctly if the nail file and corkscrew are positioned exactly in an 107.2° angle ..."
Title: You aren't a geek if you don't have this.
Post by: Konrad on Sun, 12 September 2010, 17:26:18
Sometimes less is more. This thing is bloody useless. What if you need to use 2 or more tools together? I doubt this whale will fit in a pocket or even on a belt. So, uh, if you're going to have to lug around a small toolcase anyhow then why not fill it up with other tools, avoid the 107.2° angle problem, fit more useful tools into the same space/weight, and probably save a whole lot of money. (This monster is $800-$1000 new!)
 
I must often make do with less in the name of portability ... I carry a wimpy little MS8216 Pocket DMM (smaller than Radio Shack Pocket DMMs, though not as good) instead of my properly manly Fluke clampmeter (in toolbox, in car).
 
A good DMM (Fluke, Extech, etc) will definitely last a lifetime ... though it does need new batteries and NIST recalibrating every few years.
Title: You aren't a geek if you don't have this.
Post by: Senor_Cartmenez on Mon, 13 September 2010, 03:52:32
I don't think this is a real product actually :)
But if it was, it probably would really have a particle accelerator, I agree there :drum:

Why would amazon use a picture of Darth Vader holding a lightsaber which's handle is this crazy pocket knife (suggesting of course that the "pocket" knife actually HAS a lightsaber function hehe). Was surprised to see amazon have that much humor as well ^^. Won't know for sure though unless someone orders it. Amazon.de did however mention below the price to "order quickly, only 5 left". I imagine if someone actually ignores the 600€ price tag and orders one, they will tell you that they were just all sold. awwwww