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ben_vulpes: <decimation> gov't pays for such 'research', most of which is pointless: http://www.sbir.gov/ << people say: "do this!" and I say "what innovation? we duct tape thinger a to tab b and make clients happy." they do not understand, and i cannot enlighten them without calling into question that which they value themselves upon.
JuliaTourianski_: For hexayurts fabricated from four-by-eight foot sheets of foam or hexacomb cardboard and duct tape, the cost has been estimated at $1,000 each (compared to $30,000 for a FEMA trailer). Hexayurts fabricated from OSB and wooden blocks can cost as little as $250–300.
mircea_popescu: ben_vulpes it usually comes down to duct tape
ben_vulpes: my life is a patchwork of duct tape
mircea_popescu: coulda bought 3 teslas, duct tape them together and just go everywhere and snub people
benkay: hm maybe i'll duct tape the trabamborghini to the roflcopter and float to the con
BingoBoingo: asciilifeform: Probably next week. I'll just need some fiberglass to duct tape to this lawnmower.
Namworld: Doesn't look like an appropriate candidate anyway. There's no amount of duct tape that can fix MtGox.
benkay: i have duct tape...
moiety: now where did i put that duct tape....
asciilifeform: tape holds until it doesn't (yes, actual duct tape is a material that can be dealt with scientifically; we're thinking of the traditional 'philosophical' duct tape that just fscking snaps on you)
asciilifeform: the former is concrete and steel, the latter - 'duct tape.'
pankkake: it's the new duct tape!
jcpham: the only way to stop it is toput duct tape over your speakers
mircea_popescu: " If he just wanted to make a working gun out of a barrel and bolt, he could have done so with duct tape, modeling clay and superglue."
jurov: uh, mktdepth for live.coinbr still broken... should i duct tape it or wait for mircea?
error4733: duct tape save africa, could save mpex
jcpham: added more duct tape?
jcpham: as long as the duct tape holds