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Ultimate iPhone Review — Will It Blend?
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CmdrTaco
on Wed Jul 11, 2007 08:40 AM
from the everything-blends-in-a-blendtec dept.
from the everything-blends-in-a-blendtec dept.
I've been enjoying the Will it Blend videos forever. There's something about a labcoat clad crazy man putting things like marbles and soda cans into a blender and after reducing them to powder, warning you not to breathe in the particles. Well today they ask the ultimate question of the latest over-hyped internet sensation
Will the iPhone Blend? Fans of these videos can probably guess the answer... and this story made my morning. I've been waiting for an excuse to link these forever. If you haven't seen these, you're in for a real treat.
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It always seems to (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:It always seems to (Score:5, Informative)
Crowbars don't blend....easily. (Score:4, Insightful)
(Last Journal: Tuesday February 13 2007, @05:31PM)
Re:It always seems to (Score:5, Funny)
(Last Journal: Tuesday February 06 2007, @09:13AM)
Yes, because I really want my spaghetti sauce to become toxic dust. I think I'll take a blender that doesn't make everything toxic.
Re:It always seems to (Score:4, Funny)
Re:It always seems to (Score:5, Funny)
Re:It always seems to (Score:5, Funny)
(http://slashdot.org/)
Re:It always seems to (Score:5, Funny)
Fun? (Score:5, Funny)
(http://cafepress.com/phototravel?pid=5934485)
Fun? I was, actually, rather revolted... It always saddens me, when things break irreparably. I once felt depressed for a week after accidentally dropping an old hard-drive on the floor — it worked before, but broke due to my sloppiness...
To do this sort of thing on purpose, with a shiny, new (and beautiful!) piece of high-tech electronics is a sin. To enjoy watching it is perverse, in my humble opinion...
Re:Fun? (Score:5, Insightful)
Rich kids with too much free money to spend...
You do realize this is an advertisement, right? He's spending $500 on an iPhone, plus production costs, in order to sell what's likely to be thousands (possibly tens of thousands) of dollars in blenders. Not exactly a waste.
Gotta admit, that blender is quite good... (Score:2, Interesting)
Great for kids! (Score:5, Insightful)
I assume the whole thing is a viral marketing deal for the brand of blender, but it's so beautifully done. My wife and I decided that it was pretty obviously marketing towards men. Women might enjoy chopping up a rake or two, but men's eyes grow wide and they get a funny grin whenever you start tossing in glow sticks, marbles, iPhones, and other fun things.
The other thing of note is that he probably should have been wearing a respirator for some of these tricks. The marbles in particular were very nasty. Breathing in small amounts of glass smoke is incredibly bad for your lungs. That's why they banned asbestos, after all.
Not that great (Score:5, Funny)
(http://horsies.co.uk/)
Re:Great for kids! (Score:5, Informative)
While I'm sure folks appreciate your safety message, please don't try to practice chemistry at the same time. Both glass and asbestos are silicates, and are indeed chemically related. The danger from asbestos is that, even though it's inert, inhaled crystals that fall within a narrow range of size lodge deep within the lung tissue and cause scarring that can lead to further complications.
In fact, inhaling glass dust can lead to silicosis, which is just as devastating.
Too bad... (Score:2)
Now... They need to do a Nintendo DS or a PSP. I'd love to see them do one of the bigger consoles, a la smashmy____.com, but I don't think they'll fit.
Sell it on eBay... (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Sell it on eBay... (Score:5, Funny)
Server (Score:1, Funny)
This guy's a liar! (Score:1)
Not everything blends! (Score:1)
Direct link to youtube (Score:4, Informative)
Just in case the server 'blends'...
Innovative and Groundbreaking (Score:5, Funny)
(http://www.threesquirrels.com/)
The iPhone is pretty tough (Score:5, Interesting)
(http://www.prostoner.com/)
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Re:The iPhone is pretty tough (Score:5, Informative)
(Last Journal: Thursday January 06 2005, @02:26PM)
When a lipo cell has an overcurrent failure, part of the cell vaporizes (puffed cell failure). In particularly bad failures after heavy use (low voltage, abusive current loads, etc.), the vapors can ignite from the heat of the cell. When this happens, the cell wall is guaranteed to fail, and then you get the green flames of death.
But just poking a hole in your lipo won't start a fire. I also fly RC helis (T-Rex 450).
Regards,
Ross
Let me be the first to say... (Score:1, Funny)
(Last Journal: Friday September 28, @07:21AM)
Moon landing? Berlin Wall? Not even close.
Totally... frickin'... sweet.
Li ion-Polymer battery (Score:2)
(http://xyfer.blogspot.com/ | Last Journal: Tuesday July 24, @09:00AM)
Surprisingly durable (Score:2)
(http://khendron.com/)
WM5 Phone (Score:5, Funny)
(Last Journal: Monday May 07 2007, @07:13PM)
Will it Blend - Live Cat (Score:2)
(http://www.jeffornot.com/ | Last Journal: Monday May 14 2007, @09:56AM)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W13Wj34Lpt3 [youtube.com]
Obi Wan: (Score:4, Funny)
(http://www.rico.org/)
the real Ultimate Review (Score:5, Informative)
(http://sekai-isshuu.blogspot.com/ | Last Journal: Monday August 14 2006, @09:26AM)
Yeah, maybe a shameless plug, but it is the best iPhone review I have seen so far.
Re:the real Ultimate Review (Score:5, Funny)
(Last Journal: Sunday July 13 2003, @10:38AM)
1913 Webster definition of ultimate is rather apropos:
3. Incapable of further analysis; incapable of further
division or separation; constituent; elemental; as, an
ultimate particle; an ultimate constituent of matter.
[1913 Webster]
Way to Enjoyable (Score:1)
(http://www.temlynwriting.com/)
The ultimate end to this blending thing (Score:5, Funny)
it blends
"Cure for cancer"
blend it
"Kids, in this cage is the last living mouse lemur on Earth."
where's that outlet?
iSmoke (Score:2)
I'm surprised that BlendTec hasn't come out with the iBlend.
$599 smoothie (Score:2, Funny)
I don't quite enjoy it so much (Score:1, Insightful)
When will they blend a (Score:1)
(http://www.bartosoft.com/)
Had to be said: (Score:3, Funny)
(Last Journal: Tuesday May 15, @04:19PM)
- I don't think Apple will replace the battery on that one.
- So now they are stuck with a 2 year AT&T plan and don't even have an iPhone.
Shredding LiPos (Score:1)
Will "Will it Blend's" servers melt? Yes! (Score:1)
Just add water (Score:1)
That is the question (Score:1)
(http://dementiaofmagic.net/)
The phrase "Someone should be shot for that" came up during the resulting discussion. Great times!
Ultimeta iphone review (Score:2)
Hey, I was even nice enough not to mention all the crap you have to put up with if you buy one...
Finally... (Score:1)
Blend a Book (Score:2, Insightful)
(Last Journal: Tuesday August 03 2004, @03:31PM)
Maybe he would be better off blending the latest Harry Potter book when it comes out, but then he might piss off Dumbledore and Tom would get turned into a blender, doomed to spend the rest of eternity blending things that shouldn't be blended.
Tom Dickson Jr is a genius (Score:3, Insightful)
(http://slashdot.org/)
Tom Dickson Jr., I salute you.
Well, somebody saw this coming (Score:1)
but why? (Score:1)
(Last Journal: Tuesday January 04 2005, @04:58PM)
democratization and increased value (Score:2, Interesting)
(http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience)
So.. (Score:2)
Oh its not so bad (Score:5, Funny)
(he wouldn't just type thud, would he?)
(maybe he was dictating)
(oh shut up)
Re:Oh its not so bad (Score:5, Funny)
It is generally accepted that computer crashes, dropped connections and death is represented by the "NO CARRIER" stamp (line noise optional). For example:
Hey guys - I'm currently installing a nitrous oxide system on my chainsaw and I'm wondering what happens if I turn this mixture adjustment screw^%$#^%%^&
NO CARRIER
Re:Oh its not so bad (Score:5, Funny)
(http://ronanian.googlepages.com/ | Last Journal: Wednesday August 15, @04:54PM)
Brother Maynard: It reads, "Here may be found the last words of Joseph of Aramathia. He who is valiant and pure of spirit may find the holy grail in the Castle of Aaauuuggghhh...
King Arthur: What?
Brother Maynard: "The Castle of Aaaauuuggghhhh"
Sir Bedevere: What is that?
Brother Maynard: He must have died while carving it.
King Arthur: Oh come on!
Brother Maynard: Well, that's what it says.
King Arthur: Look, if he was dying, he wouldn't have bothered to carve 'Aaaauuuggghhhh'. He'd just say it.
Sir Galahad: Maybe he was dictating it.
King Arthur: Oh shut up!
Sir Robin: Well does it say anything else?
Brother Maynard: No, just "Aaaaauuuugggghhh".
[knights making groaning sounds]
Sir Bedevere: Do you think he could have mean, 'Camaaaauuuuggghhhh'?
Sir Galahad: Where's that?
Sir Bedevere: France, I think.
Sir Lancelot: Isn't there a Saint "Aaaaavvvveeeesss" in Cornwall?
King Arthur: No that's Saint "Ives".
Sir Lancelot: Oh, yes. "Iiiiiivvvveeessss"!
[All knights saying, "Iiiiiivvvveeessss"]
Sir Bedevere: Whooooouuuuaaa!
Sir Lancelot: No no no, it's "Aaaaauuuugggghhhh" from the back of the throat.
Sir Bedevere: No I mean, "Whoooouuuuaaa!" as in surprise and alarm.
Sir Lancelot: Oh, you mean like, "AAAHH!"
Sir Bedevere: Yes, that's it. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Re:Oh its not so bad (Score:5, Funny)
NO CARRIER
Re:As funny as the videos are.... (Score:1)
Re:As funny as the videos are.... (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:As funny as the videos are.... (Score:5, Funny)
(http://127.0.0.1/ | Last Journal: Thursday September 20, @12:52PM)
Re:As funny as the videos are....DUH (Score:5, Informative)