THE BAD IDEAS THREAD
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A library, but instead of books, you can borrow soup.
A filesystem that only allows one file, for use with the hardware port of SSDS.
Shoelaces that double as a keychain so it's easier to unlock doors.
A forum thread where we can post
hilariouslybad product ideas.A database engine that uses Malboge instead of SQL.
IP over photocopiers.
A 65 bit processor.
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@Ben L. said:
A 65 bit processor.
But that's one higher than a 64-bit processor, so it's bound to be better!
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I had the "lending library for soup" back in the '80s.
The full list:
+ banana flavored jogging shoes
+ beer bottles with a whistle built into the cap
+ bikini tops with little propellers
+ cream of noodle soup
+ dark brown toothpaste
+ glasses that make everything look like it's exactly six inches to the
left of where it really is
+ invisible paint
+ jell-o origami
+ a lending library for soup
+ mattresses filled with corn flakes
+ poodle on a stick
+ telephone keypads with a handy double-zero key
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@da Doctah said:
bikini tops with little propellers
Not such a bad idea. It justifies staring at them.
@da Doctah said:
invisible paint
I bought some of this once. I've no idea where I left it.
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Some time after compiling the above list, I decided to Google the phrase poodle on a stick.
The sheer number and diversity of hits is alarming.
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@da Doctah said:
Next stage: use image search!Some time after compiling the above list, I decided to Google the phrase poodle on a stick.
The sheer number and diversity of hits is alarming.
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@da Doctah said:
telephone keypads with a handy double-zero key
Wouldn't that be the "+" key on mobile phones these days? At least for most countries (unfortunately not mine).
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@da Doctah said:
telephone keypads with a handy double-zero key
Wouldn't that be the "+" key on mobile phones these days? At least for most countries (unfortunately not mine).
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@Cassidy said:
@da Doctah said:
bikini tops with little propellers
Not such a bad idea. It justifies staring at them.
@da Doctah said:
invisible paint
I bought some of this once. I've no idea where I left it.
It would also help in their fight against gravity......
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Tediogram
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@Cassidy said:
@Ben L. said:
A 65 bit processor.
But that's one higher than a 64-bit processor, so it's bound to be better!
Truth.
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Artificial limbs with a slot down the side for keeping things in.
Kettle powered by AA batteries.
Poison ivy seed packets.
A keyboard shortcut for "Cut and sellotape".
Packets of flour with a toy inside.
Write-only files.
A 36-hour clock.
First In Second Out task scheduling.
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Logarithmic page numbers in books.
Floating-point page numbers.
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@Ben L. said:
@dhromed said:
Floating-point page numbers.
Turn to page NaN in your textbooks, class.Nullable page numbers. "Turn to page NULL in your textbooks." "Which one!?!?"
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@morbiuswilters said:
@Ben L. said:
@dhromed said:
Floating-point page numbers.
Turn to page NaN in your textbooks, class.Nullable page numbers. "Turn to page NULL in your textbooks." "Which one!?!?"
"Turn to page 0x00077fe0"
Segmentation fault
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Please turn to page book[375]
Out of bounds error
Oh no, 0-indexing strikes again!
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A four player co-op game with four players playing.
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Hosting twice as many games as there are players?
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@PSWorx said:
Hosting twice as many games as there are players?
Those are hibernating servers. They don't actually process the game environment until someone joins from a lobby. The map they're on is just the first map of the first campaign, which is the default.
So actually, there are four games and four players. The only reason I can see the hibernating ones is that I have my servers added as steam favorite servers so I can hop in on a game if I'm bored and a server has two or three players on it.
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@Ben L. said:
@El_Heffe said:
Bad Idea #22
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The forum you requested does not exist.Passport spam, now deleted.
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I made four Left 4 Dead 2 EMS mutations. All four of them combined have less subscribers than the most popular Left 4 Dead 2 custom campaign available. But even that still doesn't have the subscriber count of a reskin of Zoey which someone stole from a website and uploaded, violating the terms of service - you need to be the author of an addon to upload it.
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@morbiuswilters said:
@Ben L. said:
@dhromed said:
Floating-point page numbers.
Turn to page NaN in your textbooks, class.Nullable page numbers. "Turn to page NULL in your textbooks." "Which one!?!?"
The NULL page is always the same page, even across textbooks!
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@lettucemode said:
The NULL page is always the same page, even across textbooks!
Only for books written in C. For books written in SQL, NULL <> NULL.
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@morbiuswilters said:
@lettucemode said:
The NULL page is always the same page, even across textbooks!
Only for books written in C. For books written in SQL, NULL <> NULL.
Nope, that's not true either. Here's a cheat sheet:
true things
true = true
false = false
true <> false
false <> truefalse things
true <> true
false <> false
true = false
false = truenull things
true = null
null = true
true <> null
null <> true
false = null
null = false
false <> null
null <> false
null = null
null <> null
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@morbiuswilters said:
@Ben L. said:Nope, that's not true either. Here's a cheat sheet:
whatTechnically by the SQL spec null is supposed to be unknown, thus you get things like "is true equivalent to unknown?" (true=null) to which the answer should be "unknown" (null) rather than false.
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@morbiuswilters said:
@Ben L. said:
Nope, that's not true either. Here's a cheat sheet:
what
I think it was supposed to be a joke?
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@locallunatic said:
@morbiuswilters said:
@Ben L. said:Nope, that's not true either. Here's a cheat sheet:
whatTechnically by the SQL spec null is supposed to be unknown, thus you get things like "is true equivalent to unknown?" (true=null) to which the answer should be "unknown" (null) rather than false.
I get that, I don't know why he's posting this "cheat sheet". The joke was about how NULL page numbers would be a pain because you'd never know if the one you were on was the right one, since you can't compare NULL with anything else.
Admittedly, it wasn't the best joke.
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@morbiuswilters said:
@Ben L. said:
Holy Crap! You deleted the entire forum!@El_Heffe said:
Bad Idea #22
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@El_Heffe said:
@morbiuswilters said:
@Ben L. said:
Holy Crap! You deleted the entire forum!@El_Heffe said:
Bad Idea #22
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The forum you requested does not exist.Passport spam, now deleted.
On the plus side, there's no more spam.On the minus side, EVERYTHING YOU EVER OWNED IS GONE.
But at least there's no spam.
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@Ben L. said:
@El_Heffe said:
Hey, wait a minute . . . where's my house??????@morbiuswilters said:
@Ben L. said:
Holy Crap! You deleted the entire forum!@El_Heffe said:
Bad Idea #22
Not Found: Forum Not Found
The forum you requested does not exist.Passport spam, now deleted.
On the plus side, there's no more spam.On the minus side, EVERYTHING YOU EVER OWNED IS GONE.
But at least there's no spam.
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@dhromed said:
Returning to the original thread topic of just general bad ideas:Logarithmic page numbers in books.
Floating-point page numbers.
A remake of My Dinner With André in 3D.
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Split screen porn.
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A baseball pentagon
An unshuffleable deck of cards
Opaque contact lenses
SPF 0.25 suntan lotion
Coca-Coal
Zero-calorie shampoo
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@da Doctah said:
FTFY@dhromed said:
Returning to the original thread topic of just general bad ideas:Logarithmic page numbers in books.
Floating-point page numbers.
A remake of any movie in 3D.
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@da Doctah said:
Any movie (not directed by Ang Lee) in 3D.
FTFTFY
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Blu-Ray box set of old weather reports
Goldfish that can yodel
Donuts made out of volcanic glass
VoIP party line
Cross-country bowling
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@PSWorx said:
@da Doctah said:
Any movie (not directed by Ang Lee) in 3D.
FTFTFYA George Lucas re-release of the Zapruder film where Kennedy shoots first.
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@morbiuswilters said:
@PSWorx said:
@da Doctah said:
Any movie (not directed by Ang Lee) in 3D.
FTFTFYA George Lucas re-release of the Zapruder film where Kennedy shoots first.
A Disney remake of Jordan Lycos's Star Trek
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A whole new trilogy of star wars films, made by Disney...
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@Ben L. said:
A Disney remake of Jordan Lycos's Star Trek
A dark, edgy Disney prequel: The Rise of Pooh.
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The name of Microsoft's new console is "XBOB"
They are adding animated and fully voiced 'assistants' to the dashboard, to offer suggestions and announce promotions (ads).
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HA HA HA A Microsoft Bob joke! In 2013! That is in no way pathetic!
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@blakeyrat said:
HA HA HA A Microsoft Bob joke! In 2013! That is in no way pathetic!
I just installed Win95 from floppy disks, and boy are my arms tired!
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@morbiuswilters said:
@blakeyrat said:
HA HA HA A Microsoft Bob joke! In 2013! That is in no way pathetic!
I just installed Win95 from floppy disks, and boy are my arms tired!
My arms are tired because they became sentient and then started working out because they didn't like who they were.
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@Ben L. said:
My arms are tired because they became sentient and then started working out because they didn't like who they were.
Well, at least they didn't waste their time on one of those diets.