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Not sure if this has made the rounds yet, but I find it whimsically compelling in the best sort of way: And, since that seems a mite small: http://wondermark.com/c/2011-05-06-tink-rules.jpg |
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Philosophy, discovery, art, every sort of skill, every sort of service, love; these are the means of salvation from that narrow loneliness of desire, that brooding preoccupation with self and egotistical relationships, which is hell for the individual, treason to the race, and exile from God.[Wells]
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Capt. Stockings
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« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2011, 08:05:20 am » |
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I'm especially fond of the fifth rule.
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Athanor
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« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2011, 08:50:32 am » |
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Whenever I see the warning "DO NOT OPEN CASE - NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE", I treat it as a challenge. And,of course, they're lying. There are always "user serviceable parts" inside. What are those screws there for, if not to be unscrewed.........?
Athanor, a.k.a "The Flying Sorcerer".
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The Mutant must be tested severely before being allowed to remake the world in its own image.
"Truly I say to you, he who seeks, shall find. And quite often, he shall wish he hadn't."
- Elias Ashmole Crackbone O'Finnerty, "The Aphorisms of Fud". from "The Lesser Precepts", Collected Works, Vol.23, page 666; Miskatonic University Press, Arkham, Mass., 1999 (reprint)
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« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2011, 01:51:11 pm » |
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Makes we want to run out to the shop and get tinkering right away.
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TVC15
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« Reply #4 on: October 10, 2011, 11:31:59 pm » |
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The last one reminds me of a steampunk pick-up line.  |
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Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time...
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von Corax
Immortal
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Leverkusen Institute of Paleocybernetics
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« Reply #5 on: October 11, 2011, 03:26:44 am » |
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I read Wondermark regularly. I loved that page when I first saw it. Incidentally, The Tinkerer's Rules is available as a poster from Topatoco: Look up the link yourself! What am I, your mother?  |
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By the power of caffeine do I set my mind in motion
By the Beans of Life do my thoughts acquire speed
My hands acquire a shaking
The shaking becomes a warning
By the power of caffeine do I set my mind in motion
The Leverkusen Institute of Paleocybernetics is 5838 km from Reading
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« Reply #6 on: October 11, 2011, 03:49:44 am » |
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If I can get the proper screwdrivers at any chain store, does this not mean that I should open it up?
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Several modern detectives now claim that “Jack the Ripper” was actually named Carl.
“Carl the Ripper” just doesn’t have the same ring.
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« Reply #7 on: October 11, 2011, 05:06:24 am » |
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And if you cannot get the proper screwdrivers at a chain store, is it not a deliberate challenge that must be taken up? |
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Deploy the rocket boat!
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« Reply #8 on: October 11, 2011, 05:26:58 am » |
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Of course. Anyone got one of those Y shaped screwdrivers? I'm dying to know what's inside of this...
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Athanor
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« Reply #9 on: October 11, 2011, 07:51:23 am » |
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And if you cannot get the proper screwdrivers at a chain store, is it not a deliberate challenge that must be taken up? Of course it is. So get a regular screwdriver and grind the business end until it fits the socket in the screw head. Wonderful things, grinders. (Hint; a hexagon key will unscrew both star and triangular-socket screws). Athanor. |
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steampunkrusski
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Steampunk with a Russian twist
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« Reply #10 on: October 11, 2011, 04:15:22 pm » |
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rewrites and claims as new bible.
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menya zovut Dominik Xavier Tagiov.  Pleasure to meet you. |
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Professor Bevel
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« Reply #11 on: October 11, 2011, 05:10:49 pm » |
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rewrites and claims as new bible.
I've had some thoughts in this direction, along the lines of the Cult Mechanicus from 40K, without the deity nonsense. Work as a mechanic and artificer, claim all the tax breaks of a minister of religion. Declare your workshop a temple to the machine spirit. And preach that any outfit whose so-called miracles aren't peer-reviewed and replicable aren't a religion, they're just a damned hobby. |
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You know what this situation calls for? More gin.
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akumabito
Immortal
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Mundus Patria Nostra!
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« Reply #12 on: October 11, 2011, 09:18:04 pm » |
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rewrites and claims as new bible.
I've had some thoughts in this direction, along the lines of the Cult Mechanicus from 40K, without the deity nonsense. Work as a mechanic and artificer, claim all the tax breaks of a minister of religion. Declare your workshop a temple to the machine spirit. And preach that any outfit whose so-called miracles aren't peer-reviewed and replicable aren't a religion, they're just a damned hobby. I'll sign up for that!  |
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Professor Bevel
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« Reply #13 on: October 11, 2011, 09:36:51 pm » |
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Seriously, the savings in property taxes alone make it worth it. And it's not like there's no supernatural element, either, there's the Workshop Gremlins that hide your tape measure when you're not looking, the vengeful shades that inhabit photocopiers (how else do they know to jam at quarter to five on a friday when you're wedged up against a deadline?), the mysterious force that lets some blessed machine-boddhisatvas fix faults just by whacking the offending device a smart blow. I'm about one wet wednesday afteroon away from writing the scriptures for this.
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Uncle Arthur
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« Reply #14 on: October 11, 2011, 10:31:53 pm » |
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Any item that can be "adjusted" tweaked modified or somehow changed MUST be tinkered. If a thing looks un tinkerable. You aren't trying hard enough!
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If at first you don't succeed , CHEAT!
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Vorpal Bandersnatch
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« Reply #15 on: October 13, 2011, 02:54:01 am » |
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I'm definitely planning on picking up the poster for this one once I get the chance to organize a decent workshop for myself.
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« Reply #17 on: October 13, 2011, 08:14:47 pm » |
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beautiful, just... i have to tell my gf this every day |
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TVC15
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« Reply #18 on: October 13, 2011, 11:49:48 pm » |
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Seriously, the savings in property taxes alone make it worth it. And it's not like there's no supernatural element, either, there's the Workshop Gremlins that hide your tape measure when you're not looking, the vengeful shades that inhabit photocopiers (how else do they know to jam at quarter to five on a friday when you're wedged up against a deadline?), the mysterious force that lets some blessed machine-boddhisatvas fix faults just by whacking the offending device a smart blow. I'm about one wet wednesday afteroon away from writing the scriptures for this.
I think I'm beginning to understand about the light in the fridge. |
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Professor Bevel
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« Reply #19 on: October 14, 2011, 12:28:02 am » |
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I think I'm beginning to understand about the light in the fridge.
That's good. You have taken your first step into a larger world. |
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Uncle Arthur
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« Reply #20 on: October 14, 2011, 12:32:46 am » |
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I think I'm beginning to understand about the light in the fridge.
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I still wonder if it shuts off when I close the door.
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« Reply #21 on: October 14, 2011, 12:35:58 am » |
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I think I'm beginning to understand about the light in the fridge.
That's good. You have taken your first step into a larger world. Of whose reality? |
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Professor Bevel
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« Reply #22 on: October 14, 2011, 12:41:16 am » |
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Of whose reality?
When you find the reality that nobody can call their own... ... hang on, I've got some one handed clapping to do here, and them trees falling in the woods don't listen to 'emselves. |
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« Reply #23 on: October 14, 2011, 12:50:06 am » |
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Of whose reality?
When you find the reality that nobody can call their own... ... hang on, I've got some one handed clapping to do here, and them trees falling in the woods don't listen to 'emselves. I think I'm finally seeing the light of your wisdom. Either that, or somebody left the fridge open. |
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celephicus
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Mensura ergo sum (I measure, therefore I am)
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« Reply #24 on: October 14, 2011, 01:55:30 am » |
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And if you cannot get the proper screwdrivers at a chain store, is it not a deliberate challenge that must be taken up? Of course it is. So get a regular screwdriver and grind the business end until it fits the socket in the screw head. Wonderful things, grinders. (Hint; a hexagon key will unscrew both star and triangular-socket screws). Athanor. And a cold chisel and a large hammer will open anything, no matter what fancy fastening technology has been engineered to prevent entry to unauthorised persons. Incidentally, I worked at a Japanese managed company and I was found in a restricted area. Up before the managers, I was asked why I was in an area marked "authorised persons only". I replied that I had authorised myself, as there were no instructions on how to become "authorised", whatever that means. Sounds like what happens to a fictional character when they make it into a story! |
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Dr. Celephicus -- amateur (gentleman) mad scientist
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"How many L's in disembowelment?"
"What are you doing dear?"
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