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twilyth
12-18-2010, 07:59 PM
I love Thinkgeek. I've had some problems with them from time to time, but overall, they are quite good about customer service and have some of the most interesting and off-beat products.

Two product lines that they specialize in are bacon and caffeine related items. My favorite bacon product, just based on the concept, is tactical bacon - fully cooked bacon in a can with a 10+ year shelf life.

http://www.thinkgeek.com/images/products/frontsquare/c399_tactical_canned_bacon.jpg

Here is what you get when you search the site for bacon. (http://www.thinkgeek.com/images/products/frontsquare/c399_tactical_canned_bacon.jpg)

Here is the caffeine list. (http://www.thinkgeek.com/brain/whereisit.cgi?t=caffeine&sortby=score&sortorder=desc&sorthow=num&dispstart=1&dispnum=all)

Caffeine currently beats out bacon with 95 vs. 29 products, but we'll see how long that lasts.

While you're there, also do a search on zombies. There is a surprisingly full collection of zombie literature.
MRCL
12-18-2010, 08:08 PM
Why does only the US and maybe Japan have awesome stuff like that...
DannibusX
12-19-2010, 09:22 AM
Why does only the US and maybe Japan have awesome stuff like that...

Hey, you guys had the Beatles.

We get Tactical Bacon.
MRCL
12-22-2010, 03:24 PM
Hey, you guys had the Beatles.

We get Tactical Bacon.

I didn't know the Beatles came from Switzerland ;)
Eh, I guess we have Toblerone... I may suggest them to make a tactical Toblerone bar tho.
twilyth
12-23-2010, 01:45 AM
Well, you have real swiss cheese - right?

It's very difficult to find good swiss cheese here. The best you can get at most supermarkets is Finlandia. I think that for the other brands they use regular cheese and just drill some holes.
MRCL
12-23-2010, 07:37 PM
Well, you have real swiss cheese - right?

It's very difficult to find good swiss cheese here. The best you can get at most supermarkets is Finlandia. I think that for the other brands they use regular cheese and just drill some holes.

We do. That is probably why I've never heard of Finlandia lol. All I eat is Emmentaler, Greyerzer and Tilsiter. Oh and Gerber Fondue, BOOYA!

However, I see in movies or TV shows everybody's eatin Beef Jerky, Cheesy Puffs etc etc, and we don't have that sorta stuff here. It took TEN YEARS just to get Froot Loops back into the stores. With massive pressure from customers.
theJesus
12-23-2010, 07:46 PM
Now I'm wondering if the French toast in France tastes better than the French toast in America.
MRCL
12-23-2010, 07:54 PM
Now I'm wondering if the French toast in France tastes better than the French toast in America.

No. Concerning food, France sucks big time. Even snails are tastier in Denmark than in France.
theJesus
12-23-2010, 07:58 PM
Sweet, that's one place to knock off my list of places to visit when I unlock the secrets of wormhole technology I'm rich lol
twilyth
12-23-2010, 09:11 PM
We do. That is probably why I've never heard of Finlandia lol. All I eat is Emmentaler, Greyerzer and Tilsiter. Oh and Gerber Fondue, BOOYA!

However, I see in movies or TV shows everybody's eatin Beef Jerky, Cheesy Puffs etc etc, and we don't have that sorta stuff here. It took TEN YEARS just to get Froot Loops back into the stores. With massive pressure from customers.
So, what exactly is the issue or issues? Is it a nanny-state thing where the govt tells you what is good for you? It sounds like the demand is there.

I'm ignorant of EU/Eurozone law but if there is free trade across borders, what to stop people from order stuff from the UK, Spain, Canary Islands, whatever?

I'm quite perplexed.
MRCL
12-24-2010, 12:11 AM
So, what exactly is the issue or issues? Is it a nanny-state thing where the govt tells you what is good for you? It sounds like the demand is there.

I'm ignorant of EU/Eurozone law but if there is free trade across borders, what to stop people from order stuff from the UK, Spain, Canary Islands, whatever?

I'm quite perplexed.

The big mall players say whats on their shelves, and mostly, its their own brand. And people don't seem to bother, or they just go along with it, I dunno. However, in the really big malls, where the cheese counter is as large as a mall in a village, you'll find pretty much everything. Thus I can understand your perplexation, since I don't quite get it either.

Also, whats holding back from ordering abroad is simple. Customs and shipping costs. ESPECIALLY customs. And with food; you're only allowed to take a maximum nuber of items, or a maximum weight over the border.

And now I remember that I forgot to bring my peanut chips to work, goddamnit.
CyberDruid
12-24-2010, 12:19 AM
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/6476/shutyourpieholeyoubacon.jpg
Wile E
12-24-2010, 05:08 AM
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/6476/shutyourpieholeyoubacon.jpg

lol. The R. Lee Ermey memes are one of my favorites.

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btarunr
12-24-2010, 05:30 AM
Why does only the US and maybe Japan have awesome stuff like that...

That's ok, you have hotter women as a result.
MRCL
12-24-2010, 06:40 PM
That's ok, you have hotter women as a result.

If you think so...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Micheline_Calmy-Rey,_2009.jpg

http://en.academic.ru/pictures/enwiki/69/Eveline_Widmer-Schlumpf.jpg
(Her last name literally translates to "smurf")
btarunr
12-24-2010, 06:44 PM
I won't post American women to counter that post. I respect the food you just had.
CyberDruid
12-24-2010, 06:47 PM
Wow. I need some eye bleach stat.
MRCL
12-24-2010, 06:52 PM
I won't post American women to counter that post. I respect the food you just had.

Wow. I need some eye bleach stat.

By the way those are politicans, in our Bundesrat. They rule our country... the first one, Micheline Calmy-Rey, is responsible for foreign politics. No wonder we have beef with Lybia.
CyberDruid
12-24-2010, 06:54 PM
I can see why Burkas might be appropriate now.
btarunr
12-25-2010, 03:28 AM
By the way those are politicans, in our Bundesrat. They rule our country... the first one, Micheline Calmy-Rey, is responsible for foreign politics. No wonder we have beef with Lybia.

Wanna see a US politician?

http://img.techpowerup.org/101106/Capture917.jpg
MRCL
12-25-2010, 03:36 AM
Wanna see a US politician?

http://img.techpowerup.org/101106/Capture917.jpg

It must be so ugly that the content filter blocked it lol.
theJesus
12-25-2010, 04:27 AM
It must be so ugly that the content filter blocked it lol.
What content filter are you using? It sounds awesome.
MRCL
12-27-2010, 04:06 AM
What content filter are you using? It sounds awesome.

Dunno. Company content filter. It exaggerates from time to time.
I once made a game out of finding flash game sites that aren't blocked. Turns out, the IT people themselves are playing that game, too lol. Even they don't know who programs the filter.
theJesus
12-27-2010, 03:48 PM
Dunno. Company content filter. It exaggerates from time to time.
I once made a game out of finding flash game sites that aren't blocked. Turns out, the IT people themselves are playing that game, too lol. Even they don't know who programs the filter.
lol, and then there's the admin that does whatever the fuck he wants since he has control over everything and who will know?
twilyth
12-27-2010, 11:32 PM
lol, and then there's the admin that does whatever the fuck he wants since he has control over everything and who will know?

When you think about it, there isn't really any other good reason to be a sysadmin.
theJesus
12-28-2010, 12:44 PM
When you think about it, there isn't really any other good reason to be a sysadmin.
Pay?
Getting to spend other people's money on super-expensive high-end gear just so you can play with it (aka: perform critical upgrades to meet ever-increasing user demand)?
The ability to piss people off just by typing a URL into a filter list?
MRCL
12-28-2010, 02:18 PM
Pay?
Getting to spend other people's money on super-expensive high-end gear just so you can play with it (aka: perform critical upgrades to meet ever-increasing user demand)?

I still don't see why every employee needs 500gb of space on the servers... thats 500gb x 1500 employees. And thats just the space for personal things.
I have access to five Terabyte of space. Which is only a fracture of the total... I need to ask those guys how much space we really have. And how much of it is occupied by porn.
theJesus
12-29-2010, 05:51 AM
I still don't see why every employee needs 500gb of space on the servers... thats 500gb x 1500 employees. And thats just the space for personal things.
I have access to five Terabyte of space. Which is only a fracture of the total... I need to ask those guys how much space we really have. And how much of it is occupied by porn.
~750tb for personal storage . . . damn. A bunch of men in the military? Probably at least half of that storage is filled with porn lol