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[quote=mlmpetert;883907][URL="http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/23/3d-printing-for-the-masses-markerbots-new-replicator/"]3-D Printing for the Masses: MakerBot's Replicator - NYTimes.com[/URL][/quote]

which is great, if you want to pirate chunky looking lego blocks at $25 a pound and at very slow speed....

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[quote=mlmpetert;882843]F'n hipsters.....

[url=http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sony-Walkman-Pro-wm-d6c-cassette-corder-VERY-NICE-CONDITION-/320833998545?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item4ab3324ed1#ht_500wt_1202]Sony Walkman Pro wm-d6c cassette-corder VERY NICE CONDITION | eBay[/url][/quote]

It would be hilarious if the location was, "somewhere you've probably never heard of."

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[quote=That Guy;884052]which is great, if you want to pirate chunky looking lego blocks at $25 a pound and at very slow speed....[/quote]

Where are those alchemists? It's time to revive their practice.

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[quote=SirClintonPortis;884209]Where are those alchemists? It's time to revive their practice.[/quote]

you know, russians HAVE turned lead into gold... inside the shielding in some of their reactors... (not on purpose). I think they ran the math and figured the price gold had to hit before it'd be profitable, but I can't remember the details...

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[quote=That Guy;884481]you know, russians HAVE turned lead into gold... inside the shielding in some of their reactors... (not on purpose). I think they ran the math and figured the price gold had to hit before it'd be profitable, but I can't remember the details...[/quote]

FWIW there's also diamond sized moons floating in space.
[url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/02/18/moonsized_diamond_found_in_space/]Moon-sized diamond found in space • The Register[/url]

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[quote=That Guy;884481]you know, russians HAVE turned lead into gold... inside the shielding in some of their reactors... (not on purpose). I think they ran the math and figured the price gold had to hit before it'd be profitable, but I can't remember the details...[/quote]

They did but it is unstable, loaded with radioactive isotopes and it decays back into stabilized lead whilst releasing its radioactivity.