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Old 08-29-2008, 10:12 AM   #1
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa3OGgBkRiQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FllMX9dFmWg

I linked to them so you can click the link to watch the high quality versions.

Awesome.
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Old 08-29-2008, 11:31 AM   #2
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Holy crap that was cool. Thanks Photon!
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Old 08-29-2008, 01:12 PM   #3
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Very very cool. The slow mo was great! I know I shouldn't say anything until I've walked in their shoes, but those two have the sweetest lives.
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Old 08-29-2008, 01:38 PM   #4
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And cue my Nvidia shares dropping from $14 to $12.50
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Very very cool. The slow mo was great! I know I shouldn't say anything until I've walked in their shoes, but those two have the sweetest lives.
they definitely have the best jobs in the world as far as geeks are concerned. when making robots and blowing sh*t up is just part of your workweek, it doesn't get much better than that
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Old 08-29-2008, 02:30 PM   #6
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Can you imagine if your boss came into your office and said "ya ... i'm going to need you to just go ahead and build me a giant robotic shark to chew up this pig carcass".
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Old 08-29-2008, 04:43 PM   #7
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It's either the guys on Mythbusters or the guys from Top Gear who have the sweetest jobs in history.
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Old 08-29-2008, 08:57 PM   #8
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That was so unbelievably cool
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