Get an Acme Klein Bottle

Came in here to post this. This guy is unhinged by the way. He came in to give a talk in a course I was taking at UC Berkeley and as he continued to ramble on he noticed the students starting to glance at the clock on the wall above his head. He went off on a half-baked rant about how clocks don't matter and we should think for ourselves or something, then he stands up ON A CHAIR WITH WHEELS and pulls the clock off the wall. This guy is not young obviously - I was standing under him ready to catch him if he fell and the whole class was horrified.

Re: Get an Acme Klein Bottle

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Post by Waterluvian » Sat, Jun 22, 2019, 12:03 AM UTC

V-eHGsd_ wrote: post #2

these are made by Cliff Stoll, of cuckoo's egg fame.

They're not made by him anymore. A glassblower makes them. But he does the rest.

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Post by thebeardisred » Sat, Jun 22, 2019, 12:19 AM UTC

V-eHGsd_ wrote: post #2

these are made by Cliff Stoll, of cuckoo's egg fame.

I was wondering about that the instant I saw his name in the footer.

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Post by Jun8 » Sat, Jun 22, 2019, 12:20 AM UTC

These are great! Similar mathematical toys/models that you can buy:

* Stereographic projection lamp: https://www.shapeways.com/product/WA5HL9UF3/grid-stereograph...

* Gomboc: https://gomboc-shop.com/

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Post by teej » Sat, Jun 22, 2019, 12:23 AM UTC

I want to show a bit of appreciation for a website that loads in 50ms. Thanks for keeping it simple, Cliff.

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Post by Kenji » Sat, Jun 22, 2019, 12:31 AM UTC

12) My website looks old-fashioned because it loads faster this way and (mainly) I'm too lazy to rewrite it. I last updated this page on April 30, 2019 6:16 PM

Very based attitude. I wish more people were like him. The website is perfectly functional & readable and doesn't waste any resources.