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Free Patents That Will Save Our Galaxy

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Re: Free Patents That Will Save Our Galaxy

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Diaper bowl? Would you put that on your kid?

The pictures of the baby mounted on the toilet-pipe bring several things to mind:

1] People are lazy. That looks like too much work. The whole point of disposable diapers is that people can be lazier.

2] It's too mechanical looking, which make it seem both scary and ridiculous.

3] I can't picture average people looking at this and thinking that they'd like to buy it.

Re: Free Patents That Will Save Our Galaxy

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post #2

Diaper bowl? Would you put that on your kid? The pictures of the baby mounted on the toilet-pipe bring several things to mind: 1] People are lazy. That looks like too much work. The whole point of disposable diapers is that people can be lazier. 2] It's too mechanical looking, which make it seem both scary and ridiculous. 3] I can't picture average people looking at this and thinking that they'd like to buy it.

Hint: This site is a joke.

Re: Free Patents That Will Save Our Galaxy

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Except maybe (insert 3-5 diminutive adjectives here) the diaper bowl, these are all extremely unviable. Wasting hundreds of dollars of machinery to collect the insignificant amount of heat energy given off by a human (especially in its resting state) is not very effective. As for plants, really? Plants are, being created by evolution for the purpose of spreading, not converting CO2 to O2, are not very efficient - there are machines that do the job much better. Also, the plants have to be fed food and water, making the thing extremely bulky and reducing fuel efficiency.

Re: Free Patents That Will Save Our Galaxy

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post #4

Except maybe (insert 3-5 diminutive adjectives here) the diaper bowl, these are all extremely unviable. Wasting hundreds of dollars of machinery to collect the insignificant amount of heat energy given off by a human (especially in its resting state) is not very effective. As for plants, really? Plants are, being created by evolution for the purpose of spreading, not converting CO2 to O2, are not very efficient - the…

You didn't get tipped off by the advice that you could increase your farts by eating proprietary beans?

Re: Free Patents That Will Save Our Galaxy

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post #2

Diaper bowl? Would you put that on your kid? The pictures of the baby mounted on the toilet-pipe bring several things to mind: 1] People are lazy. That looks like too much work. The whole point of disposable diapers is that people can be lazier. 2] It's too mechanical looking, which make it seem both scary and ridiculous. 3] I can't picture average people looking at this and thinking that they'd like to buy it.

Hint: This site is a joke.

went right over my head :P

Re: Free Patents That Will Save Our Galaxy

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post #4

Except maybe (insert 3-5 diminutive adjectives here) the diaper bowl, these are all extremely unviable. Wasting hundreds of dollars of machinery to collect the insignificant amount of heat energy given off by a human (especially in its resting state) is not very effective. As for plants, really? Plants are, being created by evolution for the purpose of spreading, not converting CO2 to O2, are not very efficient - the…

You didn't get tipped off by the advice that you could increase your farts by eating proprietary beans?

Guess not. Could be because I tend to focus on the article rather than wandering around all over the place.

Re: Free Patents That Will Save Our Galaxy

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post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You didn't get tipped off by the advice that you could increase your farts by eating proprietary beans?

Guess not. Could be because I tend to focus on the article rather than wandering around all over the place.

...it was in the article.

Don't worry, I thought it was real until halfway through the second patent.