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The Museum of Unworkable Devices

Posted by timothy on from the more-fun-than-broken-packets dept.

Jippy_ writes "The quest for perpetual motion has been going on since at least the 11th century according to this site, and scientists have been getting it wrong ever since. Take a gander at some of the most valiant efforts (and ultimately the biggest failures) in trying to beat the laws of physics through the last 1000 years, along with other impossible inventions and devices."

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  1. Chemical weapons likely to be used in Iraq war by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Not by Saddam of course, but by US forces.

  2. ef pee by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    f to the pizzy my nizzy fo shizzy 20 sec post delizzy cowbizzy

  3. WTF?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Slashdot requires you to wait 2 minutes between each successful posting of a comment to allow everyone a fair chance at posting a comment.

    It's been -230 seconds since you last successfully posted a comment

    Let's add slashcode to that list of unworkable devices.

  4. Coming Soon: An Exhibit by Steve Ballmer by La+Temperanza · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "Digital Rights Management"

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  5. Re:Also known as the by Char-Lez · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    test test test