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The Ultimate Desk... Sort Of

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the are-you-getting-enough-oxygen dept.

Hanzo writes "So, you need a desk. With mood lighting. And a pop-up LCD monitor. It even just so happens you like Space Ghost. Well, for a mere $39,995(USD), you can have exactly what you need. ?" They still aren't selling powerbands or insect musicians, but I figure it's only a matter of time now.

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  1. Such choices... by dominion · · Score: 5, Funny

    College for kids, or space ghost desk.

    Grandpa's surgery, or space ghost desk.

    Down payment for house, or space ghost desk.

    Travel the world for two years, or space ghost desk.

    This is tough.

    1. Re:Such choices... by .!.+(0.o)+.!. · · Score: 5, Funny

      You picked, space ghost desk, too?

  2. Ultimate Desks? by leonscape · · Score: 5, Informative

    For that kind of money I think you could do a whole lot better, the Aura is definatley nicer than that.

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    1. Re:Ultimate Desks? by LeoDV · · Score: 4, Informative

      You know, I tried time and again to find the "ultimate desk" and every one I could find, this one and the others from PoeticTech, and the harder and the more I try, the more I'm convinced that the ultimate desk is a big wooden plank at desk level that I can put all my stuff on. My computer(s), my computer screen(s), my TV, my clock radio, my stereo system, my phone, my action figures, but, more importantly, my junk.

      It seems that no desk out there leaves me room for just a few cubic feet of crap. Open manuals lying on their faces, takeout food wrappings, books, piles of paper...

      Of course a real desk with good quality wood is better than just a plank, but those ultra-ergonomic moving thingamajig desks would never work with me.

  3. I'd rather buy this by geeveees · · Score: 5, Funny

    When go for the Space Ghost desk when you can have A Powerpuff Girls Bedroom for only $99.995!

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    1. Re:I'd rather buy this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Aah, this is Slashdot. Where a guy instantly spots mistakes in the coloring scheme of, what, a Powerpuff Girls Bedroom, and gets modded Insightful for it.

  4. The ultimate desks are sold at Poetic Technologies by Knuckles · · Score: 4, Informative

    link

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  5. Scroll down for the laugh of the day ... by sithkhan · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you go to the link in the article, be sure to scroll down to the bottom to read this:

    KIDS, DON'T FORGET: YOU'RE NOW IN AN ONLINE STORE. YOU MUST BE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OLD TO MAKE A PURCHASE.

    Funny $#!+

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  6. Tree house by isorox · · Score: 4, Informative

    I always wanted a Treehouse, but we never had a tree in our garden. Fortunatly they provide the tree for you, a snip at $1 million

  7. build your own! by lo_fye · · Score: 5, Interesting

    i built a desk to replace my case - so I'm not sure if it's a case mod, or a desk mod -- either way, i have no case now -- my entire pc is hidden inside my desk (except the monitor). When in "desk mode" the pc is invisible. You can pull out a drawer and tweak the mobo. Or fold down the drawer front to use the keyboard & mouse & access the drives.

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  8. Re:wow! by PhoenixFlare · · Score: 4, Informative

    From the description- The gracefully curved desk is constructed with a brushed aluminum body

    Try and actually follow the link first, at least if you're going to attempt to be witty :P

  9. Come on now! by geek4ever · · Score: 5, Funny

    It says shipping is included in the price! It's not that bad!
    (I feel a need to say "just kidding", for less intelligent of you)

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  10. It's not a joke... by anon*127.0.0.1 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's an advertising ploy.

    Neiman-Marcus has been doing this with their Christmas catalogs for years. They always include one or two outrageous gifts. His and her helicopters, anyone? Your own oil derrick? Dinner with Walter Cronkite?

    They don't actually want anyone to order the stuff, thats why the price is so ridiculous. If you're willing to pay $40K, they'll probably be willing to hire someone to craft a custom, one-of-a-kind desk, and pocket the change. Same thing with the other gifts.

    The idea is to drive traffic to the site, which seems to have worked. People go to see the Powerpuff girls bedroom, but while they're there they see DVD's, t-shirts, games... more mundane stuff. And some of them will buy.

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