The Year in Ideas

Some Anonymous Dude writes "The NYTimes magazine reviews this year's great ideas including the anti-paparazzi flash, forehead billboards, scientific free-throw distraction, and why popcorn doesn't pop." From the intro: "Once we have thrown back all the innovations that don't meet our exacting standards, we find ourselves with the following alphabetical catch: 78 notions, big and small, grand and petty, serious and silly, ingenious and. . . well, whatever you call it when you tattoo an advertisement on your forehead for money."

Comments

adverts on foreheads?

[joe 155]

"whatever you call it when you tattoo an advertisement on your forehead for money."

...I think its called being really, really drunk... like all truely stupid ideas, they seemed like a good one at the time

FOREHEAD BILLBOARDS???

[matr0x_x]

How the heck is tattooing GoldenPalace.com on your forehead for $25,000 a great idea??????? I'd need atleast $50K lol...

Re:FOREHEAD BILLBOARDS???

[Bastard of Subhumani]

... or at least you could afford a hat.

Here's my idea.

[Sheetrock]

I like peanut butter cups.

But... why not go one step further and make peanut butter and jelly cups? Strawberry goes well with peanut butter and chocolate, and if you want to go crazy with the concept so does raspberry and orange marmalade.

Additionally, those apple-cinammon creme-filled cupcakes were pretty good back in the day, but were inexplicably pulled from the market at the same time they replaced the chocolate on the chocolate cupcakes with black wax. They need to bring those back (preferably avoiding the waxy "improvement" to the frosting.)

Re:Here's my idea.

[Saxophonist]

But... why not go one step further and make peanut butter and jelly cups?

I smell a patent!

Let's see, how to word this one... A patent for the "infusion of processed fruit and plant root material into an edible item shaped similarly to a common household object."

Re:Here's my idea.

[Sarisar]

No no no, far to narrow. Something like a patent to "infuse two or more flavours together into a shape" THAT would get allowed straight away, then you can sue everyone over their ideas!

Re:Here's my idea.

[Atmchicago]

Spelling tip: Grammar is a word, grammer is not.

Re:Here's my idea.

[Anonymous Coward]

You see, it would be this mat that you would put on the floor, and it would have different conclusions written on it that you could jump to.

Re:Here's my idea.

[Demerara]

Grammer tip: 'Effect' is used as a noun. 'Affect' is used as a verb.

Spelling Tip: Its "Grammar"

Re:Here's my idea.

[Werkhaus]

>>Grammer tip: 'Effect' is used as a noun. 'Affect' is used as a verb.

>Spelling Tip: Its "Grammar"

Punctuation Tip: It's "It's".

Re:Here's my idea.

[Macgrrl]

How long do you suppose this thread can keep going?

Is that a hypothetical question?

Re:Here's my idea.

[Locke03]

;)

Non-standard use of punctuation.

Re:Here's my idea.

[boojum.cat]

Grammer tip: 'Effect' is used as a noun. 'Affect' is used as a verb.
Spelling tip: it's spelled 'grammar'.
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Re:One thing is sure

[kermitthefrog917]

Or a lot of BugMeNot accounts will be discovered and disactivated...

Re:Article?

[Anonymous Coward]

NYT idea:
Make people pay for content

Re:Celebs

[xoip]

Toss in one of those Cameera Balls and still get the shots.

This year's greatest idea...

[Stormwatch]

Adding malware to music CDs.

Re:Celebs

[Anonymous Coward]

"u're"

Aren't you going to be late for recess? [Keep all 11 year olds off Slashdot.]

cyberpunk fantasy?

[commodoresloat]

it's a cyberpunk fantasy come true.

you misspelled "gourmand's nightmare."

What I do love, though, is anything that prompts the New York Times to publish a joke about "tube steak."

Re:Oddly Enough

[cornface]

My computer lets me do things that earn money. With money, I buy FOOD and MEDICINE, not just now, but whenever I need them. Maybe other people can do the same, then they will not be hungry and sick. If those people are not hungry and sick, we will stop having to send aid money to their countries. If we don't have to keep ending donations to their countries, we will be able to spend the money on large clue-by-fours to sort out people who don't understand that a sustainable income is always better than charity.

Your worldview is simplistic and retarded.

Try working on your computer while you are malnourished and suffering from dysentery.

Let me know how much money you make!

Is it..

[StikyPad]

whatever you call it when you tattoo an advertisement on your forehead for money.

Slashdot?

Re:Missing an important one

[Gibsnag]

Oh yes, I can't wait for society to accept the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Ahh, what a blissful day that will be when the Church of the FSM is recognised as a world religion.