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Blu-ray Laser Gadget
i4u writes, "Wicked Lasers has done the unthinkable. They took the sparse blue laser diodes used in Blu-ray Disc drives and are making cool laser gadgets out of them, called Sonar. You can own one of these very limited edition lasers for $1,999.99. The price is that high because Wicked Lasers buys Blu-ray Disc players and removes the Blu-ray diode for the Sonar laser."
Wouldn't buying a PS3 be cheaper?
Don't you know that there's a shortage of blue ray laser diodes?! Every diode you have is another PS3 that some poor kid who is willing to spend $600 doesn't have. Won't you think of the children? Or at least your fellow gamer.
Well, there's spam egg sausage and spam, that's not got much spam in it.
...A $2000 laser pointer which outputs coherent light in the most difficult color spectrum for humans to see. I'll take one and a dozen pet rocks, please!
Do not look directly into laser with remaining eye!
Why bother.
New cat toy! I can't wait to give this to my cat. Plus in most areas its illegal to point lasers at anything that isn't white. Or at least not at airplanes. Its now a federal offense.
Sucker frequency: 1.67x10^-2Hz
Someone hates these cans.
$2k for a laser to show off to your friends.
$10k for corrected surgery to attempt to salvage vision after someone peeks at the source.
-Rick
"Most people in the U.S. wouldn't know they live in a tyrannical state if it walked up and grabbed their junk." - MyFirs
But can it be mounted on a shark?
Humblest Friend,
My name is Kwame Ebola, attorney at Law and I have been referred to your esteemed self as a person of outstanding character who will help, my client, Mrs A Ohura, Widow of the late Mr Kim Ohura, founder of the highly successful company known as Wei-Kid Lasers. Mr Ohura founded his company not long ago with the aim to take apart fairly cheap laser-based products and use a small quantity of the parts to make something smaller that sells for a lot more money. Mr Ohura's business was very successful with many happy fool^h^h^h^h customers purchasing his noble products.
Sadly, Mr Ohura suffered an untimely death when his private plane crashed while landing at his personal retreat near the delightful city of Lagos, Nigeria, when the pilot was blinded by a mysterious blue light - possibly due to witchcraft used by a rival company. Mr Ohura left the bulk of his fortune - some FIFTY SIX MILLION DOLLARS and TWENTY-FIVE BLUE LASER DIODES to his, wife, my client, but due to the complex inheritance laws in this country, my client needs a person outside the country to claim the estate to avoid Sony claming the diodes.
Etc..
AT&ROFLMAO
You have a good point. And to take that a step further, who says they are "Junking" the Blue Ray player!!
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1. Buy a blue ray player for $1500
2. Sell the laser for $2000
3. Wait until blue lasers come down in price (say 6 months to a year)
4. Put a laser in your *free* blue ray player
5.
6. PROFIT!!
Its a brilliant plan!
As a rule, I never trust dark brown ketchup.
"Seems pretty pointless to me"
You, Sir, are a genius of the highest order in regard to accidental puns. Bravo, I say, bravo.
This one goes to 11.