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Is the Game Boy the Toughest Product Ever Made?
An anonymous reader writes "CNET is running an article about tough technology, which aptly includes the Nintendo Game Boy, a device so tough that mine still works after many years. 'There's no two ways about it: the original Game Boy is one of the hardest gadgets ever conceived. Rumor has it this beige behemoth isn't made of plastic, but from the skulls of fallen Gurkhas. If you ever saw one that was broken, it's because it lost a boxing match with a nuclear bomb — on points.' So do you agree that the Game Boy is the toughest consumer electronics device ever made?"
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Will it blend?
And their armored cousin, the public pay phone, was no slouch either.
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You mean those nuclear or perpetuum-volt ones?
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Apparently, more weapon than controller it is capable of withstanding high speed impact with stationary objects, LCD/plasma TVs, dry wall, idiots, etc.
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The DS screens break (top one specifically) if you fart too close to it. I still haven't broken my DSlite... yet..., but I went through 4 DS's with them in my laptop bag when they were damaged.
I also broke several GB advances, I think it's the flip open design, it stresses the screens somehow.
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I would have to nominate my flash drive. I left it in my pants one time, and it survived a trip through the washer and dryer. I should really have hand-washed it, though: it shrank from 1 gb to 512 mb.
Man, I wish 360's were that durable. Mine just about red rings every time I use my microwave, and dammit, i love my ramen noodles!
why? forty-two.
That or your head is just that dense...i mean clearly you smashed things into your head...its probably pretty tough...
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I nominate the IBM Model M keyboard and its brethren as being among the most bulletproof gadgets ever made. They weigh 5 pounds, mostly because the keys are mounted on a solid steel plate. And not only are they indestructible, but they're delightful to type on.
The Gameboy's still showing games fine. You actually broke your eyesight, np.
So you are a Gurkha who has not yet fallen?
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I don't have a microwave. I do, however, have a clock that occasionally cooks shit.
And anyone with the common sense to wash their hands after eating Cheetos never had this issue...
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That just proves that, no matter how tough the Gameboy may be, your head is harder!
;) .
(Come to think of it, We shouldn't be surprised at the density of your noggin, being that you chose to use your head as a hammer as opposed to the wall or some other, non-organic instrument of destruction
Still, made for a funny anecdote...
It's not a real keyboard if you can't beat a man to death with it.
Um, hypothetically, I mean.
I don't know about Technology (although the Wii remote would be pretty high up on that list... or generally anything designed by Nintendo... which I swear must have a contract with the makers of LEGO), but the strongest thing I've ever known is Snap-On tools.
:P.
I swear... that company must be sacrificing souls to some demon in order to make them that damn-near-physics-defyingly strong
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If you take out Tetris, it will work fine!
So basically your point is that you have a hard head? That's not usually something to brag about. Now, if you broke it on your abs, that would be something!
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It wasn't broken at all, was it?
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From the little time I've spent hanging out in Second Life, I've found that this sort of problem is apparently more prevalent than you might think.
Turns out the combination of fur and latex fetishes generates an ungodly amount of static electricity...
It's a shame i can't say the same on the zen neeon.
:(
One night i spilled beer on it and the display died but the color lights and the music playback were fine.
After a month or two of blind use i dropped it and it hit the floor with one corner. The display came back to life but the hard drive died
I still have it here hoping that someday if i recharge the battery it will magically work again.
....except it broke the ground on impact.
"my wife has a sewing machine where the computer control for advanced functions is a GBC"
:) ).
That's cool! What happens if you press "Up Down Up Down Left Right Left Right AB AB" on the GBC (not your wife