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Box With Hidden Camera Travels Through the Mail

kkleiner writes "The modern mailing system can seem like magic, but the systems in place to reliably get boxes from A to B is a marvel of logistics. Now, a Dutch designer named Ruben van der Vleuten has unraveled the mystery for non-postal employees by installing a camera within a parcel to record the journey."

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  1. Re:Dont try it at home. by BenSchuarmer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Too bad the FBI didn't stop the Furbies when there was still a chance to do so.

  2. God is their routing agent? by Thud457 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Obviously this guy didn't write "Atheist" on the outside of the box, it was actually delivered.

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  3. Re:Looks like a bomb... by steelfood · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's because it didn't have a countdown timer. Everybody knows it's only a bomb if there's a LCD readout of the time left to detonation.

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  4. Re:Old news... by FilmedInNoir · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well SlashDot's motto use to be "News for Nerds"... now it's blank? Maybe it should be "Vaguely geeky stuff that happened at some point."

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  5. Re:Should be standard by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    If you keep adding stuff like this to your box I will definitely steal it. Can I suggest that you add an HD capable screen?

  6. Re:Should be standard by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Give it up. This is slashdot. They 3D print Stallman's dick here after spending a year fucking about with lashups like this story. Only to shove it up their ass.

    What the fuck is a lashup?

  7. Re:Accelerometer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny