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austie: wii game sales are insane
austie: I wonder what nintendo’s work environment is like
austie: if they are slathering that money around
austie: if it feels good to be at nintendo right now
mikey: its in japan
mikey: they are all government employees i bet
austie: japan is all about corp success respect knuckles
austie: I bet nintendo runs the govt at this point
austie: nintendo and toyota
mikey: hah govt exercise programs on wii fit
austie: if you are president of either of those companies, I think you can just tell people to die and they then commit sepaku before your eyes.
mikey: could be useful when they need to start downsizing

Today Toyota revealed the 2010 Prius, amist lots of glits and glamor at the the yearly rust-belt motor show in Detroit which goes on this week. 

The automotive press are teeming over the wonder of modern engineering that they are calling the Prius.  It now gets 50mpg on the combined cycle, is bigger, looks fresh – and will be available to consumers in the spring. What else could a consumer want other than a $25-$30 thousand dollar Toyota Echo?

The problem here is that the Prius is a gimmick, it was not really invented to be anything other than a fashion statement. I imagine that some Prius drivers, on their way to the dealership were considering either the eco-friendly Prius or getting a tattoo on their forehead: “I <3 Polar Bears!”.

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Lets be honest, I am not going to mess around here. I love Top Gear,  and don’t confuse that and think that the way mother loved soap operas comes close to describing what I am talking about. Think instead in the way that a Skydiver loves their parachute, or Bush loves God. You see, cars, driving fast, the excitement of the road – all of those things are great by themselves, just as falling out of a plane can be damn exciting. But without Top Gear, just as the parachute – it would all come to a abrupt, disappointing, and ultimately unsatisfying end. 

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You can see the creative juices really, really flowing here. 

austie jonez: I want a tube that I can fill with salad and use a pushup to get it into my mouth. forking salads all day long is lame
mikey: i have been eating salads lately
mikey: but using the pushup approach would be good
mikey: although i fear i would engineer some way to use it without having to do pushups

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