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So 3D printing really seems to be gaining steam as a manufacturing technology. Last year a 3D printed car was produced in 2,500 hours. This year we have a car produced in 44 Hours or 6 days depending on which way you're counting. I am guessing they only manufactured during the hours that the International Manufacturing Technology Show was open for maximum media exposure, which would explain the discrepancy. They also have to sleep eventually. They want to retail the car at between $18,000 - $30,000 later this year.

So 3D printed technology is really advancing. It isn't hard to imagine that they will eventually be able to get the manufacturing time down to less than a day soon. Of course that 3D printers do not currently have the tech to manufacture Engines from the ground up, which doesn't make it a completely 3D printed car, but being able to print virtually all the rest of the parts is still pretty impressive. Is this something you could see yourself buying? What about in the future when the price comes down? Do you think that eventually all cars will be 3D printed?

Around 300 ft uphill from the highest water level reached by the 2011 Tōhoku tsunami sits a centuries-old stone marker that warns: “Do not build your homes below this point!”

I guess people didn't listen.

At 9/15/14 12:34 PM, NewgroundsMike wrote:
Well, aren't you a clever boy?

If I was a clever boy, wouldn't it be that much more clever if I convinced people that I wasn't clever at all?

At 9/15/14 12:33 PM, NewgroundsMike wrote:
Granted, you find out lies taste like shit.

I wish for "crash and burn like a Malaysian Airlines flight" to become a legit proverb.

Granted, unfortunately it becomes a proverb because of a rash of airplane crashes in a short period of time. Flight ticket prices go sky high and people are constantly worried about planes unexpectedly falling out of the skies. All the major aircraft manufacturers are forced to declare bankruptcy, which causes hundreds of thousands of workers to lose their jobs. This also has knock-on effects for the broader economy which leads to a worldwide depression, which eventually leads to World War 3 and than nuclear war. Now everyone is dead except for you. Good job with your proverb, now you're the only one who can hear it.

I wish I had a big block of clay.

At 9/14/14 09:41 PM, SNAPCRACKLEANDPOP2 wrote:

At 9/14/14 03:04 PM, Slacker013 wrote:

I wish I had one of those German potato masher grenades, a non explosive replica.

Granted, however, though it isn't an exploding replica, it is an imploding replica, and it implodes upon contact.

I wish no one was dumb.

Granted, but in order for no one to be dumb no one can be particular smart either, since it is the comparison that is most important in determining who is smart and who is dumb. Everyone's IQ and intelligence is now exactly the same, so we are now all equally smart and equally dumb. We also have equally developed emotional, physical, and leadership qualities, so good luck getting anyone to follow anyone else.

I wish I was the best artist in the whole world.

At 9/13/14 07:53 PM, TJ-Lane wrote:

At 9/11/14 06:02 PM, thespazicat wrote:

I would buy your paintings if they were for sale.

i like that you like my art i guess , and gorillas are cool

I like your username

Your country is a very pretty place.

Evil Dead II was a pretty decent Cheap Sequel. It had a budget of about $3,600,000 and was still a very good movie. It was also commercially successful, though with a budget like that it's not exactly surprising.

At 9/14/14 06:52 PM, VJF wrote:
What if he's doing it right but it still makes him weak?

That would mean that the phrase isn't strictly true, don't you think?

At 9/15/14 12:24 AM, WahyaRanger wrote:
Guess you have a point there.... I don't live near any real beaches, and I'd imagine the DEC frowns upon digging for things on public land. I'd probably mostly just find bullets anyways.

Yeah, some places are really strict and where they will and will not let you metal detect. You don't want to wind up with a massive fine for digging in the wrong place. Some people will actually let you detect on their property, so that solves that problem, especially if they have a big piece of property. It's good exercise too with all that walking.

There are actually some beaches near me that were used by the military for munitions training, so they don't want you to detect there since there's a decent chance you might blow yourself to pieces. You have to kind of wonder how they let people sun themselves on a beach like that, but whatever.

US cinema does make more money though, even if they produce less films. I enjoy the occasional Indian comedy. I'm not much of an Indian drama type person though. Fortunately some of the theaters nearby play international films, so I can catch one without too much expense or trouble.

If you haven't seen an Indian film before, check some trailers. Chances are you will find something you like if you search around. Then you can view it on Netflix, or Hulu, take one out of the library or borrow one from a friend. There is a whole lot more depth and breadth of choices then you might expect if you've never seen Indian cinema. The same can be said of many countries with an established film industry. Just take a look here.

At 9/14/14 05:36 PM, WahyaRanger wrote:
Why are all my hobbies so damn expensive?

I don't know, I guess that's life in the modern era.

As far as the metal detector goes though, there's a really good chance that someone you know has one and will let you borrow it. That way you can try it out and see if you'd actually get use out of buying one before spending the money on it. I can't tell you how many people I know who bought a metal detector, used it for a few weeks and then never took it out of the house again.

Here is the first paragraph of Wikipedia on Justice:

Justice, in its broadest context, includes both the attainment of that which is just and the philosophical discussion of that which is just. The concept of justice is based on numerous fields, and many differing viewpoints and perspectives including the concepts of moral rightness based on ethics, rationality, law, religion, equity and fairness. Often, the general discussion of justice is divided into the realm of social justice as found in philosophy, theology and religion, and, procedural justice as found in the study and application of the law.

It occurs to me that justice is defined more by what we agree that it is not than what we agree that it is. Also, while some countries may attempt to define justice in terms of their legal documents there really isn't a broad consensus on what justice is. Even in very small countries I imagine they argue over what justice is, since it is an idea and a concept. You can't really pin it down in the same way you can pin down what water is.

At 9/14/14 03:30 PM, AquaWatermelons wrote: I don't know. It just goes by so quickly.

Do you like bananas?

I do actually. They are especially nice in a smoothie or covered in chocolate.

What do you label yourself as?

At 9/13/14 01:15 PM, NewgroundsMike wrote:

At 9/13/14 01:04 PM, i-am-ghey wrote: Question:
What could the advantages of skipping a morning class/lecture? List as many as possible.

- You get to sleep longer
- It might be a class you don't care about and you could use that time more productively
- You get to have a more extensive breakfast
- If you don't have to attend, what's the point anyway?

Should I go on?

No need, you've just about covered everything important.

You accidentally eat some radioactive vegetables. They were good, and what's even cooler is that they endow you with the super-power of your choice! What's it gonna be?

At 9/13/14 09:54 AM, NewgroundsMike wrote:
Granted, you understand it so well you find out it's just a load of bullshit.

I wish for a bullshit warning system.

Granted, unfortunately it goes off constantly with a ring that has the same sound as nails on a chalkboard. Eventually you can't stand it anymore and turn it off, content in the knowledge that you will come across BS during every hour of the day.

I wish my hair didn't grow so fast.

I probably need to stop replying to this thread, since I only seem to buy boring stuff: food, gasoline, very basic clothing items, toilet paper, etc. I can't remember the last really exciting thing I bought. Oh right, I bought a metal detector.

I went to a garage sale and got this Garrett Ace 250 used for $80. You can't go wrong with a price like that.

I took it out to the beach on a few rainy weekends. I feel like I got my money's worth out of it. Found some interesting stuff too.

I really don't understand why they didn't call it the iWatch instead of the Apple Watch. Maybe they don't have enough confidence in the product to associate it with the iBrand, kind of like Apple TV.

I'm sure some Apple fanboys, early adopters, and a few curious people will give this product a try. In all likelihood it will turn out to be the top selling Smartwatch, but I don't see it having anywhere near the popularity that the iPhones or iPods had. If it makes some extra money for Apple though, it's good for them and whoever wants to buy one. I won't be one of those people, but I'm never an early adopter so they weren't targeting me anyway.

Not unlike some of our members I prefer to do a few software hacks to the hardware I buy in order to optimize it for my own needs and Apple doesn't make that very easy. However this only applies to a very small percentage of the population, so the fact that Apple products are locked down hardly registers to most people. In general they seem to result in somewhat more secure products, which is a really positive these days, iCloud controversy not withstanding.

So I did a quick survey of how much of Newgrounds content falls under this category. I figured hentai and porn almost exclusively falls under the Adult category, so I figured that would be a good way to filter out how much of hentai and porn makes up each of the portals. It is hardly a perfect metric, but considering it took all of 2 minutes to calculate it isn't terribly inaccurate. Here are the results of the total adult content on the portal:

4% of total Art
2.7% of total Movies
1.7% of total Games

That really doesn't seem like all that much to me. Of course, much of that content is over-represented in terms of average popularity, but it still involves only a small fraction of total content. That hardly looks like the portal is being overrun to me.

At 9/13/14 10:50 PM, yurgenburgen wrote: I can lick my elbow (apparently it is rare for a human to be able to do this).
I own three DVDs manufactured in North Korea.

That is pretty amazing. I've never seen a DVD made in North Korea. It would be even more amazing if it was an actual film made in North Korea that was on it.

Speaking of the amazingly weird country that is North Korea. According to this LA Times Article,

"In North Korea, meth is offered as casually as a cup of tea"

At 9/14/14 10:44 AM, ecwrulesbad wrote:

At 9/14/14 10:37 AM, NewgroundsMike wrote: You don't really want to know, do you?

Will it kill me?

Isn't it true that whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger?

Humanity is almost certainly doomed in the long run, since our universe will eventually cease to exist according to string theory.

Sense-Offender is 80 feet tall with several dozen tentacles, large glassy eyes and special teeth for eating his prey. His skin is translucent blue and he has no nose. There are several thousand postules on each of his tentacles that he uses to stun his prey. He also has a very large brain.

XXX + South Park:Bigger, Longer, and Uncut = XXX: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut

At 9/12/14 11:56 AM, je171 wrote:
Granted. You win the User Icon Battle, but then realize that it's like being the Shiniest Turd in the Turd Pile. Once the thought sinks in fully, you kill yourself. R.I.P.

I wish that wishing in one hand, and pooping in the other, my wishes would actually fill up faster.

Granted, but so does your bladder such that you are constantly pissing yourself. Did I mention that you can't wish for less pee?

I wish for a super cool one of a kind piece of string.

Evil Dead + American Pie = Evil Pie

I'm so bad ass that I was born with a birth mark that says bad on my ass.

Apparently none of the Beatles knew how to read music, though Paul McCartney eventually taught himself.

At 9/11/14 12:47 PM, NewgroundsMike wrote:
I'd beg Death to take me along, and if Death refused, I'd tell Death to go fuck itself, pull the uber-asshole move and disappear through the Celestial Gates Of Beyond, shut them behind me and simply change places with Death.

Why should I bring a dead person back to the living world? Could there be anything more cruel to do to them?

Why would it be cruel to bring a dead person back to life. Wouldn't they prefer to be alive vs. dead.

Who would you really like to just punch in the face?

At 9/12/14 08:40 PM, VJF wrote:

At 9/12/14 08:22 PM, abbuw wrote:

By existing as a haunted house?

A haunted house that is also an electrician?

If a sentient house existed that was also an electrician, would we even notice?

Congratulations on catching a Wild Pikachu!