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Personal black boxes - You Decide
Lear (the Unready) Posted Dec 2, 2000
Probably the best way of carrying a personal black box would be to install it as a chip inside the brain - taking great care, of course, not to dislodge anything important up there. We could eliminate the need for a microphone by redesigning the capillaries of the nostrils to automatically pick up sonic signals in the air - including, of course, those all-important last words.
A bit too hi-tech, perhaps, for the liking of many. I think my (not very famous at all) last words will probably be - 'How the f*** do you switch this thing on?'... 
Last words and epitaphs.
Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Dec 2, 2000
::Starts to cry:: How sad... 
I am VERY FORTUNATE to still have my dad... almost lost him late Spetember...
I am sorry....
Anyway, this black box idea deserves development... 
Imagine that only the elite will get to have one... what if it was incorporated into cell phones!?? Hermmm....
Last words and epitaphs.
Neugen Amoeba Posted Dec 2, 2000
Some more epitaphs:
"That's All Folks!"
The Man of a Thousand Voices
Mel Blanc
Truth and History.
21 Men.
The Boy Bandit King --
He Died As He Lived.
William H. Bonney "Billy the Kid"
I like the "personal Black Box", and maybe we can incorporate it as a feature in a mobile phone...
I can see the ad now.....
Last words and epitaphs.
Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Dec 3, 2000
Where!?? I don't see anything...
::looks for the ad:: 
Last words and epitaphs.
Neugen Amoeba Posted Dec 3, 2000
VodaPhone Black Box - You've always wanted to have the last word, and they don't get any more final than this!
Last words and epitaphs.
Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Dec 3, 2000
ROLF!!!
Very good... very very clever...
Last words and epitaphs.
The Theory Posted Dec 9, 2001
just reviving a dead thread becasue it sounded interesting...
here is what I want MY final words to be...
"Tell everyone on h2g2 what happened... here is my password..."
peace.
Last words and epitaphs.
Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Dec 9, 2001
not bad, not bad.
course if you had time and a good memory you could probably quote a specific URL... 
I had forgotten about this thread. I wonder how the old Personal balck box invention as coming along?
s off to re-read forum backlog....
Last words and epitaphs.
Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Dec 9, 2001
ah yes, I really had forgotten about this forum 
"Dear Mr Hubbard, alas, I have exceeded my limit."- off to write that one down....
*chortle*
Clive
Last words and epitaphs.
Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Dec 9, 2001
ah yes, I really had forgotten about this forum
"Dear Mr Hubbard, alas, I have exceeded my limit."- off to write that one down....
*chortle*
Clive
Last words and epitaphs.
The Groob Posted Oct 30, 2003
I would like the words on my tombstone:
"coming to a ouija board near you soon!"
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Personal black boxes - You Decide
- 41: Lear (the Unready) (Dec 2, 2000)
- 42: Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde (Dec 2, 2000)
- 43: Neugen Amoeba (Dec 2, 2000)
- 44: Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde (Dec 3, 2000)
- 45: Neugen Amoeba (Dec 3, 2000)
- 46: Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde (Dec 3, 2000)
- 47: The Theory (Dec 9, 2001)
- 48: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Dec 9, 2001)
- 49: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Dec 9, 2001)
- 50: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Dec 9, 2001)
- 51: The Theory (Dec 9, 2001)
- 52: The Groob (Oct 30, 2003)
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