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I was there two months ago and didn't see that. Either it finally gave up the ghost or I just missed it. I didn't explore every last nook and cranny but then the Nintendo World Store is hardly a place where things are hidden away.
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kannonfodder posted:Sure Nintendo products are sturdy, that's what happens when you put in the most crude parts available. Yeah, a rock can withstand a nuke, but I still can't have much fun with it. As a geologist I am offended by this statement. Bad photo of a poster board I took in a Canadian Gold Mine 
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Goodpancakes posted:As a geologist I am offended by this statement. But the schnozberries!
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Dec 4, 2013 09:58
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Delicious delicious lead 
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Tiggum posted:This came from a university's website. A friend posted it on Facebook. Huh, that's weird, I just found this on my university's site today: 
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Goodpancakes posted:As a geologist I am offended by this statement. Are you sure that wasn't in a treacle mine?
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kannonfodder posted:Sure Nintendo products are sturdy, that's what happens when you put in the most crude parts available. Yeah, a rock can withstand a nuke, but I still can't have much fun with it. 
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Hydrolith posted:Are you sure that wasn't in a treacle mine? Dummy. Everyone know that treacle is drawn from a well.
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BgRdMchne posted:Dummy. WRONG http://britishfoodhistory.wordpress.com/2012/04/01/the-treacle-mines-of-england/
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Dec 4, 2013 14:48
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RatHat posted:That image is made less amusing when you realize that the owner was probably killed. Nintendo Power had a blurb about it when it happened. The owner sent in the original pictures (complete with damaged but functional screen) and was eventually given a replacement.
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It's also really difficult to destroy a GameCube without eventually causing serious bodily harm.
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There was another guy whose little brother threw his SNES out the window while he was gone, they found it 5 months later (in the spring, so it had survived snows) and it started right up. Nintendo hardware, man.
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theflyingorc posted:There was another guy whose little brother threw his SNES out the window while he was gone, they found it 5 months later (in the spring, so it had survived snows) and it started right up. I was surprised but a friend dropped a Samsung Galaxy 1 out of a ski lift, it was somehow found 8 months later and still worked after enduring more than 200 inches of snow and the elements.
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Georgia Peach posted:I was surprised but a friend dropped a Samsung Galaxy 1 out of a ski lift, it was somehow found 8 months later and still worked after enduring more than 200 inches of snow and the elements. This sounds like an ad for Otterbox™ phone cases.
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Captain Trips posted:This sounds like an ad for Otterbox™ phone cases. Electronics are surprisingly durable as long as you don't let them get turned on while wet. As long as you let it completely dry out before powering it on you can stick a computer motherboard in a dishwasher and it will run just fine afterward as long as the water wasn't hot enough to melt any solder/damage any parts.
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Zonekeeper posted:Electronics are surprisingly durable as long as you don't let them get turned on while wet. As long as you let it completely dry out before powering it on you can stick a computer motherboard in a dishwasher and it will run just fine afterward as long as the water wasn't hot enough to melt any solder/damage any parts. Probably best to leave it off the spin cycle though.
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I still have my original year one brick gameboy. It is literally half made out of duct tape at this point, and is missing the outer screen. It still runs fine.
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AstuteCat posted:Probably best to leave it off the spin cycle though. Not a lot of dishwashers have spin cycles. I would say close to zero.
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Dec 4, 2013 18:39
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An ad I once got on Facebook.
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Translating US English to UK English.
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Triskelli posted:They replaced the screen for demonstration purposes. I've seen it at the Nintendo store in New York. The screen had been cracked but the electronics stil worked. I was under the impression that the screen was original, but they removed the (originally) clear plastic in front of the screen itself, as that was melted and opaque.
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Dec 5, 2013 02:37
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Man, I remember seeing that gameboy picture in Nintendo Power, like 20 years ago.
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Zonekeeper posted:Electronics are surprisingly durable as long as you don't let them get turned on while wet. As long as you let it completely dry out before powering it on you can stick a computer motherboard in a dishwasher and it will run just fine afterward as long as the water wasn't hot enough to melt any solder/damage any parts. When I was living in Michigan about 8 years ago my phone fell out of my pocket on the way into my house and sat in a foot of snow before I found it two days later. Took it apart and let it dry out for a day and it worked fine. This was an ancient Verizon flip phone so I dunno if that made a difference or not.
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Zonekeeper posted:Electronics are surprisingly durable as long as you don't let them get turned on while wet. As long as you let it completely dry out before powering it on you can stick a computer motherboard in a dishwasher and it will run just fine afterward as long as the water wasn't hot enough to melt any solder/damage any parts. I spilled half a bottle of Shiner Bock into my Macbook Pro one night. Spilled right into the keyboard and the cooling vent just above the keyboard. I instantly powered the thing off, took out the battery, and propped it up on the hotel A/C unit overnight to dry out. It worked flawlessly after that, except that the keyboard was sticky.
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Phanatic posted:except that the keyboard was sticky Let's face it, that was bound to happen sooner or later anyway
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snortpocket posted:Let's face it, that was bound to happen sooner or later anyway Avatar and post.....something something. Yay joke!
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Ok Fella posted:Avatar and post.....something something. Yay joke! 
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All this talk of indestructible phones/electronics and I'll be damned if my phone doesn't stop working if I even look at it sideways.
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ncumbered_by_idgits posted:All this talk of indestructible phones/electronics and I'll be damned if my phone doesn't stop working if I even look at it sideways. I dropped my powered up iphone 4 into a toilet I had just pissed into. It immediately powered down when it hit the water. I took off the case washed it off (figured it couldn't get much wetter) and let it sit for a couple of hours and turned it back on. The headphone jack was reading a plug in it so the speakers weren't working but it worked if I plugged it in and then a couple of days later it worked 100% again. Suck it lovely phone havers.
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When my android gets wet and registers a headset plugged in, I've found cleaning out the jack with rubbing alcohol and a Q tip and letting it dry usually fixes the problem.
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omnibobb posted:I dropped my powered up iphone 4 into a toilet I had just pissed into. It immediately powered down when it hit the water. I took off the case washed it off (figured it couldn't get much wetter) and let it sit for a couple of hours and turned it back on. The headphone jack was reading a plug in it so the speakers weren't working but it worked if I plugged it in and then a couple of days later it worked 100% again. Sounds to me like your phone is the lovely/pissy one.
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Ragequit posted:Sounds to me like your phone is the lovely/pissy one. Just pissy. But it's cool cause it's my own piss.
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Anybody else got any more cool phone drying out stories for the funny pics thread?
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Skrill.exe posted:Anybody else got any more cool phone drying out stories for the funny pics thread? No, just the one sorry 
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