I guess it's a little *less* genuine than *I* thought as well. Apparently it was shot in two parts. According to the link below which was linked from snopes.com.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2003/may/01/thisweekssciencequestions (Still not found the join? The first section ends and the second one begins at the one minute mark when an exhaust box rolls off to the right of the screen. Some clever editing bridges the two parts.) From: Richard Stovall [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 2:00 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Rube Goldberg I guess it is a little bit more genuine than I thought it was... On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Crawford, Scott <[email protected]> wrote: What makes you think it's not real? http://www.snopes.com/photos/advertisements/hondacog.asp From: Richard Stovall [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 1:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Rube Goldberg Though not 'real', the following has long been one of my favorites of this genre. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYabfifhEPE On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 2:12 PM, Don Guyer <[email protected]> wrote: Apparently, they had done something like this on a smaller scale before. For this one though, they had a corporate sponsor or something, so were able to go all out. Imagine the time it took to setup with each take? Don Guyer Systems Engineer - Information Services Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group 431 W. Lancaster Avenue Devon, PA 19333 Direct: (610) 993-3299 Fax: (610) 650-5306 [email protected] From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 2:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Rube Goldberg I love this kind of stuff. I'd set one up in my basement if my wife wouldn't kill me for doing it. From: Carol Fee [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 12:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Rube Goldberg This is from SunbeltSecurityNews - it's fun Rube Goldberg Epic four-minute-long Rube Goldberg machine in action, with nearly any imaginable object incorporated into a daisy chain of elegant chaos. The band performs the song while wearing paint-splattered jumpsuits, the reason for which is revealed at the end: http://www.sunbeltsecuritynews.com/V9TL6P/100317-Rube-Goldberg ________________________________ Carol Fee Network Administrator 617-338-0623 [email protected] Massachusetts Bar Association 20 West Street Boston, MA 02111-1204 (617) 338-0500 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
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