fantastic Rube Goldberg Machine

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TykeMerc replied

14 September 2010, 14:45
Originally posted by chef View Post

a cool music video that features a giant Rube Goldberg machine* that spawned over 2 stories of an LA building which works in time to the music.. more details here
*A Rube Goldberg machine is a deliberately over-engineered machine that performs a very simple task in a very complex fashion, usually including a chain reaction

I was wondering how/when it would add 2 stories to a building when I realised you meant spanned not spawned.

Fun video though as was the one HAB posted.
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suityou01 replied

14 September 2010, 13:14
Originally posted by chef View Post

no, wikipedia

Great post chef. Thoroughly enjoyed that.
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chef replied

14 September 2010, 13:05
Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post

You copied that from the Microsoft Internals BizTalk Orchestration Engine manual didn't you?

no, wikipedia
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DimPrawn replied

14 September 2010, 12:52
A Rube Goldberg machine is a deliberately over-engineered machine that performs a very simple task in a very complex fashion, usually including a chain reaction.

You copied that from the Microsoft Internals BizTalk Orchestration Engine manual didn't you?
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HairyArsedBloke replied

14 September 2010, 12:39
Still not as good as Tipping Pot
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doodab replied

14 September 2010, 12:21
Originally posted by chef View Post

A Rube Goldberg machine is a deliberately over-engineered machine that performs a very simple task in a very complex fashion, usually including a chain reaction

I know some computer programs like that
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chef started a topic fantastic Rube Goldberg Machine

14 September 2010, 12:18
fantastic Rube Goldberg Machine

a cool music video that features a giant Rube Goldberg machine* that spawned over 2 stories of an LA building which works in time to the music.. more details here

*A Rube Goldberg machine is a deliberately over-engineered machine that performs a very simple task in a very complex fashion, usually including a chain reaction
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