July 16th, 2006
Laser-Etching Gone Wrong
By Alice Hill
RealTechNews
What a tool! And we are not talking about the laser etching machine either. But this picture that we found on Flickr contains no explanation, so we have to ask: Why would anyone take a Powerbook and etch stupid Web 2.0 terms all over the lid? Would you walk around with “DataDriven” and “Focus on Simplicty” on your laptop?
We Say: Look away. This is hideous, just plain hideous.
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Alice says:
Arggghhh I just saw “folksonomy”. I think that would cause me to dump this in the trash.
July 16th, 2006 at 8:16 am
Alice says:
I’ll bet you can leave this unattended at Starbucks and when you come back three hours later, it’s still sitting there.
July 16th, 2006 at 8:23 am
JenniferH says:
Well, maybe if it was a trade show freebie. Of course, I’d probably put stickers over the etchings..
July 16th, 2006 at 8:35 am
Michael Trudeau says:
Apple users suck and this is further proof.
July 16th, 2006 at 8:36 am
cletus says:
I say you are all a bunch of pathetic losers if you have time to worry about inane BS like this. For christ’s sake grow up and get a life.
July 16th, 2006 at 8:44 am
cletus says:
I say you are all a bunch of pathetic losers if you have time to worry about inane BS like this. For christ’s sake grow up and get a life.
July 16th, 2006 at 8:44 am
monitron says:
cletus: I say you’re a pathetic loser if you have time to worry about people worrying about inane BS like this. Also, if you can’t learn to operate a Submit button.
July 16th, 2006 at 8:56 am
Davy Jones says:
This probably belongs to some middle manager trying to brown-nose his way into upper management. It looks to me like he is trying to show the bosses at work that he’s a true believer in all the company productivity maximization B.S. I’m betting he’s also the type of guy who sends work e-mails to everybody (especially the bosses) at 10 PM to “prove” what a hard worker he is.
July 16th, 2006 at 9:01 am
nerdler says:
Plus, they spelled ‘recommendation’ wrong. Nice.
July 16th, 2006 at 9:11 am
Alice says:
First, I thought it was some lame Web 2.0 PR company, but they would have their company name or logo on the thing in huge letters. And many of the words aren’t even spelled correctly.
Then I thought it was a living promo for the laser etching company, but I checked out their site and they feature picture frames and all sorts of swoopy award designs, so why wouldn’t they pick some really eye cacthing techie theme - like Darth Vader or something that makes fun of Bill Gates, or even someting silly like “STFU LOL.” Why a tag cloud with Folksonomy on it?
I wasn’t even going to post this, but it’s Sunday and weekends are good for pondering the random crap you find online and this one was so lame….yuck.
July 16th, 2006 at 9:16 am
DontSuck says:
Way to go Michael Trudeau. He bought a silver laptop and screwed it up! Obviously this reinforces my belief that people who use laptops suck. Stodgy dumbasses who want to feel better about there stupid lives and choose to disparage people based on what consumer choices they make are probably the ones that really suck. Maybe you suck Michael? Hmmm? Did you ever think about that?
July 16th, 2006 at 9:18 am
DontSuck says:
Way to go Michael Trudeau. He bought a silver laptop and screwed it up! Obviously this reinforces my belief that people who use laptops suck. Stodgy dumbasses who want to feel better about there stupid lives and choose to disparage people based on what consumer choices they make are probably the ones that really suck. Maybe you suck Michael? Hmmm? Did you ever think about that?
July 16th, 2006 at 9:20 am
Don says:
“I’ll bet you can leave this unattended at Starbucks and when you come back three hours later, it’s still sitting there.”
BINGO.
July 16th, 2006 at 9:45 am
Jim Frost says:
Would you walk around with “DataDriven” and “Focus on Simplicty” on your laptop?
If it were free, sure. It’s what’s on the inside that matters.
July 16th, 2006 at 9:47 am
farker says:
The answer to all this is easy. Asian laptop owner.
July 16th, 2006 at 10:35 am
Tom says:
So… Alice Hill copied the photo for this article, but didn’t obey the copyright license which requires that attribution be given to the original photographer. And Ms. Hill feels that she has the right to be the one complaining?
July 16th, 2006 at 11:09 am
mark says:
Someone should crush that computer and shove it up the owner’s butt
July 16th, 2006 at 11:21 am
CaEK says:
I like stuff.
July 16th, 2006 at 11:26 am
Alex says:
I would use it, just tape some printer paper over the lid
July 16th, 2006 at 11:29 am
AM says:
Does this remind anyone else of the old “Project X” navigation scheme? A total messup …
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HotSauce
July 16th, 2006 at 11:44 am
Name says:
A friend sent me this link. All I can say is, everyone who is up in arms over this is a loser. You’re wasting time getting upset about THIS? Go work at a homeless shelter — you clearly don’t have enough to do.
July 16th, 2006 at 11:53 am
Dad says:
Son: I told you to quick messing around with the etcher. Now it has been confirmed to the entire world what your family has been saying: Get a frigging life, get off of x-box live and go out and get laid by a lady not named Rosie Palms.
July 16th, 2006 at 12:04 pm
Mikey says:
Marketing is now marketing to Marketing. -sigh-
July 16th, 2006 at 12:11 pm
Kurt says:
Any of you homos laser etch my stuff, I’ll kill ya.
July 16th, 2006 at 12:38 pm
Todd says:
July 16th, 2006 at 12:49 pm
Charles says:
I’m thinking Photoshop…
July 16th, 2006 at 1:23 pm
Shadow says:
By Charles: “I’m thinking Photoshop”
Finally, somebody had to say it. And it ONLY took 26 posts!
July 16th, 2006 at 1:55 pm
Duncan Bayne says:
This is a Word Cloud.
July 16th, 2006 at 2:07 pm
Kurt says:
Any of you homos photoshop my stuff, I kill ya.
July 16th, 2006 at 2:13 pm
Dave says:
If I was going to do a surface treatment on my notebook, it would be more along the line of this:
http://www.dynamicfinishes.com/photoAlbum.php?photoAlbum=main&a=content_photo&photo=2
Cheers!
July 16th, 2006 at 2:15 pm
Rio says:
I guess I’m the only one who gets it, eh?
Markus Angermeier.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Web20_en.png#filehistory
Web 2.0 fanatic.
That’s all I have to say.
July 16th, 2006 at 2:20 pm
Drew says:
Looking through the Flickr stream I’m guessing it’s just a demonstration of a laser engraving system, and the image was chosen to show off the system’s precision. Which, however, doesn’t make it OK.
July 16th, 2006 at 2:42 pm
LFL says:
“Laser-Etching Gone Wrong” - I was expecting to see some twisted hunk of burnt plastic.. oh well
July 16th, 2006 at 5:20 pm
Lisa says:
wow lame
July 16th, 2006 at 5:54 pm
CV says:
Chris Shipley, please pick up your laptop from the lost & found counter. Thank you.
July 16th, 2006 at 6:54 pm
dnm says:
People getting this upset… my, my, it must be art
July 17th, 2006 at 12:14 am
ID 10t says:
I doubt this is a photoshop. There’s a few pages on the net showing a few etched laptop. Just google for laptop laser etching. Here’s one that was prepared earlier:
http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2005/11/laser_etched_powerbook.html
July 17th, 2006 at 12:50 am
kosmar says:
hey rio #31. youre right about the image, but the book aint mine, though. not fanatic enough, i guess.
July 17th, 2006 at 3:08 am
Slackware Blog says:
Powerbook Destroyed
Look at what this guy has done to his Powerbook (via Real Tech News). I’d get a bunch of pr0n etched on mine. Forget Web 2.0. If I was gonna destory a Powerbook I’d do it right. heh.
Chances are though, this laser etching was done to s…
July 17th, 2006 at 5:55 am
Dave says:
Mike Arrington of TechCrunch just called, he wants his laptop back.
July 17th, 2006 at 9:58 am
paul says:
I like it.
July 17th, 2006 at 12:47 pm
bleh says:
Stupidity in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZDEv5E1DRw
July 17th, 2006 at 12:48 pm
kosmar says:
@41 L-O-L best comment ever award gold
July 17th, 2006 at 12:49 pm
randy says:
come on.. web 2.0 is so cool and changing everything. no seriously.. it is. why are you laughing?
July 17th, 2006 at 1:32 pm
Gizmodo says:
Worst. Laser. Etching. Ever.
More like laser retching (*rimshot*)! This laser etched Powerbook with a word cloud of Web 2.0 terms has got to be the worst thing we’ve ever seen. Worse than goatse and definitely worse than tubgirl. But it may be tied…
July 17th, 2006 at 1:52 pm
Al Coholic says:
it looks like poop
July 17th, 2006 at 2:19 pm
erik_satie_rollerblading says:
The comments on this post reveal a case of groupthink that is surprising to find in a group of tech nerds. The image looks like someone was attempting to put Apple Computer in the middle of the Web 2.0 phenomenon (using a copyrighted cloud image, by the way)as a philosophical statement. Maybe its a stupid statement, maybe not, but all you techies can comment on is the surface image and how sick it makes you. I suppose if we posted a Maillol sculpture you would fixate your comments on the size of her tits. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but I expected a more diverse commentary from the intelligentsia.
July 17th, 2006 at 7:30 pm
chris T says:
Ever think he might be a web designer?
July 17th, 2006 at 7:38 pm
Tech Gadgets says:
Worst. Laser. Etching. Ever.
More like laser retching (*rimshot*)! This laser etched Powerbook with a word cloud of Web 2.0 terms
July 17th, 2006 at 11:27 pm
Superman says:
oddly my superpowers would not let me look through the laptop, the top shell must be made of lead.
July 18th, 2006 at 8:43 am
Bill M says:
Who gives a rat’s ass what some dude etched on a PowerBook? It’s not yours, so why the kvetching? Maybe it’s laser envy….
July 19th, 2006 at 4:34 am
search engine says:
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August 6th, 2006 at 2:57 am
Moris says:
October 27th, 2006 at 3:06 pm
Moris says:
October 27th, 2006 at 3:06 pm
Clyde says:
Hey, I have a laser and actually engraved something a little more stupid on the cover of my laptop. It is an one and heading out the door soon!
Anyone need anything engraved?
March 15th, 2007 at 5:58 am
nerdgeekkillah says:
alice hill suck my dick! and fuck u all!
September 22nd, 2007 at 11:43 am