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Now available from BorgCo, a huge, inflatable brain-shaped balloon, printed to look like the convolutions of the cerebrum, with EGO printed in big, black letters on the front, and a dimple moulded into the underside so that the wearer's head fits in. A chinstrap is attached to hold the assembly in place.
Intended
to be worn during flame wars, online shouting matches, or when trolling.
The DeLuxe version has battery-powered lighting effects installed, giving the appearance of a huge, buzzing, flashing brain in rapid operation.
Please check your size before ordering: S, M, L, Xl, XXL, XXXL, XXXXL and [UnaBubba]/[21Quest].
Warning: this product may cause the wearer to get stuck in doorways if used correctly.
e-Dueling - not Trolling
e-Dueling_2c_20not_20Trolling
Inspirational [8th of 7, Oct 18 2009]
Massive Inflatable Dog
Massive_20Inflatable_20Dog
Depressing [8th of 7, Oct 18 2009]
What you might look like
http://irishgothich...ISLAND_EARTH-13.jpg
(it's one of the mutants from the excellent "This Island Earth") [xenzag, Oct 18 2009]
Bryan Ferry - This Island Earth
http://www.last.fm/..._/This+Island+Earth
Track 10 of "The Bride Stripped Bare". This is one of my favourites these days. [Ian Tindale, Oct 18 2009]
Gravity defying ego.
http://picdit.files...008/08/balloon2.png
[2 fries shy of a happy meal, Oct 18 2009]
[link]
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For residents of Id, I presume? |
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"Wow, what a super ego you've got."
"Actually, it's the model above that - an ultra ego."
"That's nothing, - I've got the new mega ego."
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that's nothing, I'm wearing the "Simon Cowell" in a pretty pink and silver... |
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I think it should have a flexible rubber skin, and a handy pump attachment, so you can inflate it a little more when you post a particularly withering put-down of some internet troll scum. [+] |
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Very Paris Hiltonish, but then she would be far too
shy to wear it. |
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Yes - completely unsuitable for shy, self-effacing types like Madonna, Britney Spears, and Hilary Clinton..... |
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My ego is fairly small. But it's better than everyone else's. |
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Good, but needs feedback e.g. instead of ordering a particular size you take a questionnaire which determines your size. This could be dynamically inflated / deflated according to control questions given by "the ego-checker". Wasn't that a good anno. Pffft! Pffft! |
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Talk about stating the bleeding obvious. Psssst. |
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And stop talking to yourself. Psssst. |
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Does anyone need that? Should we encourage huge egos? I would probably stick a pin in every one I saw. |
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Still, It will be good to scare people, and work as a warning flag. + just because it would be funny to see people in them. |
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I'll take two of the Ultra sized ones, thanks. |
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I'll have 3... mega-XL×21 (Mega XL to a power of 21), please.
Could you put mine on an auto-replace system? I have a feeling
I'll go through them pretty quickly. |
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//I'll take two// one for each end ? |
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You just need the self-sealing version, [21Q]. Comes with an inert foam matrix inside the otherwise void interior. |
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I'll email you one of mine. |
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Can you send attachments that big? |
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Only one way to find out. I've set the size limit on my mailserver at 50MB. Maybe I should change it? |
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Actually, some doofus gave us a TIF file on disk last week at 2.1GB (Invalid end-of-file marker error). Bloody thing won't open in Photoshop CS4 and we need it. Any ideas? Other than telling the goose to supply it again, at a smaller size? The other one, at 1GB, was OK. |
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One hacky way is to open it from inside Photoshop
manually by selecting it as Photoshop Raw (assuming
that opening it directly from inside Photoshop's open
dialogue box as a tiff didn't work). Then you'll need to
know the X and Y pixel dimensions. And the interleave
scheme, the channels, the depth and how big the tag
header in the tiff was. You'll be there all day before
you get something that isn't a scrambled raster of
apparent grey noise. |
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Don't waste time on a file with an invalid EOF - you'll
be lucky to get it back together properly. Tiff files
(tag image file format) can be in one of several
interleaving schemes, such as one big RGBRGBRGB
field, or planar: RRR.. GGG.. BBB.. in separate fields.
In the case of the former, the misplaced EOF will
cause the raster to miscount on all colour channels, in
the latter, just the latter channel might be trashed. If
it's compressed, then worse - very little chance I'd
say. TIFF these days can use Jpeg compression
(usually lossy) or LZW (always 100% lossless) and the
patent has run out on LZW so there's more support for
that than there ever was - it's a good compression
scheme - I'd always recommend that to keep the file
smaller and yet open back to the exact file you
started with. |
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Best go back to the source and get it again, in my
opinion (and as a risk management choice that'll make
sense later down the road). |
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Oh by the way, byte 2-3 of a tiff is always 42: |
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"An arbitrary but carefully chosen number (42) that
further identifies the file as a TIFF file." |
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Oh, and by the way of by the way, the Adobe DNG
format (digital negative) popular in digital photography
is actually an advanced highly specialised derivative (or
evolution?) of TIFF. |
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Note to purchasers: [Ian Tindale] sized inflatable egos require the recipient to have mechanical handling equipment available, due to their mass and bulk, even in the deflated state. Please ensure you have stacker truck, crane, and facilities to store a crate 3m x 3m x 3m. |
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(Nice link, [2fries]. Exactly right - now all it needs is the chinstrap and the flashing lights.] |
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Thanks. I gave up fighting with the file after about an hour and a half. They're a big corporation; they can supply a working copy. |
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2 fries, what a link. Very cool. |
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