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Fri Apr 21, 2006 6:48 pm Reply and quote this post
So, here is the Rube Goldberg machine that we built in school and took to the local competition.  I appologise for how hard to see it is, but it moves so fast and my camera does interlacing etc...  Also, I was the only one there and I had to do multiple takes... and setting the machine by myself takes a long time... so I didn't bother with actually putting the paper into the paper shreader (as was the goal), but at 5 different points, the gate is raised and another peice falls into the shreader.

Anyways, most things are in 1/2 speed, some in 1/4.

We placed 2nd out of 4 locally, and would have gone to nationals, but we didn't realize that you had to enter to go to nationals before you even compteted locally... :(

Rube Goldberg Project

I realize that there are many other machines on the internet, but this is one I worked on... so its special to me...

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Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:35 pm Reply and quote this post
Looks cool.  I've always loved stuff like that, must have taken alot of time to put that together.
:)


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Fri Apr 21, 2006 9:00 pm Reply and quote this post
Thats sweet, Rube goldberg projects are always the best. Mayby because of their completly impractical but they work somehow, always kept me watching.

BTW your Rube_divx2.avi wouldnt work for me

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Sat Apr 22, 2006 9:58 am Reply and quote this post
lol, the divx2 was the only divx that would work for me.  The others video stopped after a couple seconds.  The sound would continue, just not the video.
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Sat Apr 22, 2006 10:15 am Reply and quote this post
Weird... LOL

I'm glad that I put up several versions then.  The WMV and Divx1 and 2 are all similar quality, with DivX 1 being slightly better than the rest.

DivX1 and DivXsm came from Dr. Divx (multi-pass) while DivX2 comes from S.U.P.E.R.

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Sun Apr 23, 2006 8:54 pm Reply and quote this post
lol the divx versions work im WMP for me without divx

thats really kewl though did you help make it?

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Sun Apr 23, 2006 9:08 pm Reply and quote this post
Same here. It worked for me without DivX as well.
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Mon Apr 24, 2006 5:32 pm Reply and quote this post
Do you have XviD installed?  XviD will decode DivX too.

Yes, I helped make it.

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Tue Apr 25, 2006 3:50 am Reply and quote this post
NICE Rube Goldberg device. That's fantastic, that isn't crappy in the least!

That was fantastic. All of 'em worked for me... uh.... DefilerPak + XviD = heaven. Also, I guess if you install and then uninstall the PowerDVD trial, you can watch DVD's in Windows Media Player as it leaves the decoder on your computer (I use the ATI Decoder). :D


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