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Posted by CmdrTaco on Friday April 01, 2005 @05:37PM from the abandon-all-hope dept.

Several anonymous readers found this hysterical USB Fundue Set, which despite the power limitations of USB 2 should make for great snacks. It's from ThinkGeek. (TG is owned by OSTG, the parent company of Slashdot, so activate all conspiracy theories now). You can also look into the new iPod accessory iCopulate which allows intimacy between mp3 players never before fantasized. And for the suit that has everything, Executve Pong.

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Go Taco, Go Taco, Go Taco! (Score:1, Insightful)

by Anonymous Coward writes:

I see the trolls have finally rubbed off on you! Welcome to the Dark Side!
- Re:Go Taco, Go Taco, Go Taco! (Score:1)
  
  by Blue-Footed Boobie ( 799209 ) writes:
  
  Jesus, my Zombie-Schiavo article was better than this crap.
  Yes, I am bitching and burning karma.
- - Re:Go Taco, Go Taco, Go Taco! (Score:2)
    
    by UWC ( 664779 ) writes:
    
    Well, it helps that Think Geek has all of the April Fool's products on their front page today.
    Also, I don't think people are giving this newspost enough credit. Not only is it a "dupe" gag, but if you look at the banners at the top of the /. page, you'll realize that it's, I hope intentionally, also a "paid advertising in newspost" gag.
Sad Thing (Score:2)

by Jozer99 ( 693146 ) writes:

The sad thing is, you could actually do this. Well, maybe USB is too wimpy to heat up cheese or chocolate, but a Firewire Fondue set would be completely possible.
- Re:Sad Thing (Score:2)
  
  by NetNifty ( 796376 ) writes:
  
  Well, I've got a USB powered cup warmer! Even has a through-port to another device.
  - Re:Sad Thing (Score:2)
    
    by Jozer99 ( 693146 ) writes:
    
    It takes a lot less energy to keep a coffee cup slightly warm than it does to melt a bucket of cheese or chocolate. Anyway, warming up a dinky coffee cup is probably pretty taxing to the USB port already, which supports 5v at 500mA maximum draw from a powered port or hub, which is only 2.5 watts. Firewire supports something like 30W of maximum draw, which is still not very much for a heating element, but you could probably eventually melt some cheese with that.
    - Re:Sad Thing (Score:2)
      
      by Gulthek ( 12570 ) writes:
      
      Fondue pots don't melt the cheese, they keep the melted cheese warm to lengthen the time you have before it solidifies.
- Re:Sad Thing (Score:2)
  
  by peragrin ( 659227 ) writes:
  
  from another article today slashdot [slashdot.org]
  
  They should of put in a few actions shots I can see that now. It would be hilarious. Fundue dipping for lunch with the sexy secretary.
- Re:Sad Thing (Score:5, Insightful)
  
  by nomadic ( 141991 ) writes: <nomadicworld@@@gmail...com> on Friday April 01, 2005 @05:48PM (#12115140) Homepage
  
  Alright, this is not just a dupe, it's a dupe by the same editor. Good grief, do they even pay attention to those 30 seconds a day they actually have to work at their supposedly full-time job?
  
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  - Re:Sad Thing (Score:1)
    
    by AKAImBatman ( 238306 ) * writes:
    
    This is a cheap trick to disguise advertising as a "joke". You're supposed to go to ThinkGeek, see the "funny" products (haha), then notice that you can get a free TShirt if you buy $10. Offer good today only! So then like a sheep, you go and buy stuff that you otherwise couldn't quite justify.
    - Re:Sad Thing (Score:2)
      
      by Frank T. Lofaro Jr. ( 142215 ) writes:
      
      Hope they have shirts that are 5XS and 5XL, since between those 2, that'd take care of over half the geeks. ;)
- Re:enough joking. (Score:3, Insightful)
  
  by kajoob ( 62237 ) writes:
  
  Ever stop to think that maybe the editors are the ones that are supposed to be laughing, not us?
- Re:enough joking. (Score:1)
  
  by jonadab ( 583620 ) writes:
  
  The joke submissions wouldn't bother me, if they would *also* accept non-joke submissions. It appears the *only* legitimate stories they'll accept on April 1 are the ones that might plausibly be mistaken for jokes, like the Gmail story. In other words, if we want to read actual news, we can't.
  
  What they should do is accept both regular *and* joke stories, so that you have to sort out which are which.
Sharks... Slashdot (Score:4, Informative)

by nacturation ( 646836 ) writes: <nacturation AT gmail DOT com> on Friday April 01, 2005 @05:39PM (#12114981) Journal

The sharks and slashdot are now playing leapfrog with one another. Who's going to jump whom next? This makes that Happy Days episode a definite Cannes festival winner.

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- - Re:Sharks... Slashdot (Score:1)
    
    by Storlek ( 860226 ) writes:
    
    It's not just a dupe, it's a double [slashdot.org] dupe [slashdot.org].
Waiting. . . (Score:1)

by MistaE ( 776169 ) writes:

I'm waiting for the USB Deep Fryer, thank you very much.
- Re:Waiting. . . (Score:1)
  
  by darth_MALL ( 657218 ) writes:
  
  Wouldn't you rather have This? [wikipedia.org].
- Re:Waiting. . . (Score:2)
  
  by Anubis350 ( 772791 ) writes:
  
  I want one so I can throw my laptop in it and have it power its own demise :-P
- USB won't work, but I have the answer! (Score:3, Funny)
  
  by Colol ( 35104 ) writes:
  
  USB power is insufficient to create enough heat for deep frying, particularly after you put in room-temperature or colder food, dropping the temperature of the oil.
  
  The obvious solution is to harness a heat source second only to the sun: Intel's Pentium 4.
  
  Strap on a sexy custom-made heatsink attached to a vat of oil, and you've got yourself number-crunching, deep-frying electronic goodness! Yeah, baby, yeah!
3Peat (Score:2)

by Skraut ( 545247 ) writes:

iCopulate is on the front page 3 times. I mean, it wasn't that funny the first time, or even the second time.
- Re:3Peat (Score:3, Insightful)
  
  by CosmeticLobotamy ( 155360 ) writes:
  
  And you're still missing the joke.
  - Re:3Peat (Score:1)
    
    by Blue-Footed Boobie ( 799209 ) writes:
    
    No, it's just not funny.
    - Re:3Peat (Score:1)
      
      by CosmeticLobotamy ( 155360 ) writes:
      
      Nobody said it was.
      - Re:3Peat (Score:2)
        
        by recursiv ( 324497 ) writes:
        
        But it was implied.
        
        Re:3Peat (Score:1)
        
        by CosmeticLobotamy ( 155360 ) writes:
        
        It really wasn't.
wow (Score:2)

by Turn-X Alphonse ( 789240 ) writes:

We even get a dupe joke! Who would of thought it, a dupe on slashdot!
- Re:wow (Score:2)
  
  by Colonel Cholling ( 715787 ) writes:
  
  Who would of thought it, a dupe on slashdot!
  
  Who would have thought it, bad grammar on slashdot!
Just like any other day... (Score:2)

by mmarlett ( 520340 ) writes:

Gotta love the dupes for the April Fools jokes. Like there aren't enough today anyway. Oh, look above as I type this ... a Fundue ad from ThinkGeek...
Thanks--couldn't find the ad by myself (Score:1)

by Jane Hackworth ( 872492 ) writes:

Hm. The banner ad for the USB Fundue was kind of hard to find, located at the top of the page and all.
- Re:Multi-gag! (Score:2)
  
  by UWC ( 664779 ) writes:
  
  Whoa. I thought this post was just a dupe gag. I now realize that it's at once a dupe gag and a paid advertisement gag. Greatness.
The OSTG line... (Score:1)

by -kertrats- ( 718219 ) writes:

Quoting that exact OSTG disclaimer in Google should be fun in a few weeks...
Dupe! (Score:2, Informative)

by mancontr ( 775899 ) writes:

It's the third time today that the iCopulate has been posted... Nice!!
- Re:Dupe! (Score:1)
  
  by alnjmshntr ( 625401 ) writes:
  
  uhm, I reckon Taco is doing it on purpose dude.. just his way of saying screw you all, I guess.
- Re:Dupe! (Score:2)
  
  by TexVex ( 669445 ) writes:
  
  Not dupe. Trupe. No, TRIPE! :)
- Re:Hey maw, I got me a dupe! (Score:1)
  
  by killerface ( 573659 ) writes:
  
  maybe thats the joke since you all complain so much for getting dups
My toaster runs Linux too (Score:1)

by sfcat ( 872532 ) writes:

What is the point? Seriously, maybe if the entire kitchen was automated and you could download a recipe from the net and your kitchen would make it for you it would be cool. But isn't that really going too far. Some of us actually like cooking and think they can do it better than a machine.
And... (Score:3, Insightful)

by dJCL ( 183345 ) writes: on Friday April 01, 2005 @05:40PM (#12115016) Homepage

The pathetic collection of "this sucks" "stop the jokes" "oh! the humanity!" commens will commence once again...

If you don't like it, leave.

is that too hard to comprehend?

I was looking forward to lowbrow geek humour, keeps me entertained one day out of the year - not much, but it's still free!

JC

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- Re:And... (Score:1)
  
  by Jane Hackworth ( 872492 ) writes:
  
  The pathetic collection of "this sucks" "stop the jokes" "oh! the humanity!" commens [sic] will commence once again...
  If you don't like it, leave.
  Your pronoun reference is unclear. Are you saying readers should leave if they don't like the duplicate joke posts? Because grammatically and logically, you could just as well be saying that readers should leave if they don't like the complaints about the duplicate joke posts.
Whats the diff? (Score:5, Funny)

by selectspec ( 74651 ) writes: on Friday April 01, 2005 @05:41PM (#12115019)

What is the difference between this thing and an Athlon?

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- Re:Whats the diff? (Score:2)
  
  by Anubis350 ( 772791 ) writes:
  
  it won't overcook it?
They've done it. (Score:1)

by The Spoony ( 872670 ) writes:

All of my life's problems have been solved.
'April Fools day' or 'ThinkGeek day'? (Score:3, Interesting)

by hoggoth ( 414195 ) writes: on Friday April 01, 2005 @05:41PM (#12115034) Journal

Can we just list all of ThinkGeek's fun April Fools products in ONE article instead of a separate article for each one?

Or is today dedicated to ThinkGeek?
Perhaps there should be a new category just for ThinkGeek April Fools products...
Or give them their own URL: ThinkGeek.Slashdot.Org

Oh, by the way, just to ruin your fun: 'Fake Ghostlike Photons' = 'Fools Shop Think Geek'.

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- Re:'April Fools day' or 'ThinkGeek day'? (Score:3, Funny)
  
  by hoggoth ( 414195 ) writes:
  
  You know what would be REALLY funny?
  
  Post the same article every hour until midnight.
  That would really make me laugh. I'd probably spit soda all over my keyboard from laughing so hard. It would be really clever and amusing.
  I'd be sure to check back here every hour to make sure I didn't miss one, and miss out on the hilarity.
- Re:'April Fools day' or 'ThinkGeek day'? (Score:1)
  
  by Jane Hackworth ( 872492 ) writes:
  
  Perhaps there should be a new category just for ThinkGeek April Fools products...
  This wouldn't be Slashdot without the product-placements masquerading as breaking news, would it? At least they're consistent...
- Re:'April Fools day' or 'ThinkGeek day'? (Score:1)
  
  by Gehenna_Gehenna ( 207096 ) writes:
  
  I included the exclamation point and thus made it a more exciting "Shop Think Geek Fools!"
  
  I suppose my version would have made more sense if they included a comma. Oy.
Ah, a dupe... (Score:2)

by doormat ( 63648 ) writes:

Its good to know slashdot isn't joking around when it comes to its regularly scheduled dupes...
No mention of the SkyTag(tm)? (Score:2)

by netringer ( 319831 ) writes:

No mention of the new SkyTag(TM) - Green Laser Aircraft Tracker [thinkgeek.com]? We're very excited about that one.
Stop worrying about things like mandatory jail time and social isolation and play the intriguing game of SkyTag(TM) today.

Kudos to the inventors of THAT one!
I like this idea. an improvement (Score:2)

by AtariAmarok ( 451306 ) writes:

This sounds like a good idea. Now I can get rid of that old Mac G4 Cube I've kept around just because it is great for melting cheese on its top.
Geez (Score:3, Funny)

by OECD ( 639690 ) writes: on Friday April 01, 2005 @05:41PM (#12115041) Journal

You can also look into the new iPod accessory iCopulate which allows intimacy between mp3 players never before fantasized. And for the suit that has everything, Executve Pong.
BoingBoing had this yesterday. :-P

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The More Things Stay The Same (Score:2)

by American AC in Paris ( 230456 ) * writes:

You can also look into the new iPod accessory iCopulate which allows intimacy between mp3 players never before fantasized. And for the suit that has everything, Executve Pong.
Y'know, the onomatopoeic, self-deprecating April Fools' jokes about Slashdot's predilection for duplicate articles were funnier the first time around, back in 2003. [slashdot.org]
It's kinda sad that one of Slashdot's most glaring faults remains alive and healthy a full two years later. Would it kill you to get your collective act together and hi
-10000 Redundant (Score:1)

by superstick58 ( 809423 ) writes:

OK iCopulate and Executive Pong were funny the first time, but this is just getting rediculous.
BTW the new ThinkGeek jokes are OK for now. Many more is stretching the limits of humor.
Hahahah (Score:1)

by stryck9 ( 670369 ) writes:

How about a USB powered CRT monitor to cook your eyes?
Anagram shirt decoded (Score:2)

by cexshun ( 770970 ) writes:

For those who don't want to go through the trouble of decrypting the free tshirt anagram at thinkgeek:

fake ghostlike photons!
translates to
Fools shop at thinkgeek!

I'm not trolling, check it yourself.
- Re:Anagram shirt decoded (Score:2)
  
  by Gulthek ( 12570 ) writes:
  
  Isn't it: Thinkgeek opal of sorts
  Or: Thinkgeek so polar soft
  Or: So Postal for Thinkgeek
  Or: Thinkgeek apr fool toss
  Or: Spools of Thinkgeek art
  Or: Thinkgeek raps to fools :-)
XBox2 Now shipping (Score:2)

by wandazulu ( 265281 ) writes:

What, no one has noticed and/or mentioned the Xbox2 now shipping! image to the left of the fundue set?

Interestingly enough...clicking doesn't do anything...

Kind of a cool pic though, even if it is all dreamed up by someone at ThinkGeek.
AAARGH! (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes:

Look, it's nearly April the fucking second now - so on behalf of your remaining two readers:

JUST FUCKING STOP IT WITH THE JOKE ARTICLES!

Please.

Really.

Any time now would be great.

No more.

The pain is too much.
Predictions (Score:2)

by m50d ( 797211 ) writes:

Are the slashdot editors just reading people's sarcastic "what next" comments and then posting stories of them?
OMG, Dupe Alert! (Score:1)

by Apparently someone ( 457360 ) writes:

You mentioned this before. OMG, how very very crass of you! You should be ashamed of yourself!
You mentioned this before. OMG, how very very crass of you! You should be ashamed of yourself!
Happy 4/1/05, /.'ers.
OMFG! (Score:1)

by KenBot_314 ( 744719 ) writes:

This is ridiculous
LED HEATING ELEMENT???? (Score:2)

by hesiod ( 111176 ) writes:

I can't believe no one noticed this:

> 1 Fundue(TM) pot with blue LED regulated heating element

LED heating element... great one.
USB 3.0 specification (Score:1)

by My_guzzi ( 306998 ) writes:

Does the new USB 3.0 specification include legacy support for the Fairchild WOM chip? I know the part is real old. Used P-channel (?). Needed a bunch of different power rails..( like 115 VAC, ANDED with chip destruct).
And with this.... (Score:1)

by nerdup ( 523587 ) writes:

we have headed into unheard-of territory: the Trupe.
TRIPLICATES! (Score:2)

by argent ( 18001 ) writes:

It's TRIPLICATES! God, Taco, why don't you go dig around in some month old rejected submissions, surely there'll be something better there than this dupe, uh, tripe.
please...stop... (Score:1)

by ikilledmidnight ( 872689 ) writes:

...i think I'm about to commit suicide
Re: so activate all conspiracy theories now (Score:1)

by chkn0 ( 773790 ) writes:

I've managed to cut down my slashdot addiction. I came back today for the April 1 activities. It would be interesting to know how many others do the same.
Predictable traffic spike ---> link to advertisers.

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Go Taco, Go Taco, Go Taco! (Score:1, Insightful)

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Sad Thing (Score:2)

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Re:Sad Thing (Score:5, Insightful)

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Re:enough joking. (Score:3, Insightful)

Re:enough joking. (Score:1)

Sharks... Slashdot (Score:4, Informative)

Re:Sharks... Slashdot (Score:1)

Waiting. . . (Score:1)

Re:Waiting. . . (Score:1)

Re:Waiting. . . (Score:2)

USB won't work, but I have the answer! (Score:3, Funny)

3Peat (Score:2)

Re:3Peat (Score:3, Insightful)

Re:3Peat (Score:1)

Re:3Peat (Score:1)

Re:3Peat (Score:2)

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wow (Score:2)

Re:wow (Score:2)

Just like any other day... (Score:2)

Thanks--couldn't find the ad by myself (Score:1)

Re:Multi-gag! (Score:2)

The OSTG line... (Score:1)

Dupe! (Score:2, Informative)

Re:Dupe! (Score:1)

Re:Dupe! (Score:2)

Re:Hey maw, I got me a dupe! (Score:1)

My toaster runs Linux too (Score:1)

And... (Score:3, Insightful)

Re:And... (Score:1)

Whats the diff? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Whats the diff? (Score:2)

They've done it. (Score:1)

'April Fools day' or 'ThinkGeek day'? (Score:3, Interesting)

Re:'April Fools day' or 'ThinkGeek day'? (Score:3, Funny)

Re:'April Fools day' or 'ThinkGeek day'? (Score:1)

Re:'April Fools day' or 'ThinkGeek day'? (Score:1)

Ah, a dupe... (Score:2)

No mention of the SkyTag(tm)? (Score:2)

I like this idea. an improvement (Score:2)

Geez (Score:3, Funny)

The More Things Stay The Same (Score:2)

-10000 Redundant (Score:1)

Hahahah (Score:1)

Anagram shirt decoded (Score:2)

Re:Anagram shirt decoded (Score:2)

XBox2 Now shipping (Score:2)

AAARGH! (Score:1, Funny)

Predictions (Score:2)

OMG, Dupe Alert! (Score:1)

OMFG! (Score:1)

LED HEATING ELEMENT???? (Score:2)

USB 3.0 specification (Score:1)

And with this.... (Score:1)

TRIPLICATES! (Score:2)

please...stop... (Score:1)

Re: so activate all conspiracy theories now (Score:1)

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