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Attempted destruction of the Esquire e-ink display
« on: September 20, 2008, 02:11:35 PM »
Boredom led to me trying everything I could think of to destroy one of my e-ink displays from the October 2008 issue of Esquire magazine. Will I succeed? Who will win the battle? Watch this amazing video to find out!

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/DiQBEPwEYMc&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/DiQBEPwEYMc&rel=1</a>

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Re: Attempted destruction of the Esquire e-ink display
« Reply #1 on: September 20, 2008, 05:14:18 PM »
That was pretty cool. Wonder if a magnet would have effected it. DESTROY ANOTHER ONE !!!

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Re: Attempted destruction of the Esquire e-ink display
« Reply #2 on: September 20, 2008, 07:57:28 PM »
You should run the screen over with the wheel of a car to see if pressure will wreck it. I imagine that it would have to be pretty strong to survive being at the bottom of a stack of magazines.

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Re: Attempted destruction of the Esquire e-ink display
« Reply #3 on: September 20, 2008, 09:28:20 PM »
FIVE STARS, MAN! AND I NEVER GIVE FIVE STARS.

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Re: Attempted destruction of the Esquire e-ink display
« Reply #4 on: September 20, 2008, 11:17:15 PM »
You should run the screen over with the wheel of a car to see if pressure will wreck it. I imagine that it would have to be pretty strong to survive being at the bottom of a stack of magazines.

The screen is super thin so I have my doubt about a car crushing it, especially when it survived the drilling.  I was surprised about that.  It's too bad they can't make LCD screens so durable.

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Re: Attempted destruction of the Esquire e-ink display
« Reply #5 on: September 21, 2008, 05:20:34 PM »
If you do decide to destroy another one you should think about a hotter heat source. Like one of those butane torch lighters they sell at gas stations.
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Re: Attempted destruction of the Esquire e-ink display
« Reply #6 on: September 22, 2008, 06:42:39 AM »
this makes me want to go out and buy two of these...one to play with, and one to break.
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Re: Attempted destruction of the Esquire e-ink display
« Reply #7 on: September 22, 2008, 10:27:59 PM »
I couldn't find any anywhere I looked. Can any of the Canadians here find them locally?
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Re: Attempted destruction of the Esquire e-ink display
« Reply #8 on: September 25, 2008, 08:26:19 AM »
I couldn't find any anywhere I looked. Can any of the Canadians here find them locally?
They have lots of them here in Ottawa. I didn't buy any cause i was sleeping.

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Re: Attempted destruction of the Esquire e-ink display
« Reply #9 on: September 25, 2008, 10:40:54 AM »
The Esquire thing is being linked to by 4 or 5 blogs today and was on Fark earlier this week.  That's why my shitty server keeps going down.  It's not the bunny invasion at all.  I really need to move again.

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Re: Attempted destruction of the Esquire e-ink display
« Reply #10 on: October 21, 2008, 02:55:24 PM »
What was up with that bunny invasion?
Who do you host with? Or do you host it yourself?
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