Mousetrap

March 11, 2005 2:35 PM

Rube would have been proud [6 mb AVI].
posted by psychotic_venom (26 comments total)

great! i wish i had the patience to think up something like that.
posted by joedan at 3:14 PM on March 11, 2005

This avi crashed Safari
posted by Steve_at_Linnwood at 3:52 PM on March 11, 2005

i will admit to being wholly, entirely impressed.
posted by radiosilents at 4:33 PM on March 11, 2005

Won't play for me! What codec is it?
posted by phatboy at 4:42 PM on March 11, 2005

I didn't get into that college because I got 2% less than I needed on my Maths A-level. Thank fuck for that; they're all clearly insane.
posted by Pretty_Generic at 4:45 PM on March 11, 2005

Phatboy, DivX will play it.

That was really well done!
posted by grimcity at 4:46 PM on March 11, 2005

It's DivX. If you can't play DivX, sort yourself out.
posted by Pretty_Generic at 4:46 PM on March 11, 2005

Doh, no divx on the work machine. I'll check when I get home.
posted by phatboy at 4:53 PM on March 11, 2005

That kicked ass.
posted by graventy at 5:03 PM on March 11, 2005

Extreme bonus points for the dart board (almost a bullseye) and the fire.
posted by themadjuggler at 5:05 PM on March 11, 2005

This avi crashed Safari

I did the following:
1. Right-click. Save file.
2. Open with VLC
posted by vacapinta at 5:08 PM on March 11, 2005

Thank fuck for that; they're all clearly insane.

You keep telling yourself that. They seem like they are having a lot of fun.
posted by KS at 6:55 PM on March 11, 2005

It's DivX. If you can't play DivX, sort yourself out.

Yeah, way to go, PG. You tell 'em what's what! Who does that guy think he is, living in fucking 2005 without having a DivX codec of all things? Sheesh!
posted by paultron at 7:13 PM on March 11, 2005

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posted by paultron at 7:14 PM on March 11, 2005

Excellent -- reminded me of my own failed attempts at Rube Goldbergesque innovation and also this Honda commerical.
posted by diftb at 7:17 PM on March 11, 2005

applauds. this is very great. the filmwork is almost as good as the contraption
posted by rxreed at 8:02 PM on March 11, 2005

These guys obviously watched The Way Things Go too many times. Good job.
posted by mrbill at 9:20 PM on March 11, 2005

Hahah, that was fantastic! The kicker is the credits, obviously these people are concerned with their internet legacy.

No problems with mplayer here.
posted by kuatto at 9:37 PM on March 11, 2005

paultron, nicely put. WTF is Divx?
posted by fenriq at 10:18 PM on March 11, 2005

fenriq: Divx is a video compression codec that is quite popular on the net for porn and Rube Goldberg devices, among other movie type things.

Not to be confused with Xvid (another useful codec) or (yuck) Divx.

This is a good site for hunting down codecs.

Hope this helps.
posted by zerokey at 12:17 AM on March 12, 2005

The solution of the Rubik's cube en route is a particularly nice touch.
posted by edd at 2:26 AM on March 12, 2005

Part of this thread is inspiring in me a desire for some Rubik's Cube porn.

Ahh, there we go... Who's a dirty little monkey? You are!
posted by loquacious at 3:40 AM on March 12, 2005

brilliant!
posted by Busithoth at 7:16 AM on March 12, 2005

My poor laptop can't decode fast enough, it's a slideshow for me. How about lower res? :(
posted by tomplus2 at 5:32 PM on March 12, 2005

Nice!
posted by 3.2.3 at 10:03 AM on March 13, 2005

Divx 4 with MPEG-1 Layer 2 audio, 1/4 the file is audio.

That's really pretty fantastic.. I tried to do some stuff like this when a wee lad, and it never worked.
posted by Jack Karaoke at 12:41 AM on March 14, 2005