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Re: Let's Build a Goddamn Tesla Museum
« Reply #15 on: August 16, 2012, 04:33:21 pm »

Aaaaand they're over halfway there in less than a day.

Crowdsourced funding is some scary-ass black magic shit.  :o

The best part is that the New York State have said they will match whatever he manages to raise. I can see the headlines now; "Oatmeal Bankrupts Entire City" :P
Supposedly, Elon Musk is contributing as well. Idiosyncratic mad scientists have to stick together...
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Re: Let's Build a Goddamn Tesla Museum
« Reply #16 on: August 16, 2012, 07:19:12 pm »

Funnily enough, I actually went to Scienceworks in Melbourne on Monday and they had a working tesla coil demonstration. Definitely the highlight of the day, everything else was rather lame in comparison.

So yeah, the world definitely needs more magic lightning death machines Tesla coils. The more the merrier.
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Re: Let's Build a Goddamn Tesla Museum
« Reply #17 on: August 16, 2012, 11:29:50 pm »

The best part is that the New York State have said they will match whatever he manages to raise. I can see the headlines now; "Oatmeal Bankrupts Entire City" :P

They're matching everything up to 850,000
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Re: Let's Build a Goddamn Tesla Museum
« Reply #18 on: August 17, 2012, 03:00:03 am »

This museum needs a gigantic tesla coil display on the roof that flips the bird in the direction of the nearest Edison museum.
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Re: Let's Build a Goddamn Tesla Museum
« Reply #19 on: August 17, 2012, 04:34:48 am »

The best part is that the New York State have said they will match whatever he manages to raise. I can see the headlines now; "Oatmeal Bankrupts Entire City" :P

They're matching everything up to 850,000
Of course they wouldn't omit a cap xD

I'd love to donate, but I don't earn any money at all T^T
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Re: Let's Build a Goddamn Tesla Museum
« Reply #20 on: August 17, 2012, 04:58:49 am »

I'd love to donate, but I don't earn any money at all T^T
QFT. Everyone with interest in different projects are always the ones without income. :'(
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Re: Let's Build a Goddamn Tesla Museum
« Reply #21 on: August 17, 2012, 05:03:53 am »

A part of my next paycheck is going towards this for sure!
Tesla was probably the greatest engineering geek ever.
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Re: Let's Build a Goddamn Tesla Museum
« Reply #22 on: August 22, 2012, 02:29:18 am »

Hey ! Apparently, the fundraising went beyond the $850,000 goal with still 40 or so days left.

We have our museum ! :D
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« Reply #23 on: August 22, 2012, 02:51:25 am »

Hey ! Apparently, the fundraising went beyond the $850,000 goal with still 40 or so days left.

We have our museum ! :D

Jesus. Two people donated $33333, with one slot left. One of them directed a film about Tesla, too.
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Re: Let's Build a Goddamn Tesla Museum
« Reply #24 on: August 22, 2012, 02:53:38 am »

I really want to see the features on the Oatmeal about them now.
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« Reply #25 on: August 22, 2012, 07:34:28 am »

Hopefully this museum will help raise awareness of Tesla being the greatest goddamn scientist ever.
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Re: Let's Build a Goddamn Tesla Museum
« Reply #26 on: August 22, 2012, 07:47:13 am »

Fuck yeah! Now lets build his machine and enact his plan to give everyone free electricity, with the lions share going to the museum and its death ray like true fundraisers! :D!
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Re: Let's Build a Goddamn Tesla Museum
« Reply #27 on: August 22, 2012, 03:05:12 pm »

A few million dollars will be raised by the time this is through.

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Re: Let's Build a Goddamn Tesla Museum
« Reply #28 on: August 22, 2012, 03:13:24 pm »

Now lets try and raise enough money to ruin the name of Edison.
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