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By simply having tool boards have a compulsory extra silhuo...silhu...outline of each tool on them.
By simply having this one (slightly blurry) outline but no corresponding tool, with perhaps -
* 5 curves of unusual dimensions
* 4 springs
* some gears
* 2 or possibly 3 knurled knobs,
* 3 horse-shoe magnets,
* a USB ports
* and a head-strap
Will not the inventive mind be jogged into creativity? Also it will really annoy OCD sufferers.
Norfolk-style burler, and thucks.
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I thought most folks know that if you start typing a word like
"silhouette" into Google's search field, it
automatically presents a list of ways that the start of the
word might be completed. All you need is an accurate
start, to find the complete spelling. |
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Ah yes [Vernon], but that would impair the blurriness and provide comfort to the OCD-suffererers, contrary to the mean-spirited intent of the idea's author. |
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"The medium is the message", as Professor McLuhan said after founding the field of Media Studies under advice from a vision of the Virgin Mary. |
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Perhaps Google ought to encourage a more thesauric approach. "Nice" would prompt "Did you mean 'enchanting'"? |
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Might I suggest that the outline of Norfolk-style burler <link>, perhaps with a couple of thucks, lends itself well to meditation of this type? |
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The title confuses me, but if you mean would having a semirandom visual assemblage of things cause inventors to be more inventive i think that could be true. |
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Sometimes trying to think of new ideas I do this thing I call the "magazine technique" Where you grab a magazine and then try to think of a new invention based on the contents of the page. You cannot turn the page until you think of a new idea, almost however inadequate. It can work pretty well, generating 10 ideas an hour. Perhaps two or three would be halfbakeable. |
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If someone were trying the magazine technique who was new to inventing I suggest being able to go to a fresh page after 5 minutes rather than not (no matter what) to make it more enjoyable. |
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Hmm MB...you quite sure about "Even our spermaceti is sourced from renewable whales."? |
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