That’s looks exactly like what was under the hood of my old DeLorean. Unfortunately I can’t confirm this, because the car disappeared mysteriously during the 1980s when I loaned it to my uncle Marty.
has anybody else noticed the ironic timing of this contest? It fits right in with the news scandal over the faked documents on CBS “60 Minutes”.
The CBS documents claim to be from the past, (imitating old 1970’s typewriters), but are actually made with the latest computer software. And this “time travel” diagram claims to be from the future, but was obviously made with 1970’s -style (or earlier) hand drafting techniques. (The numbers aren’t centered in the circles , the shades and hatching on the cut-away edges isn’t uniform.The poor guy sure didnt have any access to modern CAD drafting software.)
OOPS–I forgot! Surely by 2036, they will have perfected the CAD drafting software so much that it perfectly re-creates the old hand-drawn techniques.
Gosh,Golly, Gee Wilickers…I’m so gullible… I should have known…
Great Scott!
Looks like the power supply for a 1920s style death ray.
ducks
I remember that thing! That was the thread-moving device back when we were on UBB.
Sadly, I’ve misplaced the owner’s manual, so no $100 for me.
No No No, it’s the interim server used during the most recent upgrade. It rearranges the posts, see.
It looks like one of those Jefferson Starships I’ve heard so much about.
Either that or a doomsday machine(and not just because I think that everything looks like a Doomsday machine).
No, I’ve seen some of those, and it looks nothing like that.
Is there an engineer in the house?
…what is the contest, exactly? To identify the seminal source of the aforementioned image?
…and how is the contest holder going to award a prize if said contest holder doesn’t know the answer herself?
Yep.
That’s going to be a tough one.
It looks sort of like part of an electron microscope, but I still maintain it’s just something somebody drew, not based on any kind of real machine (or at least not one that actually does anything).
'll have to take issue with that. It’s damn fine toaster. I won’t hear a word spoken against it’s toasting prowess.
I recognize that; it really is a part of a time machine!
Quiet you!!
Yep.
Dude, that’s not a toaster- it’s a breadster! It makes toast into bread… by sending it back in time. :eek:
Why are your puny minds unable to comprehend that in 2036 time machines will look like toasters with vacuum tubes?
No, no, no - its a chemical processing plant shrunk down to fit into a 1960’s school case to be operated by gnomes. Some parts I can identify:
2 and 19 - distillation columns
3 - Larox pressure filter
5 - dryer or pass-through lyphilizer
15 - filtration column
14 - storage tank
28 - reaction vessle
10 - polishing filter
11 - mono pump
15 - exhaust
21 - yep, toaster
22 - centrifuge
23 - large scale GMP production freeze dryer
35 - hopper
Come to think of it, there is no indication of scale - perhaps it is a WMD plant hidden in a giant school case.