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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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 Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:18 pm Post subject: Seriously, Edison Cube??? |
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I picked this up in Kyobo Bookstore today.
What the hell happened to Ernő Rubik? Christ, Edison's been dead for over 70 years and he's still stealing from inventors better than him. |
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Brady
Joined: 25 Jul 2006
Location: Bucheon
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| Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:20 pm Post subject: |
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| Well, 99% perspiration, you know. Edison was all about marketing. |
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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 4:07 am Post subject: |
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| Years ago in Thailand I bought a "Word Spelling Game" (or some such title like that) for about 3 bucks. Pretty cheap for Scrabble. |
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indytrucks
Joined: 09 Apr 2003
Location: The Shelf
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| Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 4:39 am Post subject: |
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| I'm surprised. I would have thought that if you completed the side with all the Japanese flags on it, the thing would automatically self destruct. |
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Return Jones
Joined: 06 Feb 2004
Location: I will see you in far-off places
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| Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 7:23 am Post subject: |
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| The old ladies in the stairwell to Jamsil station used to sell the exact same thing 5 years ago. "Magic Cubes" they were called, then. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 7:26 am Post subject: |
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| Return Jones wrote: |
| The old ladies in the stairwell to Jamsil station used to sell the exact same thing 5 years ago. "Magic Cubes" they were called, then. |
Of course that was the name Rubik originally chose. |
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Return Jones
Joined: 06 Feb 2004
Location: I will see you in far-off places
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| Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 7:41 am Post subject: |
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| RACETRAITOR wrote: |
| Return Jones wrote: |
| The old ladies in the stairwell to Jamsil station used to sell the exact same thing 5 years ago. "Magic Cubes" they were called, then. |
Of course that was the name Rubik originally chose. |
Well, there you go. Koreans have a major hard-on for Edison, so his name is no surprise on such a toy.
On a related note, the other day one of my students brought in a cube with only 4 squares per side. The thing was hilarious. He was able to solve it in no time flat. |
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stillnotking
Joined: 18 Dec 2007
Location: Oregon, USA
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| Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 9:27 am Post subject: |
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| I had a friend in college who was one of those freaks who can solve a Rubik's Cube in less than a minute. Oddly, he was Korean. And an absolute genius who now works for JPL. |
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