2012 Most IDM Tournament - Brainstorming

Rice cookers.

Shit, I didn't know there was such a thing.

That's my vote.

gmanyo's signatures/avatars

Leaks.
Hand-written proofs.

I was listening to project168 the other day and came accross a Ten Fingers Ten Toes track called "Elevator music for the space elevator"

That would really work as a watmm concept album I think. What sort of music would you listen to if you were a passanger on an elevator to the stars that rides up a metamaterial cable 35,000 km long. Think of the view. Think of what the elevator would look like. Think of the cable stretching up above your head. Think of what might be waiting at the top of the elevator.

That's:

Elevator Music for the Space Elevator

  On 3/1/2013 at 6:19 PM, zazen said:

I was listening to project168 the other day and came accross a Ten Fingers Ten Toes track called "Elevator music for the space elevator"

 

That would really work as a watmm concept album I think. What sort of music would you listen to if you were a passanger on an elevator to the stars that rides up a metamaterial cable 35,000 km long. Think of the view. Think of what the elevator would look like. Think of the cable stretching up above your head. Think of what might be waiting at the top of the elevator.

 

That's:

 

Elevator Music for the Space Elevator

Think of the 5 day ride up listening to elevator music.

From Wikipedia..

  Quote

Another design constraint will be the ascending speed of the climber. As geosynchronous orbit is at 35,786 km (22,236 mi), assuming the climber can reach the speed of a very fast car or train of 300 km/h (180 mph) it will take 5 days to climb to geosynchronous orbit.

  On 3/1/2013 at 6:19 PM, zazen said:

I was listening to project168 the other day and came accross a Ten Fingers Ten Toes track called "Elevator music for the space elevator"

 

That would really work as a watmm concept album I think. What sort of music would you listen to if you were a passanger on an elevator to the stars that rides up a metamaterial cable 35,000 km long. Think of the view. Think of what the elevator would look like. Think of the cable stretching up above your head. Think of what might be waiting at the top of the elevator.

 

That's:

 

Elevator Music for the Space Elevator

LUXSH on repeat

i nominate oscillik

  On 3/1/2013 at 1:44 PM, feltcher said:

+1 for Curiosity Rover on Mars

Also

Chelyabinsk Meteor OMGWTF

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztrU90Ub4Uw

Also,

James Cameron's Mariana Trench Dive

aka "The director of fucking Aliens and Terminator builds an experimental machine to take him on the first ever solo dive to the deepest part of the ocean and then crouches in a 1m diameter glass bubble for about 8 hours and tweets while he's down there"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGzaUiutuRk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YROJVChPe7A&feature=player_detailpage

  On 3/1/2013 at 4:23 PM, spratters said:

Rice cookers.

 

Shit, I didn't know there was such a thing.

 

That's my vote.

Not knowing what rice cookers is - Most IDM 2012

Runner up: stuff that happened in 2013.

The russian meteor is good, but the wrong year....

I think just generally meteors, or "planet killers" are pretty IDM (side note: Just reading "Evolution" by Stephen Baxter)

Trillion dollar coins

  On 3/1/2013 at 9:14 AM, Goiter Sanchez said:

Lungless Amphibians!

 

  On 3/1/2013 at 11:32 AM, Goiter Sanchez said:

 

  On 3/1/2013 at 10:28 AM, Gocab said:

docking

ice water with ice

still the most idm thing after all these years

This thread:

http://forum.watmm.com/topic/77873-who-is-better-autechre-or-aphex-twin/

did we already do broken gifs? I'd vote for broken gifs

otherwise maybe broken quotes

Good suggestions everyone.

Just a general note: things that occurred before or after 2012 are totally fair game. The year doesn't matter. We're deciding what was most IDM for that year, but when the event occurred is entirely besides the point.

wax stamps

dregs

Tungsten, a.k.a Wolfram.

First of all, it's got a very badass name, and an even more badass alternate name.

Secondly, it's very hard, very dense metal. It's much more dense than lead, without being toxic. It has virtually the same density as gold, while being vastly cheaper, and vastly harder. You can't scratch this metal. It's basically just a sold, unscratchable, non-toxic form of dense heavy mass.

edit: Here's the link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tungsten

Sinkholes:

More amazing pictures here: http://www.thedailybeast.com/galleries/2010/06/01/sinkholes.html#slide1

Birds photographed like they are people.

More info in this thread:

http://forum.watmm.com/topic/76141-birds-photographed-like-they-are-people/

The Matrix

The Golden Cave Catfish; IDM because:

- It is only found in a single subterranean lake beneath Namibia.

- It is blind.

- It has evolved to consume bat guano which makes up nearly 100% of its diet.

Talk about an evolutionary niche...