The Ultimate Machine

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So stupid, yet SO funny :D

About 7 years ago I was reading an article on Claude Shannon and came across one of the funniest ideas I had ever heard. Claude, you see, was one of these incredibly brilliant engineers with an obviously great sense of humor. As I understand it, he, along with Marvin Minsky came up with an idea they called the "Ultimate Machine". Basically a plain box with a switch on the top. When you flip the switch, a hand comes out of the box and flips the switch off. Thats it.

Well, after reading the article, and laughing out loud, I decided that I HAD to build one of these boxes. So simple, and yet so funny.
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Hahahah!

I bet you could sell that in novelty stores, if the design was a bit nicer.

Better yet, the hand should come out, hit the switch, then flip you off as it's going back into the box. :)
 
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