Comments on: Misprinted prefab houses http://boingboing.net/2010/11/16/misprinted-prefab-ho.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 21:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Fef http://boingboing.net/2010/11/16/misprinted-prefab-ho.html#comment-939786 Fef Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-939786 A Flying Spaghetti Monster House! Want! A Flying Spaghetti Monster House!
Want!

]]> By: starfish and coffee http://boingboing.net/2010/11/16/misprinted-prefab-ho.html#comment-939791 starfish and coffee Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-939791 really really cool. really really cool.

]]> By: Gar the Pitiless http://boingboing.net/2010/11/16/misprinted-prefab-ho.html#comment-940051 Gar the Pitiless Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-940051 I would take pity on those of you fooled by the misleading text, but I'm pitiless, so... (shrug). No, you cannot press a button and have a concrete house come out the end of a big machine. You still need to have a guy standing around doing this: http://www.weilerprecast.com/images/vibrationtable400.jpg and then you need some more guys to do this: http://www.weilerprecast.com/images/hangwall300.jpg and that's as prefab as it gets, concrete-wise. I would take pity on those of you fooled by the misleading text, but I’m pitiless, so… (shrug).

No, you cannot press a button and have a concrete house come out the end of a big machine.

You still need to have a guy standing around doing this:
http://www.weilerprecast.com/images/vibrationtable400.jpg

and then you need some more guys to do this:
http://www.weilerprecast.com/images/hangwall300.jpg

and that’s as prefab as it gets, concrete-wise.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/11/16/misprinted-prefab-ho.html#comment-939796 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-939796 "The cartridge was not loaded properly." F*cking PC Load Letter... “The cartridge was not loaded properly.”

F*cking PC Load Letter…

]]> By: Mujokan http://boingboing.net/2010/11/16/misprinted-prefab-ho.html#comment-939803 Mujokan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-939803 Safe to assume the bit about elderly squatters is a joke I think. Safe to assume the bit about elderly squatters is a joke I think.

]]> By: james http://boingboing.net/2010/11/16/misprinted-prefab-ho.html#comment-940063 james Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-940063 mind = blown. mind = blown.

]]> By: nixiebunny http://boingboing.net/2010/11/16/misprinted-prefab-ho.html#comment-939809 nixiebunny Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-939809 They don't appear to have much room on the inside, being solid and all that. Still, they would make nice living units if real. Goudi-like. They don’t appear to have much room on the inside, being solid and all that. Still, they would make nice living units if real. Goudi-like.

]]> By: JamesMason http://boingboing.net/2010/11/16/misprinted-prefab-ho.html#comment-939813 JamesMason Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-939813 I would prefer to learn that these are works of art BEFORE I click on the link. Thank you. I would prefer to learn that these are works of art BEFORE I click on the link. Thank you.

]]> By: wqoq http://boingboing.net/2010/11/16/misprinted-prefab-ho.html#comment-939814 wqoq Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-939814 Daniel Pinkwater's going to have to write a sequel and call it "The Big Orange Plot". Daniel Pinkwater’s going to have to write a sequel and call it “The Big Orange Plot”.

]]> By: mello151 http://boingboing.net/2010/11/16/misprinted-prefab-ho.html#comment-939830 mello151 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-939830 Does no else think that a couple of those look like poop? Does no else think that a couple of those look like poop?

]]> By: Unmutual http://boingboing.net/2010/11/16/misprinted-prefab-ho.html#comment-939833 Unmutual Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-939833 Did somebody mess up the conversion of this into english? It is referring to what are obviously computer renders as if they are real mistakes and actually being used by squatters? Something about this being a nifty thought experiment got lost in translation. I love how one has a net inexplicably hanging from its underside. Was this house designed to float a thousand feet above the open ocean? What's the net for, catching newly birthed houselings? Did somebody mess up the conversion of this into english? It is referring to what are obviously computer renders as if they are real mistakes and actually being used by squatters? Something about this being a nifty thought experiment got lost in translation.

I love how one has a net inexplicably hanging from its underside. Was this house designed to float a thousand feet above the open ocean? What’s the net for, catching newly birthed houselings?

]]> By: blueelm http://boingboing.net/2010/11/16/misprinted-prefab-ho.html#comment-939836 blueelm Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-939836 I don't know why people keep thinking these aren't real. I was at an awesome house party in that extra tube-squirty one last weekend. Unfortunately some one died while trying to leap onto the neighbor's landing. So sad. I don’t know why people keep thinking these aren’t real. I was at an awesome house party in that extra tube-squirty one last weekend. Unfortunately some one died while trying to leap onto the neighbor’s landing.

So sad.

]]> By: Bazilisk http://boingboing.net/2010/11/16/misprinted-prefab-ho.html#comment-940100 Bazilisk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-940100 *Please* edit the post to make it clear that these are 3D renderings and not real. For a few minutes I actually thought that I lived in a fantastic world, until I translated the artsy/badly-translated text into realizing that these are imaginary, and the resulting disappointment in the continued mundane nature of my reality is annoying enough for me to make this post. *Please* edit the post to make it clear that these are 3D renderings and not real. For a few minutes I actually thought that I lived in a fantastic world, until I translated the artsy/badly-translated text into realizing that these are imaginary, and the resulting disappointment in the continued mundane nature of my reality is annoying enough for me to make this post.

]]> By: eaphelps http://boingboing.net/2010/11/16/misprinted-prefab-ho.html#comment-939848 eaphelps Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-939848 oh my god why are they floating in midair, i dont even see how an elderly hobo could climb up there oh my god why are they floating in midair, i dont even see how an elderly hobo could climb up there

]]> By: caipirina http://boingboing.net/2010/11/16/misprinted-prefab-ho.html#comment-939850 caipirina Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-939850 Concrete houses on wires ... over water ... i doubt that any country's building security police would let that happen ... and I agree, did something get lost in translation? I was hoping by clicking on the link to see the 'real' grey turd houses in action ... maybe even a google earth link ... Concrete houses on wires … over water … i doubt that any country’s building security police would let that happen …

and I agree, did something get lost in translation? I was hoping by clicking on the link to see the ‘real’ grey turd houses in action … maybe even a google earth link …

]]> By: Art http://boingboing.net/2010/11/16/misprinted-prefab-ho.html#comment-939856 Art Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-939856 Wasn't there a 'Twilight Zone' episode just like this? Wasn’t there a ‘Twilight Zone’ episode just like this?

]]> By: avraamov http://boingboing.net/2010/11/16/misprinted-prefab-ho.html#comment-939857 avraamov Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-939857 ...i think 'knowing' or 'partial' hoax just about covers this. 'ironic information lacuna'? dunno lovely idea though. reminds me very strongly of 'peripetics' - oh wait! i just saw the title of the page.. it IS zeitguised http://vimeo.com/3268624 doh. …i think ‘knowing’ or ‘partial’ hoax just about covers this. ‘ironic information lacuna’?

dunno

lovely idea though. reminds me very strongly of ‘peripetics’ – oh wait! i just saw the title of the page.. it IS zeitguised

http://vimeo.com/3268624

doh.

]]> By: nehpetsE http://boingboing.net/2010/11/16/misprinted-prefab-ho.html#comment-939860 nehpetsE Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-939860 Dear internest, I are confused... Why unreal are not real? Why other people laugh? Why no one explain why i are no laugh? How houz are formed? Foreignerz No pull wool over my eyes with foreign-word-speak-translator. I know a things or two. I are not borned yesterdaze! Dear internest,
I are confused…
Why unreal are not real?
Why other people laugh?
Why no one explain why i are no laugh?
How houz are formed?
Foreignerz No pull wool over my eyes with foreign-word-speak-translator.
I know a things or two.
I are not borned yesterdaze!

]]> By: dancentury http://boingboing.net/2010/11/16/misprinted-prefab-ho.html#comment-940395 dancentury Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-940395 At first I was like, "who mad sculptures of my wrinkled shirt, un-toned stomach, intestines, gall bladder and finally gall stones", but then I'm like nah, that's CGI. At first I was like, “who mad sculptures of my wrinkled shirt, un-toned stomach, intestines, gall bladder and finally gall stones”, but then I’m like nah, that’s CGI.

]]> By: kpkpkp http://boingboing.net/2010/11/16/misprinted-prefab-ho.html#comment-939892 kpkpkp Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-939892 Some sense of scale would have been helpful - could be a bird-house, could be an apartment block Some sense of scale would have been helpful – could be a bird-house, could be an apartment block

]]> By: Filth http://boingboing.net/2010/11/16/misprinted-prefab-ho.html#comment-940404 Filth Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-940404 I would love to have a look round houses like these I would love to have a look round houses like these

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/11/16/misprinted-prefab-ho.html#comment-940674 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-940674 penguinchris, as a research assistant who studies solid freeform fabrication(what is called by many as 3d printing), I can say that I have seen all of these forms misprints. Misprints are VERY possible. Falsely translated a data set sounds like improper conversion of CAD software data to the STL file format. This is quite easy to do, especially since the STL file format sucks. If you don't choose a high mesh density, your round, curvy part ends up looking 'polygony'. Sometimes there are problems with the conversion process, and you end up with errors in your STL file, then you get a part that looks like swiss cheese with triangular holes. Or you don't even get a part, as your part breaks up and crashes the fabricator. Wrong parameters is quite a common error, especially since fabricators vary(even the fabricators of the same model!) and vary over time! So fabricators have to be continually tuned and retuned, especially anytime a different material is used, maintenance is performed, or the stars are improperly aligned. If one's parameters aren't right you end up with burned, brittle(collapse into dust brittle), blobby, or noodlificated parts. And no, I'm not talking about homemade fabricators, I'm talking about industrial ones. Fabricators are still fairly new compared with other manufacturing technologies and still have many problems to be resolved... penguinchris, as a research assistant who studies solid freeform fabrication(what is called by many as 3d printing), I can say that I have seen all of these forms misprints. Misprints are VERY possible. Falsely translated a data set sounds like improper conversion of CAD software data to the STL file format. This is quite easy to do, especially since the STL file format sucks. If you don’t choose a high mesh density, your round, curvy part ends up looking ‘polygony’. Sometimes there are problems with the conversion process, and you end up with errors in your STL file, then you get a part that looks like swiss cheese with triangular holes. Or you don’t even get a part, as your part breaks up and crashes the fabricator.

Wrong parameters is quite a common error, especially since fabricators vary(even the fabricators of the same model!) and vary over time! So fabricators have to be continually tuned and retuned, especially anytime a different material is used, maintenance is performed, or the stars are improperly aligned. If one’s parameters aren’t right you end up with burned, brittle(collapse into dust brittle), blobby, or noodlificated parts.

And no, I’m not talking about homemade fabricators, I’m talking about industrial ones. Fabricators are still fairly new compared with other manufacturing technologies and still have many problems to be resolved…

]]> By: Halloween Jack http://boingboing.net/2010/11/16/misprinted-prefab-ho.html#comment-940165 Halloween Jack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-940165 Yeah, sorry, but that set off my bullshit sense even before I figured out that they were supposed to be suspended over water by those dinky cables. Interesting designs, though. Yeah, sorry, but that set off my bullshit sense even before I figured out that they were supposed to be suspended over water by those dinky cables. Interesting designs, though.

]]> By: penguinchris http://boingboing.net/2010/11/16/misprinted-prefab-ho.html#comment-939914 penguinchris Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-939914 OK, they are obviously fake as has been discussed. I find it pretentious, but it's not unusual for people making this kind of art to describe it as if it were real. What I want to know is, how are these prefab houses actually built, and is this type of "misprint" even possible? I'm going to go out on a limb and say no, it isn't. OK, they are obviously fake as has been discussed. I find it pretentious, but it’s not unusual for people making this kind of art to describe it as if it were real.

What I want to know is, how are these prefab houses actually built, and is this type of “misprint” even possible?

I’m going to go out on a limb and say no, it isn’t.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/11/16/misprinted-prefab-ho.html#comment-939666 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-939666 It's CGI, not real. Just making sure everyone knows. It’s CGI, not real. Just making sure everyone knows.

]]> By: EeyoreX http://boingboing.net/2010/11/16/misprinted-prefab-ho.html#comment-939927 EeyoreX Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-939927 I don't like how the editorial text in this post misrepresents the image. It should be clear to anyone that these houses were actually designed as pre-fab stables fit for the european long-horse. I don’t like how the editorial text in this post misrepresents the image.

It should be clear to anyone that these houses were actually designed as pre-fab stables fit for the european long-horse.

]]> By: lottakatz1 http://boingboing.net/2010/11/16/misprinted-prefab-ho.html#comment-939672 lottakatz1 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-939672 Lol, but I wouldn't mind living in a dwelling like the piled boulders. Lol, but I wouldn’t mind living in a dwelling like the piled boulders.

]]> By: MauiMaker http://boingboing.net/2010/11/16/misprinted-prefab-ho.html#comment-940189 MauiMaker Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-940189 Interesting Visualization - the heavy concrete suspended by thin cables that dont sag was big WTF clue. I dont know that printing snafus would look like this. More likely the print head crashes into the material or stops moving while still extruding or the product mix was bad (and wouldnt set up well). Cement printing is a research topic for Behrokh Khoshnevis of U. SoCal and the USC Center for Rapid Automated Fabrication Technologies (CRAFT) http://craft.usc.edu although I dont find much recent published material on a quick search. Interesting Visualization – the heavy concrete suspended by thin cables that dont sag was big WTF clue. I dont know that printing snafus would look like this. More likely the print head crashes into the material or stops moving while still extruding or the product mix was bad (and wouldnt set up well).

Cement printing is a research topic for Behrokh Khoshnevis of U. SoCal and the USC Center for Rapid Automated Fabrication Technologies (CRAFT) http://craft.usc.edu although I dont find much recent published material on a quick search.

]]> By: Ghede http://boingboing.net/2010/11/16/misprinted-prefab-ho.html#comment-939680 Ghede Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-939680 I'm partial to the one that looks like the overweight house myself. It's got fat-rolls on it's fat-rolls! I’m partial to the one that looks like the overweight house myself. It’s got fat-rolls on it’s fat-rolls!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/11/16/misprinted-prefab-ho.html#comment-939687 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-939687 Nice, cool, they look great. Would love to live in one :) Can't believe that these are 'miss-prints'. To me these seem to be so by design. Nice, cool, they look great. Would love to live in one :)

Can’t believe that these are ‘miss-prints’. To me these seem to be so by design.

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