Comment Took no effort (Score 2) 344
I just sat here and watched the wife run about changing her collection of clocks. I don't know if that's considered "automatic" or not.
Comment Re:What else is in it? (Score 1) 181
... So what else is in it?
99 pounds of petroleum plastic.
Comment Re:Significantly more than years past. (Score 1) 252
Where would the robot parts come from then?
Comment Significantly more than years past. (Score 1) 252
About 15 pages and three photos last month for my son's school science fair project. I had to buy a printer to do it. Don't think I owned a working printer for the 5 years before that. Of course nobody has printed anything since. Guess this one will end up in the pilfer-for-robot-parts collection too.
Stupid 3rd grade not letting him turn in reports on a usb stick...
Comment Rum (Score 1) 457
Since that wasn't really covered in the list, I just voted "candy".
Going out to movies it goes in a flask. At home it's mixed with Monster Khaos.
Comment Re:Segway's Motto should be: (Score 1) 394
Segway: Stealing the last particle of human dignity from rent-a-cops worldwide.
Rent-a-cops? Hell, the real cops have em around here. Like we needed more reasons to laugh at the police in SoCal.
Comment Rum! (Score 1) 534
Somewhere around 7/8 of a bottle of Sailor Jerry I figure out how to keep time by drinking rum. Somewhere shortly after that I forget again...
Comment Nagios+R2D2 (Score 3, Funny) 201
I know nothing about Nagios. But whatever you do, it should be displayed via R2 Unit
Submission + - Microsoft Kills Santa Claus 1
theodp writes: "What says Christmas better than a foul-mouthed Robo-Santa? Attempting to capitalize on the Xmas holiday again, Microsoft re-launched its gimmicky Windows Live Chat with Santa. Unfortunately, Santa-bot's AI failed him and he was easily tricked into talking dirty, prompting Microsoft to kill Father Christmas."
