Though a talking Roomba might be fun.
I want one to say, "Dude, you produce a lot of dust for one person."
Or, "Can I vacuum the cat? Can I? Can I?"
Or, "Dust! Yay! Thank you for making a simple Roomba very happy!"
The count of three isn't a plan. It's Sesame Street.
Buffy ,'First Date'
Buffistechnology 2: You Made Her So She Growls?
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tommyrot - Jun 15, 2005 7:06:45 am PDT #3378 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
tommyrot - Jun 15, 2005 7:09:24 am PDT #3379 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Chainmail iPod skin: [link]
You know, so you can sword-fight while listening to your favorite tunes....
Tom Scola - Jun 15, 2005 7:14:30 am PDT #3380 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Isn't the point of iPod skins to protect them from getting scratched?
§ ita § - Jun 15, 2005 7:16:27 am PDT #3381 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
A not inconsiderable part of iPod skins is to look cool, I'm sure.
tommyrot - Jun 15, 2005 7:20:37 am PDT #3382 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
A not inconsiderable part of iPod skins is to look cool, I'm sure.
Besides, you gotta have a skin to match your chainmail bikini....
eta: But the site did say that new versions of the chainmail skin would have a lining in the inside to prevent scratching....
§ ita § - Jun 15, 2005 7:51:39 am PDT #3383 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Turns out bloglines didn't like the extension. Now that I've done a ForceType so I can name the php file .rss, it looks fine.
Next question -- I want to use htaccess to redirect calls to subdir/rss.xml to /index.rss (which is really php). What directive do I need in the subdir/.htaccess? I won't need to change /.htaccess (which already does the ForceTyping just fine) will I?
le nubian - Jun 15, 2005 8:13:20 am PDT #3384 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I do not want objects talking to me. That creeps me right the fuck out.
DXMachina - Jun 15, 2005 8:44:25 am PDT #3385 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Yup. Yesterday, our marketing assistant walked away from her Mac after setting up a print job. There was a printer error, and the frelling thing started announcing the error to the entire office, scaring our receptionist.
I really hate Steve Jobs.
§ ita § - Jun 15, 2005 8:45:24 am PDT #3386 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
If they talk to me, and I need to listen, they need to be able to understand me speaking.
tommyrot - Jun 15, 2005 9:14:03 am PDT #3387 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Macs come with a rudimentary voice-recognition thingie. (It only recongnized commands, so you still need to buy software if you want to convert speech to text.)
I really have no use for it, but it's fun to say, "Computer, tell me a joke." And then it does.