How cool to meet the inventor of the Roomba!
Also, I love how when the puppies bark - it still kind of surprises them that THAT sound is coming from them. (Does that make sense, other than in my head?)
Don't belong. Dangerous, like you. Can't be controlled. Can't be trusted. Everyone could just go on without me and not have to worry. People could be what they wanted to be. Could be with the people they wanted. Live simple. No secrets.
River ,'Objects In Space'
Natter 62: The 62nd Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sumi - Nov 20, 2008 5:09:39 am PST #2469 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
Allyson - Nov 20, 2008 6:14:49 am PST #2470 of 10002
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
The Roomba was inspired by Hal. The inventor was having champagne and cake in honor of Hal's birthday, and they were disappointed that there wasn't a Hal. So the Roomba was a byproduct of getting to Hal.
He works with neuroscientists an AI, now.
Which is really a lame nutshell of the whole talk, which was AWESOME!
Allyson - Nov 20, 2008 6:17:32 am PST #2471 of 10002
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Open the dustbin door, Hal.
I'm sorry Dave, I can't do that.
Connie Neil - Nov 20, 2008 6:19:50 am PST #2472 of 10002
brillig
There's a Jared jewelery ad where a female-voiced GPS system gets Hal-like and demands to see the jewelry the driver bought, and the ad ends with the necklace draped over the GPS unit. The driver's name is Dave.
Amy - Nov 20, 2008 6:21:13 am PST #2473 of 10002
Because books.
Hey, Allyson, did you ever get my email?
tommyrot - Nov 20, 2008 6:25:58 am PST #2474 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Is this funny? Or disturbing, in that other world leaders can be childish too?
World leaders refuse to shake Bush’s hand during G20 photo-op.
CNN’s Rick Sanchez highlighted yesterday that during last weekend’s G20 Economic Summit, leaders from around the world refused to acknowledge or shake hands with President Bush as they walked on stage for a photo-op. As Sanchez explained, everyone was “greeting each other and shaking hands, but Bush walks with his head down like the dejected most unpopular kid in high school.”
Gudanov - Nov 20, 2008 6:29:33 am PST #2475 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
As Sanchez explained, everyone was “greeting each other and shaking hands, but Bush walks with his head down like the dejected most unpopular kid in high school.”
Awww. Buck up buckaroo, only two more months and you can spend all your time clearing brush in Crawford where everybody likes you.
CaBil - Nov 20, 2008 6:43:31 am PST #2476 of 10002
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.
Doubtful Gudanov, the Crawford ranch was just a prop to prove Bush's folksy and down to earth nature. I understand it is already on the market, or at least feelers are out, and will be sold after inauguration.
Gudanov - Nov 20, 2008 6:44:25 am PST #2477 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
Doubtful Gudanov, the Crawford ranch was just a prop to prove Bush's folksy and down to earth nature.
That's it, I am now disillusioned about Bush.
Hil R. - Nov 20, 2008 6:55:23 am PST #2478 of 10002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I wonder where he will go, then, if not Crawford. (From what I've seen, he's been made to feel distinctly unwelcome the last bunch of times he was in Kennebunkport, both from the locals and from his family.) (And from my dad and me -- we were out on the Kennebunk River in a kayak, which we're really not that good at controlling, and accidentally ran into a Secret Service boat. They apparently decided we were harmless and just told us to try not to do that again. This was maybe two summers ago, when W was up there for a family wedding.)