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    Gifts For Pets Owned By Geeks Who Treat Them Like Spoiled Children

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    Image of Odin Odin
    11/25/09

    In reply to Gifts For Pets Owned By Geeks Who Treat Them Like Spoiled Children
    I'm seriously glad I don't have to bother with any litter box type device at all. We had one for a while when we first got the cat but we quickly moved it to just outside the catflap and then just did away with it completely. It came back when she had kittens of course but only quite briefly. Our cat has been fully house trained for years now though. She does her business outside and buries it so no one has to step on it.

    That's why I love cats, if they're trained to shit outside they're pretty much zero maintenance pets. All ours needs is feeding and somewhere to sleep.
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    Image of Brian Brian
    11/24/09

    In reply to Gifts For Pets Owned By Geeks Who Treat Them Like Spoiled Children
    WTF is up with that Hydroglass idiocy? Just were the heck is one supposed to put it? I don't know about your house but anywhere with a drain at my place is too small. Outside? Starting to get cold out there.

    Besides, $14,500 buys a metric boatload of massages at the kind of establishment that specializes on sending you away "happy."
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/24/09

    In reply to Gifts For Pets Owned By Geeks Who Treat Them Like Spoiled Children
    No love for parakeets. My Parakeet R2-D2 used to love cat toys, the little mesh plastic balls with the bell inside. No one could resist watching him actually hunker down on his rump so he could jiggle the ball back and forth with both feet.
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    Image of thechansen thechansen
    11/24/09

    In reply to Gifts For Pets Owned By Geeks Who Treat Them Like Spoiled Children
    I would recommend a recycled fire hose chew toy, and a fleece blanket. My parents lab drags the blanket around all day like Linus, and the fire hose has been the only toy my pitbull hasn't destroyed.
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    11/24/09

    @thechansen: Agreed with the firehose. That thing is tough!
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    11/24/09

    In reply to Gifts For Pets Owned By Geeks Who Treat Them Like Spoiled Children
    I buy orphan children from third world countries for my rottweilers to chase. It's great entertainment for the money.
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    Image of Duckspwn Duckspwn
    11/24/09

    In reply to Gifts For Pets Owned By Geeks Who Treat Them Like Spoiled Children
    Wait, whoooa, slow down here... dog therapy? As in counselling for your pets? Does that actually exist?
    And if so, a fool and his money are soon parted.
    But as an afterthought, I think I should sign my (human, before anybody makes a smart comment about a golden lab) girlfriend up for that.
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/24/09

    @Duckspwn: You're girlfriend is a pet?

    Are you two like this couple perchance? [news.bbc.co.uk]
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    Image of Duckspwn Duckspwn
    11/24/09

    @Nathan Obbards: No, what I meant is she fetches stuff for me, is a reliable, loving companion, I own her, and, you know... doggy style.
    It was a sexist joke, sheesh.
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/24/09

    @Duckspwn: I know, I was joking too. Also, I apparently can't spell and wrote you're instead of your.

    Sometimes my humour is too subtle or not funny. That coupled with too little sleep because of MW2, and you know how it goes.
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    Image of Duckspwn Duckspwn
    11/24/09

    @Nathan Obbards: Ahh yes. Sorry, I didn't even bother clicking through the link. Now I get it. :P
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/24/09

    In reply to Gifts For Pets Owned By Geeks Who Treat Them Like Spoiled Children
    I once put in something similar to the Catgenie for someone, and her cat watched in horror as a mechanized monster mouth ate its shit before its eyes. It never stepped back into it again.
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    Image of Duckspwn Duckspwn
    11/24/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: I had a good laugh at that mental image.
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    Image of lostarchitect lostarchitect
    11/24/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Yeah, I've never seen a cat that liked anything motorized. I got mine one of those water fountain things, and he wouldn't go near it.
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    Image of spiegel1 spiegel1
    11/24/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Maybe we should install them everywhere and create an army of non pooping kitties. Sure they move kinda slow and rarely eat but the smell would disappear FOREVER!
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/24/09

    @spiegel1: It's important to note that cats, cute and fuzzy as they may be, are one of the most vengeful creatures in the universe. In lieu of finding a proper place to drop their leavings, cats will turn to the only other worthy receptacle of feces, the human shoe.
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    Image of spiegel1 spiegel1
    11/24/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Well in my world, shoes are outlawed after we deter all felines from pooping.
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    Image of KTK1990 KTK1990
    11/24/09

    @spiegel1: Might not want to outlaw them, hide them somewher the cat cant get to. Because eventually all that poop will have to come out, and I would want shoes then.
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    Image of AmphetamineCrown AmphetamineCrown
    11/24/09

    @lostarchitect: Maybe our cats are strange, but we've actually had decent luck with motorized stuff. They actually liked the circulating water thing (and it certainly appeared to me to not be as nasty as leaving water in a bowl to stagnate) and they adapted to the LitterMaid automatic cleaner. I didn't really like it, however, and it looked nasty.

    But... Now we have a ScoopFree, and it actually works. No stink. Change the box of funky blue crystals every week. No muss, no fuss. And we have two cats that share.
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    Image of fughedaboudit fughedaboudit
    11/24/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: The CatGenie isn't that bad - you just want to put it in a bathroom you don't use regularly and away from where you sleep (gets loud and leaves a gross residue in the toilet). It's probably a lot better if you install it by your washer/dryer instead (but I don't have one).

    I also tried the Petsafe continuous cleaning litter box. That's good and a much better deal than the CatGenie, but you still need to scoop occasionally. Also, I recommend tinkering with it a bit, using a timer, etc. etc. ([www.amazon.com])
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    Image of fughedaboudit fughedaboudit
    11/24/09

    @lostarchitect: Another key thing is that if your cats are old, forget about it. I'd only try something like this with relatively young cats.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/24/09

    @fughedaboudit: I've decided to just be diligent with the cats' boxes and use a traditional setup. I regret not attempting to train them to use the toilet. lol
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    Image of lostarchitect lostarchitect
    11/24/09

    @fughedaboudit: he was only 2 or so at the time, but he basically refused to drink water so i thought i'd try something else. he still never drinks water, so i feed him only wet food.

    #tips
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    07/18/09

    In reply to What Is This?
    I knew that was the PET as soon as I saw the picture. I never realized it was considered a competitor to Apple.

    Back then I guess everything more powerful than a calculator was 'the competition' though...
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    07/18/09

    In reply to What Is This?
    My brother wrote a game on one and brought the whole thing to my mom's house to show it off.
    You had to "fly" a targeting reticule onto a tie fighter (easy one in asciii) and hit the space bar to shot at it.

    It wasn't perfect at first, so my little sister and I ended up being beta testers (long before it was hip) to help him out.

    Loving the flashbacks, Gizmodo old kid.
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    Image of ninjamurf ninjamurf
    07/18/09

    In reply to What Is This?
    5th grade. My first computer experience. We used to take the tapes home and play them in our tape players. eeeeeeeeee ooooooo EEEEEE uuuuuuu UUUUUUUU eeeeeeeee OOOOOOOOO aaaaaaaaaaa
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    07/18/09

    @ninjamurf: They played the Doctor Who theme song?
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    07/18/09

    @bosskev: Good one!
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    Image of (Starman) Starman (Starman) Starman
    07/18/09

    @bosskev: Amazing. Fits even down to the hums.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    07/18/09

    @ninjamurf: "We used to take the tapes home and play them in our tape players. "

    We used to edit the codes to the games to make our own versions of them. Programmers eventually got wise to this and it wasn't possible to use LIST and access to codes in later programs.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    07/18/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Food Cake®: *access the codes*
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    Image of MillerCadiots MillerCadiots
    07/18/09

    In reply to What Is This?
    Want to know more about the PET's Easter egg? Read this: http://www.pagetable.com/?p=43
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    Image of GlenTen GlenTen
    07/18/09

    In reply to What Is This?
    From wikipedia: "Easter Egg: In PET Microsoft Basic (3000 series only), typing the command "WAIT 6502,100" will fill the screen with the text "MICROSOFT!"

    oh my god that's INCREDIBLE!
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    Image of OblivionVII OblivionVII
    07/18/09

    @GlenTen: It is? Am I missing something?
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    Image of BK Beezy BK Beezy
    07/18/09

    @OblivionVII: I think you're missing the sarcasm. Unless that was sarcasm. Then I missed the sarcasm. Ah! Sarcasm is great! /sarcasm

    I think that's my personal record for most times saying 'sarcasm' in a sentence. My brain hurts now.
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    Image of ninjamurf ninjamurf
    07/18/09

    @GlenTen: That's wacky considering I didn't think Microsoft really came to prominence until after the PET era? That would have been something to see. The first easter egg?
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    07/18/09

    @ninjamurf: So what came first: Microsoft or the Easter Egg?
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    Image of Kakkoister Kakkoister
    07/18/09

    @BoardShortin'_GitEmSteveDave: Well Microsoft would have had to of existed for said Easter Egg to have been written, so I say Microsoft!
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    07/18/09

    @Kakkoister: But the PET ran on Microsoft Basic. Microsoft was founded in 1975. The first PET was announced in 1977. That was still the time they were using a blibbet in their logo.
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    Image of ferris209 ferris209
    01/09/09

    In reply to Obama iMini Pet iPod Dock is Either Offensive or Fantastic
    Geez, how much more Obama crap can we have, I don't even like the idiot.
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    Image of Cordfucious of Tech Clan Cordfucious of Tech Clan
    01/10/09

    @ferris209: ass..... just plain asswhole-ish-ness


    we only have one of those and he his well liked on this site and thats the Nutbastard.


    You sir are and EPIC FAIL

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    01/09/09

    In reply to Obama iMini Pet iPod Dock is Either Offensive or Fantastic
    With all the other Obama Merch for sale, whats one more thing? I find the level of glurge/hyperbole in these commercials more offensive than any puppet:



    You can also get a plate, which honors the "day the world changed forever", and features Obama and his "competent smile and kind eyes". Keep in mind, there is a limit of two plates. But it ALSO comes with a Barack Obama coin!

    In addition to his own swag:

    [store.barackobama.com]

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    01/09/09

    In reply to Obama iMini Pet iPod Dock is Either Offensive or Fantastic
    Can I use my Zune with it?
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