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    What Would've Happened if Hewlett Packard Built R2-D2

    Now They're Teaching Robots to Use Lightsabers

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

    Elephant-Subduing Device Appears Inspired by Star Wars

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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    11/26/09

    In reply to What Would've Happened if Hewlett Packard Built R2-D2
    I love the musical stylings of Michael Bolton.
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    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    11/26/09

    In reply to What Would've Happened if Hewlett Packard Built R2-D2
    Nope, baseball bat is the right choice there.
    [xspblog.com]
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    Image of zeroprime zeroprime
    11/26/09

    In reply to What Would've Happened if Hewlett Packard Built R2-D2
    As a comic, that last scene is just missing that je ne sais quoi. It's probably the lack of Geto Boys playing in the background.

    Who would have thought the Geto Boys would contribute to the je ne sais quoi of anything?
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    Image of x@ck3D x@ck3D
    11/25/09

    In reply to What Would've Happened if Hewlett Packard Built R2-D2
    Silly gizmodo poster, lightsabers are for jedis!
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    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    11/25/09

    @x@ck3D: Way to shatter my dream of being a lightsaber wielding princess!
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    Image of wutlulzky wutlulzky
    11/25/09

    @Rosa Golijan:
    A lightsaber would significantly ruin the office-space'esque feeling that destroying printing equipment (HP manufactured R2-d2) brings,... almost iconic to that of such movie.

    You can still be a princess tho ... :)
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    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    11/25/09

    @wutlulzky: Half the fun is gone without a weapon...
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    Image of phool phool
    11/25/09

    @Rosa Golijan: Gizmodo's got you covered. DIY guillotine to the rescue.
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    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    11/25/09

    @phool: Man! I'd forgotten about that thing. One of these days it'll be a weekend project.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    11/26/09

    @x@ck3D: What about Han on Hoth?
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/25/09

    In reply to What Would've Happened if Hewlett Packard Built R2-D2
    They even knew how horrible it is to get HP customer service on the subspace communicator.
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    Image of MrPliskin0 MrPliskin0
    11/26/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Here's a tip, go into an OfficeMax and ask them to look up and call the HP Support number they have on file. It's American support they get who can and will answer just about any question.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/26/09

    @MrPliskin0: You obviously have not called HP customer support from any of the outer rim systems. Think they're going to even bother getting a shipping box to you on Tatooine? Good luck.
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    Image of MrPliskin0 MrPliskin0
    11/26/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Alright, so they have to have a PO order to ship that far; you ever try to get a PO order for something you are not meant to be ordering? it's a pain in the ass lemme tell you that. To top it off when your Planatary District Manager is an a$$-pussy well my friend things get even worse.
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    Image of yantelope yantelope
    11/25/09

    In reply to Now They're Teaching Robots to Use Lightsabers
    We all knew robots would be here one day but who knew they would suck so much. They don't make my bed or do my bidding and they certainly don't go to work for me while I spend my day in the holodeck. If society is truly going to implode on itself then we need to be able to avoid all contact with other humans.
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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 nutbastard nutbastard
    11/24/09

    In reply to Elephant-Subduing Device Appears Inspired by Star Wars
    i think the reason why the elephants are a danger to anyone is probably because they are captive and bossed around by puny humans all day. its like that guy who got killed by a bear on an ice rink... by an ice-skating bear. should we now devote some time and effort into figuring out how ot subdue ice skating bears... or would it perhaps be easier to simply not put fucking ice skates on bears?
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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 Die Fledermaus Die Fledermaus
    11/24/09

    In reply to Elephant-Subduing Device Appears Inspired by Star Wars
    Let me put my actual real world experience into this. Angry elephants are not a big issue, poor management of elephants is. A bull elephant in musk is not to be trifled with and any good animal care taker knows this. You can control an elephant with just an ankus. The ankus should not be used to punish just to prod an dissuade. While I think this could have use as a last resort strategy, I am not sure I see many zoo's using this. As the article says this is not for your captive elephants right now it is being used with rogue elephants in more rural settings. Elephants are smart smarter then many people give them credit and that is often where things go wrong. Also elephants need the leader group existence and when the leader fails elephants loose direction and can panic.
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