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dmmh
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PostPosted: 03-22-2005 02:42 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


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If you have an unhealthy addiction to the snooze button on your alarm clock, you may appreciate the latest invention from MIT's Media Lab. Clocky is an alarm with an ingenious method for rousing even the most dedicated morning dozer. After you hit the snooze button, the contraption rolls off the bedside table and zooms away on a set of wheels to some other part of the room, finding a new hiding place every day. When the alarm sounds again, simply finding Clocky ought to be strenuous enough to prevent even the doziest owner from going back to sleep.


http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns? ... 524926.500



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PostPosted: 03-22-2005 02:49 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


That's fucking cool, I want one.
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PostPosted: 03-22-2005 02:51 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Wouldn't really work for a messy room.

Or what if it rolled off your end table and killed your cat?
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PostPosted: 03-22-2005 02:55 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


riddla wrote:
what if youre that goatse guy and it rolls up your ass?


:lol:
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riddla wrote:
what if youre that goatse guy and it rolls up your ass?


Is it studded for my pleasure?
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PostPosted: 03-22-2005 02:56 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


riddla wrote:
what if youre that goatse guy and it rolls up your ass?


In Alabama? You'll get arrested for sodomy.
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PostPosted: 03-22-2005 02:58 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


It won't be rolling very far when you whip the fucker at the wall and it smashes into pieces.
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FragaGeddon wrote:
It won't be rolling very far when you whip the fucker at the wall and it smashes into pieces.
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PostPosted: 03-22-2005 02:59 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I would probably just burry the thing in some clothes after the first week to keep the fucker from moving.
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PostPosted: 03-22-2005 03:02 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


ill just throw a wheelclamp on it
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PostPosted: 03-22-2005 03:05 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I can't find out where to buy one though :(
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PostPosted: 03-22-2005 03:06 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I just want one cause it's cool, I actualy set my alarm clock on the other side of the room.
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PostPosted: 03-22-2005 03:16 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


well it was just invented, gotta wait a bit



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PostPosted: 03-22-2005 03:21 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I'd fucking glue the bitch to the end table.
Lets see how far you fucking roll now bitch!
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PostPosted: 03-22-2005 03:34 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Have the considered an alternative product, where you simply place the alarm clock quite far away from the bed before going to sleep?

Such an invention could make millions!


Much like the 'segway with an extra wheel' invention.



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PostPosted: 03-22-2005 03:49 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


losCHUNK wrote:
ill just throw a wheelclamp on it


:lol:
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PostPosted: 03-22-2005 03:50 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


losCHUNK wrote:
ill just throw a wheelclamp on it


Careful, sys0p might punch you out and take your money.
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PostPosted: 03-22-2005 05:23 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


man i think i could use one, mostly just to drive the Mrs' insane.
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PostPosted: 03-22-2005 06:00 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Simple solution: turn it upside down.
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PostPosted: 03-22-2005 07:39 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


they should have posted a picture of it.
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PostPosted: 03-22-2005 07:46 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Henry David Thoreau must be spinning in his grave.
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PostPosted: 03-22-2005 07:46 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Kracus wrote:
losCHUNK wrote:
ill just throw a wheelclamp on it


Careful, sys0p might punch you out and take your money.


then ill strap nitro to it and spin off in the opposite direction :icon31:
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PostPosted: 03-23-2005 01:15 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Jackal wrote:
Henry David Thoreau must be spinning in his grave.


I don't get it. Wasn't he the guy who went hiding in the woods to avoid paying taxes?
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PostPosted: 03-23-2005 01:19 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


riddla wrote:
what if youre that goatse guy and it rolls up your ass?


:icon19: :icon19: :icon19: :icon19:
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PostPosted: 03-23-2005 01:51 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Foo wrote:
Have the considered an alternative product, where you simply place the alarm clock quite far away from the bed before going to sleep?

Such an invention could make millions!


Much like the 'segway with an extra wheel' invention.


:lol:
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PostPosted: 03-23-2005 03:41 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Jackal wrote:
Henry David Thoreau must be spinning in his grave.


Oh, he's been doing about 60,000rpm for a while now.
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