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Autopsy Of A Furby

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the the-real-secret-of-Area-51 dept.

Cooper Stevenson writes: "Ever wonder what makes a Furby tick? Well, neither have I but it made for an interesting read." Personally, I'd rather see someone disembowel Teddy Ruxpin, but this is a good start.

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  1. Re:Moderating stories by Syberghost · · Score: 4

    Then again, is it really that big of a deal. Do any of us feel really all that violated when we have to see a post on something that we have already seen in the past. My point: Who cares!

    The 400+ people with submissions in the queue that didn't see the light of day for that repost care.

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  2. Third time? by jmcmurry · · Score: 4

    http://slashdot.org/articles/99 /01/03/1950227.shtml

    http://slashdot.org/articles/98 /12/11/2338244.shtml

  3. Re:WTF! by deltavivis · · Score: 4

    It was in december 11, 1998...back when they were popular
    http://slashdot.org/articles/98 /12/11/2338244.shtml

  4. Perhaps offtopic, but.... by Teancum · · Score: 4

    I would totally agree that the stories themselves need to be moderated as well. There are some times where I wouldn't mind troll'n for some really off the wall stories, but if a story of earth-shattering news comes along (RedHat buys Microsoft OS Div for $10 Million, ect.) you may only want to see those top headlines.

    Consider this like the Sunday edition of the New York Times. Sure, there are some interesting stories in the back pages of the travel section, but should that be a "headline" story?

    Besides... this is only a natural evolution of the posting moderation. That and the main editors (Rob & Co.) could still have "unlimited" story moderation points to pretty much put things where they want them anyway. It would allow the readers to put a little bit into how they feel about a story as well.

    Anyways.... this story is truly stale news. The page info from the server says:

    Last Modified: Sunday, August 01, 1999 06:33:45 PM Local time

    Or even note that cross reference pages even have a link to /.

  5. Hack Furby a good site, too by ivan37 · · Score: 4

    visit:
    http://www.homestead.com/hackfurby/

    This place is pretty cool, too. They are trying to document the IR protocol. It has software to control the furby with a computer.