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Foot-Powered Laptop
mrd98 writes: "There is an article in the Register about a U.S. developer who has created a foot-powered device which can be used to charge laptop batteries. Apparently 5 minutes of brisk pumping will give you 20 minutes of battery life, it can also be used to power most other electrical devices with a rechargable battery."
Charging my laptop. Honest!
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Apparently 5 minutes of brisk pumping will give you 20 minutes of battery life
Think of what this could do for the sex toy industry.
*sigh* I can't believe I've stooped this low.
El riesgo vive siempre!
Honestly, when I'm listening to all those techno CD's, now I can actually be putting that adrenaline in my vibrating leg to use...
BULLY1:"WTF is wrong with his leg?"
BULLY2:"Oh he is a geek LETS GET HIM!"
"All I can tell the "lesser of two evils" folks is that if they keep voting for evil, they'll keep getting evil."-Lp.org
As a diehard Emacs bigot I'd prefer Control and Meta pedals.
Apparently 5 minutes of brisk pumping will give you 20 minutes of battery life
For me, 2 minutes then it's nap time...
Think about it. All those tech workers who are looking for a job now can get a job to keep up the laptops of office workers up and running.
Karma stuck at 50? Add 2-5 inches.. err.. 2-5x Karmas Count to your pen1es.. err.. Karma all naturally and private
...of that Tech Support story (urban legend?) in which someone called saying that their computer was broken. When the tech support guy asked to describe the problem, the person said that they pressed on the foot pedal but the computer wouldn't come on. The foot pedal, of course, turned out to be the mouse...
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Windows takes 20 minutes to boot.
Guys typically take shorter to reach orgasm [not speaking for myself here ;)]. women need more time 'at-it'. this solves that issue. guys do a brisk pumping for 5 minutes. put that battery into you-know-what and the women get to go at it for 20 minutes. didn't solve world hunger. but very close. very close.
5 minutes out of every 25 must be spent charging. Ok that means you end up wasting 12 minutes out of every hour. I'd say this is much less than I end up wasting on other things like solitaire, minesweeper. PLUS, you get exercise out of it! Sign me up!
and laptop users will be the fittest people on the planet! I can see conversations now...
"Hey, Bob, your son is really getting big and strong!"
"Yeah, Steve, he's going to be as strong one day as a computer programmer! Maybe even as fit as a linux kernel hacker!"
"You don't say?"
no more questionable waist
Freudian slip?
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I am a programmer. I am paid to produce syntax not grammar. Deal with it.
The Amish can recharge their batteries.
Am I the only one with a habit of shaking my foot/leg nervously? I could put that to use!
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Sorry, theres only one thing I pump briskly for 5 minutes and I certainly don't get a 20 minute charge out of it.