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R2D2 Beer Getting Machine

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the oh-dear-me dept.

defectorg writes "R2-D2 Interactive Astromech Droid is coming to us this summer. Equipped with innovative speech recognition technology, infrared scanning technology and working sonar navigation, this R2-D2 recognizes 40 spoken phrases, plays six exciting games, and sings three tunes. It even has a retractable arm that lets it hold a 12-ounce beverage! Now this would be a nice thing to hack wireless lan iinto, let it notify new mail, read news and most important, ~/bin/let_r2d2_get_a_cold_beer_somehow.pl."

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  1. Beverage Server by EvanED · · Score: 1, Funny

    I KNEW R2 was always meant to serve drinks...

  2. cool by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    combine C3PO and R2D2 together and you got yourself a wife.. beer getting robot + bitchy robot = wife :-)

  3. I need more than a beer.... by magicsquid · · Score: 4, Funny

    I want a R2D2 that has a "Bring me Natalie Portman" option.

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  4. Ultimate case mod? by Tokerat · · Score: 5, Funny

    If only it was a little bigger, maybe 2 or 3 feet tall... then it would have enough room to stick the base of an iMac in his head with a nice 17" flat-panel screen sticking out the top, nice GUI, BSD under the hood, 802.11 built in...

    Ahhh, someday I will build my own droid. Then...uhh... phase 3: Profit!

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  5. About time! by Restil · · Score: 4, Funny

    "With its rich heritage, an incredible fantasy, and gripping story lines, Star Wars is the ultimate property on which to base a toy line," said Brian Goldner, President of Hasbro's U.S. toys group.

    Its a good thing that someone's staying on top of these news breaking events! There's rumors that action figures might be popular too. Better look into it! :)

    -Restil

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  6. Leave it to a geek... by crystalplague · · Score: 4, Funny

    to find a way to write 20,000 lines of code to preform a task as simple as walking to the fridge...

    1. Re:Leave it to a geek... by Buck2 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Jesus CHRIST! Does nobody FUCKING GET IT!?!?

      You only have to write the code ONCE!

      After writing the code, the fucking R2D2 gets the goddamn BEER as long as it can ROLL on it's stupid WHEELS! After being a genius for a few hours you get to loll on your ASS playing video games and WHACKING off to petrified, GRITTY Natalie Portman pr0n for as long as you want.

      It's potentially WORTH the EFFORT!

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  7. Re:I don't understand... by Wumpus · · Score: 5, Funny

    They sell them at a loss, but make up for it in volume.

  8. Re:George Lucas by superpeach · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ultra-secret rot13 message: i just wasted a few seconds of your meaningless life
    Thanks :)

  9. kenny baker by fmita · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do I get a real Kenny Baker, too????!!!??

  10. Big deal by guttentag · · Score: 4, Funny

    I want to know when they're releasing the beer-fetching Princess Leia.

  11. Re:R2-D2 did not talk by guttentag · · Score: 3, Funny
    Sure he did.

    beep beep BEEP bebeep BEbebeBEEP
    No, he didn't mean to insult you.
    BZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzt
    R2! You don't have to vaporize him just to make a point.
    BEbebeBEEP bebeep BEEP
    Fine! Fine, you two work it out on your own. I'm outta here.
    *whistle*

  12. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 2, Funny

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  13. Added features? by NoFX · · Score: 0, Funny

    Can it fly like R2 in Episode 2? What's THAT all about?!?

  14. better yet.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    ~/bin/r2d2_fondle_genitals.pl

  15. The problem is... by Anonvmous+Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... it'll end up in the closet once I get a gf. Unless she's one of those feminist types that thinks I should get beer on me own. Oh well, none of us can really be that picky.

  16. I'd rather have Bender by Ryne · · Score: 2, Funny

    I would rather have a bender robot with a small refrigerator inside that hatch he has. That should keep the beer cool and nice during the day.

    Then again, R2D2's bleeps are probably nicer to listen to than Bender's neverending sarcastic comments. And he'd probably drink all the bear himself.

  17. I gotta stop surfing for pr0n while reading /. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    The R2-D2 Interactive Astromech Droid is ... 15-inch-plus ... packed with spunk .... answers to your call and obeys your commands.

    mmm, packed with spunk, and obeys your command. take note ladies!!