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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. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

  8. 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*