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R2D2 Beer Getting Machine
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."
They sell them at a loss, but make up for it in volume.
Umm, if each one is sold at a loss, how is selling more supposed to make money?
They kae their money in marginal costs (how much $$ does it take to make one more?) If the marginal cost is small enough you eventually start making money, if you sell enough,
Why not fork?
Intro to Sarcasm 101:
Get a grip. It's slashdot. Some people are not from America. They may not get it. Glad you did. Glad you also felt the need to explain your thoughts on my post. What a neat idea, being able to respond to posts.
As far as the concept of what's funny or not, it's a damned shame you didn't find it funny.
That, my friend, is sarcasm.
Sent from your iPad.
Only drunken programmers could explain some of their most recently discovered bugs.
Perhaps they should invest in some breathalyzers instead.
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