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Traffic Light Switcher Makes Critics See Red

An anonymous reader writes "According to a Yahoo/Washington Post article: 'It sounds like a suffering commuter's dream come true: a dashboard device that changes red traffic lights to green at the touch of a button. Police, fire and rescue vehicles have had access to such equipment for years, but now the devices are becoming available to ordinary motorists thanks to advances in technology and a little help from the Internet. Safety advocates are outraged, and news accounts in Michigan last week led to politicians there seeking a ban on the gadgets'." Update: 11/06 02:25 GMT by S : A previous Slashdot story mentions the device, though not the Michigan legislature's subsequent ire.

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  1. I want one! by IDreamInCode · · Score: 0, Troll

    where can I get one of these before they are banned?? I hate traffic in LA

  2. Is this a dupe? by rolocroz · · Score: -1, Troll
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    I meta-mod all positive moderation Unfair, because it's abuse of the system.

  3. tsarkon thanks the greased yoda creator! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    thanks for creating greased yoda doll. i've never been so amused by a troll as i was by the concept of the greased yoda doll. i can only imagine the hordes of pre-sexual slashdotians greasing up star wars figures for insertion.

    in greased yoda doll's honor, ill post the song and the greased instructions.

    GREASED YODA !

    8 steps to greasing your anus for yoda doll insertion

    1) defecate. preferably after eating senna, ex lax, prunes, cabbage and hot sauces.
    2) wipe ass with witch hazel, soothes horrific burns
    3) prime anus with anal ease.
    4) slather richly a considerable amount of vaseline or other anal lubricants into your rectum at least until the bend and also take your yoda doll or yoda soap on a rope and liberally apply it.
    5) pucker your ballon knot several times actuating the sphincter muscle in order to work it in
    6) slowly rest yourself onto your yoda figurine
    7) make sure to have a mechanism by which to fish yoda out of your rectum, the soap on the rope is especially useful because that is built in.
    8) gyrate gleefully in your computer chair while your fat sexless geek nerd loser fat shit self enjoys the prostate massage you'll be getting. Read slashdot. Masturbate to anime. Email one of the editors hoping they will honor you with a reply. Join several more dating services - this time, you dont check the (desired - speaks english) and (desired - literate). You figure you might get a chance then. Order some fucking crap from Think Geek. Get Linux to boot on a Black And Decker Appliance. Wish you could afford a new computer. Argue that IDE is better than SCSI because you cant afford SCSI. Make claims about how Linux rules. Compile a kernel on your 486SX. Claim to hate windows but use it for Everquest. Admire Ghyslain's courage in making that wonderful star wars movie. Officially convert to the Jedi religion. Talk about how cool Mega Tokyo is. Try and make sure you do your regular 50 story submissions to Slashdot, all of which get rejected because people who arent fatter than CowboyNeal can't submit. Fondle shrimpy penis while making a yoda voice and saying, feel the force, padawan, feeel the foooorce, hurgm. Yes. Yes. When 900 years you reach, a dick half as big you will not have.

    All in a days work with a yoda figurine rammed up your ass.

    Ground Control to Yoda Doll
    Ground Control to Yoda Doll
    Take your ass grease pills and put your helmet on
    Ground Control to Yoda Doll
    Commencing countdown, engines on
    Check ignition and may God's love shove up you
    Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven, Six, Five, Four, Three, Two, One, Shove Up
    This is Ground Control to Yoda Doll
    You've really made the grade
    And the papers want to know whose butts you tear
    Now it's time to leave the suppository if you dare
    "This is Yoda Doll to Ground Control
    I'm stepping through the door
    And I'm stinking in a most peculiar way
    And the ass look very different today
    For here am I sitting in an ass can
    Far inside the butt
    My face is turning blue
    And there's nothing I can do
    Though I'm past one hundred thousand bowels
    I'm feeling very still
    And I think my buttship knows which way to go
    Tell my wife I ream her very much, she knows"
    Ground Control to Yoda Doll
    Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong
    Can you hear me, Yoda Doll?
    Can you hear me, Yoda Doll?
    Can you hear me, Yoda Doll?
    Can you....
    "Here am I floating in my ass can
    Far inside his Moon
    My face is turning blue
    And there's nothing I can do."

  4. This is happening a lot in my city by the+man+with+the+pla · · Score: 1, Troll

    I'm a resident of Chesterfield, Missouri. Chesterfield is a rich suburb of St. Louis. I work as a crossing guard at a local elementary school...I have seen, without fail, 3 or 4 cars that cause the lights to change when they approach. Chesterfield is a great community, don't get me wrong, but I think there is a set of schlimeles out there that think way too much of their wealth and are corrupting the system.

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    The linux hacker
  5. Great by kid-noodle · · Score: 0, Troll

    I already refuse to drive because cars are so dangerous, what we need a is yet another tool to assist people in driving dangerously. I was pissed off enough about those bastard speed camera detectors.

    I'm a fucking commie. Long live public transport.

    --
    fortune -o
  6. slashdotted by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    the site appears to be slashdotted...here's a mirror of the content

  7. Re:Creator thanks tsarkon for the 8 steps by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yes, the 8 steps. Not necessarily a Magnum Opus, as they were constructed in haste to honor the Greased Yoda Doll as quickly as possible. I was laughing to the point of breaking a sweat when I was writing that.

    I need to broaden my line of Yoda literary products and post them with great vigor for public consumption!

  8. tsarkon reports sneak preview: Billie Jean by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Greased Up Yoda Doll is My Lover
    Written & composed by Greasedyoda Jackson

    He was more like a beauty queen from a star wars movie scene
    I said don?t mind getting greased up, but what do you mean I am the one?
    Who will grease up on the floor in the round
    He said I am the one who will get greased up on the floor in the round

    He told me his name was Greased up Yoda, as he caused a scene
    Then every purple head turned with eyes that dreamed of being the one
    Who will grease up on the floor in the round

    People always told me be careful of what you do
    And don?t go around breaking boys? rectums
    And mother always told me be careful of who you grease up and shove
    And be careful of what you do [in the ass] ?cause the lie becomes the truth

    Greased p Yoda is my lover
    He?s just a "girl" who claims that I am the one
    But the kid is my greased up Yoda and my son
    He says I am the one, but the kid is my greased up Yoda doll!

    For forty days and forty nights
    The law was on his side
    But who can stand when he?s in demand
    His schemes and plans
    ?cause we greased up on the floor in the round
    So take my strong advice, just remember to always shove it up a greased ass twice
    (do shove twice)

    He told my baby, we where anally gyrating till 3:00
    Then he looked at me, he showed me a photo
    My anal lover cried, ?cause his anus wasn't as wide as mine

    People always told me be careful of what you do
    And don?t go around shoving Greased Yoda Dolls in you ass!
    He came and stood right up my ass.
    Then the smell of sweet anal fumes
    This happened much too soon
    He called me to his room

    Greased Up Yoda Doll is my lover
    He?s just a doll who claims that I am the one
    But the greasy anal remnants is my son
    Greased Up Yoda Doll is my lover
    He?s just a guy who claims that I am the one
    But the Yoda doll is my anal toy
    He says I am the one, but the Doll is in my ass
    He says I am the one, but the Doll is in my ass
    Greased Up Yoda Doll is my lover
    He?s just a doll who claims that I am the one
    But the Yoda doll is my anal toy
    He says I am the one, but the Doll is in my ass
    He says I am the one, but the Doll is in my ass
    Greased Up Yoda Doll is my lover
    Greased Up Yoda Doll is my lover
    Greased Up Yoda Doll is my lover
    Greased Up Yoda Doll is my lover
    Greased Up Yoda Doll is my lover
    Greased Up Yoda Doll is my lover

  9. Re:TRINITY AND NEO BOTH DIE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    It wasn't clear if Neo died or not.

  10. Neo&Trinity both DIE Zion saved with truce-suc by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Agent Smith shows turns the Oracle into a copy of himself. Neo and Trinity take one ship and head off to the machine city, Morpheus and the others head back to Zion. The Agent Smith who took over the guy's body in the real world blinds Neo, then Neo kills him. The ship crashes into the machine city and Trinity dies. The other ship makes it back to Zion and fires an EMP, killing a crapload of Sentinels but crippling Zion's defenses. Neo talks to the head machine, gets him to call a truce, and goes back into the matrix. Everyone in the Matrix is now an Agent Smith. He fights the one that used to be the Oracle. Smith beats Neo, then turns Neo into a copy of himself, then the Neo copy explodes, then all the Smiths explode. The remaining Sentinals in Zion go home without killing everyone, and the Matrix is reborn. Neo dies.

    Oh, and Monica Belucci and her BIG FUCKING TITS make a brief appearance at the beginning, which is by far the best thing about the movie.