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Take Me Home, I'm Drunk
Nereus writes "The BBC News is reporting on an interesting new software product developed by three undergraduates at the University of Aberdeen [and the Universities of Hull and Sheffield]. The University Leisure and Lifestyle Manager (ULL) is the ultimate student companion, helping in all aspects of life; from choosing text books, to getting home from the pub after a few too many. Hopefully it won't put an end to the traditional student pastime of waking up on a park bench after a night out, with a traffic cone on your head..."
Shouldn't it be "Take me drunk, I'm home?"
The facts have a liberal bias. --The Daily Show
No matter how well the software is written, the real question is: Will it help me get a chick in the pub? Getting drunk and eventually getting home is the easy part.
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Retail Retreat
"You seem to be writing a letter"
"You seem to be sleeping in and there is an exam in 13 minutes"
"Are you really sure you want to install OSS on that machine?"
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
Whatever happened to people using their heads to make smart decisions on how to handle their day to day existence?
Geez.
The older I get, the less I like everyone else.
Seriously, when I've been completely pissed I can hardly remember key sequences and don't even think about coding while drunk, all you get is code riddled with errors and a headache. Fiddling with fiddly little things with lots of buttons (some of which result in a most pleasing and satisfying 'Beep') requires dozens more firing neurons than lifting a pint. Best to just seek out that park bench, some warm snuggly newspapers and a traffic cone.
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
Handy stuff. I know when I'm piss drunk, I have no trouble at all operating a smart phone/PDA.
If i'm too drunk to walk home, I can't even hit the little buttons on my cell in the correct order, how the hell is that going to work?
What are we going to do tonight Brain?
In a related story, the company reports that out of all the device forms in the catalog, the "inflatable woman" leads in pre-sales, followed by "Bit" from TRON and the Sonic Hedgeho "Tails" character.
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
Ah, memories... I still don't exaclty remember how I ended up there. The cops were nice, they brought me home.
Ahhh...the great dumpster continuum. Many a free computer will be found there. -- sowth (748135)
It would be a deal if it came with like discounts on cab rides or local bar coupons or booze shop discounts.
When you wake up on a Park Bench? What kind of lame school did you go to? It's not even a night out unless you're either in de-tox, a cell, or in bed with something really scary looking.
What is this, the Hitchhikers Guide to the University?
entry for University of Aberdeen - Mostly Harmless.
try { do() || do_not(); } catch (JediException err) { yoda(err); }
Some nice ideas, but I've never had any choice in what textbooks to get, so I've got no use for that little widget. And how's it gonna actually give me feedback on essays beyond the spell/grammar check capability already in MS Word/ OO Write? The whole thing strikes me as being a jack of all trades, master of none.
But does it get rid of the chick you ended up with after the one night stand the morning after?
I'm still sober
"Mr Grieve is confident the system can be used in the real world."
That is what really matters. There are literally thousands of nifty little student projects created each year. While ideas are interesting, they are cheap. Even the most clever ideas die.
In this case, the students were lucky enough to get some press. That exposure, of course, will drive the idea up the ladder. Still, exposure alone will not make the idea successful in the market. Bravo to the students for getting some free PR!
Linux suffers from similar problems. It just doesn't matter how great it is. What matters, to many people, but not all, is how Linux is adopted in the marketplace. The best ideas don't necessarily win. Product marketing, solid management, planning, quality, and more, all matter.
How to Download YouTube Videos
Sounds like what spyware companies have been pushing for years...
If students are into academia???
Wonder what UofAberdeen's tuition is.
Seeing bad movies only encourages them. Watch responsibly
How about getting your car home from the pub? There's a problem it can't solve. Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson had a brilliant suggestion- he parks illegally. Gets a great spot, and the next morning, he walks down to the tow lot a few minutes away, pays the fee and drives home. Apparently it works out perfectly, with the tow fee being less than one-way taxi fare.
Excellent TV program, by the way. If you can find it on the p2p nets, it's fantastic. Fifth Gear is decent(Tiff is pretty funny, Viki's alright), but not as good. Beware short clips "mistakenly" named with "Top Gear" in the filename. Oh, I wish we had reviewers like Clarkson etc here in the states.
Please help metamoderate.
"traditional student pastime" ?
That was last night!
Sig it.
Of having your friends help drag your sorry ass from the on-campus apartments back to your dorm room, while waving at the cops who are driving past the party...and then when they get you in the room and throw you on your $5 Goodwill couch, your roommate turns and points, and does a Nelson Muntz "HAA-HAA". Maybe that's just me...
Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion.
A grad student at my college once coded an entire poker game(in Scheme, I believe) while throughly drunk one night. It worked flawlessly, on the first try the next morning. Nobody could figure out how most of it worked.
Intel flew him from Wisconsin to Texas for interviews one weekend and hired him on the spot(the offer was good enough he didn't dare even think it over). Our professor joked that they probably thought they had a "pretty good" candidate until they met him, and realized they had a genius on their hands...
Nice guy. Great sense of humor, brilliant, and while he'd get engrossed in some programming project, he was also pretty sociable.
Please help metamoderate.
... you should actually use your own brain!
+1 Insightful, -1 Troll. What can I say, I'm an Insightful Troll.
"Take Me Home, I'm Drunk"
Isn't that the blonde mating call?
(good thing my girlfriend doesn't read here)
Serious? Seriousness is well above my pay grade.
"Now I don't need any friends," the geek says, "this is the best Christmas ever."
So to get a brunette, does that mean we have to listen to the phrase "Take me home, I need to study?"
Or a redhead: "Take me home, I need to fsck?"
Chris Knight is my hero.
I'm quite proud to say that the original idea and first implementation of this program was created while sat in my room.
M. Steeples, mentioned in the article created the idea behind this, and won the second round of the competition based purely on his work on it, tbh, he is a pretty scary coder, not mentioned in the article there is he also won "Best Competitor".
In case anyone is wondering, all rights and code belong to the students involved, Microsoft is not getting anything out of the competition in that way.
So to get a brunette, does that mean we have to listen to the phrase "Take me home, I need to study?"
No, listen for the phrase, "Hey, did that drunk blonde leave yet?"
Drunken Student: "...and so we all ended up in the lake. Hey, you want to get out of here? I've got a great view of the quad from my balcony."
Bar Girl: (smiling) Sure, I'd love ---
ULL Device: *beep* *beep* *beep*
Drunken Student: "Hmm? Just a sec."
ULL Device: Danger Will Robinson, Danger! Target female possesses adam's apple and male genitalia! High probability you've wandered into a tranny bar. This is not within acceptable parameters.
Drunken Student: "Umm, I forgot I have to write an important she-male, er e-mail, when I get home. Sorry, gotta run.
Bar Girl: (waving from the bar) "Call me?"
It just needs GPS and auto-nav. Be careful with it though. You might wake up on your way to Las Vegas, and that's bat country!
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
In the days of old, fat women used to be considered the most attractive, and often appeared in classical art. Perhaps being fat was a symbol of fertility, and to maximise your chances of passing on your genes, you tended to look for a more fertile woman. Nowardays, people just want to get laid, so maybe they subconciously look for women who are un-fertile.
I was thinking this was some kind of new dating service technique!
while true ; do echo this is my sig; done