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The World's Most Devious Alarm Clock

Posted by Hemos on from the snooze-bar-with-a-mallet dept.

wired_parrot writes "If you have trouble waking up, try this: MIT media lab has created an alarm clock that, when you press the snooze bar, runs off into a corner, a different hiding place every day. Try hitting the snooze bar again now!"

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  1. I totally need one of those suckers.... by cyko500 · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I'd get to a lot more early morning classes fo' sho', nigga'!

  2. Re:I don't need it if .. by dustinbarbour · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Eh.. 5 on looks.. bump that up to a 6.5 for the brains. Although I find that MIT students aren't necessarily smarter than the rest of us.. just apply themselves more.

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  3. Re:The typical things Slashdot users will say: by liquidsin · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Only an idiot would use vi to hack at /etc/conf.d/alarm. Emacs has many pre-built macros that make editing the alarm file much easier. Moron.

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  4. Re:The typical things Slashdot users will say: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    That's because Linux and MacOS are pure crap. It would probably break. Or, you would have to edit a shitload of files just to get it to work. Support world domination. Buy Microsoft products.