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Gadgets for the Lazy

Posted by Zonk on from the worse-or-better dept.

theodp writes "The Pentagon has found the perfect way to demonstrate it's purely the thought that counts - 700 bugle emulators which sit in real bugles and play 'Taps' at military funerals. The Ceremonial Bugle is just one item in Wired's collection of Gadgets for the Lazy."

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  1. Neural Implants... by tehcatisdead · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ...and maybe a doItForMe() function that predicts what you're going to want to do and does it for you before you even think of it. Oh, right, we have that now. It's called a representative democracy. Maybe it's not such a good idea after all.

  2. Re:I'm sure it's that easy. by tubamaster · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I am not a trumpet player. I was bugler back in Boy Scouts. I picked up Taps on the first day. I have hardly met a person who couldn't work out how to play taps in under an hour of playing. The problem is a lack of effort. Reveille is the call that requires a range and some skill. Any idiot could learn how to play Taps with a little bit of effort.

  3. Re:As an unemployed bugle player by Fred_A · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If they went with the time and had ceremonial kazoo players, they wouldn't have this kind of problem.
    But of course since it's the military they had to pick some overly complicated expensive gadget that nobody can use. Bloody typical.

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