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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. What I am waiting for by 2.7182 · · Score: 4, Funny

    are diapers with an IP address, so I can log in to them. Not for my kid, for me.

    1. Re:What I am waiting for by unidentified · · Score: 2, Funny

      Sounds like a pretty crappy idea to me.

  2. Slashdot for the lazy... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    No need to read the article! The entire article is in the summary!

    The editor's are getting the idea now!

  3. When Bush passes... by caudron · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...I wonder if they'll get an orchestra to play the theme to the Empirial March or just pop the sound track in the nearest car stereo?

    Tom Caudron
    http://tom.digitalelite.com/politics.html

    P.S. Attended a military funeral a couple of years ago. They played taps on a tape player. This device is a step UP not down from that experience. :-\

    --
    -Tom
  4. Re:call the local junior high marching band by gardyloo · · Score: 2, Funny

    Right! They could wake the dead! Waaaait a minute...

  5. uh oh by ninjamonkey · · Score: 2, Funny


    I was thinking to myself "how lazy can people be?" when I realized that I was actively using one of the devices in the article:

    http://www.theemptyroom.com/ST_14.jpg

    : /

  6. Bad layout by spikev · · Score: 2, Funny

    I hate to prove their point, but i find it annoying to have to scroll down under the text to read about the device. I wish there was a gadget to do it for me.

  7. RIAA sues the Pentagon! by SlappyBastard · · Score: 2, Funny

    Damned bugle emulator was playing a pirated mp3 of "Taps".

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    I scream. You scream. I assume that means we're both acquainted with the problem. We proceed.
  8. Great, but it ruins... by swelke · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's great, but it ruins the whole funeral when the guy pushes the "Revellie" (morning wake-up) button by mistake.

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    Have you ever wondered How to Take Over
  9. Re:I'm sure it's that easy. by grolschie · · Score: 4, Funny
    I am not a trumpet player....
    This is /. so don't you mean IANATP? :-)