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Your Washer is Calling and the Dryer is on IM
netbuzz writes "Laundry Time, an eight-week pilot program from the Internet Home Alliance, begins next week with three Atlanta families and the technology and services of Microsoft, HP, Panasonic, Proctor & Gamble and Whirlpool. The idea is to allow family members to receive alerts and control certain laundry functions from their PCs, cell phones and TV sets, presumably so they can spend more time with their PCs, cell phones and TV sets." I am all for tech for the sake of tech, but I'm pretty sure this is one of the signs of the Apocalypse Nostradamus prognosticated.
Your soiled shorts, CowboyNeal Underoos and Ring-around-the-Collar are now on full view on the internet.
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
Closet empty..time to do laundry!! Nothing calls for action than this!!
This is so freakin' awesome! Talk about a product everyone has been waiting for with baited breath! I know I'll throw down some serious cash for *that* technology!
Hah! And people say Microsoft is losing its touch.
Read the EFF's Fair Use FAQ
hotpoint14: I take off your pants, slowly, and gently massage them in my soapy warmth.
maytagman: Oh I like that baby, after pretreating with detergent, I put in my robe and wizard hat.
hotpoint14: What the f*ck, I told you not to message me again.
maytagman: Oh **** damn I gotta write down your names or something
I could see this being useful if you could set the washing machine from work to make a horrible screaming noise until your spouse/kids put a load in. You would get laundry done AND your family would appreciate that you're thinking about them.
If a chair is thrown in a forest, and there are no witnesses, did Ballmer still do it?
... in other news scientist are using RFID embedded socks with RFID enabled dryers to solve one of the greatest mysteries of our time. Where do all the missing socks go?
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed H
10. Not only are there billions of Chinese citizens who will be on the Net, now the washers and dryers want to IM each other.
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Are the first things I do in the morning. I'd LOVE it, if the kettle would send me an instant message, in addition to just quietly turning off.
In Soviet Washington the swamp drains you.
Yes, a lot of people do use laundromats. I can see it now, some bored teen decides to hack his sister's laundry in the laundromat and set it to "Extra Dark Wash, Extra Hot, Hot Rinse, No Spin Dry" just because he can.
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Wake me up when the machine can collect the dirty clothes, wash them, dry them, and fold/hang them. Until then, I'm staying at mom's.
When our name is on the back of your car, we're behind you all the way!
Bluebottle: my granddad's got one of those things that makes him a cup of tea and wakes him up.
Eccles: What's it called?
Bluebottle: my Grandma!
C1al15 for cheap......
I just wanted you to know that you can recieve a home mortgage of up to $453,000 for as little as $898 a month...
I'm not fat, just big boned...
This sounds like something for hackers to get ahold of to me. "Darn it, i took down my firewall for 1 second and I wound up with 15 pairs of really, really small underwear"
nah, just turn off the gas, water and throw the main breaker before you leave. then you dont have to worry about a thing.
always mosh clockwise
How often does anyone clean the lint trap?