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Robotic Wellington Boot Thrower
An anonymous reader writes "A long established "sport" in the UK is that of welly wanging or seeing how far you can throw a wellington boot. Scientists at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth have built a robotic arm to perform this task, using an engine from a concrete mixer, and a gearbox from a Citroen along with several computers."
-Eric
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
to boot a computer that's not booting, this seems to be a computer that boots boots?
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In related news, Microsoft announced the development of a robotic chair-thrower to be bundled with Windows Vista.
The Welsh are rumoured to have famous use for the humble wellington boot that actually involves wearing them. I'm sure someone can elaborate.
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I don't know about you, but I'd rather have a physics major working on something related to his major than trying to find a cure for cancer when he probably knows very little about chemistry or the human body.
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A team has taken an engine from a concrete mixer and a gearbox from a Citroen 2CV and devised the robotic "wanger"
And then Lister and Rimmer attached it to Kryten and showed him how to enjoy the delights of the space brothel.
Oh, yeah, it's not easy to pad these out to 120 characters.
In England they play this infernal thing called cricket. Some two guys take turns to face a red ball that is chucked from some 22 yards away surrounded by some 11 players and two umpires. It goes on and on for some three days. They break every hour for drinks, and then take a lunch break and a tea break. Then they take a rest day. Then they all come back and continue the damn thing for two more days. One would think it has long enough and they will have a winner at the end. But the most common result after five days is, get it, a DRAW .
Fans, or monorons who paid good money and their time watch this farce pretending to be a sport, threw whatever they had in their hands at the players and the umpires out of frustration and one guy managed to hit the umpire with a well aimed wellington boot. Thus was born the great sport of well chucking. Say what you will about it. The contest is over quickly and the winner is declared. Take that you fanboys of MCC.
sed -e 's/Chuck Norris/Rajnikant/g' joke > fact
http://pcbo.dcs.aber.ac.uk/gallery/WellyWanging
We are no longer a British colony. And why we invented baseball.
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So this is basicly the pretentious British nerd version of http://www.punkinchunkin.com/
Ehh...this is the life we chose.
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The only thing missing is the earth-shattering kaboom.
I can assure you that willy-wanking is practiced across the globe!
I am very good at it myself, and so are most slashdotters I guess...
I gather it's some kind of robotic trebootchet
Who throws a shoe? Honestly!
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>gearbox from a Citroen
There have been any number of pithy comments about the desecration of this purest of sports by the use of a mechanical apparatus. I, for one, am shocked by the inclusion of French components in what should be a purely British endeavour. Granted, the ease of finding a dead Citroen may have contributed to this, but for form's sake I should have thought using an old Anglia transmission would have been a nice touch.
Some mornings it's hardly worth chewing through the restraints to get out of bed.
In answer to your question: the old map applies only if the central line was quartered BEFORE the fifth trick (eg, Mile End to St. Pauls without switching at Liverpool Street. Otherwise, between Baker Street and Liverpool Street you may assume the old map applies unless Finchley Road is blocked (in which case the Swiss Cottage move would have been illegal anyway). Aldgate is always illegal anyway until the Central/Victoria/Northern triangle has been formed clockwise (in which case the buses will run from Aldgate to Aldgate East, so you can return to the Hammersmith line; see MC:R&O (NF Stovold), vol 12 p. 360.)