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Why is it that when Miley Cyrus gets naked and licks a hammer it's 'art' and 'edgy' but when I do it I'm 'drunk' and 'banned from the hardware store'?
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keld feldspar wrote:Billy just ain't right...
He's still listening to this guy?
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How about this as a product to be marketed to deer hunters: The “remote controlled dog” would be a device equipped with a video camera and a sound amplifying electronic ear. It would have sound muffled rubber tracks on which to crawl and be about the size of a dog. The deer hunter could sit in his deer stand and with the aid of an lap top remotely control it to flush deer in his direction.
Weather or not this would be hunting is beside the point; I thinks it would sell.
Weather or not this would be hunting is beside the point; I thinks it would sell.
Soon, I’ll post my farewell message. The end is starting to get close. There are many misconceptions about me, and before I go, to live with my ancestors on the steppes, I want to set the record straight.
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HUH?
Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
yrs,
rubato
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The Hen wrote:What's wrong with a dog?
Deer dogs are expensive due to the breeding, training and care required. They require a lot of personal attention and the hunter can't see and hear what the dog is seeing and hearing. My device could be parked in the garage until one is ready to use it.
Correction: I think I might have made an assumption when I said deer dogs are expensive. I can't find anything to support that.
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A part from the enormous expense and cognitive functions far inferior to that of a canine...
GO FOR IT!
GO FOR IT!
Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
yrs,
rubato
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Do you really think that it would be that expensive? The main components would be video camera, audio preamp and amplifier and a remoter control simulator to those used in remote controlled air craft. It would need a transmitter too.dales wrote:A part from the enormous expense and cognitive functions far inferior to that of a canine...
GO FOR IT!
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How would your "dog" traverse rugged terrain?
Keep its balance?
etc.
Keep its balance?
etc.
Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
yrs,
rubato
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I can see a few more bits and bobs that would be needed...liberty wrote:Do you really think that it would be that expensive? The main components would be video camera, audio preamp and amplifier and a remoter control simulator to those used in remote controlled air craft. It would need a transmitter too.dales wrote:A part from the enormous expense and cognitive functions far inferior to that of a canine...
GO FOR IT!
The camera would have to stream audio and video back to the controller. That alone makes it a lot more expensive... not to mention the gyroscope, servo motors and general electrical stuff.
The batteries required to do all this and be able to traverse anything more than level ground would be pretty chunky. They would have to be distributed throughout the 'dog' for balance and for this reason they would have to be rechargeable... so wouldn't last too long.
The body would have to be low (to keep the centre of gravity close to the ground) but the mic and camera would need to be mounted on a high strut or you wouldn't see or hear anything. Unfortunately this means that if the 'dog' was moving at any angle away from horizontal all you would see would be the tops of trees and the sky... unless of course the camera was mounted on a fluid head servo/level controlled mount to keep it horizontal. A lot more expense there... not to mention the extra batteries...
Other than that it's a winner!
Why is it that when Miley Cyrus gets naked and licks a hammer it's 'art' and 'edgy' but when I do it I'm 'drunk' and 'banned from the hardware store'?
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Why not attach a camera & microphone to a dog?
It would be cheaper than building a dog from the ground up.
Of course, in order to allow deer hunters to kill more deer and have more fun doing it, it would probably be much better if hunters were allowed to use deer killing air-drones and hand grenades and machine guns.
It would be cheaper than building a dog from the ground up.
Of course, in order to allow deer hunters to kill more deer and have more fun doing it, it would probably be much better if hunters were allowed to use deer killing air-drones and hand grenades and machine guns.
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Robodog sounds more fun though Joe...
Why is it that when Miley Cyrus gets naked and licks a hammer it's 'art' and 'edgy' but when I do it I'm 'drunk' and 'banned from the hardware store'?
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I would have thought using a dog would be In keeping with the skills of hunting?
Not only do you have to be a crack shot for a clean kill, but you have to have shown the skills required to train a dog to be able to flush out such huge beasts.
Sounds like you just want to shoot at things.
Try tin cans instead.
Not only do you have to be a crack shot for a clean kill, but you have to have shown the skills required to train a dog to be able to flush out such huge beasts.
Sounds like you just want to shoot at things.
Try tin cans instead.
Bah!
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It would have a wide base, tracks and low center of gravity. The camera and disk would be mounted o an extendable boom.dales wrote:How would your "dog" traverse rugged terrain?
Keep its balance?
etc.
How much do four wheelers cost; every serious hunter has to have one of them?
Soon, I’ll post my farewell message. The end is starting to get close. There are many misconceptions about me, and before I go, to live with my ancestors on the steppes, I want to set the record straight.
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Robotic tin cans?The Hen wrote:I would have thought using a dog would be In keeping with the skills of hunting?
Not only do you have to be a crack shot for a clean kill, but you have to have shown the skills required to train a dog to be able to flush out such huge beasts.
Sounds like you just want to shoot at things.
Try tin cans instead.
With lasers?
Why is it that when Miley Cyrus gets naked and licks a hammer it's 'art' and 'edgy' but when I do it I'm 'drunk' and 'banned from the hardware store'?
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liberty wrote:It would have a wide base, tracks and low center of gravity. The camera and disk would be mounted o an extendable boom.dales wrote:How would your "dog" traverse rugged terrain?
Keep its balance?
etc.
How much do four wheelers cost; every serious hunter has to have one of them?
HUH?
Stick with your day job son, industrial design and engineering (along with cost analysis) is NOT your forte.
Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
yrs,
rubato
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Going back to the OP... Strop, have you experimented with baking marmite bread yet? That sounds like a labour saving idea to me...
Why is it that when Miley Cyrus gets naked and licks a hammer it's 'art' and 'edgy' but when I do it I'm 'drunk' and 'banned from the hardware store'?
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Extra chewy salty vomit...
Sometimes it seems as though one has to cross the line just to figger out where it is
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Yep, tried that, but haven't got the balance of the Marmite quite right yet!Sean wrote:Going back to the OP... Strop, have you experimented with baking marmite bread yet? That sounds like a labour saving idea to me...
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