Take Me Home, I'm Drunk 267
Nereus writes "The BBC News is reporting on an interesting new software product developed by three undergraduates at the University of Aberdeen [and the Universities of Hull and Sheffield]. The University Leisure and Lifestyle Manager (ULL) is the ultimate student companion, helping in all aspects of life; from choosing text books, to getting home from the pub after a few too many. Hopefully it won't put an end to the traditional student pastime of waking up on a park bench after a night out, with a traffic cone on your head..."
Title of Post (Score:5, Funny)
Shouldn't it be "Take me drunk, I'm home?"
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lol! (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:lol! (Score:5, Funny)
(*no I don't really advocate taking advantage of annebriated members of the opposite sex, it's a joke, laugh*)
Re:lol! (Score:2, Funny)
Both the transportation and snailspace avatar malfunctions are hardware problems.
The decisions leading to "too many" are software, but by the time this support call is made the damage has been done.
Re:lol! (Score:2, Insightful)
It's not much help if you can't operate it.
Re:lol! (Score:5, Funny)
You'd think so, wouldn't you? But I know a guy who had a bunch of trouble one night.
He went out to a few bars one night with friends, and they all ended up at a couple's house that they had met. After everybody went home, this guy decided to stay there, because he was too drunk. For some reason he slept on this couple's bed too when they all passed out. One of the two of the couple had pissed the bed in the night (he thinks it was the guy), and now this guy was sleeping in urine all night. The next morning found him with a bad hangover, smelling like piss, and finding that his pants had been ripped up when their dog decided to eat his wallet.
That's a bad night.
Re:lol! (Score:3, Funny)
It could be worse.
A guy I used to know, a reformed drunk, used to be in the Navy (whether or not the drunkenness had anything to do with getting out, I don't know).
One night in a foreign port he got particularly plastered, but managed to find his way back to the pier. He went onboard ship, found his way to his rack (bed? bunk? I have no idea what they're called on large ships), and promptly passed out.
He came to in the morning very groggy and for some reason hearing the ship's horn blast. He was exp
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If user == Reads_Slashdot goto Not_A_Chance_In_Hell
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Leave the chickens alone!
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Can't afford '$$$', but would consider paying '$' for a version that gets me fat chicks who aren't ugly.
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non-ugly fat chicks (Score:4, Interesting)
In the days of old, fat women used to be considered the most attractive, and often appeared in classical art. Perhaps being fat was a symbol of fertility, and to maximise your chances of passing on your genes, you tended to look for a more fertile woman. Nowardays, people just want to get laid, so maybe they subconciously look for women who are un-fertile.
Re:non-ugly fat chicks (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:non-ugly fat chicks (Score:3, Funny)
That's because they had huge...tracts of land [sacred-texts.com]
Re:lol! (Score:2)
"Yeah, the freeware version probably would only let you get fat and ugly chicks. You gotta pay $$$ for the pro version for the decent chicks."
No no no. The demo has the real hottie who can't get enough of you and needs help spending their vast wealth.
The installed product is the ugly slob who screams at you and can't hold down a job. Their mother keeps assuring you that they're just in a slump and will be more stable and reliable Real Soon Now if you just hang in there and keep paying the rent.
Clippy resurrected (Score:5, Funny)
"You seem to be sleeping in and there is an exam in 13 minutes"
"Are you really sure you want to install OSS on that machine?"
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Responsibility? (Score:5, Insightful)
Geez.
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Re:Responsibility? (Score:3, Informative)
Here we go again.
The McDonalds coffee case IS NOT a good example of filing lawsuits due to dumb mistakes. Im not saying that that doesnt happen. It does. A lot. But this case is simply not a good example.
Read this page.
ugh.
Re:Responsibility? (Score:2)
check it out here.
http://www.lectlaw.com/files/cur78.htm
Sometimes it's just obvious (Score:2)
"Caution: Hot Coffee Is Hot."
Need I saw more?
Re:Responsibility? (Score:4, Funny)
People really used to do that? Oh really. And I suppose you have a bridge to sell me, now.
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Just like you can't sell the idea that it's OK to be bald, or to eat less & excercize more, or that it's a good idea to have some germs around to build up your immune system...
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Alcohol and Consumer Electronics Don't Mix. (Score:5, Funny)
Seriously, when I've been completely pissed I can hardly remember key sequences and don't even think about coding while drunk, all you get is code riddled with errors and a headache. Fiddling with fiddly little things with lots of buttons (some of which result in a most pleasing and satisfying 'Beep') requires dozens more firing neurons than lifting a pint. Best to just seek out that park bench, some warm snuggly newspapers and a traffic cone.
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Re:Alcohol and Consumer Electronics Don't Mix. (Score:3, Funny)
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[Command, please.] "N'm dial." [Name, please.] "Txycabcr." [Did you say: 'Texas Star'?] "No." [Did you say: 'Toxic Avenger'?] "Fuk no." [Did you say: 'Drunken idiot who can't speak straight'?] "Fuk yoo, I donwanna takk to [friend standing next to me]."
Re:Alcohol and Consumer Electronics Don't Mix. (Score:2, Interesting)
But about your discussion on coding drunk, can't say I've done that, but I did once come back to my room piss drunk and suddenly decided that I wanted to "edit and proofread" the essay I had written earlier in the day. I woke up the next morning in a cold sweat, only remembering this
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"shay, doont I ken ye? Yoo pikt me up lotsa times frooma pub, yeah?"
"Yup, Mr. McLeod, home again, I assume?"
"Yesh. Boy, I godda stop drinkin sho mush, I hardly godda nuff money to pay yoos."
"That's alright, here let me take the fare out of your wallet, you seem to drunk to count it properly."
"Thanksh, yerra pal. Shay, win did you gidda mersaydees cab, looksh vurra n
Re:Alcohol and Consumer Electronics Don't Mix. (Score:2)
Yes, it does show there is some sanity left. I woke up at home with a traffic cone near my bed and no memory of leaving the party.
Re:Its not a good night if you dont get a trafic c (Score:2)
But maybe you arent either?
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I've used technology too long, I can still use my cell phone, when I probably shouldn't be. It's lead to some pretty embarassing phone calls to ex-girlfriends, when I was too drunk to think (or even walk).
Usually they're good enough to not hang up, and let me fully embarrass myself.
Someone should ask the question, what's the wierdest place you've woken up after a night of drinking..
Mine would be in a parking lot. I couldn't find my car keys (in my jacket pocket), so I laid down on the
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Drunk programming (Score:3, Interesting)
A grad student at my college once coded an entire poker game(in Scheme, I believe) while throughly drunk one night. It worked flawlessly, on the first try the next morning. Nobody could figure out how most of it worked.
Intel flew him from Wisconsin to Texas for interviews one weekend and hired him on the spot(the offer wa
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Coding when drink. (Score:2)
I've tried coding when drunk a few times, and I've noticed I take a more 'gung-ho' approach to coding. While the code itself does it's function, I find the next day when I look at the code, that it misses out a lot of checks for return values from functions likely to fail, and generally, I leave out robustness-tests. Come to think of it, when drunk, I am of the philosophy that debugging can wait until
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the metal alloy of sony ericsson t610 is not hard enough to open cans with.
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Once, at a convention, we had a room party and got blitzed on various forms of booze, from absinthe to...hmm, can't think of something that begins with z...uh, vodka. That's close. Anyway, it eventually wrapped up and our guests stumbled off to their rooms. My much more sober roommate went to the bathroom to brush his teeth, and I managed to crawl into bed, drunk-dial my boyfriend and leave a rambling message on his voicemail, and fall
Re:Alcohol and Consumer Electronics Don't Mix. (Score:2)
zima. what? it's kind of close to being a good drink?
Nice Software (Score:5, Insightful)
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on a smart phone? when drunk? (Score:5, Funny)
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In a related story (Score:2, Funny)
Ah.... (Score:5, Funny)
Ah, memories... I still don't exaclty remember how I ended up there. The cops were nice, they brought me home.
Bundled Savings? (Score:2, Insightful)
Park Bench??? (Score:5, Funny)
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I think they call them "drunksicles"
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some obvious jokes (Score:5, Funny)
entry for University of Aberdeen - Mostly Harmless.
some nice ideas.... (Score:3, Insightful)
But... (Score:3, Funny)
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Repeat after me... (Score:2)
Reminds me of Red Dwarf (Score:2)
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Cat: Hey, it's not a good night unless you get a traffic cone. It's the policewoman's helmet and the suspenders I don't understand.
Take Me to the Pub (Score:2, Funny)
Real World? (Score:3, Insightful)
That is what really matters. There are literally thousands of nifty little student projects created each year. While ideas are interesting, they are cheap. Even the most clever ideas die.
In this case, the students were lucky enough to get some press. That exposure, of course, will drive the idea up the ladder. Still, exposure alone will not make the idea successful in the market. Bravo to the students for getting some free PR!
Linux suffers from similar problems. It just doesn't matter how great it is. What matters, to many people, but not all, is how Linux is adopted in the marketplace. The best ideas don't necessarily win. Product marketing, solid management, planning, quality, and more, all matter.
Gator (Score:2, Funny)
In Russia (not necessarily Soviet) (Score:2)
afterthought? (Score:4, Funny)
If students are into academia???
Wonder what UofAberdeen's tuition is.
Return service for the wheels (Score:3, Interesting)
How about getting your car home from the pub? There's a problem it can't solve. Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson had a brilliant suggestion- he parks illegally. Gets a great spot, and the next morning, he walks down to the tow lot a few minutes away, pays the fee and drives home. Apparently it works out perfectly, with the tow fee being less than one-way taxi fare.
Excellent TV program, by the way. If you can find it on the p2p nets, it's fantastic. Fifth Gear is decent(Tiff is pretty funny, Viki's alright), but not as good. Beware short clips "mistakenly" named with "Top Gear" in the filename. Oh, I wish we had reviewers like Clarkson etc here in the states.
Huh? (Score:3, Funny)
That was last night!
But where's the fun (Score:3, Funny)
God forbid... (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:God forbid... (Score:3, Insightful)
Are you saying that the only way to know you're in control is to lose it? That's like saying the only way to know you're alive is to die.
Take Me Home, I'm Drunk (Score:5, Funny)
Isn't that the blonde mating call?
(good thing my girlfriend doesn't read here)
You can't read... (Score:2)
...if you don't exist
/cliche'd
Re:Take Me Home, I'm Drunk (Score:2, Funny)
So to get a brunette, does that mean we have to listen to the phrase "Take me home, I need to study?"
Or a redhead: "Take me home, I need to fsck?"
Re:Take Me Home, I'm Drunk (Score:3, Informative)
No, listen for the phrase, "Hey, did that drunk blonde leave yet?"
The perfect gift for any geek. (Score:4, Funny)
Last time i passed out drunk (Score:2)
...I didn't get a parking cone, but I did get alot of Sharpie on my face. That was a real hit at work. *blush*
Hey, I Know These Guys.... (Score:3, Interesting)
M. Steeples, mentioned in the article created the idea behind this, and won the second round of the competition based purely on his work on it, tbh, he is a pretty scary coder, not mentioned in the article there is he also won "Best Competitor".
In case anyone is wondering, all rights and code belong to the students involved, Microsoft is not getting anything out of the competition in that way.
Unrealistic (Score:2)
scene in a bar... (Score:5, Funny)
Bar Girl: (smiling) Sure, I'd love ---
ULL Device: *beep* *beep* *beep*
Drunken Student: "Hmm? Just a sec."
ULL Device: Danger Will Robinson, Danger! Target female possesses adam's apple and male genitalia! High probability you've wandered into a tranny bar. This is not within acceptable parameters.
Drunken Student: "Umm, I forgot I have to write an important she-male, er e-mail, when I get home. Sorry, gotta run.
Bar Girl: (waving from the bar) "Call me?"
ULM (Score:2)
I wonder if all this is somehow connected to Johann Gambolputty de von Ausfern Schplenden Schlitter Crasscrenbon Fried Digger Dingle Dangle Dongle Dungle Durstein von Knacker Thrasher Apple Banger Horowitz Ticolensic Grander Knotty Spelltinkle Grandlich Grumblemeyer Spelterwasser Kurstlich Himbleeisen Bahnwagen Gutenabend Bitte Ein Nürnburger Bratwustle Gerspu
Mislead (Score:2, Funny)
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