Stoeled

February 15th, 2003 12:00

Ack! I have a most heinous crime to report! It seems that someone at the university is nothing but a sticky-fingered dodgy thief-type person! Now, I know that the digger project is interesting, but it appears someone’s interest has grown out of hand, and driven them to purloin the robot digger! That’s right! Sometime early this afternoon…

TEH DIGGER WAS STOELED!!!!1

Ahem. Well, “What basis do you have to make these aquisitions?” You may ask. Aha! This desperado may have evaded discovery entirely if it were not for a small fault in their plan… You may (or may not) recall me describing the features of the robot digger, I mentioned the fact that both the arena and the digger had cameras attached! So, while testing my code, what do I see?

<img src=”/images/logpics/stoeled1.jpg” alt=”A hand??” />

First the villian attempts to remove the digger’s tether.

<img src=”/images/logpics/stoeled2.jpg” alt=”The culprit’s arms” />

Then we see them trying for a grab-and-snatch.

<img src=”/images/logpics/stoeled3.jpg” alt=”Yoink!” />

The fiend! Oh the humanity!

<img src=”/images/logpics/stoeled4.jpg” alt=”Nooooo!” />

STOELED!!!

What kind of world do we live in, where we must fear for the safety of our digger robots?! I decree that a protection scheme be established in order to guard our fellow earth-shifting mechanical friends! Dave’s Society for the Protection of Digger Robots (DSPDR), will strive to reclaim stoeled Digger Robots, and relocate them to reserves which provide everything they would find in their natural environment, while allowing our scientists to monitor their recovery. Give generously! Digger Robots need your help!

<img src=”/images/logpics/dspdr.gif” alt=”Support the DSPDR!!!1” />

Right, I’m off to eat some algorithms.

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  • Update: I believe the digger robot in question has been recovered. So please do not fret. Inquiries are being made into the identity of the evildoer.
    Submitted over 5 years ago, about 8 hours after the original post
  • man, set up a paypal account so people can send money to the cause.. Even tho its been found.
    Submitted over 5 years ago, about 10 hours after the original post
  • Crazy foo dave! No digger = no coursework. you have to think upwardly!
    Submitted over 5 years ago, about 11 hours after the original post
  • maaaatt - I think it was you - you didn't really go to London did you? eh? own up now...
    Submitted over 5 years ago, about 15 hours after the original post
  • Adam:
    Heinous crime! But yeah, look on the bright side ;) I've had to ask for an extension anyhoo because I'm stuck in the US as a result of major snowage on the east coast...
    Submitted over 5 years ago, 1 day after the original post
  • personaly i blame this psudocarp, the cad.
    Submitted over 5 years ago, 2 days after the original post
  • mum:
    please get a spell checker. How's Dirk?
    Submitted over 5 years ago, 4 days after the original post

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