Subtle Pervasion

Subtle Pervasion AskMen has the ten worst male-bashing ads on television from a variety of big names (Pizza Hut, Sony) to companies I’ve never heard of (Megasin, Roomba). I’ll go into a commercial-by-commercial below the fold, but the overall sense I get is… is this the best you got? For all the complaining that a lot of guys do how they have giant target on their backs and so on, you can’t find anything more incendiary than these ads? The only two that were was completely derogatory towards
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Its mind is in the gutter

In fact, its whole body fits in there: This recertified iRobot Looj is a little bot with only one prime directive: to clear your gutter. The Looj moves both forward and backward and has a three stage auger that spins in both directions. Looj, it says, can clear out a sixty-foot stretch in a mere ten minutes. This explains how it works.
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Tweets on 2008-06-19

I succumbed and bought a roomba. Now I just need to tidy the house. # @markpack Quick, strike with typographical ligatures while the metal is hot. # Hmm. @owenblacker starts following me on Twitter whilst I’m reading No2ID email. Coincidence? I think not. # Powered by Twitter Tools.
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AMD rolls out Radeon HD 4850

Motorola Z10 ‘kick slider’ media phone iRobot Roomba 560 robot vacuum cleaner Asus Eee PC 900 Linux Edition Sony Ericsson Cyber-shot K800i photo phone Apple iPod Classic Select a review category Accessories Bits ‘n’ Chips Consoles Desktops Digital cameras and camcorders Gadgets GPS Handhelds Hi-Def iPod Laptops Mac Media players MP3 players Networking PCs Phones Smartphones Storage TVs UMPCs Wireless Price Finder Enter the name of the product you want to buy and
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Aqua Mover the serious version of the Roomba

If its about a robot in Japan it has to be something much more advanced that what we use. B1 Autotec a company in Japan which specializes in home cleaning robots has announced the Aqua Mover a pool cleaning robot which looks more like something used by the US Army in Iraq. Well unlike its American cousin it is not battery powered and draws powers from the mains. The Aqua Mover has a CCD camera which transmits the video to its operator who operates this cleaner bot using a control box. It is wat
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Interesting Hacks: the Wiimba

What happens when you take a Wiimote and a Roomba and put them together? Watch the video to find out! Link
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Robot forces unite in Japan - VNUNet.com

Robot forces unite in Japan
VNUNet.com, UK - 36 minutes ago
The most common robotic products remain vacuum cleaners, such as the US-developed Roomba, and toys, such as Sony's discontinued Aibo robotic dog.

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