Nagasaki man busted for autonomous Digg robot
03 Jul 2008
Police in Nagasaki, Japan have arrested a man for developing a sophisticated robotic arm that uses a mouse and keyboard to autonomously Digg stories around the clock. Watch the “news report” for footage of the machine in action.
UPDATE: Ahem… In case it’s not obvious (as it should be), this “news report” is intended as humor.
What’s his crime? Why was he arrested?
I assume he was arrested for something else, and when the police eventually entered his apartment, they discovered this robotic monstrosity, causing them a certain amount of dismay until they eventually figured out what it was doing.
Clearly this is a tour-de-force done for fun, since it all could have been done in software much more quickly and easily.
Fuck ‘Em If They Can’t Take A Joke.
Quick, someone digg the story!
I don’t trust the anchorman. He sounds too much like a robot
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You people actually believe this??? At the end is says it was for entertainment purposes only ….
The robot is digging this story:
http://digg.com/gadgets/Nagasaki_man_busted_for_autonomous_Digg_robot
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In the time it took to make this little clip, 1000s of posts could’ve been dugg.
I say damn them for stifling creativity!
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hahahaha
Really good :D!
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