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With the VoG system installed in your home, let God remind your spouse or children (or you, if that's your thing) of those little things that need to get done over the weekend. Simply input the list of tasks into the VoG digital interface, and delete any old tasks that have been completed. Then, whenever
specific actions are sensed (t.v. turned on, etc), a crash of thunder is heard; smoke bellows from the ventilation ducts; the lights flicker; and in a booming, echoing voice:
"Thou shalt fix the faucet that leaketh!"
"Thou shalt clip the hedge that overgroweth!"
...
Who said those leaves aren't going to clear themselves out of the gutter?
Gutter_20snipe
God? We don' need no steenkin' God.. [coprocephalous, Jun 07 2010]
Metatron
http://en.wikipedia...on#Metatron_In_Film
"herald of the Almighty" [8th of 7, Jun 07 2010]
Halfbakery: Big Flashing Billboard Notes
Big Flashing Billboard Notes
Another implementation of the "Remind me, no really, REMIND ME!" concept. [zen_tom, Jun 09 2010]
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beats the little whiny voice on the play back gadget |
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What happened to the still, small voice? |
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I'm an atheist, so this wouldn't work for me. |
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you'll need the "Voice of Richard Dawkins" model then |
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// this wouldn't work for me. // |
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It might, if it was accompanied by lightning bolts ... |
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What would the Buddhist version sound like ? |
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//What happened to the still, small voice?// It started
moving and got bigger. |
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Some noodles that reach out from the heating vents
would be good. |
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//I'm an atheist, so this wouldn't work for me// |
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I don't understand this line of dissent. As a themed digital reminder program, why does it matter if the theme is god or super mario bros? You wouldn't have to believe in anthropomorphic mushrooms for the smb version to remind you, so why do you have to believe in god for this one to remind you? |
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What if you don't believe in to-do lists? I don't mean that as a flippant comment — rather I am referring to the idea that there is no real necessity to actually get specific things done according to a schedule. |
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No flippancy felt. And that is certainly an understandable line of dissent. But schedule or no, those leaves aren't going to clean themselves out of the gutter. |
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This wouldn't work for me either, for the following reasons: |
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o The reason those jobs don't get done around my house isn't that I've forgotten about them, or that I don't have enough reminders. |
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o The only person in my household with enough interest in the technology is me, so I'd know that it wasn't really God, but some digitally voiced reminder system. |
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o I have loads of unfinished (and plenty of unstarted) jobs around the house, most of which are not noted in any todo list sytem, let along the VoG one suggested. I therefore have a ready line in valid excuses; "I can't fit the bath panel yet, the walls need painting beforehand." |
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o Having the suggested system triggered by non-todo list activities, such as turning the TV on, or taking a beer out of the fridge is one thing, but the list of trigger events may need to be very long, and a list of exceptions would also need to be referenced: Trigger = turning the TV on... Exceptions = less than 20 minutes before needing to leave for work, current time is later than 10PM. Trigger = taking a beer from the fridge. Exception = It's sunny outside. (Don't forget I'm the one filling both lists). |
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Notwithstanding all of the above, I like the idea. I can imagine taking a beer from the fridge and turning on the TV and settling down to watch the Grand Prix and feeling ever so smug knowing that I can ignore the digital VoG safe in the knowledge that I'm not going to get hit by a bolt of lightning. |
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//schedule or no, those leaves aren't going to clean themselves out of the gutter.// They'll wash out in the next big storm. And if they don't, the gutter will overflow. No problem. |
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Thou shalt repaint the exterior of the house that was made ruined by the gutter that overflowethed! |
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Make sure you use good quality thick paint, too - don't water it down, lest the VoG speak unto you, saying, "Repaint ! Repaint ! And go thou, and thin no more !" ... |
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Aren't there security systems that use the VoG system? |
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