What is Digg?433 Comments
- dannyarcher, on 01/14/2009, -12/+1037ok what he was looking for is
osascript -e "set volume 7" - PeanutCheeseBar, on 01/14/2009, -12/+548Buried as inaccurate; that guy is way too much of a computer geek to cohabitate with a female.
- Phalanxia, on 01/14/2009, -104/+511Presumably, the doorbell is broken because it too is an Apple product.
- crazlunatic, on 01/14/2009, -41/+442LOL. That's so nerdy xD
- inactive, on 01/14/2009, -10/+282It's just locked down. You can only use it during certain times of day, and the doorbell sound must be approved by Apple.
- inactive, on 01/14/2009, -31/+288What an idiot.
- skywake, on 01/14/2009, -1/+253you mean... it doesn't go to 11?
- Miamisun, on 01/14/2009, -24/+271TO quote the great Ren & Stimpy "Yooooooooooou Eeeeeeeeeeeeediot!"
- binky79, on 01/14/2009, -72/+288This is the best xkcd ever!
- JajaGaddi, on 01/14/2009, -6/+182Common sense, so rare that it's a super power.
- Kard16, on 01/14/2009, -1/+166correction, cohabitate with a female other than his mom
- d3adly21, on 01/14/2009, -3/+161Dugg for cohabitate with a female.
- inactive, on 02/25/2009, -10/+128on your command, sir
- binky79, on 01/14/2009, -5/+123It was the best xkcd ever too.
- elitedw, on 01/14/2009, -8/+108Ah technology tends to make us forget about simpler things. I do it all the time.
- cards, on 01/14/2009, -0/+98Am I the only one who tested this to make sure he was right? ...and then got confused because the max setting is 7? (0-7 I guess...)
- Murdats, on 01/14/2009, -1/+91a button that remotely plays a sound via a speaker isn't technology?
- falafelkiosken, on 01/14/2009, -1/+81doorbells are technology too
- SDR3veNG, on 01/14/2009, -4/+83New sounds can be purchased via iTunes and cost $1.39 and come with DRM, to make sure only your doorbell can use that downloaded sound..
To upgrade your doorbell-sound, it will cost you an additional $34.. - Lasereth, on 01/14/2009, -14/+90YAY A FUNNY ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!
- DephexTwin, on 01/14/2009, -1/+72The only side effect is that they often hug the G4 and call it "Dad".
- Trollbane, on 01/14/2009, -3/+70It'll be that annoying sound macs make when you turn them on.
- phandy, on 01/14/2009, -17/+83<nerd> It's probably 0-7 because that requires exactly 4 bits </nerd>
- Maksx, on 01/14/2009, -3/+67Im sure everyone's second option is always IRC
- CanadianCheese, on 01/14/2009, -1/+62And it costs $500 and can only be used in certain house types.
- Heracles, on 01/14/2009, -13/+73I'm sure we all know where to find the xkcd comics by now. Let's submit some new, unknown and equally funny comics.
- retsig, on 01/14/2009, -2/+61And we will still buy the doorbell.
- ileftfark, on 01/14/2009, -0/+58Hilarious - you make that same comment on every XKCD posted, and the result wildly varies. I actually use your digg/bury ratio to mathematically determine how good today's XKCD actually is (in terms of a +1 value of 'like it', and a 0 value for 'don't like it). According to my calculations, this is the best XKCD posted in just over 2 weeks.
Thanks for your cooperation. - Archer007, on 01/14/2009, -8/+65XKCD is funny again!
- casspa, on 01/14/2009, -25/+81Its like he didn't even need technology at all?...no, too unbelievable.
- borez, on 01/14/2009, -1/+55Or you could just ring the doorbell
- loconet, on 01/14/2009, -0/+47@phandy ..
eh? That's 3 bits (111). 4 bits allows for 0-15 - sgtbutterscotch, on 01/14/2009, -5/+51I dunno. I kinda liked the last one.
- Slackdragon, on 01/14/2009, -1/+44The iBell, by Apple. It just works. Think Different!
"I'm a doorbell... and I'm an iBell."
"Why do people keep poking you, Doorbell?"
"Well, that's how doorbells have always worked."
"Huh, I have motion sensors. And I am shiny." - nroose, on 01/14/2009, -2/+41The case of the disappearing backpack.
- nothin2g, on 01/14/2009, -3/+42Two words: Ever.
- christor, on 01/14/2009, -0/+38111
- ziptnf, on 01/14/2009, -3/+41I dunno, he pretty much reminds his readers in every comic that he has a girlfriend, because that's the kind of thing that insecure nerds like to do.
- theroyaltyclub, on 01/14/2009, -2/+38and you'll only be able to use it in the US and the other countries supported by Apple
- Scira, on 01/14/2009, -2/+38And you have to buy a license for each person you plan on using the doorbell.
- Raz4Life, on 01/14/2009, -5/+40Reminds me of a time I was going to email some code to my teacher in a programing class. I copy and pasted the code into a Word document and was about to attach it to an email when I realized I could just put TEXT into an email...
- nova912, on 01/14/2009, -19/+54NAME
say - Convert text to audible speech
SYNOPSIS
say [-v voice] [-o out.aiff | -n name:port ] [-f file | string ...]
DESCRIPTION
This tool uses the Speech Synthesis manager to convert input text to audible speech and either play it through the sound output device chosen in System Preferences or save it to an AIFF file.
OPTIONS
string
Specify the text to speak on the command line. This can consist of multiple arguments, which are considered to be separated by spaces.
-f file
Specify a file to be spoken. If file is - or neither this parameter nor a message is specified, read from standard input.
-v voice
Specify the voice to be used. Default is the voice selected in System Preferences.
-o out.aiff
Specify an AIFF file to be written.
-n name
-n name:port
-n :port
-n :
Specify a service name (default "AUNetSend") and/or IP port to be used for redirecting the speech output through AUNetSend.
If the input is a TTY, text is spoken line by line, and the output file, if specified, will only contain audio for the last line of the input. Otherwise, text is spoken all at once.
ERRORS
say returns 0 if the text was spoken successfully, otherwise non-zero. Diagnostic messages will be printed to standard error. - mohtasham, on 01/14/2009, -1/+35Not sure about OSX, but on Linux you can use:
espeak "Hey, I'm locked out downstairs"
First, you gotta make sure it's installed. If not, on Debian like systems use apt-get install espeak
On Arch: pacman -S espeak - Phalanxia, on 01/14/2009, -9/+43My comment should serve as a good indicator as to what proportion of Digg users are Apple fanboys. At the moment it looks like there are four Apple fanboys for every seven people with a sense of humour.
- MtheoryX, on 01/14/2009, -0/+34But it sure is shiny!
- AtomicDog1471, on 01/14/2009, -5/+39Perhaps in 1999
- DephexTwin, on 01/14/2009, -1/+34I liked the one with stick figures that had a geeky flavor to it.
- Cern001, on 01/14/2009, -0/+31http://i42.tinypic.com/301ivb7.jpg
- telepwn, on 01/14/2009, -1/+32"her cell phone"
"she's not online"
"at her window"
"yell at her for me"
thinkin' it's a girl - perryc, on 01/14/2009, -14/+45That's what's happening to us folks! Help!
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