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Little, Yellow, Different - Sept 2001
I'm going to recommend something right now, that you probably wouldn't expect.
Furby. That's right, Furby. Have you ever seen one of these things? Not only are
they cute, in a owl with big ears sort of way, but they're internal circuitry is
so advanced that you can actually teach them things. A Friend of mine here in
Milford has one of these (did you think that I actually purchased one of my own?
I'd probably kill it, I can't even keep a pet rock alive for more than three
days, much-less a walking AI that looks like it would be a shoe-in at the
auditions for Star Wars extras). He's working on teaching this bundle of furry
electronics to sing along to queen songs. Don't ask me how, but after months of
work he has gotten it to sing most of the Bohemian Rhapsody. Granted, it doesn't
have the best singing voice, but it's still quite an accomplishment for a device
that has no input ports for entering actual programming code. And of course this
guy's son occasionally furbynaps the little pet and tries to corrupt it with
curse words, and drops it from high places just to hear it scream. (Yes, it
produces exclamations of pain when injured) Personally, I believe that we could
replace most politicians with well trained Furbys. At least the debates would be
a lot more fun to watch.
"I see a little silhouette of a man..."
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