can i control this with the univeral remote i took a dive for?

bounce time!!! almost there folks!

Finally boucning!

/me crosses his fingers for something better!

spidra wrote:I'm sorry not to pore through the whole thread but I'm at work sneaking some surfing time. The assnozzle site is down and I need a new woot-off check webpage. Anyone have some URLs for me? Thanks in advance.

http://www.sias.us/WootCalc.html

Sheesh, another way to waste time at work - waiting for a woot-off to end.

'Scuse me while I kick myself.

John
alfadog

Bluezharpking wrote:can i control this with the univeral remote i took a dive for?

you certainly can. IR is IR in the world of learning remotes!

Wondering what youve missed so far?
http://www.woot.com/Blog/Default.aspx
The woot-off started with the Mystery Brand 6 Piece 100 watt Speaker Set and the list is in descending order.

Just got mine, so stop whining... women!

somone please buy one of these for me - then we can move on to the next item and I'll twice as wootfully happy with my new do it yourself vaccum.

alfadog wrote:Sheesh, another way to waste time at work - waiting for a woot-off to end.

'Scuse me while I kick myself.

John
alfadog

why don't you kick the "I want one" button and help it along - I did and it feels good

Anyone else notice that this has the weirdest Woot-graph ever? Each hour sells more than the preceeding hour? I know it launched right before people got to work, but I've never seen that before...

Dear Roomba,

Please sell out. You're ruining the woot-off.

Hemo wrote:I wonder if anyone with a big dog has one of these, and the dog is just aggrevated as all get out at it and tears the crap out of it. Oh well, it was an expensive doggy toy.

we have a few dogs, one is pretty big. When we first got him (as the roomba was around before the dog) he would follow it around and step on it, which would occasionally undo the dust bin. But he leaves it alone now. I figure the dogs get used to it.

Disconnect wrote:Since uplateanyway is in bed..

Note: This post contains pricing information for future reference because it is generally not available elsewhere once the next Woot has been offered.

iRobot Roomba Sage with Convenience Pack (4110)
$149.99 + $5 shipping
condition: New
product(s):
1 iRobot Roomba Discovery Series Vac
1 Self-Charging Home Base
1 Remote Control
1 Virtual Wall unit

LOL, I would take one for the team but i'm all carpet.

I took one for the team - lets get moving on to the next WOOT!!!

rayn wrote:

why don't you kick the "I want one" button and help it along - I did and it feels good

Oh, I did that two hours ago and have been killin' time ever since =8-D

Good thing I am well vested in my retirement plan!

John
alfadog

almost..

people who purchased said item should be allowed to move on..
this really is turning into the "woot of the day"

alfadog wrote:Sheesh, another way to waste time at work - waiting for a woot-off to end.

'Scuse me while I kick myself.

John
alfadog

Actually, you're only waiting for the woot-off killer to end; the woot-off will go on. It's been on for 32 hours, and they last 24-72 hours. Better take off those boots.

TnBill47 wrote:Try THIS on your dustbunnies!

IROBOT - PACKBOT EOD UNMANNED TACTICAL MOBILE ROBOT

iRobot Corporation's PackBot EOD is a rugged, lightweight robot designed to conduct Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), HAZMAT handling, search-and-surveillance, hostage rescue and other vital law enforcement tasks for bomb squads, SWAT teams, military units and other authorities seeking to meet the security challenges of the 21st century

http://www.army-technology.com/contractors/mines/i_robot/i_robot1.html

oops, got distracted, hit post ;)

That is really cool, but we could propse that the army use old Roomba models (or the 6% remaining here) to blow up minefields. Heckuva lot cheaper than $30k...

Thanks, shamu.

Hurry everyone! The bouncing means "BUY MORE NOW!"

rjflyn wrote:I want B oh C no V oh C.
Personally I can do a whole lot of vac cleaning for this.

Well... VOC was the Dutch East Inida company during colonial times. Would do you no good to want one because it hasn't existed in a couple centuries.

This woot is sucking up more than dust. It's sucking up the wootoff. Enough already!

Think my four cats will freak out seeing this thing move around the room?
I sure hope so...I'll be tempted to mount a video camera on the thing and turn off the audio recording just to see if it ends up tormenting the cats.

Is that just totally a dorky idea or what?

n3lson wrote:Dear Roomba,

Please sell out. You're ruining the woot-off.

so close!

i think im gettin an ulcer

alfadog wrote:

Good thing I am well vested in my retirement plan!

John
alfadog

good retirement plans are a dying breed - unless you're top mgmnt
I'm glad I took mine with me when I retired 2 yrs ago

hey woot!!! - can you go into the warehouse and let one of these out of the box so it'll suck up whatever units are left to sell and get this over with

naughty_mage wrote:Think my four cats will freak out seeing this thing move around the room?
I sure hope so...I'll be tempted to mount a video camera on the thing and turn off the audio recording just to see if it ends up tormenting the cats.

Is that just totally a dorky idea or what?

or see if the cats torment the roomba.

5%! we need some quick selling items next now . . . mainly to wake me back up . . . and of course, to make me spend my money before i can think about it

jibal wrote:

Actually, you're only waiting for the woot-off killer to end; the woot-off will go on. It's been on for 32 hours, and they last 24-72 hours. Better take off those boots.

Oh, yea, I see that now. Thanks

So I guess most items don't last 4 hours or so in a woot-off?

John
alfadog

PapaGLP wrote:5%! we need some quick selling items next now . . . mainly to wake me back up . . . and of course, to make me spend my money before i can think about it

dont think about it then, buy a roomba!

My wife and I decided to try these and picked up 2 a week or so ago and just got them in and charged them.

We turned them loose, one upstairs(hardwood) and one downstairs(carpet). We have cats and these thinsg pick up the pet hair great. We're very happy with them.

nope . . . i'd say 20-40 minutes is fairly normal for most items. some go in a matter of minutes

Bluezharpking wrote:

dont think about it then, buy a roomba!

i did i did . . . just waiting for more people need to do so now

rayn wrote:

good retirement plans are a dying breed - unless you're top mgmnt
I'm glad I took mine with me when I retired 2 yrs ago

They are that! I've got 20+ years in mine but the state is trying to move everyone to a privatized plan but I am well vested in the old one.

John
alfadog

Roomba to the left, Roomba to the right!!!

only 3% left...we're getting close

alfadog wrote:

Oh, yea, I see that now. Thanks

So I guess most items don't last 4 hours or so in a woot-off?

John
alfadog

Yep; the first item in this woot-off (sooo many hours ago) lasted about 2 minutes.

OK...I admit it...I bought one. Mostly I know it will scare the hell out of my pets.

Scary Personals

these last 2% are painful