Comments on: Losing sleep over terrorism?

Losing sleep over terrorism?

RavinDave — Thu, 19 Aug 2004 20:29:53 -0800

Quantum Sleeper ... If I blow $100,000+ on a bed, Sandra Bullock better be in it.

By: condour75

condour75 — Thu, 19 Aug 2004 20:44:34 -0800

1996 called. They want their reference-hot-chick back. I'm thinking this is a joke, though, right? I mean the sleeper, not Sandra Bullock. Reminds me a little of the coffin with earphones from Bananas. ("it'll go over great in California", says Woody)

By: isol

isol — Thu, 19 Aug 2004 20:46:02 -0800

I'm not Sandra Bullock, and i sure as hell wouldn't get onto that thing... All you'd need is "powered by Microsoft" for the not so proverbial nail in the coffin

By: deanc

deanc — Thu, 19 Aug 2004 21:09:50 -0800

Compare: it's not a dresser, it's a Freedom Box!

By: quonsar

quonsar — Thu, 19 Aug 2004 21:10:44 -0800

and the link comes full circle!

By: krisjohn

krisjohn — Thu, 19 Aug 2004 21:16:26 -0800

:s/Sandra Bullock/Jewel Staite/

By: RavinDave

RavinDave — Thu, 19 Aug 2004 21:18:22 -0800

I'll feel guilty when the search feature actually works.

By: quonsar

quonsar — Thu, 19 Aug 2004 21:26:37 -0800

I'll feel guilty when the search feature actually works. not at all! i thought it was cool enough for its own post. i just thought it was neat the way it surfaced after a bit.

By: stbalbach

stbalbach — Thu, 19 Aug 2004 22:14:30 -0800

Fear sells. Anything.

By: quarsan

quarsan — Thu, 19 Aug 2004 22:28:55 -0800

hmmm.... haven't i seen that couple in the onion?

By: RavinDave

RavinDave — Thu, 19 Aug 2004 22:34:55 -0800

Maybe it's like that old cartoon. Kid has a lemonade stand. Sign on the front says: $50. His mother says he won't sell much at that price. He says he only has to sell one.

By: erratic frog

erratic frog — Thu, 19 Aug 2004 22:49:30 -0800

The Quantum Sleeper Unit is a high-level security system designed for maximum protection in various hostile environments Yes, because people who can afford this POS always live in low-rent, dangerous areas without any home security and so on... :Þ

By: erratic frog

erratic frog — Thu, 19 Aug 2004 22:54:02 -0800

Geez, on looking at this again: It's the Hummer of Beds, man. and: Scary. It's has toiletry. I think I would rather have a saferoom than a pissready bed with a phone and DVD player. This is just WRONG. Gods, watch some moron gets locked in his and they find him mummified like in Stargate when the Sarcophagus malfunctions! *Geezcripes* what will they think of next?

By: dg

dg — Fri, 20 Aug 2004 00:02:30 -0800

If I blow $100,000+ on a bed, Sandra Bullock better be in it. Not only had she better be in it, she better be ready and willing to perform. But then again, maybe this is all a plot to remove the sort of people who would buy these from the gene pool - as soon as you close the lid, it seals itself permanently, disposing of the occupants once and for all. Yeah, it's a slim hope, but better than no hope at all.

By: scarabic

scarabic — Fri, 20 Aug 2004 02:34:16 -0800

Damn. And I thought I was paranoid for sleeping with a dagger tucked under my mattress.

By: Eekacat

Eekacat — Fri, 20 Aug 2004 03:14:25 -0800

Is that a dagger in your pants? Or are you just happy to see me?

By: loquacious

loquacious — Fri, 20 Aug 2004 04:48:26 -0800

That's not a knife! This is a knife! erratic frog: How'd you do this? -> :Þ WTF character is that? Is that unicode or extended ANSI? I don't think I've ever seen that one before, and I used to have damn near all of the old-school American ANSI extended char set memorized.

By: fluffycreature

fluffycreature — Fri, 20 Aug 2004 05:02:19 -0800

Can we lay off the paranoid people? I am tired of MeFi making fun of the wingnuts with serious concerns and wish to feel safe by buying such quality products.

By: Ynoxas

Ynoxas — Fri, 20 Aug 2004 05:03:58 -0800

5 cls 10 print "Hot chick's name to share $100k bed with?" 20 input name$ 30 if name$ = "Drew Barrymore" then goto 40 else goto 50 40 print "Yes," name$ " is very hot! You have great taste in women!" 45 goto 70 50 let name$ = "Drew Barrymore" 60 print "I'm sorry, " name$ "is much more attractive than your choice. What's wrong with you?" 70 end I'm old school. TRS-80 4-ever. TANDY INSIDE!

By: alumshubby

alumshubby — Fri, 20 Aug 2004 05:27:25 -0800

Sandra Bullock, bloody hell, I want seven Eurasian women and a forklift truck.

By: John Shaft

John Shaft — Fri, 20 Aug 2004 05:59:19 -0800

Oh yeah. Forklifts are hot.

By: brownpau

brownpau — Fri, 20 Aug 2004 06:20:17 -0800

It looks like she got the bed TOO... LATE...

By: jpoulos

jpoulos — Fri, 20 Aug 2004 07:32:16 -0800

loquacious: it's a colon and a "& THORN ;" (without the spaces, natch) in html. I don't know what if there are equivalents. :Þ

By: robocop is bleeding

robocop is bleeding — Fri, 20 Aug 2004 08:06:50 -0800

Panic Room 2: Quantum Sleeper - * * - Jodie Foster gets locked into a safe bed with Forrest Whitaker and a big bag of money. Adult Situations. Cartoon Violence.

By: milovoo

milovoo — Fri, 20 Aug 2004 08:28:32 -0800

"Icelandic Thorn" apparently. (mentioned as being transliterated to a "Th" here)

By: Busithoth

Busithoth — Fri, 20 Aug 2004 09:50:18 -0800

so, an intruder comes into your home, you lock yourself in your bed, and what's to keep them from piling furniture on top of your bed (or hell, just nailing it shut) and having their way with your house? terror-wise, it's better than plastic and duct tape, I guess.

By: Peter H

Peter H — Fri, 20 Aug 2004 12:23:37 -0800

ha! "Power: Unit must have access to house outlet jack (110V) to supply power to the Quantum Sleeper Unit and may be run separately through the floor directly to the unit." So in other words, no power and you're screwed ... more specifically, you're trapped, right? Man this stuff reminds me of those pods people stop their lives in to travel through space, or something. With sort of the seventies kinkiness of a waterbed thrown in to make it a party.

By: sonofsamiam

sonofsamiam — Fri, 20 Aug 2004 12:45:34 -0800

50 let name$ = "Drew Barrymore" 60 print "I'm sorry, " name$ "is much more attractive than your choice. What's wrong with you?" What's wrong with YOU!? Why would you assign "Drew Barrymore" to that variable when you're just going to print it out with some other strings?! I suppose in the future the constant "Drew Barrymore" might need to change. In that case, we should do something like: 5 cls 7 let hot$="Drew Barrymore" 10 print "Hot chick's name to share $100k bed with?" 20 input name$ 30 if name$ = hot$ then goto 40 else goto 50 40 print "Yes," hot$ " is very hot! You have great taste in women!" 45 goto 70 60 print "I'm sorry, " hot$ "is much more attractive than your choice. What's wrong with you?" 70 end That way, if Drew Barrymore gets a faceful of lye, we can easily change the value. Or even better, we'll implement a web service monitoring the state of Drew Barrymore's hotness (so far as I know, she's still hot, but these things happen) sort of like the Abe Vigoda deathwatch site.

By: erratic frog

erratic frog — Fri, 20 Aug 2004 12:55:32 -0800

erratic frog: How'd you do this? -> :Þ Hold down: Alt + type 0 (that's a zero) 222 = Þ :)

By: erratic frog

erratic frog — Fri, 20 Aug 2004 12:58:54 -0800

(Oh, I didn't know the fancyass "&;" character for it, sorry. I've always just typed alt+0222 and there you are.)

By: snarfodox

snarfodox — Fri, 20 Aug 2004 14:53:33 -0800

þ = þ

By: Ynoxas

Ynoxas — Fri, 20 Aug 2004 15:14:08 -0800

sonofsamiam: I like how you think. May I suggest we join forces and consider a public offering of whoshouldsleepinmy100thousanddollarbed.com? Awesome. Early retirement, here I come. [/1999]

By: halonine

halonine — Fri, 20 Aug 2004 18:51:44 -0800

I try not to think about BASIC much, but if there's no line 50, does the next line get executed?
<:)

By: bingo

bingo — Sat, 21 Aug 2004 20:39:38 -0800

Also, the loops cross. Isn't that considered bad, especially in BASIC?