Comments on: first they came for the pigeons but i did not speak out because i was not a pigeon

first they came for the pigeons but i did not speak out because i was not a pigeon

Stynxno — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:20:15 -0800

"The Pigeons Won't Know What Hit Them" Robop .: Intelligent Bird Control for the third millennium.

By: Stynxno

Stynxno — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:21:21 -0800

via veronitron

By: lyam

lyam — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:26:27 -0800

$4000 a piece? That seems excessive.

By: The Card Cheat

The Card Cheat — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:26:52 -0800

Scare them "away"? Where are they gonna go? It's not like urban pigeons are going to fly out to the forest and live off the land.

By: yeloson

yeloson — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:30:00 -0800

And here I was hoping they'd be armed with 4-gauge shotguns- perfect for taking out entire flocks at one go.

By: spicynuts

spicynuts — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:42:02 -0800

When do these robo-falcons fight the robo-Michael Jackson in Vegas?

By: Terminal Verbosity

Terminal Verbosity — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:42:42 -0800

The alka-seltzer was whimsical. But "Robop" is a stupid name.

By: weston

weston — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:51:15 -0800

If you're having bird problems, I feel bad for you son... (I was wondering how a Kemah TX company could acheive global bird management. Now I know.)

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 14:02:08 -0800

UrbanWildlifeSociety. PigeonBlog. Naturally there are different opinions about so many things, however, I love pigeons, don't mind their poop, enjoy their cooing.

By: luriete

luriete — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 14:37:24 -0800

For that price, the thing needs to fly, catch you dinner, and bring it home.

By: Mr_Zero

Mr_Zero — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 15:08:20 -0800

It seems like a company that builds $4,000 bird control devices would have a better web site. Gaaaah! It is horrible.

By: odinsdream

odinsdream — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 15:37:18 -0800

How can they possibly be serious about the price? Battery, molded plastic, ball bearings, speaker & electronics, and paint. What the fuck.

By: spiderskull

spiderskull — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:05:48 -0800

$4,000 doesn't seem that much to me... I mean, it's a robotic falcon.

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:15:30 -0800

When do these robo-falcons fight the robo-Michael Jackson in Vegas? With soundtrack provided by the RAVI-bot and the Coltrane-playing robot?

By: reklaw

reklaw — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:36:31 -0800

$4,000 doesn't seem that much to me... I mean, it's a robotic falcon. The "robotics" in this seem about as advanced as you'd find in a Big-Mouth Billy Bass.

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:48:31 -0800

about as advanced as you'd find in a Big-Mouth Billy Bass. Eureka! One of those things'll scare away a flock of pigeons quicker than you can say "Tony Soprano's nightmare"!

By: Gamblor

Gamblor — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 17:36:07 -0800

They have frickin' laserbeam eyes, right? Ultrasonic shriek? For that price, it had better be a fully functional model of Hawk's ship from Buck Rogers.

By: sotonohito

sotonohito — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:04:05 -0800

Yeah, for $4k I was expecting something that, you know, killed the little air rats....

By: odinsdream

odinsdream — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:42:03 -0800

spiderskull, yeah.. a robotic falcon would be cool. Like, one that flew around and stuff, right? That's not what this is. It's a plastic toy that makes falcon sounds, flaps its wings, and swivels when the wind blows on it.

By: PeterMcDermott

PeterMcDermott — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 00:32:04 -0800

nickyskye writes 'Naturally there are different opinions about so many things, however, I love pigeons, don't mind their poop, enjoy their cooing.' I felt exactly the same way until we moved into this current house, ten years ago. We sleep in the front room, and pigeons roost in the eaves. They wake us up at the crack of dawn with their mass cooing. The crap down the front of the house is inches thick, and as they flit from the house to the tree in front, they invariably bombard my car. A builder friend suggested that I mix slug pellets with corn and scatter it for the birds to eat. He tells me that this will make them explode, and I'm very tempted, if somewhat dubious. However, as we live in Liverpool, I'll be getting on to my local counsellor and asking if Robopigeon can't come and do a tour of duty at my house.

By: hydatius

hydatius — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 05:59:14 -0800

For four grand a throw, you'd think they could come up with something that was a bit more sophisticated than what is effectively a Tickle-Me Elmo in a bird-shaped tin can. And, fuck, the Robop? What are they paying their marketing people? What, for that matter, are they paying their web 'designers'?