Batteries and their elusiveness - Page 2

Hanuman · 02-23-2010, 12:25 PM

All future batteries will be rechargeable, all charged by Wi-tricity zones.

Amake · 02-23-2010, 12:26 PM

Where I worked was a city run recycling plant/second hand store/dumping ground for people pathologically unable to get a job facility. They did everything from disassembling old office equipment and houses to fixing up furniture and toys people throw away and sell it on. If you could make a robot that recognizes every battery powered thing on the market and and inserts the right battery to test its function I'm sure they'd take it.

If it's cheap enough that is. Heh, I worked for 30 SEK per day. (About 5 USD.) It actually cost me more than that to take the bus there and back, the last two years.

(And now you're wondering what I did there. It was not a job per se, but an experimental get disabled people out of the house and meeting people project sort of thing. I really only met my supervisors, but they were nice enough to justify going there.)

The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk · 02-23-2010, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Seil

My PSP, phone, PS3 controllers and whatever else I have are on chargers. All I need to do is remember to plug them in.

^^ This, though remove psp (I don't use mine any more) and throw in ipod (with 16 hour battery life) and bluetooth headset. I hate batteries in all their forms, and prefer to draw power straight off the grid.

The only things I have that use batteries are my watch (an annual replacement), my alarm clock (can't remember when I last changed those) and my tv remote (still running after 2 years!).

Yes, I live in a gloriously battery free zone.

BitVyper · 02-23-2010, 03:57 PM

I have a wireless energy transfer system given to me by the immortal Nikola Tesla after I found his lair. Batteries are for chumps.

The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk · 02-23-2010, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by BitVyper

I have a wireless energy transfer system given to me by the immortal Nikola Tesla after I found his lair. Batteries are for chumps.

*So Jealous*

I wanted to meet the immortal Nikola Tesla!

Ecks · 02-23-2010, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Green Spanner

So I've just spent about half an hour searching for a single AA battery. Whenever I need one, they are nowhere to be found.

Same goes with AAAs, which are otherwise plentiful when I'm searching for AAs.

Am I the only one that has this problem?

Pic related, it's what I felt like every time I was after a specific Lego block.

Green Spanner · 02-23-2010, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by EckScizor

Pic related, it's what I felt like every time I was after a specific Lego block.

One of the main reasons I don't play with legos anymore.

Ecks · 02-23-2010, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Green Spanner

One of the main reasons I don't play with legos anymore.

That is the main reason I used past tense to describe the sensation.

Thank god for rechargeable things!

Green Spanner · 02-23-2010, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by EckScizor

That is the main reason I used past tense to describe the sensation.

Thank god for rechargeable things!

Rechargeable lego?

Premmy · 02-24-2010, 04:57 AM

We call them Wolverines.

02-23-2010, 12:25 PM	#11
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02-23-2010, 12:26 PM	#12
Amake Keeper of the new Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: A place without judgment Posts: 4,506	Where I worked was a city run recycling plant/second hand store/dumping ground for people pathologically unable to get a job facility. They did everything from disassembling old office equipment and houses to fixing up furniture and toys people throw away and sell it on. If you could make a robot that recognizes every battery powered thing on the market and and inserts the right battery to test its function I'm sure they'd take it. If it's cheap enough that is. Heh, I worked for 30 SEK per day. (About 5 USD.) It actually cost me more than that to take the bus there and back, the last two years. (And now you're wondering what I did there. It was not a job per se, but an experimental get disabled people out of the house and meeting people project sort of thing. I really only met my supervisors, but they were nice enough to justify going there.) __________________ Hope insistent, trust implicit, love inherent, life immersed Last edited by Amake; 02-23-2010 at 12:29 PM.

02-23-2010, 03:57 PM	#14
BitVyper History's Strongest Dilettante Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Arcadia Posts: 6,662	I have a wireless energy transfer system given to me by the immortal Nikola Tesla after I found his lair. Batteries are for chumps. __________________ "There are worlds out there where the sky is burning, and the sea is asleep, and the rivers dream. People made of smoke and cities made of song. Somewhere there's danger, somewhere there's injustice, somewhere else the tea's getting cold. Come on, Ace; we've got work to do!" Awesome art be here.

02-24-2010, 04:57 AM	#20
Premmy Stop the hate Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a nice web on fifty first street Posts: 4,466	We call them Wolverines. __________________ Drank Last edited by Premmy; 02-24-2010 at 05:08 AM.