OT: Robot vacuum cleaners

I recently visited Texas where my relatives had a little robot carpet cleaner that traveled through the kitchen and living room picking up the dirt. It was just a little round thing about 9 inch diameter and 3 inches high powered with rechargeable batteries and ran for a couple hours on a charge. The thing was very intellegent and figured out which way to go if it ran into a wall. There was a chair in the living room and the robot figured out how to go around the chair by the position of the 4 legs of the chair. It couldn't get underneath the chair since the legs were too close. It was amazing to watch. The ultimate cheap house keeper.

I also attended church for the first time in 40 years. My Niece attends a large church (Cornerstone church) in San Antonio Texas where there are about

3000 people and five TV screens. They preach the bible and also politics, and recommend voting for only Christian or Jewish candidates who support bible teachings . But they don't mention any names since that would cross the line. There were 2 armed police officers at the door. We had the communion and drank grape juice and a wafer of something and put $5 in the collection plate. It was interesting.

formatting link

Reply to
billbowden
Loading thread data ...

Bill Bowden wrote: ------------------

** Was there a cat riding around on top by any chance ?

.... Phil

Reply to
Phil Allison

Geez Bill don't you lead such an exiting life !!

Reply to
Rheilly Phoull

What was their opinion on robot vacuum cleaners?

Reply to
Rob

------------------------

** That last bit is a worry.

Who goes after Christians who also support Jews?

I know - silly question.

.... Phil

Reply to
Phil Allison

Most medium and large places of worship have security these days. My last c hurch quietly encouraged Deacons to have carry permits. This was implemente d after a perv tried to grab a kid from the Sunday school side of the build ing. Which resulted in my implementing a world class camera system.

My current church is happy to just have an off duty local officer in the parking lot. We also have pair of Mark One Mod Zero former US Marines as Us hers.

The threat of violence is low, but real. Both churches have ALICE training once a year.

Both churchs are in rural areas, however bad people have cars. We set with our backs to the doors, we're an easy target.

Steve

Reply to
sroberts6328

Where on earth do you folks live?

I can't imagine staying in a place where you accept the arming of your priests/deacons as just part of the process.

John

Reply to
John Robertson

billbowden wrote on 6/10/2017 11:27 PM:

A chair with legs less than 9 inches apart??? Must be a doll's chair.

They make lawn mowers that cover the yard in a similar manner, not mowing in straight lines, but randomly crossing the yard like the ball in a pong game. They can run often, so the grass never gets very high to look like it needs mowing. But still, I've not found a reviews that actually recommend any models. There are a number of electric mowers that are recommended to work as well as gas mowers, but not the robotic mowers.

That's my kind of religion, the maximum allowed by law and enforced with guns! I can't recall the last time a church around here had any sort of disturbance that required a policeman. Maybe the local churches don't have so much money in the till.

--

Rick C
Reply to
rickman
[snip]
[snip]

Wait until you reach my age when your friends and acquaintances are dying at an alarming rate :-(

I've been to more churches in the past top years than in all the rest of my lifetime... 29% of my MIT Class of 1962 are deceased. ...Jim Thompson

--
| James E.Thompson                                 |    mens     | 
| Analog Innovations                               |     et      | 
 Click to see the full signature
Reply to
Jim Thompson

We have the same with our dog, in the beginning it was fighting the robot, but now it somehow has become its best friend Our doggy is really smart and reprogrammed the robot so it follows him everywhere. It was already smart before that and created its own facebook page. Watched it a while, just to make sure he had no illegal puppy sex, but then mostly pictures of other dogs. And of Trump, it thinks Trump is the big boss, always barks loudly when it sees his twitter messages. Robot cleaner and doggy often go for a walk together, a while back it came home in panic alone, had to follow doggy back to the bot, its batteries were empty, Now it gets its own batteries. It attends church too.

Reply to
Annie Won

Oddly, carry isn't permitted in most churches, here, even though "open carry" is legal (permit required for concealed carry). Most churches are also schools (though not on weekends), thus are off-limits. Gotta keep the gun-free victim zones.

Most of the churches around have an on-duty officer directing traffic onto the main roads. They sit there all morning. I guess they have to sit somewhere.

Most do in church. It's sorta the way they're designed.

Reply to
krw

Roombas are just under 14" diameter. A lot of furniture has smaller leg openings but manual vacuums aren't likely to reach under these pieces either. OTOH, people can move furniture.

Reply to
krw
:

t church quietly encouraged Deacons to have carry permits. This was impleme nted after a perv tried to grab a kid from the Sunday school side of the bu ilding. Which resulted in my implementing a world class camera system.

in danish the church porch is called the "weapon house", because historical ly that was where you had to leave your weapons before entering

Reply to
Lasse Langwadt Christensen

erywhere.

formatting link

Reply to
Lasse Langwadt Christensen

What sort of god is it who won't get off his arse to protect the congregation?

Of course. An imaginary one.

Cheers

--
Clive
Reply to
Clive Arthur

Idiot. "God helps those who help themselves."

Reply to
krw

Oh dear. Do you actually believe in one or more gods? Anyway, your quote is modern, certainly not biblical.

Now do f*ck off somewhere and worship something, there's a good chap.

Cheers

--
Clive
Reply to
Clive Arthur

I suspected you were a clueless bigot. You just proved the point.

Reply to
krw

"Jim Thompson" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com...

It's Pascal's wager.

formatting link
's_Wager#The_Wager

"Pascal's Wager is an argument in philosophy devised by the seventeenth-century French philosopher, mathematician and physicist Blaise Pascal (1623-62).[1] It posits that humans bet with their lives that God either exists or does not. Pascal argues that a rational person should live as though God exists and seek to believe in God. If God does actually exist, such a person will have only a finite loss (some pleasures, luxury, etc.), whereas they stand to receive infinite gains (as represented by eternity in Heaven) and avoid infinite losses (eternity in Hell).[2]"

Reply to
billbowden

There were two cats and both were terrified of the robot and ran for cover.

Reply to
billbowden

ElectronDepot website is not affiliated with any of the manufacturers or service providers discussed here. All logos and trade names are the property of their respective owners.