I was walking by a car in the parking lot today and it had a sign that read "Audio Will Not Work When Removed." In a flash of inspiration, I found the perfect anti-theft device for the empeg. What we'll do is make up window stickers that say the following:

"You Are Not Smart Enough to Operate the Audio Player in This Car."

Not only would it keep thieves away, but it would clearly identify you as a smarter life form. I think we should get some of these printed up immediately, complete with empeg logos.

So who's in?

Of course it might increase the number of people who break in just for the fun of it...

Bah. Get out of here, go crap on someone else's ideas.

"You Are Not Smart Enough to Operate the Audio Player in This Car."

Almost sounds like a challenge... "I dare you to steal it and try."

Or maybe you'll find a note where you empeg was: "Maybe so, but I'm smart enough to sell it!"

Bah, you guys are no fun.

Bah, the idea is not to call any attention at all to your car or your empeg.

You guys all need to go to your local electronics store and purchase a Troll Detector.

Who says thieves can read?

I thought it was damn funny. =]

Jees... it was a joke guys, lighten up.

Bah. Get out of here, go crap on someone else's ideas

But it's my job to destroy ideas, I'm an engineer

How about a sign that says:

"Car contains only AM radio tuned permanently to Rush Limbaugh"

tanstaafl.

ps: anybody want to hear a pretty funny (IMHO) Rush Limbaugh joke?

I second the notion that this would intimidate a thief, rather than "scare" one. Although it does seem like a good general idea. Thieves tend to avoid any risk with a possible useless outcome. I think a more effective decal would state something like:

Audio Will Not Function If Removed Improperly

Im going to look into this idea... (Anything to help protect my Empeg.)

anything but removing it from the car

anybody want to hear a pretty funny (IMHO) Rush Limbaugh joke

I'm always up for a good Limbaugh joke. Shoot

Still got your empeg? You know what some fucker did to it the other day? What? Fuckin´ keyed it. Oh man, that´s f.ucked up. Tell me about it. I had the goddamn thing in storage three years. It´s out five fuckin´ days-five days, and some dickless piece of s.hit fucks with it. They should be fuckin´ killed. No trail, no jury, straight to execution. I just wish I caught ´em doin´ it, ya know? Oh man, I´d give anything to catch ´en doin´ it. It´a been worth him doin´ it, if I coulda just caught ´em, you know what I mean? What a fucker! It´s chicken s.hit. You don´t f.uck another man´s empeg. YOU DON´T DO IT. It´s just against the rules.

Is 303 a bot?

Yes, He's an inferior tfabris clone. Didn't make the QA.

dirtydozen: what the hell is that crap of a avatar?


where's that joke?

no i am not a bot!

bot?

More than one [censored] a line of text, only geordie's can keep up profanities at that speed, in my experience!

Is 303 a bot?

Hmmm....CNC....it's all starting to make sense...

no thats not the secret

But it's my job to destroy ideas, I'm an engineer

I thought that was management’s responsibility . . . Unless you're talking about destroying the ideas marketing has already sold to the customer without checking feasibility.

dirtydozen: what the hell is that crap of a avatar?

Hmmm... Your making fun of something. Something to do with descending from another world... and I'm not a god... Color me confused with your comment.

Unless you're talking about destroying the ideas marketing has already sold to the customer without checking feasibility.

That is it exactly. I spend a lot of time in my current job cleaning up after marketing and sales after the fact when they ask if something they just promised is actually possible. Lots of fun

I thought the dancing baby thing was over 5 years ago?

Come on, man... let's have that joke already!

Come on, man... let's have that joke already!

Aliens in their flying saucer look down and see a man in a rowboat on a small lake. He's real happy, singing "Rowin' my boat across the lake. Rowin' my boat across the lake..." so they beam him up, do a little poking and prodding, and decide to try an experiment: they remove 1/4 of his brain, return him to his boat, and watch to see how his behavior changes.

The man looks around, picks up the oars, and starts singing, "Rowin' my boat across the lake. Rowin' my boat across the lake...". This lack of change in behavior puzzles the aliens, so they beam him back aboard, remove another 1/4 of his brain, and put him back in the boat, confident he'll behave differently now with only half his brain left.

The man looks around, picks up the oars, and starts singing, "Rowin' my boat across the lake. Rowin' my boat across the lake...". Now the aliens are getting ticked off, and they pick him up again, take out still another quarter of his brain. They're sure that with only a quarter of his brain left, he'll act differently. And sure enough -- he sits in his boat for a moment, then takes out his cell phone, dials... "Mega-Dittos, Rush, I'm a first time caller...."



tanstaafl.

that would make a great sticker, or t-shirt for that matter.

We've finally found someone with a sense of humor!

Hehehehe. I like it!

The ``to'' should be capitalized.

You thought the picture is of a thief? No.... it's Bitt, frowning over the miscapitalization.

The ``to'' should be capitalized.

hmmphh...

a basic t-shirt is 13.99 + shipping from cafeprint.com . . . i am half tempted. show your audio elitist pride.

New York airport garage. A sticker said
"no radio in car"
The window was bashed in.
A paper note on the drivers seat said,
"Just checking"

Nice.

a basic t-shirt is 13.99 + shipping from cafeprint.com . . . i am half tempted. show your audio elitist pride.

Hmm... That's interesting. I couldn't find anything related to tshirts for the website though. Do you have a good link for it? I wouldn't mind hearing about a place to make low-numbers of t-shirts. (I guess i could use those printer transfers - never tried, but i don't quite like the idea).

It's actually http://www.cafepress.com/

I have .eps and .tiff versions of the above file for quality reproduction.

and of course I could jazz it up a bit if need be...