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http://www.sedans.autoblog.com/2006/08/08/robotic-parking-garage-shuts-down-traps-hundreds-of-cars/

Talk about a good bargaining position for the software owners...

-Chris
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A little more info:

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17015129&BRD=1291&PAG=461&dept_id=523585&rfi=6]]>Aug 12th 2006 11:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/11/legal-woes-over-robotic-parking-garage/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/11/legal-woes-over-robotic-parking-garage/
Good for that software company for putting time bombs in their software to keep from getting ripped off by Big Government. Particularly Big New Jersey Government. Remember, these guys are the ones who shut down an entire casino industry over politics. Big Business doesn't have any kind of power like that (or to put people in jail).]]>Aug 12th 2006 11:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/11/legal-woes-over-robotic-parking-garage/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/11/legal-woes-over-robotic-parking-garage/
J/K.

I've been tempted to find a friend and send one of us up in the car to see what the thing looks like, and then recall the car back down... (of course, taking some photo's of the thing for curiosity sake).]]>Aug 12th 2006 12:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/11/legal-woes-over-robotic-parking-garage/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/11/legal-woes-over-robotic-parking-garage/Solution - renegotiate the license.]]>Aug 12th 2006 1:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/11/legal-woes-over-robotic-parking-garage/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/11/legal-woes-over-robotic-parking-garage/Aug 12th 2006 1:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/11/legal-woes-over-robotic-parking-garage/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/11/legal-woes-over-robotic-parking-garage/
Couldn't the time bomb just allow cars that are already inside to be taken out and just not allow any new cars to be put in? There is no need for the end user to have a bitter taste in their mouth as well.]]>Aug 12th 2006 1:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/11/legal-woes-over-robotic-parking-garage/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/11/legal-woes-over-robotic-parking-garage/Aug 12th 2006 4:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/11/legal-woes-over-robotic-parking-garage/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/11/legal-woes-over-robotic-parking-garage/Aug 13th 2006 1:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/11/legal-woes-over-robotic-parking-garage/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/11/legal-woes-over-robotic-parking-garage/
That would be; Robots, Computerized, Automated, Software, & secret code. There IS a whole world outside of gadgets.
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First law, biotch.]]>Aug 13th 2006 9:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/11/legal-woes-over-robotic-parking-garage/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/11/legal-woes-over-robotic-parking-garage/
Bascially, a lady hit her trunk release while it was moving the car internally. As a result, while moving it, the lid of the now open trunk got caught something above and the car fell 1.5-2 stories...pretty cool.

Hoboken also has the largest parking gestapo force you will ever encounter. Parking tickets/fines make up the largest part of their budget compared to almost any city in the world. God Bless this 1-square mile town.


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I would think that there are many hot areas in a car (maybe the transmission hump) that would appear to be a person or animal but is actually just caused by friction.

Also I'm pretty curious why these dummies didn't install some sort of manual controls for their machine. It could not be that difficult for an experienced crane worker to start moving some of the captive cars out with a good set of controls.]]>Aug 15th 2006 11:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/11/legal-woes-over-robotic-parking-garage/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/11/legal-woes-over-robotic-parking-garage/http://www.prepaidlegal.com/hub/spencer73 but I guess that is just a part of our culture]]>Feb 19th 2007 3:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/11/legal-woes-over-robotic-parking-garage/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/11/legal-woes-over-robotic-parking-garage/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTq74dO29JM ]]>Jul 26th 2007 3:12PM