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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Homegrown security bot heckles vagrants, longs to be a real cop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</guid><description><![CDATA[If this thing chased me, I'd nick it... Free project parts FTW!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kabadisha]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 27th 2008 7:10AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Homegrown security bot heckles vagrants, longs to be a real cop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</guid><description><![CDATA[Slow news day then ...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[AntiMatter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 27th 2008 7:35AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Homegrown security bot heckles vagrants, longs to be a real cop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</guid><description><![CDATA[Beer comes in 40oz. bottles not cans.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dante]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 27th 2008 7:37AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Homegrown security bot heckles vagrants, longs to be a real cop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</guid><description><![CDATA[What about Fosters?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Flashpoint]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 27th 2008 7:54AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Homegrown security bot heckles vagrants, longs to be a real cop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</guid><description><![CDATA[That would be a "tinnie" then. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[mattydread]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 27th 2008 9:04AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Homegrown security bot heckles vagrants, longs to be a real cop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</guid><description><![CDATA[The standard Fosters oil can is 25.4 oz.(about one and a half pints)<br>Fosters Bitter is oner of my favorite beers.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brendon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 27th 2008 9:40AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Homegrown security bot heckles vagrants, longs to be a real cop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</guid><description><![CDATA[Fosters is not beer.<br>It's piss in a tin sold to people who don't know what beer is]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[tacticus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 1st 2008 7:12PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Homegrown security bot heckles vagrants, longs to be a real cop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</guid><description><![CDATA[Squirt..]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[souravgh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 27th 2008 8:04AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Homegrown security bot heckles vagrants, longs to be a real cop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</guid><description><![CDATA[(In my best outrageous French Accent)<br><br>"Now go away, before I taunt you a second time!"]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 27th 2008 8:15AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Homegrown security bot heckles vagrants, longs to be a real cop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</guid><description><![CDATA[Your mother was a hampster and your father smelt of elderberries! ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[phanbouy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 27th 2008 10:06AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Homegrown security bot heckles vagrants, longs to be a real cop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</guid><description><![CDATA[I think you mean 'hamster']]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Russ Hughes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 28th 2008 8:12AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Homegrown security bot heckles vagrants, longs to be a real cop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</guid><description><![CDATA[Fosters ewww]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[DeadlySeven]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 27th 2008 8:18AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Homegrown security bot heckles vagrants, longs to be a real cop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</guid><description><![CDATA[What, no "I for one" or "Can it blend" yet?  I bet it could beat me at doom though.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bucky]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 27th 2008 8:23AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Homegrown security bot heckles vagrants, longs to be a real cop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</guid><description><![CDATA[I, for one, welcome our new 300 pound water-shooting armor-covered security guard drone overlords.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[GameboyRMH]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 27th 2008 9:40AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Homegrown security bot heckles vagrants, longs to be a real cop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</guid><description><![CDATA[Man I love me some Sweetwater.  I might have to find this guys bar just to check out his robot.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 27th 2008 9:21AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Homegrown security bot heckles vagrants, longs to be a real cop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</guid><description><![CDATA[But can it play an AI controlled NCP in Doom?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kurian]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 27th 2008 9:43AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Homegrown security bot heckles vagrants, longs to be a real cop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</guid><description><![CDATA[what? no video?!!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cocky Today]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 27th 2008 9:44AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Homegrown security bot heckles vagrants, longs to be a real cop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</guid><description><![CDATA[40s come in cans now?  What's next-- cats and dogs sleeping together?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe T.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 27th 2008 9:47AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Homegrown security bot heckles vagrants, longs to be a real cop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</guid><description><![CDATA[Cool, this bar is less than a mile from my office, I've gotta go check out the bumbot!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hoag]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 27th 2008 10:04AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Homegrown security bot heckles vagrants, longs to be a real cop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</guid><description><![CDATA[I live less than a block from his bar. I love that guy!<br><br>He used to go around the place and get people to go "bumspotting" with him. He's chase bums out of a public park at night with a flashlight.<br><br>And I probably shouldn't tell you about the grappling hook (the local police asked him to stop using it because they were worried someone would get hurt).]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Buddy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 27th 2008 10:07AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Homegrown security bot heckles vagrants, longs to be a real cop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</guid><description><![CDATA[Sounds like this guy's really committed to addressing the root causes of homelessness in Atlanta.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Craig]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 27th 2008 10:53AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Homegrown security bot heckles vagrants, longs to be a real cop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</guid><description><![CDATA[@Craig:<br>He's targeting drug dealers / users around a children's playground area. He's also announcing through the remote loudspeaker what is going to happen to those who don't comply (they will be doused with icy water). Giving them an opportunity to leave and giving a warning means that it can't be called "assault".<br><br>I applaud the man.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[J. Evans Turner]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 9th 2008 12:13PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Homegrown security bot heckles vagrants, longs to be a real cop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</guid><description><![CDATA[Umm, yeah, I don't know what infomercial you got your law degree from, but if you attack someone, even if you warn them first, it's still assault.  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marco]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 25th 2008 4:31PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Homegrown security bot heckles vagrants, longs to be a real cop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</guid><description><![CDATA[This is what happens when a engineer-turns-bar owner-turns-inventor.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[OneLove]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 27th 2008 10:54AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Homegrown security bot heckles vagrants, longs to be a real cop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</guid><description><![CDATA[Should have shaped it a bit more like a cone, used a toilet plunger on the protruding end, with round dome like bumps on its lower half, with it yelling "Extricate!"]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[blueeyesm]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 27th 2008 11:00AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Homegrown security bot heckles vagrants, longs to be a real cop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</guid><description><![CDATA[The first Dalek?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Truthjerk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 27th 2008 12:07PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Homegrown security bot heckles vagrants, longs to be a real cop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</guid><description><![CDATA[<br>Every self-respecting cyborg/robot needs to prove its superiority by mastering the usage of a toilet plunger as a functional arm.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[The Jeremy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 27th 2008 12:37PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Homegrown security bot heckles vagrants, longs to be a real cop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</guid><description><![CDATA[crazy...I live down the street from this bar...I've even gone there a couple of times. I've never seen the 'bumbot' but I have seen the sketchy people hanging out in front of it. That area is a um...'tarnished.']]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[coco]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 27th 2008 6:42PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Homegrown security bot heckles vagrants, longs to be a real cop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</guid><description><![CDATA[Its just a matter of time before he gets sued by the ACLU.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Master Bruce]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 27th 2008 12:51PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Homegrown security bot heckles vagrants, longs to be a real cop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</guid><description><![CDATA[Two words: Chopping Mall]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Darren]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 27th 2008 10:04PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Homegrown security bot heckles vagrants, longs to be a real cop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</guid><description><![CDATA[Number 5, is [belch] wasted...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Noah]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 28th 2008 1:13PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Homegrown security bot heckles vagrants, longs to be a real cop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</guid><description><![CDATA[hello... i see you... deploying... are you still there... ow ow ow ow... i dont blame you....]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Harbo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 27th 2008 1:20PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Homegrown security bot heckles vagrants, longs to be a real cop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</guid><description><![CDATA[Ex-Ter-Mi-NATE!@#]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[theFuzzyWarble]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 27th 2008 1:54PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Homegrown security bot heckles vagrants, longs to be a real cop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</guid><description><![CDATA[Found a video of it here: <a href="http://www.ajc.com/multimedia/content/multimedia/video/index.html?clip=66347" rel="nofollow">http://www.ajc.com/multimedia/content/multimedia/video/index.html?clip=66347</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nye]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 7th 2008 6:22AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Homegrown security bot heckles vagrants, longs to be a real cop]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/homegrown-security-bot-heckles-vagrants-longs-to-be-a-real-cop/</guid><description><![CDATA[Or he could have invested that time and money in developing better social programs to help the disenfranchised be less of a supposed nuisance to the city.<br><br>Way to go, whitey.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[eric]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 25th 2008 10:01PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
