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Wouldn't there need to be some extension cord "tail" on the robo-rose-roomba to power the fan? That appears to be a full-size electric fan, which AFAIK do not come in battery-powered versions, but require 120V AC (in the US). [[Special:Contributions/71.201.53.130|71.201.53.130]] 21:02, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
 
Wouldn't there need to be some extension cord "tail" on the robo-rose-roomba to power the fan? That appears to be a full-size electric fan, which AFAIK do not come in battery-powered versions, but require 120V AC (in the US). [[Special:Contributions/71.201.53.130|71.201.53.130]] 21:02, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
 
: One assumes some suspension of disbelief is called for, including the reprogramming of the device mentioned elsewhere, the ability for the thing to be able to carry that much additional weight, the thought that the fan wouldn't just blow all the petals out of the hopper at one time, etc.  Among that would be the elimination of an external power source. -- [[User:IronyChef|IronyChef]] ([[User talk:IronyChef|talk]]) 15:59, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
 
: One assumes some suspension of disbelief is called for, including the reprogramming of the device mentioned elsewhere, the ability for the thing to be able to carry that much additional weight, the thought that the fan wouldn't just blow all the petals out of the hopper at one time, etc.  Among that would be the elimination of an external power source. -- [[User:IronyChef|IronyChef]] ([[User talk:IronyChef|talk]]) 15:59, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
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:: As far as not blowing all the petals out at the same time, that just depends upon the airflow inside the box only pushing a few of the most exit-slot-adjacent petals out at a time. Not unthrottled like raising a platter of petals up into a wind-machines airflow in just one go and seeing them all immediately fly off. Someone who can design floor obstacles to guide the pre-programmed roomba to the door (without physically shepherding it with full margins each side of its track) is probably capable of designing, testing and tuning the inward/outward venting (and perhaps internal baffles/corner-smoothers) plus fan-speed to keep the box of petals roiling around and a fairly constant number of those finding themselves at the exit slot and pushed out and up over the lip to scatter. Probably takes some effort, but not implausibly so. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.86.46|172.70.86.46]] 20:42, 24 July 2023 (UTC)
 
  
 
I'm wondering where everyone is getting the assumption that the "woman" was someone that he was trying to woo--given that the rose petals are left for him and not the other way around--and not someone (a woman?) pulling a practical joke.  The title text makes sense in the context of "you tried to pull a joke on me, but it turns out the joke is on you".  I'm curious as to how many roses it would take to produce that many petals (I have never actually seen roses).  Those assuming that he's trying to woo a woman seem to presuppose that he sent the flowers.  I'm wondering if the amount of flowers it would take are an amount typical of a bouquet. [[Special:Contributions/76.106.251.87|76.106.251.87]] 23:20, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
 
I'm wondering where everyone is getting the assumption that the "woman" was someone that he was trying to woo--given that the rose petals are left for him and not the other way around--and not someone (a woman?) pulling a practical joke.  The title text makes sense in the context of "you tried to pull a joke on me, but it turns out the joke is on you".  I'm curious as to how many roses it would take to produce that many petals (I have never actually seen roses).  Those assuming that he's trying to woo a woman seem to presuppose that he sent the flowers.  I'm wondering if the amount of flowers it would take are an amount typical of a bouquet. [[Special:Contributions/76.106.251.87|76.106.251.87]] 23:20, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
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I sort of assumed the Roomba was having a fling with the computerized hamster ball, or the server, or one of the other weird pet-like devices around the house... am I wrong? [[Special:Contributions/174.239.192.61|174.239.192.61]] 04:22, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
 
I sort of assumed the Roomba was having a fling with the computerized hamster ball, or the server, or one of the other weird pet-like devices around the house... am I wrong? [[Special:Contributions/174.239.192.61|174.239.192.61]] 04:22, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
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Kind of late, but in the 3rd slide the way the roomba goes around the stack of books is the specific to the roomba (following a wall/object for a little while then leaving it), though it isn't in the explanation I think it would be a good idea to have it in there since it helps a lot to explain it. {{unsigned ip|162.158.59.142}}
 

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