Comments on: The Ubuntu Baby Rocker http://www.geardiary.com/2009/09/05/the-ubuntu-baby-rocker/ Everyone can understand technology; sometimes it just takes a little translating. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:19:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jeff Frantzhttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/09/05/the-ubuntu-baby-rocker/#comment-49019 Jeff Frantz Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:54:42 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=46353#comment-49019 Ritchie - That's a fair criticism. Had I actually been concerned that it might cause harm, I wouldn't have posted the item out of fear that someone might try it. Ritchie – That’s a fair criticism. Had I actually been concerned that it might cause harm, I wouldn’t have posted the item out of fear that someone might try it.

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]]> By: ritchie70http://www.geardiary.com/2009/09/05/the-ubuntu-baby-rocker/#comment-48882 ritchie70 Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:55:00 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=46353#comment-48882 "I wouldn’t actually put my own child in a contraption that wasn’t specifically designed, tested, and approved for such a use." I'm just curious what you think might go wrong? The PC is on the floor, so it's not going to fall off some table and drag the child with it. There's what, 6" of movement in the CD drive? That's clearly a baby seat intended to allow some rocking, it should be fine to move back and forth the tiny distance that it's going. If something's going to go wrong, it's going to be the breaking of the drive. Worst case the drawer pulls out. Looks to me based on string length that it would drop to the floor, or, at worst, onto the blankets on the child's feet. So I just don't get the concern. I'd rather have an inherently simple gadget jostling my child than some more complex thing made in the land of melamine-in-food and lead-paint-on-toys. “I wouldn’t actually put my own child in a contraption that wasn’t specifically designed, tested, and approved for such a use.”

I’m just curious what you think might go wrong?

The PC is on the floor, so it’s not going to fall off some table and drag the child with it.

There’s what, 6″ of movement in the CD drive? That’s clearly a baby seat intended to allow some rocking, it should be fine to move back and forth the tiny distance that it’s going.

If something’s going to go wrong, it’s going to be the breaking of the drive. Worst case the drawer pulls out. Looks to me based on string length that it would drop to the floor, or, at worst, onto the blankets on the child’s feet.

So I just don’t get the concern. I’d rather have an inherently simple gadget jostling my child than some more complex thing made in the land of melamine-in-food and lead-paint-on-toys.

]]> By: Selma Bariahttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/09/05/the-ubuntu-baby-rocker/#comment-57959 Selma Baria Sun, 06 Sep 2009 02:48:53 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=46353#comment-57959 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">The Ubuntu Baby Rocker | Gear Diary: Check out the Ubuntu baby rocker script in the video above. This guy is a g.. http://bit.ly/13Hhkm</span></span> The Ubuntu Baby Rocker | Gear Diary: Check out the Ubuntu baby rocker script in the video above. This guy is a g.. http://bit.ly/13Hhkm

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