Israeli jailers listen to guard dogs with interpreter ware
Anonymous Coward
"dog who cried wolf" #
Posted Tuesday 20th May 2008 11:15 GMT

Surely that should be "dog who cried [escaping] man"?
Mines the Wolf skin one with the sheepskin lining.
SpitefulGOD
Ahhh #
Posted Tuesday 20th May 2008 11:37 GMT

I think dogs are great, it's gonna be a shame to see them superseded by droids
TeeCee
"dog who cried wolf" #
Posted Tuesday 20th May 2008 12:25 GMT
Not the dog's fault. "Woof" / "Wolf". Easy mistake to make over a radio link.
Now, you'd have thought that the human handlers would realise they'd misheard, unless they've got a serious wolf problem in Israeli prisons that they're not telling us about.
TrishaD
Dog/Wolf #
Posted Tuesday 20th May 2008 12:25 GMT

Dont dogs usually cry 'Wuff'?
Mine's the concrete overcoat - in anticipation......
Anonymous Coward
dog who cried wolf? #
Posted Tuesday 20th May 2008 12:25 GMT
shouldn't that rather be "dog who barked wolf"?!
Christoph
What is El Reg coming to? #
Posted Tuesday 20th May 2008 12:25 GMT
No bites/bytes pun? Shame on you!
Ian Rogers
Canis Lupus #
Posted Tuesday 20th May 2008 12:25 GMT

Shirley "Dog who cried woof"?
Put the microphones and position locators on the dogs with voice recognition software to detect which crim is currently screaming "ow, geroff my leg/arm/nuts/whatever" to automatically open the appropriate doors back inside away from the pooches...
Take human guards out of the loop.
At high security prisons don't bother feeding the dogs...
Mine's the one with the sleeping pills and chunks of steak.
Evil Graham
Don't they use German Shepherd dogs? #
Posted Tuesday 20th May 2008 12:25 GMT

If so, the Israeli guards won't be able to understand them anyway.
cookieMonster
so what's a dog's bark like when #
Posted Tuesday 20th May 2008 12:48 GMT

the dog sees a pussy, "muff muff..." ??
Paris... well...
Dave
pseudocode #
Posted Tuesday 20th May 2008 12:51 GMT

Are they using an eight bit bitmask to store the characteristics of barks under different circumstances? I hope so, then the code which handles it might say:
if (bark.worseThan(byte)
{
alert();
}
else
{
ignore();
}
[ hmmmm.... El Reg comments system doesn;t seem to like formatting code-like comments ]
Cameron Colley
Where's Amber? #
Posted Tuesday 20th May 2008 13:10 GMT
I hope she's been dispatched to Israel to investigate.
Anonymous Coward
Stupidly over-engineered non-solution to trivial problem #
Posted Tuesday 20th May 2008 13:27 GMT

Or, like, they could just put little wireless webcams on the dogs' collars, and then when one starts barking the controllers could just, y'know, LOOK and see if anything's going on.
Of course, that would have the disadvantages of being far simpler, cheaper, made out of bog-standard off-the-shelf robust and reliable technology, with a much-nearer-100% accuracy rate. But hey, why do things the easy and effective way when you can do them much worse, for only far far far more time, effort and money?
ImaGnuber
Slurp Slurp Slurp #
Posted Tuesday 20th May 2008 13:27 GMT
I hope those aren't radio-microphones mounted on the dogs. I wouldn't want to spend any part of my day listening to a dog licking itself - though I expect it would appeal to some Reg readers.
JohnH
"Smithers..." #
Posted Tuesday 20th May 2008 13:55 GMT

Release the hounds....
b
zionists are mad #
Posted Tuesday 20th May 2008 13:57 GMT

listening to dogs now, are they?
israel is doomed.
Joe
I for one... #
Posted Tuesday 20th May 2008 16:17 GMT
...welcome our new canine overlords!
Jesse
RE: Slurp Slurp Slurp #
Posted Tuesday 20th May 2008 20:10 GMT

I'm quite partial to bitches licking themselves, thank you!
Anonymous Coward
Dear Sir, #
Posted Wednesday 21st May 2008 07:28 GMT

I would like to complement you on your exemplary use of the word "turd" in the article. These days it is rare to see the effective placement of a good turd, dog or otherwise. I trust you will endeavour to continue handling your turds with such care and proficiency.
Regards
Roger (Cynthia) Smythe-Jones
multipharious
Lasers... #
Posted Wednesday 21st May 2008 15:00 GMT

Sorry, mine is the one with the Gary Larson book in it.
Glenn Charles
canine decoding and storage requirements #
Posted Wednesday 21st May 2008 19:04 GMT

I understand decoding the e-mails between the (canine) guards is quite a trick.
...slup, slurp, muff
--Glenn
[Paris: "OOoo"]