One step (well, six) closer to the end.
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One step (well, six) closer to the end.
Why? Why do human beings insist on building things that can only result in evil robots taking over the planet?
http://www.plustech.fi/WalkingVideo.html
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http://www.plustech.fi/WalkingVideo.html
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I'm with Scottie. That's more akin to a Star Wars giant walker than a silicon-brained hopless grasshopper. Plus, it made such a horrible racket that even if it had a brain of its own, it could never be sneaky enough to take over the world. Now, the guy in it might have some megalomaniacal aspirations, and that's what we'd have to watching out for in this case.
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ps: did you ever notice that you can't use a track-pad with a band-aid on the tip of your tracking finger?
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Re: One step (well, six) closer to the end.
It's all right, Herbster: It's a diesel/electric hybrid.herbivore12 wrote:Why? Why do human beings insist on building things that can only result in evil robots taking over the planet?
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Re: One step (well, six) closer to the end.
Right, we'll all be slaves to the machines, but the air will be almost emission-free!Bloomfield wrote: It's all right, Herbster: It's a diesel/electric hybrid.
When I first saw those vids, my first thoughts were of a speedy little spaceship flying around it entangling the legs with a trip wire. "Wedge? Wedge?!" So I know now that I'm a geek.
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I can't say I'm really surprised. It's a Finnish branch of John Deere. I don't know about you but a giant, man-operated ant is the first thing that pops into my head when I think of Finland and John Deere.
On some international tv channel I saw a video by the Finnish group JPP. It started off with all of these people getting on their tractors and cruising down the road. They all pulled up to a building and inside the men stripped down to their undershirts and did a dance that involved bumping their bellies together.
Cheers,
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On some international tv channel I saw a video by the Finnish group JPP. It started off with all of these people getting on their tractors and cruising down the road. They all pulled up to a building and inside the men stripped down to their undershirts and did a dance that involved bumping their bellies together.
Cheers,
Aaron
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I think we're a lot closer than a man at the wheel of a mechanical insect:
Interesting article here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4351639.stm
Hitachi unveils 'fastest robot'
Interesting article here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4351639.stm
Hitachi unveils 'fastest robot'
"It might be a bit better to tune to one of my fiddle's open strings, like A, rather than asking me for an F#." - Martin Milner