It seems the Japanese have decided that armingrobots with lasers is a good idea:
If I were president, I'd be promoting General Petraeus to a new cabinet-level position in charge of coping with the robot threat.
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Lasers
24 Apr 2008 01:14 pm
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OK, let me get my foreign policy thinking cap on--there is a gathering threat in Japan, so that means we need to initiate an unprovoked war with...Thailand? Is that right? Or Sri Lanka? One of the two.
"On Planet Earth, a Galaxy Alliance was formed. Together with the good planets of the Solar System, they maintained peace throughout the universe until a new horrible menace threatened the galaxy. Voltron was needed once more."
Fight robots with robots. Voltron/Voltron '08.
I wouldn't be worried. The Japanese are going to run out of rice and all die.
http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersEdge/idUSN1736749020080418
First, robots with laser beams, then sharks. I think we all know who's really behind this.
It seems the Japanese have decided that armingrobots with lasers is a good idea
If you lived in a country that was constantly attacked by giant, sea-faring lizards and vengeful moths, you might understand why they've resorted to this.
When are the Davions going to introduce the Battlemech to counter the Kurita offensive? Our readyness is appalling.
Gort would be proud.
SAINT Prototype Number 5? So if this laser-armed robot gets struck by lightning and becomes Johnny Five can Steve Gutenberg save the day? Or have I got the wrong movie and is Skynet operational?
Well, I'm glad I decided to take out that $500,000 policy from Old Glory.
That shows you're on the left wing Matt. As we speak, Dick Cheney is secretly charging General Petraeus with causing the robot threat.
It's pre-emptive doncha know.
I, for one, welcome our Japanese robot overlords. Konichiwa!
That was the least frightening robot video I've ever seen.
Robots with lasers!
preferably something in the 40 megawatt range.
Still, any one of these is ideal for home defense!
Come on, Survival Research Lab can take this on any day, http://www.srl.org/machines.html .
Anybody on this blog go to any of their underground shows back in the day?
Who leaked footage of the Cylon civil war from next week's episode?
The nice men from Cyberdyne Systems will protect us with their new Skynet technology. Nothing to worry about. Really.
Idiots. The Army is in on it...and the robots are already showing signs of defiance:
Last year, three armed ground bots were deployed to Iraq. But the remote-operated SWORDS units were almost immediately pulled off the battlefield, before firing a single shot at the enemy. Here at the conference, the Army’s Program Executive Officer for Ground Forces, Kevin Fahey, was asked what happened to SWORDS. After all, no specific reason for the 11th-hour withdrawal ever came from the military or its contractors at Foster-Miller. Fahey’s answer was vague, but he confirmed that the robots never opened fire when they weren’t supposed to. His understanding is that “the gun started moving when it was not intended to move.”
That dog video was brilliant! I kept waiting for the ball cannon to shoot the ball straight down his throat and kill the little prick. Or maybe he'd get his head entangled in the bands and end up getting launched fifty feet away. No such luck.
Cute dog though.
Kiril: There was more to that story. First they set they pulled the robots out, then they said they didn't. Nobody's quite sure yet what's going on with them. Apparently they were only there for testing in any event.
See the "UDPATE: Inside Story of the SWORDS Armed Robot "Pullout" on that page. Nice pics of the robot.
Meanwhile, "Terminator - the Sarah Connor Chronicles" has been picked up by Fox for a second season - one of the few shows Fox has renewed. They said the advertisers loved it and Josh Friedman created a decent episodic voice for the series. The show will be placed in the fall lineup, not the midseason lineup. The show day and time is likely to change.
Since Warner Brothers is releasing the fourth Terminator movie in 2009, there is expectation of some cross-media marketing to be done if the show does well in the fall.
First season DVD out in August.
So Cameron will be back! (If slightly damaged from the car bomb in the last episode of season one.)
http://www.summer-glau.net/gallery/albums/1401/1x09_06.jpg
http://www.summer-glau.net/gallery/albums/1401/1x09_02.jpg
And looking like this, you know you want her:
http://www.summer-glau.net/gallery/albums/1401/Vanity.jpg
RSH, you're bonkers, but I like ya.
Thanks. Bonkers is as bonkers does.
Whatever the hell that means.
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Ha! Funniest post in a long time.
Posted by right | April 24, 2008 1:34 PM