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I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords!

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Johnson,have you seen Battlestar Galactica? The whole premise is based on robots killing their human creators. I just started watching it and it looks good.
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I just started watching it as well, now that it is all out on DVD and whatnot.

I have a hard time staying on top of serial tv, because i am too busy to get to a tv at the right time every week.

With the exception of the Venture Brothers, Futurama, and Supernatural.
Those i see.
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I have TiVo and so we never watch TV in real time. About all we watch is The Office, and Lie To Me. I like the Simpsons and Futurama and Breaking Bad as well. My brother kept telling me that I have to watch BSG. He said start with the miniseries and move to season 1. I ended up buying DVDs too.
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You meat bags sure are proud of your opposable thumbs.

http://www.dump.com/2010/12/23/presenti ... per-video/

Now there is a better way. Imagine waking up to a giant blue bag slapping down ontop of your face, then the vacume evacuates the air and a merciless robotic arm hauls you out of bed by your face, stacks you neatly with your neighbors and moves on down the block.

Ironically, it could probably function if this new jamming gripper was in fact a bag of meat... say fresh from the human disposal pits...



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johnson1010 wrote:Tiny robot mixed martial artists.

You don't want to be caught in that suplex.

http://www.wimp.com/japaneserobots/
That robot has sick takedowns, it's like a mini George St. Pierre
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Yeah, amazing double leg, and a 5 point overhead throw. That's very cool, I want an army of them to rid my yard of chipmunks.
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HAH!

visions of robots wrestling with chipmonks dance through my head!
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Most useful robot... ever?

http://www.wimp.com/ketchupbot/
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This can only mean one thing.


Robot Death matches.

or sex... Probably sex.

http://www.wimp.com/robotkinect/
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