While I was eating breakfast this morning, my Roomba undocked and started cleaning on its own. Usually, and presumable by design, someone has to press the button on top. Not today though. I know that they make a model that will automatically turn on, but I don't have one of those. It was a bit unsettling.

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A cluster of bees buzzing by our kitchen windows. I gingerly opened the slide windows to set them free. 10 minutes later a another cluster of 20 made a racket. I left the house at 3:30 P.M. Returned at 8:00 P.M. and there were dead bodies on the kitchen floor! My S/O thought it was hauntingly strange because this is a very old craftsman house, into which we have yet completely moved. Freckles didn't sense anything when he was roaming about.

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SoCal for now.



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Hey ziff,
Is it this model?

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Roswell, GA (Atlanta suburb)

"Roomba - Brought to you by CyberDyne Systems, Inc"

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Good is the enemy of Excellent. Talent is not necessary for Excellence.
Persistence is necessary for Excellence. And Persistence is a Decision.
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chew with your mouth closed.

[www.theonion.com]

In science fiction, the Three Laws of Robotics are a set of three rules written by Isaac Asimov, which almost all positronic robots appearing in his fiction must obey. Introduced in his 1942 short story "Runaround", although foreshadowed in a few earlier stories, the Laws state the following:

1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

(Wikipedia)



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...that a hot lookin' Triple8 (or DD) that looks like a teenager comes back from the future to save our ass.

I want to be there to greet her when she arrives.

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I am that Masked Man.

All you can do, is all you can do.

There’s trouble — it's time to play the sound of my people.

Your boos mean nothing to me, I've seen what you cheer for.

Insisting on your rights without acknowledging your responsibilities isn’t freedom, it’s adolescence.

I've been to the edge of the map, and there be monsters.

We are a government of laws, not men.

Everybody counts or nobody counts.

When a good man is hurt,
all who would be called good
must suffer with him.

You and I have memories longer than the road that stretches out ahead.

There is no safety for honest men except
by believing all possible evil of evil men.

We don’t do focus groups. They just ensure that you don’t offend anyone, and produce bland inoffensive products. —Sir Jonathan Ive

An armed society is a polite society.
And hope is a lousy defense.

You make me pull, I'll put you down.

I *love* SIGs. It's Glocks I hate.

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...that a hot lookin' Triple8 (or DD) that looks like Posh Spice comes back from the future to save our ass.

I want to be there to greet her when she arrives.

Google image : ugly robot

Ugly?




What color is the sky in your world?

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A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand. - Lucius Annaeus Seneca c. 5 BC - 65 AD
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Good is the enemy of Excellent. Talent is not necessary for Excellence.
Persistence is necessary for Excellence. And Persistence is a Decision.
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