It's true. I did.And I loved every moment of it.
The Man Who Gave Birth To Robots Posted: 8 hours ago by pocksucket
R.U.R (Rossum's Universal Robots) by Karel Čapek, published in 1921, includes the first recorded use of the word Robot and Čapek is credited with creating the word*
This is a copy of the text of that play.
*Karel himself said the word came from his brother Josef
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Micro robots wanted for police and military duty Posted: 10 hours ago by dOntEAtpOOp
Ever heard of Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, DARPA ? Well in effect they are the people who brought us what we now call the Internet and they are continuing to invest in science.
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Latest Insanity From Hollywood? A Remake of Rocky Horror Picture Show Posted: 10 hours ago by 2manyusernames
MTV wants to use the original script and film the movie, Rocky Horror Picture Show again."I'd like to see it shown a year from this coming Halloween, but that's up to MTV," Adler said.
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Robot Store Posted: 10 hours ago by dOntEAtpOOp
Where does a mad scientist go to get all of his robot needs? To the robot store of course.
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Hate to shop? Posted: 10 hours ago by suebe
I do. Get a robot to do it for you.
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A Natural Selection Posted: 14 hours ago by DerAlt
Although we tend to think of evolutionary change as being something that only takes place over the course of millions of years, it isn’t. It’s going on here, now, all around us. So, this artcle rounds up some examples of recent evolutionary change in nature. (What does she mean by recent? Within the last 40 years.)
(The fourth part in a series celebrating Charles Darwin. First three are linked.)
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Connecticut man gets 4 years after confessing to molesting a child... during a job interview... to become a State Trooper Posted: 16 hours ago by tigertony
What's worse, he thought that since he was honest, he would still get the job!
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Richard Dawkins Gets A Fair and Balanced Interview Posted: 17 hours ago by 2manyusernames
That is unusual enough to warrant posting. What really makes this special is the network that gave what may be the fairest interview he's had is Al Jazeera
Link is embedded youtube video. Download quicktime version here
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Cow power could generate electricity for millions Posted: 17 hours ago by AutumnLotus
Converting livestock manure into a domestic renewable fuel source could generate enough electricity to meet up to three per cent of North America’s entire consumption needs and lead to a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs).
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Newspaper misspells its own name on front page Posted: 17 hours ago by AutumnLotus
No media organisation can claim to be immune from spelling mistakes, but a local paper in the United States may have set a new standard for most glaring typo.
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Judge: Girl's name, Talula Does The Hula, won't do Posted: 18 hours ago by AutumnLotus
A family court judge in New Zealand has had enough with parents giving their children bizarre names here, and did something about it.
Just ask Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii. He had her renamed.
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How to Fake a Smile, step by step instructions Posted: 18 hours ago by badbud
Not only is this a HI-larious comic strip, it also gives great basic instructions for life.
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Scientists recover complete dinosaur skeleton Posted: 18 hours ago by AutumnLotus
Japanese and Mongolian scientists have successfully recovered the complete skeleton of a 70-million-year-old young dinosaur.
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CherryPal: 2-Watt Computer the Size of a Paperback Posted: 18 hours ago by deepdiver
CherryPal is Mini-desktop based on Linux (Debian) operating system. Consumes 2 Watts of Power.
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Unique Habitat Found Inside Earth Posted: 19 hours ago by AutumnLotus
Researchers studying life in the deep subsurface of our planet have discovered a unique bacterium living 1 mile (1.7 km) below the Earth's surface. The tiny bacteria live in a community of subsurface microbes inhabiting a South African platinum mine.
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When cakes go wrong Posted: 19 hours ago by badbud
A pictorial dedicated to the worst that cake decorating has to offer.
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Peruvian Guinea Pig Festival Posted: 1 day ago by pocksucket
What starts off as a slightly out-there, dressing guinea pigs as people, sort of a thing suddenly shifts to a whole different gear on photo six.
If you're squeamish, or of a nervous disposition and don't work out what comes in pictures seven and eight, please don't click next.
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Tired of trying to solve that %^&$#@! Rubic's cube puzzle? Posted: 1 day ago by suebe
I always was. Let a robot do it.
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It's Important To Know Where Not To pee Posted: 1 day ago by pocksucket
A Polish tourist looking for a discreet place to urinate wandered off the platform at Vauxhall Station and discovered the electrified rail.
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How many limbs does an octopus have? Posted: 1 day ago by pocksucket
If you say eight, then most of the time you'd be right. If you say ninety-six, then provided you're in the Shima Marineland Aquarium you'd be right too.
Did anyone say ninety-six?
If you're having trouble with the link, try this.
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Robots Battle Autism Posted: 2 days ago by icepigs
It may not be lasers and explosions like Transformers or Terminator, but Robots are doing battle against autism using bubbles!
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Dragonfly robot takes flight Posted: 2 days ago by suebe
Just in time for the holiday shopping season, the DelFly "micro air vehicle," which flaps its wings and looks like a dragonfly, can fly for about three minutes at a speed of 16.4 feet (five meters) per second.
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Last year I killed a man... Posted: 2 days ago by MissWinkle
As I hit the emergency brake, I was thinking, "Please, get out of the way. Now. Please let it be a prank."
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'Allah meat' astounds Nigerians Posted: 2 days ago by AutumnLotus
Diners have been flocking to a restaurant in northern Nigeria to see pieces of meat which the owner says are inscribed with the name of Allah.
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Identical twins marry, give birth to identical twins Posted: 2 days ago by AutumnLotus
When identical twin sisters Diane and Darlene Nettemeier met identical twin brothers Craig and Mark Sanders a decade ago, they could never have guessed just how much of their lives would be based around perfect sets of two.
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