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What happened to the Robot Age?
BBC News Magazine ^
| Friday, 27 January 2006,
| Jonathan Duffy
Posted on 01/27/2006 11:34:08 AM PST by Willie Green
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"There will never be a system invented which will do away with the necessity for work." -- Henry Ford
To: Willie Green
I though I'd be wearing silver lemay, high boots and have my own jetpack by now.
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posted on
01/27/2006 11:35:48 AM PST
by
Mikey_1962
(I grew up in a slum, when I got to college it had become a "ghetto".)
To: Mikey_1962
>>
I though I'd be wearing silver lemay, high boots and have my own jetpack by now. Thankfully, the future isn't what it used to be...
To: Willie Green
We almost had a robot for President, the AlGore model.
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posted on
01/27/2006 11:47:40 AM PST
by
109ACS
(Humpty Dumpty was pushed!)
To: vikingd00d
Don't know about that. Some of those babes in the old Star Trek looked pretty hot in their miniskirts. Ahem. :)
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posted on
01/27/2006 11:49:05 AM PST
by
dhs12345
To: Willie Green
Jan 26, 11:39 AM (ET)
TOKYO (Reuters) - Need temporary help on your company's reception desk? One Japanese employment agency is suggesting you try recruiting a robot.
For just under 50,000 yen ($430) a month, a fraction of the cost of a human temp, the PeopleStaff agency will dispatch Hello Kitty Robo, a robotic receptionist capable of sensing a visitor's presence, greeting him or her and holding simple conversations.
The Nagoya-based agency is also offering the services of Ifbot, an elderly-care robot that chats and poses riddles and arithmetical problems to train the brain and help avoid dementia. Spaceman-like Ifbot, which also quizzes people about their health, is aimed at hospitals and old peoples' homes.
A spokeswoman for PeopleStaff said it would cost more than 300,000 yen a month to employ a person for this type of work, but warned that the robots were not capable of doing everything human employees can do. (No kidding? Thanks for the warning.)
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posted on
01/27/2006 11:52:39 AM PST
by
siunevada
(If we learn nothing from history, what's the point of having one? - Peggy Hill)
To: Mikey_1962
It's 2006 now! Where the heck is my hovercar?
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posted on
01/27/2006 11:54:51 AM PST
by
50sDad
(It's not "diversity" for you to steal my Christmas.)
To: Willie Green
No need for robots when you have millions of illegal aliens and more pouring in everyday.
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posted on
01/27/2006 11:56:12 AM PST
by
sheana
To: Willie Green
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posted on
01/27/2006 11:57:43 AM PST
by
Spruce
(Keep your mitts off my wallet)
To: Willie Green
What the hell are you looking at? Get me another beer!
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posted on
01/27/2006 11:59:48 AM PST
by
meowmeow
(Meow! Meow!)
To: Willie Green
Somebody ain't payin' attention. Robots, from UAVs to "throwable" recon bots are helpin' fight the war.
Maybe they ain't cleanin' and cookin' but they're working and busy.
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posted on
01/27/2006 11:59:49 AM PST
by
Little Ray
(I'm a reactionary, hirsute, gun-owning, knuckle dragging, Christian Neanderthal and proud of it!)
To: sheana
No need for robots when you have millions of illegal aliens and more pouring in everyday.Sadly true.
Lower wages/benefits of manual labor undermines the necessity for capital investment in automation technology.
Global corporatists are luddites.
To: Willie Green
And, of course, which industry relies heavily upon robots? You guessed it, the auto industry!
As far as robots go, I'm waiting for the huge ones. Give me an
E.S. Asher any day.
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posted on
01/27/2006 12:03:25 PM PST
by
Terpfen
(Miami goes 9-7! Go Saban!)
To: Willie Green
Who was it that said:
The factory of the future will have just two workers. A Man and a dog.
The dog will be there to make sure the man doesn't touch the machinery.
The man will be there to feed the dog.......
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posted on
01/27/2006 12:05:37 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(...I will bless them that bless thee and those who curse thee I will turn into Liberals..........)
To: meowmeow
GET IT YOURSELF!!!!!!!
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posted on
01/27/2006 12:08:27 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(...I will bless them that bless thee and those who curse thee I will turn into Liberals..........)
To: meowmeow
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posted on
01/27/2006 12:17:50 PM PST
by
Phantom Lord
(Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
To: meowmeow
In the future there will be robots and gay men in hotpants to fight them:
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posted on
01/27/2006 12:20:16 PM PST
by
Kirkwood
To: Willie Green
My only pet is a robot dog. In fact it is the only pet I have ever had.
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posted on
01/27/2006 12:22:37 PM PST
by
RadioAstronomer
(Senior member of Darwin Central)
To: 50sDad
It's 2006 now! Where the heck is my hovercar? Only $3.5 million at Neiman Marcus! Get yours today!
Skycar at Neiman Marcus
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posted on
01/27/2006 12:26:46 PM PST
by
bolobaby
To: Willie Green
My Roomba just finished vacuuming the front room. At least it a start.
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posted on
01/27/2006 12:32:03 PM PST
by
PogySailor
(Semper Fi to the 3/1 H&S Company in Haditha.)
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