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Robotic bugs mingle with cockroaches (able to blend into cockroach society)
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| 11/16/07
| Randolph E. Schmid - ap
Posted on 11/16/2007 8:54:32 PM PST by NormsRevenge
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posted on
11/16/2007 8:54:46 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
This undated handout photo provided by the journal Science shows cockroaches and robots interacting for common shelter selection. Tiny robots programmed to act like cockroaches were able to join and participate in cockroach society, according to researchers studying the collective behavior of insects. Cockroaches tend to self-organize into leaderless groups, seeming to reach consensus on where to rest together. (AP Photo/Science)
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posted on
11/16/2007 8:55:58 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
11/16/2007 8:56:40 PM PST
by
Jorge
To: NormsRevenge
The result, the lighter shelter was preferred by the mixed group 61 percent of the time, while the cockroaches alone picked it just 27 percent of the time.
Now can you fit the robots with little bomb vests...
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posted on
11/16/2007 8:57:29 PM PST
by
Grizzled Bear
("Does not play well with others.")
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
11/16/2007 8:58:20 PM PST
by
MaxMax
(God Bless America)
To: NormsRevenge
... in 39 percent of cases the robots, despite being programmed to prefer a lighter shelter, joined the cockroaches under the darker one. Somehow, this is ... unsettling.
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posted on
11/16/2007 9:01:08 PM PST
by
zot
To: zot
due to global warming, no doubt..
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posted on
11/16/2007 9:02:01 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
To: zot
The cyber roaches turned to the dark side.
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posted on
11/16/2007 9:03:48 PM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: NormsRevenge
Which one is James Carville?
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posted on
11/16/2007 9:04:19 PM PST
by
Jeff Chandler
("Liberals want to save the world for the children they aren’t having." -Mark Steyn)
To: NormsRevenge
But mom, some of those guys don’t look like us. They look more like Winnebagos.
That’s ok, honey. They smell like us. That’s all that matters.
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posted on
11/16/2007 9:04:39 PM PST
by
samtheman
(Fred Thompson '08)
To: NormsRevenge
Hopefully, this will mean an increase in surveillance of the dems.
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posted on
11/16/2007 9:05:30 PM PST
by
monkeycard
(There is no such thing as too much ammo.)
To: NormsRevenge
kil em all let god sort em out.
To: zot
They’ve defected to the roaches and have turned over their technology. The roach armies are now developing robots which they will use to infiltrate us.
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posted on
11/16/2007 9:09:57 PM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(Government is the hired help - not the boss. When politicians forget that they must be fired.)
To: Jeff Chandler
So does this have implications for understanding Democrats?
They are so much like cockroaches that I am sure we must be able to learn something about the Demagogues via careful study of the ugly little bugs.....
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posted on
11/16/2007 9:10:17 PM PST
by
Enchante
(Democrat terror-fighting motto: "BLEAT - CHEAT - RETREAT - DEFEAT")
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posted on
11/16/2007 9:10:59 PM PST
by
Freedom2specul8
(Please pray for our troops.... http://anyservicemember.navy.mil/)
To: NormsRevenge
I’m beginning to see why the roaches initially ran when seeing these coming.
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posted on
11/16/2007 9:14:21 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(California, where the death penalty is reserved for wholesome values. SB 777)
To: MaxMax
Especially when they are deep fried. Yummy. Good source of protein. Naturally low fat.
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posted on
11/16/2007 9:15:37 PM PST
by
upchuck
(Hildabeaste as Prez... unimaginable, devastating misery! She will redefine "How bad can it get?")
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To: Enchante
They are so much like cockroaches that I am sure we must be able to learn something about the Demagogues via careful study of the ugly little bugs..... No, no, no. You got it all wrong. You want to study bedbugs...they stay near their hosts, hiding during the day, but when their victims sleep, they come out and suck their victims' blood.
And they are almost impossible to get rid of without chemicals like DDT.
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posted on
11/16/2007 9:19:03 PM PST
by
rabscuttle385
(Sic Semper Tyrannis * U.Va. Engineering * Go Hoos! * Fred Thompson 2008)
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