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Phillip Blanchard	Post subject: Here we go again with another ridiculous caption contest Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 5:44 pm
Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 8342 Location: Bethesda, Md.
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Matthew Grieco	Post subject: Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 6:55 pm
Joined: Mon Mar 10, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 2266 Location: New Jersey	Blastercraft, Inc., CEO Frank Harris, left, unveils the prototype of the Rattatattatt 2005, center, a new military robot designed to kill enormous numbers of foreigners without exposing Americans to harm, as increasingly self-aware supercomputer SkyNet, right, looks on.
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TheWalrus	Post subject: Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 9:33 pm
Joined: Tue May 04, 2004 12:01 am Posts: 376 Location: Southern California	Singer Sewing Machines model Todd Ballyhoo demonstrates one of the many new features of the SewCraft-2005 line of satellite-guided sewing machines. In addition to affixing buttons and darning socks, the SewCraft-2005 can orchestrate and execute coups of small governments, according to Singer.
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paulwiggins	Post subject: Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 10:23 pm
Joined: Wed Oct 08, 2003 12:01 am Posts: 3137 Location: Homebush NSW Australia	RIM REAPER: Rupert Murdoch minion Hench Man demonstrates the slot-a-matic, guaranteed to keep any copy desk in line.
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Oeditpus Rex	Post subject: Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 1:13 am
Joined: Mon Nov 17, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 1324 Location: N 36° 57' 9", W 121° 24' 2"	Merton Purvis, assistant security chief at Mineta San Jose International Airport, prepares to start the AirportRover, the latest tool for detecting contraband. Among the self-propelled vehicle's security devices are a digital camera that takes both X-ray and infrared photos, a 50-millimeter machine gun and an anal probe.
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EMorse	Post subject: Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 2:47 pm
Joined: Fri Mar 26, 2004 1:01 am Posts: 1025 Location: The Lexington Avenue Spaceship	A highlight of the recent Macworld Expo was the new iTank, Apple Computer's most direct shot yet at Microsoft's market share. The iTank is not intended for the personal computer market; rather, it is programmed to home in on specific emissions generated by machines running the Windows operating system, seek out those machines, and obliterate them with massive firepower.
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drew4au	Post subject: Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 9:37 pm
Joined: Fri May 17, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 102 Location: A compromise between Man's Euclidean determinations and Nature's beguiling irregularities.	Rainy weather didn't put a damper on Bob Smith's plans for world domination Tuesday afternoon. The Arlington man and his legion of deadly automatons took shelter at a bus stop from storms that dumped more than 4 inches of rain on some parts of the Dallas-Fort Worth area before they moved on to blow up a large portion of the High Five interchange, killing Highland Park woman Ashley Jones, 55, and 435 others -- and snarling rush-hour traffic on LBJ Freeway and North Central Expressway for hours. Story on 4B
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TheWalrus	Post subject: Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 5:44 pm
Joined: Tue May 04, 2004 12:01 am Posts: 376 Location: Southern California	So, No. 1, what is it really?
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Phillip Blanchard	Post subject: Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 6:39 pm
Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 8342 Location: Bethesda, Md.	TheWalrus wrote: So, No. 1, what is it really? Wait till we have a winner.
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DominEditrix	Post subject: Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 6:55 pm
Joined: Thu Dec 18, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 458 Location: Heart of Global Warming	Mattel today released the second product in its line of American Patriot toys, the Junior M1A2 SEP. Designed in conjunction with General Dynamics Land Systems, the tank is expected to rival Tail Gunner Barbie in popularity among pre-teens. A spokesman for the company denied recent allegations that Mattel was being paid by the Department of Defense to promote war toys in order to encourage future military enlistment.
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Earl	Post subject: Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 10:54 pm
Joined: Mon Apr 08, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 48 Location: Seattle, WA	"I really enjoyed building this but I have absolutely no idea what it does," admitted robotics hobbyist John F. Smithers.
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Phillip Blanchard	Post subject: Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 10:56 pm
Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 8342 Location: Bethesda, Md.	OK. Earl wins, HM to wiggins.
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Phillip Blanchard	Post subject: Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 4:28 pm
Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 8342 Location: Bethesda, Md.	In case anyone's wondering what the picture shows: In 2005 the U.S. will begin deploying war-fighting SWORDS robots, made by Foster-Miller in Waltham, Mass. The machines, which resemble miniature battle tanks, will come armed with .50-caliber machine guns or rocket launchers. Radio-controlled by a human operator up to a mile away, the robots move almost silently, climb stairs, right themselves if they stumble, and never get scared or tired. Using advanced cameras, laser sighting, and thermal and night-vision sensors, they are said to react faster than any human could, and to hit their targets with deadly accuracy almost 100% of the time, while allowing troops to stay out of harm's way. At least 100 robots, similar but unarmed, are already used to patrol streets in Iraq and Afghanistan, detecting and disarming roadside bombs. (Fortune)
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Phillip Blanchard	Post subject: Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2005 11:26 pm
Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 8342 Location: Bethesda, Md.	Here's the company site.
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