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http://www.fortune.com/fortune/articles ... 69,00.html

Are Americans destined to be the scrawny and pathetic dweebs on the world’s economic beach?

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scary but true. One of the reason I am so again people who push creationism is because I see those people as anti-science and anti-education. In the end it will bring us down, I don't think we can avoid it.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4714135.stm

I for one welcome our new robotic overlords.

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Dwindlehop wrote:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4714135.stm

I for one welcome our new robotic overlords.
How long before robots are used for sex?

Didn't some magazine interview some CMU professors about robots a while ago and spend the whole time asking questions about having sex with robots?
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Alan wrote:How long before robots are used for sex?
Before Repliee Q1, Professor Ishiguro developed Repliee R1 which had the appearance of a five-year-old Japanese girl.
not too long :?

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"Repliee Q1 can interact with people. It can respond to people touching it. It's very satisfying, although we obviously have a long way to go yet."
Put that in the context of robot sex...
"An android could get away with it for a short time, 5-10 seconds. However, if we carefully select the situation, we could extend that, to perhaps 10 minutes," he said.
And that correct situation is...
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God hates the Boy Scouts

Electrocution, mass heat exhaustion, and now lightning strikes, all in one week. What more needs to happen for them to call off the stupid thing?
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